Jiang Cheng seemed to understand what Yu Chengmu meant. "So first, these people used some strange method to sacrifice Miss Wu Family, then built living stakes and a path to Heaven to send her to become an immortal."
"Then they used the now-immortal Miss Wu Family to resist the tribulations that should have befallen the people of the Yin trade. Is that right?" Jiang Cheng looked at Yu Chengmu.
"Exactly." Yu Chengmu nodded.
The series of events had left Fatty completely baffled, but once Jiang Cheng connected the dots, he understood them perfectly.
Even so, he still thought the whole thing sounded absurd.
And he continued to doubt it until they finished their meal and returned to the Wu Family Mansion.
"Doctor." Fatty closed the door. They were back in the side room now, with just the two of them inside. "Do you think that old Yu Chengmu was telling the truth? It sounded so far-fetched to me."
Jiang Cheng took a sip of tea and pondered for a moment. "It should be true."
After a pause, he added, "At least most of it is. I haven't found any obvious holes in his story, and it matches what we've experienced so far."
"Becoming an immortal is actually a thing?" Fatty was shocked. "And Yu Chengmu said these people in the Yin trade have incurred karmic debts, so they don't have much time left. That's why they have to gather together to avoid the tribulations?"
"Fatty." Jiang Cheng looked up and cut him off. "Karma isn't easy to understand. Let me put it another way."
Fatty eyed him warily. "What are you going to call it instead?"
"The Door," Jiang Cheng said casually.
"The Door?!" Fatty's expression changed drastically.
"These elders of the Yin trade are all Door users. They've used