Chapter 123 An Unknown Village

Hearing Yuanshi Tianzun's words, his companions immediately looked over, the intense fighting between Saint-level contestants losing its appeal at that moment.

Yuanshi is entering a solo dungeon.

Lingjun, Guan Ya, the Queen, and the White Tiger Guards were initially excited, curious about the difficulty level of Yuanshi Tianzun's second solo Lingjing Xingzhe instance.

Moreover, there was another factor involved.

If Yuanshi Tianzun could accumulate more than 50% of his experience points before the arrival of the slaughter instance, his chances of advancing to the Saint level would greatly increase.

It should be known that those who dared to enter the slaughter instance were basically the best of the level 3s.

A group of strong players thrown into a large instance to kill each other, if Yuanshi Tianzun was targeted, the situation would be very bad. Many ants can kill an elephant.

Therefore, before the slaughter instance opened, more strength meant more security. Solo instances could bring experience point growth and item gains, greatly improving Yuanshi Tianzun's combat power.

Guan Ya and Li Dongze, the scouts, keenly perceived the abnormality through Zhang Yuanqing's tone and expression.

No way... They felt a chill in their hearts.

It wouldn't be another S-rank instance, would it? If that were the case, they would have to worry about another problem: Yuanshi Tianzun's career would end prematurely...

Fu Qingyang frowned slightly. "Another S-rank?"

Everyone silently gazed at Yuanshi Tianzun, waiting for his response.

Zhang Yuanqing counted the time silently and replied, "It's A-rank."

A-rank... Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, only to hear him add, "The Lingjing Xingzhe's name is 'Mute Village,' an instance not in the strategy guides."

An instance not in the strategy guides... Fu Qingyang narrowed his eyes. This could mean that either Taiyimen hadn't included it, or, like the Yu Ling Tunnel, the first kill was still unclaimed.

Either way, it meant that Yuanshi's entry into the Lingjing Xingzhe was like a blind man crossing a river, having to feel his way forward.

And with the danger level of an A-rank Lingjing Xingzhe, without a strategy guide... let's just say, pioneering an A-rank instance required a lot of deaths.

Pioneering an S-rank instance required a lot more.

"That's too unlucky..." the Queen murmured.

Guan Ya's beautiful face changed slightly, and she frowned.

Li Dongze slapped his forehead.

Since recruiting Yuanshi Tianzun, every time this kid entered an instance, it was a challenge for his heart as a squad leader. But the White Tiger Guards behind Fu Qingyang looked at each other, their expressions solemn.

During their extraordinary stage, they had encountered very few A-ranks, and each time was fraught with danger, even with strategy guides. Without strategy guides, the death rate exceeded 70%.

This Yuanshi Tianzun was facing a life-or-death situation every time he went to an instance.

"Not much time..." Zhang Yuanqing counted the time silently, glanced at everyone, and said, "Wish me luck, everyone!"

"Return."

His figure immediately disappeared from Guan Ya and the others' sight.

The scene went from blurry to clear, and Zhang Yuanqing returned to his room. With limited time, he rushed to the bedside table without delay, poured seven or eight blue pills into his pocket, then opened the desk drawer and took out the Cat King speaker.

Finally, he sprinted to the closet, opened the door, and pressed his hand on the shoulder of Undead No. 1.

Night Wanderers could bring Yin corpses into solo Lingjing Xingzhe instances. Zhang Yuanqing had found the answer by searching the forum.

According to Taiyimen, Yin corpses were an extension of the Night Wanderer's abilities, similar to the nature of spirit servants.

In the Lingjing Xingzhe's judgment, it was a prop or puppet, not a person.

Therefore, it could be brought into a solo Lingjing Xingzhe instance.

His hand was on the Yin corpse's shoulder for only a few seconds before the scenery of the bedroom began to ripple, then became completely blurred.

In the arena, after watching Yuanshi Tianzun return, Fu Qingyang immediately got up, grabbed a azure cloak, and draped it over himself.

Whoosh~

The cloak fluttered, and a cyclone lifted Fu Qingyang into the air, floating towards the elders' seats.

He stood upright, stepping on the cyclone, with the cloak spread out behind him, like a superhero in a movie, extremely eye-catching.

Fu Qingyang's movement caught the attention of the audience, who had been eagerly watching the fight.

"Hey, what does Young Master Qian want to do?"

"It looks like he has important information to report to the elders..."

"Find out from the White Tiger Guards."

Dog Elder withdrew his gaze and turned to Fu Qingyang, scrutinizing him for a few seconds, and said in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"

Although Fu Qingyang always maintained a poker face, Dog Elder saw solemnity in his eyes.

The surrounding elders either looked over or listened attentively.

Fu Qingyang said concisely, "Yuanshi Tianzun has entered an instance, just now."

Dog Elder, combined with the expressions of his close subordinates, had a thought. "He's entered another S-rank?"

When he asked this question, Dog Elder's mood was complicated, unable to distinguish between anticipation and distress.

Fu Qingyang shook his head. "A-rank, Mute Village."

A-rank... The surrounding elders heard it and breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt somewhat disappointed.

On the one hand, an A-rank instance shouldn't be difficult for Yuanshi Tianzun, and on the other hand, if Yuanshi Tianzun could clear three S-ranks in the extraordinary stage, then his extraordinary record would surpass Marshal Woman.

Becoming the most dazzling figure in the extraordinary stage in the history of the Five Elements Alliance.

At this time, Sun Elder frowned and said, "Mute Village... I don't remember that the Taiyimen's database has this instance. Hongying, do you remember?"

As an elder, he knew the strategy guides for the extraordinary, Saint, and Overlord stages in the sect's database like the back of his hand.

The intellectual and gentle Red Luan Elder shook her head slightly: "Never heard of it..."

She immediately thought of something, and her expression turned serious: "Could it be an un-strategized instance, or an A-rank that Taiyimen hasn't included?"

Hearing this, the elders, who had been lacking interest, simultaneously cast their gazes over.

Instance strategy guides were the foundation of official organizations and an important means of recruiting talent.

The official high-level attitude towards instance strategy guides was always, the more the better.

Dog Elder finally understood why Fu Qingyang looked so solemn. Yuanshi Tianzun was going pioneering.

"It's actually an instance that Taiyimen hasn't included..." Sun Elder and Zhao Elder's eyes suddenly lit up. Regardless of whether it was an un-strategized instance, as long as it wasn't in Taiyimen's database, it would be of great value.

Armored Swordsman rubbed the hilt of his sword and pondered: "With Yuanshi Tianzun's level, the probability of passing an A-rank is extremely high, no need to worry. On the contrary..."

A smile appeared on his solemn and dignified face: "How much money is your Taiyimen prepared to spend to buy the strategy guide?"

Red Ying Elder said solemnly, "If Yuanshi Tianzun can clear an A-rank instance, Taiyimen will definitely buy it, you set the price."

Sun Elder and Zhao Elder did not refute.

"A bit interesting," a Five Elements Alliance elder smiled, "I remember that Yuanshi Tianzun has been supplementing the strategy guides for our Five Elements Alliance's database since the Yu Ling Tunnel. Pioneering is still something that top geniuses have to do."

"Yes, this is another A-rank instance strategy guide."

At the same time, the news of Yuanshi Tianzun entering the instance spread rapidly among the audience.

"What? Yuanshi Tianzun has entered an instance, and he's going pioneering?"

"He actually matched with an instance that isn't in the Taiyimen database, too unlucky."

"He's cleared S-ranks, so A-ranks shouldn't be a problem. Extraordinary stage instances will be out in at most a day. Ah, I really want to know the result."

The matches on the arena suddenly lost their appeal.

....

Overcast sky, weak sunlight filtered through the thin clouds, bringing a dim light to the dilapidated mountain village, and an unspeakable sense of oppression.

Zhang Yuanqing stood at the entrance of the village, looking around.

In front of him was a desolate and dilapidated mountain village, behind him was black soil farmland, and silent mountains stood.

Beside him was the Undead No. 1, standing woodenly.

The age of this village was difficult to judge. Stone houses, some tall and some short, extended to the end of the line of sight. The roofs were covered with weathered tiles.

At the entrance of the village, the path leading to the depths of the village was a solid dirt road, the kind that would become muddy on rainy days.

"Compared to the architectural style of Yin-Yang Town, this place seems much gloomier... But the more gloomy and desolate the place, the more comfortable I feel, it feels like coming home."

Zhang Yuanqing didn't enter the village immediately. Before entering the instance, he needed to sort out his thoughts.

"The main mission is to survive for 24 hours. The advantage of this kind of survival-based mission is that it's very operable. The Lingjing Xingzhe who enters the instance can move freely, without restrictions.

"The disadvantage is that there are very few hints. The Lingjing Xingzhe won't tell you what to do. Everything is up to the 'player' to discover and explore on their own. And in the process of exploration, you might encounter a life-or-death crisis, like when I was inexplicably possessed by the shoulder-riding wraith."

"According to the instance information, the biggest boss in the instance should be the woman in the ancient tomb. She came out with Wang Xiao'er..."

So I have to push the boss? Yes, the real kind of push.

"The two key figures in this instance are the female ghost in the ancient tomb and Wang Xiao'er. Let's go find Wang Xiao'er first, if he's still alive."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanqing led Undead No. 1 along the solid dirt road and entered the village.

Along the way, the houses in the village were mainly stone houses, rammed earth walls, and thatched houses. There was no greenery at the corners of the walls and roadsides, only withered weeds and dried moss.

As he walked, Zhang Yuanqing suddenly noticed that someone was peeking at him.

He suddenly turned his head and saw a pair of eyes staring at him from a small square window, the only one on the wall of a rammed earth house on his left.

Seeing that he had been discovered, the pair of eyes quickly disappeared into the darkness.

"Is it a person or a ghost?"

Zhang Yuanqing immediately perked up. If it was a person, he could communicate. If it was a ghost, he could devour it. Either way, he could obtain information. What he feared most was being in a deserted place, not encountering anything for a long time, and then suddenly encountering a big boss around the corner.

He immediately went to the front of the rammed earth house. The front was a small courtyard. He stopped in front of the wooden door, raised his arm, and knocked on the door with his knuckles.

The dry, blackened wooden door made a "dong dong" sound when his knuckles hit it.

Zhang Yuanqing knocked for a long time, but the courtyard was quiet and no one answered him.

Then I'll climb over the wall... Zhang Yuanqing immediately manipulated the Yin corpse to climb over the two-meter-high rammed earth wall and jump into the courtyard.

At the same time, he communicated with the brand in his sea of consciousness and took over the Yin corpse's body.

Through the Yin corpse's vision, he glanced at the courtyard and saw a millstone, a woodpile, and a jujube tree.

Facing the courtyard door was the rammed earth house, and on the west side was a simple hut. Zhang Yuanqing stepped to the front of the hut and peeked in. It was a dry toilet.

"Dry toilet... The architectural style of the village should be northern. I remember reading in the textbook that northern jujubes are sweet and sweet..."

Zhang Yuanqing guessed that Mute Village was a northern village. A college student his age, born in Songhai, was unfamiliar with the countryside, especially since Mute Village seemed to be very old. He couldn't see anything modern here.

No utility poles, no street lights, no bus stop signs, no solar energy...

After walking around the courtyard, he didn't delay and went straight to the rammed earth house and knocked on the door.

Still no response.

Zhang Yuanqing simply kicked the wooden door open. With a loud bang, dust fell and the slightly heavy wooden door slammed to the ground, raising dust.

bidige.

The light inside the house was very dim, but it didn't affect the Night Wanderer's vision. His gaze swept over the furnishings in the house one by one, and settled on an old man with white hair.

The old man was leaning against the wall, holding a hoe in his hand, staring at him in horror and vigilance.

"Grandpa."

Zhang Yuanqing tentatively said in a low voice.

"Ah ah ah~"

The old man made a unique sound of a mute from his mouth, waved the hoe a few times, and made a gesture of expulsion.

Can't speak.

Seeing the old man's reaction, Zhang Yuanqing understood the meaning of Mute Village.

If they can't speak, then the living people in the village are worthless. Should I kill him and ask the spirit? Anyway, it's a NPC in the Lingjing Xingzhe instance, it should refresh... This thought flashed through Zhang Yuanqing's mind, but was immediately rejected.

The old man's expression and demeanor were no different from ordinary people. He couldn't convince himself to kill an old man who seemed like an ordinary person.

Unless the old man transformed into a monster surrounded by resentment in the next second.

"Grandpa, can you write?" Zhang Yuanqing asked again.

But the old man didn't pay any attention to him, and kept waving the hoe, making "ah ah" threatening sounds.

Okay, Zhang Yuanqing gave up.

Although he couldn't communicate with the old man, his existence was a clue in itself. The woman in the ancient tomb didn't slaughter the village, so she doesn't seem that dangerous... He ignored the old man's threat, walked around the house, and didn't gain anything. He returned to the outer room and asked: "Grandpa, do you know where Wang Ergou lives?"

The old man was very stubborn and ignored him.

Now Zhang Yuanqing was in trouble. He racked his brains, thought about it, and an idea came to his mind. He picked up a bench and cursed: "What the hell are you? I'm asking you where Wang Ergou lives, just say it. If you keep messing with me, do you believe I'll chop your head off and make you fart?"

The old man heard this and pointed the hoe to the west. "Okay, goodbye, Grandpa!" Zhang Yuanqing threw the bench away and exited the house.

When he came to the courtyard, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way to obtain instance information.

Cat King Speaker.

If the instance he entered was one that Demon Lord had cleared before, then according to Demon Lord's style, he would definitely record it with the Cat King Speaker.

No, even if there was no record, as long as the Cat King Speaker had entered this place, it would definitely know some information.

The Cat King Speaker sealed the soul of the Cat King, a prop with self-will that could be communicated with.

It would actively record some things.

Just like at Jinshui Amusement Park, this guy once revealed information about the Third Dao Mountain Maiden. No one was recording at that time.

.......

ps: I spent a long time writing the instance outline today.