Misery: There is a pawn shop here

Chapter 37 God, will you bless him?

The burning imperial city, with its raging flames like a ferocious beast devouring everything wantonly; the ending dynasty only played another sad song in the long river of time. No one had ever imagined that the thousand-year-old Beichen Dynasty would collapse in a day.

Beichen Yin, who had said farewell to the two evils, carried the already cold Beichen Yuanhuang on his back and walked with heavy steps to the location of the Beiyu Dragon Vein step by step. His messy hair fluttered in the wind, and his robe was covered with blood and dust. At this moment, he was no longer the king who was above everyone else in the Beichen Dynasty, but just a father.

In the land of dragon veins, the towering stone statue is more than dozens of feet high. The posture of Beichen Gaozu pointing his sword to the sky solidifies the atmosphere of the founding of the country.

When the Beichen Yuanhuang first ascended to power, a bloodline issue destabilized the Beichen Dynasty's protective dragon energy, allowing the Department of Geography to exploit the situation and steal it. Grand Tutor Yujiefei painstakingly orchestrated a strategy to slay dragons and create new ones, aiming to foster a dragon energy truly belonging to the Beichen Yuanhuang. After Yujiefei's death from exhaustion, this crucial task passed to the new Imperial Master, Shenkan Guizhai.

By the time Shenkan Guizhai mysteriously disappeared, the dragon energy had basically completed its new life. Even so, the new dragon energy ultimately failed to save Beichen's kingdom.

Beichen Yin looked at the towering stone statue in front of him that symbolized the founding ancestor of the Beichen family, and couldn't help but let out a cry of unwillingness.

"Why! Why is this happening?!"

The voice echoed in the dragon vein area, but no one responded to it!
"Is it that simply because he isn't of the so-called orthodox bloodline, he must suffer such a cruel fate? Or is this simply his fate, the inevitable calamity of the Beichen Dynasty?"

"If all this really needs someone to bear, I, Beichen Yin, am willing to bear all the suffering on my son's behalf! My ancestors of the Beichen family, are you any more talented and wise than my son, and do you love the people like your own children?" Beichen Yin's eyes were bloodshot. "If not, why is it him? He is the one who least deserves to be the king of a fallen country, yet he has to bear the stigma of being the king of a fallen country!"

"You, answer me!"

At that moment, the sky and earth suddenly changed color, and thunder rumbled up. Those thunderbolts, like the wrath of a god, exploded relentlessly across the sky. At the same time, a faint dragon's roar emanated from within the stone statue of Beichen Gaozu, deep and powerful, as if transcending the boundaries of time and space. Yet, facing this strange phenomenon, Beichen Yin showed no fear. Instead, his eyes were filled with the resentment of a great hero and the deep grief and indignation of a father at his son's fate.

"God's will? Thunder? Dragon energy? Ha!" Beichen Yin sneered, and that laugh was full of disdain and determination. He raised his sword in anger, and pointed the tip of the sword directly at the stone statue of Beichen family's ancestor, and then suddenly pointed it at the sky.

"Be it the heavens or the spirits, I only ask you, will you bless him?"

Will you bless him or not?!
Roar!
A deafening dragon roar suddenly erupted, as if emanating from the Netherworld, or from the aeons of time. Along with the roar, a thunderclap struck, striking the stone statue of Beichen's ancestors squarely. Instantly, the towering statue, severely damaged, collapsed with a resounding roar, crumbling into a cloud of dust and rubble. Amidst this devastation, a dazzling golden dragon energy, like a giant dragon freed from its bonds, soared into the air. It roared past Beichen Yin and, with unstoppable force, poured into Beichen Yuanhuang's body.

Instantly, a dazzling golden light shot up into the sky, enveloping Beichen Yuanhuang completely. A heart-pounding pressure rose, and even Beichen Yin, a veteran of battles and familiar with storms, felt a sense of submission under this powerful pressure, his body trembling slightly.

A golden dragon tattoo appeared on Beichen Yuanhuang's body and was finally branded on his back.

Beichen Yin watched this scene, he clearly felt the loss of dragon energy, the dragon veins and earth energy in front of him were rapidly disintegrating. Seeing this, Beichen Yin hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Beichen Yuanhuang, however, although the dragon energy entered the body, Beichen Yuanhuang's body was still cold, Beichen Yin felt a chill in his heart.

"Why, why? Even with the dragon energy entering my body, can't I save Huang'er?" Beichen Yin just grabbed Beichen Yuanhuang's body, "How can I save you?"

As he finished speaking, something fell from Beichen Yuanhuang's arms. An ebony plaque with the word "Dang" covered in blood began to fly up. Beichen Yin was stunned by the sight. What was this...?

However, the wooden sign broke apart and turned into a black vortex. Beichen Yin vaguely saw that behind the vortex was a road ahead illuminated by bronze lanterns. At the end of the road, a towering building stood in the dim sky and earth, vaguely revealing a hint of ominousness.

"Beichen Yin, I want to save Beichen Yuanhuang. Do you dare to come in and talk?"

It is a strange and evil place with unpredictable mysteries, but when Beichen Yin heard that he could save Beichen Yuanhuang, he no longer cared about anything else. He hugged Beichen Yuanhuang and stepped into the dark vortex without hesitation.

As Beichen Yin stepped into the vortex, it disappeared. Glancing at the blocked escape route behind him, Beichen Yin carried Beichen Yuanhuang on his back, tightly grasping Beichen Qingfeng, and walked forward step by step. It was not until he reached the pavilion that he could clearly see the four large characters on the plaque:

There's a pawn shop!

pawnshop?

Beichen Yin frowned slightly, but the next moment the pawnshop's door, which had been tightly closed, slowly opened. In the depths of the lobby, a black-robed figure gracefully landed with the sound of poetry.

"Piercing through light and shadow, with the sun and moon as its essence, the mystical scriptures of a thousand years of dreams are exhausted; holding the world in his hands, he is the ruler of the universe, and all treasures are weighed against the vast sky."

"Nice to meet you, Beichen Yin, and Beichen Yuanhuang."

Beichen Yin looked at the seated figure, his brows furrowed slightly, and he felt secretly wary. However, the desire to save Beichen Yuanhuang still drove him through the door.

"Who are you? Where is this?"

"This place is called a pawnshop. It is a place for pawning transactions, and I am the person in charge here. You can call me the shopkeeper." The black-robed shopkeeper smiled slightly and raised his hand. A cup of hot tea appeared on the table.

"A pawnshop?"

"Everything in the world has its value. There's a pawnshop that weighs and estimates the value of items, accepting pawns in exchange for what the customer needs. Previously, Beichen Yuanhuang was traveling to the Vast Sea Primitive Forest and encountered a pawnshop envoy. He gave him a pawn plaque. If it weren't for this token, he would have been struck through the heart by the Geography Department while in the Imperial Palace."

"Protect?" Beichen Yin sneered upon hearing this, "If you really wanted to protect Yuan Huang, she wouldn't have ended up like this!"

"Eh." Li Xuanxiao shook his head, a faint smile still on his face. "Your words are biased. Let's just say it's a deal. Beichen Yuanhuang didn't give anything, but the pawnshop gave him a few breaths to leave you a final message. This shows the pawnshop's sincerity in facilitating the transaction. As for wanting more, it depends on what kind of bargaining chips you can come up with."

(End of this chapter)