Chapter 25

The Millelith were divided into two parts, with one part inside Qingce Village exterminating monsters.

The other part came outside Qingce Village to look for food that could be eaten, such as wild boars, Sunsettias, Sweet Flowers, and pigeons.

And those surviving villagers followed behind the Millelith, cleaning up the human corpses left on the terraced fields and clearing the fields.

Ganyu was responsible for the planning of personnel and the distribution of supplies.

As for Jiang Yan?

After he clapped his hands to create large areas of houses, he hid in one of the rooms and didn't come out.

Except for showing his face when Ganyu brought him food, he couldn't be seen at all usually.

Even Ganyu didn't know what he was doing.

Just like that, a week passed in a flash.

Under the bloody cleaning of the Millelith, all the monsters in the entire Qingce Village were cleared away, and the corpses on the terraced fields were also moved and buried by the villagers.

Coupled with the fact that Guili Plains started to build transport lines here, after food and grain seeds were transported over, the villagers also began to resume planting work.

After a week of getting along, this group of villagers was pleasantly surprised to find that this group of people they regarded as demons were not that scary!

Not to mention the Millelith, who were all humans, Ganyu, who had horns on her head and was called a half-immortal beast, was so kind and gentle when getting along with people.

There was no air of an immortal at all.

Besides the stipulated training time and the time for cleaning up monsters, the private lives of the Millelith were even more like ordinary people; they would also follow them to farm, and their laughing and joking appearance was not as cold and ruthless as when they were sweeping away monsters.

Just like that, soldiers and civilians merged very cleverly, without any abrupt feeling.

Just on this calm and peaceful day, a roar broke the peace here.

"Hahahahaha, damn it! Finally finished writing!!"

Ganyu, who was handling matters in the room, trembled slightly and rushed out of the room.

"You're out?"

Ganyu looked happily at Jiang Yan, who was disheveled in front of her.

Jiang Yan laughed, rubbed his fluffy and messy hair, and held a stack of paper in his hand.

"Ai ya ya, isn't this my little Ganyu."

"Let me give you a good hug."

Ganyu pushed him away with a look of disgust.

"Go take a bath! You have a strong strange smell on you."

Jiang Yan smelled his dirty clothes, his expression changed, and he handed the paper in his hand to Ganyu.

"You take a look first, I'll go take a bath first!"

After speaking, he ran away in a flash.

"Really... as rash as always..."

Ganyu smiled helplessly and looked down at the stack of paper Jiang Yan handed her.

"This is..."

After reading a few lines, Ganyu's expression gradually became serious.

She turned and walked back to the room, watching carefully.

"Ah~ comfortable~"

Jiang Yan soaked his whole body in the bathtub, laughing comfortably.

It's really too cool to have this after being tired for a week, isn't it?

"With this, the construction problems of Qingce Village have all been sorted out."

Jiang Yan muttered to himself.

"Then next, it's time to look for treasure chests!"

"Qingce Village Treasure Chest Clearing Plan!"

"Hahahaha"

Jiang Yan looked at the scenery outside the window leisurely while soaking comfortably.

"Speaking of opening treasure chests..."

"I still haven't seen what a luxurious treasure chest looks like..."

"Although my current strength is enough, it doesn't seem to work against the likes of Heavenly Principles..."

Jiang Yan was somewhat distressed.

Although he now possessed Wood Release and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

But at most, he could be 50-50 with top-tier Archons like Morax; facing bug-level ones like Heavenly Principles, he was still far from it.

People are like this, never satisfied.

Jiang Yan once thought about how to survive.

After being able to survive, he thought about how to defeat Archons.

Now that he could defeat Archons, he started thinking about how to overthrow Heavenly Principles.

"Ah!!! My luxurious treasure chest!!! Where are you!!!!"

Jiang Yan couldn't help but shout loudly.

After venting loudly, Jiang Yan lay back into the bathtub with a gurgle.

"Ah~ comfortable~"

Jiang Yan looked at the scenery outside.

What a beautiful scenery!

Look at those hardworking villagers.

How harmonious!

Look at the luxurious treasure chest on the hillside.

How...

Wait!

Luxurious treasure chest?! ===== CHAPTER 65 =====

Jiang Yan stood up abruptly and walked quickly to the window.

On a hillside in the distance, a luxurious treasure chest was sealed in stone.

Jiang Yan only felt his heartbeat start to beat fiercely.

Luxurious treasure chest!

The first official luxurious treasure chest he was about to open in the Teyvat continent!

At this moment, Jiang Yan didn't care whether he was still taking a bath or not.

He quickly wiped his body clean, put on his clothes, and rushed out of the room.

"A-Yan, I think there are still many things that need to be changed..."

Ganyu heard the movement outside the house and walked out.

Before she could say two words, she saw Jiang Yan rush out quickly like a gust of wind.

From afar, a sentence was passed over.

"Wait until I come back to talk about anything~~"

Ganyu was left in a mess in place.

What... happened?

Ganyu was full of confusion.

"Treasure chest!"

"Treasure chest!!"

"Luxurious treasure chest!!!!"

Jiang Yan rushed toward the location of the luxurious treasure chest at high speed.

“My Lord Immortal!”

A passing Millelith soldier wanted to greet him, but only a gust of wind blew past.

Jiang Yan had long since vanished without a trace.

“My Lord Immortal is...”

The soldier scratched his head in confusion.

Jiang Yan was getting closer and closer to the treasure chest; he could already see the golden patterns flickering on the Exquisite Chest!

It was just that this chest was sealed by a pile of strangely shaped stones.

Hmph.

Mere stones.

You dare block me?

Jiang Yan pressed his palms together.

“Wood Style! Wood Dragon Technique!”

Bang!

Clouds of smoke rose as a wood dragon carried Jiang Yan, charging toward the chest.

The wood dragon twisted its body, lowered its head, and slammed fiercely into the stones.

“Crack... crack!”

After the wood dragon’s impact, the expected sound of shattering stone did not occur.

Instead, the wood dragon’s head shattered directly!

Jiang Yan stumbled and rolled onto the ground.

“Hiss!!!”

“Ouch, ouch, ouch!”

Jiang Yan rubbed his backside.

Although this fall couldn’t cause him any real damage, the pain was still there.

Looking at the incredibly smooth sealing stones in front of him, which didn't have a single crack, Jiang Yan’s face showed shock.

Damn it!

What kind of thing is this hard?!

My wood dragon’s head shattered!!

And this thing didn't even get damaged?!

Jiang Yan stood up, walked over, and looked it up and down.

He tried to open the chest without damaging the stones, but the result was the same.

Can’t open it, simply can’t open it.

Could it be...

Is this a puzzle chest?

Jiang Yan muttered as he looked around.

After searching the surroundings, there was nothing that could be used for a puzzle.

“Huh???”

Jiang Yan’s incredulous voice echoed across the entire hillside.

Can’t open it with a puzzle.

The wood dragon’s charge couldn't break it either.

What on earth is this thing.

Since that’s the case!

Then don’t blame me for being ruthless!

Little treasure chest!!!!

Jiang Yan clenched his right fist, and a shimmering white vibration halo emerged around it.

“Hah!”

With an angry shout, a massive force of vibration spread out from around him.

The surrounding ground cracked, but the stones in front of him remained unmoved.

Jiang Yan couldn't believe it.

Stones that even destructive power can't break??

“System! Come out and talk!”

Jiang Yan asked the system in his mind.

“What’s the situation with this chest puzzle??”

[Ding! Finally, a chance for me to appear!]

[Scanning for the host...]

Jiang Yan waited with a nervous expression.

[Scan complete.]

[This stone is a Heart Demon Stone.]

[Warning! This stone is not a product of this world!]

[The system is performing a self-check...]

[System bug detected!]

[Repairing...]

A strange fluctuation spread from Jiang Yan’s body.

[Ding! System bug repaired. From now on, the host will not encounter puzzles from other worlds.]

[However, you still need to solve this one yourself.]

[Heart Demon Stone activation condition: place your hand on the stone and clear your mind of all distracting thoughts.]

After the system finished speaking, it went silent.

Jiang Yan could tell there was a sense of weakness in the system’s words.

“Heart Demon Stone...”

Jiang Yan took a deep look at the smooth stone in front of him.

“Facing my own heart demon...”

To be honest, Jiang Yan was quite curious about this.

What would his own heart demon... be?

But Jiang Yan didn't immediately step forward to activate the Heart Demon Stone as the system said.

He wasn't sure what he would face once he activated his own heart demon.

He was thinking.

But after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't determine what his heart demon would be.

He took a deep breath.

Forget it!

It has to be faced eventually!

Jiang Yan placed his hand on the stone enclosing the Exquisite Chest and closed his eyes.

The Heart Demon Stone emitted a gray, hazy light.

When Jiang Yan opened his eyes again, he appeared above a starry sky.

Where... is this?

Jiang Yan looked around, looking confused.

When he looked down, his pupils suddenly widened.

A blue planet came into view.