Misery: There is a pawn shop here

Chapter 84: Wish Fulfilled

Candlelight flickered red, smoke lingered azure. Inside a pawnshop, an ancient bronze lamp illuminated the dusty room. A gilded incense burner on a sandalwood table spewed ambergris, its smoke curling around a crystal coffin.

Yan Guiren looked at the crystal coffin, his gaze seemed to brand the icy skin and bones sleeping in the coffin into the soul, and there was an indescribable struggle between heaven and man in his heart.

"Now that you've lost your divine power, putting down the Holy Halberd will actually be a good thing for you." Li Xuanxiao looked at the troubled Yan Guiren and said calmly, "Of course, there's a pawnshop that never forces sales. If you don't want to, you can leave."

Upon hearing this, Yan Guiren clenched his fists, looked up at Li Xuanxiao and said in a deep voice, "Why do you need Shentan?"

Li Xuanxiao shook his head. "It's not that I need it. There's a pawnshop that only considers value. The Holy Spear Divine Sigh just happens to be worth trading, that's all."

"What if I want to take back the Divine Sigh in the future?" Yan Guiren asked again.

"There's a pawnshop that only accepts pawns, not redemptions. If you want to get your items back, you'll have to pay a higher price." Li Xuanxiao replied, "Think about it carefully. Now's your chance to save the person you've been thinking about."

"I……"

Yan Guiren felt a complicated feeling in his heart. He turned his head to look at the crystal coffin beside him, and reached out to gently touch the marks left by years of caressing on it. Looking at the person he thought about day and night in the crystal coffin, his heart was in conflict again and again, and there was nothing but entanglement.

Li Xuanxiao looked at Yan Guiren but did not urge him. Time passed in seconds. After a long time, Yan Guiren raised his head and looked at Li Xuanxiao again, with a look of determination in his eyes.

"I...promise you!"

The voice echoed in the pawnshop, announcing that the decision was finalized. Li Xuanxiao looked at Yan Guiren and nodded slowly.

"as you wish."

With a wish, a blood contract fell from the sky, and the four treasures of the study appeared. Yan Guiren looked at the words on the blood contract. Since he had made the decision, there was no reason to regret it. If sacrificing these could really bring Zhu Yi back, everything would be worth it.

He picked up the pen and wrote it down in one go. As the three words "Yan Guiren" fell, the blood contract turned into ashes in front of Yan Guiren's eyes. Then, a flowing golden thread flew out from Li Xuanxiao's robe and pierced through Yan Guiren's body. Yan Guiren opened his eyes wide as he looked at this mysterious scene, but his body did not feel any discomfort. After a moment, the golden thread was withdrawn, and a ball of blood-colored cloud condensed and fell in Li Xuanxiao's palm. Yan Guiren immediately felt a sense of discomfort, as if something extremely important to his body had left.

As Li Xuanxiao waved his hand, the Holy Spear fell onto the table.

"God sighs..."

"Don't worry, brave man." Li Xuanxiao said, and then he used his Xuan Gong again. He saw a broken time calculation appear above the lobby of a pawnshop. The owner of the pawnshop raised his hand and pointed, and the originally broken time began to reorganize and recover under the traction of light.

"Turning Yin and Yang, reversing reincarnation!"

As soon as the words fell, the hands on the restored clock began to rotate in the opposite direction. Rays of light emanated from the clock and continuously flowed into the crystal coffin.

"Open the coffin!"

With a sound of opening the coffin, the crystal coffin lid rose, and a reversed clock fell from the sky. Yan Guiren saw that the clock gradually merged with Princess Zhuyi as Li Xuanxiao pulled it. At that moment, Yan Guiren even heard the sound of the clock turning in a trance.

"Pearl Relic!"

The soul and body were united, and she was reborn. Princess Zhuyi emanated bursts of holy light, illuminating the entire pawnshop lobby like daylight. Then Li Xuanxiao raised his hand again, and the shadow of a bronze helmet appeared between his left palm. As Li Xuanxiao moved, the shadow of the helmet gradually merged with Yan Guiren. At the same time, a crown formed by golden light flashed on Princess Zhuyi's head.

"What is this?" Yan Guiren looked at Li Xuanxiao in confusion.

"A connection of fate. Although she is alive, her life is over. A connection of fate. If you live, she lives. If you die, she dies." Li Xuanxiao said, "You no longer live for yourself."

"What!" "Why, you don't want to?"

Li Xuanxiao looked at Yan Guiren and said with a playful smile.

"I……"

Of course I wouldn't be willing to do that, I'm just afraid that because of my own life, I'll cause the beauty to die again.

"what……"

Just as the two were talking, there was a moan, and Yan Guiren suddenly stopped and looked into the crystal coffin. He saw a familiar figure sitting up in the crystal coffin, with a blank look in his eyes. The moment their eyes met, a look of surprise appeared on Princess Zhuyi's face.

"Return home." Princess Zhu Yi hurriedly tried to get out of the crystal coffin, but her body had been silent for many years and her hands and feet were not agile. Just when Zhu Yi was about to fall, a familiar arm held her in his arms.

"Guiren..." Princess Zhuyi leaned in Yan Guiren's arms, feeling his warm and trembling body, hugging him tightly, unwilling to let go.

"I...what happened?"

"This issue……"

"Alright, you two."

An inappropriate voice sounded. Li Xuanxiao looked at the two people hugging each other in the lobby of his pawnshop and interrupted this touching scene of a long-awaited reunion.

"The matter is settled. If there is nothing else, you can leave." Li Xuanxiao said calmly, "As for what you want to talk about, go back to your own territory, Qujiang."

After saying that, Li Xuanxiao shook his sleeves, looking disgusted.

Yan Guiren also came to his senses, quickly walked to the table, clasped his hands together and was about to bow, but found that he could not move at all.

"Everything is a transaction. Once you enter the pawnshop, you are an honored guest. How can a guest bow to the owner? The transaction is complete, and you two may leave now."

Yan Guiren understood and looked at Li Xuanxiao. He no longer bowed but simply clasped his fists and said, "Yan Guiren, thank you for your kindness, sir. I will never forget it."

"Take your sweetheart with you. I hope you can have a happy ending this time..."

This time?
Yan Guiren was puzzled, but he still helped Princess Zhu Yi out of the crystal coffin. Although Zhu Yi didn't know the whole story, she heard a little bit from their conversation. She bowed to Li Xuanxiao and said, "Zhu Yi thanks you for saving me, sir."

"Everything belongs to Yan Guiren, it has nothing to do with me, go ahead."

A breeze blew by, the pawnshop door opened, and the ancient blue bronze lamp also emitted a warm orange light at this moment, illuminating the way for the two to leave.

"Swords and spears slay demons and slay dragons. The phoenix has wings but cannot spread them. The swallows on Broken Cloud Mountain never return. Everything is but a dream."

"Yan Guiren, Yan Guiren..."

Li Xuanxiao murmured and looked at the Holy Spear and sighed. The latter trembled slightly, and bursts of pure and holy light filled the air.

"Alright, alright. Just because he's retired doesn't mean you can rest. Just wait. You've waited with him for so long anyway, so why not wait a little longer?"

(End of this chapter)