Chapter 236 (Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-Five) A Travelogue of Baiyujing
Yan Shi shrugged: "I don't know. So, can you fix it?"
Xiao Jingqiu slowly picked up the Blazing Sun Crown and gently touched each of the faded gemstones on it: "It can't be repaired." She shook her head and said very softly, "The Blazing Sun Crown is neither a spiritual artifact nor an alchemical product."
"I'm sorry, Director Yan, I'm afraid I can't help you."
“There’s no way to fix it.” Yan Shi raised his eyes slightly, gazing at the blazing sun crown in Xiao Jingqiu’s palm. “What a pity.”
The tea room quieted down.
I could faintly hear lively laughter coming from outside the window.
Yan Shi silently gazed at the blazing sun.
Although she doesn't remember anything, she can still sense that this is something very important to her.
The crown of the blazing sun should be vibrant, like gilded gold, pulsating with flames.
It will act on its own and sometimes throw a tantrum. But it will always be there for her and do its utmost to protect her.
Xiao Jingqiu hesitated for a moment: "Actually, it's not like there's absolutely no way out."
She sat down again and pushed the crown back in front of Yan Shi.
Yan Shi raised an eyebrow: "Hmm?"
Xiao Jingqiu took out a new teacup and poured himself a glass of milk: "The crown of the blazing sun is the authority of the spirits, and all the authority of the spirits has a place that should be suppressed. That is also the world barrier boundary point corresponding to each authority."
"Perhaps sending the Crown of the Sun back to its barrier point will allow it to slowly repair itself. However, this will be a very time-consuming process."
Yan Shi lowered his eyes: "Approximately how long will it take?"
“Perhaps ten years,” Xiao Jingqiu said, “or perhaps a hundred years, or even a thousand years. Who knows?”
Every spiritual authority has its place of suppression.
Yan Shi nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "Where is the barrier point of the blazing sun crown?"
Xiao Jingqiu seemed to know everything.
"Right here." Sure enough, she said directly, "Bai Yujing."
"The Jade Palace in the heavens. This is the place closest to the sun, and also the boundary point of the sun's crown. Or rather, the Jade Palace exists because the sun's crown's boundary point is here."
“Perhaps you know, Director Yan,” Xiao Jingqiu said, “that the blazing sun crown itself was stolen from Baiyujing by a group of smugglers last year?”
She turned her head to look out the window with a hint of regret. "That little girl from Kunlun Mountain chased her across half the underworld, shut down two black markets, but in the end, she still couldn't find her. I never expected it to turn out like this," she sighed.
Smuggling rings, the black market, and the stolen crown of the blazing sun.
A string of keywords paints a vague picture of a scene.
Suddenly, one memory from the unknown memories that had been shrouded in mist in Yan Shi's mind became clear.
She saw a transparent box fall from mid-air.
The box tumbled in the air, and in its center, a crown resembling the sun floated motionless. This crown was indeed dazzling, its light layered and its gems sparkling.
The box containing the crown fell to the ground, rolled twice, and was then picked up by a hand.
Yan Shi saw himself.
In my memory, I felt curious and interested as I weighed the box in my hand before stuffing it into my pocket.
She remembered all of this.
The tiger cubs accidentally awakened the ability to travel through space, and just then they stumbled upon an unstable world barrier, which took her neighbor Lin Cai to the inner world.
So Yan Shi followed.
To avoid trouble, she first tore open the restraints on the branch of the Cero City Bureau of Evil, and then used her work card to break her out of prison.
Thus, "Yanlan" came into being.
Next came the disputes in the black market.
Amidst the flames and the fighting, Yan Shi took advantage of the chaos and stole the Crown of the Blazing Sun.
The memories that followed were shrouded in mist.
"Director Yan, Director Yan?" Xiao Jingqiu's voice came from afar, tinged with a hint of confusion. "What's wrong?"
Yan Shi shook his head slightly, blinked, and slowly came back to his senses.
She then realized that the milk in front of her had gone cold.
Looking back now, the troubles at the time didn't decrease at all; they actually increased.
Yan Shi gently shook his head: "I'm fine. Is the place where the blazing sun's crown is suppressed located in Baiyujing? What is the exact location?"
It's important to know that Baiyujing is very large. It's an entire main city area, where countless ancestral homes of prominent families are located.
Yan Shi didn't think that simply placing the crown of blazing sun anywhere would suffice.
“Director Yan, I am the city lord of Wine City.” Xiao Jingqiu shrugged helplessly. “The Crown of Blazing Sun was originally the most precious treasure of Baiyujing. If I knew its exact location, Wine City could rule the Eastern human race.”
Yan Shi: ...
She felt that Jiu Cheng might have this ambition, considering that the largest jewelry shop in Baiyujing was actually owned by Jiu Cheng.
The relationships between these main cities of the Eastern Human Race are truly complex.
“However,” Xiao Jingqiu changed the subject, his tone light, “if you have any other alchemical products or spiritual artifacts you would like to cultivate, the Broken Jade Pavilion can serve you.”
The scorching sun cannot be repaired.
The wooden hairpin that Yan Shi has worn since childhood was a gift from her grandmother. Although it's broken, Yan Shi doesn't plan to find a jewelry shop in the underworld to repair an ordinary wooden hairpin.
Not only is it a waste of talent, but it also leaves you indebted to someone for no reason.
She thought for a moment, then took something else out of her pocket.
"Can you fix the spatial gap?" She took Yanlan's small wooden box, which was her own, with a broken lock, out of her pocket.
"A spatial gap?" Xiao Jingchun's gaze fell on the wooden box, and his lips twitched.
“Director Yan,” she said earnestly, “Suiyulou is a jewelry shop, not a wishing well.”
Yan Shi: ?
She raised an eyebrow, not quite understanding.
“There are only three worlds in the spatial gap,” Xiao Jingqiu sighed. “Of course, it’s because these are also treasures. They’re not alchemical items or spiritual artifacts. If they could be forged by living beings, how could there only be three?”
"Even if the materials are expensive, the profit margin is obviously generous, so alchemists will definitely try their best to make it."
As she spoke, her expression grew increasingly complex: "The Broken Jade Pavilion only repairs things that living beings can forge."
"Oh." Yan Shi said expressionlessly, closing the spatial gap again. "I only have these two things that need repairing. It turns out you can't repair this or that. What's the point of running a jewelry shop in Baiyujing then?"
She concluded, "You all need to improve your skills."
Xiao Jingqiu: ...
She laughed in exasperation: "In that case, Director Yan, it's our fault for being less skilled. You should find someone more capable."
"Yao Yao!" Xiao Jingqiu called out slightly, "Show the guest out."
The door to the tea room behind them was pushed open again, and the shop assistant who had previously served Yan Shi walked in, bowed, and said, "Director Yan, please come with me."
I was kicked out of the house.
Yan Shi: ...
No wonder the Wine City cannot rule the Eastern race.
The city lord is being far too petty.
Night fell. The streets became increasingly deserted.
Yan Shi stood in front of the Broken Jade Pavilion, unsure of which way to go.
Yu Youguan said she could spend the night at one of the Yu family's villas, but she didn't tell her the address of the villa.
Yan Shi took out his phone and searched for Yu Youguan on Lingxin. Coincidentally, Yu Youguan came running from the other end of the street, looking hurried.
"Ah Shi!" she called out, looking around frantically.
Yu Youguan was unaware of the problem when she left the branch office of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs after completing the task assigned to her by Director Yan.
She messaged Aska, excitedly asking him where she and Director Yan were.
But they received news that was no less devastating than a bolt from the blue.
Aska also completed the tasks assigned by Director Yan at the branch office of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs.
So where is Director Yan?
Yu Youguan only realized this belatedly.
She lost the young Yanju, who knew nothing and had just come into contact with spirits for the first time this afternoon.
Yu Youguan: ...
Yu Youguan: !
Everything went black before her eyes.
If something really happens to Director Yan, she will be a sinner to the Bureau of Evil Affairs and a sinner to the world.
It's hard to describe Yu Youguan's feelings at that moment.
Anyway, she quickly confirmed Yan Ju's last location with Aska and then searched for him one shop at a time along the main street.
Good news, Director Yan is still alive.
Bad news: something must have happened to the young Yan Ju; he stood wearily at the entrance of the Broken Jade Pavilion.
The bright streetlights couldn't illuminate her eyes.
She looked down at her phone screen, deep in thought.
Yu Youguan unconsciously slowed his pace and stopped not far from Yan Ju.
Yan Ju noticed her and turned his head to look at her. Despite being in a bad mood, he still smiled at her and said softly, "You Guan."
Yu Youguan slowly smiled and said, "Ashi!" she said cheerfully, "I've found you."
Director Yan: "Hmm."
"You're looking at alchemical products at the Broken Jade Pavilion?" Yu Youguan only realized that the Broken Jade Pavilion was behind Yan Shi when she got closer. "You should have called me earlier. The old lady has a gold card for the Broken Jade Pavilion. It gives you a 10% discount."
Yan Shi shook his head: "I'll fix things."
Yu Youguan was somewhat surprised: "Eh?"
“Yanlan’s spatial gap,” Yanshi said, “has a broken lock. I thought it could be fixed.”
Yu Youguan suddenly couldn't speak.
Young Yanju's expression was so regretful, filled with frustration and sadness. She clearly had no memories of the next few hundred years; she clearly didn't remember Yanlan.
The spatial gap belongs to Yanlan.
But she still wanted to fix it.
Yu Youguan felt a heavy weight pressing down on her heart.
She also knew very little about the deceased and was puzzled by Yan Ju's almost "resurrected" return.
She tried her best to avoid thinking about where Yanlan had gone.
Given Yanlan's love for Yanju, would she really remain unmoved when Yanju finally reappears after being missing for half a year?
Or is it that Yanlan paid a price to revive Yanju?
Yu Youguan suddenly stood still and didn't speak. Yan Shi turned his head and looked at her strangely: "Youguan? Yu Youguan?"
Now that they're here, there's no need to send messages to find them.
Yan Shi put his phone back into his pocket.
Yu Youguan shook her head vigorously, clearing away all the chaotic guesses, and then revealed a big smile again: "The reason why the Broken Jade Pavilion can't repair the spatial gap is because their skills are not good enough." She nodded seriously, "It's alright."
“The banquet hall inside this spatial rift is gone, and there are two more spatial rifts like this in the inner world. Those two are even bigger.” As she spoke, Yu Youguan blinked at Yan Shi, “Ah Shi, and I know that there is one of them in Baiyujing.”
Yan Shi's eyes lit up: "Eh?"
"What do you need to fix?" Yu Youguan said. "I'll find a similar lock later and glue it on. Then we'll take this to the Kunlun Mountains to exchange it."
“Anyway, these spatial gaps are all roughly the same size, and the Kunlun Sect Master doesn’t use them very often. If we don’t discover them within a whole month, we’ll be gone long ago.” Having explained his plan, Yu Youguan was quite satisfied. “I’m a genius!”
Author's note: I changed the book title because the original title was too long and wouldn't display completely on the list.
I'll change it back after a while.
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