Chapter Thirty-Four: Pawning the Soul

  Life and Death Arena? Hunting Grounds? Joyful Woods? Dark Spirit Tower?

  Leng Cangfeng continued, "This is the Yinling Ancient Path, the world of Yinling. Except for the omnipresent Yinling assassins, no one else is allowed to kill here. If you have a grudge, go to the Life and Death Arena! Once you enter the Life and Death Arena, you will see life and death! Along with the Life and Death Arena, there is also ubiquitous gambling. The opening odds of the Life and Death Arena are three parts to one. The winner can get a 30% share! This is the fastest way to make money."

  Life and death arena? Winner takes all?

  Muttering these words in his mouth, Chu Cheng seemed to see the cruel killing and fighting, using his life to fight for gold coins.

  "Life and death arena, five lives for each! Hunting ground, nine deaths and one life!" Leng Cangfeng said coldly: "Those who offend the yin spirits are thrown into the hunting ground! Those killed by the yin spirit assassins are also thrown into the hunting ground! Cultivators captured from the outside world are thrown into the hunting ground! Everyone kills each other, while fighting against the powerful ferocious beasts in the hunting ground. In the end, only one-tenth of the people survive. The same opening offer, those who come out alive get a 30% share!"

  Hunting grounds, an existence even more terrifying than a life-or-death arena!

  "Kwai Hap Lin, I've never been there, but I've heard it's a place where people go to indulge in extreme pleasure, and also an extremely terrifying place. Those who enter, indulge in the most intense pleasure, spending money like water, going in as rich men, coming out as poor devils, yet still wanting to go back in, even if they have to fight to the death or hunt for food, just to earn money to return to Kwai Hap Lin!" A thick layer of apprehension appeared in Leng Cang Feng's eyes.

  Kwai Hap Lam, that's truly a devil's lair!

  "The Spirit Tower, a thin line between heaven and hell! Hand over a large amount of spiritual equipment, elixirs, materials, or other things, and you'll have the chance to enter the Spirit Tower. It's a very mysterious place, a trial ground, if you pass through it your cultivation will greatly increase, but if you don't make it through you'll be invaded by death energy and transformed into a spirit! Out of 100 people, only one can survive!" A hint of longing flashed in Cold Storage Blade's eyes, along with an even thicker sense of dread.

  Life and death arena, hunting grounds, happy forest, dark spirit tower, four special places, one more terrifying than the other.

  "Haha, is it that scary? You've piqued my interest and now I really want to go take a look!" Dongfang Yesheng was not afraid of heaven or earth, but instead became even more interested.

  "Don't even think about it! Let's head to the other end of the Spirit Road immediately and get out of here." Cold storage edge, his face icy cold.

  "Coward!" Dongfang Ye cursed and looked around, suddenly saw a store, immediately became interested, lifted his legs and walked in.

  "Don't go in!" Leng Cangfeng saw the sign of the store clearly, his face changed, and he wanted to stop him, but unfortunately, Dongfang Ye's speed was too fast, and it was already too late.

  "What's wrong? It's just a store, why be so cautious?" Chu Cheng didn't understand.

  "You don't understand. Look at the sign of that store!" Leng Cangfeng sighed.

  "Yinling Pawnshop No. 8... a pawnshop?!" Chu Cheng's heart secretly cried out in alarm.

  "That's right, a pawnshop, and it's run by the yin spirits!" Leng Cangfeng's tone was even colder: "Once you enter the yin spirit pawnshop, you must pawn something!"

  "Must pawn? What a tyrannical rule!" Chu Cheng frowned.

  "Yes, it must be pawned. This is the rule of the Dark Spirit King and it's specifically for cultivators. Moreover, what's being pawned here isn't spiritual equipment or elixirs, and what you get in return isn't gold coins either!" Leng Cangfeng said.

  Is it not an elixir of immortality? Is it not gold coins?

  Chu Cheng suddenly remembered a certain legend: "Yin spirits are all cursed beings, with no blood or energy in their bodies, only endless yin energy and dead air! They were once also living people, yearning for their past lives. So, what they most longed to get was the flesh and blood of living spirits... Flesh and blood?!"

  Chu Cheng stared blankly at Leng Cangfeng, his eyes radiating a cold glow: "What they pawned was flesh and blood?"

  "Cold storage heavily sighed: "Fresh blood, refined blood, blood vessels, blood essence, blood jade! Sun copper bone, white silver treasure bone, golden treasure bone, seven treasure treasure bone! Five zang five xing place! Twelve regular meridians twelve mountains, eight extraordinary meridians three great seas! All over the body acupoints, endless divine light! Everything can be pawned! But most importantly, is another thing!"

  "What is it?" Chu Cheng asked.

  What Leng Cang said, are the foundation that can be obtained through cultivation: one is the Jieyuan boundary, the other is the Qibao boundary, the third is the Wuxing boundary, the fourth is the Shanhai boundary, and the fifth is the Shentong boundary. These are the most important things for a cultivator, what could be more important than this?

  "Soul!" Ling Chen's voice was cold and detached: "It is a soul!"

  Soul?

  The city of Chu was shocked and amazed.

  The body and soul are the two major foundations of the existence of living beings.

  Losing one's soul is like being a walking corpse; losing one's body becomes a yin spirit, also known as a dead spirit.

  The human spirit has a primordial spirit, the primordial spirit is formed by the aggregation of the soul and the vital energy. The soul has three aspects: one is the heavenly soul, two is the earthly soul, and three is the life soul. The vital energy has seven aspects: one is the heavenly vitality, two is the spiritual wisdom, three is the vital breath, four is the physical strength, five is the central axis, six is the essence, and seven is the honor.

  The heavenly soul returns to heaven, the earthly soul returns to earth, and the mortal soul returns to the spirit.

  The two spirits of heaven and earth are always outside, only the spirit of fate resides within.

  This is the saying of Huaxia China on earth in the previous life.

  But in this world, as Chu Cheng understood it, things were not so simple.

  Heaven, Earth and Man have three spirits, all within the physical body.

  Three souls complete, is for living spirit.

  The heavenly soul is related to communication with the divine, and losing the heavenly soul means losing the ability to communicate with the divine, which also means losing the condition for advancing to the realm of spiritual communication.

  The relationship between the earth and the soul is related to the causal connection of the living spirit. If the earth loses its soul, it will be rejected by heaven and earth.

  The primordial spirit is the foundation, communicating with the two spirits of heaven and earth, connecting the seven souls. What is called the nature of life, the "life" in it refers to the primordial spirit.

  The heavenly soul is yang and closely connected with the physical body. When a living being loses its physical body, it will lose its heavenly soul and become a yin spirit.

  The earth soul is in charge of the yin, and if the earth soul is lost, the living spirit will become a zombie, losing all memories from before birth, all causal connections, and heaven and earth will not tolerate it.

  If both the heavenly and earthly souls are lost, it means thorough death. The life soul has no place to dwell and must be reincarnated, re-gathering the heavenly and earthly souls; otherwise, it will certainly perish.

  Yin spirit is the combination of earth soul and life soul.

  Because of losing the heavenly soul, the yin spirit lost the condition for advancing to the divine realm.

  So for the Dark Spirit King equivalent to the Mountain and Sea Boundary, the most precious thing is the Heavenly Soul.

  Of course, the primordial spirit and earth spirit, as well as the seven po, are also great supplements for yin spirits.

  However, devouring souls is a great taboo of heaven and earth, and will be rejected by heaven and earth, and will be the enemy of all living things.

  Therefore, a certain yin spirit came up with a plan, which was to open a pawnshop and obtain the three souls and seven spirits of living beings through pawning.

  Because it's a pawn, the three souls and seven spirits are merely stored away, not considered lost.

  However, pawnshops have a deadline, and once the deadline is exceeded, it means that the three souls and seven spirits will return to the yin spirit from then on.

  This is the contract between the living and the dead, recognized by heaven and earth.

  And this pawnshop in front of him was just like what Leng Cangfeng said.

  "So you're saying Dongfang Ye must be pawned off?" Chu Cheng's eyes gleamed with a fierce light.

  If Dongfang Yewang's body was injured, it would be fine as long as it was just a loss of blood essence, and he could recover from it.

  But if Dongfang Yexian is Tianxia, then it's all over, and from now on, the opportunity to advance to the Divine Realm will be lost!

  For ordinary people, there was no chance of advancing to the Divine Transformation Realm anyway, so losing their heavenly soul didn't matter. But for Dongfang Ye, this was absolutely more unbearable than death!

  "Dongfang Ye won't be so foolish, will he? Tian Da Tian Hun?" Jiu Gongzi suddenly said.

  "No, you don't understand. The yin spirits have all sorts of methods to make Dongfang Ye think that what he's pawning is something else, but when the contract is actually signed, it's his soul that's being pawned! To be honest, ninety-nine percent of those who enter the Yin Spirit Pawnshop pawn their heavenly souls!" Leng Cangfeng said.

  "No way, I have to go in and tell him all this!" Chu Cheng lifted his leg and was about to enter.

  If something happens to Dongfang Ye, Dongfang Xiner will never forgive him. Moreover, although Dongfang Ye is careless, he is very good to himself and cannot bear to see him get into trouble.

  "You can't go in!" Leng Cangfeng blocked his way.

  "Why?"

  "If you go in, you won't be able to see the Eastern Wilderness at all!" Leng Cangfeng said: "There is an illusion array inside, anyone who enters will be alone and unable to see anyone else! And if you enter, then you'll probably lose your Tian Hun too!"

  "What should I do?" Chu Cheng took a deep breath.

  "There's no way..." Leng Cangfeng was about to speak when suddenly a loud voice rang out and Dongfang Ye appeared.

  "Haha! Chucheng, look what I pawned! I pawned one-tenth of my precious blood and got this top-quality Seven Treasures artifact in return! Haha, what a great deal!" Dongfang Ye held up a water-fire club, looking very pleased with himself.

  "Bring out your life-and-death contract and let me see it!" Leng Cangfeng's face was icy cold.

  "What's wrong with you? If you want to see it for yourself, go pawn it off!" Dongfang Ye glared at Leng Cangfeng with a cold gaze, responding in an ill-tempered tone.

  "Big Brother Dongfang, let him see it." Chu Cheng sighed: "You might have been taken advantage of!"

  "What a big loss? What big loss?" Dongfang Ye looked at Chucheng and saw that he wasn't joking, so he took out a scroll and handed it to Leng Cangfeng: "Be careful, one day I'll get bored with this water-fire club and plan to redeem my tenth of precious blood back!"

  Leng Cangfeng ignored him, unrolled the scroll and examined it carefully for a moment, his face darker than ever.

  "How is it?" Chu Cheng's heart was burning with anxiety.

  "You take a look yourself!" Leng Cangfeng handed the scroll to Chucheng.

  Chu Cheng looked carefully and his face changed greatly.

  "What's wrong with you guys? What's so funny?" Dongfang Ye snatched the scroll, took a look, and his face turned ugly. He jumped up and scolded.

  "My goodness! How did it become like this? I remember pawning a tenth of my vital energy, with a ten-year deadline! How did it turn into pawning my soul, and now I'm dead?"

  The Eastern Wild Ninja couldn't help it, grabbed a water fire club and smashed it towards the Yin Spirit Pawnshop.

  "You bunch of bastards, I'll wipe you out, go die for me!"

  However, the Water Fire Stick had not yet come into contact with the Dark Spirit Pawnshop when a cold hum was heard. A powerful Xuan force flew out from within the pawnshop, transforming into a fist that heavily smashed onto Dongfang Ye's body. Dongfang Ye let out a muffled groan and flew out, falling to the ground, his head tilted to one side as he fainted.

  "Wild East!"

  Chu Cheng was shocked and quickly rushed forward to pick up Dongfang Ye, discovering that he had suffered severe injuries but hadn't died, only fainted.

  "You're looking for death! Not only did you design a deceitful plan, but now you've also injured him?" Chu Cheng was furious.

  "Hmph, no match for others, what's there to say? The contract has been signed, heaven and earth as witness, can you still back out? I see that his foundation is deep, but he won't be able to advance to the Divine Realm in this life. What use is a heavenly soul then? Scram, this is the first time, I'll forgive you!" A cold voice came out.

  "It's the guardian of the Yīn Líng Pawnshop, Yīn Líng Jiàng!" Lěng Cáng Fēng said in a low voice: "A man under another's roof must lower his head. Let's go! You can rest assured that the Tiān Hún of Dōng Fāng Yě must be stored at the Yīn Líng Pawnshop for ten days, leaving a thread of hope for people! And dissolving the contract is not impossible!"

  "Good!" Chu Cheng was stunned for a moment, then picked up Dongfang Ye and ran.

  And he didn't notice that a person wearing a red ogre mask was following them.

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