Chapter 363

Li Zhuiyuan walked to the stone tablet, reached out to touch the edge of the stone tablet, and the Liu Family Qi-Gazing Technique flowed slowly at his fingertips.

Among the past Dragon Kings, Liu Qingcheng should belong to the relatively unconventional type.

She was not restricted by the gate, nor did she care about the eyes of the Jianghu or historical reputation; even, she might not care about the pair of eyes above her head.

Moreover, it could be seen from the big fish under Huangshan that Liu Qingcheng was somewhat careless.

Fortunately, she only did things that shouldn't be done in the tacit understanding of convention, but she didn't miss a single thing that should be done; she also shouldered the responsibilities of a Long Wang.

"I understand your revenge..."

As soon as the words fell, the youth felt a clear and moist coolness at his fingertips, which made him feel very comfortable.

The sword rhyme remaining on the stone tablet sensed a "Liu family member" and naturally produced closeness.

"But your way of revenge is still too impatient..."

"Hum!"

The youth's fingertips were cut, and fresh blood flowed out.

She was angry.

Li Zhuiyuan smiled.

Although he had successfully cultivated a thin layer of emotion, it was still very difficult to make the youth laugh from the bottom of his heart without performing.

The reason he smiled was because looking at the blood flowing from his fingertips made Li Zhuiyuan seemingly see that Liu family Long Wang who had a big temper and was irritable.

She couldn't listen to a single bad word.

Even the sword rhyme she left behind carried a temper.

When Grandma Liu was young, compared to this one, she could probably be called gentle, virtuous, and sensible.

Li Zhuiyuan had some blood at his fingertips left on the stone tablet; at this moment, it was being rapidly absorbed by the stone tablet.

The next moment, the sword rhyme was triggered, and a sharp intent rushed straight at the youth.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't dodge; this sword rhyme automatically bypassed him, flying past the youth's face and sweeping over the five coffins behind.

"Bang. Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Although the coffins didn't break, explosive sounds came from inside all at once.

Subsequently, this wisp of residual sword rhyme dissipated between heaven and earth.

Lin Shu You swallowed a mouthful of saliva and muttered: "This one's temper is truly big."

Chen Xiyuan nodded.

As the sword rhyme dissipated, it also wanted to destroy the corpses of the five enemies together.

Tan Wenbin frowned slightly and said: "This sound seems a bit wrong."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Open the coffins."

Runsheng stepped forward with the Yellow River Shovel and opened the first coffin first.

As soon as the coffin was opened, he saw a nest of dead rats inside, with the biggest one in the middle wearing a wealthy man's clothes.

The second coffin was opened, and inside was a white dead fox wearing a skirt.

In the third coffin was a big toad, in the fourth was a centipede, and in the fifth lay a weasel.

At the bottom of each coffin was a hole that had just been sealed; as for these holes, they were clearly dug out long ago, premeditated.

After Tan Wenbin checked them one by one, he reported:

"Brother Xiaoyuan, they all carried severe injuries; they should have fought with the old things that killed their way into the Yu family. After being severely injured and unable to defeat them, they drilled into these coffins through tunnels dug long ago to hide.

They are truly smart; they actually made preparations long ago, treating this place as a hiding spot."

Firstly, this place was ordinary enough, ordinary to the point of not attracting attention; secondly, this stone tablet was placed there. Even if righteous people from outside entered here, after seeing the stone tablet with the residual Liu family Long Wang's sword rhyme, they would at least show some politeness and respect, not destroying or clearing it.

These demon beasts, when facing a life-and-death crisis, often stimulated their strong survival wisdom.

Li Zhuiyuan: "See if there are any materials worth taking away."

Tan Wenbin: "Yes."

The big rat's teeth were taken out, the white fox's tail was cut off, the toad had a meat tumor on its back—after taking it out, it looked like a black bead—the centipede had a few legs that were a different color from the others, and the weasel was directly skinned.

After simple processing, packaging, and sticking on sealing talismans, these materials were all packed into everyone's mountaineering bags.

Demon beasts of this level, let alone that none were easy to deal with while alive, even if you wanted to find them after leaving the Yu family ancestral home, it would be very difficult.

Take the materials first; who knows when they might be useful in the future. At the very least, they could enrich the empty "treasure vault" in Nantong and support the scene of Li the Corpse-Fisher.

After packing up properly, everyone walked out from the back door under Li Zhuiyuan's lead.

Next, the distance to the Yu family ancestral hall was getting closer and closer.

On the way, Li Zhuiyuan and the others discovered a total of three areas where battles had occurred.

In the first two areas, all that died were River Walking teams, and the corpse pieces were not in shape.

Tan Wenbin and Runsheng were responsible for vigilance, while Chen Xiyuan and Lin Shu You went to loot the corpses.

Unfortunately, the good things had basically been consumed during the battle, and because the old things deliberately struck very hard, the bodies couldn't be preserved intact, and many things remaining on them were also damaged.

The things of value looted were not many, belonging to the category of being a pity to throw away but useless to bring back, only serving as souvenirs.

In the third battle area, there was big loot; an old thing was leaning against the wall, already dead.

"I'll do it, I'll do it!"

In order to snatch a step ahead of Lin Shu You, Chen Xiyuan even opened her domain.

But after a check, she couldn't help but deflate and said:

"It had already been looted, and the stomach had also been hollowed out."

Chen Xiyuan pointed at the cracked chest of the old man with her flute.

Lin Shu You: "How did this die?"

Chen Xiyuan: "Stabbed to death by a spear; the spear was pulled out, but the person was still continued to be 'nailed' here."

Clearly, it wasn't just them who could kill the old things.

And this place was open and flat, with no buildings. Looking at the residual battle traces, it showed that a very direct battle had erupted here.

Chen Xiyuan: "I remember that day in the museum, there was a guy who used a long spear, but his performance that day wasn't this strong."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Disguise is the instinct of people on the river."

Chen Xiyuan: "He didn't even bother to tear off his disguise to kill me?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "It should be that he felt you were dead for sure at the time, so there was no need to tear off his disguise."

The youth picked up the old man's hand on the wall; there were thick blood stains on the hand, and flesh and blood still remained under the fingernails.

This meant that when that spear-wielder killed the old man, he himself also paid a huge price; his chest had been pierced by the old man's hand.

Li Zhuiyuan asked Tan Wenbin for a wet tissue, wiped the old man's fingers, and discovered a tiny hole on his middle finger.

The youth tilted his body to the side, pointed at the old man's head, and said to Chen Xiyuan:

"Open it and take a look."

Chen Xiyuan held the emerald flute and knocked on the old man's head.

"Snap!"

The old man's head split open, and the mixed sauce inside flowed out.

A tiny sword was revealed here; it had been in the old man's head all along.

Chen Xiyuan: "Is this the old thing that attacked us behind the stone gate in the corridor earlier and wanted to burn us to death?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Hmm."

Ding Luoxiang had once stabbed a tiny sword into the old man's fingertip, and the tiny sword went up the arm.

So, that spear-wielder being able to kill this old man was also taking advantage; in all likelihood, during the battle, this tiny sword continued to be triggered, drilling into the old man's head.

Chen Xiyuan: "So many people who entered the Yu family ancestral home have already died."

Li Zhuiyuan: "This is just the appetizer."

Chen Xiyuan: "Little brother, you are right; indeed, one shouldn't come to watch the excitement the first time."

Li Zhuiyuan: "The one in front is the Yu family ancestral hall; everyone, perk up."

"Understood!"

"Understood!"

Lin Shu You glanced at Chen Xiyuan, who hadn't answered wrong this time, and Chen Xiyuan smiled triumphantly at Lin Shu You.

Chen Jing could no longer eat.

What he was eating now was a big vulture hanging on a black wall.

That was General Huang, whom Grandpa mentioned in the village.

General Huang died in battle here, his wings broken, his neck twisted completely backward.

The chains on Chen Jing's body were playing a role, clanking "clatter-clatter" several times, indicating that Chen Jing was on the verge of going into demonic possession, but each time he relied on his own perseverance to forcibly wake up, and then continued to eat.

He knew how heavy his task was this time, and he was also clear about how much Brother Yi valued his strength. He himself also really wanted to no longer just be a drag, and could contribute to Brother Yi's River Walking.

Zhao Yi was squatting nearby, holding a cigarette in his hand.

He was truly idle this wave; no matter how lively it was inside, he wasn't interested.

Of course, he wasn't without demands either. Every time he encountered a dead powerful demon beast, the blood energy was for Chen Jing to eat, and materials that might be useful on the demon beast were all ordered by Zhao Yi to be cut off by the Liang sisters and brought away.

Even if he couldn't use them here, he could take them to give to the one surnamed Li. The one surnamed Li was scared of being poor and certainly wouldn't dislike them.

Finally, Chen Jing "ate" General Huang.

He fell backward with a thud and lay on the ground.

His eyes were fierce for a while and confused for a while, his hands clenching and loosening from time to time.

Xu Ming looked at Chen Jing with some heartache and said to Zhao Yi: "Boss, A-Jing seems to really not be able to eat anymore."

Zhao Yi didn't speak, just silently flicked the cigarette ash.

Chen Jing raised his hand and said: "No, I can still eat, I can continue to eat."

Once this village was passed, there would be no such shop, and furthermore, if the demon beast died for a long time, the blood energy would dissipate and couldn't be absorbed by him anymore.

Zhao Yi: "Then continue eating."

"Clang!"

General Huang's shriveled body fell from the black wall, and that black wall also cracked and slowly opened. Inside, there was actually a different world.

Zhao Yi dropped the cigarette butt and stepped on it, saying: "You guys look after A-Jing's condition, let him digest it first; I'll go in and take a look."

Liang Li: "Boss, let me go in with you; it might be dangerous inside."

Zhao Yi shook his head: "If it were a dangerous place inside, why would General Huang die at this door instead of luring people in?"

Liang Li was asked to stay in place, and Zhao Yi walked in alone.

The layout and furnishings inside carried a kind of warmth amidst the solemnity.

This made Zhao Yi guess that this should be the "Nursery Hall" Grandpa mentioned; Grandpa worked in a place similar to this back then.

However, the specifications here were very high, and the internal space didn't look very large at a glance, so the Nursery Hall should also be divided into levels. Grandpa, as an ordinary spider demon back then, shouldn't have been qualified to be here.

Inside, it was divided into two sections. In the first section, there were many relatively large baby beds, covered with various silks, stones, feathers... some were even a large water vat.

Most of the beds were empty, and a few contained various demon beast cubs.

Seeing Zhao Yi come, they thought it was the one delivering food, and began to growl and hiss at Zhao Yi, not begging for food, but issuing a threat.

This showed that although they were young, their intelligence was very high.

Ordinary demon beast cubs should be similar to pet cubs in reality, ignorant and confused, instinctively close to the person feeding them, but they could already distinguish that Zhao Yi "was a human," and humans belonged to the absolute lower class here.

Demon beasts should have taught them things long ago, and they could actually learn them.

Zhao Yi bent down and looked under the baby bed; there were quite a few demon beast cubs hidden here.

They were smarter, seemingly knowing that a change had occurred outside and that he wasn't one of their own, nor was he here to deliver food, actually starting to hide very early.

There was a demon beast cub with a white body and big eyes, whose breed was unclear, holding two dolls, curled up in a corner, staring at Zhao Yi cautiously.

The big, watery eyes looked very cute, and the two doll toys in its arms were even cuter, because those were truly two female dolls.

To prevent them from being broken too early, they were even specially sewn and reinforced.

Zhao Yi smiled at it.

It also smiled at Zhao Yi.

It knew how to fawn; this was not easy.

Because Zhao Yi could see the disdain it had for him in its eyes.

A demon beast cub that could act.

Zhao Yi straightened up and continued to walk inside.

Probably to cultivate the next generation of demon beasts' vigilance against humans early, many baby beds had toys made of human skin and human bones, as well as teething sticks made of human bodies.

Zhao Yi's face was expressionless.

But after Zhao Yi arrived at the second section, the expression on his face finally began to twitch.

Here, it appeared much simpler than the first section.

Stone beds were placed there.

Lying on the beds were boys and girls.

They were naked, and soul nails were nailed into their entire bodies, nailed dead.

Above each stone bed, there was a stalactite hanging upside down, constantly dripping a liquid mixed with white and red, falling on them to prolong their lives.

All of them were unable to move.

Unable to turn over, unable to lift their heads, unable to scratch an itch... even, because nails were also nailed into their mouths, they couldn't speak.

This made Zhao Yi think of his own childhood.

When he was young, affected by the Life-Death Gate seam, he suffered from a very severe rickets disease, unable to get out of bed or walk, and even turning over or wanting to sit up required Grandpa Tian's careful support.

At the age when he should have been most lively, he lived like a puddle of mud.

This had always been a shadow in Zhao Yi's heart. Although it was no longer a gap in his state of mind, every time he recalled it, he would still subconsciously frown.

And here, there were children who were countless times more miserable than his childhood, and there were many of them!

Their eyes could move, and generally, no one would come in here, so when Zhao Yi, "this human," came in, the children's gazes all fell on Zhao Yi.

There was curiosity, exploration, joy, happiness...

When suffering and torture became a norm, those who hadn't been driven crazy or to death could long ago adapt to this.

Seeing a "human" who looked very much like them appear, they naturally revealed emotions.

But these gazes, falling on Zhao Yi, brought him a kind of burning pain.

He had never felt he was a good person, and he was even further from kindness. In the Jianghu rumors, he was even more unfilial and rebellious.

But facing this scene, Zhao Yi's breathing still became difficult because of it.

The demon beast cubs outside should have very high and pure bloodlines; corresponding to this, inside here, should be the children of the Yu family core descendants and children with talent selected from ordinary "pigs."

They didn't need to grow up, so they didn't need to be active, just needing to be fixed here all the time to nourish their souls to maturity.

Then, their souls would be extracted and handed over to the demon beast cubs outside to swallow, allowing the demon beast cubs to possess faster growth speeds and hijack their talents.

The Yu Miaomiao met in Lijiang had a legitimate Yu family eldest young lady in her body.

Thinking about it, that eldest young lady was also in such a state while alive, and for many years.