Chapter 88: Even Deceiving Yourself! Yellow Sand City Needs Your Help!

Lu Zheng's display made Yan Shu realize it immediately.

This kid didn't seem to show any signs of poisoning.

"You're actually not afraid of the poison mist? Could it be that you've already taken an antidote and gained short-term antibodies?!"

Yan Shu asked in confusion.

Lu Zheng waved his hand and said, "No, I have a skill that happens to grant immunity to this kind of attack. Besides, I created this poison mist myself. How could I poison myself to death?"

"You created it!? This poison mist probably covers two-fifths of the Spider God Island dungeon now. Such a terrifying range — could it be the work of a divine pet?"

Yan Shu was very shocked upon hearing Lu Zheng's words, but half a second later, he connected it to a divine pet.

If this scene had been created by a divine pet, then it was fairly reasonable.

Lu Zheng nodded and didn't explain further, but instead made a request.

"For the next period of time — maybe ten days or half a month, maybe two or three months — I'll be arranging divine pets here to kill monsters and level up. This poison mist will persist at its current range for a long time. Please help me pass the word to the city lord to temporarily restrict professionals from approaching."

Yan Shu didn't find anything inappropriate about Lu Zheng making a request.

Nowadays, within the Yanxia Sequence system, Xuanyuan Wuji was Sequence Zero-One, and Lu Zheng was Sequence Zero-Two. His permissions, after the Evil God was destroyed, had been directly elevated to a level second only to Xuanyuan Wuji's.

So, let alone Lu Zheng requesting that professionals not approach the poison mist, even if he demanded that all professionals in Tiannan City leave this place and yield the entire Tiannan region, everyone would still have to comply!

Yan Shu said happily:

"Now that I know you created the poison mist, I'm relieved. As long as there's no problem with the Demon Spider Divine Temple. By the way, you must not provoke that Grand Priestess of the Spider God lightly."

Lu Zheng nodded and said, "Rest assured, senior, I know what I'm doing. Now is not yet the time to kill her."

Yan Shu was taken aback by these words. The meaning was — you were already planning to kill the Grand Priestess of the Spider God? "Although you slew a demigod, demigods have different abilities and different combat power. No matter what, you must be certain before making a move. Right now, you are the hope of us old fogeys!"

Yan Shu reminded him once again.

After learning about the pressure Xuanyuan Wuji was currently bearing, Lu Zheng gained some awareness of the expectations placed upon him, and immediately replied, "I won't let everyone down!"

Even though he wasn't someone who liked to bear pressure, and he very much enjoyed a life of leisure.

But when everyone was counting on you, considering you, giving you all resources — anyone with even a shred of conscience could not remain indifferent!

However, he could only say he would do his best.

All to keep his mind at peace!

Yan Shu left the poison mist. Seeing him appear, Helian Dongfang immediately stepped forward to ask.

"Why did you come out so fast? Is there an unbeatable monster inside!?"

"No, it's nothing. This poison mist was created by Lu Zheng's divine pet. He'll be leveling up here for a while, so he needs us to coordinate and keep other professionals from approaching the poison mist."

Yan Shu quickly explained.

Helian Dongfang widened her eyes and said, "This kid vanished for a few days, and the moment he shows up, he causes this big a commotion! Truly worthy of being my grandson-in-law!"

Yan Shu was speechless. These past few days, Helian Dongfang had been spreading no small amount of talk about Ji Zirou and Lu Zheng having an intimate relationship, truly treating Lu Zheng as her grandson-in-law.

The highest level of deception was deceiving even yourself!

After Yan Shu left, Lu Zheng felt reassured about the matter. He was very confident in his current influence — once he put the word out, as long as he didn't relent on his end, no professional would barge in.

He had just discovered something new. Xiangliu could release poison mist, and its 【Myriad Poison Demon Body】 could convert toxins into experience points. Didn't this mean that Xiangliu could indirectly convert its mana into experience points for itself?

Good heavens! So the fastest-leveling divine beast was it all along, and he had overlooked it before.

Watching the experience points soaring above its head, Lu Zheng didn't idle either.

In fact, every time he entered a dungeon, he would summon low-level beasts to send them to their deaths, then continuously refresh his summoning slots.

But it seemed he had reached another phase of accumulating luck again. For such a long time, not a single summonable beast above Immortal Grade had appeared.

He didn't give up and kept refreshing continuously.

With the experience of directly obtaining four major Immortal Grade spirit pets and two divine pets in a single day last time, Lu Zheng believed that as long as he persisted, he would definitely accumulate enough luck for when another divine pet appeared.

But there was one more thing he needed to think through.

Previously, when he decided to level up at Spider God Island, he intended for all his summonable beasts to level up here, just like before at the Abyss Demon Lair.

But now, all monsters above high-grade quality had basically been wiped out by Xiangliu's wave of poison mist. Any that respawned afterward would meet the same fate — dissolved into pus by the poison mist, becoming part of the experience points.

Therefore, Lu Zheng still needed to find a new treasure land where his other summonable beasts could also level up quickly.

These past few days, the vast majority of his summonable beasts hadn't leveled up much; he had been occupied with arranging matters regarding the divine pets.

He couldn't waste time like this anymore.

Lu Zheng quickly took out his tablet and screened through several dungeons he had already identified, finally settling on one place.

Holy-tier dungeon, Endless Desert! The Endless Desert was a very special dungeon, because it was not a single dungeon, but a series of dungeons.

The entire Endless Desert dungeon consisted of four parts: 'Fire Stone Desert,' 'Storm Desert,' 'Extreme Cold Desert,' and 'Blood Crystal Desert.' Each part had an enormous area and contained Holy-tier monsters, making them extremely dangerous.

Lu Zheng had many summonable beasts, so he needed a dungeon with lots of monsters like this.

He finally confirmed Xiangliu's leveling speed, which could roughly be maintained at about three levels per day.

Lu Zheng left the Spider God Island dungeon and set out on a long journey once more.

The Endless Desert dungeon was located in the northwest desert. This time it was very far away. He first teleported to the imperial capital via a teleportation array, then used the imperial capital's teleportation array to reach a major city at the very edge of the northwest.

Unexpectedly, the moment he arrived, he heard the sound of a level-two alert echoing through the air.

This was Yellow Sand City, the strongest major city in Yellow Sand Commandery — the commandery seat!

For a commandery seat to issue a level-two citywide alert, it meant that the monster tide outside had reached at least the five-million level, and contained more than three Holy-tier monsters.

Lu Zheng instantly teleported onto the city wall and looked out. Yellow sand filled the sky, mixed with black and red sandstorms.

Looking through his passive skill 'True Eye,' the monsters outside numbered no less than twenty million and were still increasing. Behind them, four Holy-tier monsters were rapidly approaching.

Such a massive monster tide! This was Lu Zheng's first time witnessing a monster disaster of this scale. The monster tide he had faced at Fengdu City, compared to this one, was like a child facing an adult.

At this moment, his phone vibrated. When he opened it, an anxious voice came through.

"I am Huang Xiaotian, the city lord of Yellow Sand City. Lu Zheng, have you come to Yellow Sand City? I need your help — no, Yellow Sand City needs your help!?"

(End of this chapter)