Inside the Spirit-Communicating Tunnel, Ren Ye and the others' efforts to capture Sui went very smoothly.
Everyone had considerable combat strength, and both Ren Ye and Hundred-Flower Immortal had means of countering sinister entities, so on their very first attempt, the three successfully bound six Sui with the Sui-Binding Iron Cords and brought them back.
After returning to the Terracotta Warrior Secret Chamber, they followed Ren Ye's idea and used a makeshift balance to hoist the six Sui and the heavy stone slab together to test their weight.
But to their surprise, the six Sui weighed more than the heavy stone slab. Each Sui also differed in height and build, so Hundred-Flower Immortal and Poison Wine Flask returned to the Mountain-Outer Road once more and caught another three Sui to balance the weight.
In the end, five of the plumper evil Sui weighed exactly as much as the slab, leaving the balance hanging steadily level in midair.
This made Ren Ye even more certain that his thinking was correct. Such coincidences were hard to come by. Those five Sui all looked like living people—how could they possibly weigh exactly as much as the Pottery Figurines?
If they had a little poop left in their bellies, they might weigh a couple of pounds more.
Such a coincidence could only mean one thing: the Sui's weights had long since been set by the rules of the Heavenly Dao. All they needed was the right combination to replace the pottery figurines.
They had the Sui for the sacrifice, and the weight matched. The next step was to move the Pottery Figurines and quickly make the substitution.
This time, Hundred-Flower Immortal was responsible for moving the Pottery Figurines, because she was the only person present who had not suffered a curse and was still