Category: Nine Rings

Chapter
Nine Rings C11
by MarineTL — Chapter 11: Three Sacks of Rice Back in the car, the chill that had seeped into my bones seemed to be whisked away by the warmth of the air conditioning. He Yu had been woken by our commotion, but he didn't seem grumpy at all. Instead, he was curiously staring at Lu A'yao, who had just gotten into the car. Tian Yuqing had mentioned bringing in some help, but it turned out he had only invited Lu A'yao. Once we were all in the car, the convoy turned around and got back on the highway. My emotions were…
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Nine Rings C109
by MarineTL — Chapter 109: The Wrong Path Fifteen minutes to memorize an entire map was no simple feat, especially since the structure was frustratingly complex. After Qiao Sangui finished speaking, I squeezed my eyes shut, forcing my brain to stay calm, then quickly looked down to start memorizing. When a person focuses intently on a single task, time always seems to slip away with inexplicable speed. After carefully examining every section of the map, I had essentially committed it to memory. As soon as the…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C108
by MarineTL — Chapter 108: The Underground Palace The second before I lost consciousness, in addition to the sight of Tian Xiaoqi moving as if in slow motion, there was an incredibly crisp sound. It was the noise of stone colliding with stone, accompanied by the heavy rumble of a mechanism being triggered. The entire mountain began to vibrate. A piece of rubble struck me squarely, and with a sharp pain in my shoulder, I quickly drifted into oblivion. However, I woke up soon after. Unlike previous times, I was…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C107
by MarineTL — Chapter 107: Poisoning and Murder He Yu was still hopping mad, complaining that we had ruined him. He grumbled that he was already plagued by bad luck, and now that we had used his explosives to blow the Buddha statue to smithereens, he would probably choke even on a sip of cold water from now on. I shot back, telling him that since he knew he had been down on his luck for so many years, praying to Buddha clearly hadn't done him any good. I suggested we try a different approach; maybe fighting poison…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C106
by MarineTL — Chapter 106: Blowing Up the Buddha The Soul-Suppressing Pagoda was, as I understood it, a stone tower meant to suppress and perform rituals of release for the souls of the dead. Lu Ayao told me that the incantations chiseled into the tower's surface were actually verses from the Diamond Sutra, which meant the chanting I heard was likely intended for wandering spirits. "What do you mean? Why can't any of you hear it when I can?" I protested, thinking to myself, What, does the Bodhisattva think my soul…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C105
by MarineTL — Chapter 105: Inside the Pagoda 3 At the mention of this, we all fell silent. He Yu shot me several looks, and as we exchanged glances, both of us knew the other had plenty of thoughts running through their mind. But since we considered Tian Xiaoqi an outsider, none of those thoughts could be voiced right now. Tian Xiaoqi spoke with such sincerity that I took her word for it for now. As Tian Xiao's biological grandson, Tian Yuqing had been shipped abroad by his grandfather before he even turned…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C104
by MarineTL — Chapter 104 Inside the Pagoda 2 Despite this, I still hoped He Yu would put the knife down, but he refused, saying he felt more at ease "interrogating" with the blade already in place. People in this line of work really love waving weapons around, and I couldn't talk him out of it at all. So as soon as Tian Xiaoqi regained even a shred of consciousness, He Yu pinned her shoulder with one hand, the sharp blade of the combat knife resting against the fabric of her collar, a technique used to prevent…
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Nine Rings C103
by MarineTL — Chapter 103: Inside the Pagoda 1 The hook at the top of the pagoda kept making that hair-raising sound. After some thought, I decided to climb up and take a look, but these five flights of stairs were quite a challenge to navigate with only one good leg. Besides, ever since I had been bound by that mycelium, I felt as though I couldn't muster any strength in my body. I gripped the ladder and hauled myself upward. It was pitch black inside the stone pagoda. As I climbed, a faint sound of chanting…
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