I Am Loaded With Passive Skills

Chapter 4024: Chapter 1915: Limit

"Xu Xiaoshou, let’s have a chat."

Just at the moment of contemplation, a sigh echoed in the mind.

From the Qianshi Emperor Realm, the scythe of the God of Death stored within Xu Xiaoshou’s body space delivered a sense of "seeking audience".

Indeed...

Xu Xiaoshou exhaled with relief, but remained highly vigilant.

Relief because he guessed right; the scythe of the God of Death not only holds the authority of reincarnation but also includes the hand for Ghost Ancestor’s resurgence.

Even if Hua Changdeng’s plans succeed, and before completely merging with the Sword and Medicine North, it’s possible the Ghost Ancestor might emerge to scheme.

Possession?

The specific methods are unclear and need not be scrutinized.

Because Hua Changdeng has failed in his plan and is now entirely mad.

The situation has evolved in another direction, which is bad news for Hua and the Ghost; the Ghost Ancestor must come to the surface, and actively seek Xu Xiaoshou again.

This means that He has fallen into a completely passive state, even preparing to abandon Hua Changdeng.

But caution is still necessary.

Xu Xiaoshou is unsure what the Ghost Ancestor intends to do.

The merging of Hua Changdeng has fully devoured the Ghost Ancestor, the state of Harmonization is indeed not false.

This means the Ghost Ancestor has fallen, along with the God of Death’s phantom expelled by the Sword Bone Pillar, truly lost all spiritual quality.

Yet within the scythe of the God of Death, the Ghost Ancestor’s intent still lingers, albeit a single strand, possibly related to "reincarnation"?

Agreeing to meet, will it inadvertently tie into greater karma, forced to enter the fray early?

The Ghost Ancestor seems very weak.

Xu Xiaoshou only received the first telepathic communication from the scythe of the God of Death, waited for a long time, but there was no second transmission.

He thought for a moment, didn’t resist, split a strand of consciousness, and threw it into the scythe of the God of Death.

What does the current me have to fear?

...

"Very glad to see you again, Xu Xiaoshou, one of the few partners before my reincarnation..."

A gray, hazy world of consciousness, devoid of space or time concepts, no sense of any tangible existence.

Even at the other end of the voice, there’s no spiritual physique or body of consciousness, nothing is visible.

Before reincarnation... Xu Xiaoshou chewed over the information in the words, looking around.

He couldn’t see himself either.

His true form could only glance at Dao Pepe.

Seeing no reaction from the latter, he relaxed a little and proactively inquired:

"How glad?"

The gray, hazy world was momentarily still, shortly after, the voice of the Ghost Ancestor rang again:

"Xu Xiaoshou, you should have already guessed, the intent of handing you the scythe of the God of Death..."

"Hmm, wants to trap me."

"...No, Xu Xiaoshou, the authority of reincarnation is genuine; this is my prepayment reward to you."

"Wanting to trap me, that’s not false either, right?"

"..."

There was no sound from the other side, Xu Xiaoshou laughed aloud: "I think you’re misunderstanding something."

He explained everything, without the slightest ambiguity:

"Before I realized the scythe of the God of Death was harmful to me, it could count as a reward."

"Once I know this thing might pit me, and continue to take the previous ’transaction’ seriously, am I foolish, or is the Ghost Ancestor’s naïveté growing with age?"

A pause.

No response, Xu Xiaoshou spoke to himself: "Let’s skip the pleasantries; if you have any requests, don’t hesitate to speak up. You probably didn’t come to toot your horn with me."

In the gray, hazy world of consciousness, the Ghost Ancestor for the second time abandoned negotiation.

Xu Xiaoshou was too astute, growing to a point where even the Guidance could not reach; he was like an iron bucket without flaws, impeccable.

"Xu Xiaoshou, then let me be direct."

"When you hear this strand of intent, unsurprisingly, I have already fallen into ’reincarnation’—this is a state."

Reincarnation...

Second occurrence of the term.

Xu Xiaoshou didn’t interject, quietly awaiting the Ghost Ancestor’s continuation.

"With Hua Changdeng at this juncture, should have already swallowed all of me, entered the Harmonization state, but due to some ’variables’, he failed."

"Otherwise, this intent, even if you actively trigger the scythe of God of Death, you wouldn’t see it."

"What I want to tell you is, during Hua Changdeng’s failure, a large shadow of ’Shennong’ is present."

Shennong?

Divine Farmer Hundred Grass, also Medicine Ancestor.

But Medicine Ancestor and Bei Huai were previously shut out by the River of Oblivion, unable to enter Shengshen Continent; how could they have intervened?

Stopping Hua Changdeng’s Harmonization, it was clearly the two mysterious swords of Bazhun’an, could it be the Eighth and Medicine Ancestor secretly collaborating?

This is impossible.

Xu Xiaoshou instantly ruled out this speculation.

He listened in bewilderment, still remained silent, as he had decided not to disclose any information to the "reincarnated" Ghost Ancestor.

He would only summarize, analyze, and grasp from the other’s words what he couldn’t see clearly at the moment.

"Medicine North has grand designs; Hua Changdeng, however, is exceptionally gifted. Even with Harmonization failure, there’s still a ray of hope. This point I won’t elaborate; you should be able to guess what that is."

"If you have seen ’dead beings’ reincarnation, it means time is running out. Please grant this ancestor a request."

"Before Hua Changdeng succeeds or fails, do not stop the disturbance of the scythe of the God of Death. If possible, release this ancestor’s intent from the scythe of God of Death."

Why?

On what grounds?

Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaoshou became rebellious: "What if I insist on suppressing it?"

The Ghost Ancestor didn’t answer, continued talking to himself:

"Lord Shou should have heard of the sequential theory of the ’chicken lays egg’, ’egg hatches chicken’, right?"

"Let alone the order, between ’chicken first’ and ’egg first’, is the incubation state of ’reincarnation’."

"One of my authorities is precisely reincarnation; in this state, immortality, just transcends the Divine Farmer’s authority of ’life and death’, won’t be seized by Him."

"One of the early advices mentioned that Yunshan Saint Emperor cannot die, Lord Shou should remember this?"