Small Space

Martial Uncle sighed and said to me, "Sigh... like this, you need to clear your mind and imagine your consciousness is inside.

If it's your divine sense, you'll see a space. Try to see if it's there."

"Oh... oh oh, I get it."

So I did as Martial Uncle said. I cleared my mind and didn't think about anything for a while.

Then, thinking about the inside of this token, I suddenly saw many magic arrays, large and small.

Those magic arrays made a whirring sound as they turned, as if someone was winding them up.

These magic arrays were colorful, varying in size, and there was a dense amount of yin energy inside.

That yin energy was bone-chillingly cold, several times colder than the yin well I saw in the back mountain.

I felt like my consciousness was about to freeze, and I suddenly opened my eyes.

Then, trembling, I told Martial Uncle what I saw. It was as cold as an ice cave inside, and I was still shaken.

Nangong Yiyi's eyes lit up, and she said in disbelief, "How did you do that? And is it true that it's bone-chillingly cold inside?"

Her expression was as if she had suddenly found a treasure, and she excitedly asked if she could go in and take a look.

I nodded and said yes, you can go in.

Nangong Yiyi looked at me and said, "There's divine sense inside. I can't enter without your permission.

You have to think of me in your heart, and imagine in your consciousness that I can go in."

Hearing this, I nodded and said to Nangong Yiyi, "Okay, I'll try." Then I asked her if she was ready.

Nangong Yiyi smiled and said she was ready. So I thought in my heart that she could go in.

A wisp of red light vanished in an instant, and at the same time, I actually felt someone inside.

It was as if I had a telepathic connection with this token. After a long wait, Nangong Yiyi didn't come out.

I was a little anxious, so I asked Martial Uncle what was going on. Martial Uncle said he didn't know.

However, to get her out, it should just be a matter of thought.

Martial Uncle said to think of her inside, to try and drive her out, and then told me to try.

I closed my eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly heard a "plop."

A woman in white clothes and white boots, embroidered with gilded patterns, and wearing a red cloak on her back, fell to the ground.

She looked bewildered, and her little head darted around like a high-speed camera.

Then she angrily stood up and pointed at me, saying, "Did you kick me out?"

I nodded and said, "I just saw you were inside for too long.

I didn't know what was happening, so I brought you out to see."

Nangong Yiyi said excitedly, "There's too much, too much yin energy inside.

If I could live inside forever, I could break through in another hundred years."

I was startled and asked, "Break through to Ghost Emperor?"

"Yes, but the yin energy inside won't always be this much; it needs time to produce," Nangong Yiyi replied.

Martial Uncle said from the side, "That's right, the production of yin energy takes time. Now there's so much inside

because nothing has consumed it for decades, which is why there's so much yin energy."

At this moment, Martial Uncle suddenly frowned, looking at me with a serious expression.

"Possessing so many treasures, you will surely face a deadly disaster in the future."

Nangong Yiyi's face stiffened, "Even Ghost Kings and Ghost Emperors would be tempted, let alone humans.

The value of this Yin token is so great that being seen by others will inevitably lead to a fight."

Qianqian's smile also disappeared.

"So it's a hot potato?" I asked.

Martial Uncle and Nangong Yiyi nodded solemnly. I immediately panicked and asked them what to do.

Martial Uncle looked at me with some worry and said, "Although your divine sense is inside, others can't use it even if they take it.

But there will always be some people who are unwilling and will try to take it."

Before I could say anything, Martial Uncle said doubtfully, "But what I'm more curious about now is, with your low cultivation.

Logically, you shouldn't have divine sense. How did your grandfather do it?"

Nangong Yiyi's face also turned pale, and then she and Martial Uncle said in unison, "Unless his cultivation is extremely powerful."

Nangong Yiyi waved her delicate hand and said, "Forget it, forget it, let's not worry about this for now. It's a good thing anyway."

Then she asked Martial Uncle again, "By the way, old man.

I remember all you cultivators have an internal space. I wonder if you know how to do it."

"I can't. My Master taught me before, but this kind of technique requires talent, and I don't have it. But your Grandfather does," Martial Uncle replied.

I asked Martial Uncle what kind of space it was, and he said that the human body is inherently a space.

That's why Spiritual Energy can circulate within it. Another small space is to carve out a place within the body.

This carved-out place can then be used to store some things.

It's just that the space won't be too large; you can think of it as a parallel world.

Then Martial Uncle continued, "Actually, the underworld is also within the Earth, just in another parallel world."

I replied to Martial Uncle, "Oh... I understand."

Nangong Yiyi pondered for a moment and said, "Why don't we have the old man try it for you?

It'll be good if it succeeds, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't. There are no drawbacks anyway.

No, there is one drawback: a black spot will appear on your arm where the space is opened."

I said I wasn't afraid, as I already had a patch of dark skin on my arm.

I don't know how it happened before; it just turned dark for no reason.

Upon hearing this, Martial Uncle and Nangong Yiyi's eyes suddenly narrowed. Then Martial Uncle took my hand and looked at it.

Martial Uncle gasped and said, "Hiss... it's exactly the same as your Grandfather's."

Nangong Yiyi looked at the black spot on my arm and said, "Little brother, just like before, try to feel this black spot in your hand and see if there's anything different."

I closed my eyes just like before and tried to feel it.

I felt a place, about the size of two drawers.

I told Martial Uncle and Nangong Yiyi about my situation, and they looked at me with astonishment.

Nangong Yiyi said, "Try putting the wooden token in your hand into it. Just use your mind."

I tried as she instructed, and in the blink of an eye, the wooden token in my hand disappeared.

But I could still feel it around me, and I was a bit lost.

Martial Uncle's eyes lit up: "It really works. You kid are truly... I don't know what to say about you."

Then he muttered to himself, "Senior Brother, oh Senior Brother, you truly went to great lengths.

It took over ten years just for a small pot of beans, and you even prepared the small space for this kid in advance."

Then Martial Uncle waved his hand at me and said, "Alright, put these precious treasures into the small space.

I saw the 'corpse-binding rope' in your bag; put that in too, and that small pot of beans."

After speaking, he handed me a small pot of beans. I did as he said.

Martial Uncle looked at the corpse-binding rope in my hand and said, "That was something your Grandfather risked his life to obtain in the past.

It can lengthen or shorten with your consciousness. In the future, the Yin soldiers in the beans, this Yin token, and the corpse-binding rope.

Don't take them out unless it's the last moment of your life, or they will only bring trouble upon you.

Alright, alright, you should focus on healing your injuries first. Once you've recovered.

We'll go and properly settle this girl's corpse, and then we'll have to part ways and go our separate ways."

"Why do you say it like it's a final farewell?" I asked.

Martial Uncle murmured, "In this line of work, who knows if they'll live to see tomorrow? It all depends on fate."

After speaking, Martial Uncle stared at the jars and pots outside as if he had lost his mind, remaining silent for a long time