The Rise of the Divine Oracle

Chapter 168 - Ribbit

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Hweiru watched her grandfather talk for hours. The old man has so much wisdom to share with her but all she wanted to do at this moment was sit with her Mama and watch him work. Since Wuxian resumed his duties, the little girl had less time with him and it was bothering her.. a lot.

A small earthquake shakes the table Hweiru was leaning on and she sits up in alarm. Qiren stops talking and looks at the wide eyes of his little student as he tries to figure out what the hell just happened. Hweiru blinks in confusion: "Grandmaster Qiren, did you feel that?"

Before Qiren could answer the little girl, a wave of released energy swipes through them and he instinctively grabs his sword and covers the little girl. Hweiru smiles over her grandfather's protective instinct, even though he taught her how to protect herself from this type of attack.

A disciple enters the room and bows: "Grandmaster Qiren, the energy came from the Treasure Room!"

Qiren took off running and she followed.

They arrived to see Wuxian exiting the smoke filled Treasure Room, coughing and leaning on his knees to catch his breath.

Wangji was patting his back while staring at the damage done to his mate's Room.

Qiren screams: "What just happened?"

Wuxian tried to answer but was caught in another coughing fit so Wangji answered for him: "Wei Ying thought that the Underground Room had sufficient warding to block the outlash of his experiment. As you can see, he was mistaken."

Qiren frowns at the coughing man as Hweiru runs to a nearby room to fetch her father water: "What on God's green earth were you trying to make?"

Wangji responds once again as Wuxian drinks the cup Hweiru brought: "He made the talisman that will free the souls trapped in the Shoucang Zhe."

Qiren's eyebrow traveled north with his surprise: "He did?"

Wuxian answers with a hoarse voice: "Yeah. I think I did."

He takes out the talisman he made to show it to Qiren. The old man examines it, clearly perplexed with his son's talents: "How did you do it?"

Wuxian smiles at Zewu Jun when he finally joins them and says: "I had help.."

Zewu Jun smiles back as he takes the talisman from Qiren to examine it. Sure enough, it had parts of the scripts he shared with Wuxian when he made his deal. His brother-in-bond had a hidden agenda. Zewu Jun felt more proud than played.

Wangji stares at the smoke still coming out of the Treasure Room: "The Underground Room is damaged."

Qiren pats Wuxian's back: "We can rebuild it."

Zewu Jun hands the talisman back: "When can we try this?"

Wuxian looks critically at it: "I can't do it."

Wangji frowns: "Why not?"

Wuxian looks sadly at him: "I don't have enough energy to see the spell through. We need someone with a strong golden core and high level of concentration."

Zewu Jun steps up: "I can.."

A voice interrupts him: "I will do it!"

Mianmian steps up to them, eyes filled with determination: "If anyone is going to gamble with my family's fate, then it has to be me."

Wuxian: "It will require a lot of energy.."

Mianmian smiles at him: "I've been meditating while idly waiting for you to finish this. I can do it."