Chapter 1110: Chapter 631: Yang Zhushuang Claims the First Treasure

Number 9’s reasoning is sound and convincing.

Yang Genshuo ultimately agreed to his request and monitored them in real-time from his side.

The reason for agreeing is also because this team... is very strong.

Yang Qiangjin is at the half-step Nascent Soul Realm, completely holding her own compared to Liu Changqing back in the day, and is one of the top experts currently allowed within the Twelve Dynasties.

She entered this place to save her only daughter, Li Minsi, at the last moment, actively going into the yellow glow and tightly holding onto Li Minsi.

Thus, both of them eventually entered this place together.

The year Li Minsi was born was also the year Yang Genshuo disappeared, making her exactly 100 years old this year.

She inherited Li Fan’s talent, exceptionally skilled in the Wood Element, and is now an early-stage Golden Core cultivator.

Over the years, thanks to the massive expansion of the Yang Family’s Cultivation Supplies and the support of the three lists, the new generation of cultivators, as long as they have talent and are willing to put in the effort, can be advanced to the Golden Core Stage.

Li Minsi and Yang Zhu are among the best of them.

In addition to the two of them, there are 5 members of the Sky Dragon Army, including 1 Camp Commander at the Nirvana Realm, four elite cultivators at the Divinity Realm, and two branch family members with decent cultivation.

This team can be said to be stacked with combat power. According to Yang Genshuo’s observation, it is the strongest team in terms of overall strength among those entering the Legendary Land.

They do indeed have the leeway to make mistakes.

Yang Genshuo believes that Number 9 dared to make such a bold move based on the team’s strength.

"I’ll be watching you from here... The opportunity you’ve been waiting for has come, act now!"

Taking advantage of the moment when all the mouse servants were playing cards, Number 9 and Yang Qiangjin rushed towards the room of the mouse servants in the backyard.

The mouse servants they encountered on the way were successfully circumvented using various angles.

Just like that, the two arrived in front of the dim room at the back, under the noses of 20 mouse servants in a crowded courtyard...

This is where the mouse servants rest, now shrouded in a layer of black fog.

Before the door was opened, Yang Genshuo couldn’t see inside.

"There’s a smell of blood... There are bodies inside."

Yang Qiangjin detected a slight change in scent that Yang Genshuo’s omniscient perspective couldn’t perceive.

Number 9 nodded.

"Abnormality is good... It means we came to the right place."

He gently pushed the door, but it emitted a faint red glow that blocked their way.

"It seems to be some kind of... defense talisman?"

"Lord Jin, please lend a hand."

Number 9 wasn’t confident about triggering the talismans, so he quickly turned to Yang Qiangjin for help.

This is when the benefits of high cultivation come into play.

"This is an Ancient Soul Talisman... It’s old and complex. Compared to what we use now, it has more functions and richer spiritual power... It’s almost impossible to enter without triggering the Soul Talisman, but..."

"I like your ’but’."

Number 9 quipped with a hint of cold humor.

"But we can use space techniques to enter directly..."

Yang Qiangjin directed a small spark through the door gap into the room, soon igniting within.

"Let’s go, [Flame Shuttle]!"

Yang Qiangjin grabbed Number 9; both of them directly dove into the flame at her feet, and the next moment, they emerged from a tiny flame inside the room.

"Hehe~ Yang Qiangjin’s mastery of the Flame Escape Technique is growing more proficient day by day. These years, besides flames, she’s also picked up some knowledge of space techniques... She’s gotten stronger."

Yang Genshuo felt that Yang Qiangjin, now, could easily crush Liu Changqing back then.

Her power is formidable.

Slap~

Yang Qiangjin snapped her fingers, producing a ray of light to dispel the fog in the room...

"Ugh~~~"

The scene almost made Yang Genshuo cover his mouth, nearly vomiting.

Inside lay 20 people with flesh mutilated... Covered by black rats using their bodies as beds, resting there with closed eyes.

The flesh of those 20 people continued to wriggle, they were still alive...

The spark from earlier seemed to attract their attention, one among them struggled to stretch out a hand, trying to touch something.

But once discovered by the rats... A large group of rats bared their sharp teeth and bit down ferociously.

Crunch crunch crunch~

Instantly, the flesh of one hand was eaten clean, leaving only bones, which powerlessly drooped down.

And the numerous rats seemed oblivious to Yang Qiangjin and Number 9’s presence nearby, after finishing the flesh of one hand, a few smaller rats entered a black tunnel beside, soon returning with a bag of Spirit Rice.

They shoved the Spirit Rice into the mouth of the person whose arm had been eaten, fiercely pushing the food into his esophagus, then a group of rats drooled to rinse the Spirit Rice down.

"Cough~~~ Cough~~~ Cough~~~"

The throat of the person on the ground emitted weak sounds, being force-fed a large amount of Spirit Rice, faint spiritual light flashing on his body, the flesh started wriggling again...

Seeing him consume the rice, the rats satisfiedly continued sleeping on their bodies... Never realizing nearby presence.

Number 9 touched the thin layer of flame on his body, communicating with Yang Qiangjin through Divine Sense.

"Your concealment magic is truly as powerful as Lord Jin said, else I wouldn’t dare risking coming here..."

"There’s indeed a problem... What shall we do next?"

The situation here is extremely bizarre; Yang Qiangjin couldn’t help wanting to use a spark to burn this rat nest to ashes.

She could feel that these rats didn’t possess much strength, to her they were just mere ants.

"If I’m not mistaken... The 20 ’people’ on the ground are the real government officials, while the 20 mouse servants below are actually mice disguised as officials, we’ve been deceived."

"So, should we still cook for them? What do we do about these rats and the real officials?"

Due to the unclear circumstance, even after coming this far, the story became more convoluted than it was simple.

"Hmm... I’d like to hear the ancestors’ opinion first."

Oh?

Consulting me?

Yang Genshuo was quite surprised, Number 9, despite never meeting him, had unwavering belief in his presence and greatly wanted to use his tactics for problem-solving.

"He’s a smart man..."

At present, Yang Genshuo also intended to convey to Yang Qiangjin what he could see.

Because two more character cards unlocked for him.

[Man-eating Rat]

[Realm: ???]

[The rats here, after getting sick of rice, desire to taste something else...]

[Abilities: Devour, ???]

...

[Government Official]

[Realm: ???]

[The plump and strong officials are the best source of flesh, only needing rice to stay alive...]

[Abilities: Live on rice, ???]

He shared the two character cards with Yang Qiangjin and Number 9.

Number 9 pondered as he looked.

"Man-eating rats and officials living on rice... Rats are raising officials, so they can continuously feast on flesh, but why don’t the officials die?"

Having man-eating rats isn’t surprising, but the status of these officials... is peculiar.

Just now, the hand got casually munched by rats as snacks, feed some rice and the flesh starts regenerating... Evidently beyond ordinary cultivator logic.

"This may be the rule of this Legendary Land... No matter how absurd, it might exist; who knows if there’s a world where mushrooms with legs roam around?"