"When I was in the Hundred Ghost Cave under Senior Mu's guidance, he once mentioned that there's a Soul Sealing Technique in the cave. It involves channeling Yin Energy into the Baihui acupoint on top of a person's head, sealing the circulation of Qi and blood throughout the body to create a state of feigned death. However, the soul doesn't leave the body but remains inside... I think... he must not have wanted to be forced into compliance, so he sealed his own soul in desperation..."
Gu Shi Yi was somewhat puzzled,
"So what you're saying is, he looks down on that toad and doesn't want to be her prince, so he decided to play Sleeping Beauty, lying here waiting for his princess to come and wake him with a kiss?"
Even in such a situation, Pu Yanlan couldn't help but laugh at her best friend's explanation,
"That's pretty much the gist of it, yes!"
She thought about it with a strange look on her face and said,
