Guagua: [Qi Yanzhen's soul has only just entered Bai Jue's body. His soul is still very weak, and he doesn't dare let Bai Jue's soul discover him.
If he's discovered and Bai Jue brings in an enlightened monk, what awaits Qi Yanzhen will probably be his soul scattering to the winds.
As long as he makes it through the initial three months, Qi Yanzhen's soul will grow stronger. At that point, whose body it is will be anyone's guess.]
Song Yaoyao: [Guagua, do you mean that, in the end, only one soul will remain in this body?
Either Qi Yanzhen's soul will devour Bai Jue's, or Bai Jue's soul will devour Qi Yanzhen's?]
Guagua: [Yes, that's what I mean.]
Song Yaoyao: [Guagua, do you think we should tell Bai Jue about this?]
Guagua: [Not yet. We shouldn't rustle the grass and startle the snake.
The troops Qi Yanzhen kept in reserve are all elite soldiers, and there are as many as twenty thousand of them.
If we alert him, he might act ahead of schedule and launch a counterattack.
We have guns and cannons, so we're not afraid of that. What worries me is that, if they're driven into a corner, they won't fight us head-on. They might use the common people as bargaining chips, and then we'll be in trouble.
There's another possibility: Qi Yanzhen could take those twenty thousand elite troops, slip out from under our surveillance, and disappear completely.
The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Who knows where they might hide? That would plant the seeds of danger and leave us with a huge problem down the road!
Qi Yanzhen has plenty of cards up his sleeve. If he disappears and resurfaces years later, who knows what bloody storms he'll unleash?]
Song Yaoyao: