Beichuan Si, following the words of Magong Yongshi, arrived under the second vermillion short pillar inside.

"Just this row in front, the tenth one is it," Magong Yongshi reminded again.

"Okay," Beichuan Si said as he took down the tenth votive tablet and glanced over it.

Marriage votive tablets, on these, most of the inscriptions were wishes to have a good marriage bond with someone, praying for divine protection.

The content on this particular votive tablet was no exception, only, unlike those with lengthy messages, the words on this tablet were surprisingly simple.

'Prayer, hoping to marry Four Directions Wangyue. Petitioner: Four Directions Wenji.'

Four Directions Wenji...

This likely was the real name of the male spirit Beichuan Si had seen earlier in the wooden cage prison.

And here the Four Directions Wangyue must be the person Four Directions Wenji fancied, and the 'she' recorded in the blood-stained letter.

Furthermore...

"There's another votive tablet connected underneath this one..." Beichuan Si said as he pulled on the red cord, taking down the connected tablet as well.

The content on this tablet was essentially identical to that of Four Directions Wenji's tablet.

'Prayer, hoping to marry Four Directions Wenji. Petitioner: Four Directions Wangyue.'

Delicate, fine words remained on the surface of the tablet.

This was indeed the votive tablet left by Four Directions Wangyue mentioned earlier.

Same content. It seemed Four Directions Wangyue also had a deep fondness for Four Directions Wenji; the two were mutually in love.

Then why had the Four Directions Family forcibly separated the two? Surely just dating wouldn't lead to being confined in a wooden cage prison?

Beichuan Si fiddled with the two wooden votive tablet pieces in his hand and, as if sensing something, angled his flashlight deeper inside, turning his gaze along with it.

At the very back of the Wedding Purification Hall, there was a small round table.

On the small table in the back lay a vermillion-colored log book.

Sitting behind that log book was an elderly woman with a gaunt face and withered arm muscles.

This elderly woman, dressed in a black kimono, looked very much like a matchmaker who would introduce the purification rituals.

Beichuan Si unconsciously activated his 'vision of death' and then pondered for a moment.

The elderly woman before him had no resentment entwined around her, only a simple shadow caused by human longing.

The person who could write a vermillion log book in such a Wedding Purification Hall... she must be the one responsible for the Four Directions Clan's wedding purification.

Just as Beichuan Si was pondering, the residual image of the elderly woman seemed to notice something and looked up towards where Beichuan Si stood.

No... not exactly towards Beichuan Si.

But rather towards the doorway behind Beichuan Si.

Sadness flashed across her turbid black eyes. A soft sigh also followed, "Wangyue... poor child... if your affairs were to be discovered... ah, why bother?"

Wangyue?

Beichuan Si's expression shifted, and he turned to look behind him.

The vast emptiness of the doorway.

The shimmering light from the lake reflected beside the doorway.

Besides that, there was nothing else.

By the time Beichuan Si turned back, the old woman had completely vanished into the resentments.

Why bother...?

What had Four Directions Wangyue done to make the old woman utter such a lament?

From 'your affairs,' it was apparent that the old woman was referring to the love affair between Four Directions Wangyue and Four Directions Wenji.

Could it be because Four Directions Wangyue held a distinguished status and Four Directions Wenji came from a lower social standing, thus their love was not allowed?

Beichuan Si couldn't figure it out at the moment. He reached out to pick up the vermillion log book placed on the table, held the flashlight in one hand, and flipped the pages of the log book with the other.

The ancient and dusty 'Moon Netherworld Marriage Purification Book' stated:

'"Moon Netherworld Marriage Purification Book" The legend of the Moon-night votive tablet and the Four-direction Hook Jade:'

'The moon connects to that world; the moon is the final resting place for human souls. Thus, there is the legend of the Moon-night votive tablet. On a moonlit night, come to the Moon Netherworld Marriage Purification Hall, connect your votive tablet with your beloved's using a red cord, and both souls will connect through the moonlight and the red cord.'

So that was what connecting the votive tablets was about.

Beichuan Si nodded to himself, continuing to read further.

'The legend of the Four-direction Hook Jade.'

'Yueyou Mountain had always worshipped the moon, revered it. The Four-direction Hook Jade, circular, representing the shape of the moon, also symbolizes the "complete and unblemished soul".'

'When a man dedicates a moon-shaped Hook Jade carved out with his painstaking effort to the woman, it represents entrusting his soul to her. When the woman accepts the man's Hook Jade, it signifies her agreement to accept his love, even if she is the daughter of the family head, she may not renege.'

Upon reading this, Beichuan Si realized.

He took out a very roughly crafted Four-direction Hook Jade from his pocket.

So, the system's note of 'wish to find your other half' meant to find the other half of one's soul.

Then the other half of the Hook Jade must be with Four Directions Wangyue, right?

And moreover...

'Even the daughter of the family head may not renege.'

That phrase was somewhat intriguing.

Beichuan Si's previous thoughts thus collapsed on their own.

Perhaps Four Directions Wangyue held a prestigious position, but since she had accepted Four Directions Wenji's Hook Jade, her family should not have had grounds to break the agreement.

After all, the traditions recorded in the 'Moon Netherworld Marriage Purification Book'... even the family head wouldn't dare violate them.

Even if they strongly broke the agreement, they couldn't possibly have forced Four Directions Wenji into the wooden cage prison, especially since in this case, the fault lay originally with the opposing side.

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