Misery: There is a pawn shop here

Chapter 20 The Truth
"Sword Son Immortal Trace!"

The four words tore like silk, and the bloodshot pupils of the love-killing man suddenly shrank. The moment veins popped on his knuckles, a demonic aura erupted from his bones, stained all vegetation within a ten-foot radius with a frosty white. Linghu Shenyi's white eyebrows trembled slightly, startled as he saw the afterimage tumbling like a black dragon, its claws wrapped in Nine Netherworld Fire already pressing three inches from the white-robed Taoist's throat!
Before Gu Chen emerged, the silver threads of his whisk suddenly transformed into three thousand galaxies. Jian Zi Xianji stepped onto the eight trigrams, his robe billowing as a pure and holy aura condensed into a Tai Chi totem. The two energies collided, shattering jade and pearls raining down like rain. Amidst the dust, only the Taoist's gentle voice could be heard: "Ah, what a murderous aura! Why so excited?"

"It has nothing to do with you!" Qingsha's eyes were filled with violence, and the evil aura around him was lingering. "By helping the drummer escape, you have already met your end!"

Jian Zi Xian Ji shook his head. "How can you kill the Pi Gu Master when you are at the end of your strength?"

"Why are you wasting your time talking here?!" As soon as Qingsha finished speaking, Xie Yuan raised his hand again and the attack started again. Qin Juexian and Linghu Shenyi, who had reacted at this moment, had already stepped forward to stop him.

"Love murder, if you are unwilling to be honest with me, Qin Juexian will never see you again!"

As a last resort, Qin Juexian used the most helpless, unwilling and despised method, but it was also the most effective method for Qingsha. When Qingsha heard Qin Juexian's "threat", his momentum immediately weakened, and he looked at Qin Juexian, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

In the end, it was Jianzi Xianji who took a step forward, lightly dusted off his Taoist robe, and smoothed over the tense atmosphere at the scene.

"Alright, Jianzi, excuse me for interrupting you. Please give me some space to speak. This matter may trigger a new wave of crisis in the martial arts world."

Linghu Shenyi frowned slightly and said, "Jianzi, please tell me what you know."

"According to the information I have, the source of everything can be traced back to a force called Youjian Pawnshop. The details are as follows..."

Pawnshop, there is a pawnshop...

Previously, Qin Juexian learned about the existence of a "pawnshop" from the conversation between the drummer and Qingsha. She had also explained this to Linghu Shenyi, but Qingsha remained silent about the existence of the pawnshop. Although Linghu Shenyi had heard of exchanges such as Yemo City and Haishi Dragon Lantern, he could not fully connect them with the strangeness of Qingsha.

Until Jian Zi Xianji brought the message, exchanging the human body for an invisible object, such an existence was unheard of, but both Qin Juexian and Linghu Shenyi could imagine the horror and danger in it.

"It was a murder of passion. If that's the case, then tell me, did you pawn anything related to Madam Feng there?"

After understanding this part, and connecting it with Feng Ma's disappearance and the unusual nature of the love killing, Linghu Shenyi immediately guessed that the reason why the love killing turned out like this must be related to the love killing transaction.

"Me!" Qingsha frowned and wanted to make some excuses, but met Qin Juexian's eyes.

The look in the latter's eyes was something he had never seen in his life: heartbreak, pity, confusion, and even anger... He had never seen such complex emotions in Qin Juexian, not even when he was facing the drummer in the past.

"I...pawned my health, lifespan, and family affection in exchange for the cultivation and skills needed to kill the Drum Master. I never imagined that the Drum Master would also..."

"Bastard!" Before he finished speaking, he heard Linghu Shenyi's angry shout. He thought that the killing of love was just an impulsive act, but he didn't expect that he had become a rebellious and evil person without realizing it, and even dared to use family affection as a bargaining chip.

"Hey, calm down." Jian Zi Xian Ji quickly held Linghu Shen Yi down and said, "Although a crime of passion is wrong, pursuing it now will not help. Besides, the root of all this lies in that pawnshop. If it weren't for him, the crime of passion wouldn't have taken this path."

Linghu Shenyi sighed, "Jianzi, why bother comforting me? If he wasn't driven by greed, anger, and delusion, how could such an evil being find him to complete the deal? Linghu Shenyi isn't old and confused yet."

"The thing has happened, just solve it. Regarding the Feng Ma you mentioned, Jianzi already has a guess, but it's the worst guess." "What?" Linghu Shenyi asked hurriedly.

"Qingsha previously said he pawned his health and lifespan. I also noticed something wrong with his body when I observed him fighting the drummer, but now everything has fully recovered. If it's not due to his martial arts skills or physical condition, then there's only one possibility: Qingsha's mother also entered a pawnshop and conducted a transaction with it."

After the words fell, there was a moment of silence. Linghu Shenyi's body trembled slightly, and he took a deep breath before calming down. Qin Juexian, standing beside him, was even more unwilling to believe it. She had met Feng Ma more than once and knew what a kind old woman she was. How could she have suffered such a disaster?

"A murder of passion!" Linghu Shenyi said with a hint of anger, "What on earth did you do?"

"What I did has nothing to do with you!" Qingsha saw Qin Juexian's sad face and felt unhappy. "He's just an old servant..."

Snapped!
With a crisp sound, Qingsha took a half step back and looked at Qin Juexian in front of him, with a slight tingling sensation on his face.

"goddess……"

"Enough, passion killing!"

Qin Juexian gritted his teeth, shouted angrily, and cried.

"I don't need you to do anything, and I don't need you to make any sacrifices. What Qin Juexian wants to face is always the you who clearly distinguished between love and hate and was passionate and emotional, not the you in front of me who can't distinguish between gratitude and hatred."

"Goddess..." Qingsha looked at Qin Juexian with a dull expression, "I, everything I did was for you..."

"Have you ever asked me if I need these?" Qin Juexian gritted his teeth, tears in his eyes, and whispered, "A love killing, what Qin Juexian cherished was never these. I have never resented He Changling, so why did you insist on killing him? I cannot accept you sacrificing Feng Ma."

"Goddess, please listen to my explanation..."

With a cry of sorrow, a long sigh, a cry of helplessness and a cry of panic, he watched Qin Juexian's hurriedly running away. Linghu Shenyi was so confused that he chased after him. He wanted to stop him, but was signaled to stop by Jianzi Xianji's eyes.

"Heart disease needs heart medicine to heal it, and the person who tied the bell needs to untie it. The only person who can cure the heart disease caused by love is the broken strings of the zither."

Linghu Shenyi closed his eyes upon hearing this and shook his head. "I'm just worried about Qin Juexian. She's too kind, and none of this has anything to do with her. I'm worried she'll become the target of that pawnshop, too."

"There's nothing we can do about this." Jian Zi Xian Ji shook his head. "You're now sheltering Fan Qiliang and Qingsha here. The Pi Gu Master will attack sooner or later. You must be extra careful."

"I understand." Linghu Shenyi nodded and said, "You should be more careful when traveling in the martial arts world."

"Ha, relax, please."

"please."

(End of this chapter)