Chapter 215: Butterfly Guides the Way

Although I don't have a deep understanding of this skill of Tapping Yin, I know that the characters tapped from the back of the neck cannot be casually transferred to someone else.

Jiang Si Que and Jiang Bin are father and son, they share blood relation.

What about Du Chan?

Du Chan is supposed to undergo Body Seizure; even if Jiang Si Que could successfully tap the name from her neck, who could withstand such a strong backlash?

Du Chan's parents definitely couldn't.

They wouldn't even be told what happened today, making them worry for nothing.

If no blood relative can bear it, then only someone whose fate matches can bear it.

Like me.

Thinking of this, I suddenly realized.

Why did Liu Junyan give me hypnosis? Why did he have Li Qingying guard me?

Because he knew I was the most suitable person to help Du Chan withstand this calamity.

Since he won't let me go, Liu Junyan must intend to bear it himself!

But this whole thing was aimed at me; why should I end up uninvolved while they have to take risks?

Liu Junyan already bears so much karmic burden that isn't his; I know this better than anyone.

Sometimes I wonder if the reason we got together and love each other is because we're the same kind of people.

Victims who inexplicably bear karmic burdens that aren't ours!

He just walked out of this pawn shop not long ago; I don't want him to be trapped inside again.

Now the outside situation keeps changing; we can only keep moving forward, because if we're driven back, we might never be able to leave the pawn shop's threshold.

So if someone must stand in for Du Chan to block the calamity, that person must be me!

I first sent the small porcelain bottle containing dragon bone blood to the fridge's fresh-keeping compartment, placing it beside the Buddha Eye.

Xiaoye said this bottle of dragon bone blood, if stored properly, can stay fresh for seven days.

Seven days... the matter in Tafengcun should already have a result.

Whether to use it or not, I'll discuss it later with Liu Junyan.

Then I returned to my room, took out the Cangwu Dark Seal, and put it on.

What if I get soul-hooked again?

The netherworld envoy said that if I go to the underworld, I must bring the Cangwu Dark Seal.

Although I'm not sure whether the Cangwu Dark Seal will still follow me when I'm soul-hooked.

When I took the Cangwu Dark Seal, I also saw the jade pendant Hu Yulin gave me, and I casually hung it around my neck.

Since Liu Junyan returned it to me, I'll keep wearing it; it might come in handy at a critical moment.

Li Qingying originally planned to go with me, but I had her stay in the pawn shop.

Although the rear yard has been repaired, the formation array restored, and that mouse hole plugged, just in case.

After all, there are too many valuable things in the pawn shop that people are eyeing; we can't allow any loopholes.

Even if Li Qingying can't stop them, she can at least notify us immediately.

Li Qingying reluctantly agreed, accompanying me step by step to the threshold.

When I went to get the car, I inadvertently glanced at Xijiekou out of the corner of my eye and seemed to see a familiar figure… Aunt Tang?

Could it be Tang Xun?

That figure flashed by, as if deliberately avoiding me.

I strode after it, but found no trace.

Li Qingying asked, "Xiao Jiu, what are you looking for?"

"Just now there was a person's shadow at Xijiekou, did you see it?" I asked.

Li Qingying shook her head.

I furrowed my brows, wondering if I had just misseen.

When the car drove out of Wufu Town, the horizon already showed a fish-belly white.

But when I got onto the mountain road to Tafengcun, the sky suddenly turned dark again.

Within ten li of Tafengcun, not only were dark clouds pressing down, but black mist also appeared; the car didn't dare go inside.

I stood at the edge of the black mist; at this moment, my heart was pounding.

Because I know that once I step into this black mist, I'm likely to be discovered right away, which is no different from walking into a net.

So I must quickly pinpoint the location of Du Lian's grave mound and head straight there.

Liu Junyan and the others shouldn't be far from Du Lian.

I parked the car under the shade of a nearby tree, closed my eyes, and mentally reviewed the mountain terrain drawn on Du Chan's discarded draft.

I lived in Tafengcun for six years, and have returned a few times since; I'm roughly familiar with the surrounding geography, so I quickly locked onto that hilltop.

But the exact location of the grave mound still needs to be explored after entering the mountain.

I got out of the car, my hand tightly gripping the copper coin Liu Junyan gave me.

Holding it, it feels as if Liu Junyan is right by my side.

The black mist is too thick; I can't see my hand in front of my face, so I can only grope forward.

Even with a clear target, after inhaling too much black mist, my head starts to feel a bit dizzy.

That feeling of my soul about to leave my body makes me very uncomfortable.

I stopped, covered my mouth and nose, and tried to calm myself.

Just then, that familiar figure flashed by on the right.

Tang Xun?

Is it really her again?

If it's her, she must be scouting ahead for me.

But if it's her, why would she be hiding and evading?

Our feelings shouldn't be like this, right?

Although doubtful, I still followed that silhouette and turned right.

But I couldn't catch up to that silhouette; at the next fork, a butterfly appeared before me.

That butterfly was black and white, so beautiful it didn't seem like a thing of the living world.

It kept leading me forward.

Until the black mist ahead faded a little, Hui Moqiong's silhouette suddenly appeared.

He was astonished and panicked: "Xiao Jiu, how could it be you? What time is it now? You shouldn't be…"

"Liu Junyan?" I interrupted him, saying directly, "Don't try to persuade me; since I've come, I absolutely won't leave. Take me to Liu Junyan, and by the way, tell me how far you've gotten."

My tone was unprecedentedly solemn.

I am the ninth-generation female proprietor chosen by fate of the Dang Pu, a variable and also a cohesive force.

All of them receive my incense offerings and enjoy the blessings of my Merit.

In a sense, I have absolute authority in the Wufu Town Dang Pu.

So when I truly became solemn, Hui Moqiong naturally accepted it; while leading me forward quickly, he said, "Last night my disciples and descendants dug tunnels overnight, just a few dozen meters from Du Lian's grave mound; Seventh Lord and the others are inside the tunnel."

I nodded: "Take me there."

"Right, Xiao Jiu, there's one more thing." Hui Moqiong said, "I think before entering the tunnel, you might want to visit Tafengcun village."

I subconsciously furrowed my brows and asked, "What happened in Tafengcun?"

Hui Moqiong said, "The news that Tafengcun is holding another child-seeking ritual, I sent back early."

I nodded and said, "I know this; have you found the second pregnant woman?"

"No, there's no need for us to check." Hui Moqiong said solemnly, "In Tafengcun, all women of marriageable age had their bellies swell overnight."

I abruptly stopped, unable to believe what I heard.

Hui Moqiong continued, "Furthermore, they are still preparing the next child-seeking ritual; if this continues, even an old woman like your grandmother, with half her body buried in the earth, might see her belly swell again."