Starting from the folklore forum, making up town objects

Chapter 488 Ghost Real Estate
After that, the Xia family began to explore the house and everything around it.

During this period, Xia Chuanren once again obtained the paper sedan chair seal and took control of everything in the Xia family.

The Xia residence was designated by Xia Wuyou, and the plaque was remade by a carpenter in the city using silver sent from outside.

The silver was brought by the Yin spirits of the Xia family.

However, for some unknown reason, different spirits can bring in different amounts of silver.

Some people can bring in an ounce, some can bring in a coin, some can only bring in a small coin, and some can only bring in a little silver dust!
As for gold, needless to say, almost no one can bring gold in!
What puzzled the Xia family was that the amount of silver brought in was not determined by the strength of the Yin God.

Even someone as powerful as Xia Chuanren could only bring in one qian of silver from outside, while some newly hatched Yin spirits could even bring in half a liang of silver.

The Xia family couldn't find the pattern here.

This wasn't something the Xia family would normally care about. After all, the Xia family is large, and even if they only bring a few children, they can bring them a few more times.

But a subsequent discovery made them begin to cherish the silver they had brought with them.

Through the Xia family's week-long test, it seems that the silver each person brought in was for a single, one-time event.

For at least the first week, all attempts by the Xia family to bring in silver failed.

Whether or not the money can only be brought in once is currently unknown to the Xia family. Perhaps they will be able to bring it in again in a month or a year.

But what they knew was that they had to be careful with the money they already had!
So after making one plaque, the Xia family never spent any more money recklessly.

However, to their surprise, Xia Chuanren, the 'head of the family,' would get hungry if he didn't eat!
In the past, after being reincarnated, they were always being fed, and they never thought that this would also be a place to spend money.

The food that the spirits bring in from the outside world spoils as soon as it enters, making it impossible to swallow.

Therefore, the problem of food still needs to be solved from within.

Not only Xia Chuanren wanted to eat, but the livestock raised by the Xia family also wanted to eat!
Based on this, the Xia family did not send any more people to the Xia residence.

To this end, the Xia family even arranged for three shifts.

Before each shift enters the Xia residence, everyone eats their fill. After eight hours, without Xia Chuanren providing meals, these members of the Xia family will leave on their own initiative, and the next shift that has already eaten will take their place.

Even some of the Xia family's "livestock" who already had a place to stay in the city would go back to their "homes" to eat before mealtime, which saved them the trouble of going back.

In this way, the Xia family only needs to provide Xia Chuanren with meals.

With the food problem solved, the Xia family then turned to the issue of clothing.

The physical appearance of the spirits is related to their appearance when they were born.

So the clothes they wear when they hatch will be the same clothes that the spirits will wear for the rest of their lives!
Even Xia Chuanren, a man from a hundred years ago, wore clothes that were different from those of the Xia family.

However, once they arrived there and transformed back into human form, they could take off their clothes directly, unlike outside where the condition of their clothes directly affected the survival of the spirit.

Therefore, the Xia family directly created a newborn child, dressing the child in the appearance of an ancient person upon birth.

Then he was given the seal and silver of the Xia family to go out and buy more than a dozen sets of clothes, which gave Xia Chuanren the opportunity to go out for a stroll.

Xia Chuanren spent three days walking around most of their city.

Xia Chuanren had originally thought about whether he could direct a sedan chair to take him sightseeing.

As a result, in that other world, those four paper figures were unable to appear at all.

If one wanted to ride in a sedan chair, it seemed the only option was to be carried by people.

Because money was precious, Xia Chuanren did not hire sedan chair carriers outside.

During his walking tour, Xia Chuanren also saw the name of the city.

【Guanhong City】

There is a small river in Guanhong City.

The river flows from east to west, dividing the city into two halves, with the Xia residence located in the southern half.

The city has everything one would expect, and outside the city walls, there are some villages and towns that depend on Guanhong City for survival.

Xia Chuanren only glanced at them from afar; they were almost all distributed along both banks of the small river that crossed the city.

After learning about the general situation in the city, Xia Chuanren began to talk with his neighbors for the first time.

The neighbors didn't seem surprised by Xia Chuanren's appearance; they were just curious why Xia Chuanren was the only person in the Xia residence.

Xia Chuanren had already used the fabricated story from the Xia family to deceive them.

Xia Chuanren originally wanted to try to earn money by working outside.

But after discussing it with the Xia family's advisors, they decided not to go to work for the time being.

After all, Xia Chuanren is now the head of the Xia family. If he goes to work now, what will others think? Will they discover that something is wrong with the Xia family?
The Xia family cannot gamble, so they can only wait until other members of the Xia family fill the positions in the Xia mansion before the others go out to work.

As for how the others will arrive?
Of course, we still have to go to the underworld.

Therefore, the many Yin spirits of the Xia family discussed it for a long time before finally coming up with several solutions.

First, continue searching for that small seal in the underworld to see if holding it will allow you to continue transforming into human form.

Secondly, if the small seal is ineffective, cooperate with the underworld to help them find the location of certain entrances corresponding to the gods of the turbid world on the sixth level, so that the underworld can provide the corresponding small seal.

Finally, if neither of the first two options works, then use more information to establish an 'exploration alliance' with the underworld.

Both sides helped each other and shared their exploration progress.

As for whether this would allow the underworld to overtake them, the Xia family had some concerns, but they were more eager to accelerate their exploration of the divine kingdom.

Because they all knew that the situation in their ancestral land was not optimistic.

In the ancestral land, the special minerals and plants of the other five surnames appear to be recovering, but in reality, each time they are consumed, the upper limit is reduced when they recover.

就像是原本的上限是100/100，当消耗到50/100再恢复满之后，就会变成99/99。

In this way, one day, everything in the ancestral land will become 0/0.
When these special minerals are consumed and no longer regenerate on their own, the Xia family will lose its source of Yin and Yang energies.

This means that the growth of Yin spirits will also stagnate.

As the supply of Yin and Yang energies becomes insufficient, the Yin spirit will no longer be an immortal being.

Therefore, the establishment of the divine kingdom will be the final way out for these Yin gods of the Xia family.

It's funny to say that.

Originally, he was able to face birth, aging, sickness and death with equanimity, but after transforming into a spirit and enjoying longevity, he began to fear death again.

It has to be said, this is ironic.

Therefore, even if the underworld catches up with them because of the information revealed by the Xia family, there is nothing they can do.

As for whether the underworld will surpass the Xia family.

The Xia family was unaware of this, but before the Yin and Yang energies were completely depleted, they were confident that they would not lag behind the Underworld in the process of developing their divine kingdom.

With this in mind, the Xia family once again went to the underworld.

……

Chen Xin's gaze has been fixed on Xia Chuanren these past few days.

Basically, everything Xia Chuanren saw, Chen Xin also saw.

What Xia Chuanren didn't see, Chen Xin also saw during several seal handovers.

Because of the indispensability of paper sedan chair printing, no matter what the Xia family wanted to do, they could not do without it.

Therefore, Chen Xin can be considered a participant in the entire process.

He also learned from the Xia family that they wanted to try the paper sedan chair printing. After thinking about it, Chen Xin decided to let them give it a try.

If that were really possible, wouldn't Chen Xin be able to come and go from the Xia residence from now on?

So after the Xia family contacted him through the Bureau of Investigation, he went to keep the appointment. It was still the same sun, still Xia Wuyou.

"What's the matter?"

Chen Xin asked.

As for his ability to see everything over there through the seal, he naturally wouldn't reveal that.

Xia Wuyou smiled.

"I wonder how the underworld is progressing in its exploration of the divine realm?"

Chen Xin nodded and immediately began to speak.

"Our people went over there and discovered some things."

"First of all, the seal that the underworld gave you should allow you to control an 'entrance'."

"And the person who controls the seal at this entrance is the master of that 'entrance,' who can take human form and communicate with the natives there."

"Is this intelligence comparable to the previous deal?"

Hearing Chen Xin say that, Xia Wuyou nodded.

Although they had uncovered all this information, at least the underworld hadn't lied.

This will be beneficial for future cooperation.

At the same time, Xia Wuyou sighed inwardly.

It turns out that the Underworld already knew about their use of the Zhenyin seal to become native inhabitants, so they no longer need to worry about the Underworld overtaking them after the cooperation.

However, what Xia Wuyou was curious about was how the Underworld managed to bring the Zhen Seal in.

Surely there can't be spirits in the underworld who can hide things inside their bodies, right?
"The underworld truly treats people with sincerity."

"The reason we've come here is to request another... Suppression Seal. We want to see if others carrying the Suppression Seal can also regain their human form."

Now that the Underworld already knows about the Zhenyin situation, Xia Wuyou will no longer beat around the bush and will directly confront the Underworld openly.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xin only said one sentence: "What will the Xia family offer in exchange?"

After a moment of silence, Xia Wuyou said, "Is it possible for the Underworld to bring money into the Divine Kingdom? If not, my Xia family is willing to give the Underworld ten taels of start-up capital."

After Xia Wuyou finished speaking, Chen Xin shook his head.

"The underworld has a way to bring them in."

Regarding the matter of money, after seeing what the Xia family did, Chen Xin issued a task in the underworld: ten catties of silver could be exchanged for one hundred merits, with a limit of ten exchanges.

In just half a day, Chen Xin had gained an extra hundred jin of silver bars.

Then, he had the illusionary body test it out.

They entered the ghost realm without any hindrance.

However, after Chen Xin took out a one-pound silver bar from the Pot Heaven Space, his Yin Virtue was immediately reduced by 100,000!

When Chen Xin realized it, he gasped.

Fortunately, he didn't take the hundred-pound silver bars with him, otherwise Chen Xin's hard-earned millions of good deeds would have been wiped out in an instant!
Through this incident, Chen Xin seemed to understand why the amount of silver the Xia family could bring in varied so much.

Good deeds!

Chen Xin always believed that only he could see and possess hidden virtues!

But this time, he seemed to understand.

In fact, everyone has good karma, but they can't see it or redeem it.

The only time I could use my good deeds was under these circumstances.

This made Chen Xin have some more doubts about the world of ghosts.

Why is it necessary to accumulate good karma to enter the underworld with silver?
What is the principle?
Chen Xin couldn't understand it, and the Xia family certainly couldn't either.

Chen Xin planned to keep this information to himself and wait for a suitable opportunity to make a deal with the Xia family.

As for how the Xia family would try to accumulate good karma after finding out, Chen Xin had no idea.

At least Chen Xin knew that the Xia family could not gain merit by hunting ghosts.

Whether to do good deeds or build roads and bridges is up to the Xia family to figure out.

anyway.

When Xia Wuyou heard that the underworld had a way to bring in silver, he even had the urge to have the underworld trade some of it to him.

But let's not rush into this; let's resolve this transaction first.

"In that case, I can find you another god of the turbid world who corresponds to the entrance, how about that?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xin readily agreed.

Soon, Chen Xin had the other party find the 'entrance' that turned into a bird after entering. Then, Chen Xin left behind a paper sedan chair imprint that had been prepared beforehand and had only been made once.

After obtaining the seal, Xia Wuyou went directly to Xia Chuanshan and asked him to take the seal to Xia Chuanren at the Xia residence.

However, when Xia Chuanshan arrived at the Xia residence and took out the Zhen Seal, he found that he could not condense the sedan chair.

No matter how he tried to communicate, there was no response.

But when he returned to his ancestral home, the process of summoning the sedan chair went very smoothly.

Xia Wuyou immediately learned the outcome.

Only one sedan chair is allowed in the Xia residence!
This made him a little disappointed.

It now seems that only the second option can be implemented.

Help the Underworld find the God of the Turbid World corresponding to the entrance to the seventh level, and then have the Underworld grant the corresponding entrance a seal.

But this time, the Xia family begged the underworld to find them, so it's impossible to settle things once they're found.

Therefore, if the Xia family wants to obtain a useful seal, they must at least help the underworld find two such 'entrances'.

Only in this way can it be a fair transaction.

In this way, the underworld will gain far more 'entrances' than the Xia family.

But there was nothing they could do; the underworld had a monopoly on this business.

Fortunately, all the 'entrances' to the underworld have to be found by the Xia family, and they are all under the Xia family's surveillance!

"In that case, we'll have to limit the number of people who can enter."

Xia Wuyou fell into deep thought.

How many people should be involved?

……

Meanwhile, Chen Xin had already sealed the new seal into the "Complete Collection of Town-Suppressing Objects".

The new town seal is named "Bird Whistle Seal".

Looking at the newly appeared [millstone mark] and [bird whistle mark], Chen Xin suddenly thought of a question.

He suppressed the two world gods at the entrances, which means that the entrances... also disappeared!
So, where should he enter from?
Chen Xin was stunned.

……

(End of this chapter)