"No!!!" Queen Jade cried out in alarm as she felt her power draining away.
Although she was unwilling, as the mark on her calf disappeared, the power that had appeared out of nowhere also vanished. After all, their master was not Jade, but Tarak.
The tall figure, upon seeing that Jade had completely returned to her original form, removed his disguise, revealing himself to be Tohru. Although even without removing his hood, his figure had already given him away.
"Prepare two portions, just in case, understand?" The old man quietly stepped out from the side, waving the remaining Potions in his hand, and smiled at Jackie Chan and Jade.
Touching her strange clothes, Jade felt a little confused. "I feel like I've done something wrong."
"If you mean you disobeyed me and secretly went to get a tattoo, then that's right, you did do something wrong." Jackie Chan said, hands on his hips, looking at Jade with a somewhat guilty expression.
"Oh, right, there's one more thing. Where did that magic encyclopedia go?" After confirming that Jade had no other problems, the old man remembered the ancient book that Jade had taken from him earlier.
Jackie Chan quickly looked at the table in front of Jade: "There, the book is over there!"
The old man stepped forward and examined the book. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, he poured the Potions he was holding onto the book.
As the Potions seeped into the book, the various characters on it disappeared rapidly. This was a decision made by the old man after he knew that the owner of the book, the Shendu, would never easily give it up.
The old man decided to find an opportunity to give the book to the Shendu. After all, there's no such thing as guarding against thieves for a thousand days, and it's not good to be constantly watched by such a guy.
Now, thanks to the special Potions concocted by my father, it's guaranteed that all the words on the book will be completely erased—a True Magic disappearance. No matter how the Shendu tries, he cannot restore them.
Even if Jackie Chan and his group destroyed the complete book of magic right now, Shendu wouldn't believe it without seeing the corpse. So it's better to use a blank book to distract Shendu, since he'll definitely try every possible way to repair the text in the book.
However, the essence of this Potions is actually restoration; it restores the book to its original, unwritten state, which is a positive benefit and cannot be removed by any means.
After Jade returned to normal, the Shadowkhan immediately returned to the shadows and disappeared from the spot. Bai Sui also put away his Yellow Turban Strongman and walked towards Jackie Chan and the others.
With just one glance, Bai Sui knew that things were not so simple. The power in Jade's body had not completely dissipated; a large part of the pure power remained in Jade's body.
However, these are just pure power without any other negative emotions, so although Jade cannot directly control them now, there will be no situation where they go out of control.
Considering that Jade is the queen recognized by the Shadowkhan Army and seems to be able to control a portion of its power, it's not something that can't be understood, so Bai Sui didn't say it on the spot.
Perhaps the old man had already noticed something, because after seeing Bai Sui's gaze lingering on Jade for a long time, he stepped forward and said, "This isn't the place to talk. After all, we can't occupy their Section 13 for too long."
This only made Captain Black feel more frustrated. After all, it was one thing for Bai Sui and Jackie Chan to be together, but Tohru and his father didn't come with Bai Sui. In other words, their supposedly safest Section 13 was successfully invaded three times on the same day, or even within just a few hours.
However, Captain Black was now more focused on convincing his superior, Tangta, to believe in supernatural abilities. He also didn't want to make things difficult for Jackie Chan and his team. "You all need to get out of my Section 13 right now! Quickly, before I change my mind and have you arrested, get out of my sight!"
The other officers cooperated by not exposing their superior. After all, aside from Bai Sui, all the other antique shop members were free to come and go from Section 13 at will, and they couldn't control them even if they wanted to.
Jackie Chan still felt very apologetic towards Captain Black, after all, his niece had taken over someone else's base. "Yes, yes, I will definitely discipline Jade properly when I get back, and I won't let her do such a thing again, don't worry."
This time, the group took the elevator and followed the proper route out of Section 13. At her father's invitation, Bai Sui also went to the antique shop.
After causing a ruckus all afternoon, Jade, who had to go to school the next day, obediently went back to her room to rest. Jackie Chan and Tohru were kicked out of their room by their father to clean up the shop.
At this moment, only the father and Bai Sui remained in the room. Looking at the room full of antique treasures, Bai Sui couldn't help but sigh that Jackie Chan Chan's archaeological exploration career was truly successful. After all, the items in this room were not for sale by the father, and most of them were obtained by Jackie Chan during his archaeological expeditions.
"You've noticed Jade's situation too, but I don't think it's a big deal," the old man said to Bai Sui, taking a sip of his freshly brewed tea.
"Don't worry, you don't need to be concerned. I don't intend to do anything to Jade. After all, I've already seen it; those are just pure powers, without any negative emotions mixed in, and there's no possibility of them stirring up people's hearts." Bai Sui nodded and took a sip of tea as well.
Now that Bai Sui's physical body has been completely refined, she is no longer afraid of being contaminated. Bai Sui no longer restricts herself from eating and drinking, but chooses her food according to her own mood.
Just like now, this sip of tea was almost instantly absorbed by Bai Sui's powerful body, transforming into various forms of primordial energy to replenish himself.
Then Bai Sui and his father chatted idly in the room, one out of curiosity about immortals and the other out of nostalgia for their childhood. They chatted happily.
"Back when I left Hong Kong to make a living elsewhere, I experienced many hardships..."
Finally, I became a disciple of Master Fang and learned all this Ki Magic. However, I always kept my master's teachings in mind and never used it. As time went by, I almost forgot that I knew True Magic. It can be said that if it weren't for the appearance of these demons, I'm afraid I would never have had the chance to use True Magic in front of others before I died." The old man blew on the tea leaves floating on his teacup and told Bai Sui about the past.
"I'm afraid it's more than that," Bai Sui said, looking at the various objects in the room. He disagreed with his father's statement. "Half of the things in this room are related to Mahoutokoro. It's not just Chinese Ki Magic; I see Egypt Dark Magic in there, and you even have True Magic and red True Magic here. Obviously, you haven't really forgotten True Magic."
Bai Sui couldn't help but admire this. He hadn't forgotten True Magic and had even studied it to a very high level, yet he could restrain his desires and had almost never used it outside. Just for this kind of temperament, he could already be called a great mage.
Bai Sui voiced his doubts. "In my opinion, your mastery of True Magic is no less than that of an archmage, but you have neither used it to extend your lifespan, nor to restore your health, nor to gain power or wealth. What are you after?"
The old man placed the teacup back on the tray, his gaze somewhat vacant. "Yes, with my understanding of True Magic, living another hundred years or so would be a piece of cake, and keeping my body in peak condition wouldn't be difficult either, so why didn't I do it...?"
At this moment, the old man was thinking of his own apprenticeship when he was young. He had asked his master the same question before, but he couldn't understand the answer back then and even thought his master was too old-fashioned. So why was he now following the same path his master had taken?
"I... my master said that good and evil in this world are opposites yet unified. As much evil as there is good, so too will good. If good increases, then evil will also increase. If these great mages all use the power of True Magic to survive, then evil will also increase because of their choices. They cannot let the world live in suffering because of their own selfishness..." The old man's voice was very distant, and although it was in the room, it seemed to echo in the heavens.
The old man snapped out of his reverie and poured himself another cup of tea, "Back then, I couldn't understand my master's ideas and thought his words were foolish. I argued with him about it and that's how I embarked on my journey to find True Magic."
I have been to India, Egypt, and even visited Maya priests in North America. I have explored many ruins and learned a lot of hidden history. Only then did I gradually understand everything my master had said back then.
And over the years, as I've grown older and my body has gradually deteriorated, only now have I realized the greatness of time, how precious youth and health are, and also how truly great those great masters who willingly choose to die like ordinary people truly are.
Afterwards, I returned to my sect, only to learn that my master had passed away long ago. Apart from offering a long-overdue incense stick, there was nothing else I could do.
I was somewhat saddened at the time, so I took all my money and came to San Francisco, where I opened an antique shop, intending to wait for ordinary people to die like my master did, until I encountered the resurgence of demons, which is when I once again cast my True Magic."
Seeing that his father's kettle was empty, Bai Sui pointed with his right hand and filled it with boiling water. "Is it for the balance between good and evil that you are willing to give up your right to immortality for the sake of the lives of the masses? That's truly remarkable."
Bai Sui thought for a moment, wondering if she could truly give up her immortality for the sake of the world's ordinary people if she were in the other person's shoes.
Bai Sui didn't know, because no matter how he imagined it now, it wasn't real. There was a big difference between the moment and the external perspective. However, this did not prevent Bai Sui from admiring the character of those great mages. After all, they were not just one or two people, but almost all the great mages who gave up immortality and chose to calmly step into death.
The two then chatted for a long time, no longer limiting themselves to True Magic, but also talking about many interesting things. The father told Jackie Chan many embarrassing stories from his childhood, while Bai Sui told many anecdotes about the Ninja World.
The two chatted all night and became close friends despite their age difference. It wasn't until dawn the next day, when sunlight streamed into the room through the window, that the old man realized he had stayed up all night.
However, the old man did not feel tired at all. On the contrary, he was very energetic. He immediately thought of the hot water that Bai Sui had added several times before. It must have been Bai Sui's trick.
Seemingly seeing through her father's thoughts, Bai Sui shook her head. "Don't worry, this isn't some kind of True Magic that affects good or evil. It's just a reflection of my own power. After all, as I said before, I'm a deity. According to you, even my breath can prolong people's lives."
After chatting with his father all night, Bai Sui gained a deeper understanding of the world. After all, the man in front of him was a genuine archmage, not the kind who stayed behind closed doors and didn't care about worldly affairs. It can be said that his father's various insights were very helpful to Bai Sui.
For example, Bai Sui Bai Sui has a general idea of one of the reasons why the Eight Immortals were willing to entrust their magical artifact imprints to him: it is very likely that they wanted Bai Sui to help the world resolve the situation of good versus evil.
As for beings like the Eight Immortals, why didn't they handle the situation themselves? Bai Sui believes that this might be because they are native to this world.
After all, according to his father, there were many great mages in the world who had this idea, and they had even organized more than one operation to separate hell from the world, but all of them ended in failure.
According to my father, all the records say that the first half of the operation was successful, but only in the last step, due to the resistance of the world's will, their True Magic would fail.
After all, most of the True Magic in this world relies on the coordination of the world's energy. When the world's energy is not in coordination, most of their True Magic will naturally become ineffective. This is the main reason why Bai Sui only uses Ki Magic as a reference; it is too dependent on the environment.
Regardless of their true nature, the Eight Immortals were still using True Magic in this world and relying on the world's own cooperation. It is very likely that for this reason, they only managed to seal away the eight demons instead of resolving the entire situation at once.
Bai Sui, however, is different. He is not a being of this world, and therefore has the potential to succeed.