Talisman Reincarnation - All My Clones Are Dao Ancestors-Chapter 42: Resetting the dream

"These two-!" the chief exclaimed, but once again interrupted by himself.

He looked around, only to see that he was back at the previous scene.

Ignoring Teigu, he instantly took the bags and left towards the hall.

His warrior opened the door, he entered, and looked around suspiciously at the jars.

He could understand the three main jars being on the brink of exploding. In the end, it was his fault for not checking their maturity.

But why did these dozens of bone Gu suddenly attack him?

With immense patience, he performed the ritual on the three main jars. This time he didn’t feed them, only doing the ritual.

Once he did so and returned to the smaller jars, he decided to be extra careful.

Going through them one by one, he strengthened their sealing power.

Finally after taking so man precautions, he opened one of the jars.

Instantly, a moth flew out.

When the moth saw the full bag, it stopped and slowly landed on the chief’s hand, as if waiting to be fed.

"What? Is it because you don’t get enough food? Is that why you rebel against me???"

He asked extremely perplexed, why was it like this?

Unfortunately, he wouldn’t get the answer. If he was a real Gu cultivator with a proper inheritance, he would know that bone Gu were extremely greedy. They are like cuckoo children, even though they have enough to eat, when they see others have more food, they try to steal the food or even kick out the other children.

Since all the children at present were cuckoos and the three larger children couldn’t be messed with, the obvious choice to eat would be the one that gives them food.

They were birthed by humans, so they knew best how delicious and nutritious it would be for them.

And the future? Weren’t there other people to eat?

They still remembered the vision of the people that birthed them.

This time there was food in front of them so they didn’t attack the chief.

He fed them slightly dazed, suddenly feeling like he had stepped through death’s door for no reason.

Once he fed this bone Gu, he decided to first feed the other bone Gu.

While his main three Gu might be more powerful, he decided against feeding those traitorous rats. He would see what to do with them once he calmed down and considered the overall situation.

But just as he was feeding the bone Gu, which took a lot longer, he suddenly felt his breath a bit short.

He quickly finished feeding them before leaving the underground room and walking up the stairs.

After reaching the top, he was shocked to find the door closed!

"Why can’t I open it? What’s going on?" he looked around and attempted to open the door, only to realise that the door was stuck.

He tried commanding the warrior outside, but besides feeling his presence, he couldn’t do much more.

This was a flaw in the controlling method...

"Wait, there is one back exit and several breathing holes, it should be fine, why is my breath short?"

A looming sense of danger appeared in his heart as he rushed to the back exit.

Behind the three jars, there was a last exit leading to the outside, away from the village.

He tried to open it but it seemed impossible. With every push, he saw some earth falling.

"I, I only created this exit at the start... but I’ve never used it.

Could it be, after so many years, it was closed???"

He asked himself in shock, only to realise, this exit really hadn’t been used and neglected for the whole time.

Then he looked at the holes on the side.

They, too, had been closed off.

Only now did he realise something "So did the Gu here survive on minimal air? But how is this possible? No, they don’t breath much. Only I breath more, which is fine since I also open the door when I enter.

But now, this situation occurred..."

He suddenly felt a huge sense of regret.

Although his inheritance was bad, he knew that a good environment was key to cultivating the Gu.

Demonic Gu might not be as loyal as poisonous Gu, but they, too, could be loyal. At least the loyalty was a mix of control, dependence and fear.

But if his Gu felt he was unreliable, then the moment they saw a weakening in control and with a rush of confidence, he would instantly attack him.

His previous deaths, weren’t they because of this?

As he was thinking, he slowly felt the feeling of tightness increase.

His fast breathing and the various questions he asked were draining the air quickly.

Focusing with everything he had, he was able to calm down his breath and try to regain control.

At this moment, the chief thought of something "If I die, won’t I be fine? This is still my intuition, right?

They say there are countless special abilities and physiques people awaken.

Did I maybe awaken a danger sense?"

His thoughts became weird, convincing himself everything was an illusion and that he could just kill himself.

Right then, he suddenly took out a dagger from his sleeves.

He instantly used his whole strength and pushed the dagger into his heart!

...

"These two-" he was about to exclaim, but stopped himself.

Turning around, he suddenly felt excited.

He was sure now –

If he was in danger of his life, then he was likely in an illusion!

Only if he truly escaped safe would it not be an illusion but reality!

Instantly, he pushed himself and run towards the hall.

With a small turn, he went to the backside and saw the entrance.

Just as he thought, it was closed off and full of dirt.

With some moves, he was able to raise the earth and open the pathway...

Somehow it seemed easier than when he tried to push it open.

Not thinking too much about it, he entered the room.

But, just as he entered, somehow, the door closed.

He couldn’t open it no matter what he did!

When he went to the front entrance, he remembered that the door was closed, not stuck but simply closed because he hadn’t opened it this time!

But with a quick thought, he simply took out his dagger.

...

Opening the back entrance but going back, he entered from the front door.

But this time, before he could even do anything, suddenly, the Gu he had kept in captivity flew out at the sight of light towards the back.

Some were confused and went his way.

He dodged easily but when he turned around, the front entrance was stuck once more.

As for the back entrance... several bone Gu were stuck too, and he couldn’t open it no matter what.

A simple thought and another life.

Several attempts went through his mind and he did everything with a lot of preparation.

In some runs he would be stuck, in others the insects revolted for no reason.

Once, he tried to push the warrior inside, but somehow, the warrior revolted and attacked him, killing him instantly.

His will was worn down and he simply pushed the dagger through his heart every time.

But somehow, with each death, the dread on his face became larger.