Yin Yang Lantern Man

The moment the lantern was picked up, a dazzling light suddenly burst out here!
Chen Ning'an's face changed and he quickly covered his body with golden light, but it was too late.

He was enveloped in light, and his body began to swim as if in water.

This is no longer Taiyin Mountain, but a colorful world. Nothing else can be seen except stars.

There are stars everywhere.

Chen Ning'an squinted his eyes and observed carefully. The more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong. He used all his strength to get closer to the nearest star.

Those...are not stars, they are eyes.

He opened his mouth and an eye came out of it.

After another spit, the eye turned into two, and he could see his own face through the eyes.

He also became an eye.

"what happened?"

He felt his consciousness becoming confused, as if another self was about to wake up.

Color has become poison, he must escape from here!
At this moment, the exquisite lantern in his hand burned and lit up by itself, illuminating the world for him.

Lantern World!

Seeing the opportunity, Chen Ning'an raised his hand and took out the fire leaves. He no longer waited, but lit them all.

"boom!"

Lightning covered the world, with a flash of purple in it.

When all are gathered into one point, it becomes the world of lanterns!

The divine thunder was launched.

"boom!"

A gap was blasted under the divine thunder, and he ran out through the gap, not daring to look back until he was a long way away.

The space slowly closed in, and at the last moment, he still felt that countless eyes were looking at him.

What is that colorful space?
Chen Ning'an didn't know. He spread out his palm, and the small and exquisite lantern in his palm slowly opened.

"Hula~"

The lanterns lit up.

Where is he going?
The head told her to go somewhere, but did not specify where it was.

The lanterns glow dimly, as if telling something, but unfortunately they cannot speak.

There was only a little candle left, and it might burn out at any time. This lantern could take him away from that starry world and would be of great use, so he needed to replenish some more.

This made him very regretful, so he had to leave under the light.

He took the Si Nan out of his arms and walked eastward, which should be Daqi.

But he wasn't sure where exactly he was.

The air in this place is still scorching hot. I guess it is not in Taiyin Mountain, but it is not as hot as in Daqi.

It should be a place of excess.

He looked around and let the lantern lead him to find the most correct path.

From sunrise to sunset.

it's getting dark.

But it was also cooler, and he no longer had to be careful about getting burned.

When the moon rose, Chen Ning'an suddenly heard some sound in front of him.

After thinking for a while, he moved closer to the sound.

There were some paths on the ground that did not look like they could be made by humans, and there were also some scratches. When he pushed aside the trees, he saw a market in front of him.

The market stretches for a long time, with houses on both sides, and people setting up stalls under the houses to sell goods.

At first glance, these things are dazzling, including ornaments, bones, carriages, and even some maids and page boys.

It was obviously a market, so it should have been bustling with activity, but here it was completely silent, and the guests coming and going were silent.

When Chen Ning'an stepped here, the vendors looked at him with dull eyes. When he moved, the vendors followed him.

"Look at me again and I'll dig your eyeballs out!"

Chen Ning'an warned him and stepped forward.

He found that everyone passing by covered their faces with masks, except himself who was exposed.

He paid no attention and stopped in front of a vendor.

The stall in front of this shop is filled with all kinds of candles.

There are red ones, white ones, blue ones, green ones, dragons and phoenixes, the twelve zodiac animals, and human-shaped ones. There are so many of them, it’s really amazing.

“How much are the candles?”

Chen Ning'an stopped and saw the vendor's eyes were fixed on him.

"Don't keep looking at me, or you will die."

Chen Ning'an's voice was oppressive, and the vendors had to look away from his face.

No words.

"I'm asking you a question? Are you deaf?"

Chen Ningan grabbed his neck with one hand: "Can you speak? If not, I will let you digest it!"

The vendor struggled in his hands, making quite a lot of noise and attracting a lot of attention.

The travelers coming and going stopped, and there was a group of three people, the last two of them looked at the person in front.

"Master, didn't you say that we can't take action here?"

The voice has been specially forged so it is impossible to tell whether it is a man or a woman.

"We really can't do anything here. This guy is finished."

His master shook his head and sighed: "Remember, this is a virtual market derived from the virtual world. You must not reveal your true appearance or voice, and you must buy something and leave immediately. Don't linger."

"This guy seems to have stumbled in here by accident and doesn't know the rules."

"Just wait and see, someone will be here to clean up soon."

At the candle vendor, Chen Ning'an's hands became more and more powerful, making it so that the man couldn't even make a sound.

A look of cruelty flashed in his eyes, and he could hardly control himself.

But at a certain moment, Chen Ning'an realized this and decisively let go of his hand.

"Can you speak now?"

The vendors on the ground were breathing heavily, gasping, coughing, and nodding with difficulty.

"Yes...speak."

The sound is like a mill grinding, it is extremely unpleasant. It must have been specially processed.

“How much are the candles?”

Chen Ning'an picked out a few red candles. These red candles were most similar to the ones he saw in the Red Candle Cemetery and could be used to light lanterns.

"This is a candle."

The boss's voice was hoarse: "These are candles used to commemorate the dead in the virtual world."

"How much."

Chen Ningan looked into his eyes: "I don't want to listen to all your nonsense."

"One, and it costs twenty divine coins."

What is the divine coin?
Chen Ningan frowned: "How about gold?"

He had never heard of divine coins, but it seemed to be the currency here.

"Gold? Can you produce 2,000 tons of gold?"

The vendor laughed hoarsely: "Boss, my god..."

"boom!"

Chen Ningan kicked him and said, "Hand over the divine coins in your pocket!"

boss:?
He was pinned to the ground, speechless for a moment. Why did this customer have to rob the item when he couldn't make the purchase?
However, out of the corner of his eye, he saw two guards in black armor approaching.

He smiled.

"Guest, don't you know that you can't fight here?"

Ok?
Chen Ningan frowned: "What do you mean?"

"literal meaning."

He has been behind Chen Ningan: "How dare you rob in broad daylight? I think you are bored!"

“Don’t you know that I paid the booth fee?”

When Chen Ning'an turned around, two black-armored guards stretched out their hands to him, obviously trying to capture him.

"Get out." He grabbed the two black-armored guards with his backhand and twisted them hard.

"Crack, click, click."

The black-armored guard was twisted into a knot by him.

"I thought they were so powerful, but they turned out to be two pieces of trash."

Chen Ningan turned to look at the vendor again: "Hand over your divine coins, otherwise, you will be the same as them."

"Oh my god, he killed the guard?"

There were exclamations from the three masters and apprentices, obviously they did not expect this result.

"Oops."

The master's face was grim: "Let's go buy the things quickly. The guards have been killed. We can't stay in this small virtual world any longer."

He had told his disciples before that they had to abide by the rules in the Small Void Realm, otherwise the guards would punish them.

But if you kill the guards, it would undoubtedly be a betrayal to your master, and the true master of the Small Void Realm would come.

"Wow~"

Chen Ning'an looked at the bag of divine coins, which were glowing golden.

The divine coin is the common currency here. It is about the size of a thumb and has the word "virtual" written on it.

And this bag contains almost three hundred pieces.

"Next time, you'd better answer whatever I ask you."

Chen Ning'an glanced at the vendor, took away a few red candles, and continued to patrol the place.

The market is not small and stretches endlessly, but the further you go, the fewer vendors there are.

He stopped in front of a wood carving shop.

"Boss, what is this wood carving?"

Chen Ning'an looked at them casually. Some of these wood carvings were people, and some were strange things.

"Can't you see for yourself?"

The boss was carving something, and without even looking up, he said, "A wooden carving costs 100 divine coins. Take whatever you like."

There is a special power in this wood carving, and Chen Ningan can feel it every time he reaches out his hand.

One hundred divine coins. He roughly estimated that there was an aura of divine refining level in the wood carving.

In other words, one hundred divine coins can be a very high purchase.

No wonder it takes two thousand tons of gold, one divine coin, and one hundred tons of gold.

It may be difficult for others, but for spiritual cultivators, it is actually that simple.

"Boss, can I ask you something?"

Chen Ningan placed the divine coin on the table: "I'm sorry for offending you just now."

This boss is certainly not the owner of the candle stall, but... the boss of this small virtual world.

Chen Ningan's eyes were filled with the energy of seeing things flowing, and the luck of the entire Xiaoxu world was flowing here.

Its owner is self-evident.

"You look unfamiliar, fellow Taoist."

The boss put down the wooden sculpture in his hand, and it turned out to be the black-armored guard.

"I came here by chance."

Chen Ningan said bluntly: "I don't know anything about this place, so I need to learn about it."

"It's difficult."

The boss took out a cigarette from his arms and lit it. Chen Ningan took a few more glances and found it was a modern cigarette.

Smoke came out, and he narrowed his eyes: "You damaged my statue, but you hit me in the face, which is a big deal."

My market is famous for its quietness and peace. Now you have beaten up my stall owner and robbed hundreds of divine coins. Tell me, what should I do?
Chen Ning'an frowned.

"Boss, I'm talking to you nicely, don't you think I'm really a person with a good personality?"

He took a statue and played with it, leaving fingerprints on it.

"You don't think that you can defeat me with your cultivation level of returning to the void?"

Return to the Void? If he didn't smile, he could kill with just a raise of his hand.

"Fellow Daoist, you seem to be quite confident. Have you always been so arrogant?"

The boss stood up and took out a statue from the back of the house: "I don't know if you really have this ability."

The statue grew in the wind and soon became a majestic general holding a long sword.

Chen Ning'an showed a look of surprise on his face. This general was quite powerful, and he was capable of refining his spirit!
but……

He raised his hand and drew a thunder talisman.

With a "boom", the wood carving turned into charcoal.

"Boss, I think you can replace the wood with steel or glass, so it won't burn out as easily."

Chen Ning'an's words were full of ridicule, but the boss was not in a hurry: "Then why don't you try mine?"

The sculpture is of the long-mouthed Thunder God, who is in charge of thunder.

As soon as it appeared, the air here was seriously charged.

Chen Ning'an pressed down his floating hair and also took out a thunder talisman.

"boom!"

Although the statue of Lei Gong was not burned, its divinity was destroyed.

"You are not an ordinary Lei."

The statue owner finally noticed something was going on.

Usually there is thunder, but it cannot kill his statue of Thunder God.

The boss stood up and touched the wooden table in front of him, on which a layer of cold air had gathered.

The touch is cold, is this thunder a Yin thunder?
"Are you a ghost?"

He widened his eyes and had a vague guess.

"I don't like people calling me that."

The boss had sharp eyes, and Chen Ning'an finally stopped looking down on him.

To be able to see through oneself, in addition to cultivation, one also needs a lot of insight.

"That's no wonder."

The boss stood up and bowed to him: "I really admire your cultivation of a ghost. Then I won't care about what you did before."

"Let me tell you where this place is and what it does."

"Do you know how big the world is?"

Chen Ning'an looked at him without saying anything. The boss laughed and continued, "No one knows how big the world is, but if we want to get in touch, what should we do?"

"In the beginning, no one knew how to do it, but later, the first cultivator who returned to the void discovered that he could step into the void with his soul."

"That void is the Void Realm, and the existence of the Void Realm has also connected more Return to Void cultivators."

"As long as you reach the Return to Void, you can enter it. Even if your cultivation level is not up to par, as long as you have your Primordial Spirit, you can receive special methods. Thus, the Void World was established."

The boss started to carve the wood again, and said to him as he carved:
"The function of the virtual world is to connect the powerful people in this world and share what they have."

"And my little virtual world is a world that I hung on the virtual world. It is used to accommodate those who have no soul or whose soul is too weak to meet the qualifications to enter the virtual world."

"You can understand it as, my place is a village, and the virtual world is a big city dynasty."

After some explanation, Chen Ningan understood: "There is another question."

He took out a lantern and said, "In the virtual world, or in your small virtual world, is there any place that requires a lantern to reach?"

His purpose was still to solve the problem of the stone statue.

The words on the stone statue: Don't break the void.

Is there any intricate connection between this virtual world and it?
No, there is definitely a connection, there is no doubt about that.

Chen Ning'an looked into the boss's eyes and could detect any problems if there were any fluctuations.

"With a lantern?"

The boss shook his head: "I really don't know about this, but if you want to know where the lanterns are, maybe you can go to the Dian Garden in the virtual world."

“Although you can’t enter there with a lantern, there are still many people holding lanterns to worship.”

Dian Garden?

Chen Ning'an remembered the name and stood up to say goodbye.

His soul had not yet reached perfection, so he decided to remember this place and return to the void before coming back.

(End of this chapter)