Su Jiu's pupils flickered slightly. "It hurts both the victim and the caster?"
The Old Lady nodded. "Yes. This kind of curse is also called a sealing curse. To cast it, he must pay no small price himself. To do something like this to you-tsk, what a deep sea of blood hatred he must harbor."
"But can anyone in this world still use a sealing curse? That's absolutely impossible! Given the temperament of this world's Heavenly Dao, anyone who dared use one would be struck by lightning until their soul scattered, so thoroughly that it could never be pieced together again. So how could a sealing curse possibly appear?
"Yet the sealing curse on you isn't fake..." For a moment, even she sank into confusion.
Su Jiu lowered her eyes slightly. "Then, from what you're saying, ordinary Curse-Dispelling Techniques can't undo it at all?"
"Not quite. Since you know you're under a curse, I imagine you've already done plenty of research. The Curse-Dispelling Technique isn't complicated. There are three cases in all, and yours clearly belongs to the third.
"It's just that the person breaking the curse must have a cultivation level above the spirit transformation stage to succeed.
"Otherwise, even learning this third method of breaking curses would be futile.
"Of course, in your case, there are also two ways it can lift itself: wait for the caster to die, or reach the spirit transformation stage yourself. Then the curse will automatically be lifted."
However, losing their innate gift would affect a cultivator's state of mind to some extent. Advancing even a minor realm became difficult, let alone a major one. How many had lost their gifts, endured until their lifespan ran out, and died in despair?
But there was no need to say any of that aloud.
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