Chapter 1 Zhang Yuanqing

Zhang Yuanqing, carrying the bamboo basket, returned to the grave robber's tunnel.

Following the narrow passage into the tomb chamber, he took out the three props from the bamboo basket, placed them neatly in the niche, and turned to leave. After a few steps, he suddenly paused, looking down at the bamboo basket in his hand, a question appearing in his mind.

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Why did I bring this along?

Am I being too honest? Zhang Yuanqing left the main tomb chamber with the bamboo basket, passed through the six-meter-long passage, and arrived at the outer chamber.

He first placed the bamboo basket aside, then jumped on the spot, easily leaping two meters high, and took down the yellow paper talisman attached to the three-arch brick wall.

*Whoosh!*

The paper talisman ignited spontaneously, erupting into faint golden flames.

Zhang Yuanqing didn't dare to be licked by this flame, quickly letting go, allowing the paper talisman to fall to the ground and turn to ashes.

"Done! I'll be back in four hours, let's go back to the village first."

Zhang Yuanqing put on the Red Dance Shoes, remembering to pick up the bamboo basket, and walked on the steep brick wall as if it were flat ground, and burrowed into the top of the grave robber's tunnel.

A few minutes later, he returned to the entrance of the village, silently waiting for ten o'clock to arrive, waiting for the 24 hours to end.

"The Silent Village instance is so difficult, the rewards should be plentiful. I wonder if I can get all three props as rewards. What kind of rewards will the hidden quests have..."

"But, if there's a guide, this A-level instance is actually not difficult at all. After entering the Lingjing, go straight to the ancient tomb, hide for one night, and then come out the next day to collect the props, bring them back to the ancient tomb, and you can perfectly clear the instance." "I just don't know if the hidden quests are the kind that refresh at any time, or only once, it depends on what rewards are given after the quest is settled," Zhang Yuanqing thought randomly.

Like the Yin-Yang Town hidden quest, the reward item was the Yin-Yang Robe. The item was unique, so the Yin-Yang Town hidden quest could only be done once.

But Zhang Yuanqing knew that not all hidden quests were like this. Some hidden quests existed to increase the experience points of Lingjing Xingzhe.

Lingjing Xingzhe who had the ability to dig out hidden quests would receive more experience points, and their leveling speed would be far ahead of the mediocre.

Having nothing else to do, Zhang Yuanqing reviewed the instance information again:

"That's right, this instance mentioned the Third Dao Mountain Goddess. The Old Hag and the Princess are of the same lineage. The Old Hag's slumber and the Princess's slumber seem somewhat similar."

"After living for two *jiazi*, the Princess's lifespan was coming to an end. Knowing that she couldn't increase her lifespan in the End of Dharma era, she imitated her master and used some secret method to slumber, clinging to life?"

"No, her state is different from the Third Dao Mountain Goddess. The Old Hag gives me the feeling of being a living person, while the Princess is completely zombified. She refined herself into an undead being..."

"That coffin should be a very important part of her plan, so she could only 'borrow' the Old Hag's jade coffin. Tsk, if I could learn this method of refining myself into a corpse, the quality of the corpses I refine in the future would be far better than other Night Watchers."

"As far as I know, the last batch of cultivators were in the Ming Dynasty. It was completely impossible to cultivate in the Qing Dynasty, but the background of Silent Village is not in the Ming Dynasty. This wandering Daoist priest is probably also a figure from the Ming Dynasty. Looking at it this way, he has actually lived for a long time."

Finally, after a long wait of several hours, a strong Yin energy surged from the depths of the village, covering the sky and the sun like thick smoke, returning daylight to darkness.

The Princess is here. She discovered that the talismans in the ancient tomb had been destroyed. Is she going back to the underground?

Zhang Yuanqing turned his head and looked around, suddenly realizing that the Yin energy was coming for him.

Vast and terrifying Yin energy surged like a tide, coming from all directions, covering the pale sunlight. On the other side of this path, the Yin energy dissipated, revealing the Princess wearing a gorgeous red dress.

Her face was beautiful and pale, her eye sockets filled with black, and her pupils were scarlet like gemstones.

The two sides faced each other silently, separated by more than ten meters.

At this moment, Zhang Yuanqing seemed to have returned to last night, and a strong sense of fear rose in his heart, and his calf was cramping again.

Just as he was considering whether to take out his pistol and gauntlets to embolden himself, the Princess in the distance suddenly nodded slightly to him, a touch of gentleness flashing in her fierce pupils.

Immediately afterwards, the Yin energy receded like a tide, along with the Princess.

"Gone?"

Zhang Yuanqing only felt his body lighten, and his calf was working properly again.

He watched the Yin energy retreat from the village, like a heavy low-altitude layer, floating towards the back mountain.

A dozen minutes later, a Lingjing prompt sounded in his ear:

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the solo Lingjing quest – Silent Village, number: 1018, difficulty level A, rewards are being settled.] [Rewards are being settled...obtained items/props: Imitation Yin Jade Doll, Imitation Ghost Mirror, Imitation Blood Rouge.]

[Reward experience points: 25%]

[Main quest settlement completed. Ding! Congratulations on completing the hidden quest – Princess Yin Yao's Gratitude! Rewards are being settled for you...]

[Obtained items/props: Imitation Yin Jade Doll x3, Imitation Ghost Mirror x3, Imitation Blood Rouge x3]

[Reward experience points: 15%]

[Hidden quest settlement completed!]

[Ding! Character card reward activated, reward item: Teleportation Jade Box]

[Settlement completed! Exit the Lingjing in five minutes...]

In the next second, a black crescent moon appeared on his brow, and a surging lunar force burst out from the scalding mark, washing over his body with an almost unreasonable posture, merging into each cell, merging into each bone.

His body temperature rose rapidly, his skin was like a boiled red shrimp, and he couldn't help but twitch. He felt that his life level had changed, and his gene sequence had been reorganized... When his body temperature dissipated and returned to normal, Zhang Yuanqing quickly opened his attribute panel:

[Name: Yuanshi Tianzun]

[Race: Human]

[Profession: Night Watcher]

[Level: 3]

[Skills: Night Travel, Spirit Devour, Lunar Spirit, Howl at the Moon, Charm, Spirit Talisman]

[Experience points: 58%]

[Moral value: 2100]

[Reputation value: 40]

Experience points reached 58%. Zhang Yuanqing clearly felt that his stamina, strength, and spiritual body strength had greatly increased.

This instance had given him a full 40% of experience points. Without using any props, he was confident that he could steadily win against himself a minute ago. When he fought Zhao Chenghuang, he was still at a disadvantage even with the assistance of the Red Dance Shoes and the Battle Blade.

If he had the current experience points at that time, he would definitely not have been so embarrassed.

"I can be considered to have truly entered the upper echelons of Level 3 now, um, purely based on my own ability..."

Zhang Yuanqing then opened his inventory and checked the props rewarded by the quest.

The item information of the three instance props had not changed much, but the type had changed to consumables, and there was an additional note:

[Although they are imitations, their power is the same as the genuine ones, lasting for thirty minutes.]

"The clearance reward is imitations of the three props, each prop can be used once, and the hidden quest obtained the Princess's gratitude, increasing the number of times the imitations can be used to three."

"It seems that the three props are the 'core crisis of the Silent Village instance, belonging to the cornerstone of the instance, and it is impossible to reward them to Lingjing Xingzhe. Hidden quests will also refresh..."

"This Lingjing instance belongs to an instance that will not change, or rather, an instance whose difficulty will not decrease, but only increase." The props in the instance will not decrease, and the difficulty level will never decrease. And if Zhang Yuanqing dies here, the Red Dance Shoes will become a major crisis in "Silent Village", and then, the instance may be upgraded to S-level.

Although he didn't get the "real thing", which made Zhang Yuanqing a little disappointed, the imitations of the three props could be used a total of nine times, and with other props, they could be used for a long, long time.

"These three props will definitely shine in the killing instances, and when I advance to a Saint, there will be Saint-level props to obtain, um, imitations are fine, that's enough."

Zhang Yuanqing then took out the prop rewarded by the character card, which was a jade box ten centimeters long and five centimeters wide.

The pattern carved on the box vaguely showed a mysterious passage collapsing from space, with countless chaotic air currents swirling around the passage.

The item information immediately appeared:

[Name: Teleportation Jade Box]

[Type: Jade]

[Function: Teleportation]

[Introduction: It originated from an indescribable thief. That thief committed countless crimes in his life, and had enemies all over the world, but his elusive ability made his enemies helpless, so they turned their attention to his relatives and friends. In order to allow his family and friends to escape when they were implicated, that thief created this prop. Every thirty days, the jade box will generate a teleportation jade talisman. The number of jade talismans can be stacked.]

[Note: You can crush the jade talisman and teleport to any place you have been to, but be careful, every three times, it will randomly teleport you once.]

After reading the item information, Zhang Yuanqing's first thought was: Holy crap, this thing is awesome, a life-saving artifact.

The second thought was: Holy crap, I know what the Demon Lord did to the Princess!!

Previously, he thought it was strange. With the Princess's level, the Demon Lord at the Extraordinary stage was only a little stronger than an ant. How could he have done something that angered the Princess?

Seeing this prop, Zhang Yuanqing suddenly understood.

The Demon Lord must have used the teleportation jade talisman to come back afterward. At that time, he must have already been a Saint.

Thinking this way, Zhang Yuanqing patted the Cat King speaker in his pocket and muttered:

"Tonight, I want to listen to the Demon Lord and the Princess..."

Just after patting the Cat King speaker, Zhang Yuanqing's hand suddenly froze. "I know how Brother Bing put the Cat King speaker in the Jinshui Amusement Park."

Brother Bing knew that he would enter the Jinshui Amusement Park because the instances he entered were all instances that the Demon Lord had entered before.

Zhang Yuanqing had known this a long time ago, but what he didn't know was how Brother Bing put the Cat King speaker in the amusement park.

It was the teleportation jade talisman.

Brother Bing and the Demon Lord knew each other. It was very likely that the two met while teaming up in the Jinshui Amusement Park, and then discovered that they were both servants of the Cunning Eye Judge, so they secretly maintained contact.

Only in this way can it be explained that Brother Bing knew that he would enter the Jinshui Amusement Park and was able to store the Cat King speaker in the park.

As the Demon Lord's partner, having one or two teleportation jade talismans is very reasonable.

"In the future, I can also return to Silent Village. At that time, I'll ask the Princess and borrow some props? Um, I can also go back to Jinshui Amusement Park and see the Ghost Bride..."

What does it mean to be able to return to the instance?

Zhang Yuanqing hasn't heard of any Lingjing Xingzhe being able to return to the instance yet. In the future, even if he misses the hidden quest, he can go back and retrieve it.

"Um? Why didn't the Demon Lord come back to retrieve the Yin-Yang Robe back then? Er, he was probably already in the Saint realm at that time, or even the peak of the Saint realm, and probably didn't care about the Yin-Yang Robe..."

At this time, the countdown ended, and the desolate and dilapidated village rippled like water.

Kangyang District Security Department.

Li Dongze, leaning on his cane, came to the office area and asked:

"Guan Ya, has Yuanshi returned?"

Guan Ya, holding her phone, raised it and said in a deep voice: "The phone is off."

Li Dongze frowned: "It's been 24 hours, he should be back by now." Guan Ya looked worried.

Because of Yin Ji's words, they, who were originally full of confidence, had been worried since yesterday morning, and the closer they got to 24 hours, the more nervous they became.

They were completely unable to work normally (see Film and Television Residence u).

In addition, the rumors in the official forum about Yuanshi Tianzun's imminent sacrifice were becoming more and more intense. The main reason was that everyone was spreading rumors – the Demon Lord and the Taiyi Sect Master said that Silent Village was a death instance!

Although the official had辟谣 in the forum last night, everyone

didn't believe it and even mocked the official for spreading rumors!

After winning the擂台赛, Yuanshi's fame reached its peak, which could be called a raging fire, so this matter attracted great attention after it spread.

Guan Ya saw someone in the forum this morning saying that they had found out that the evil organization was waiting to hold a celebration meeting!