Zhao Qingxu

How ridiculous!

The moment he saw these paper figures, Li Yan suddenly understood. It was absurd—and deeply ironic!

So eating "Pan Peaches" could restore youth...

It was nothing but a complete and utter scam!

This was the trick of the "Yin Soul Debt"!

In the Xuan Gate tradition, "Yin Soul Debt" referred to the regrets left behind by the dead because of unfulfilled wishes in life.

Perhaps it stemmed from tangled emotions or broken promises; perhaps from the sins of slaughter and deceit; or perhaps from debts owed to the underworld after interrupting sacrifices or blaspheming the gods. All of these could cause a soul to linger between Yin and Yang, unable to rest, and thus disturb the fortune of the living.

Wang Dao Xuan had once explained this matter to him in detail.

But more often than not, it was merely a reflection of the human heart.

Failing to show filial piety before one's parents died, owing a friend something over some matter, accidentally harming another person...

Those knots in the heart and feelings of guilt gnawed at people day and night.

In this mortal world, who could be free of regrets and heart-knots?

Some people could let go. Others became trapped within them, believing they carried an "Yin Debt."

A heart-knot could only be untied with medicine for the heart.

A practitioner of the Xuan Gate with profound cultivation might perform rituals to soothe a person's mind.

But most wandering mystics used it as a means of lining their pockets.

Yet at times, "Yin Debt" was no mere delusion.

The evil art of the "Pan Peach Gathering," which plundered the Innate Qi of children, exacted its price in the form of this genuine "Yin Soul Debt"!

A single Pan Peach could restore youth for a brief moment, but