Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Chapter 371 - 365: A Heart-to-Heart Conversation with the Dean

When the Dean mentioned that the World Honored could not dominate him in making any choices,

Lin Yuan couldn’t help but feel a moment of joy in his heart; however, he immediately showed a skeptical expression in his eyes.

Are the Dean’s words true?

Are his words worth believing?

Nonetheless, since Lin Yuan had already abandoned life and death to question the Dean.

That meant he only wanted a real answer; life and death no longer mattered.

Before Lin Yuan could speak, the Dean continued.

"You ask me whether I am the Dean or the World Honored."

"Since you desire an answer so much, then I’ll tell you, I am a human!"

"Yes, I truly am the Good Corpse transformed from the World Honored’s first life, but my feelings for the Human Race run deeper than anyone’s."

"I have reincarnated countless times among the Human Race. I still remember vividly that in my first life as a human, I was called Shang Yang."

"In my second life, my name was Zhang Liang, third life, Zhuge Kongming, fourth, Yuan Tiangang, fifth, Wen Tianxiang. Sixth, Wang Yangming..."

"The Good Corpse of the World Honored’s first life, that is a thing of the past. When Rebirth Saint Mother took me through reincarnation, I broke free from the shackles the World Honored put on me."

"You ask me who I am, I will only tell you, I am human..."

"Whether you believe it or not, the reality of me being human now will not change."

After hearing the Dean’s words, Lin Yuan was at a loss for words, his Adam’s apple moved, yet he couldn’t utter a rebuttal.

If the Dean’s words are all true.

Then, every life he has sacrificed for the Human Race, what reason does Lin Yuan have to doubt him?

"Believe me if you wish; if not, just kill me with a sword!"

"I won’t resist!" The Dean looked at Lin Yuan intensely, his eyes full of honesty, without a hint of evasion or avoidance.

At this moment, Lin Yuan’s heart was mixed with various feelings; he didn’t know what kind of decision he should make.

After struggling internally for a long time, Lin Yuan finally made his decision.

"I believe you!" After he said this, Lin Yuan withdrew Zhong Kui’s Ghost-Slaying Sword from his hand.

The fusion process of the Mysterious World and the Real World continues, and without the Dean’s words, humans cannot survive in the grand times to come.

Without believing the Dean, humans have only one dead end.

The Dean is the last straw for the salvation of humans; no matter what, Lin Yuan must grasp this straw and give it a try.

Seeing Lin Yuan’s emotions calm down, the Dean began to tell Lin Yuan some secrets in a calm tone.

"Actually, I didn’t know my true identity before."

"It was when you brought this item here, the first life’s finger bone of the World Honored inside, awakened my dormant memories!" The Dean said, taking out the Human Seed Bag.

After he spoke, the Dean opened the Human Seed Bag and saw the filthy Power of Faith rolling inside.

However, the finger bone of the World Honored, which stood like a stabilizing force inside the Human Seed Bag, has already disappeared.

"Dean, where is that finger bone?" Lin Yuan asked.

At the time, Elder Bai had instructed Lin Yuan when placing this finger bone into the Human Seed Bag.

This finger bone is very important, it must not be lost.

With this finger bone in their possession, the Dharma body of the World Honored’s first life is flawed.

Once this finger bone returns to the World Honored, it would complete the flaws in the World Honored’s first life Dharma body.

Therefore, seeing this finger bone missing, Lin Yuan couldn’t help but feel a little anxious.

Compared to Lin Yuan’s anxiety, the Dean remained in his usual calm demeanor.

The Dean stretched out his hand, laughed, and said, "Look, isn’t this thing here?"

Lin Yuan looked at the Dean’s palm and saw a golden, gleaming needle suddenly appear in the Dean’s hand.

Though it looked vastly different from before, Lin Yuan could confirm that this golden needle was the World Honored’s finger bone.

"Such an important thing certainly won’t be lost!"

"I have ground it into a golden needle!" the Dean said calmly.

Grinding a finger bone into a needle?

What significance does that have?

Isn’t it superfluous?

Lin Yuan didn’t understand the purpose behind the Dean’s actions.

However, the Dean had already seen through Lin Yuan’s confusion and directly asked, "Do you know the three Pathways to Enlightenment of the World Honored?"

The Dean’s three paths to enlightenment?

The recording shared by the first Rebirth Saint Mother earlier showed this, Lin Yuan naturally knew.

However, the recording only showed two paths to enlightenment and did not show the third.

"The best method is to slay three corpses to achieve enlightenment, the moderate method is to use the nine-life reincarnation body for enlightenment; I do not know of the third path!" Lin Yuan admitted.

The Dean smiled and said, "I know!"

Lin Yuan was surprised, then thought about it, realizing it was natural for the Dean to know.

These three paths to achieve enlightenment were planned by the World Honored in his first life.

Back then, the Dean was the World Honored’s Good Corpse, naturally, he knew.

"The third path to enlightenment is to make a grand wish, move heaven and earth, and gain the recognition of heaven and earth to achieve enlightenment," the Dean slowly spoke.

When slaying three corpses to achieve enlightenment in the World Honored’s first life, it was disrupted by the Rebirth Saint Mother.

This life, he wanted to gather nine-life reincarnation bodies to achieve enlightenment, but Lin Yuan destroyed his third reincarnation body, breaking this second path to enlightenment as well.

Now, the World Honored can only use the third method, which is to make a grand wish to achieve enlightenment.

This third path, although weakest among the three methods of enlightenment in terms of success power.

But it’s enough.

Tier One is unique.

No matter which method is used, as long as the World Honored succeeds in enlightenment, it will block all Tier Two paths to enlightenment.

"Unfortunately, I don’t know what kind of grand wish is needed to achieve enlightenment!" Lin Yuan hesitated and asked.

"I know!" The Dean smiled again and continued.

What?

Lin Yuan was somewhat surprised; he never expected the Dean to even know this.

This means, that in the World Honored’s first life, he had already considered everything thoroughly.

Even what kind of grand wish could lead to enlightenment, he had already thought through.

"Dean, what grand wish is the World Honored preparing to make, could you tell me?"

"I have a few friends with powerful abilities in the Mysterious World; I think if I tell them about this matter."

"They might be able to think of some ways to deal with the World Honored." Lin Yuan asked cautiously.

"Of course!" The Dean agreed, and then whispered to Lin Yuan, "The grand wish the World Honored wants to make is...."

After listening, Lin Yuan furrowed his brows and continued to ask the Dean, "What is the probability of success with the World Honored’s grand wish to enlightenment?"

"Ninety-nine percent!" the Dean declared confidently.