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Chapter 320 Between Yin and Yang, Layers of Space

Chen Xin has not used the Joker's hat trick since that incident.

Chen Xin was unwilling to touch anything unknown until he gained absolute confidence.

Just like the crossroads in Sanshan Village.

So he sealed away the Joker's hat trick, treating it as a taboo, and would only attempt it again when he was confident.

But now, it seems that it's not just the clown's hat trick that can reach that place; even the female ghost, who is only at the level of a vengeful spirit, can reach that place.

So, what exactly is that place?
Chen Xin's interest in that place was rekindled once again.

This time, however, he had other, more reassuring methods to contact that place.

Chen Xin summoned three ever-burning lamps.

His three ever-burning lamps already had three candles inserted and were lit, so Chen Xin no longer needed to find the blood of a Yin person to trigger them.

He could even simply use merit points to condense new candles after the candles were used up, which was much more convenient than the three ever-burning lamps made by others.

As for where the ashes of Chen Xin's hair and the blood from his fingertips mixed in with the candle of the Heavenly Spirit Lamp came from, Chen Xin didn't know.

But that's not important. What Chen Xin cares about is the ability of the three ever-burning lamps to burn away the evil spirits in that space.

Looking at the three ever-burning lamps, Chen Xin suddenly thought of a question.

He has an ever-burning lamp.

He didn't possess the ghostly presence that allowed him to roam that space!
Without those ghosts, can the ever-burning lamp still enter that space and burn other ghosts as before?

Chen Xin felt he should give it a try.

Immediately, he ordered Huang Ying to capture a vengeful ghost from the Water Ghost River in Sanshan Village.

Speaking of which, there aren't many water ghosts left in the Water Ghost River in Sanshan Village. Brother Chicken's several "Burning Nights" not only burned away the ghosts in the crossroads, but also caused an unexpected disaster to the water ghosts that Chen Xin had specially left in the Water Ghost River at the entrance of Sanshan Village.

After the water ghost was brought to Chen Xin's room, Chen Xin originally wanted to go to the mirror space, but then he remembered that the mirror space was very fragile. If the three ever-burning lamps worked, the mirror space might not be able to hold on.

Immediately, Chen Xin entered the fishing platform using a fishhook and used the fishhook and Tusu wine to transfer the fish.

But this time, when he saw the darkness surrounding the transfer platform where the fishhook was located, his eyes held a hint of inquiry.

Perhaps, there are some eyes watching him from the darkness.

Thinking about this, Chen Xin suddenly realized that he should use the fishing hook's teleportation function as little as possible in the future.

It's best to be cautious until we understand the situation or until the Three Yang Fire Lamps are promoted to the Yama level.

Shaking his head, Chen Xin was pulled out of the fishing hook and arrived at an underground den of the Skull God Cult that he had destroyed in recent days.

Chen Xin preferred their stronghold to the captured members of the Skull God Cult.

After Huang Ying appeared, Chen Xin took out three Yang Fire Lamps and had them release the water ghost.

After Huang Ying left, only Chen Xin and the ferocious water ghost remained in the dark room. The water ghost, which had been intimidated by Huang Ying, immediately pounced on Chen Xin.

Seeing this, Chen Xin hurriedly restrained and controlled the power of his internal energy, fearing that the water ghost might accidentally be scalded to death by the energy he was releasing.

Chen Xin's worries were justified, but as soon as the water ghost started, three flickering candle flames appeared on his head and shoulders.

Chen Xin immediately focused his attention on the three ever-burning lamps.

Darkness descended once more.

There were only the ever-burning lamp, Chen Xin, and the water ghost, but Chen Xin discovered something.

The eternal lamp's true form, along with the water ghost, were all in the mortal world, but the candle flame on his shoulder was not in the mortal world, but in that darkness.

However, the location of the candle flame does not affect its ability to burn away evil spirits.

Before the ghost could even touch Chen Xin, the water ghost was burned to ashes by the candlelight that flew from Chen Xin's shoulder.

Once the candlelight on his shoulder disappeared, Chen Xin's consciousness withdrew from the darkness and returned to the normal perspective of the three ever-burning lamps.

Opening his eyes, Chen Xin placed the three ever-burning lamps in front of him.

He was now certain that the three ever-burning lamps could indeed project the candlelight into another space.

As for whether that space was the same space the Prophet Raven had entered before, Chen Xin did not know.

But he only needs to do one more test to be sure.

After a moment's thought, Chen Xin called Chicken Brother, Illusion Body, Crow Prophet, and Yellow Infant to his side.

Feeling safe, he then had his illusionary body perform a hat trick with the staff of mourning.

After the hat appeared, the Raven Prophet shot out a raven feather, which transformed into a raven and entered the hat.

At the same time, under the sinister stimulation of Huang Ying's hand, the remaining two candle flames on Chen Xin's body appeared.

Chen Xin and his illusory body's consciousness respectively landed on the three ever-burning lamps and the Crow Prophet.

Immediately, two perspectives emerged.

As before, the three ever-burning lamps illuminated the darkness.

Chen Xin, the three ever-burning lamps, and the ghost that triggered the three ever-burning lamps.

But... there were no crows!
From the crow's perspective, Chen Xin saw the candlelight and everything else.

Chen Xin frowned.

The situation was somewhat different from what he had imagined.

It seems he only guessed half right.

Why is there no crow in the candlelight's perspective, but the candlelight is in the crow's perspective?

He couldn't figure it out.

So he manipulated the crow to flap its wings and land on his shoulder where there was no candlelight.

Looking at the candlelight on the other shoulder, Chen Xin let the crow come closer and stretched out its wings to stir the candlelight.

But then, after the crow's wings passed through the candlelight, Chen Xin was stunned.

He then let the crow hop onto his shoulder and then brought its head close to the candlelight.

As Chen Xin watched the crow's head cover most of the candlelight, leaving only a small sliver peeking out from its head, a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

He had assumed they would be in the same space, but now it seemed things were more complicated than he had imagined.

The candlelight and the crow were indeed in a similar space, but they seemed... not to be on the same level?
Looking at the candlelight obscured by the crow's head, Chen Xin had some guesses in his mind.

The crow's level is likely deeper than the candlelight's; otherwise, if the crow's head were on the candlelight, the candlelight would be covering the crow's head, not the other way around.

Based on this, Chen Xin made a hypothesis.

"If we set the hierarchy of the mortal world as the first level, then Yang Fire would be on the second level, and the crow would be on the third level."

"No! No!"

Chen Xin looked at his body through the crow's perspective.

“The mortal world is different from candlelight and crows.”

"Neither candlelight nor crows can cover or penetrate my body, so the mortal world should not be called a layer, but rather the earthly layer."

"Whether it's a candle or a crow, no matter which layer they are on, the layer that forms the foundation, the layer of the living world, will not be affected."

“The world of the living should belong to a different category from the space occupied by crows and candlelight.”

Chen Xin's eyes grew brighter and brighter as various thoughts raced through his mind, but he couldn't find any information that could refute his own conclusion.

Of course, it could also be because he didn't have much information.

But so far, his guess has been correct.

"So besides the living world and the underworld, there's another place! Does the Bureau of Investigation know about this place? If they do, what would they call it?"

Chen Xin didn't know the answer, but he had already named the place himself.

Mezzanine space! If we compare the world of the living and the world of the dead to two rooms, the 'door' is the passage connecting them, and the 'mezzanine space' is the space between the walls shared by the two rooms.

It may not be accurate, but it's a word that Chen Xin can easily remember.

"So, what determines the 'layers' in the mezzanine space...?"

Chen Xin looked at the crow and the candlelight. What was the difference between them?
Form? Composition? Level?
grade!

Chen Xin's eyes lit up.

He remembered the red-clad female ghost, who was on the same level as the candlelight, but she was a vengeful spirit, and the three ever-burning lamps were talismans used by underworld officials.

Therefore, they exist at the same level, so after entering the 'mezzanine space', they were assigned to the same layer.

The raven is an incarnation of the Raven Prophet; it is actually a talisman of the underworld level, corresponding to the Blood Calamity.

That's why it's on a higher and deeper level than a candle flame?
Verifying this guess is quite simple.

Upgrade the three ever-burning lamps to the Underworld level, placing them on par with the Raven Prophet, and everything will become clear.

Thinking about this, another question arose in Chen Xin's mind.

If it is as he thinks, if the leader of the Skull God Cult is right.

Does that mean the God of the Turbid World resides in a deeper part of the 'interlayer space'?

Perhaps they were standing right next to the crows, watching everything they had done.

However, due to hierarchical issues, I cannot see it...

Chen Xin got goosebumps all over his body, and suddenly felt like there were eyes all around him.

It took him a while to suppress the thought.

"Ignorance is bliss."

Chen Xin sent Huan Shen and Brother Chicken back to Sanshan Village with three ever-burning lamps, while he himself returned to his rented room.

The day after he waited for the three eternal lamps to advance to the Yin Si level, there was a movement on the page of the "Complete Book of Town Objects" where the three eternal lamps were located.

The number of existing town-protecting objects increased from 1 to 2, but quickly returned to 1.

Chen Xin did not announce the three ever-burning lamps as a protective charm, nor did he include them in the exchange section of the underworld officials.

Zhang Yunshan is already dead, so who created the new three eternal lamps?

Filled with curiosity, Chen Xin placed his palm on the page corresponding to the three ever-burning lamps and recalled what had just happened.

Soon, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

……

In a villa in Shouyi City.

The bristling fur of a black cat slowly softened, and in front of it was a broken copper lamp base with three thick candles on its three branches.

But by then, they had already broken into several pieces.

"Luo Xiaohei! What are you doing again!"

A clear voice, tinged with anger, rang out, and the black cat turned its head to look.

The door was already open, and standing in the doorway was a girl dressed in strange clothes, about sixteen or seventeen years old, with pale skin and a face covered in heavy makeup. Although her original appearance was not clearly visible, it was obvious that she had a good foundation.

“You always cause trouble every time I go live. Let me tell you, you're finished. I'm going to get Daddy to throw you away!”

After pointing at the black cat and shouting a few times, the girl took out her phone and took a picture.

"Dad! Dad! Luo Xiaohei broke something, let's throw it away, Dad!"

The sound faded into the distance, but the black cat just turned back and stared blankly at the broken lamp.

Five minutes later, Luo Xiaoli pulled a middle-aged man with a kind and loving look into the study.

"Dad, look..."

Luo Xiaoli pointed excitedly at the ground, but the things that had been broken were nowhere to be seen.

"You! Dad, I have photos, I have evidence!"

Luo Xiaoli took out her phone, but found it was frozen.

"I just bought a new phone!"

Luo Xiaoli slowly squatted down, holding her phone, and sat cross-legged on the ground with her legs turned outwards.

More heartbroken than by the phone was the evidence of Luo Xiaohei's crimes.

"Alright, let's just buy another one. As for Little Black, I'll teach it a lesson."

"Humph!"

Luo Xiaoli glared at Luo Xiaohei, then ran away in her cosplay outfit.

Luo Da looked at Luo Xiaoli's retreating figure with affection, then walked into the study and closed the door.

"What's wrong."

Rhoda's smile faded, and he said calmly.

vomit~
The black cat opened its mouth and vomited something all over the ground.

"I was making a light for a customer just now, and there was a problem during the test. The light flame burned me."

"Will the flames burn you?"

Rhoda got up, bent down and picked up the wreckage from the ground, but did not notice anything unusual.

He looked at the black cat and said, "Make another one."

The black cat nodded, then spat out the materials scattered on the ground and made three new eternal lamps.

His gaze swept over them, and all three lamps were lit with candles.

Immediately afterwards, several drops of dark red blood seeped from the black cat's canine teeth.

With a flick of his tongue, the blood was sprayed into a mist that enveloped the three lamps.

In an instant, the flames surged, and the candlelight from the three lamps shot directly towards the black cat.

Having learned from its previous experience, the black cat hid quickly this time, but to its surprise, the candlelight did not give up. Instead, it chased after the cat relentlessly.

After pacing around the study a few times, the black cat seemed a little annoyed. It turned around and opened its mouth, spitting out a mouthful of fishy stench at the three candle flames.

The wind blew the books off the shelf in the study, but it did not extinguish the three candles.

The candlelight shone on the black cat's cheek as it blew against the wind.

Soon, flames erupted around the black cat's face, just like burning books, spreading from the outside in, layer by layer.

A moment later, the flames dissipated.

At this moment, the black cat's face had changed completely.

The lower half of the face is still a black cat face, but the upper half, the half with the left eye, has become a man's face, while the right half is a woman's face.

On the cat's face, three different faces were now revealed.

The black cat raised its paw and scratched its face with its nails.

Three faces were torn off, revealing new ones.

Immediately afterwards, black hairs grew out of the face and quickly covered the human face on the black cat's face.

……

P.S.: I'm a bit tired, I'll take a break for the next couple of days. I'll continue updating after the Qingming Festival. Thank you all for your support.

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