12dz Chapter 143 Without desires or wants, and without self
Chapter 143 Without desires or wants, and without self
[Fairyland, Forest]
"Ling!" Mo Xiao had just landed when he rushed to An Ling's side.
Because of the height difference, Mo Xiao couldn't reach An Ling's shoulder, so he could only pull on her arm, trying to wake her up: "Ling, wake up!"
An Ling's eyes were tightly closed, and because Shui Qingli withdrew the immortal power surrounding her, she was shaken by Mo Xiao and fell directly towards him.
"Ling?" Mo Xiao's small frame was not enough to lift An Ling up, and she could only fall backward with her.
Fortunately, Shui Qingli intervened at this moment, using her immortal power to lift An Ling up again, preventing Mo Xiao from falling too badly.
"Thank you for rescuing us." Mo Xiao looked at Shui Qingli, who was dressed in black, and knew that the person in front of her must be very powerful, otherwise how could she have rescued her and An Ling from Mandora's Huayan Mirror Palace?
However, seeing An Ling's silent state, Mo Xiao didn't know what to do for a moment. She could only turn to Shui Qingli for help as if she had grasped a lifeline: "Could you... please help me see what's wrong with An Ling? Why can't I wake her up?"
Shui Qingli nodded silently in agreement. He walked to An Ling's side and pointed his finger at her brow: "Ye Luoli Magic, Puppetry!"
Seven-colored runes appeared on An Ling's forehead, but she did not wake up as Shui Qingli had expected.
"Qianqian, what's going on?" Shui Qingli couldn't figure it out, so she simply asked Qianqian in her mind, "Didn't I seal half of Anling's immortal power? Logically speaking, Mandora shouldn't be able to completely drain her immortal power, so why is she still unconscious?"
"Let me see." Qianqian examined Anling from head to toe and found nothing amiss: "...Water Prince, Anling is perfectly fine..."
"Then why can't she be awakened?" Shui Qingli was even more confused: "I just tried to use puppetry to awaken her consciousness, but I failed."
An Ling is essentially an artificial fairy. Theoretically, she should not have "life." As long as her physical form, energy (fairy power), and consciousness exist, she would not be in this state, which seems to be shut down.
However, Anling possesses all three elements: the form created by the Dark Feather Flower, the magical power of the White Light Glow, and the consciousness bestowed by the Puppet Master. With all three conditions in place, why can't Anling be awakened?
"Prince Water, I think the reason Anling won't wake up might be because she's lost the will to live." After a moment's thought, she rationally analyzed:
[According to my analysis, during the month you were asleep in the Longbei Palace, An Ling secretly went to see Qi Na and Fei Ling without Mo Xiao's knowledge. At that time, An Ling spoke about herself, saying, "I don't even have a soul of my own."]
"So that's how it is..." Shui Qingli considered himself not a particularly kind person, but at this moment, he couldn't help but start thinking about it.
Indeed, for Shui Qingli, the creator, An Ling was merely a puppet born with a mission. Even unlike Fei Ling, a fake fairy with a soul, An Ling, whose false soul was given by the puppet's heart, had no emotion from the very beginning.
Fei Ling was at least a fragment of a fairy's soul, and being born with emotions, she naturally developed a deep bond with Qi Na.
But Anling is different. Although she spent a pleasant time with Mo Xiao, she had no feelings for him and only had her mission and duty to fulfill. She didn't have much of a connection with Mo Xiao.
Even though Mo Xiao truly developed deep feelings for An Ling, An Ling never had the ability to reciprocate those feelings from the very beginning.
As for Anling, she can imitate the seven emotions and six desires, but they are not genuine emotions from the heart, because she has always been so clear-headed.
"I regret to inform you that I also have no way to wake An Ling." Shui Qingli withdrew her hand and said regretfully to Mo Xiao, "The reason An Ling fell into a coma was not because she was injured, but because of her own heartache."
"Mental illness?" Mo Xiao was taken aback.
“Yes, she is not what you imagine. She has no feelings for anything, including her own life.” Shui Qingli explained, “Without desires or wants, she has no self, so life or death has no meaning for her. That is why she is in a deep sleep.”
Shui Qingli and Qianqian both came to this conclusion.
"Then what should I do?" Mo Xiao hadn't expected An Ling to be in such a special situation.
"I can only think of one person who can save her," Shui Qingli said solemnly.
【to be continued…】
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