Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

"Time is long. If possible, I hope you, Da'an, can go and see for me that peaceful and prosperous world that belongs only to our Nine Regions."

……

On the second day of the ninety-seventh year of the Five Kingdoms calendar, Mu An left the familiar yet unfamiliar Mu residence alone.

Wearing the brocade robe that Mu Ling'er had woven for him, and carrying Liu Yun, he transformed into an ordinary mortal and embarked on his journey.

In her letter, Mu Ling'er said that she had left all her family memories in the phone that Mu An gave her.

If Mu An misses her, she can always find traces of her inside.

Mu An thought this was indeed a good way to reminisce.

Unfortunately, Mu An had no idea what Mu Ling'er had left on her phone.

Because that phone, which had undergone several upgrades and was now so feature-rich that it was comparable to an operating system, was placed deep within Mu Ling'er's soul by Mu An, and entered the cycle of reincarnation with her.

Although the agreed-upon condition was that Mu Ling'er would reincarnate near the Nine Domains, Mu An was far from at ease with Xiao Yongning's current state.

Rather than trusting Xiao Yongning, who himself had problems, Mu An still trusted his own backup plan more.

With this treasure by her side, even if something unexpected happens during her reincarnation, Mu Ling'er will be able to survive well in the unknown world.

The phone, now renamed the Five Elements Creation System, can also provide Mu An with a relatively accurate location, making it easier for Mu An to find the world where Mu Ling'er was reincarnated as soon as possible.

Only in this way can everything be perfect.

……

The desolate and cold Mu Mansion held nothing worth remembering; the bustling world was filled only with reverence for the gods.

During this Spring Festival, in these somewhat dull days, Mu An once again embarked on a journey he had taken before.

The game between him and Mu Ling'er is not over yet.

As time passed, the students of Sui'an Academy went their separate ways, joining different factions and each achieving their own success.

In that sense, Mu An has completed this rather troublesome problem.

Mu An clearly remembers that he has completed 399 questions over the years.

Of the 999 gifts, half are still lying somewhere waiting for him to retrieve them.

Since the person who set the questions is no longer here, cheating is naturally beyond reproach.

This time, Mu An doesn't plan to level up by fighting monsters like before, searching for clues one by one, completing tasks, and finally reaping a surprise, big or small.

He planned to skip the quiz and take the hidden gift directly.

He wants to travel to the human world, meet all living beings, and kill some people on his way to find the gift, so that this noisy world can be a little calmer.

If you want to see something like a peaceful and prosperous era, it's best to see it for yourself; there's no reason to ask someone else to do it for you.

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March, year 97 of the Five Kingdoms Calendar.

"Have you heard? That band of bandits on Mount Ao has been wiped out!"

"The bandits on Mount Ao? Isn't that Lord Song's territory? Could it be that some outsider soldiers barged into Mount Ao, wanting to become kings, only to be slaughtered by Lord Song?"

Small town, tavern, idle people chatting and gossiping.

In this era of constant war, every small town has similar places and similar people.

Most of them were fairly well-off, but were not valued by their families, and had nothing to do on weekdays, so they could only wander around the city.

When they have nothing to do, they can have a drink in a tavern, order a few snacks, and chat about some "important" things that seem very useful.

Over time, with the encouragement of various parties, such taverns became the city's de facto information exchange points.

Fifty miles east of the Aoshan Mountains lies a small town called Aocheng.

There is also a tavern like that.

"Who was talking about those thugs? I was talking about Aoshan Village on Aoshan Mountain. The entire Aoshan Village is gone!"

"Aoshan Stronghold? Aoshan Stronghold under the command of Song Shanjun? The Aoshan Stronghold that commands eight thousand bandits and controls all the key transportation routes in Aoshan? The Song Shanjun who recently beheaded the Taicheng County Magistrate?"

"Brother Liu, even if you are the magistrate's son, you can't just talk nonsense. Where did you hear this news? Since the Great Ling Empire withdrew its troops, in this lawless area, who can stand against those mountain bandits? Even a few months ago, when more than a dozen counties near Aoshan formed a joint force, they still couldn't get any advantage from those vicious bandits."

Seeing that none of his friends believed him, the young man, called Brother Liu, blushed and mumbled.

"Would I lie to you? I heard this from my father half an hour ago!"

"What Lord Liu said? Then it must be true. Could it be that the army of the Great Ling Empire has returned?" A very handsome young nobleman stroked his chin, looking confident.

With a feather fan and silk turban, he chatted and laughed eloquently, and his handsome face made the women in the tavern blush with embarrassment.

The young man surnamed Liu felt a pang of envy and jealousy at the sight of the young master with the feather fan. He snorted and slapped the young master on the back in annoyance.

"Who knows? Anyway, when my dad heard the news, he looked like he'd seen a ghost. He rushed to the county government office without saying a word to me. Maybe something serious happened..."

Before he could finish speaking, a series of rapid, panting breaths came from the tavern's entrance.

"Young Master! It's terrible! It's terrible! There are bones everywhere on Mount Ao..."

"Don't panic like this, what happened?" The young man surnamed Liu first scolded the servant who rushed over to report the news, and then asked him.

"Speak properly. Isn't it normal to find corpses during bandit suppression? But the Great Ling Empire's army has returned?"

The servant, who had run all the way here, was panting heavily, his face still showing lingering fear.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he spoke tremblingly, filled with unprecedented fear.

"Not corpses, but bones; not an army, but ghosts!"

"Ghost? What ghost? In broad daylight, what nonsense are you spouting?" The young man surnamed Liu was clearly impatient, glaring at the anxious servant.

The young master holding the feather fan was much more gentle. Seeing the servant so flustered, he stepped forward, patted the servant's back slowly, and even poured the servant a cup of hot tea himself.

"Don't panic. Tell us what happened on Mount Ao, step by step."

"Bones, all bones, bones everywhere... clothes and flesh are gone, only bones remain, piled up on the mountaintop into a tower over a hundred meters high, right there on the mountaintop..."

Everyone on the mountain is dead—Aoshan Village, Hu Mang Village, and all the bandits in the mountains—everyone has turned to bones…

Some villagers saw it and said that a demon in blue first killed everyone on the mountain, and then ate all their flesh and blood clean…”

As soon as the voice fell, the entire tavern fell silent. After a while, a somewhat panicked voice rang out again.

"A tower of bones?"

"Could it be some kind of evil ritual?"

"Who knows, some ruthless demonic cult might have come to our little town!"

"hiss!!!"

"I've heard that those cultists love to use living people for sacrifice, so everyone should stay home these days..."

"Yes, yes! My life is at stake!"

"Lock down the city! We must lock down the city!"

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