Zhang Yuanqing returned to the tomb raiding tunnel, carrying the bamboo basket.

He entered the tomb chamber along the narrow passage, took out the three props from the bamboo basket, placed them neatly in the niche, turned around, and walked a few steps before suddenly freezing. He looked down at the bamboo basket in his hand, a question surfacing in his mind.

1200ksw.

"Why did I even bring this with me?"

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

He put the bamboo basket aside, then jumped in place, easily leaping two meters high, and took down the yellow paper talisman attached to the triple-arched brick wall.

"Hoo..."

The paper talisman ignited spontaneously, bursting into a faint golden flame.

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

"Done! In another four hours, I'll return. I'll head back to the village first."

Zhang Yuanqing put on the red dancing shoes, not forgetting to pick up the bamboo basket. He walked on the steep brick wall as if it were flat ground and crawled into the top of the tomb raiding tunnel.

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

"The Mute Village instance is so difficult, the rewards should be plentiful. I wonder if I can get all three props as a reward. What will the hidden mission reward be..."

"But, if there's a guide, this Grade A instance isn't difficult at all. After entering The Way of the Extraordinary, head straight to the ancient tomb, hide for one night, and then come out the next day to collect the props and bring them back to the ancient tomb. That's a perfect clear." "I just don't know if the hidden mission is the kind that refreshes at any time, or if it's only once. It depends on what rewards are given after the mission is settled." Zhang Yuanqing thought aimlessly.

Like the hidden mission in Yin-Yang Town, the reward item was the Yin-Yang Robe, and the item was unique, so the hidden mission in Yin-Yang Town was only available once.

But Zhang Yuanqing knew that not all hidden missions were like this. Some hidden missions existed to increase the experience points of The Way of the Extraordinary.

The Way of the Extraordinary who had the ability to dig up hidden missions would be rewarded with more experience points, and their leveling speed would be different from that of mediocre people.

Since he was idle anyway, Zhang Yuanqing went through the instance information again:

"Right, the instance mentioned the Three Tao Mountain Goddess this time. The Old Hag and the Princess are of the same lineage. The Old Hag's slumber and the Princess's slumber seem to be somewhat similar."

"The Princess lived for two cycles of sixty years, and her lifespan was coming to an end. Knowing that she could not increase her lifespan in the End of Dharma Era, she imitated her master and slumbered using some secret method to survive?"

"No, her state is different from the Three Tao Mountain Goddess. The Old Hag feels like a living person to me, while the Princess is completely zombified. She refined herself into an undead thing..."

"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 the method of refining myself into a zombie, I would definitely beat other Night Wanderers in the quality of the zombies I refine in the future."

"As far as I know, the last batch of cultivators was in the Ming Dynasty. Cultivation became completely impossible in the Qing Dynasty. But the background of Mute Village is not in the Ming Dynasty. This wandering Taoist is most likely a figure from the Ming Dynasty. If that's the case, he has actually lived for a long time."

Finally, after a long wait of several hours, a dense Yin energy surged from the depths of the village, obscuring the sky like thick smoke, bringing darkness back to daylight.

The Princess was here. She discovered that the talismans in the ancient tomb had been destroyed. Was she about to return to the underground?

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

The vast and terrifying Yin energy surged in like a tide from all directions, covering the pale sky. On the other side of this path, the Yin energy dispersed, revealing the Princess wearing a gorgeous red dress.

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

The two sides were separated by a dozen meters, silently confronting each other.

At this moment, Zhang Yuanqing felt as if he had returned to last night, and a strong sense of fear rose in his heart. His calves were cramping again.

Just as he was considering whether or not to take out his pistol and boxing gloves to embolden himself, the Princess in the distance suddenly nodded slightly to him, and a touch of gentleness flashed in her fierce pupils.

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

"She's gone?"

Zhang Yuanqing only felt lighter, and his calves were working again.

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

A dozen minutes later, the system prompt sounded in his ears:

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the solo The Way of the Extraordinary mission - Mute Village, number: 1018, difficulty level A, rewards are being settled.] [Rewards are being settled... Obtained item/props: Imitation Jade Doll, Imitation Ghost Mirror, Imitation Blood Rouge]

[Reward experience points: 25%]

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

[Obtained item/props: Imitation 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! Leaving The Way of the Extraordinary in five minutes...]

The next second, a black round moon appeared on his forehead, and a surge of vast Taiyin power rushed out from the scorching mark. With an almost unreasonable posture, it washed over his body, merging into each cell and each bone.

His body temperature rose rapidly, and his skin was like a boiled red shrimp. He couldn't help but twitch involuntarily, feeling a change in the level of his life and a reorganization of his gene sequence... When his body temperature dissipated and returned to normal, Zhang Yuanqing quickly opened his attribute panel:

[Name: Yuanshi Tianzun]

[Race: Human]

[Occupation: Night Wanderer]

[Level: 3]

[Skills: Night Wander, Spirit Devour, Taiyin Spirit, Moon Howl, Charm, Spirit Talisman]

[Experience points: 58%]

[Moral value: 2100]

[Reputation value: 40]

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

This instance had given him a full 40% experience points. Without using any props, he was confident that he could beat himself from a minute ago. When he fought Zhao Chenghuang, he still fell behind despite using the Red Dancing Shoes and the Battle Blade.

If he had the current experience points at that time, he definitely wouldn't have been so embarrassed.

"I'm now truly among the top level 3s, well, purely based on my own strength..."

Zhang Yuanqing immediately opened his inventory and checked the props rewarded by the mission.

The item information of the three instance props remained largely unchanged, but the type had changed to consumables, and a note had been added:

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

"The clear reward is the imitation of the three props, each prop can be used once, and the hidden mission got the Princess's gratitude, increasing the number of uses of the imitations to three."

"It seems that the three props are the core crisis of the Mute Village instance, belonging to the foundation of the instance, and it is impossible to reward them to The Way of the Extraordinary. The hidden missions will also refresh..."

"This The Way of the Extraordinary instance belongs to an unchanging instance, or rather, an instance whose difficulty will not decrease, but only increase." The props in the instance will not decrease, the difficulty level will never decrease, and if Zhang Yuanqing dies here, the Red Dancing Shoes will become a major crisis for "Mute Village," at that time, the instance may be upgraded to S-level.

Although he didn't get "genuine goods," which made Zhang Yuanqing a little disappointed, the imitations of the three props could be used a total of nine times. Combined with other props, he could use them for a very long time.

"These three props will definitely shine in the killing instance. And when I advance to Saint, I can get Saint-level props. Well, imitations are imitations, it's enough."

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

The pattern engraved on the box faintly showed a mysterious passage created by the collapse of 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, the thief created this item. Every thirty days, the jade box will generate a Teleportation Jade Amulet. The number of amulets can be stacked.]

[Note: You can crush the jade amulet to teleport to any place you have been to, but be aware that every three times, it will teleport randomly.]

After Zhang Yuanqing finished reading the item information, his 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!!

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

Seeing this item, Zhang Yuanqing suddenly understood.

The Demon Lord must have used the Teleportation Jade Amulet to come back afterward. At that time, he must have already been a Saint.

Thinking like this, Zhang Yuanqing patted the Cat King Speaker in his pocket and muttered:

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

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

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

Zhang Yuanqing knew this a long time ago, but he didn't know how Brother Bing stored the Cat King Speaker in Jinshui Amusement Park.

It was the Teleportation Jade Amulet.

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

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

As the Demon Lord's partner, it was reasonable to have one or two Teleportation Jade Amulets.

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

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

Zhang Yuanqing hasn't heard of The Way of the Extraordinary being able to return to the instance yet. In the future, even if he misses the hidden mission, he can go back and get it.

"Huh? Then why didn't the Demon Lord come back to get the Yin-Yang Robe back then? Um, he was probably already a Saint at that time, or even the peak of the Saint, so he probably didn't like the Yin-Yang Robe..."

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

Kangyang District Public Security Bureau.

Li Dongze came to the office area with a cane and asked:

"Guan Ya, has Yuanshi returned?"

Holding her phone, Guan Ya raised it and said in a deep voice: "It's turned off."

Li Dongze frowned: "It's been 24 hours, it's about time to come back." Guan Ya looked worried.

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

They were completely unable to work normally.

In addition, the rumors in the official forum about Yuanshi Tianzun's imminent sacrifice were intensifying, mainly because everyone was spreading rumors - the Demon Lord and the Taiyi Sect Master said that Mute Village was a must-die instance!

Although the official辟谣 in the forum last night, everyone

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

After winning the擂台 race, Yuanshi's fame reached its peak, it can be described as cooking oil over a blazing fire, so after this matter spread, it attracted great attention.

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