Chu Jingtang scratched his beard and said, somewhat awkwardly, "I haven't met him yet. I'm still waiting for a response. After 'Granny' sent me a message, I came here first."
Wu Jinliang, eating and drinking beside them, asked in puzzlement, "What do you mean, waiting for a response?"
Sitting cross-legged, Chu Jingtang shifted his legs and explained earnestly, "Here's how it works. The reason I know about this Yu Xuanji is that the place where people submit letters to do business with him is the Yin-Yang Boundary within Zhuyong Hall's territory. Anyone who wants to hire him can submit a letter naming the target they want killed into the Yin-Yang Boundary. Once he reads it, if he thinks he can take the job, he'll contact you himself. Otherwise, there won't be any response."
Shi Chun asked curiously, "This method of doing business you described, from collecting the letters to contacting the employer, sounds like it would be easy to set a trap for him. Is there more to it?"
Chu Jingtang explained, "Chief, you may be saying that because you don't know about the Yin-Yang Boundary. Each of the Nether Realm's ten halls has an extremely strange Yin-Yang Boundary. The power of yin and yang there contains the force of the Great Dao's laws, and ordinary people cannot enter. Countless manifestations of yin and yang constantly shift and evolve within it, without end. Ordinary people who enter cannot keep track of the boundary between yin and yang.
"For example, if people like us entered, we would be fine walking through the yang side. But the instant we strayed into the yin side, our yang energy would perish, killing us. The same applies to a yin soul that strays into the yang side.
"But Yu Xuanbing has a spell, apparently called