Chapter 190: What's the Point of All This Trouble?

Hui Moqiong speaks bluntly but makes sense.

Yeah, what's the point of all this trouble?

"The key is," Hui Moqiong said, scratching the white strand at his temple, "He originally intended to use that Ghost King Butterfly to lure away Tang Xun's soul, but now we've left the person with them, Tang Xun..."

While speaking, we had already arrived at the living room.

Hui Moqiong continued: "If Tang Xun's soul is taken, what are we fussing about tonight?"

Yeah.

We went through a big ordeal, but in the end Tang Xun's soul was still taken, and all our previous efforts were wasted.

Now we are clearly caught off guard by the situation before us.

Yu Nian calculated again, and this time she said firmly: "Tang Xun has deep blessings; she won't die in this calamity, so there is still a turning point."

Although Yu Nian said that, everyone was still worried.

The atmosphere in the living room was oppressive.

After a while, Yu Nian said: "The yin soldiers should have withdrawn."

I hurried to the back window to look outside; indeed, the backyard was empty.

After winter, the already desolate backyard now showed a scene of utter decay.

The yin soldiers' yin energy was too heavy, too heavy.

Liu Junyan said: "He's still upstairs; I'll go up and talk to him."

Saying that, Liu Junyan turned and walked toward the stairs.

And just then, a person slowly came down the stairs.

It was Tang Xian.

His gaze was vacant, his movements mechanical, like a marionette being controlled as he walked down.

Upon seeing Liu Junyan, he said: "Master… master summons you."

Huh?

It seems the other side also wants to talk to Liu Junyan.

Liu Junyan went upstairs; Tang Xian went limp, and if Hui Moqiong hadn't been quick-eyed and quick-handed to grab him, he would have fallen down the stairs.

Liu Junyan stayed upstairs for a full half hour.

When he came down again, his complexion was somewhat poor.

Tang Tang tugged my sleeve, insistently gesturing for me to ask about the situation.

I stepped up to Liu Junyan and asked: "What did they say?"

"Tang Xun is fine; she should wake up after the rooster crows." Liu Junyan said, "But..."

He wanted to speak but stopped.

My heart leapt: "What conditions did he set?"

"It's not really a condition," Liu Junyan said. "Just as Yu Nian's divination indicated, he never meant to harm Tang Xun; he only wanted to renew his fate with her. Originally he indeed planned to use the Ghost King Butterfly to lure away Tang Xun's soul, but that's no longer needed."

I inexplicably felt a sense of foreboding: "He... wants me to help with something, right?"

Liu Junyan's slit pupils contracted sharply, then he stroked my head, drew me close, and whispered in my ear: "He needs you to use the Soul-guiding Lamp to lead Tang Xun's soul on a trip to the Nether Realm."

Those words made my face turn deathly pale.

I once recklessly used the Soul-guiding Lamp to ferry a soul, and it nearly cost me half my life.

And now they actually want me to use the Soul-guiding Lamp to lead Tang Xun's soul into the Underworld?

I...

"I really want to help Tang Xun," I said hesitantly, "but you know my limits, Āyàn. I'm afraid I'm not up to the task, and if I lose her soul, I'll become a sinner for the ages."

Liu Junyan stroked my hair and said: "Xiao Jiu, don't be afraid; guiding souls into the Underworld is something you will eventually have to face. I just didn't expect it to come so soon and hastily, but I will accompany you."

I wrung my fingers, thinking it over.

Tang Xun not only saved me, she treats me especially well, and I am close friends with Tang Tang.

At the year-end reckoning on New Year's Eve, the merit in the six-cornered palace lamp had nearly overflowed.

With Liu Junyan accompanying me... perhaps I really can try to take this step.

I gritted my teeth and nodded firmly: "All right, then I'll make this trip."

"All right," Liu Junyan said immediately, "Go upstairs first to check on Tang Xun; after the rooster crows and she wakes, we'll go back to prepare."

Tang Tang asked timidly: "Can I... come up with you?"

Liu Junyan refused: "Wait downstairs first; go up only after the rooster crows and the person wakes."

Afterwards, I followed Liu Junyan upstairs.

Tang Xun's room was still cold; she lay still on the bed.

Liu Junyan stood by the doorway, not stepping any closer.

I walked to the bedside, carefully lifted the hem of Tang Xun's lower back, and found that the chrysalis was still there.

And it had fully pupated.

I looked at Liu Junyan, puzzled: "What's going on?"

"Wait another seven days," Liu Junyan said. "In seven days, we'll bring the Soul-guiding Lamp to receive the Ghost King Butterfly that has broken out of its cocoon."

If we weren't the ones to meet it, the emerged Ghost King Butterfly would take Tang Xun's soul away forever.

But if I use the Soul-guiding Lamp to meet it, Tang Xun's soul will be nourished inside the lamp, not attached to the butterfly.

I can bring Tang Xun's soul out, and likewise bring it back.

That's the difference.

But there are still some things that don't make sense.

At that time I never imagined how important this trip to the underworld would be for Tang Xun.

Those unreasonable aspects, after seven days, also gave me the most reasonable answer.

After the rooster's crow, Tang Xun indeed slowly woke up.

But her condition was very poor.

She was very fatigued.

She also seemed burdened with worries.

The Big Family all came to see her, but soon she lacked energy and fell into a deep sleep.

We left the Tang Family at the time when dawn was about to break.

I originally intended to escort Yu Nian along the way, but Yu Nian said she would stay these few days to help guard Tang Xun and not return temporarily.

When Yu Nian said this to me, her face was solemn, letting me keenly notice that she seemed especially concerned about Tang Xun.

After experiencing the tragic deaths of her aunt and mother, it was unlikely she would easily become involved in these karmic matters.

But she twice voluntarily divined for the Tang Family, helping them survive the calamity; she must have her own deep intentions.

I also didn't ask further; when Yu Nian wanted to tell me something, she would naturally do so.

As the car slowly drove out of the Tang Family's old residence, I turned my head toward the gate and saw Tang Tang and Yu Nian standing side by side.

Yu Nian's hollow eye sockets kept gazing at the car.

Meeting her gaze, my heart jumped suddenly, and I suddenly thought of something.

Buddha Eye!

Back then the tea house owner told me that the chief of their small village, having brought Gu Die from the Ten Thousand Great Mountains all the way to Huicheng without sparing a thousand li, I didn't quite understand.

What exactly did these people intend to do by going to Huicheng?

At that time, all my attention was on the landlady, and I ended up overlooking the Buddha Eye itself.

A true Buddha Eye is exceedingly rare, occurring only once in ten thousand years.

They used the lies of the Gu Saintess, batch after batch, to screen girls who seemed suitable, and ultimately they selected only this Gu Die.

This Buddha Eye was far too important to them.

If it weren't for enormous gains awaiting them, they would not have brought Gu Die to Huicheng.

And Huicheng… has Chaos…