I Can See Through All Things' Information-Chapter 562 - 360: Mental Recovery, Changes in the World, Lu Qing’s Plan
When Lu Qing woke up from meditation and put away the Leaving Fire Tripod,
Wei Xinghe hurriedly asked, "Young Master Lu, how did it go?"
Having seen Lu Qing take out the Leaving Fire Tripod earlier, Wei Xinghe had vaguely guessed that the Demon Cultivator might not be completely annihilated.
After all, he had seen very clearly that when the Demon Cultivator’s body was collected by Lu Qing, a streak of black light had flown out from his body.
It was then taken into the Leaving Fire Tripod by Lu Qing.
Thus, he roughly understood the method Lu Qing spoke of.
"To fully release Zihao and the others from their talismans will still take some days.
However, I have found a way to restore their consciousness," said Lu Qing.
"Really?"
Wei Xinghe was overjoyed upon hearing this.
Previously, what pained him most about Zihao was the total change in his personality.
That unrecognizable, cold and ruthless demeanor was still chilling to think of.
Now, hearing Lu Qing say that their consciousness could be restored, how could he not be ecstatic?
"Let me try this first."
Lu Qing formed a spell with his hand, his heart and spirit activated, and strange waves penetrated the minds of Wei Zihao and the other Qingyun Sword Pavilion disciples.
Wei Zihao and the others were still Postnatal Realm Martial Artists, their brow chakras had not yet opened, and their Divine Souls were weak.
And being unconscious, they naturally couldn’t resist the invasion of Lu Qing’s heart spirit.
Quickly, Lu Qing found the Demonic Qi mark left by the Demon Cultivator in their minds that controlled their consciousness.
Following the controlling spell taught by the Demon Cultivator, Lu Qing activated his Divine Soul Power and swiftly dissolved the Demonic Qi mark.
Then, he stimulated their hearts and spirits, causing them to awaken.
"Cough cough!"
Wei Xinghe, who had been watching Lu Qing cast the spell anxiously, then saw Wei Zihao and the others shake their bodies and slowly open their eyes.
"What happened, where are we?"
Wei Zihao and the others woke up, looked around, and appeared bewildered.
At that moment, they were in a cave, with only a flickering firelight, barely able to make out their surroundings.
"Zihao!"
Wei Xinghe saw his son’s clear eyes, no longer the fiendish coldness he exhibited in the city, and realized that he had really recovered his mind, and immediately was immensely relieved.
"Father, why are you here?"
Wei Zihao was startled to see his father, and as he tried to get up, he found his body weak and sore, unable to move, which shocked him even more.
"My body..."
"Don’t try to move yet," Wei Xinghe stopped his son, "You were controlled by that Demon Cultivator, losing your minds and having talismans implanted in you.
Now the talismans are deeply embedded, continuously draining your vitality, so Young Master Lu has temporarily sealed your Qi-Blood..."
Wei Xinghe slowly narrated what he understood.
"Demon Cultivators controlling the mind, losing consciousness, implanting talismans..."
Wei Zihao and the others listened to Wei Xinghe’s account, and the memories of being controlled began to gradually surface.
Their faces slowly showed anguish.
This was the terrifying aspect of the Demon Cultivator’s talismans.
Those controlled by him were twisted in their consciousness but were aware.
Even if one day, the control marks of the Demonic Qi were dissolved, the memories of being controlled wouldn’t vanish.
Those evil memories can easily corrupt someone’s consciousness making them succumb again to the Demon Path.
Fortunately, Wei Zihao and the others hadn’t been controlled for too long, and the Demon Cultivator, in an attempt to conceal his tracks, only had them covertly arrange Array nodes and didn’t compel them to commit more evil deeds.
This meant that although Wei Zihao and the others remembered the moments of being controlled, at least their consciousness remained intact and didn’t degenerate.
"Zihao, how were you controlled by that Demon Cultivator, and how was the Qingyun Sword Pavilion destroyed?"
Once Wei Zihao and the others felt better and were somewhat stable, Wei Xinghe finally asked the doubts that had been troubling his mind.
Lu Qing remained silent; although he had learned the details from the Demon Cultivator, he too wanted to hear what Wei Zihao and the others had to say.
It would also help validate whether the Demon Cultivator was deceiving him.
Hearing Wei Xinghe’s question, Wei Zihao and the others showed very complex expressions.
Both fear and anger appeared in their eyes.
After a while, when Wei Zihao calmed down a bit, he finally said, "Father, the Demon Cultivator isn’t someone else; he is our Sword Pavilion’s Martial Uncle.
And our Sword Pavilion was destroyed by him, even the Sect Master was tortured to death by his own hands..."
Wei Zihao and the others took turns and slowly recounted the downfall of Qingyun Sword Pavilion.
Wei Xinghe listened, trembling deeply, never expecting that Qingyun Sword Pavilion had such a sinister and strange Martial Uncle.
Sending his son there years ago had truly been like sending a lamb into a tiger’s den.
Had it not been for Lu Qing this time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Not only would he and his son have died, but the entire State Mansion City would have fallen into an irreversible disaster.
"Sect Master was tortured to death by Martial Uncle, and before we could escape Jizhou, he caught up with us again, taking the secret artifacts of our sect.
Later, we were controlled by him, a talisman was placed on us.
Following Martial Uncle’s orders, we spent several months quietly setting up numerous Array nodes in State Mansion City.
After that, you know what happened once the Array was activated, father."
At this point, regret was evident in Wei Zihao’s eyes.
From his memory, he knew that after the Array was activated, many citizens in State Mansion City lost their lives.
Although they were under Demon Cultivator’s control when they set the Array,
the deaths of those citizens were indeed partly their responsibility too.