Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

On the surface of the lake.

When Du Wei mentioned James, the Evil Spirit Du Wei across from him was stunned.

It couldn't help but display a puzzled expression, "I'm very curious, how did you guess it was James?"

Even though it possessed Du Wei's memories and personality, it couldn't figure out why Du Wei could be so certain.

The next second.

Du Wei replied, "It's simple, because Harry's eyes were having issues, he stayed in a private hospital, while James and Homier were transferred to Massas City, and as to why it's James, I wasn't sure before you spoke."

He said this, but his heart suddenly seized up with an unprecedented alertness.

Although the Evil Spirit Du Wei couldn't directly take over his body before his death, now that its backup plan had been revealed, the relationship between James and others and himself had become extremely dangerous.

Like a time bomb, it was bound to explode sooner or later.

Thinking this, Du Wei couldn't help but be flooded with the thought of murder, yet he forcefully suppressed it.

To solve the problem, murder was the most primitive method.

Moreover, since the Evil Spirit Du Wei was willing to reveal its backup plan, the purpose was to make him deal with James, which would lead him to completely offend the church.

At that time, the situation would become very bad.

Seeing this, the Evil Spirit Du Wei couldn't help but sneer, "You want to kill James, don't you? But why did you give up? Is it because of the so-called humanity?"

"Humanity will only make your weaknesses more numerous. By discarding these impurities, you will become purer."

Du Wei said coldly, "Don't try to influence me with psychological suggestions anymore, the same trick won't work on me a second time."

"The reason you would say this is that once I lose my humanity, I will become more and more like an Evil Spirit, and then I will become you, and you will completely take over my body."

The Evil Spirit Du Wei said coldly, "But what I'm saying is true."

Du Wei spoke expressionlessly, "That's why you keep emphasizing that you are me, because without Du Wei's personality and memory, you will have nothing and revert to being one of the Masked Evil Spirits."

"In some sense, that's your biggest weakness."

Upon hearing this, the Evil Spirit Du Wei couldn't stop the cold laughter, "So what? The more experiences you go through, the greater the difference between you and me becomes."

"A wooden ship sails at sea, and every time it's repaired, the wooden boards and sails are replaced. After several decades, the ship has been completely replaced."

"If another ship is constructed using the replaced materials, then which of the two ships is the original one?"

"Similarly, between you and me, who is the original Du Wei?"

"The answer is me..."

...

Du Wei fell silent.

The ship mentioned by the Evil Spirit Du Wei is one of the ancient thought experiments, known as the Ship of Theseus.

This is a paradox, and it applies just the same to human beings.

Philosophically speaking, this paradox is explored to discuss the nature of identity.

The core idea is to force people to rethink the common sense that identity is merely limited to actual objects and phenomena.

The more it's contemplated, the more likely one is to end up in a stalemate.

But whether it's for the Evil Spirit Du Wei or Du Wei, this is a question that's impossible to face.
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The existence of the Evil Spirit Du Wei is because it possesses Du Wei's personality and memories, and even maintains consistent behaviors. If one day, it falls into an unsolvable paradox that leads to self-denial, it will lose everything and become a pure evil spirit.

The so-called memories and personality would then become a joke.

Therefore, it firmly believes it is Du Wei.

After a while, Du Wei spoke, "Discussing this is pointless because you know, I want to kill you, and you want to kill me to become the real Du Wei, so let's skip this topic. I'm more interested in James now, what did you do to him?"

The Evil Spirit Du Wei said indifferently, "I left something in James. When he was transforming into a hunter, his Evil Spirit Transformation was influenced by me. You can understand it as him becoming an extension of me."

At this point, the Evil Spirit Du Wei changed the subject, "The church wants to enlist you into the Tribunal and they have a way of testing that can reveal your concealment of your hunter identity."

Du Wei replied indifferently, "I was planning to find an opportunity to show the church that I, an Exorcist, have entered the Third Phase of Spirit Vision and started the Evil Spirit Transformation."

The Evil Spirit Du Wei frowned and said, "So what do you plan to do? The evil spirit incidents in New York have mostly been resolved, and nothing is going to happen in a short time. How are you going to create an opportunity? Using the Horror House, or that villa?"

The evil spirits in the Horror House all have a very strong malice towards the living, and will start slaughtering as soon as they see a living person.

There isn't any room for a buffer.

The villa, on the other hand, is the one belonging to Mrs. Mina. Inside, there is still another Masked Evil Spirit.

However, that evil spirit has already possessed Mrs. Mina.

Du Wei looked at the face of the Evil Spirit Du Wei, identical to his own, and said calmly, "Before I leave here, I haven't thought about how to do it, so I can't tell you."

This time entering the Lake of the Mind, he had intended to let the Evil Spirit Du Wei obtain his most recent "memories."

But the plan for the church to witness him entering the Third Phase of Spirit Vision and manifesting an Evil Spirit Transformation was not in those memories.

He planned to think about the specifics after leaving the Lake of the Mind.

In other words, he didn't want the Evil Spirit Du Wei to know.

The exchange between one person and one evil spirit did not seem tense.

But only Du Wei knew that the confrontation with the Evil Spirit Du Wei had begun the moment he entered this Lake of the Mind.

Every word spoken was without a shred of deception, but the resulting impact was relative.

Only through dialogue could the location of information be revealed.

However, just then.

The Evil Spirit Du Wei suddenly said in a low voice, "Let's make a deal. The next time you face a deadly situation, let me occupy your body temporarily. After resolving the danger, I'll give the body back to you."

Du Wei said coldly, "That sounds quite ridiculous."

The Evil Spirit Du Wei stated flatly, "I am you, you should know I'm not lying. Since I said I would give the body back to you, I will."

Du Wei closed his eyes, "When I cheated those evil spirits, I said the same thing."

As the words were spoken.

Du Wei slowly sank to the bottom of the lake.

And the Evil Spirit Du Wei watched him leave expressionlessly, while frowning at the same time.

After Du Wei completely disappeared.

It said puzzled, "This is very wrong. My personality and memories are exactly the same as his; he knows that after sinking to the bottom of the lake, I will receive all the memories, so why did he choose to leave like this?"

"Is he trying to mislead me?"

For a moment, the Evil Spirit Du Wei's complexion darkened.