My descendants burn incense and worship me as a real immortal

Chapter 629 Yang Zhushuang Acquires the First Treasure

What No. 9 said was reasonable, well-founded, and convincing.

Yang Genshuo finally agreed to his request and began to observe the situation from his side.

The reason I agreed was because this team is very strong.

Yang Qiangjin is at the half-step Nascent Soul realm, and is in no way inferior to Liu Changqing back then. She is the top expert that the Twelve Dynasties can accommodate now.

She entered this place to save her only daughter, Li Minsi. At the last moment, she voluntarily entered the yellow light and held tightly to Li Minsi.

So the two of them ended up entering this place together.

Lee Min-sze was born in the same year that Yang Gen-shuo disappeared; she is now exactly 100 years old.

She inherited Li Fan's talent and excelled in the wood element; she is now a cultivator at the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

In recent years, thanks to the massive expansion of the Yang family's cultivation resources and the support of the three rankings, any new generation of cultivators who have talent and are willing to put in the effort to cultivate can reach the Golden Core stage.

Li Minsi and Yang Zhu are among the best.

In addition to the two of them, there were five Heavenly Dragon Army soldiers, one of whom was a Nirvana Realm battalion commander, four of whom were Transcendent Realm elites, and two of whom were collateral disciples with good cultivation.

Their team was practically at full strength; according to Yang Genshuo's observation, they were the strongest team overall among all those who entered the legendary land.

They do have the capacity to make mistakes.

Yang Genshuo believes that the reason why No. 9 made such a bold move was based on considerations of their team's strength.

"I'll be here watching. The opportunity you've been waiting for has arrived. Take action!"

While all the rat servants were playing cards, Number Nine and Yang Qiangjin ran towards the rat servants' room in the backyard.

They avoided the rats they encountered on the road from various angles.

In this cramped little courtyard, right under the noses of 20 rat servants, the two arrived at the dimly lit room at the back.
This is where the rat servants rest, and it is now shrouded in a layer of black mist.

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

"There's a bloody smell and there are corpses inside."

Yang Qiangjin noticed a subtle change in the scent, something Yang Genshuo couldn't see from his omniscient perspective.

Number Nine nodded.

"If there's something unusual, that's a good sign. It proves we didn't come to the wrong place."

He gently pushed the door, but a faint red light emanating from it blocked their way.

"It seems to be some kind of defensive talisman?"

"Lord Jin, please take action."

Number Nine wasn't confident he could avoid triggering the talisman, so he quickly sought help from Yang Qiangjin.

This is where the benefits of having a high level of cultivation come in.

"This is an ancient soul-suppressing talisman, ancient and complex. Compared to the ones we use now, it has more functions and contains a much denser spiritual power. It's practically impossible to enter without triggering this talisman, however..."

"I like you, however."

Number Nine made a dry joke.

"However, we can use spatial magic to enter directly."

Yang Qiangjin flicked a tiny spark in her hand, which slipped through the crack in the door and into the room, whereupon a wisp of light appeared.
"Let's go, [Flame Shuttle]!"

Yang Qiangjin grabbed Number Nine, and the two of them immediately burrowed into the flames beneath Yang Qiangjin's feet. The next moment, they emerged from the tiny spark of fire inside.

"Hehe~ Yang Qiangjin's fire escape technique is becoming more and more proficient. In recent years, in addition to fire, she has also learned a little about spatial magic. She has become more powerful."

Yang Genshuo felt that he could beat up Liu Changqing back then if Yang Qiangjin were in her current state.

She is extremely powerful.

slap~
Yang Qiangjin snapped her fingers, and a ray of light appeared in her hand, dispelling the mist in the room.
"Ugh~~~"

The scene was so shocking that Yang Genshuo covered his mouth, almost vomiting.

Inside lay 20 mangled, bloodied people, their bodies crawling with large black rats. They rested with their eyes closed, as if using their bodies as beds.

The flesh and blood of those 20 people were still writhing; they were all alive.
The flash of fire seemed to have caught their attention, and one of them struggled to reach out a hand, trying to touch something.

But the rats discovered a group of large rats that bared their teeth and bit down hard.

Crackling sounds~
Instantly, the flesh on one hand was completely devoured, leaving only bones hanging limply.

The rats seemed unaware that Yang Qiangjin and Number 9 were right next to them. After gnawing on the flesh of one hand, a few slightly smaller rats scurried into a dark tunnel nearby and returned shortly afterward with a bag of spirit rice in their mouths.

They directly poured the spirit rice into the mouth of the 'person' whose arm had just been gnawed off, forcefully kicking the food into his esophagus, and then a group of rats spat out saliva to flush the spirit rice down.

"Cough...cough...cough..."

The 'person' on the ground made weak, feeble sounds from its throat, having been forced to consume a large amount of spirit rice. A faint spiritual light shone from its body, and its flesh began to writhe again.
After he ate, the mice were satisfied and continued to sleep on them, completely unaware that someone was nearby.

Number 9 touched a faint layer of flame on his body and communicated with Yang Qiangjin in his consciousness.

"Your concealment techniques are indeed as powerful as Lady Jing said, otherwise I wouldn't have dared to risk coming here."

"There's definitely a problem here. What do we do next?"

The situation here was extremely strange, and Yang Qiangjin couldn't help but want to burn down this rat's nest.

She could sense that these rats weren't very strong; to her, they were nothing more than a bunch of ants.

"If I'm not mistaken, these 20 'people' on the ground are the real yamen runners, while the 20 rat runners below are rats in disguise. We've been fooled."

"So, do we still need to cook for them? What about the rats and the real government officials?"

Because of the lack of clarity in the story, even at this stage, it has only added more mystery to the otherwise simple tale.

"Hmm, I'd like to hear the ancestor's opinion first."

Oh?
Find me?

Yang Genshuo was somewhat surprised. Although this No. 9 had never seen him before, he firmly believed in his existence and was eager to use his methods to solve the problem.

"He's a smart person."

Right now, Yang Genshuo is also planning to tell Yang Qiangjin what he can see.

Because he unlocked two more character cards.

Man-eating rats

【realm:? ? ? 】

The mice here, tired of eating rice, wanted to try something else.

[Abilities: Gnawing, ???]

[Yamen runners]

【realm:? ? ? 】

The well-fed and robust yamen runners were the best source of flesh and blood; they could live indefinitely simply by eating rice.

[Ability: Lives on rice, ???]

The two character cards were given to Yang Qiangjin and Number Nine.

Number 9 looked at it thoughtfully. "The man-eating rats and the rice-eating yamen runner rats are keeping the yamen runners in captivity so they can keep eating meat. Why don't the yamen runners die?"

The appearance of man-eating rats is not unusual, but the behavior of this constable is strange.

My hands were just gnawed on by mice like Doritos, and now that I've had some rice, I'm starting to gain weight again. This is clearly beyond the common sense of ordinary cultivators.

"This must be the rule of this legendary land. No matter how outrageous it is, it may still exist. Who knows, there might even be a world where mushrooms have long legs and run all over the place."

Yang Genshuo said with a smile.

Yang Qiangjin translated the old man's words verbatim.

"I know it's a rule. But why does this story have such a rule? Although it's not easy to get in here, it's not completely impossible. What is the purpose of showing us this scene?"

Seeing that Number Nine looked confused, Yang Qiangjin said directly:
"Now that we know the real constables are here, and they've been eaten like this, why not just burn them all down, burn them and the rats to death, solve the problem once and for all, and then go down and kill those rats disguised as constables? Wouldn't that solve the problem?"

Yang Qiangjin felt confident that she could burn this group of things.

The images here were making her physically uncomfortable.

"Not for now. I feel we still need some information to gather the truth. Tell the patriarch that if any other groups have any other information, please let me know."

"Okay. Where do you want to go now?"

Number Nine's gaze fell on the tunnel where the rats had just scurried in.
"The real constables are in the back room. Interesting. If that's the case, then the ones who assigned us the mission were actually rats disguised as constables. So even if we don't complete their mission, we shouldn't trigger the inevitable death plot."

Number Six was currently leading his men to search outside the inn, their strategy being to uncover more information and find other resources that could be utilized.

"Hehe~ This story is really insidious. In the first level, we didn't obey the hungry official's request to accept the task and were scared and ran around, which triggered the chase. Here, we behaved ourselves and fell into the rats' trap. If we really stupidly cooked, rested, and fed the rats enough, they would have eaten us up at night."

"Luckily, Number Nine took this risky step."

Number Six highly approves of Number Nine's strategy, but if given another chance, he wouldn't choose such a dangerous path.

First, their team lacked a top-tier expert like Yang Qiangjin who had mastered certain spatial techniques.

There is no second one.

If he had a skilled protector, he could go wherever he wanted!
"However, we did not come away empty-handed; at least we found real food here."

He was carrying a bag of vegetables, and there were some vegetables around the inn that looked edible.

Yang Genshuo glanced at them and confirmed that they were all edible.

"It's just some vegetable leaves? Looks like you're going to have a tough time."

"It's alright, just eat some vegetables and drink some water, let's get through tonight first."

They remained cautious on the sixth and did not plan to touch the rats for the time being.

The other puzzle solvers and members of the Yang family also learned about the news obtained from the adventure on the 9th, and each chose a different strategy to deal with it.

Currently, only one person remains unnotified: Yang Zhushuang.

The thought of helping such a novice pass the test made Yang Genshuo feel nauseous.

Not only does Yang Zhushuang bully ordinary people and disregard human life, but he also stalks Yang Zhu and plots evil deeds, which Yang Zhushuang witnessed. If it weren't for the opening of the legendary land, he might have actually harmed Yang Zhu.

Yang Genshuo is already being lenient by not asking anyone to mess with him, let alone helping him get through this?

Yang Zhushuang has arrived at the inn. He has an advantage, as he has been assigned two puzzle solvers and four powerful Tianlong Army soldiers, as well as his own three collateral subordinates. It can be said that he is the most respected person in the group.

With the two puzzle solvers working together, the group was able to settle safely into the inn.

At this time, I was also thinking about how to cook.

"I saw something hanging on the top of that granary. Could it be some kind of grain sack?"

Yang Zhushuang spoke up, and neither of the two puzzle solvers noticed, but the three lackeys looked certain.

"I think I saw it too."

There is something there!

"If Brother Shuang says it's there, it definitely is!"

The two puzzle solvers then discussed it briefly.

"Since this legendary place is called 'White Granary,' and this is the first granary we've encountered, there's probably something waiting for us to discover. I think we can explore it further."

Among the Heavenly Dragon Army members who were with them was a squad leader at the Nirvana Realm named Yu Tie.

He said, "It's pitch black inside, impossible to see anything, but... perhaps you sensed something, I can climb up and take a look."

"No need, let my demon slave go to him, for he is a Golden Core stage Night Demon."

The puzzle solvers wanted to explore the dark and strange granary because they had this helper.

Moreover, with two puzzle solvers and two slaves, the margin for error is much higher than other teams.

They can also try some dangerous but potentially rewarding actions.

After much deliberation, Yang Genshuo decided that even if it wasn't for Yang Zhushuang's sake, he should share the information with Yang Zhushuang for the sake of the other nine people, so that the Tianlong Army and the puzzle solvers wouldn't die.
But at this moment, their actions also caught Yang Genshuo's attention.

“Yes. What’s inside this post station’s granary? It’s pitch black, I can’t see anything at all. Everyone else is also afraid of the unknown, so no one plans to investigate the granary’s interior for the time being. Maybe we can try to find a way to start from here.”

As Number 9 said, they need more information.

swoosh~
The Golden Core stage Night Demon flew directly into the granary and continued upwards, using their race's unique vision and perception to explore the towering, spacious, and empty interior of the granary.

When it reached halfway up the mountain, a glint flashed in the Night Demon's eyes, and it stopped.

He saw a dense, dim red light on the wall.

Zhizhizhi~~~
A dense chorus of rodents baring their teeth filled the air, and a black light flashed across the Night Demon's wings as a sharp dark magic spell shot directly towards the wall.

Bang!
A group of rats scattered and scurried into a hole inside the granary wall.

And where they had gathered, something emitting a faint red glow fell down.

slap~
It is a red pill.

Yang, who was below, was quick-witted and grabbed it directly.

"Hey~ I told you there was treasure here!"

He then put Dan directly into his storage ring, as if afraid that someone would snatch it from him, leaving the two puzzle solvers speechless.

Because that might be what the story needs.

After exploring the area, the Night Demon discovered that there were many holes in the stones of the granary, and many rats were hiding in the holes.

Because it was a puppet, it felt no fear and simply reached into the rat hole.

They crushed about ten rats to death and dug out a pile of scattered rice grains from the rat holes.

The two puzzle solvers watched as the Night Demon slowly descended from the sky, carrying fifteen dead rats and several bags of rice.
"We...it seems we have something to eat?"

Thanks to Yang Zhushuang's suggestion, their team actually obtained food and, moreover, acquired the first treasure the Yang family had ever possessed since entering the country.

Yang Genshuo saw it very clearly.

That was a rare and precious treasure of excellent quality.

Yang Zhushuang actually got it so easily.

(End of this chapter)