Chapter 385 - Soul Genesis Garden
Chapter 385: Soul Genesis Garden
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“And what makes you think I’m interested in that ‘Soul Essence’?” Angor gazed at the old priest.
The old man simply returned his gaze with those blank, emotionless eyes. Angor felt as if this Krakok wasn’t looking at him, but… something within his body.
“Your soul is special… Like an unpolished gem,” Grand Priest said with a very slow pace, but yet, each of his words could trigger something in Angor’s heart. “Unpolished, but beautiful. Even Lady Isabelle will probably admire your soul if she’s here.”
“What are you trying to say?” Angor quickly got tired of such an unproductive conversation.
“Don’t you want to make your soul… better? That gray energy inside you. It needs nourishment, don’t you think?”
Angor remained silent for a while. He was surprised. Not only did the priest point out his intention, but he also knew about that power that was hidden within his soul…
The master Soul Manipulator Ness needed to plan ahead and a lot of time to find the particular aura. But this mortal old man saw it almost right away?
“It’s no easy task to resurrect by putting your soul into another corpse,” Angor commented.
“It’s not a corpse. One thousand years ago, Lady Isabelle fused me within the Soul Essence, which is the core of the law of this Soul Genesis Garden. If Isabelle does not wish for me to die, then I cannot. My soul will never perish. Even if all my bodies rot away, I will keep going through endless reincarnation cycles… You can even consider it immortality. I’ll live forever as long as I don’t leave this garden.”
Angor nodded. Such immortality was achieved at a great price, yet it was totally possible in a soul-related Sorcerer’s Garden.
“Speaking of Soul Genesis Garden… I think you already knew how different gardens possess different laws. The law of Soul Genesis Garden is to keep the absolute completeness of souls.”
Angor widened his eyes a little.
When he saw the old Krakok woman passed away in the streets of Hippocrotee, he already noticed that her soul was very intact. And he just learned why.
Only supernatural beings could keep their souls complete upon death, while mortals would only leave pieces of their souls behind, with the exception of mortals who possessed very strong spiritual power or obsessive regrets. That old woman was certainly not the case, which meant the Soul Genesis Garden helped her soul to stay intact.
This place was a true paradise for Soul Manipulator wizards to conduct their researches!
Souls were always in high demand since they were used in many applications including Soul Manipulator researches, Tooling puppets, and certain potions. There were also spells which needed to consume intact souls.
The priest continued, “Using such a law, our souls always stay complete upon death. However, Lady Isabelle does not need mortal souls filled with unwanted impurity, so she put a treasure inside the Soul Essence. Once enough souls are gathered, we perform a series of steps and remove the impurity by using a certain melody.”
“A certain melody…”
“The Hymns of Fairies, yes.”
“Then why do you have to select singers? Everyone can sing, right?” Angor frowned.
“Not everyone has the correct voice to activate that treasure. Lady Isabelle already put something into our blood. Now, only a small number of our female members possess such power. We have to go through the election event to find who can activate the treasure.”
Angor more or less understood the whole situation now. It was the secret treasure that purified souls instead of the garden itself.
“What does that have to do with me changing the location?”
“… The original location should be around the ceremonial ground where the other half of the treasure is buried. When the two halves join together, the treasure will remove ALL impurities from souls. This includes emotions, memories… After this process, the souls from dead people throughout the last year will turn to pure energy entities. We call them Soul Orbs.”
This meant if the location was changed, the ritual would not generate Soul Orbs.
“Can I use the treasure to purify my soul, then return it to the ceremony to finish the job?” Angor asked.
“No. After each activation, the treasure will enter dormancy and remain that way for 300 days and nights.”