"You carry this land's blessings and gratitude toward exorcists."
Ellin's words shook Chongyun to his core. They answered all his questions and brought his journey over the past few days to a close.
If the tragedy that befell Shenhe and her family represented the price countless exorcists paid in their battles against evil spirits...
If the fate of solitary calamity, seen only once in a thousand years, embodied the hatred and curses countless demons bore toward exorcists...
Then his Pure Yang Body represented this land's gratitude and blessings for the exorcists who had protected it for thousands of years.
The fate of solitary calamity brought endless disaster, a ruined family, and a life of loneliness. It represented the sacrifices exorcists had made over a thousand years of protection, and the demons' hatred for them.
The Pure Yang Body repelled all evil, sending evil spirits fleeing. It represented the fruits of the exorcists' thousand years of protection, and this land's gratitude and blessings for them.
Two opposing gifts, a constitution and a fate, each seen only once in a thousand years, had appeared in exorcist families in the same era.
No wonder Cloud Retainer had sounded so wistful upon learning that Chongyun possessed a Pure Yang Body.
No wonder Xiao had treated Chongyun so harshly after learning that he resented his Pure Yang Body. Even when they parted, he had told Chongyun that he hoped he would come to understand its meaning.
Ellin had spent five days traveling with Chongyun, showing him the consequences mortals and Adepti bore in their battles against evil spirits. At last, she had opened his eyes.
At that moment, much of Chongyun's childishness faded, and his gaze grew resolute.
"The Pure Yang Body repels all evil. Wherever it goes, evil spirits flee."
"I always thought