Chapter 666

Chatting along the way, I finally managed to clarify the origins and developments of the matter.

After I was locked in the Golden-thread Nanmu Coffin, Jin Wuya was also trapped in the ancient tomb.

Although he wasn't captured by Shi Yin, he also couldn't break out.

Fortunately, on the day we set out, Xiao Jiu Zhanggui was worried and immediately sent someone to follow us, locking onto our movements.

The most crucial point is that Liu Qiye has been investigating the Xieling lineage and the earth fetus all this time, tracing back bit by bit and discovering many doubts.

They realized this might be a trap, but they were also confident that as long as that small coffin remained in their hands, our chances of survival would be very high.

In this process, the person to whom I entrusted the pawn ticket receipt, whom I trusted, once took the pawn ticket receipt and tried to redeem the pawn early, bringing the small coffin out of the Dang Pu.

Xiao Jiu Zhanggui never loosened her lips, yet she also had to abide by the pawn-shop rules; before the agreed seven-day pawn period ended, she could not move that small coffin.

But the problem is, after the seven-day period ends, will she really hand over that small coffin to that person?

I asked, slurring my words: "Has that person been dealt with?"

Xiao Jiu Zhanggui nodded.

I immediately frowned, worried that they might act early against the redeemer, breaking the Dang Pu's rules and bringing them unnecessary trouble.

Xiao Jiu Zhanggui is very smart; she smiled and said: "Rest assured, that person wasn't killed by us. Of course, I had also considered arranging someone to kill him."

Now even Jin Wuya became curious: "Who killed him?"

"It's Shi Changyun." Xiao Jiu Zhanggui said, "Our cooperating Shi Family members are few, and Shi Changyun is trustworthy, so we had someone discreetly leak a bit of information to him; he acted quickly and dealt with that person that very night."

Even if there is Karma, it still falls on the Shi Family.

I nodded; fortunately, Shi Changyun is still trustworthy.

After a moment of silence, my mouth felt strained from holding the bead; I moved my lips, suddenly thought of something, and pointed at my own mouth while looking at Xiao Jiu Zhanggui.

Xiao Jiu Zhanggui nodded: "Yes, that person was killed, and that pawn ticket receipt was destroyed as well. After the seven-day period ended with no one redeeming, the pawned item belonged to the Dang Pu, and the next day we figured out how to open that small coffin."

Jin Wuya asked: "Weren't you afraid back then of being bitten back by whatever was inside that small coffin?"

"No way." Liu Qiye, who had been focused on driving, spoke up, saying, "According to the information I've gathered, the earth fetus scheme is far more complex than we imagined, but one thing is certain: your Shi Family were made scapegoats back then."

The so-called earth fetus was probably already gone from the ancient tomb before your Xuan Ye Ye went down the tomb on orders; the thing inside the small coffin had been sealed by your Xuan Ye Ye, and the earlier we take it out, the easier it is for us to control it.

Xiao Jiu Zhanggui said: "No matter what, the thing inside is a yin-evil entity; my Nirvana fire could suppress it, but in the end I didn't use the Nirvana fire—I used the Merit of the Soul-guiding Lamp to purify that bead in your mouth."

Jin Wuya is practically my mouthpiece; he asked: "Where exactly does this bead come from?"

"It is a deep-sea dragon pearl." Xiao Jiu Zhanggui explained: "Legend says it is the inner elixir extracted from the body of a dragon person with a thousand years of cultivation, utterly pure and pristine; held in the mouth, it can absorb all yin-evil and impure qi within the body, including the Resentful Qi of a flood dragon condensed by a Formation Array."

I suddenly understood; no wonder after holding this bead, my Chaos consciousness began to gradually clear—it was all thanks to this dragon pearl.

Xiao Jiu Zhanggui continued: "According to our analysis, the so-called earth fetus is actually someone setting up a Formation Array to intercept the Spiritual Qi of the flood dragon going out to sea Formation Array; condensing this Spiritual Qi requires a carrier, and things like golden-thread nanmu coffins exist precisely for gathering that Spiritual Qi."

"A carrier?" I mused, "In that Golden-thread Nanmu Coffin in the ancient tomb, I saw a corpse that looked exactly like me..."

I intermittently recounted everything that had happened in the ancient tomb.

Speaking with something in my mouth is truly inconvenient; even if my words are slurred, the key is I keep drooling—it's extremely embarrassing.

But after hearing me finish these words, Xiao Jiu Zhanggui could basically conclude: "So the Shi Family were sacrifices from beginning to end, capable of being the carrier for the flood dragon going out to sea Formation Array... likely it was the Shi Family's daughter; your Xuan Ye Ye probably only realized he had fallen into a trap when he saw that woman in the Golden-thread Nanmu Coffin, and he dug the dragon pearl from her mouth, escaping with the Red Armor Army."

If that's really how things happened back then, then not only the Shi Family, but even the entire Red Armor Army was drawn into the scheme.

My temples throbbed, my thoughts were in disarray, and I needed to sort things out properly.

Actually, the situation is now quite clear.

The mastermind behind this scheme is the Chieftain.

The pattern of the flood dragon going out to sea Formation Array might be naturally formed, or it could be the result of later alteration and arrangement; in any case, after the Formation Array was formed, the Chieftain set his sights on the earth fetus.

The formation of the earth fetus requires a carrier.

This carrier must not only be able to absorb the Spiritual Qi of the flood dragon going out to sea Formation Array, but also allow it to condense into a fetus in the lower abdomen.

And the daughter of the Shi Family just happens to possess this ability.

But... could there also be a possibility that the Chieftain first discovered this ability in the Shi Family's daughter, and then arranged or found the flood dragon going out to sea pattern afterward?

This ancient tomb, this Formation Array... everything was tailor-made for the Shi Family's daughter!

After all, the Shi Family, as a core force of the Red Armor Army, having the Chieftain intersect with the Shi Family's daughter is perfectly normal.

It is obvious that the Chieftain has been constantly experimenting, failing, possibly also succeeding.

Otherwise, there would be no dragon pearl.

Only after a failure, when the flood dragon going out to sea Formation Array pattern backfires, will the Resentful Qi condense within the female corpse's body.

The dragon pearl... exists to neutralize these Resentful Qi.

Dragon people are inherently rare; I used to think such things only existed in myths, let alone a dragon person with a thousand years of cultivation!

So back then, Xuan Ye Ye dug the dragon pearl from the female corpse's mouth, suppressed the corpse with a Black Talisman, and successfully escaped the ancient tomb with the dragon pearl and the remaining Red Armor Army.

Midway, he couldn't suppress the Resentful Qi gathered in the dragon pearl, and he pawned it into the Yin Dang Hang.

At that time, the owner of the Yin Dang Hang was already abnormal; she absorbed the Resentful Qi condensed in the dragon pearl, not only helping Xuan Ye Ye but also pointing out a path of survival for him.

Only then did Xuan Ye Ye settle down in Lingnan.

Tracing this line from beginning to end, it is very smooth.

But upon careful thought, there are still many unreasonable aspects.

For example, Xuan Ye Ye took the dragon pearl, such an important item, out of the ancient tomb; so many years have passed, why hasn't the Chieftain come to seize it?