This conversation between Yao Bachi and me wasn't just a matter of arguing. It was me telling him: I'm opening the Greed Wolf Coffin out of curiosity. I'm not in a rush to open it.

The one-dollar transaction wasn't about money, but about favors.

He'd help me open the coffin, and I'd owe him a favor. It was that simple.

Old Coffin Yao Bachi was also a curious person. His last words were telling me: You've piqued my curiosity, so I'll help you. But if you're just here to stir up trouble, be careful, or you'll pay the price.

When I revealed that I was a Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren, Old Coffin's expression visibly turned serious.

"Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren!" Yao Bachi walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. "You really want to know the truth about this coffin? Some things, once you hear them, there's no turning back."

I couldn't help but fall silent. To be honest, I was a curious person, but I was also someone who hated trouble.

Bringing trouble upon myself for a moment of curiosity was something only a child would do!

While I was silent, Ye Yang spoke, "We've already brought the coffin out. The karma is already in motion. We can't escape it even if we want to."

I nodded slightly and said, "I want to know the truth."

Yao Bachi sat behind the coffin, picked up his teacup, and took a sip. "Do you know about the Coffin Gate?"

"I am a descendant of the Coffin Gate," I said, placing my coffin pendant in front of Yao Bachi.

Yao Bachi examined it for a long time before shaking his head. "You can only be considered part of the Yin-Yang lineage. You can't be considered orthodox disciples of the Coffin Gate."

I couldn't help but frown. Wen Yili had said the same thing. At that time, I thought he didn't understand the Yin-Yang lineage, but now it seemed that I didn't understand the Coffin Gate.

Yao Bachi took out his own coffin pendant and placed it in front of me. "This is the true token of the Coffin Gate."

I picked up the coffin and looked at it for a long time. "Apart from being a complete coffin, it doesn't seem to be any different."

"No!" Yao Bachi knocked on the coffin lid. "The fate of the Coffin Gate people is contained within the coffin. The coffin is not only a tool for them to gamble with Yin and Yang, but also their destiny."

"Some leave the coffin to subdue demons, others carry the coffin to bury ghosts. Their fate, their tragedy, is closely related to the coffin."

"You are different. For you, the coffin is just a symbol of identity. You don't need to bury yourselves in the coffin."

I asked tentatively, "Why is 'Coffin Gate' added before 'Yin-Yang lineage'?"

Yao Bachi said, "I don't know the specifics. I only know that Black and White Impermanence once owed the ancestor of the Coffin Gate a favor. That's why they left a Daoist tradition in the human world, to assist the Coffin Gate people."

Yao Bachi's words shocked me.

Black and White Impermanence were already proper gods of the underworld. The ancestor of the Coffin Gate could actually make them owe a favor? Doesn't that mean that the ancestor of the Coffin Gate was equal to a ghost or god?

Yao Bachi continued, "However, the Coffin Gate doesn't want to drag you into the sect's grudges. They have always refused to formally accept the Yin-Yang lineage."

"However, the Heavenly Mandate carried by the Coffin Gate is too strong. It's like a black hole of fate, dragging everyone who gets close to it into it. Of course, that also includes the Yin-Yang lineage."

Yao Bachi paused and said, "The descendants of the Yin-Yang lineage haven't actually owed the Coffin Gate anything. On the contrary, the Coffin Gate is dragging the Yin-Yang lineage into life and death situations."

Yao Bachi said, "I'm telling you this because I want to tell you. This coffin should have been the karma of the Coffin Gate. You've stirred up this battle of destiny. It's more of a disaster than a blessing for you!"

"Now..."

I said with a half-smile, "Can I still get out of it if I want to?"

Yao Bachi shook his head while calculating with his fingers. "The Heavenly Mandate has already begun. If you want to retreat, it's not necessarily impossible, as long as..."

Yao Bachi suddenly changed his tone halfway through his sentence and asked, "How long do you have left to live?"

"One year!" I spread my hands. "Moreover, I still owe others decades of life that I haven't paid back."

"Then you can't get out!" Yao Bachi patted his head and said, "What's wrong with the Yin-Yang lineage? Why can't you escape this circle?"

Yao Bachi said, "Since you've jumped into this circle, I'll tell you about this Greed Wolf Coffin."

"There's always been a song in the Coffin Gate. Well, let's call it a song!"

"Reincarnation breaks, calamity appears, the two realms are reversed, Yin and Yang are in chaos."

"The Heavenly Soul departs, the Earthly Soul rebels, the Human Soul does not enter the Yama Palace."

"God closes his eyes, ghosts open their eyes, the martial world will no longer have the Qingfeng Sword."

"Humans become ghosts, the Underworld becomes immortal, all the gods and demons enter my coffin."

"The meaning of the Coffin Gate's existence is to protect the human world. Whenever ghosts and monsters wreak havoc in the human world, a coffin bearer must carry the coffin out of the mountains to pacify reincarnation."

"Unfortunately, the Coffin Gate people all act in ways that are both righteous and evil. Every generation of coffin bearers kills like flies, with their reputations being both praised and reviled."

As Yao Bachi said this, he couldn't help but grip his teacup tightly. Some unpleasant memories must have caused his emotional fluctuations.

Yao Bachi took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and said with a bit of bitterness, "Never mind, let's not talk about these things."