Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1386

Chapter 1386: Chapter 1381: Memory

The Great Shaman’s fear and anxiety of death rapidly disappeared when Wei Zhong imprisoned him in a remote dungeon meant for erring Palace Attendants... If the Emperor of Zhou intended to kill him, why bother locking him up?

But the Great Shaman began to worry that Bai Qingyan wanted to enlist him for her own use. If he refused, would he be subject to harsh punishment? This worry persisted until Bai Qingyan came to the dungeon personally.

Two young eunuchs behind Wei Zhong placed a chair outside the cell, and after Wei Zhong wiped it clean with a cloth, he respectfully invited Bai Qingyan to sit.

Bai Qingyan sat down, elbow resting on the armrest, and smiled as she stared at the kowtowed Tianfeng Kingdom’s Great Shaman. "I’ve heard that after you were brought in, you sat cross-legged here, not hurried or manic. Do you think... being locked here is Zhou trying to recruit you?"

Guessed right, the Great Shaman stiffened, his head even more reluctant to rise. "This humble servant dare not!"

"I’ve heard your divinations as the Great Shaman never miss. Since you’ve arrived, have you divined your fate regarding my intentions?"

Hearing Bai Qingyan’s cold tone, the Great Shaman lowered his head even further. "The Great Shaman cannot divine for himself..."

"Oh..." Bai Qingyan nodded. "Then have you ever divined for Tianfeng Kingdom, foretelling that... its fate is either being isolated in the desert by Zhou or annexed into Zhou’s territory?"

Upon hearing this, the Great Shaman abruptly looked up at Bai Qingyan, witnessing the youthful Emperor seated casually, his robe adorned with dark cloud patterns. The flickering light on the wall accentuated the Empress’s delicate features, emanating an indescribable authority.

Observing the Great Shaman’s demeanor, Bai Qingyan turned to Wei Zhong, "Guard outside with your people."

"Yes!" Wei Zhong responded and withdrew with his men.

Now that the Great Shaman was confined in the dungeon, thoroughly searched before entry, and without hidden weapons, Wei Zhong naturally wasn’t worried about the Great Shaman harming Bai Qingyan beyond the cell.

She leaned slightly forward. "Keeping you alive is merely to solve a doubt of mine. Tell me... how can time be reversed?"

On hearing Bai Qingyan’s question, the Great Shaman realized the jade cicada was indeed in Bai Qingyan’s possession.

Without a word from the Great Shaman, Bai Qingyan continued smiling, "Do I need to have our Ministry of Justice’s Chief of Staff personally interrogate you?"

The Great Shaman’s palm tightened. "The male and female jade cicadas combined, sacrificed by life, can reverse time."

"Dishonest..."

As soon as the Great Shaman spoke, Bai Qingyan accused him of dishonesty, evidently confident. The Great Shaman wasn’t sure and repeatedly kowtowed. "That’s what the previous Great Shaman told me."

"The Zhou’s writings and language, aren’t your Tianfeng Kingdom’s people proficient in them too!" Bai Qingyan retorted impatiently, "I’m asking you not to waste time. I’m not here to dawdle with you."

The Great Shaman, seeing Bai Qingyan’s impatience, recalled Bai Qingyan demanding him to calculate how many Bai family members survived the southern frontier battle in the great hall, threatening his head if inaccurate. He felt Bai Qingyan might not be the reputed wise and holy sovereign but merely a tyrant aided by capable ministers.

Frightened, he kowtowed and revealed truthfully, "According to Tianfeng Kingdom’s records, the time reversal is not determined by humans, nor has a pattern. Sometimes it’s twenty, thirty... even fifty years. Other times it’s a day or a few hours. All depends on the holder’s age, and it must occur while the holder is alive. However, based on records of the Queen who previously used the jade cicada, earnestly praying to God... it’s quite possible to return to the time desired. Nevertheless, each reversal should not exceed the previous reversal date."

The Great Shaman felt disclosing this to Bai Qingyan wouldn’t matter much. Knowing this, if Bai Qingyan wanted to ally with Sal Khan, she could return to save her relatives before Zhou’s southern frontier battle and then to save her royal consort before his death, with no conflict in time order.

Hearing this, Bai Qingyan’s tightly clenched hand gradually loosened.

She whispered, "I guess the female jade cicada is important, but not as much as the male jade cicada. Time reversal relies on the male jade cicada. When does the male jade cicada enable time reversal..."

Bai Qingyan squinted at the Great Shaman. "According to legend, should it be when the diagnosed object or person is destroyed or disappears, breaking the female jade cicada?"

Bai Qingyan pondered at length, wondering whether her rebirth was merely a coincidence, the female jade cicada shattered with the male jade cicada in her possession, hence during time reversal... she retained memories.