Chapter 1996 - 1576: Hearing the Name Ta You Again, No Cure!

When Jiu Yu spoke these words, her face full of wrinkles was filled with regret and helplessness.

For some reason, from the depths of her eyes, Gu Changsheng saw a deep sense of nostalgia, and an idea arose spontaneously in his heart...

Jiu Yu wasn’t lying to them!

Everything she said was true!

The Seven Apertures Exquisite Lamp cannot heal Gu Changsheng’s divine soul injury.

"Senior, why?" But Gu Changsheng still asked, because, according to outside rumors, the Seven Apertures Exquisite Lamp indeed had the effect of healing a divine soul injury, and now, they had come full of hope, only to return in disappointment?

The injury was on Gu Changsheng’s body, so naturally, he was a bit unwilling.

More accurately, at this moment, Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue exchanged glances, even more anxious.

From where Gu Changsheng’s divine soul injury originated, no one was clearer than the two of them, or rather, aside from the two of them, no one else knew, and now, their sought-after healing method was nothing but an illusion; how could they not be anxious?

The lush green bamboo behind, and the scene in front was very warm, but the mood of Gu Changsheng and the other two was rather heavy.

Whether they knew the truth or not, concerning Gu Changsheng’s body, this matter could not afford a single bit of ambiguity.

"Didn’t I say that if I hadn’t withdrawn the formation earlier, you would already be accompanying my husband..." Jiu Yu looked at Gu Changsheng, shook her head, and said with a sigh, "When I was young, I was hailed as a once-in-a-century forging genius. But later, my husband met with an accident deep in the Divine Mount Qilian, and I couldn’t let go of that, insisting on seeking a way to awaken him..."

Saying this, Jiu Yu fell into reminiscence, and a touch of pain appeared on her wrinkled face, "The people in Smelting City say that I spent fifty years forging the Seven Apertures Exquisite Lamp, but little did they know, the actual time I spent was ten years! I used forty years researching the reason for my husband’s loss of divine soul, studying the formations deep in Divine Mount Qilian, and only in the end could I forge the Seven Apertures Exquisite Lamp. But it was of no use..."

At this, the old woman showed a sorrowful smile, glanced at Gu Changsheng, and continued painfully, "The reason why divine soul injury is unknown to the world is, on one hand, because this injury is not considered an injury, and on the other hand, because it is incurable and unsolvable!"

"Those who suffer from divine soul injuries are often self-entangled, preferring to sink rather than wake; it’s their own heart illness, and the cure must come from within, how could outsiders possibly heal it? This is one reason why divine soul injuries are incurable, and the other is your current situation..."

Jiu Yu said, raising her hand to point at Gu Changsheng, and spoke in a solemn voice, "The other is like you—your mind is clear, yet you are afflicted with a divine soul injury, do you know what this means? It means your divine soul injury wasn’t from your own descent into despair but was inflicted by external forces! Divine soul, such vague and elusive thing, even those with profound cultivation can’t touch it, so who possesses such heaven-defying capability to injure your divine soul?"

Jiu Yu said this, and her gaze towards Gu Changsheng became somewhat obsessed, or more accurately, fixated!

As long as she knew someone in this world who could inflict a soul wound using external force, she could turn the Seven Apertures Exquisite Lamp into the true Seven Apertures Exquisite Lamp, capable of healing all kinds of divine soul injuries!

Upon hearing Jiu Yu’s words, a person’s name flashed through Gu Changsheng’s mind.

It was Ta You!

In this world, the only person Gu Changsheng had encountered capable of injuring a person’s divine soul was Ta You, and furthermore, she was injured within Ta You’s Star Innate Tower, so there was no need to guess; it was definitely Ta You!

"Who exactly is it? I spent forty years painstakingly researching formations and couldn’t do it, couldn’t use outside forces to injure a divine soul, who is it? What kind of person? Or not even human? Who managed to do such a thing?" Jiu Yu persistently stared at Gu Changsheng and asked once more, "Tell me, as long as you tell me, I can find him, know the source, and I can forge the Seven Apertures Exquisite Lamp capable of healing all divine soul injuries in this world; I can repair my husband’s divine soul, so he can return to my side..."

Gu Changsheng sighed softly at this, and said helplessly, "I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed..."

"Why?" Jiu Yu’s eyes widened.

"Because the person who used external forces to injure my divine soul is already dead." Gu Changsheng spread his hands, helpless.

In fact, they hadn’t even seen the true Ta You; Ta You had died before they reached the top of the Star Innate Tower, not even leaving a corpse.

Regarding the Star Innate Tower experience, Gu Changsheng naturally wouldn’t tell outsiders, but even she herself didn’t know why!

What mysteries does the Star Innate Tower truly conceal?

Why did Ta You die so suddenly?

Where exactly did her divine soul injury come from, and why can’t she even remember it?

Every time Gu Changsheng thought of all this, she felt a headache, endlessly puzzled!

"Dead? Dead? Dead..." Upon hearing this, a look of disappointment immediately appeared on Jiu Yu’s old face, quickly transforming into sorrow, "Dead? In this world, the one capable of injuring a divine soul with external force, dead? Is he in the Tashi Tribe at the foot of the mountain? Is he that Holy Master Ta You? The child who had spiritual power from a young age?"

A fierce expression flashed across Jiu Yu’s face as she anxiously inquired again.

Gu Changsheng was startled by Jiu Yu’s fierce demeanor, speaking with a face full of doubt, "How do you know?"

"How do I know? How do I know? Haha..." Jiu Yu cackled hoarsely and said sorrowfully, "You ask how I know? I’ll tell you, the person capable of injuring a divine soul is no ordinary person. Regarding the Tashi Tribe, or more accurately, the entire Northern Mongolian and the world at large, for hundreds of years, the only one with such ability is Ta You of the Tashi Tribe! The one favored by the Deity!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue immediately bowed their heads.

They didn’t expect Jiu Yu to say something seemingly nonsensical. Jiu Yu was right; Ta You was not ordinary. In fact, he was not even human because he was the continuation of the Deity’s will, and moreover, the continuation of the Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity’s will!

However, they naturally wouldn’t reveal this, for they didn’t want Gu Changsheng entangled in the matter, didn’t want to bring those things they worked so hard to hide again to light, unless it reached a point where it could no longer be concealed.

"It’s him! It’s Ta You, this person favored by the Deity, who set the barrier deep within the Divine Mount Qilian, causing so many to die wave after wave in vain within its depths..." Jiu Yu waved her tattered garments, her expression turning fierce, "It wasn’t like this before, but ever since the Star Innate Tower’s formation, the depths of Divine Mount Qilian became a grave. Many went treasure hunting, but how many truly reached its depths? They never returned alive, never have! Smelting City and the Tashi Tribe have an agreement. Each year, they’d send the finest divine weapon to the Divine Weapon Forging Tower, but ever since Ta You appeared, no one’s gone into the Divine Weapon Forging Tower again, no one, no one... No one knows how the divine weapons are sent in, and no one knows how those treasure seekers died... no one..."

"My husband was like this, went in, and never returned, returning only as a shell, but the divine soul was lost, lost..."

Jiu Yu spoke and once again descended into madness. The three, Gu Changsheng, only felt the scene before them shift, lush green bamboo once more appeared before them, and the grand Smelting Workshop once more transformed into a thatched hut, standing within was Jiu Yu, her expression again like a madwoman, identical to when they first met...

Jiu Yu’s formation techniques truly reached a profound level, able to move according to her wishes!

After Gu Changsheng’s initial astonishment, a look of endless pity surfaced on her bright face. Jiu Yu was also a pitiful person, and she herself suffered from a divine soul injury, but Jiu Yu’s injury differed from Gu Changsheng’s...

Jiu Yu willingly sank into the heart demon due to losing her husband.

Yet, Gu Changsheng’s divine soul injury was inflicted by external forces and was not voluntary, nor something within her control!

Jiu Yu preferred to live in this half-mad, half-foolish, and half-clearheaded state, because full clarity, to her, was the real torment, wasn’t it?

Otherwise, she would have healed herself long ago!

"Husband, husband, come back quickly, Jiuer has forged the Seven Apertures Exquisite Lamp, and now you can stay by Jiuer’s side forever, forever..."

Jiu Yu’s calls were laced with endless tenderness and unspeakable sorrow. After watching for a moment from behind the green bamboo, Gu Changsheng turned decisively and said, "Let’s go!"

Don’t disturb this elder who willingly immerses herself in her awakened world, unwilling to truly awaken. Perhaps for her, that is the most humble happiness she can have in this lifetime.

"Changsheng..." Zhou Mu called softly, trailing behind Gu Changsheng, his voice filled with concern.

Shi Wujue also looked worriedly at Gu Changsheng, opened his mouth, but said nothing.

"I’m fine, I’ll be alright." Sniffing, Gu Changsheng turned back, giving them a big smile, her voice briskly comforting.

Comforting others was not Gu Changsheng’s forte, but to comfort others, she first had to comfort herself!