Qu Zan and Zhulin came to a secluded spot. He drew the Gau Box pendant hanging around his neck out from beneath his clothes and held it in his hand.
The Jomo leaned closer, blinking her large eyes as she examined the Gau Box with great care.
She was so close that Qu Zan could even smell the cool, delicate fragrance of the girl's body.
"There really is something familiar about it," Zhulin said softly. "Open the box. Is there a little blood inside?"
Qu Zan frowned slightly. This Jomo actually knew so much about this item. Would she find an excuse to ask for it back? Qu Zan made up his mind that he would not hand it over to anyone, no matter what.
But since the girl knew about it, perhaps he could learn more from her.
Qu Zan opened the Gau Box pendant after all, but did not activate its ability.
Inside the pendant box was a small Buddha statue, with a dried drop of blood still clinging to it.
"You recognize this Gau Box pendant?" Qu Zan asked.
"Yes. It was many years ago, in a past life," Zhulin said after pondering for a moment. A look of bewilderment appeared in her eyes, as though she were recalling something.
Qu Zan knew that Zhulin was a Hubilkhan, a reincarnated holy one. The past life she spoke of probably meant the body of her previous incarnation, or the one before that.
Qu Zan was extremely curious about reincarnation. He asked, "What exactly does reincarnation mean?"
Zhulin murmured, "Enlightened bodhisattvas and buddhas free themselves from the fetters of karma. After passing into nirvana, they enter the Bardo Body for seven times seven, forty-nine days.
"If their cultivation follows the proper method and their spiritual consciousness controls the bardo,