Soul Tumor's Strange Fragrance, the Cause of Certain Death

"The Crown Prince truly had swift feet."

Xue Baizhi looked at Shikshananda, and Shikshananda looked back at her. Their gazes collided, leaving Elder Qin caught in a dilemma.

Shikshananda and Xue Baizhi had already become enemies. If I helped Xue Baizhi oppose Shikshananda, I could naturally earn some favor with Jade Sun Mountain.

But Shikshananda clearly knew more about this Ancient Netherworld. If I truly wanted to gain something and escape alive, following Shikshananda seemed far more likely to succeed.

Weighing the two sides, he calculated the gains and losses.

Though Xue Baizhi and Shikshananda had not truly exchanged blows, Elder Qin was burning with anxiety, at a loss for what to do.

"Fairy Xue, you flatter me."

Shikshananda continued, "This ancient tree is called the Soul Tumor Tree. It has an unusual fragrance that can act directly upon the soul. It is said that the fragrance has two utterly opposite effects. It can either make one understand the events of past lives, recalling memories from several lifetimes ago. Or it can make one forget everything and continue onward like a blank sheet of paper."

The Yaksha Crown Prince smiled faintly, his bright eyes fixed on Elder Qin. "It truly is an extremely terrifying poison."

"Poison?"

Elder Qin did not know why Shikshananda was looking at him like that, nor did he understand how the Soul Tumor's strange fragrance could be poison.

"Elder Qin, I believe the Crown Prince means that if one comprehends one's past lives, then everything in this life becomes no more than a substitute for the affairs of those past lives—a living man serving as a dead ghost's substitute."

"If one forgets everything, then the self of today has completely died. What lives on is merely a walking corpse manipulated by another. By that reasoning, falling