Chapter 876: with translation of chapter title

Whether it's a karmic bond or not, they are all experiences.

For Feng Ran at her age, experiencing many things is quite normal.

Who hasn't encountered a few scumbags in their youth?

Only with experience can she grow.

Minor troubles, Liu Junyan actually isn't worried about Feng Ran; in Yin Dang Hang these past years there have been great storms, this child although is the protected side, but has seen much, vision broad, Xiao Jiu also taught her methods hand by hand, now is exactly the time for her to practice and gain experience.

Liu Junyan greatly looks forward to Feng Ran's growth.

Feng Ran is Xiao Jiu's successor, ah; if she truly takes over Yin Dang Hang from Xiao Jiu's hands, then Xiao Jiu……

Even before Liu Junyan asked Xiao Jiu, 'Has that girl Feng Ran gone to college yet?', he had already thought of a certain possibility.

Combining with the recent series of events, Liu Junyan is more certain that Xiao Jiu's identity may also be about to change.

As for what kind of change will occur, Liu Junyan also waits with bated breath.

Xiao Jiu is a Yang realm Yin envoy; she finds it hard to ascend to the upper realm, and the Empress Hou Tu obviously values her, and the Empress Hou Tu's power also covers the earth veins……

Thinking of this, Liu Junyan said to Hui Moqiong: 'Can Ran Ran handle that Chishe? Does she need help?'

'The problem Ran Ran faces now may not be that Chishe.' Hui Moqiong said, 'Her special constitution, her identity, and the Spiritual Power boost from the Chishe itself have made her a veritable delicacy; other matters are easy to speak of, but involving the art of witchcraft, Ran Ran cannot handle it. However, I heard from Green Tassel that Shulan sent Guyun Que over, insisting on bringing the person back safely.'

'Guyun Que?' Liu Junyan said thoughtfully, 'Shulan actually entrusted him with such an important task? The two of them……'

Hui Moqiong said matter-of-factly: 'This kid really is reaching beyond his station, but he's not bad.'

Liu Junyan said: 'Xiao Jiu said he is Shulan's true match, so that's correct.'

Since Guyun Que has already gone, Liu Junyan no longer worries excessively.

Wait until Guyun Que brings the person back from Fujian South, then we'll talk.

If things go smoothly, by then Xiao Jiu's side should already have been decided.

By now, Liu Junyan is actually the least anxious; he has confidence in his heart and fully trusts Xiao Jiu.

At this moment, Xiao Jiu's spiritual awareness continues to drift forward amidst the ebb and flow.

That invisible force, carrying Xiao Jiu's spiritual awareness, seems to want her to behold the entirety of China's land, mountains and rivers, heavens and earth, even the eighteen layers of hell and the Wheel-turning Tower, letting nothing escape.

Xiao Jiu couldn't help but think that around her spiritual awareness there must be a strong protective shield constantly guarding her; otherwise, after so long, even if her spiritual awareness were made of iron, it would have long since scattered.

After passing the Wheel-turning Tower, Xiao Jiu knew she was drawing ever closer to that force.

Indeed, when her spiritual awareness underwent another dormancy and then awoke, Xiao Jiu found herself standing before a palace.

The palace is huge; Xiao Jiu lifted her gaze and examined it closely, but for a moment she could not tell what material it was built from.

In other words, the whole palace does not look like it was constructed by people, but rather as if it had 'grown' out of the earth veins.

The palace's main hue is a warm, deep yellow, dignified yet not losing its warmth; being inside, her entire spiritual awareness seems to have been nourished.

Above the palace gate hangs a plaque with a blue background and gold characters: 'Virtue bears all things.'

Two coiled-dragon jade pillars glowed with a flowing light, their dragon patterns densely etched with countless runes; Xiao Jiu did not recognize them, she narrowed her eyes to look, yet she discovered the runes crisscrossing, exactly like the earth-vein trajectory map she had once drawn while tracking Liu Junyan's footsteps.

A gentle breeze brushed past, and a refreshing coolness came from behind her.

Xiao Jiu turned her head to look behind.

At that glance, she was instantly overwhelmed by the beauty before her,

Opposite the palace lay a pool of water as clear as a mirror, and along its banks grew countless rare and exotic herbs.

Her aunt Tang Xun had once been a treasure hunter, while Bái Sōnglán possessed superb medical skill; Xiao Jiu, having followed them, had seen too many good things, so she could instantly recognize that some of those rare herbs, even in the Gui Shi, are priceless despite having a market.

Moreover, some she had only seen in ancient texts.

Farther off, a misty expanse stretched, which Xiao Jiu could not make out.

She did not linger, turned her head back, and once again gazed upon the towering, solemn palace.

Her spiritual sense had been brought here; surely it was not merely to let her admire this scenery. The person she wishes to see—or rather, the one who wishes to see her—must be inside this palace at this moment.

Xiao Jiu took a deep breath—hey, a futile gesture, for she is now only a wisp of spiritual sense and cannot breathe.

Xiao Jiu floated lightly toward the palace's main gate.

After stepping through the main gate, Xiao Jiu understood that this smooth entry was only because the palace's master had permitted it; otherwise, there should have been guards at the gate.

Upon entering the main gate, the first thing that met her eyes was a courtyard paved with five-colored stones.

But the moment she stepped on those five-colored stones, Xiao Jiu felt a mighty Spiritual Qi rising from beneath her feet, an earth-vein qi emanating from deep within the earth's veins.

Each step made Xiao Jiu feel her spiritual sense grow slightly heavier.

When Xiao Jiu saw the Altar of the Yellow Heaven and Earth Mother standing at the courtyard's center, her speculation finally settled.

This is indeed the palace of the Earth Mother.

Although Xiao Jiu had never been here before, she had deliberately studied this place; after all, from the moment the Earth Mother sent someone to give her a handful of yin soil, she knew she would one day stand here.

And she would one day meet the Earth Mother as well.

Yet she never imagined it would be like this right now.

Upon the Altar of the Yellow Heaven and Earth Mother rests the primordial breathing soil, said to be the holy soil left over from the creation of heaven and earth, capable of stabilizing mountains and rivers, preventing floods, and nurturing living spirits.

On either side of the courtyard stood the side halls of the Five Peaks Mountain Gods and the Four Rivers Water Gods, and Xiao Jiu also saw the duty halls of the City God, Earth God, and other deities.

This place should originally have had guards, but at present Xiao Jiu saw no one.

She could only step forward, bow her head, and devoutly pay her respects before the Altar of the Yellow Heaven and Earth Mother.

Afterward, she went around the Altar of the Yellow Heaven and Earth Mother, crossed the courtyard, and passed through another layer of palace doors.

As Xiao Jiu's spiritual sense crossed that courtyard gate, she had the illusion of piercing a mirror-like space and arriving in another space.

That viscous, sticky pulling sensation, along with the sense of rupture between the inner and outer spaces of the gate, caused her spiritual sense to tremble.

Fortunately, she soon steadied her spiritual sense, and her vision gradually cleared from blur to clarity.

Xiao Jiu lifted her gaze, and the first thing to flood her vision was a huge Screen Wall.

Upon the Screen Wall rose towering peaks and rivers crisscrossing.

They were clearly carved onto the Screen Wall, yet they seemed alive, and Xiao Jiu felt their veins constantly moving.

She could even see countless spirits flickering between the mountains and rivers...