Chapter 380: Liu Junyan Is Simply Crazy

Li Qingying stepped forward to block me, shouting angrily: "Nonsense! How can there be parents who treat their children like that!"

After saying that, she suddenly realized something was off and glanced at me.

There are.

Back then, my grandmother drove me away like a plague god, and I was practically pawned off to the pawnshop.

Meanwhile, my parents were still alive and tacitly accepted all of this.

But it's obvious that these young parents in front of us want to pawn their own children, and their intentions are different.

They're doing it to save their children's lives!

Li Qingying immediately changed her tone, saying: "This baby girl is just a month old; we can't take care of such an infant..."

"No need!" the man immediately said, "We'll raise the child ourselves; we only ask the pawnshop to temporarily shelter us. Once this is over, we'll redeem our pledge right away."

The other parents also reacted, all trying to thrust the babies in their arms onto us.

I can understand their desperation; having finally grasped a lifeline, they cling to it desperately, unwilling to let go.

But right now we're also overwhelmed, with no certainty or energy to suddenly take in so many families.

Moreover, once we start this, as the affected area expands, even more families will come begging with infants, and the problem will only grow worse.

Liu Junyan said, "Huang Fan, take them to the Grand Assembly Hall; you personally guard them."

Huang Fan opened his mouth to object, but then held back.

He himself had a mission to attend to.

At such a moment, how could he leave the position he was supposed to hold?

But since he was the one who brought them in, he bears the responsibility to protect them.

It's not that his eager-to-rescue approach is wrong; it's just that when he decided to bring them in, he should have planned how to properly handle the aftermath.

He is not an ordinary person; he is one of the Five Blessings Immortals, a leader.

A leader's every decision at a critical juncture is of utmost importance.

He must take responsibility for each of his decisions and actions.

After Huang Fan led the people away, Liu Junyan turned to us and said, "Since an emergency has arisen, we need to adjust our previous deployment. I will break the formation; Xiao Jiu, you lead everyone..."

"I'll break the formation." I interrupted him, "Āyàn, you can't break the Luan Formation; only I can. But if I go, even giving my all, I might not make it out intact, and everything thereafter will be up to you."

Li Qingying grabbed my hand and shook her head firmly.

Liu Junyan was about to say something to persuade me, but I looked at him resolutely and said, "When I fainted earlier, I recalled many past events. Āyàn, if my speculation is not off, my pair of spirit bones should be right in the eye of the Luan Formation."

Those are my spirit bones; if I can successfully enter the formation, I should sense them immediately, allowing me to locate the eye at once.

Finding the eye would let me break the Luan Formation in the Pearl Coiling River; without the Luan Formation as its base, the Taotie Fierce Formation's mana would be greatly weakened, so when you later lead people to break the formation, the success rate would increase dramatically.

Āyàn, this is the most reasonable plan and offers the greatest chance of victory—believe me, I will surely succeed!

My words left no room for rebuttal.

In the face of the bigger picture, any emotional factors must step aside.

What we guard behind us is not just the pawnshop and Wufu Town, but also countless villagers in the surrounding towns and villages.

And those wailing infants...

Liu Junyan finally agreed: "Alright, Xiao Jiu, you go break the formation."

I smiled at him, trying to sound relaxed, and said, "Āyàn, the rest is all up to you."

Liu Junyan nodded solemnly.

Li Qingying hugged me tightly.

At this moment, I actually felt especially calm.

Whether it's the Luan Formation or the spirit bones, they are both closely tied to my existence.

It is also an unresolved matter between me and Feng Xianqiu.

This face‑to‑face confrontation holds extraordinary significance for me.

I took up the Soul‑guiding Lamp, strode out of Xijiekou, and headed straight for the Pearl Coiling River.

As I approached, the flocks of birds on the Pearl Coiling River reacted.

Not only the birds, but also the countless eyes on the hillside simultaneously fixed on me.

The birds, as if receiving some command, suddenly reversed direction and flapped their wings toward me.

That locust‑swarm‑like momentum, leaving no grass alive, was enough to make one's legs go weak.

The ghostly faces on the Soul‑guiding Lamp twisted incessantly, hideously grotesque, each seeming eager to rush forward and tear those birds apart.

But I knew it wasn't the time yet.

Using the ghost faces, I should at least wait until I find the formation's eye.

The birds drew ever nearer, until they were within arm's reach.

I waited.

I waited for the birds to gather to a certain extent before I could bite my finger and draw a thunder‑summoning talisman on my palm.

I intended to use the thunder‑summoning talisman to call down heavenly lightning and blast the bird flock.

Moreover, the aftershock of the heavenly lightning also has a deterrent effect.

Seizing that opening, I could successfully enter the Luan Formation.

What I didn't expect was that, just as the birds lunged at me before I had summoned the heavenly lightning, a golden copper coin flew out of my pocket.

In the next instant, with that golden copper coin as the center, red strings extended outward, linking golden copper coins together; in the blink of an eye, a tangible Copper Coin Person had already taken shape before me.

Moreover, this appearance of the Copper Coin Person was clearly different from before.

Previously, when it appeared, I couldn't see what was inside the dense mass of golden copper coins at all.

But this time, I clearly saw a powerful current of air surging through the center of the Copper Coin Person's body.

That is Chen Ping's half-body Dragon Qi!

But he shouldn't be in Liu Junyan's body, right?

When exactly did Liu Junyan stuff that golden copper coin into my pocket?

How could he, at a time like this, forcibly separate the Copper Coin Person?

When he returned from the Linghai Dragon Palace, he also said he would wait until after returning to Song Mountain before considering separating the Copper Coin Person.

Also correct.

With his temperament, how could he really let me go alone to charge into battle?

When he compromised so easily, I should have realized he had a backup plan.

This man is really crazy!

What is the Copper Coin Person?

He is an existence not within the Three Realms Six Paths, not bound by the Five Elements.

At this moment, letting him protect me in front and clear the way—isn't that just sending a sheep into a tiger's mouth?

As soon as he appears, all eyes will be drawn to him.

Which cultivator, especially an Evil Cultivator, wouldn't want to seize such an excellent body?

Liu Junyan actually used the Copper Coin Person to draw attention for me—he's simply a lunatic!

Indeed.

At the moment the Copper Coin Person appeared, the flock of birds seemed to be frozen in midair by some technique, hovering there.

The ground beneath our feet began to tremble.

I can feel an invisible force deep underground constantly gathering toward the Copper Coin Person.

What is that?

Is it a water dragon? Is it a gluttonous fierce beast?

Or could it be... a phoenix?