SIAS Chapter 300.1

Yun Guyuan recounted several times what happened from another perspective during her Ghost Festival rituals.

Yi Qingqing thought about that scene and felt a chill run down her spine.

So, her dream about her teachers arguing was a message from a dream!

Startled, she quickly checked her progress in various skills. Thankfully, the difference wasn’t significant.

“Ah Yuan, do you have work tonight?”

“No, it’s the same as before. You will perform the sacrifice tonight, and I will help you keep an eye on the order.” Yun Guyuan said.

“I might have a lot of people to worship this time.” Yi Qingqing said, adding that she planned to burn some gold and silver for the war heroes as well.

For the past few months, she had been practicing calligraphy by copying names from the list of People’s Heroes and making them into documents. She spent a lot of time copying one list.

“It’s alright. I’ll stay with you.” Yun Guyuan said.

“This time, I can stay with you in my physical body; there’s no need for my soul to leave my body. I’ll use some ghost money to exchange for some furniture and put it in the house. We can stay here tonight. It’s all antique furniture, but it’s all brand new.”

“You can exchange ghost money for these things?” Yi Qingqing asked in surprise.

“Yes. You can exchange for almost anything that exists in the mortal world. Money and furniture are just some of them, but they are all converted to mortal world currency. This is to make it easier for us, living underworld officials, to live. The merit we accumulate can also be used to exchange for some special abilities or items.”

Yun Guyuan took out his underworld token and browsed through the furniture in the Yin-Yang Pavilion.

“There’s sandalwood, mahogany, rosewood, huanghuali—all kinds. Which one do you like?”

Yi Qingqing saw his gaze fall on the air in front of him, and heard him mention some furniture names that she recognized, giving her a strong sense of déjà vu.

“Ah Yuan, the special ability you mentioned that can be exchanged for merit isn’t something like a hidden world or a portable space, is it?”

“I understand the concept of ‘a world hidden in a sleeve’, but what is a portable space?” Yun Guyuan didn’t quite understand.

“A personal space and a hidden world are similar in meaning. It means having a private place where you can store a lot of things, or even a small world where you can grow vegetables and raise animals.” Yi Qingqing explained.

“I understand. There is indeed a special ability similar to hidden space. It’s called the Yin Earth Ghost Path. It can store inanimate objects, but you can’t grow vegetables or raise animals. It’s used to nurture yin spirits. It requires a lot of ghost money. I’ve been saving up for more than ten years to exchange for one. Sometimes when the soul goes out and consumes too much energy or gets injured, it will recuperate here.” Yun Guyuan said.

“Besides inanimate objects, only spirits can enter. When we die of old age, I will take you to see my Yin Earth Ghost Path.”

Yi Qingqing nodded blankly. She felt that Ah Yuan’s Yin Token function was quite similar to her Sign-in System in some ways.

Both offer spaces, can exchange items, and are all rewarded with courtyard houses. In fact, what they ultimately bring to both of them is very similar; the only difference lies in how they acquire these items.

She gets things by signing in everywhere, while Ah Yuan earns a stipend by catching ghosts and completing tasks, which he then exchanges for items.

Her system is more modern and easier for her to understand. According to Ah Yuan, his Underworld Token is a thread-bound book that others cannot see.

It contains tasks for underworld officials and a Yin-Yang Pavilion where he can collect and exchange for his salary.

Based on his description, it’s rather ancient in style.

 

 

 

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