Chapter 13 As Expected

As expected, the "communication" resumed after leaving Xu Xiuer's boudoir, and he sensed the Little Brat's existence again.

He calmed his emotions, allowing his consciousness to descend into the Little Brat's body along the connection between master and spirit servant.

Zhang Yuanqing "opened" his eyes, and the scene before him stunned him. The distorted, dim vision, the surging undercurrents, and countless impurities flowing and floating.

In the water?

Why is the Little Brat in the water?

He pondered blankly for a few seconds and decided to take over control and lead the Little Brat's body.

But after trying, he failed.

Because the Little Brat's state was unusual at this time. He was in the state of activating his treasure hunting skill, instinctively controlling his body, and repelling any external influence.

A similar situation had occurred on the night of the siege of Black Impermanence.

Is there a treasure in the water? Zhang Yuanqing's heart stirred, but he did not stop manipulating, influencing the Little Brat bit by bit, trying to interrupt his state.

The Little Brat's intelligence was nascent, and his self-control was weak, unable to restrain his instincts, but as the master, he had this ability.

Last time at Songhai Elementary School, he didn't plan to subdue the spirit servant, mainly because he wanted to see what treasures it discovered.

Now that Guan Ya and the Queen were in danger, he couldn't let the Little Brat "lose control."

A dozen seconds later, Zhang Yuanqing completely gained control and pulled the Little Brat's head out of the water.

The vision changed, and he saw the clear river surface, the stone-built riverbank, and the moss-covered shore.

Then he heard the Queen's desperate voice:

"I, I feel more and more dizzy, my heart is beating faster, and I could die suddenly at any time… Guan Ya, you're losing more and more blood, can you still hold on? Give me the rifle, I'll hold on for a while…"

Guan Ya is injured? Is the situation already so dangerous? Zhang Yuanqing's heart trembled, and he felt anxious.

At this time, he heard the Queen sigh again: "Five minutes have long passed. It seems that Yuan Shi and the others will not come to save us. Maybe they are in danger themselves. I was still hoping he could come and rescue us…"

Zhang Yuanqing moved his limbs, turned around, and looked toward the source of the sound.

Seven or eight meters away, Guan Ya stood on the side of the street, leaning against a white wall, holding a rifle, her face pale.

Her calf was wrapped in a black shirt. She must have been injured in the leg and unable to stand firmly, so she could only rely on the wall to support her body. With each shot, her face became paler.

The Queen with smoky eye makeup and silver earrings stood wearily beside Guan Ya, shielding her. Whenever an infant spirit pounced, she would use herself as a shield and let Guan Ya shoot to repel the infant spirit.

It is worth mentioning that she was only wearing a black sports bra, lifting her deep, white cleavage, plump and alluring. Further down was a suddenly constricted slender waist, her abdomen flat and soft.

This was completely different from Guan Ya's small waist, which had developed visible abs.

The single shirt tied around Guan Ya's calf to stop the bleeding was what she had taken off.

There were a total of six infant spirits surrounding them, probing and attacking like hyenas preying on their quarry.

So many infant spirits, actually infant spirits Zhang Yuanqing quickly changed his mind, returned control to the Little Brat, and gave him the instruction to "fight."

This scene was an excellent opportunity to train the Little Brat's combat abilities.

"Bang!"

Guan Ya pulled the trigger, repelling the infant spirit that had grabbed the Queen's ankle, hitting it so hard that it screamed shrilly and its figure twisted.

The Queen shuddered, her energy draining away again. Finally, she couldn't hold on and collapsed limply, her pretty face pale: "I, I can't hold on anymore…"

And what made her even more desperate was that the infant spirit who had been washing its hair by the river had left the riverbank at some point and was crawling toward them, seemingly to join the siege.

Also, perhaps it was an illusion, but the Queen felt that the dead child's eyes were constantly focused on her chest.

The round and adorable infant spirit was approaching extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it crawled close. Guan Ya faced a formidable enemy, adjusted the muzzle, and aimed at the Little Brat.

Her face was solemn. She observed that this infant spirit's strength and speed were much greater than the surrounding bluish-black infant spirits.

Just then, the round and adorable infant suddenly revealed a fierce look, opened its small mouth and "Awoo!" slammed the bluish-black infant spirit in front of it to the ground.

Guan Ya's finger on the trigger suddenly released, and her beautiful eyes flashed with astonishment.

So the little guy wasn't coming for them?

"They, they're fighting among themselves…" The Queen, who had been in despair, saw this scene and her gray eyes bloomed with a brilliant light of hope.

In a moment of stunned silence, the Little Brat had already firmly pinned the bluish-black infant spirit to the ground. No matter how it struggled, it couldn't break free from the suppression of its own kind.

The Little Brat lowered its head, bit the bluish-black infant spirit's neck, and gently sucked.

A wisp of black smoke turned into a thin line and rushed into his mouth and nose.

The Little Brat's body suddenly swelled, and its aura became stronger.

Having tasted the sweetness, he no longer needed Zhang Yuanqing's guidance. He took the initiative to "Awoo!" and pounced on the remaining five infant spirits.

Faced with a powerful enemy, the bluish-black infant spirits dared to fight to the death, but when faced with a powerful member of their own kind, they seemed to be suppressed and immediately scattered and fled.

The Little Brat chased after them and quickly disappeared from sight.

"What's going on? Why did that little infant spirit save us?"

The Queen was surprised and confused.

Guan Ya looked a bit dazed and a bit suspicious. She shook her head gently and said, "No matter what, we've been saved. We don't need that stinky man to save us."

"That's right, we finally got through the crisis." The bright and generous older sister collapsed to the ground, leaning against the wall, her chest heaving violently as she panted.

Just as she was speaking, the two of them heard hurried footsteps coming from a distance.

Accompanied by Yuan Shi Tianzun's shouts: "Guan Ya! Queen!"

The Queen's beautiful face changed slightly. She braced her exhausted body and said anxiously, "Clothes, clothes!"

Although her makeup and dress style leaned toward mature and older sister, she wasn't so bold as to expose herself in front of men wearing only underwear.

The Queen hurriedly untied her shirt, turned into the alley along the wall, and quickly put it on despite the sticky bloodstains.

By the time she was dressed, her teammates had arrived. Before the Queen could speak, several men looked at her with a haggard expression and said in unison:

"Were you harvested too?"

"Tsk," the Queen spat. "What nonsense."

Then she saw Chi Ou on Fire Virtue Star General's back and said in astonishment, "Who is he?"

"Chi Ou!"

"What's wrong with him? How did he manage to become so thin in half an hour?" The Queen was shocked and quite envious.

As the few people were talking, Zhang Yuanqing squatted at Old Driver's feet, carefully picking out the bullet. "Your injury is very serious. You've lost too much blood and can't fight anymore." Zhang Yuanqing frowned.

Guan Ya lowered her head, looked at the other party's distressed and worried micro-expression, and the corner of her mouth lifted up: "An experienced old driver will always leave a way out for herself."

In Zhang Yuanqing's confused gaze, Guan Ya opened her inventory and took out a syringe.

"You actually have diluted Life Essence?" The Queen said in surprise.

Fu Qingyang is really generous. He gave his cousin strategic-level supplies as if they didn't cost money. No, when I get back to reality, I'm going to work hard to lick him, Zhang Yuanqing clicked his tongue inwardly.

"The last one, kept for life-saving." Guan Ya pierced the needle into her wrist vein, injected a third of it, and then injected a third of it into the Queen.

The Queen glowed, her skin returned to being moist and full, and she asked in a low voice:

"Guan Ya, are you the daughter of some Elder?"

Only Executives are qualified to apply for strategic-level supplies. Second-level scouts do not have the permission to use them. Guan Ya shook her head.

The Queen's expression changed, and she tentatively asked, "Little mistress?"

Guan Ya turned her head and said, "Fire Virtue, move Chi Ou over here."

"I don't need…" Chi Ou responded weakly: "Don't waste the precious Life Essence on me. We Earth Demons can absorb the power of the earth to nourish our bodies. Luckily, I'm just deficient in Yang and essence, not seriously injured. The earth is enough to restore my stamina."

Fire Virtue Star General hurriedly put Chi Ou down and laid him flat on the ground.

"Deficient in Yang and essence…" The Queen finally had time to ask about what had just happened, examining the four men: "What did you all encounter?"

Zhang Yuanqing briefly told Guan Ya and the Queen what had happened, "When we arrived at Xu Widow's boudoir, Chi Ou had already been discarded under the bed as medicine residue. If we had been even a moment later, he would have died from Yang deficiency. So, young people, abstinence is really good. Abstinence gives you no worries."

Zhang Yuanqing wouldn't take credit here, after all, if he said that everyone was lustful except him, he might be attacked by everyone. And he hadn't been able to hold back at the beginning, so he had a stain.

Rather than everyone being injured, it was better to let Chi Ou set off everyone's greatness, uprightness, and righteousness.

Fire Virtue Star General and Li Chunfeng nodded in agreement: "Lust is a bone-scraping knife."

Chi Ou's face was flushed red, and he was ashamed and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Guan Ya's face was slightly pale, but when the topic was brought up, she became energetic and said with a smile:

"Little Fatty is quite lucky in love. Is Xu Xiuer moist? Is she any different from women in reality? Share your experience with us."

Chi Ou begged, "Don't, don't say it…

Don't say it, I have to save face!"

The Queen glanced at the other four people and said with a smile, "Did any of you four have a relationship with Xu Xiuer?"

"No, no!"

The four men said in unison: "Only Chi Ou couldn't hold back."

Chi Ou turned his head away, wanting to die.

"What did you two encounter? Why are you so disheveled?" Li Chunfeng successfully changed the topic.

The Queen then told them about her personal experience of being besieged by Wraith Spirits.

After speaking, she frowned and said suspiciously, "Later, that strange infant spirit chased the other Wraith Spirits away."

Fire Virtue Star General felt puzzled: "Did Xu Widow's infant spirits have infighting? Or, did that special little infant spirit deliberately save you?"

The Queen shook her head slightly, "I'm not sure."

She glared at Zhang Yuanqing and snorted, "You Night Wanderer are useless when we need you. If that little infant spirit hadn't suddenly gone crazy and driven away its companions, Guan Ya and I would have been in grave danger."

Guan Ya glanced at Zhang Yuanqing, remained silent for a moment, and changed the topic:

"That little infant spirit is your spirit servant?"

Huh? The Queen suddenly turned her head, her silver earrings dangling. She stared blankly at Zhang Yuanqing.

Zhang Yuanqing raised his hand and snapped his fingers. A few seconds later, he looked at the alley behind everyone. The Queen turned her head to look, but there was nothing there.

"Whoosh!"

Zhang Yuanqing exhaled a mouthful of Taiyin power toward his companions' eyes.

Their eyeballs immediately felt a cold, stinging pain. Then, everyone saw a round and adorable little infant appearing in the alley, its sparse fetal hair and dark, shiny eyes like a pair of black buttons.

Its little belly was bulging, and it crawled toward Zhang Yuanqing, panting.

How could it be… The Queen was about to take a closer look, but the cold, stinging pain in her eyes dissipated, and the little infant spirit disappeared as well.

It wasn't gone, but she couldn't see it.

So it was Yuan Shi Tianzun's spirit servant. That infant spirit had always been there. In other words, he had arranged his spirit servant beside Guan Ya and me from the beginning, just in case, to save us when necessary. The Queen's slight complaints dissipated at this moment.

Then, she thought of something and her face flushed slightly.

He must have seen it when he controlled the spirit servant, right?

The Queen was a little embarrassed. She realized that… Well, besides being embarrassed, she also felt a bit of subtle confidence. It seemed that she was quite satisfied with her chest. Being seen by Yuan Shi wearing only underwear made her feel this way, which at least showed that she didn't dislike Yuan Shi, and even had some affection for him. Guan Ya glanced at the Queen without leaving any trace, and instantly analyzed her psychology.

Zhang Yuanqing didn't know about the two women's rich inner dramas and said:

"Queen, I need you to do me a favor."

"What?" She was instinctively wary, almost covering her full and proud chest.

"Go into the water and help me take a look. I suspect there's something at the bottom of the river," Zhang Yuanqing pointed to the river.

The Queen was stunned, breathed a slight sigh of relief, and agreed readily: "Wait a moment."

It was a good opportunity to wash the bloodstains on her clothes.

She came to the bank and jumped into the river, with a "plop," splashing water everywhere.

Zhang Yuanqing came to the bank to wait until the river bottom was churning with turbidity and the Queen jumped out of the water, without a drop of water on her body.

"There's nothing in the river. I even blew away the silt at the bottom of the river to check," she flicked her silver earring.

Nothing there? That's impossible. The Little Brat's treasure-hunting skill can't be wrong, Zhang Yuanqing pondered for a few seconds and soon had a guess.

The Little Brat and the Queen had not met the trigger conditions, so the former had been lying on the shore, looking down to find it. He sensed that there was a treasure in the water, but he couldn't find it.

The latter searched for a long time without any result.

"What's hidden at the bottom of the river? Is it an item related to a hidden mission, or has another side quest been opened? Based on the information displayed in this dungeon, there can't be another side quest.

《The First Evolution》

"If it's a hidden mission, the treasure in the river is very likely to be the prop left behind by Yin Yang Sanren, a prop that the Demon Monarch once regretted missing."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanqing was eager to try and said, "I'll go down myself."

"It'll be the same if you go down. Nothing is nothing," the Queen pursed her lips.

Plop Zhang Yuanqing jumped into the turbid river water, moved his limbs, and swam toward the bottom of the river. At the same time, he summoned the Little Brat, hoping to use the treasure-hunting skill.

The Little Brat manifested at the bottom of the river, sometimes going left, sometimes going right, spinning around like a headless fly.

Zhang Yuanqing came up for air twice before finally giving up helplessly.

There really was nothing at the bottom of the river.

Impossible. Assuming it's related to a hidden mission, then I've already collected the jade pendant, so I should be able to trigger the plot. It seems that the idea is wrong. The jade pendant isn't the key?

He quickly turned his mind and took off his clothes to wring out the water.

Amidst the pattering of small water droplets, he had a flash of inspiration and understood where the problem was.

"There's still one link in the hidden mission that hasn't been completed. I haven't fully deciphered the plot of the Yin Yang Town dungeon. From the mission itself, it hasn't reached perfection yet."

Then the next goal is to complete the last link, decipher the dungeon plot, and then come back and take a look

He returned to the place where the others were resting and said, "Everyone, we should think about what the next level is."

The Queen stroked her silver earrings and said:

"There are only six people in the town. We've already solved three. Logically, we should have finished the plot."

Guan Ya shook her head:

"You're wrong. There are six people in the town, but Granny Wang and the cat corpse count as one plot. That means there are only five plots in Yin Yang Town.

"We've already cleared the Cursed Cat and Widow Xu Xiuer. If the Evil Faction isn't slow, they've also cleared two. Then the last plot will probably need to be contested by both sides."

Zhang Yuanqing said in a deep voice: "The last character is the mage, the mage that Zhao Yuanwai hired."

Zhao Manor.

A thick fog enveloped the entire courtyard. The thin, gauze-like fog slowly floated.

Suddenly, the gray fog shook, like a flood that had been unleashed, flowing in a certain direction.

The fog became thinner and thinner, and the clarity became higher and higher.

Li Xianzong's figure gradually appeared. He had a butterfly knife in his mouth, a hideous head in his left hand, and a carved wooden box in his right palm.

The lid of the wooden box was opened, and the thick fog, like a flock of fish returning to their nests, quickly flowed into the box.

In a moment, the thick fog completely dissipated. Five companions were lying in the inner hall, four unconscious, and one with his heart dug out.

In the battle just now, they had lost another companion.

If Li Xianzong hadn't reacted quickly and used this prop early to trap his companions and Zhao Yuanwai in the fog, and then defeated them one by one, the team would definitely have suffered heavy losses.

The five people still alive were Li Xianzong, the young man with the missing left ear, the gaunt middle-aged man, the man in the suit, and the taciturn crew-cut man.

Their corresponding professions were Enchanter, Witch Doctor, Witch Doctor, Enchanter, and Illusionist.

"This damn dungeon, the final battle hasn't even started yet, and two people have already died."

Li Xianzong threw Zhao Yuanwai's head toward Jinshan, then walked to his companions and kicked them awake one by one.

"You bunch of trash, you're more likely to spoil things than to accomplish them," Li Xianzong cursed angrily.

The teammates grimaced, but didn't dare to retort.

"Is that monster dead?" the gaunt middle-aged man looked around.

"Do you want me to pick up the head for you and send it to you for soup?" Li Xianzong sarcastically said.

"Hey, I'd definitely invite you to taste it together," the gaunt middle-aged man grinned and said, "What I want to ask is, what's our next level? I hope no one else dies. Otherwise, before we even get to the final battle, we'll have lost more than half our people. How are we going to fight?"

"Do you think the Lawful faction won't have any deaths?" the young man with the missing left ear said indifferently.

Just as Li Xianzong was about to speak, the Spirit Realm notification rang in his ear:

【Ding, you have successfully killed Zhao Yuanwai. Please go to the town center square immediately to kill the evil mage and start the final battle.】

By the river, the Spirit Realm notification rang in the ears of Zhang Yuanqing and others simultaneously:

【Ding, you have successfully overcome the temptation of beauty. Please go to the town center square immediately to kill the evil mage and start the final battle.】

ps: I'll update the typos first and then correct them later.