The King of Xiuxianjuan returns to modern times and becomes a landlord

In a flash, Ying Ni fully accepted everything Shang had bestowed upon her. However, a profound understanding of fate ultimately required Ying Ni's own exploration and comprehension. After all, Shang was merely Ying Ni's incarnation from a past life, and those complex experiences were Shang's memories, not her own direct experiences.

As Shang's aura gradually dissipated, Ying Ni finally returned to reality. She slowly opened her eyes and saw that the East China Sea in front of her suddenly became turbulent, rolling up layers of huge waves, surging like a tidal wave, sweeping towards her.

Ying Li sensed a significant increase in the surrounding spiritual energy. Through fragments of Shang's memories, she learned that this place was the location of the Heavenly Pillar, once firmly suppressed by Shang's essence. Now that Ying Li has regained her essence, the once-hidden Heavenly Pillar has reappeared, triggering a surge in spiritual energy within China.

The wind, carrying a biting chill, blew through the dilapidated, unfinished buildings, emitting a low, whimpering sound. Suddenly, a chilling air approached silently from behind. Ying Ni turned abruptly and saw a blurry black shadow rapidly gathering in the dim night, its outline gradually taking shape.

Ying Ni's eyes flickered as she discerned a monstrous ghost with a face distorted beyond measure. Its eyes burned like flames, and a frightening grin curled at the corners of its mouth. Clad in tattered cloth, the ghost seemed to have escaped from the depths of the underworld, carrying a thick layer of resentment and rage. It pounced upon Ying Ni with the force of a thunderbolt. The air around them was filled with an indescribable stench, nearly suffocating.

Faced with this sudden attack, Ying Li was not at all panicked. She just opened her red lips, chanted a spell, and raised her right hand lightly. A five-thunder talisman flashing with golden lightning shot out from her sleeve, like an arrow from a bow, cutting through the sky and heading straight for the evil spirit.

This Five Thunder Talisman, meticulously crafted by Ying Ni, embodies the righteousness of heaven and earth and the power of thunder. It floated lightly above the evil spirit's head, instantly releasing a dazzling radiance that dispelled the surrounding darkness. As Ying Ni unleashed her exquisite incantation, the Five Thunder Talisman seemed to come alive. It gently spun, echoing with the stars in the sky and invoking the power of thunder from the nine heavens.

"Boom!" A deafening roar of thunder echoed from the sky, followed by a thick bolt of lightning that streaked across the sky like the wrath of a god, crashing down upon the evil spirit. At that moment, the entire forest seemed to be ablaze with light, thunder and lightning blazing in all directions, illuminating the evil spirit's hideous features with unmistakable clarity.

The evil spirit let out a series of piercing screams, its form twisting further under the thunder and lightning, transforming into a web of dark shadows that fled in all directions, attempting to escape the devastating blow. However, Ying Ni had anticipated its reaction. She quickly formed hand seals and set up an exquisite Five Thunder Formation. The air around them rippled, lightning flashed, and tiny bolts of lightning crisscrossed the formation, weaving a net that trapped the evil spirit.

Under the might of the Five Thunder Formation, the ghost's wails grew even more shrill. Its form gradually faded under the bombardment of thunder and lightning, eventually transforming into a wisp of smoke that drifted away with the wind and vanished into the vast darkness. At that moment, the mountaintop returned to tranquility, as if everything that had just happened was just an illusory dream.

With the appearance of this evil spirit, the ground beneath the unfinished building trembled incessantly, as if some enormous creature was about to break out of the abyss. Witnessing this scene, Ying Li instantly realized that this abandoned complex of buildings was not only the location of the Heavenly Pillar Land, but also a mysterious gateway to the underworld.

Ying Ni followed Shang's instructions and slowly chanted, "The heavens and the earth are vast and boundless, the human world is in turmoil and confusion, but the nine realms will eventually unite, and all beings in the three realms will coexist. What is borrowed must be returned, and everything in the world can be pawned."

With each word Ying Ni chanted, the surrounding space slowly twisted and distorted. In an instant, a brilliant golden light suddenly streaked across the sky, suddenly appearing before Ying Ni's eyes. As this dazzling golden light slowly dissipated, the object's true appearance gradually became clear.

A classically elegant building quietly emerged before Ying Li, like a dazzling jewel inlaid between heaven and earth, gleaming and radiating a captivating radiance. The roof, clad in golden glazed tiles, shimmered in the sunlight like golden fish scales, shimmering with dazzling brilliance. Beneath the eaves, exquisite carvings were vividly portrayed, depicting auspicious dragons and phoenixes, and unicorns offering blessings. Every detail was breathtaking, inviting pause for admiration. The building's primary material was mahogany, weathered by time, its wood mellow like jade, its texture extraordinary. The doors and windows were inlaid with intricate yet harmonious wood carvings, showcasing a unique artistic charm and a sense of profound cultural heritage and artistic appeal.

Ying Li immediately noticed the plaque facing the small building, on which were engraved the five large characters "Jiuzhou Pawn Shop" in a flamboyant style, which was majestic and eye-catching.

The small building hovered in the sky, radiating a brilliant light. The tremors on the ground subsided instantly, as if they had never occurred. Ying Ni steered the building to a steady landing on the summit of the mountain she had previously climbed. As soon as the building touched the ground, it merged seamlessly with the three peaks, as if this building had stood on this mountain since ancient times.

The small building replaced the original object Shang had used to suppress the Heavenly Pillar and the Gate to the Underworld. Its remarkable significance lies in the fact that it served as a pawnshop, where everything in the Three Realms, even emotions and lifespans, could be pawned. This pawnshop, the product of Shang's ingenious creation during his travels, housed treasures left behind by sages tens of thousands of years ago. Today, this legendary pawnshop has changed hands, and its current owner is Ying Ni.

Ying Ni couldn't help but sigh. The completion of such a grand building would undoubtedly bring with it numerous complex tasks. It seemed she would have to seek Uncle Shan's help to deal with it.

When the Jiuzhou Pawn Shop suddenly emerged, the Chinese immortal cultivation community generally sensed a subtle loosening of the barriers between realms. In the past, the Heavenly Dao, due to a lack of spiritual energy, had imposed numerous shackles, making the path to realm advancement for cultivators even more difficult than in the era of legal cultivation. Now, those cultivators teetering on the brink of a breakthrough suddenly sensed that the subtle forces that had long bound them had quietly dissipated, as if the shackles had been released, and the future suddenly brightened.

In the deep and murky depths of the underworld, in the mist of the six realms of reincarnation, a figure seemed to have caught some subtle sensation, but was swallowed up by the deep sleepiness that followed and fell into sleep again.

On the other hand, in the thirty-three layers of heaven, the energy sources in each layer trembled slightly as they sensed a familiar and ancient breath. Although they were a little restless, their strength had not yet fully recovered, so they could only barely maintain their suspended state and return to tranquility.