Misery: There is a pawn shop here

Chapter 52: Fengchan and Swallowing Buddha
Wind chimes on the eaves suddenly rang, the clang of metal as clear as broken jade, as if cheering for the arrival of a distant guest. The swordsman, clutching a pawn sign whose patterns had dimmed even further, walked along the pitch-black road, gazing at the towering buildings before him. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, he felt the killing command in his hand weigh seven times heavier than usual. And in his eyes, a lingering look of fatigue filled him.

“Wow—”

The black jade abacus was fiddled with, and with a casual flick of the shopkeeper's sleeve, it disappeared into the darkness. Li Xuanxiao sat in his special seat, watching the person step by step to sit across from him, and said calmly, "We meet again. A sword to seal the Zen."

"Heh." Yijian Fengchan only laughed, his voice hoarse as if he had swallowed charcoal. "Do you have any wine?"

"nature."

As soon as he finished speaking, a set of wine utensils fell in front of Yijian Fengchan. However, Yijian Fengchan didn't even look at the wine glass. He picked up the bottle and poured it into his mouth. The moment the wine entered his throat, his eyes lit up.

"Good wine!" Yijian Fengchan exclaimed.

Li Xuanxiao remained calm, "Since we are entertaining guests, of course we should serve good wine."

"Ha!" After finishing his drink, Yijian Fengchan's gray-green complexion took on a more lifelike hue. He cast his gaze towards Li Xuanxiao and said, "Let's continue with our last deal. Do you really know where the Buddha-Swallowing Boy is?"

"of course."

Although he never left the inn, Li Xuanxiao never relaxed his attention on the things and people in the martial arts world during that time node, especially those who had the opportunity to bring transactions to the pawnshop. Yijian Fengchan, an old customer of the pawnshop who had a big secret, was naturally among them.

Although the events of the Beichen Dynasty have prevented Jian Xie and Ren Xie from becoming embroiled in the turmoil of the martial world, their fateful conflict continues. The name of the Buddha-Swallowing Child remains a nightmare, haunted by the two evils, and with the Blood-Septic Evil intervening to uncover the source of the demonic power, the matter of the Buddha-Swallowing Child becomes even more complicated.

"How much do you know about the Buddha-swallowing boy?" Yijian Fengchan asked in a deep voice.

"If this is a deal, I know everything about the Buddha-Swallowing Boy. If this is just your question, then I know nothing about him," Li Xuanxiao replied. "One Sword Conferred to Heaven, don't forget, there's a pawnshop where the deal takes place."

"Ha!" Yijian Fengchan laughed, "You once said that if I gave you the Killing Commandment, we could get the whereabouts of the Buddha-Swallowing Boy in exchange? Is that price still valid?"

"It was possible in the past." Li Xuanxiao's gaze fell on the Killing Commandment. He didn't notice the sword strike, but he saw it clearly. The sacred Buddhist artifact before him, imbued with the life's work of a high-ranking Buddhist monk, was now fading. Over a long period of time, countless blood had stained it. Even a high-ranking Buddhist monk, like a lotus reborn from a lotus, was doomed to be of limited use.

The holy vessel, though seemingly intact, was already in ruins inside.

This is also the reason why Yijian Fengshan seems increasingly exhausted.

Fighting and struggling, the more they fight, the weaker the Buddha's power in the Killing Commandment will become, and the Buddha-devouring boy's awakening will become more frequent. The secondary personality that was forcibly suppressed and distorted by the lotus reincarnation in the past will gradually weaken with the frequent awakening of the main personality, and eventually end up in extinction.

Well, if the pawnshop hadn't intervened, it would have been like this...

"But now, the power within the Killing Commandment has been depleted by about 80% and no longer able to be traded." Li Xuanxiao said, "However, the value of your Buddhist affinity remains unchanged."

Buddha's fate...

Hearing the mysterious pawnshop owner mention it again, I felt like laughing for some reason.

"I've been called Fengshan, swallowing Buddha, and becoming a demon by defying Buddha, yet you say I have a little affinity with Buddha."

"If you are willing to trade, please do not worry about whether you can receive the corresponding pawned items."

"Ha." Yijian Fengchan laughed upon hearing this and asked, "If I really have that little bit of Buddhist affinity you mentioned, what will happen if I lose it?"

Li Xuanxiao said, "Buddha's fate, as the name suggests, with your mind, it shouldn't be difficult to comprehend this."

Li Xuanxiao did not say it directly, but he already understood it in his heart.

If you lose your affinity with Buddha, you will never be able to connect with Buddha again in this life...

Buddha's fate, Buddha's fate, one sword to seal the sky, is he important to you?

Yijian Fengshan questioned himself, but no one answered. His mind flashed only with the image of a flame, and within that sea of ​​fire, the demonic shadow that had caused countless slaughters. "The Buddha-Swallowing Child!" This name always accompanied Yijian Fengshan. Only by killing him could Yijian Fengshan achieve a true future.

"I..." With his mind made up, he spoke slowly, but suddenly a figure flashed through his mind.

The owner of those clear eyes held down his own hand.

"do not want!"

"No, I will seal the Zen with one sword!"

……

……

"No, I will seal the Zen with one sword!"

Jian Xue Wuming opened his eyes in panic, feeling an indescribable panic in his heart. He raised his hand and found that someone had covered him with a thin blanket. The fire in the cave was still on, and the wind and snow outside the cave were still on.

here it is……

"Are you having a nightmare?" At this moment, a voice sounded beside Jianxue Wuming. Jianxue Wuming looked in the direction of the voice and saw a mountain monk who had broken his vows with a palm-leaf fan and a gourd beside him, and was eating wild game in his hands.

"You...you are..." Jian Xue Wuming was stunned when he saw the monk who had broken his vows. In an instant, a familiar feeling came to his heart.

"You were the one who helped me escape the blood-septic evil that day." Jian Xue Wuming said, "I, I haven't had time to thank you yet."

"Don't be so polite. You're just a mountain monk. I don't think you can bully the weak with your numbers."

As the monk who broke his vows spoke, he skillfully inserted skewers of meat made of wild rabbits and flying birds beside the campfire, and then, like a magic trick, he took out a bunch of bottles and jars from his tattered clothes. Jian Xue Wuming sniffed and instantly understood what was in the jars.

"Drinking?" the monk who broke his vows suddenly asked.

"Well... do you want me to think about it?" Jian Xue Wuming tilted his head and looked at the monk who had broken his vows.

Watching Jian Xue Wuming's actions, the monk who broke his vows smiled and said, "Interesting kid, accepting or not is just a matter of thought. Why overthink it?"

"This..." Jian Xue Wuming frowned slightly upon hearing this. "I appreciate your kindness and thank you for the wine, but..."

"Why hesitate?" the monk said cheerfully, "You seemed to be troubled by a nightmare earlier. Since you have nothing better to do, why not tell me about it?"

"My...my dream?" Jian Xue Wuming was stunned when he heard this, and then lowered his head.

Why do I feel so uneasy...

A sword seals the heavens...

"I, I don't know how to start."

The monk who broke his vows did not take it seriously and continued to skillfully work on grilling the meat.

"Speaking is a choice, not speaking is also an opportunity. It all depends on your choice."

"My choice?"

(End of this chapter)