Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?-Chapter 963 - 959: Rising into the Air

Taozi especially loves these national treasures. If it weren’t for starting a "business venture" with Ruan Hongzhuang, she would probably be engaged in something related to national heritage.

Don’t underestimate traditional culture. With the awakening consciousness of today’s young people, it’s a big market with a promising future.

Taozi was watching a shadow puppet play for the first time, so she appeared extraordinarily excited.

"This shadow puppet play..."

She turned her head, about to speak to Ruan Hongzhuang, but halfway through her words, her eyes widened, and she swallowed her words back.

"How come the shadow puppet play... uh..."

Ruan Hongzhuang heard half of what was said and didn’t hear the rest, turning her head curiously, and then she wore the same expression as Taozi.

The reason was that Tang Tang, who was sitting between the two of them, began to float.

Originally, her tiny figure sitting between them didn’t block their view; they could see each other just by turning their heads.

But now, when they turned their heads, all they could see was Tang Tang’s round little face. Looking down, they saw she somehow started floating off her chair, sitting suspended midair, swinging her little short legs in the air.

Taozi and Ruan Hongzhuang, seemingly with a tacit understanding, each grabbed one of her arms and pulled her down.

"Ha~ hey?"

She didn’t understand what she had done wrong, looking curiously at the two, as if asking why they were pulling her.

"Don’t float around, okay?" Taozi waved her hand and said.

Tang Tang seemed to understand, pointing toward the exit.

"Oh~"

Her little face was full of defiance.

But Ruan Hongzhuang and Taozi didn’t understand what she meant.

"Watch the performance quietly, no talking." Taozi reached over and pressed down the arm she stretched out.

"Ah~"

Tang Tang sighed long and hard, feeling that adults were troublesome; if only her brother were here.

But this look of hers made Ruan Hongzhuang and Taozi laugh, because Tang Tang rarely showed such expressions, making her even more adorable to them.

The shadow puppet show didn’t last long, just over ten minutes, so when they came out of the theater, everyone felt a bit unsatisfied, but they didn’t go back in for another show. Instead, they continued to stroll around.

"Has Siyuan finished his work? Isn’t he coming to join us?"

Ruan Hongzhuang overheard Taozi putting away her phone and casually asked.

She didn’t need to ask; she knew that Taozi must have been in contact with Shen Siyuan.

"He’s done, but he still has some things to deal with, told us not to wait for him. I originally wanted him to join us for lunch." Taozi grumbled a bit discontentedly.

"Alright, he has a lot on his plate, let him be. We should enjoy ourselves." Ruan Hongzhuang said.

She hadn’t had a break in a while, so she wanted to have fun with this opportunity.

"Still siding with him? It’s technically your honeymoon, and he leaves you to fend for yourself. Is that okay?" Taozi said.

Ruan Hongzhuang gave her a sidelong glance. Such obvious sarcastic remarks weren’t sophisticated at all.

"You know it’s our honeymoon, yet you’re here being a third wheel?"

"Hehe, it’s not like I’m the only one." Taozi said, looking at Tang Tang, whom she was holding.

"Oh?"

Tang Tang sensed something, looked up, and left a puzzled little expression.

The reason she held on was genuinely out of fear she might suddenly fly off.

Ruan Hongzhuang even contemplated whether to tie her with a rope like a helium balloon.

This idea made her chuckle.

Meanwhile in the room at Wanghu Hotel, Shen Siyuan was placing a broken little red flag on the table, a faint rosy light twinkling at his fingertips, slowly seeping into the holes and dark patterns on the flag, trying to awaken the spirit of the object.

"Potato! We’re back!"

Dou Dou’s voice reached before her silhouette did, as Yin Wind descended to the center of the room, taking shape.

Xiao Yue and Duoduo followed, with Xiao Yue leading to Shen Siyuan and briefly reporting, "Brother has met Grandpa Jiang, right? We... also had a quick bite at Hui Min Street, no delays."

She said this, her eyes inadvertently darting to the broken flag on the table, clearly curious about it.

Shen Siyuan withdrew his Spiritual Exploration Power, looking at the three little ones without any reproach, just smiling and nodding.

"I’ve met him, you did well."

He gestured at the broken flag on the table. "This is the treasure Mr. Jiang gave, see if you can sense any special energy."

Dou Dou immediately approached, tiptoeing to stare at the broken flag for a long time, wanting to touch it, but Xiao Yue stopped her, "Don’t just touch it, what if it’s dangerous?"

Duoduo crouched beside the table, fingers hovering above the flag, softly said, "I think I can feel a warm energy, hiding in the holes of the flag, like little bugs moving."

Surprise flashed in Shen Siyuan’s eyes.

When he probed with spiritual power, he only felt intermittent weak energy. He didn’t expect Duoduo’s sense to be more acute.

"Tell me carefully, what does that energy feel like?" he asked intently.

Duoduo closed her eyes, her fingertips trembling slightly. "Warm, like it’s greeting me... Additionally, it seems like the dark patterns on the flag are glowing with a pale red light, like tiny flames."

Xiao Yue tried releasing a bit of her yin energy, as she neared the broken flag, a flash of red light occurred in one of the flag’s holes, startling Dou Dou to take a step back. "Wow! It moved!"

Immediately, Shen Siyuan came forward, re-channeling spiritual power into the broken flag, this time deliberately guiding the energy to the dark patterns.

Sure enough, with the stimulation of both yin and spirit, the originally vague dark patterns gradually became clear.

It wasn’t just a simple pattern, but myriad small talismans forming an array, although most talismans were lost due to the flag’s damage, there remained a small part at the center possessing faint energy.

"It should be an ancient array flag."

Shen Siyuan contemplated, combining the memories of the Jiuyou Demon Lord.

"The runes on the flag pertain to the Ancient Array System, but the damage is too severe to determine its exact use. However, Mr. Jiang mentioned it can temporarily transmute earth to metal, indicating it harbors ’materialization’ capabilities, albeit its energy is depleted, limiting its present usefulness."

Dou Dou listened half understanding, only catching the phrase "transmute metal," her eyes lighting up, "Can it transmute stones into gold? If it can, we’d have endless money!"

"Oh, you little smarty pants, but sadly it can’t." Shen Siyuan chuckled, patting her on the head.

At this point, Duoduo looked around the room, not seeing Tang Tang and the others, and curiously inquired.

"They went outside to play, and you can go for a stroll as well, but be careful and try not to attract too much attention."

Since there wasn’t much to do, Shen Siyuan allowed them to go outside too, lest they disturbed his work staying in.

When Dou Dou and Duoduo heard this, they immediately got excited, but Xiao Yue had a question.

"If there’s any problem, feel free to ask." Shen Siyuan encouraged.

"It’s been quite a while since we visited the Netherworld, aren’t we supposed to check on it?" Xiao Yue asked.

Placing the broken flag down, Shen Siyuan’s face grew solemn. "We must proceed step by step; this Netherworld is not like in Bin Hai. Xijing is the Thirteen Dynasties Ancient Capital, an ancient Yongzhou, thriving with countless great figures in its lands. Hence, its Netherworld likely harbors numerous dangers. We haven’t even mastered the Yangzhou Netherworld yet, better not to be hasty..."

Xiao Yue nodded her understanding of her brother’s reasoning.

Xiao Yue nodded, and so did Dou Dou and Duoduo with a clueless expression, otherwise, they’d look silly...