Dorothy said, “Each time she reincarnates, she had to keep some of the memories retrieved with great difficulty. Hence, she couldn’t take the normal path during her reincarnation. Once she took the path in the Land of Ghosts, her memories would be cut. Thus, she took another path, but she had to suffer the pain of being crushed by a grinder.”
The grinder referred to the so-called Flesh Grinder. Alex had never been to the Land of Ghosts, and he didn’t know the specific situation over there. However, he felt extremely pained just by hearing that. He glanced at the four children. Fortunately, Dorothy had told him all those terrifying things via telepathy and not in front of the children.
“Xienna’s memories were cut into several pieces when she first fell into the Pool of Reincarnation. Which part was yours?” asked Alex.
“When it comes to me, it’s the final part,” Dorothy said. “But the worst thing was that Xienna once lost something when she encountered the Flesh Grinder in the passage of reincarnation. It’s the token of love between her and that man. She… Couldn’t remember his face. It may be the effect of the curse, or the God-slaying Sword. Or, perhaps it was the side effect of going through the Flesh Grinder too many times.”
“What?”
Dorothy leaned gently on Alex. “Hubby, do you understand such a feeling?”
“… I do! I was really in pain once Xienna severed our the thread of destiny at that time.”
Alex hugged Dorothy and sighed lightly. “She had experienced such events, yet she wanted to force you to undergo such pain with your body. Was this considered her revenge, or was it retribution? Her affection was ever-lasting, but was there any point she kept searching like that?”
Dorothy shook her head. “I don’t know. She finds a point in that, perhaps.”
Currently, she still remembered the heart-wrenching cry Xienna let out when she acquired the scattered reincarnated souls and retrieved her memories. She had in fact lost the face of the most important man.
Alex said, “I’m also touched by her persistence, but I’m worried. What if she really finds that man one day, only to discover that his soul had long scattered to oblivion? Or, that man has long forgotten her, reincarnated and formed another family… There are lots of uncertainties!”
One more thing, she came from the Stoermer Sect. Her lover was most likely someone from the Stoermer Sect, but now, the Stoermer Sect is in ruins and people are already…”
Having said that, Alex remembered it.
“Hey, female stat… Senior!” Alex almost shouted “female statue”.
Phoenix turned around. “I’m not the female stat.”
Alex looked slightly embarrassed. “Senior, I haven’t thanked you formally for the previous incident.”
Phoenix shook her head. “You don’t have to thank me. I’ll be happy enough if you don’t hate me.”
“What do you mean?” Alex froze for a moment. He somehow felt that there was an overtone in her words.
Did he just unconsciously open a can of worms?
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