The contest between Jiang Junci and me had come to an end, but the matter of Erlin Town had not been resolved.

Cang Tianji said: Ye Yang's life force is in the Ghost God Forbidden Land.

I didn't think I could obtain enough chips to fight the Demon God without entering Erlin Town.

Although Xie Sanbao fired me, I still had to go to Erlin Town.

Lin Zhao said, "When I brought you back, I also took Ye Yang's cold flame with me. I came back, but you were unconscious all the time, so I didn't dare go over to check. I'll go there now."

After speaking, Lin Zhao started to leave, but he came back at the door: "The doctor said to eat lightly these days. I ordered you some porridge. Eat it yourself!"

Lin Zhao left, and I was dumbfounded.

This spendthrift child didn't even think of feeding me before leaving. Both of my hands are injured, how am I supposed to drink porridge?

Suck it up with my mouth? I'd probably spill it all over my face!

I looked at Ye Yang. That guy was like a dog, only caring about protecting his bones, almost digging a hole to bury them. He didn't even look at me.

I couldn't hold back: "Hey, Cold Dog, put the bones down first. Can't you see I can't eat anything?"

Ye Yang glanced at me: "I didn't tell you to eat steamed buns. Can't you just suck it up?"

Considering the distance between me and the bowl of porridge, with my cultivation, I could indeed take a breath and suck the porridge into my mouth. But I felt it was too strange to eat porridge like that.

I said angrily, "Are you speaking human language? Why would I learn to suck water like the Calabash Brothers? Hurry up, I'm starving."

"Alright!" Ye Yang moved a bit. As soon as I opened my mouth, I saw Ye Yang using his toes to hold a spoon and bring it to my mouth.

I almost went crazy: "Are you acting like a human? You can hold things with your toes through your socks; I'm impressed. Take your dog paw away. What sins did I commit in my past life to know you?"

"Who knows what you did in your past life?" Ye Yang finally sat up slowly, holding the spoon and bringing it to me: "Eat quickly! If it's hot, blow on it yourself. I don't have the leisure to test if it's too hot."

"Do I need you to test it? You'll blow your saliva into the porridge; would I still eat it?" I cursed, "Is there only one string in your brain? Can't you add some pickles?"

"So troublesome!" Ye Yang rolled his eyes: "It's a good thing you're not a woman; otherwise, you'd definitely be a bitch and a drama queen."

"Don't put your self-assessment on me. Lower the spoon a bit; that's my nose." I thought to myself that Ye Yang had never done anything accurately except use his sword. I didn't know what he was thinking, but the spoon was heading straight for my nose.

"Can't you move?" Ye Yang had the nerve to say: "Don't you dodge when you see hidden weapons attacking your face?"

Ye Yang was getting into it, his hand speed getting faster and faster. The spoon even had afterimages, but the porridge didn't spill. I almost broke my neck shaking my head to catch all the porridge.

After finishing the bowl of porridge, there wasn't a single pickle left. I wanted to vomit acid.

Before I could scold Ye Yang, I heard Lin Zhao slowly say at the door, "Is this the love between brothers? Oh, no, is it affection?"

When Ye Yang and I looked at Lin Zhao together, the latter was startled: "Don't look at me, I just..."

I sat up straight: "Just what? Grab him and stuff his socks in his mouth!"

Ye Yang was about to make a move, but he came back after hearing me shout: "I'm not as depraved as you. Wait until your injuries heal, then do it yourself."

Lin Zhao's face was contorted with fear: "Can you guys not be so disgusting? I'm applying to withdraw from Liangjie Hall." (Two Realms Hall)

"The contract of indenture has already been signed. You can't withdraw." I said with a stern face, "Come over here and explain what's going on over there. If you don't explain clearly, I'll stuff two socks in your mouth. One for me and one for Ye Yang."

Ye Yang didn't cooperate with me and silently put away his socks.

Then Lin Zhao said, "I went to Hat Mountain. The mountain on Ye Yang's side had a crack in it, as if it had been split open by a knife. Although the nine blood煞冤魂 (xuesha yuanhun – blood evil wronged souls) are gone, their bodies are still there. But I couldn't see anything special about it. Do you need the blood evil wronged souls to open the passage to Erlin Town?"

"No!" Ye Yang shook his head: "When Jiang Junci was setting up the layout, he deliberately left me an opening."

"When I dug down from Hat Mountain, my palm felt heat instead of yin energy. If I'm not mistaken, there should be a hot spring activity zone beneath Hat Mountain."

"The corpses on Hat Mountain, including the nine graves below, are actually activating that underground hot spring."

"I think, in addition to the nine corpses, some other conditions must be met to get the hot spring moving. That hot spring should be the key to Erlin Town."

"From a feng shui perspective, a living corpse should have been buried there at Hat Mountain back then. Moreover, it was a very special living corpse. This is why Yi Zhenfeng's expression changed completely after seeing the coffin back then."

"At the time, I couldn't find a living corpse, so I could only bury the cold flame to replace the corpse's position."

"Back then, I also intended to use a feng shui formation to deal with Jiang Junci. If I activated the feng shui formation, Hat Mountain would definitely be cracked open by the earth's energy. I didn't use the power of feng shui, so who helped me activate the formation?"