Which doll is Chu Nianzhi's remains (if any)? The small doll is one Chu Nianzhi transported his spirit to, and was buried in the box and lost/retrieved(?). The large one in Haixing is something completely different.
The hundred year thing - was Zhu Jiu perhaps referring to Sang Zan being human and humans considering Dixingians monsters? An oblique bias reference, essentially? IIRC it was more specific than that (and a direct reaction to Sang Zan calling him a monster), but I don't actually speak Chinese. I dunno. I wouldn't put it past the Regent and Attendant to do unethical things to extend their lives, but that leaves Chu Shuzhi. (Maybe he did actually eat someone in a dark energy ritual to outlive his lifespan and sentence? IDK. More papiér-mâche is necessary here.)
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The small doll is one Chu Nianzhi transported his spirit to, and was buried in the box and lost/retrieved(?). The large one in Haixing is something completely different.
IIRC it was more specific than that (and a direct reaction to Sang Zan calling him a monster), but I don't actually speak Chinese. I dunno. I wouldn't put it past the Regent and Attendant to do unethical things to extend their lives, but that leaves Chu Shuzhi. (Maybe he did actually eat someone in a dark energy ritual to outlive his lifespan and sentence? IDK. More papiér-mâche is necessary here.)