Chapter 119 (Novel)

**Shizun's Four Souls Assembled** is the hundred and nineteenth chapter of *The Husky and His White Cat Shizun.*

## Summary

Chu Wanning doesn't hear what Rong Jiu was shouting back there but based on their current circumstances he realises that Rong Jiu had purposely provoked him so he could find an opportunity to escape and snitch. Chu Wanning had always been able to think in a rational manner no matter the situation except for when the situation included Mo Ran. Despite himself, he asks Mo Ran whether he had ever returned to the Immortal Peach Pavilion after his punishment. Hearing this, Mo Ran understands that Rong Jiu had tried to fool Chu Wanning, which is why he had been mad at him. Mo Ran assures him that after what had happened on the Platform of Sin and Virtue he had never gone back to such a place and that if Shizun didn't believe him, he could use Jiangui to interrogate him.

Chu Wanning tells him that there is no need before realising that he had poured spiritual energy into Jiangui which was a heavenly weapon. Confirming his theory by reversing the flow of spiritual energy he had injected into Jiangui, Chu Wanning understands where he could draw spiritual energy from as heavenly weapons did not discern between ghost, god, human or demon. Lifting his head up, Chu Wanning sees the lash wound on Mo Ran's face, and momentarily feels guilty before thinking that as Mo Ran had entangled with Rong Jiu in the past, the lash wasn't completely undeserved and then tells Mo Ran to retreat to the palace walls. Chu Wanning begins to absorb Jiangui’s power and tells Mo Ran to give Jiangui an order. Mo Ran orders his holy weapon to listen to Chu Wanning's commands as it would listen to his.

Chu Wanning uses the Ten Thousand Coffins technique. In a split second, countless interlacing gold and red willow vines erupt from the earth, breaking down the once magnificent palace halls into scraps of bricks. One particular thick vine restrains the ghost soldiers together and locks them in place. Chu Wanning diverts his attention to locating the weakness and directs Mo Ran to where it is and tells him to attack it with fire. Mo Ran immediately follows his instructions and slams a blazing fire spell right where Chu Wanning had said. The sky-high palace walls crumble to their normal height and the barrier seal also shatters.

They immediately leap over the wall and run until they reach a small, narrow alleyway. Mo Ran laughs before grimacing when it pulls at the injury on his cheeks and asks if Chu Wanning is still mad at him. Chu Wanning does not reply and instead tells him to cast the spell. Mo Ran barely controlling himself from grinning takes out the lantern and begins chanting the spell in his head. After three repetitions, the Soul-Calling Lantern begins to shine very brightly and he hears Huaizui's voice in his head, who is concerned as to why there are two earth souls. Mo Ran tells him all that has happened until now. Huaizui stays silent for a moment before saying that if Chu-gongzi had said that having two earth souls is normal then it must be so and tells Mo Ran to wait a bit longer.

Mo Ran and Chu Wanning continue walking in order to get further away from the palace ad come across the wonton vendor that had pointed Mo Ran to where he could find Chu Wanning. He gives them two servings of leftovers that he hadn't been able to sell. Mo Ran asks Chu Wanning if they are good before mentioning that they aren’t as good as the ones he makes. Chu Wanning is shocked and tries to deny it but Mo Ran tells him that he now knows everything. He stands up looking solemn and says that he now knows how good his shizun is and how bad of a disciple he is and that Chu Wanning was now one of his most important people. Seeing his shizun smile at this, Mo Ran feels inexplicable joy and tells him that he looks very pretty. Chu Wanning stops smiling, thinking that such praises were the ones people like Rong Jiu got when they were flirted with. Mo Ran tries finding a better way to praise his good shizun but uses an idiom the wrong way driving Chu Wanning into rage. He picks up the lantern and tells Mo Ran to get on with it or he will walk back to the palace as it will better than returning to the mortal realm and listening to Mo Ran's blabbering. Mo Ran is dejected and dumbfounded but nevertheless calls out to Huaizui, who responds that he is nearly ready.

Golden light begins diffusing out of Chu Wanning's second earth soul and flows into the soul lamp. Huaizui chants and Mo Ran grips the lantern close, feeling as if his body is becoming lighter and emptier before he jolts awake. He finds himself on the bamboo raft moored to the Naihe Bridge. Seeing that the lantern is already with Huaizui, Mo Ran asks him to go find Chu Wanning's body quickly before his souls dissipate. Huazui chuckles saying that won't happen so soon and that Xue Meng is already speaking with the Sect Leader, asking him to transport Chu Wanning's mortal body to Red Lotus Pavilion and that he will be going into seclusion there to perform the rite to have the Chu Wanning's souls transferred once again into body. Seeing how impatient Mo Ran is, Huaizui tells him that they cannot rush the process as that will go against the laws of the heavens and cause his souls to dissipate. After some hesitance, Mo Ran asks as to when his shizun will come back to life, Huaizui answers that it will take five years at the least.

## Events

* Mo Ran and Chu Wanning break out of the palace
* Chu Wanning's four souls are assembled together

## Characters

*In order of appearance:*

* Chu Wanning
* Rong Jiu (mentioned)
* Mo Ran
* Fourth Ghost King (mentioned)
* Huaizui
* Chu Xun (mentioned)
* Xue Meng (mentioned)
* Xue Zhengyong (mentioned)

## Locations

* Fourth King's Away Palace
* Underworld
* Sisheng Peak