Chapter 414

Hearing Liu Junyan say that, my eyes lit up instantly.

In other words, the Heaven and Earth Pawnshop does indeed exist.

It should not merely be next to the Chenghuang Temple; it belongs to the Chenghuang Temple, situated at the junction between the Chenghuang Temple and the Gui Shi.

This let me immediately breathe a sigh of relief.

Moreover, from Hu Yulin's description, that area has guardians; ordinary people, even if they mistakenly enter, cannot approach the Yin Dang Hang, so the pawn ticket specifically names me to guide with the Soul-guiding Lamp.

No matter who the master behind the Yin Dang Hang is, what background they have, or whether it's a dragon's pool and tiger's den, at least I know where to send the things, right?

Liu Junyan continued: "The Gui Shi opens on the fifteenth night of each month; counting from last night when you received the pawn ticket, a week later it happens to be the fifteenth."

The feeling that fulfilling a certain condition would trigger some agreement became even stronger.

I said: "That vermilion spirit bone of the Taotie was also successfully retrieved; I will send it over on the fifteenth of this month."

"At that time I'll accompany you." Liu Junyan said, "After coming out of Yin Shan, I went to Hu Shan once more and met the Seven Halls Yama."

No wonder he came back a bit late today.

I was quite surprised and hurriedly asked: "What did you go to see the Seven Halls Yama for? Did you see my aunt?"

"My aunt isn't there." Liu Junyan said, "I thought that since the Chenghuang Temple belongs to the Nether Realm, the Seven Halls Yama should have some understanding of the situation inside, so I went over to chat."

Exactly, I had focused all my attention on the Yin Dang Hang itself and hadn't considered the Chenghuang Temple side.

I sighed: "Āyàn, you're still the more thoughtful one."

Liu Junyan smiled and said: "The Seven Halls Yama said the manager of the Chenghuang Temple is the Chenghuang Ye; he belongs to the Nether Realm but is not under the jurisdiction of the Ten Halls Yama, forming an independent department. Chenghuang Ye is impartial and stern; anyone entering or leaving the Chenghuang Temple must have his command token."

Although the Seven Halls Yama gave no substantive description of the Chenghuang Temple's interior, from his few words we can obtain a crucial piece of information: the management of the Chenghuang Temple is quite proper.

And since the Yin Dang Hang belongs to the Chenghuang Temple, it is not some chaotic place.

Liu Junyan's trip to Hu Shan this time was like giving me a reassuring pill.

But before I could fully relax, I heard Liu Junyan say again: "Since we've confirmed the existence of the Yin Dang Hang, we might as well verify another of our earlier guesses."

I wondered: "Huh?"

"Niuhu Shan." Liu Junyan said, "There are still six days left, enough for us to make another trip to Niuhu Shan."

"Xiao Jiu, haven't you realized? Whether it's the shattered black vermilion bone on the spirit altar or the vermilion spirit bone buried in the Taotie's vicious formation, both point to the origin, even the source, of the pawnshop; the appearance of the Yin Dang Hang's pawn ticket in the mortal world is the strongest evidence."

And the Copper Coin People and the Sheluan are also related to the pawnshop. 74763

I have a premonition that following this line of the vermilion bone downward will reveal many things we never imagined; so I don't want to wait—we'll take the initiative.

Liu Junyan's train of thought is quite clear, and he has always been decisive.

Since we'll have to go to Niuhu Shan sooner or later, we might as well go these few days!

I analyzed: "If we also dig up vermilion spirit bones beneath Niuhu Shan, and they take the form of Qiongqi, then we can basically confirm that the Four Ferocious Beast Formation relies on these vermilion spirit bones to suppress the formation."

Liu Junyan agreed: "We can push further; they used vermilion spirit bones to suppress the formation, not only to create the ferocious beast formation, but also to gather dragon qi."

My eyes widened suddenly as I stared at Liu Junyan.

"When Empty Silence Abbott mentioned the Nine Dragons Baptism earlier, I was thinking, since we're not following the dragon veins, how could we draw dragon qi from thousands of kilometers away into the Zang region? The appearance of the vermilion spirit bone gave me a perfect explanation."

Liu Junyan looked at me with deep meaning, and I fully understood: "They used vermilion spirit bones to suppress the formation, creating formations that absorb dragon qi; when the time is ripe, the dragon qi will be completely locked inside the vermilion spirit bones; then, as long as we gather the vermilion spirit bones and bring them to the Zang region, we can bring about the situation of the Nine Dragons Baptism."

"That's roughly it." Liu Junyan said, "They calculated everything, but they didn't expect our destructive power to be this strong over the past year or so, so they could only adopt a second plan, activating the line of Empty Silence Abbott."

I pondered a bit and grasped the point: "So before we left Song Shan, Empty Silence Abbott deliberately mentioned the Nine Dragons Baptism; they abandoned the vermilion spirit bone line and switched to directly gathering dragon qi—but through what? Could it be..."

I unconsciously glanced at my own belly.

Liu Junyan's big hand pressed against my belly: "So-called Three Buddhas appearing together, the most important are only the Dharma Body Buddha and the Reward Body Buddha, because they are the only ones; as long as they carry dragon qi back to the Zang region, the Nine Dragons Baptism can also be achieved; one could say the sudden arrival of the Little Guy has given them hope again."

"They're dreaming!" Li Qingying exclaimed angrily, "The Little Guy was born in our family, his origin is correct; they won't succeed!"

Liu Junyan, however, remained noncommittal.

Because the Little Guy has returned to his ancestors, it's still unknown where his roots ultimately trace back to.

I'm even more worried about the Copper Coin Person: "So that's why Empty Silence Abbott had to keep the Copper Coin Person on Song Shan."

The Little Guy is still in my belly; as long as he hasn't been born, they dare not reach into my belly; in this process, if we could control the Copper Coin Person to achieve the goal...

My expression suddenly changed; I instinctively grabbed Liu Junyan's hand: "Dragon qi! Chen Ping's half-body dragon qi, after being purified by Longling, then via the hands of the tomb guardians, was directly injected into the Copper Coin Person's body; whereas when I was at Niuhu Shan earlier, I only absorbed half of the dragon qi from the Dragon-Locking Formation, and after this long time the Dragon-Locking Formation may have already recovered; if the Copper Coin Person appears at Niuhu Shan now..."

"That's why I need to go to Niuhu Shan first." Liu Junyan said, "We can't manage to seize the initiative in everything, so we should first grab the opportunities we can control."

Yeah, we can't cover all bases.

Nine Dragons Baptism—then within the borders of Huá State, they must have at least nine anchor points.

What we know are only the Qiongqi evil formation at Niuhu Shan, the Taotie vicious formation at Zhu Pan Jiang, the Hun Dun vicious formation at Huicheng, and the Yun Chan Temple in Lingnan... the Pagoda Formation in the abyss of the Linghai Forbidden Ground should also be one.

At most, that's only five.

Where could the other four be?

"Xiao Jiu!" Liu Junyan pinched my hand to bring me back to my senses, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself; I've always told you, if we can't control everything, then let what should happen happen."

Let what should happen happen... I understand.

Anchor points are at least nine, but each can gather only a limited amount of dragon qi, so there may be more anchor points.

We want to seize all the dragon qi ahead of them, which is like a fantasy.

But the anchor points are set up by them; they will surely drive the Copper Coin Person to gather as much dragon qi as possible first.

What they are doing is also letting what should happen happen...