Merchant of the Underworld

"The conditions are very simple." The shadow said: "If you continue walking forward, you will see three forks. One is black, one is white, and one is red."

"The black road is the road of pure yin, the white road is the road of pure yang, and the red road is the road of hell. You may also see that our brothers are yin and yang, and no one of them can pass, so we only I can stay here and wait pitifully."

"And you can choose any one to go in. No matter which fork in the road you choose, it will eventually merge into one place. There is an ancient bronze tree at the intersection. On the top of the ancient tree, there is a three-legged black porcelain ball in a tray. Crow, just smash that crow to pieces. That's our terms."

"That's easy to say!" Xiao Bailong asked in disbelief: "Who knows if this is a trap you have set a long time ago? If the crow is the mechanism that opens the trap, and those two old bastards are ambushing nearby, once We smashed the crow, and two old bastards plus you two monsters are attacking us from both sides, where are we going to run?"

Bai Ying was stunned for a moment and said: "Yes, yes, it's not unreasonable for you to think so. But if this is really the case, why should we bother with it? If the two of us didn't show up just now, we would have waited for you to enter the fork in the road before fighting out. It is the same?"

"Also, despite the fact that you have killed all the masters outside the door, with your current strength, if you want to deal with both of us plus Ito and the old guardian at the same time, what do you think you still have a chance of winning? Let alone a sneak attack."

"To tell you the truth, that three-legged crow is the soul of the entire ancient tomb. Once it is smashed, the restrictions in the entire ancient tomb will be useless, and the eyes of the ancient tomb will be exposed. As long as you destroy the formation eye, you can break the life and death contract, and Ito and the old guardian will also die. Once Ito dies, your people will naturally be saved. This is the purpose of our ultimate cooperation!"

"You two want to kill Ito Shohei and Amaterasu?" Neither Xiao Bailong nor I expected that these two guys had this plan.

"The two of them have lived long enough!" The black shadow continued: "The reason why they are anxious to open the ancient tomb is to find the treasures in the tomb and extend their lives. And because the two of us have learned this broken magic , this kind of lifeless and insubstantial life has long been over, so we want to change our way of living."

"The wandering soul is reborn?" I said, stunned.

"Huh?" When the black and white figures heard me say these four words, they looked at me in surprise.

Although the two of them are now like monsters and immortal, they will be imprisoned in the white sand and black mud for the rest of their lives, living a miserable life.

When they first started practicing this kind of magic, they might be filled with joy as if they had found a treasure. But as the blood dried up and the flesh and bones rotted, the life became more and more real, and they became more distressed, but they just couldn't help it. There is no way! I really can't live, I can't die.

As they entered the ancient tomb and were marked by a life-and-death contract, even the pleasure and privilege of soul transformation were deprived of them. They became the guardians of the ancient tomb and could never be freed.

This life and death contract is the most vicious curse to others, but to them both, it is a mixed bag of good and bad.

The bad side is that once other people are caught in the life and death contract, they can come and go freely after signing the contract by engraving their own blood on the mark. As long as the formation eye is not broken, there will be no difference from the original.

But both of them had long since exhausted their flesh and blood, and there was no contract to sign, so the ban locked their souls.

There is no way to crack it!

Therefore, both of them have been unable to leave this ancient tomb.

I don't know how many days I spent in this cold, dark, empty and boring tomb, and all my patience has been worn away. I really wish someone could break through the formation and completely destroy the ancient tomb.

And for them, this is exactly the good side!

The bipolar method practiced by the two of them is probably an incomplete version, or the predecessors deliberately left many loopholes, causing all those who practice it to become like neither humans nor ghosts.

But its essence is still the dual cultivation of yin and yang, and this has not changed.

Therefore, after the curse of the life and death contract took effect, the two offset each other and created a mutual restraint force.

In other words, the two of them are very different from all the people who enter the ancient tomb and have contracts with them.

Everyone else was destroyed as soon as the formation was broken, but the two of them were able to be freed!

The soul can escape the shackles of white sand and black mud and become a ghost wandering between the yin and yang worlds. It can even find a recently deceased corpse and possess it for rebirth.

The path to death for others in the ancient tomb is precisely their path to survival!

Because of this, the other masters of the Amaterasu Society are studying how to crack the mechanism and seize the treasure; but what the two of them are studying is how to break through the formation and destroy the ancient tomb!

Moreover, since the two of them have been trapped in the ancient tomb for many years, what they have seen is far more accurate than others.

For example, the secret behind the three-way intersection is probably unknown to everyone in the Amaterasu Society except the two of them.

Because of this, they have been waiting for intruders who have the ability to destroy the formation and help them escape from the sea of ​​misery.

It is for this reason that they will never do evil behind the scenes - at least not until we get rid of the formation!

Because this is their only chance to escape and get a new life!

At this point, I finally understood why Senior Gray Pigeon caught them both and then let them go.

Presumably when Senior Gray Pigeon entered the ancient tomb, the Nine Nether Formations such as the Nine Yin Ultimate Killing Formation and the Soul-Burning Curse had not yet been cracked. At that time, he might not have known that the magic weapon to break the restrictions - the blood of the Amaterasu clan was still there. remain in the world.

As a high disciple of Yuuko, Juesenpai, the Japanese Onmyoji have been able to break through the Nine Nether Formations he left behind for thousands of years, but there is still nothing they can do. As the last descendant of the Jiuyou sect, Senior Gray Pigeon is at a loss and cannot move forward.

Simply, let these two guys stay.

Because although these two guys are not good people, they are trapped by the curse and cannot leave the ancient tomb at all, so they can't harm anyone. Once someone enters and has a chance to break into the ancient tomb, the two of them can actually become the traitors of the Amaterasu Society and help the intruder break through the formation.

It would be better to leave the two of them behind, so that when the destined person comes to the ancient tomb again in the future, they can still help each other!

And due to the confinement effect of the cultivation method, their abilities may seem amazing, but in fact they are nothing more than that. As long as they can control both souls at the same time, they won't be able to cause much trouble. Of course, if you cannot control the black and white souls at the same time and continue to fight to the death, it will undoubtedly be the intruder who will suffer or even die in the end.

When Xiao Bailong saw my expression, he immediately understood that I seemed to have figured something out. As soon as the black and white figures heard me say the words "Wandering Soul Reborn", they immediately understood that I knew their hidden thoughts and secrets. .

"Well, not bad, not bad!" Bai Ying said with a smile: "I didn't expect that at such a young age, you are not only capable, but also smart, so we don't need to explain anything. You can rest assured, we two brothers are far better than anyone else. We all want to break through the formation and destroy this tomb, and we will never hinder you behind your back. How about it? Can we talk about this cooperation?"

I looked at the black shadow and said coldly: "We can negotiate, but this condition seems a bit unfair to us."