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Zhou Wen smiled and took her hand, saying, "Sit down, I'll tell you, okay?" Li Jinyu snorted, her knees buckled, and she collapsed to the ground. She felt dizzy, her vision went black, and she fell into Zhou Wen's arms. Zhou Wen was startled. He quickly checked her breathing; thankfully, it was normal. It seemed Li Jinyu was just exhausted and had fainted. She should be fine after lying down for a while.

Zhou Wen laid her flat on the ground, staring blankly at her sleeping face, her lips, her snow-white neck, and... her chest... She slept like a child! A night breeze blew in gusts, and Zhou Wen felt his mouth dry. A bold idea suddenly flashed through his mind, and he chuckled and said, "Didn't you ask me what I saw? Let me tell you... I stole some magic from your Maoshan sect!"

Zhou Wen dipped his little finger in cinnabar and drew a silent talisman between Li Jinyu's eyebrows. Then, he held her soft hand tightly and began chanting the complex incantation. The silent talisman emitted a dazzling white light, and Zhou Wen's mind merged with the unconscious Li Jinyu once again. He ignored everything else and focused intently on everything Li Jinyu saw.

This was a method that no successive generations of Maoshan Taoist practitioners had ever imagined—Zhou Wen used Li Jinyu's body as a medium to perform the Silent Consciousness Technique to interpret his own mind! A chaotic and fragmented scene flashed by, and the past nineteen years of his life replayed before his eyes like a movie. He finally found the message left by Zhou Wu in the gaps of his memory.

...

After regaining consciousness, Zhou Wu resolved to take revenge on Han Mei and Zhou Wen. Although his strength was still small, it was enough to deal with mortals. He first drained Han Mei's blood, and as revenge, he tasted human brains for the first time in his life. The uncooked brain was like a sticky paste, and the raw, fishy taste made him feel very uncomfortable. However, the pleasure of revenge overwhelmed everything, and Zhou Wu forced himself to suck Han Mei's head until it was an empty shell.

What should be done with Zhou Wen next? Turning him into a dried-up corpse would be too easy on him. Zhou Wu wanted him to compensate for his loss with his body. He shouted in Zhou Wen's ear, "Give me back my body!" Taking advantage of Zhou Wen's fall from the artificial hill and his disoriented state, he possessed Zhou Wen's body and used a soul-shifting technique to plant the vampire's inner core in Zhou Wen's diaphragm and diaphragm.

The soul-shifting technique nearly exhausted Zhou Wu's magical power. He needed to drink human blood as compensation, but he was unwilling to harm his biological parents, who were innocent. So Zhou Wu chose the person his brother subconsciously hated—his junior high school homeroom teacher, Lin Yongshou—and pushed that withered corpse into the latrine at the alley entrance, fulfilling Zhou Wen's long-held wish.

---Magpie Bridge Fairy

Reply [34]: Throughout the long summer vacation, Zhou Wu gradually became familiar with and changed Zhou Wen's body. Although he was his twin brother, controlling a body that did not belong to him at all still required a lot of patience. However, Zhou Wu was not in a hurry at all. He had been cultivating hard for a thousand years for this moment. What did it matter if he waited another year or two? The passage of time was meaningless to the vampire.

Li Jinyu's appearance instilled in Zhou Wu an unprecedented sense of crisis. She was a successor of the Maoshan sect, skilled in using talismans and incantations to exorcise demons. Unwilling to antagonize a Taoist sorcerer, Zhou Wu warned Li Jinyu and threatened to drain her of her life force. However, Li Jinyu disregarded his warnings and used a powerful talisman to harm Zhou Wu, forcing him to rely on drinking human blood to survive.

That night, Zhou Wu originally wanted to eliminate this human mage at all costs, but Li Jinyu was protected by the Three Green Lotuses of the Daoist sect, and Zhou Wu had not yet fully controlled Zhou Wen's body, so he could not use many powerful spells. He had no choice but to let her go.

Li Jinyu's brother, Li Bing, set up the Heavenly Mourning Array on the ruins beside the Stone Pagoda Bridge, using Samadhi True Fire and the Demon-Sealing Seal to corner Zhou Wu. Zhou Wu risked everything to forcibly merge with Zhou Wen's body, using the power of the Vampire Fang to unleash fire control magic, easily inflicting severe injuries on Li Bing. Just as he was about to finish off his opponent, Zhou Wen's repulsive consciousness began to awaken. Zhou Wu had no choice but to abandon this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, instead drinking the blood of a fourth victim to suppress Zhou Wen's resistance.

Mo Yan, a disciple of the Celestial Masters sect, summoned the soul of the vampire using a soul-suppressing technique. At this moment, the fusion of Zhou Wu and Zhou Wen's bodies had reached its most crucial stage. He decided to finish the battle quickly, tearing Mo Yan's head open with a claw and drifting away, not having time to drink his blood. Zhou Wu felt somewhat regretful afterward; the blood of a Celestial Masters disciple must be very nourishing, but letting him go was something he had no choice but to do.

Several days later, in the air-raid shelter on the S University's main sports field, Zhou Wu finally gained complete control of the human body. Just as he was about to take Li Jinyu's life, he suddenly heard Zhou Wen's voice deep within his own mind—his twin brother's voice: "To this world, I am but a grain of sand in the universe, dust within dust. But to myself, I am the whole world, I am the entire universe! Losing myself means losing everything! So, whoever you are, please leave my body! No one can take my body away!"

The voice, filled with pride and a yearning for freedom, echoed in Zhou Wu's ears like a death knell. He was horrified to find himself transformed back into a lonely, helpless vengeful spirit, driven from his brother's unfamiliar body, vanishing like a wisp of smoke. Zhou Wu had never imagined that human self-awareness could be so intense, surpassing even that of the vampire king from a thousand years ago!

However, Zhou Wu still left something in Zhou Wen's body: the vampire's memories from thousands of years and a precious inner core. From a certain perspective, the vampire did not die; Zhou Wen was its reincarnation, a reincarnation with a strong sense of self.

...

Zhou Wen withdrew the Silent Consciousness Technique, let out a long sigh, and opened his eyes to find that it was already dawn. The Silent Consciousness Talisman between Li Jinyu's brows slowly faded, and she woke up from her slumber, feeling a little cold. She frowned and asked, "How did I fall asleep without realizing it?" Zhou Wen comforted her, saying, "It's okay, you were just tired. You took a nap, do you feel better now?"

Li Jinyu sat up, unconsciously crossing her arms. Zhou Wen silently said to himself, "I'm sorry, I should have taken off my shirt and draped it over you, but I was only wearing a tank top underneath, and it would have looked too bad if I took it off!" Li Jinyu gradually remembered everything that had happened, and she said softly, "You still haven't told the truth. What exactly did you see in my heart?"

Zhou Wen scratched his head and said, "Do you really want to know? If you really want to know, I'll tell you. Um... um... what I saw were things that left a deep impression on you, like the first time you came here, and how you secretly liked your homeroom teacher in junior high..." Li Jinyu was so angry that she almost slapped him, and quickly interrupted him, saying, "Enough, shut up!"

---Magpie Bridge Fairy

Reply [35]: Zhou Wen glanced at her cautiously and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I will definitely forget it all, I promise! I swear!" Li Jinyu held her burning cheeks, sighed and said, "Do as you please, it's not like it's anything shameful! But you..." She glared at Zhou Wen, "I don't know what you're thinking, I'm ashamed of you!"

Zhou Wen chuckled awkwardly and muttered, "It's a normal physiological reaction during puberty; every man is like that..." Li Jinyu ignored him, remained silent for a moment, and then began to tell him about Zhou Wu. Zhou Wen already knew the truth, but as Li Jinyu recounted it all, he still felt deeply moved. He and the Vampire King from a thousand years ago were spiritually connected; they both possessed a strong sense of self and a pursuit of unbridled freedom.

The only difference is that it is a demon, while he is a human.

Li Jinyu concluded, "I don't know why the vampire abandoned your body at the last moment, but one thing is certain: you inherited a portion of its magic. Alas, this world is becoming increasingly unstable. The evil spirits on Qionglong Mountain, the drowned ghosts in East Lake—I'm worried that even more powerful demons and monsters will appear in G City. Hmm…would you be willing to learn some Maoshan Taoist magic to help me exorcise these harmful monsters?"

Zhou Wen was overjoyed at the thought of finally being able to legitimately stay by the side of this beautiful woman. He readily agreed, saying, "I want to learn the Silent Consciousness Technique, please teach me quickly!" Li Jinyu chuckled and said, "Trying to run before you can even walk? It's not that easy! The Silent Consciousness Technique is one of the most profound spells of the Maoshan Sect. I've been learning it since I was a child, and I can only sustain it for a dozen minutes. If it were you, you'd probably faint in three seconds!"

Zhou Wen smiled slightly, not exposing her words. He looked up at the sky; the east was already turning white, a brilliant sunrise stretching across the horizon like a brocade woven by celestial maidens. Li Jinyu followed his gaze and couldn't help but exclaim, "So beautiful!"

(over)