Chapter 351: The Canglan Ring with Poor Attributes

Ye Lin was silent.

I said whale pooping is painful, and you ask me what to do if other creatures take the opportunity to drill in?

Is this how you chat?

"Do you know how many such human skins there are in this Millennium City?" Ye Lin decided to get some useful news from this woman's mouth.

"I don't know... I only know... if those human skins know you are

Xia Qinglan shook her head and continued.

"In the Millennium City, there is a population of about 300,000. It is said that the true humans... only have less than one-tenth left."

Ye Lin's scalp went numb.

A population of 300,000, and only one-tenth are human? Doesn't that mean there are, damn it, 270,000 skin corpses?

What's the point of playing this game? Ye Lin didn't even dare to imagine how terrifying the resentment of 270,000 skin corpses would be; even the Evil Sword Immortal would burst from overeating if he came here.

"Farewell!"

Ye Lin stood up, intending to leave. Why look for the Skin Corpse King? With his current strength, he couldn't find it at all. He'd better wait until he reached level 80 or above. At this moment, Xia Qinglan hurriedly opened her arms to block his path.

"Wait a moment! After the human predecessors died in battle, they were skinned by the Demon Clan and filled with resentment, and then their consciousness was eroded by demonic energy, which is why they turned into those man-eating, eerie human skins."

"If you can find the Human Emperor Flag, you will definitely be able to awaken the residual consciousness of those human predecessors!"

Ye Lin was stunned for a moment, then asked in return.

"The Human Emperor Flag? The kind that puffs out black smoke?"

"Ah? The Human Emperor Flag was the battle flag used by the human predecessors when they marched on the Demon Realm back then. How could it puff out black smoke?" This time it was Xia Qinglan's turn to be stunned.

"Oh, then never mind." Ye Lin was somewhat disappointed. "You mean, finding that Human Emperor Flag can make the skin corpses regain the consciousness they had when they were human?"

"Yes!" Xia Qinglan nodded. "The Human Emperor Flag was the battle flag used when the Human Emperor personally led the expedition to the Demon Realm back then. It is a nine-star divine artifact! As long as the Human Emperor Flag can reappear in the world, it will definitely be able to make all the human skins regain their consciousness!"

A look of unbearable pity appeared on Xia Qinglan's face.

"Those human skins are actually also suffering all the time. If they had a choice, where would they be willing to be a skin corpse in this Demon Realm?"

"Where can I find the Human Emperor Flag?" Ye Lin asked.

"Come with me!"

Xia Qinglan took Ye Lin's hand and walked outside. The two walked down the street, brushing past the crowds coming and going.

At the thought that these people who looked no different from ordinary people were very likely just skeletons draped in a layer of skin, Ye Lin couldn't help but get goosebumps all over.

Xia Qinglan brought Ye Lin into a small hut and then quickly closed the door.

After confirming that they weren't being followed, Xia Qinglan squatted down, pried up the floor tiles of the room, and used a shovel to dig a few times.

Soon, the shovel made a crisp clicking sound. Xia Qinglan threw the shovel aside, dug through the dirt with her bare hands, and soon pulled out a black box from underneath.

"Here! By the way, I haven't asked what your name is yet?" Xia Qinglan asked.

"Xie Hong."

Ye Lin, who never changed his name when traveling or sitting, decisively reported someone else's name. He took the box and slowly opened it.

The moment the box opened, it was as if a tunnel through time had been opened, and an ancient, vicissitudinous aura rushed toward his face.

The solemn sound of war drums rang in Ye Lin's ears. A huge battle flag fluttered in the wind, with soaring dragon patterns embroidered on the flag surface, emitting a faint golden light and carrying the glory and tragedy of the human predecessors.

Even knowing that what was before his eyes was just a scene from who knows how many years ago, a strong fighting spirit still surged uncontrollably from the bottom of Ye Lin's heart.

"Hoo!"

Ye Lin let out a long breath. Only then did he see clearly that what was inside the box was not the complete Human Emperor Flag, but only half of the flagpole.

The flagpole was wrapped in delicate patterns and bore countless traces of sword slashes and axe chops, as if recording a tragic history.

"This is one-third of the Human Emperor Flag. As long as we find the remaining half of the flagpole and the flag surface, we will definitely be able to awaken the consciousness the skin corpses had while alive. Once the predecessors' residual thoughts are awakened, the resentment of the human skins will collapse on its own, and they will naturally be easy to deal with!" Xia Qinglan said.

"Have you tried it? You dare to be so sure?" Ye Lin looked at Xia Qinglan with some suspicion.

"I'm sure!" Xia Qinglan's gaze was firm. "I heard from my elders that those human skins only started to mutate after the Human Emperor Flag was destroyed!"

"Is that so..."

Ye Lin held the half-flagpole in his hand and tossed it lightly, pondering the feasibility of this plan.

But Xia Qinglan mistakenly thought that Ye Lin was unwilling to agree. She bit her red lips, ducked into the room, and carried out a heavy iron box.

Under Ye Lin's puzzled gaze, the lock of the iron box was opened by Xia Qinglan, and a heavy sound of metal friction echoed in the quiet hut.

Inside the box were some gold, silver, and jewelry. Xia Qinglan rummaged through it for a while and finally found a ring covered in dust.

Xia Qinglan carefully blew the dust off the surface of the ring, revealing its original warm luster. Then, as if presenting a treasure, she handed it to Ye Lin, her fingertips trembling slightly.

"It's called... the Canglan Ring. You take it."

Ye Lin took the ring and felt a warm force reach his heart along his fingertips.

【Canglan Ring】

【Grade: God-level】

【Attribute: Mental Power increased by 200%】 (Can be refined)

【Skill 1: Endless Canglan】

【Endless Canglan: The wearer of the Canglan Ring can open a portable extra-dimensional space.】

【Skill 2: Burn the Boats】

【Burn the Boats: When the wearer enters a heavily injured state, the mental attributes provided by the Canglan Ring are doubled.】

【Skill 3: Survival in a Dead End】

【Survival in a Dead End: When the wearer enters a near-death state, the mental attributes provided by the Canglan Ring are doubled again.】

After reading the attributes of the Canglan Ring, Ye Lin was dumbfounded on the spot. If he stabbed himself once, he could get a 400% mental power bonus, and if he stabbed a vital point again, he could get an 800% mental power bonus? Was there such a good thing as pie falling from the sky in the world?

Seeing Ye Lin silent, Xia Qinglan's face was full of nervousness, and her eyes were a little red. She carefully opened her mouth to speak.

"My father was eaten by human skins. This ring is the only thing he left me. I know... the attributes provided by the Canglan Ring are very poor; it only works when one is heavily injured or near death, and it doesn't even compare to some legendary equipment with high refinement stars. But this is really the best thing I can take out. Please, help me... I... I can promise you anything."

Ye Lin immediately took off his Great Sumeru Ring and put on the Canglan Ring, and a sense of righteous awe appeared on his face.

"Big Socks, don't worry. As a member of the human race, letting those tormented human predecessors escape the sea of suffering is a duty we are duty-bound to perform!"

"Tell me, how do we find the remaining two-thirds of the Human Emperor Flag? I, Ye... oh no, I, Xie Hong, will definitely be the first to charge into battle!"