RNP Chapter 1049 Side Quest: 3 Life Pawn
Chapter 1049 Side Quest: 3 Life Pawn
When the wine mist from the Xuanwu jar condensed into a ghost mirage on the lake surface, the entire water area suddenly turned upside down.
Everyone felt dizzy as if they had fallen into a kaleidoscope, and Jin Yuanbao drunkenly hugged the soul-calling banner.
The banner felt cold to the touch, and was actually woven from the long hair of a young girl who had not yet reached marriage age. The four words "Huangquan Pawnshop" written on the banner were oozing with dark red blood beads.
Where the blood dripped, seven drowned corpses emerged from the water, holding wine jars, and the birth dates of everyone present were engraved on the jars.
The most horrifying thing is that in the wine jar marked with Ah Cai’s birthday in the fantasy world, there is a placenta with an uncut umbilical cord curled up!
The nine-tiered pavilion with flying eaves was suspended in the void, and the glazed tiles had a sheen like corpse oil.
A vendor wearing a crying and laughing Nuo mask hawked his wares while stepping on a floating human skin carpet:
"East Sea Mermaid Tears! Three coins for ten years of life!"
"The nail polish of the previous imperial concubine! Wearing it can charm the king!"
On the left stall hung a "bald wig like Xuanjizi's", and the brain tissue exposed under the wig was actually beating; on the right, an old woman opened a bamboo basket, and the baby's arm soaked in blood wine was flexing and extending the knuckles, with gold flakes embedded in the nails.
Just as the golden raccoon dog stole a handful of squirming Kaiyuan Tongbao coins, the whole street suddenly turned over like a millstone - it turned out that everyone had been hanging upside down from the dome the whole time!
The "sky" beneath his feet was covered in bluish-purple blood vessels, pulsating slightly with the heartbeat, and where the blood vessels converged, there was a tumor shaped like a human eye.
"Close your eyes for three breaths!" The Xuantian tortoise shell shot out a star chain in the shape of the Big Dipper and nailed it to the eaves.
As the crowd swung towards the pawnshop's main entrance, the Xiezhi statue on the lintel suddenly moved its jade eyes, and the stone mouth opened and closed, spewing out a fishy wind with the smell of rotting corpses: "Pawning your life, mortgaging your soul, please come in, sir—"
The moment the bronze door opened, hundreds of bony hands stretched out from the crack and dragged the last one left into the darkness inside.
When Feiyue's sharp claws cut off the bony hand, the severed fingers turned into maggots and drilled into the cracks in the ground!
The inside of the pawnshop is a twisted alien world.
The thousand-foot-high antique display shelf, like a towering ancient tree, reaches into the void, and on it floats treasures such as dragon liver and phoenix marrow soaked in formalin:
The Kunlun Ice Toad hangs on the third floor, spitting out golden beads with every breath.
The fifth floor displays the Skinned Beauty Drum, the drum surface rises and falls with the heartbeat
The most horrifying thing is the Nine-Tripod Bronze Coffin hanging on the seventh floor. The remnants of a bright yellow dragon robe hang from the gap in the coffin lid. Withered hands extend from the coffin to scratch the inner wall. The scratches form the blood-written words "Emperor Yongtai has passed away".
There was a faceless man sitting behind the counter. The golden abacus beads between his fingers were actually made of living human eyeballs. When he moved them, his pupils contracted and he let out a shrill cry.
"What's the token?"
A jagged crack appeared in the faceless man's throat, revealing the rotating bronze star wheel inside.
Ah Cai slapped the Black Tortoise Tear Crystal onto the counter, and the crystal suddenly reflected Xuanjizi's smirking face: "This item can be used to ask three questions: heaven, earth, and even the gods!"
The rosewood counter suddenly sank like a giant beast opening its mouth, and three cups of boiling blood wine rose up.
The body of the obsidian cup is engraved with the words "past life", "present life" and "next life" in crimson seal script.
The faceless man's sleeve exploded, and he extended a three-meter-long bony hand. His rapidly growing nails pressed against Ah Cai's throat like poisoned scimitars. "Drink three cups of wine, and you will show your sincerity."
When the first cup of "Past Wine" was poured down Ah Cai's throat, scarlet blood light exploded in front of his eyes.
In the illusion, amid the deafening cry of a baby, the mother fell to the ground with the Yuchang sword stuck in her chest. The hand holding the sword was wearing Xuanjizi's Chilong ring - the inscription on the inner circle of the ring "Made in the Jiazi Year" was dripping with blood.
When she struggled to scream, the second cup of "this life wine" had already pried open her teeth!
The wine turned into barbed iron chains that wrapped around his limbs. In the illusion, the golden raccoon was nailed to a copper pillar engraved with spells by a Yaksha's steel fork. Brahma's fire feathers were being plucked out alive by iron pliers, and the feathers falling from the sky ignited green ghost fire.
"The third cup is Meng Po soup!"
The Xuantian tortoise shell burst and knocked over the "next life wine".
The wine was spilled on the Yin-Yang fish floor tiles, and it actually eroded a mark that read "The seventh day of the seventh month is taboo."
The faceless man suddenly tore open the skin, and the human skin fell off like a rag, revealing the rapidly rotating Ziwei Fate Plate inside. The 360 grids on the plate were filled with scenes of people's tragic deaths: "Those who break the rules will be reborn as animals forever!"
[Illusionary Showdown] Faceless Star Officer (Lv. 150)
★ Sansheng Wine Mist (Forced to drink, trapped in the seven-fold memory cycle)
★ Fate Plate Cutting (Space Splits into a Chessboard of Flesh and Blood)
★ Summon Pawn Guardian (activate the burial items on the antique shelf)
Brahma stretched his neck and roared loudly, and the fire feathers ignited the antique display cabinet.
The dragon corpse in the formaldehyde suddenly broke out of the jar, and its rotten dragon claws smashed the beams and pillars; the phoenix marrow turned into a red rain of fire and poured down.
When Feiyue bit the key point of the star official's horoscope, its canine teeth were stuck in the hexagram.
Jin Yuanbao took the opportunity to vomit out his treasured Millennium Drunken Immortal Wine, and poured the wine onto the bearings of the star wheel, causing the entire horoscope to emit a wailing sound of twisted metal.
Xuanjizi's withered hand suddenly stretched out from the crack of Xingguan's neck, and its nails grew as big as swords and went straight for Acai's crown!
The pawnshop's dome suddenly peeled off, revealing an inverted lake of amber wine.
The Black Tortoise Tear Crystal broke free from its restraints and flew towards the center of the lake, projecting the complete truth of twenty years ago into the surging waves of wine:
[On the night of the total lunar eclipse, Xuanjizi placed the baby's swaddling clothes on the Xuanwu altar. The moment the knife stabbed towards the baby's heart, the mother flew forward to block the knife.
The Yuchang sword pierced through the bodies of the two men, and blood splattered on the eyes of the Xuanwu statue and turned into tears of blood.
Before the Taoist's dantian exploded, he used his last bit of magic power to grab the baby's palm and press it against the jade book - the cover of the jade book was actually made of human abdominal skin, and the texture and lines were exactly the same as the birthmark on Ah Cai's back!
Even more breathtaking is that the seal of the jade book is stamped with a double dragon playing with a pearl - it is the imperial seal of the current dynasty!
"Look carefully, idiot!"
The mother's shadow in the tear crystal reached out to touch Ah Cai's cheek.
The star official suddenly let out an inhuman scream, and a huge wave of blood gushed out from the broken part of the horoscope.
The golden raccoon dog seized the opportunity to pull out the yellowed blood contract from the crack. Cinnabar annotations appeared on the text of the contract: "Sixty years of wife and daughter's life in exchange for ownership of the Black Tortoise Tear Crystal - 17th year of Yongtai, Guimao month, Gengxu day." The witness section was marked with the emperor's red mark: "Approved. Grant poisoned wine."
[Obtain] Yin-Yang Blood Contract (Soul Binding)
★ Remove the Beidou curse seal (all attributes unlocked 200%)
★ Permanent immunity to mind control (spiritual strength exceeds the upper limit)
(Price: On a full moon night, the meridians feel like they are being pierced by thousands of needles)
The pawnshops began to collapse completely, and the pawned items rioted like hell:
〖Left area〗
- The head of Xing Tian, which was immersed in the glass jar, suddenly opened its eyes and spurted out poisonous blood from its broken neck.
- The hanging map of the twenty-eight constellations became a physical entity, and the sharp claws of the hornwood dragon tore open cracks.
[Right area]
- The twelve golden figures on display automatically assembled, and lightning condensed at the muzzles of their palms
- The nine-tailed fox spirit sealed in the jade box broke out of the box, and its tail swept down three rows of shelves.
When the dragon's corpse broke the load-bearing column, the "fair scale" hanging on the beam fell down with a loud bang - the scale plate turned out to be two skulls, and the weight was a premature fetus that had died!
Ah Cai unfolded the blood contract, and an escape plan woven from blood appeared on the back of the contract: "Xun position dog hole, leave quickly!"
The dog hole was actually made of baby ribs pieced together into an arch, with fresh meat scraps hanging on the edge, and the cries of hundreds of babies could be heard from inside the hole.
When everyone leaned over to drill the hole, the gold ingot was sucked into the crack of the pawn cabinet.
Countless dark blue arms stretched out from the rosewood counter, trying to tear the golden rat's fur: "The pawning is not yet complete..."
The Xuanwu jar suddenly turned upside down in mid-air, and the mysterious suction force erupted from the jar mouth uprooted the entire pawnshop.
The flying eaves and brackets disintegrated in the vortex, and the xiezhi statue struggled and roared at the mouth of the jar.
When the last piece of rubble was swallowed, a beating golden pill settled at the bottom of the jar, and bright yellow dragon energy emerged on the surface of the pill.
【System prompt】
★ Unlock the holographic map of the Black Pavilion in Ghost Market
★ Obtain a living pawn cabinet (can imprison monster spirits)
★ Xuanjizi's hatred value exceeds the Heavenly Dao threshold
As he fled to safety, the blood contract in his arms suddenly burned like a branding iron. Blood oozed from the blank space of the contract, forming new words: "At 3:30 PM, bring the tear crystal to Feixing Pavilion in exchange for your mother's remaining soul."
The baby's teeth marks at the signature suddenly oozed blood, and the blood beads rolled across the contract to form a simple map - the destination was actually the imperial palace observatory!
What was even more horrifying was that half a tattoo appeared next to the tooth mark. The pattern of the Black Tortoise swallowing the sun matched perfectly with the birthmark on Ah Cai's waist.
Xuantian suddenly stood upside down: "The contract is a fraud! Feixing Pavilion is..."
Before he finished speaking, the cinnabar annotations on the blood contract suddenly shifted and reorganized, transforming into new pawn terms: "Additional pawn item: Ah Cai's eyes. Time limit: 3:15 pm."
The ground beneath their feet suddenly softened.
The blue bricks turned into a swamp of flesh and blood, and countless umbilical cords stretched out and wrapped around the ankles.
A half-broken stone tablet emerged from the depths of the swamp, and the inscription on the tablet was a rubbing of the inscription on the Xuanwu altar.
When Acai's fingertips touched the inscription, the entire swamp suddenly boiled!
Nine bronze pillars rose from the swamp, and a woman with a face similar to Acai was tied to each pillar.
Their abdomens were cut open, and their umbilical cords connected to a central pool of blood. Floating in the pool were basalt tear crystals, with the vague silhouette of a baby sealed within them.
"vomit……"
Acai couldn't help it and vomited.
"Is this... the vessel for the Ninth Reincarnation?"
The Xuantian Star Map illuminated the bottom of the blood pool. Carved on the bottom was the Reverse Big Dipper formation, with a half-broken Yuchang sword stuck in the center of the formation. The hair wrapped around the hilt was exactly the same as the hair Ah Cai had treasured in her foetus.
The pool of blood suddenly solidified into a mirror.
The mirror reflected the scene on the top floor of Feixing Pavilion: Xuanjizi was pushing the crystal coffin into the alchemy furnace, and the face of the woman in the coffin was 80% similar to Acai!
The fire reflected his crazy smile: "My dear disciple, your mother's soul can still burn for another quarter of an hour..."
"Damn, crazy!"
【Ultimate Decision】
A. Break the Blood Formation to save the Tear Crystal (triggering Heavenly Punishment)
B. Go straight to Feixing Pavilion to save mother (time limit 3 quarters)
C. Enable the Xuanwu Zun sacrifice (randomly kill team members)
The golden raccoon dog suddenly pounced on the blood pool: "What do you want to choose? I want all the treasures!"
The moment he touched the tear crystal, the entire blood formation suddenly reversed.
The women on the nine bronze pillars opened their eyes at the same time, and their umbilical cords wrapped around the golden raccoon's limbs like poisonous snakes.
The Big Dipper seal on Ah Cai's wrist suddenly shone brightly like the sun, reflecting the last way out in the pool of blood - that path actually pointed to his own heart!