Chapter 224: Palace in the Tomb

The Human-Faced Yin Serpent fell, and Chu Danqing only saw its true appearance after it died.

Its head had a human face, its torso was covered in bone armor, and its head resembled a crown.

When the blood flowing out dripped onto the ground, it corroded pits one after another.

And above the Human-Faced Yin Serpent's corpse, a broken star was also floating.

Chu Danqing took it down, and the two portions of Imperial Purple Qi merged together, with the progress in the suffix changing from 1/3 to 2/3.

Now only the Hundred-Legged Corpse Scorpion remained.

As for the human-faced snakes, they naturally followed in the footsteps of the fleshy-winged centipedes.

"Why does it look like a Gu pot, wanting to raise a Gu King?" Chu Danqing said, stepping on the corpses of the human-faced snakes; the feeling underfoot was not very pleasant.

"Perhaps, but it has been at least a thousand years; no matter how much planning there was, it's just a handful of yellow earth," Guo Ming said.

The people were all dead, and the so-called Kan Dynasty had long been a part of the dust of history.

There was no eternal reign, only a record in the history books.

"True, it's more like self-comfort," Chu Danqing replied, then said: "Then the next one should be the scorpion."

Dragon Serpent refers to the centipede, Yin Serpent is the snake, and Corpse Scorpion is naturally the scorpion.

Chu Danqing still had this bit of knowledge storage.

"Doesn't look like it," Guo Ming's gaze looked toward the depths of the tunnel.

Standing figures stood quietly just like that.

They looked like both slaves and soldiers.

When they saw clearly, they realized these figures were very familiar.

"Passing spectral army," Chu Danqing said immediately; this was a group of dried corpses wearing tattered armor.

Because of time, whether it was weapons or armor, they were actually mostly rotten.

Under completely sealed conditions, normally this wouldn't happen.

After all, "dry for a thousand years, wet for ten thousand years, neither dry nor wet for half a year."

The reason this situation occurred was thanks to the Human-Faced Yin Serpent, the Ghost-Faced Dragon Serpent, and their underlings.

"No, it's too different," Guo Ming immediately refuted; he could sense that these dried corpses were just dried corpses, not those powerful spectral soldiers.

If it were really spectral soldiers blocking the way, then the quest basically wouldn't need to be done; there was simply no success rate.

Just as he finished speaking, the dried corpse moved slightly.

The next moment, the flying sword swept across its head, directly decapitating it.

This action was like poking a hornet's nest, causing all the dried corpses to move.

"The Hundred-Legged Corpse Scorpion is playing tricks, right?" Chu Danqing's gaze looked toward the depths; more and more dried corpses were constantly coming toward them like marionettes.

It was just that they didn't seem to be accustomed to their bodies; before they could walk two steps, they stumbled to the ground and then came over by crawling on all fours.

Moving like a large scorpion.

"They are all puppets; find the main body and kill it directly," Guo Ming scanned the area and then quickly locked onto the position.

However, he didn't go himself, directly forming the Three Talents Sword Array with the Zi Hour Divine Queen Sword, Chou Hour Great Luck Sword, and Yin Hour Gong Cao Sword.

The sword array pierced through all the dried corpses blocking the path forward and finally stabbed directly into a position in the darkness.

The next moment, sword Qi erupted, forming area damage along with the sword intent.

It could only be said that this Hundred-Legged Corpse Scorpion died even more miserably.

The previous Human-Faced Yin Serpent at least left a complete corpse, but this Hundred-Legged Corpse Scorpion would probably find it difficult to even be pieced together.

With the return of the flying swords, all the dried corpses stopped simultaneously, and then because they lost their balance, they all fell to the ground.

Upon landing, they directly smashed into pieces.

Clearly, having lost the support of the Hundred-Legged Corpse Scorpion, they turned back into ordinary dried corpses.

【Quest completed, you have obtained: Paradise Points × 20000, Attribute Points +5】

The three insects were killed, and the corresponding hidden quest was completed.

However, no treasure chest dropped; it was estimated that it was still accumulating.

This was a good thing for Chu Danqing; it was estimated that the mechanism of the hidden quest had begun to change.

Chu Danqing walked to the corpse of the Hundred-Legged Corpse Scorpion, which was so incomplete that it was impossible to tell what kind of creature it originally was, and took down the last portion of Imperial Purple Qi.

Thus, the second ring of the quest was successfully completed.

【Chain Quest Ring 3: Store the Purple Micro Jade Seal at the Dragon-Gouging Platform in the Star-Extinguishing Underground Palace and cleanse it with Imperial Qi for 24 hours】

【Trial Difficulty: S-Rank (Nightmare)】

【Trial Reward: Open the next chain quest】

【Trial Failure: This talent awakening quest is terminated】

"Ah?" Chu Danqing looked at the third ring of the quest and was shocked for a moment.

"How did the Dragon-Gouging Platform come out?"

Chu Danqing always felt that he was peeling back a terrifying corner of this trial world bit by bit.

First the Star-Extinguishing Underground Palace, then the Dragon-Gouging Platform; could it be that this Huang Long River really has a dragon?

Wasn't it said that these mythical creatures were all raised by human corpses after death through Feng Shui techniques?

Mainly, this "Gouging" character was indeed a bit fierce.

A Dragon-Slaying Platform could be understood, but a Dragon-Gouging Platform was direct slow-slicing.

"Perhaps the customs are different," Guo Ming also saw Chu Danqing's third ring chain quest, and his heart was... calm.

In order to gather Fine Tier dragon-type materials for Chu Danqing, the Guo family had dismantled who knows how many dragons.

In order not to damage the quality of the dragon materials, this dismantling was almost like slow-slicing.

It was just that Chu Danqing hadn't realized it and hadn't witnessed it; otherwise, he wouldn't have this mindset.

"Fine, anyway, just keep going down," Chu Danqing calmed his mood and then continued: "It's just that this place below is actually no longer a tomb."

Everyone continued to walk down and arrived before a stone gate.

According to the style and patterns of the stone gate, it could be determined that this was not the original stone gate, but was built later along with Prince Yuanping's tomb.

The reason Chu Danqing could tell was because its style had a very high degree of similarity to Prince Yuanping's tomb.

Unfortunately, because his Feng Shui knowledge was only skin-deep, he couldn't see what meaning it held.

These carvings of dragons and phoenixes were certainly not just for looks; they must have had Feng Shui-related purposes.

"Sometimes wandering sorcerers are not that useful," Chu Danqing complained: "Although I have accumulated several times, the world types are different, so the effects vary."

"Brother Chu can try changing an identity; although continuing to accumulate will lead to qualitative changes, it is ultimately too limited," Guo Ming gave a suggestion.

In the world of the previous rank promotion assessment, Chu Danqing's wandering sorcerer identity was very useful, because past accumulations directly pulled out the secondary identity of a former Green-Clad Guard.

But in this trial world, interpersonal interactions were weak, so the identity appeared to have limited help.

A secondary identity certainly existed, but Chu Danqing had no opportunity to develop it.

"Do you have any suggestions?" Chu Danqing asked.

To be honest, Chu Danqing couldn't really imagine what identity would suit him.

He would have liked high-status identities like royalty or nobility, but Paradise didn't have them.

Most of the occupations given by Paradise were identities like traveling merchants or wandering physicians that had little connection to the locals.

If it were worse, it would just be refugees or escaped slaves.

Basically, there were no locals; they were all identities with an "outsider" nature.

This kind of identity could better fit the logic, allowing apostles as "outsiders" to integrate better.

It was just that secondary or tertiary identities would be derived from the accumulation of identities.

Anyway, the current identity was an outsider.

Other identities had limited help for Chu Danqing.

He didn't know trade as a traveling merchant, and he didn't know medicine as a wandering physician.

It was only the wandering sorcerer, who was almost like a swindler, that he could rely on his own fabrications to round out the lies.

Da Bao and the others could also be integrated more perfectly.

Guo Ming heard this and thought about it; indeed, the wandering sorcerer identity was more suitable for Brother Chu.

"It seems only the wandering sorcerer suits Brother Chu; the identities given by Paradise are truly limited," Guo Ming said helplessly.

The main thing was that the restrictions on the identities given by Paradise were too great.

"They are all basic identities; they should be upgradeable later," Chu Danqing couldn't help but think of the consumable "Obsession of the Heavenly Pool Dragon."

After choosing an identity, it could be upgraded once.

"Let's not talk about this; entering the underground palace is the priority," Chu Danqing turned the topic back to business.

Guo Ming had also been constantly destroying the stone gate with the Three Talents Sword Array, but Yin Qi circulated on the stone gate, making the damage of the Three Talents Sword Array relatively limited.

It needed to consume the Yin Qi before it could be destroyed.

This meant that the Star-Extinguishing Underground Palace behind the gate contained some great secret.

"So sturdy, why does it have a sense of being sealed?" Chu Danqing suddenly said.

Guo Ming heard this and couldn't help but pause: "It might be another bitter battle."

Logically speaking, it seemed to be the case; after all, it was an S-Rank chain quest, and it was normal for some great baleful object to be locked inside.

It was just that hearing this from Guo Ming's mouth felt a bit strange.

You are already Rank 3; what bitter battle could there be in solving a Rank 1 S-Rank difficulty quest?

"Don't look at it as just S-Rank; in reality, it's because my rank is too low, leading to insufficient clearance, so it compressed the difficulty of SS-Rank and SSS-Rank into it."

"For me, I have to fight for my life."

"Not to mention that all the treasure chests in Prince Yuanping's tomb haven't been settled yet; they must all be inside," Chu Danqing said: "For you, it's simple."

After he finished speaking, the Three Talents Sword Array pierced through the Yin Qi, immediately opening a hole in the stone gate for them to pass through.

When it appeared, a sound like a dragon's roar came from the underground palace.

It sounded extremely sharp in Chu Danqing's ears, making him feel uncomfortable.

But this sound stopped abruptly just as it started, sounding as if it had been forcibly muted.

The discomfort that had just risen disappeared instantly.

Chu Danqing's expression turned serious; he picked up the high-intensity flashlight and shone it into the dark underground palace, wanting to see clearly what this underground palace looked like.

The good news was that the underground palace did not use some light-absorbing material like the Nether Ferry, so the situation inside could be seen clearly.

The bad news was that it was seen too clearly; not only Chu Danqing, but even Guo Ming subconsciously held his breath.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 225 =====