Chapter 2048: The Same Horse-Faced Bell

At this moment, Little Taotie, who was asleep, seemed to enter a new dreamscape.

Her consciousness awakened, finding herself in a mist-laden pool of water.

She felt a chill upon her body and looked down, only to be startled.

Now, she was no longer Little Beast Bai Bai, not in the form of a child, nor a girl, but a mere bone!

The pool wasn’t ordinary water, but blood!

"Have you awakened your consciousness?"

She heard a voice, vaguely familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before.

"Her bone, flesh, and blood can be considered my daughter."

"To defy fate, it’s something you’ll have to do on your own. If you can truly cross through time and reach that realm, perhaps everything will change..."

Little Taotie tried hard to listen, but the voice grew softer and was no longer audible.

Little Taotie woke up, lying on a feather bed, and Feng Qi was huffing: "Can you control the War God? He always acts like he’s owed something."

Little Taotie looked puzzled: "He came back?"

"He returned, planted a Celestial Peach Tree in the garden, and left again."

"Where did he go?"

Feng Qi shook his head: "He’s a Supreme God; how would I know what things he has to do."

Little Taotie realized her Horse-Faced Bell was missing and asked puzzledly: "Where is my Horse-Faced Bell?"

Feng Qi shrugged: "It wasn’t me who took it."

"Then where did it go?"

Feng Qi kindly reminded: "War God."

"Was it taken by the War God? What would he want with my Horse-Faced Bell?"

"He thought it was from me to you; I thought it was from him to you. In the end, we found out neither of us gave it to you. There’s only one possibility, that eternally haunting, indestructible Ghost gave it to you."

Little Taotie nervously clutched her hand: "Did you tell him about the Ghost?"

Feng Qi shrugged: "Could I not tell him? He was so cold at the time, his gaze was akin to looking at a corpse. I even suspected if I didn’t tell the truth, he might actually kill me."

Little Taotie didn’t expect Feng Qi to be so intimidated. She pressed further: "What did he find out, and what did you say?"

Feng Qi: "I said everything that could be said. Would I dare not tell the truth? Anyway, it wasn’t something that couldn’t be told, that Ghost is quite bizarre; I think it’s also right to let him know of its existence."

Little Taotie rubbed her head: "I feel a bit of a headache."

The War God found Horse-Faced Vidyaraja, and without much ado, directly showed him the Horse-Faced Bell.

Prince Ming: "This thing is indeed mine, but I didn’t pass it on to anyone else."

As he spoke, Prince Ming took out the Horse-Faced Bell.

The War God inspected the bell Prince Ming produced, and Prince Ming likewise scrutinized the bell the War God showed him. Once the inspections were done, the two exchanged glances, a hint of shock flashing in their eyes simultaneously.

Even if it were an ordinary Magic Artifact, they couldn’t be the same.

No Artifact Refiner can create an identical Magic Artifact.

Moreover, it’s as good as the personal artifact of Horse-Faced Vidyaraja; having two identical ones is impossible.

Prince Ming was puzzled: "How can they be exactly the same?"

The War God frowned: "There’s only one possibility."

"What is it?"

"They were originally the same item."

"This..." Prince Ming’s eyes fluctuated swiftly, taking two steps back: "Are you saying... they’re the same item, in different spaces and times, past, future, present..."

War God: "Besides this reason, can you think of a second reasonable cause?"

Of course not.

The fact that there is no other reasonable explanation is what makes it hard for Prince Ming to accept.

"The past" is impossible, as the Horse-Faced Bell belongs to the type of growth Immortal Artifact, which didn’t have engravings previously.

"The present" is in his possession, so the one the War God brought is from "the future."