Chapter 17

Mo Pan thought for a moment and said, "Alright!"

He first said "You guys continue" to the students, then led Yuan Shi Tianzun out of the spacious weapon refining room, and walked up the stairs towards the second floor.

Zhang Yuanqing slowed down and pondered.

*I need to find helpers. Within the Qin Feng Academy, the number of people I can consider helpers is very small.* Zhang Yuanqing selected four people: Xia Hou Aotian, Zhao Chenghuang, Sun Miaomiao, and Tianxia Guihuo.

Of course, Hongji Ge (Red Rooster Bro), Mudan Xianzi (Peony Fairy), Niulanshan Xiao Xiannv (Little Fairy of Niulanshan), and Yuan Ting are trustworthy. But those four either have ordinary strength or serious personality flaws.

Zhao Chenghuang, Sun Miaomiao, and Tianxia Guihuo are all seeds of the extraordinary stage, and they will also be elites after being promoted to Saint.

The former two are both peak professions and have prominent backgrounds, so they must have life-saving props and can play a good role.

The latter has high intelligence, good adaptability, and is a reliable partner for planning. The team needs a profession that is good at close combat. As for Xia Hou Aotian, he is a level 5 scholar with many props and rich knowledge, and I'm eyeing his Italian cannon.

Most importantly, Zhang Yuanqing believes that although Xia Hou Aotian has serious personality flaws, he is pure in a certain sense, without so much intrigue and roundabout tactics.

*I'll first verify whether the four are reliable through the Demon Mirror, and whether the operation can smoothly leave the dungeon. Then, I'll find an opportunity to sign a confidentiality contract with them,* Zhang Yuanqing thought secretly.

He's not too worried about confidentiality, because none of these four are from the Hundred Flowers Association.

Judging from the internal situation of the Changsheng Palace, there are many props. Everyone will share the treasures together, and once the loot is divided, they will be of one mind and no one will tell. This is also why Zhang Yuanqing excluded Yuan Ting.

Yuan Ting, that big mouth, can't keep a secret forever, so a secret operation must not involve him.

"By the way, Teacher Mo Pan, you don't seem to have mentioned the price of this mirror?" Zhang Yuanqing remembered that before this secret operation started, he had to clear the hidden dangers.

Mo Pan said, "The price of using the mirror is that fate will be interfered with within 12 hours, and some accidents that would not have occurred will appear. The more questions, the more serious the interference."

"So I only allow students to ask once, because the interference from once is probably just falling down the stairs or almost choking while drinking water. Although dangerous, there will be no life-threatening crisis."

"It's just a misfortune buff," Zhang Yuanqing asked, "What if you ask twice?"

Mo Pan replied, "There will be a life-threatening danger, but whether you die or not depends on luck."

*You can only ask once within 12 hours - twice will bring life-threatening danger to ordinary people, but I have a lucky necklace - twice should be fine,* Zhang Yuanqing nodded.

Amidst the steady sound of footsteps, Zhang Yuanqing followed Mo Pan to the entrance of the exhibition room. The latter took out his work card and successfully entered the exhibition room after the facial scan of the entrance puppet knight. As soon as the two entered the exhibition room, Zhang Yuanqing went straight to the Mirror of Destiny, stood in front of the mirror, and turned his head to say:

"Teacher, my question is more private, can you go out for a while?"

Mo Pan frowned.

"Don't worry, there are puppets watching, I won't touch the props," Zhang Yuanqing assured. *Am I that stupid?* he thought to himself.

Mo Pan nodded and turned to leave.

After he walked out of the exhibition room, Zhang Yuanqing took a deep breath, stared at himself in the mirror and said, "I am Yuan Shi Tianzun - Demon Mirror, please answer whether my Changsheng Palace operation with Sun Miaomiao, Zhao Chenghuang, Tianxia Guihuo, and Xia Hou Aotian will be successful."

This question is both asking about the probability of success and indirectly verifying whether they are reliable. If they are unreliable, the operation will inevitably fail.

The mirror surface rippled like water, and five large characters appeared: 富贵险中求 (Fugui xiān zhōng qiú - fortune comes from danger).

*Fortune comes from danger. The Demon Mirror means that the operation is very dangerous, and someone may be injured or even sacrificed, but it will be successful in the end, because if it is not going to be successful, and the success rate is not high, then the answer should be a negative sentence.*

As a Xingguan (Star Official), Zhang Yuanqing can interpret it himself, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He then thought about the second question.

The Demon Mirror can only answer questions related to one's own destiny, limited to the Dominator level, so events and people involving demigods will definitely not be able to be answered.

*Whether the Demon Lord is dead, or whether Zhang Zizhen is dead, such questions cannot be asked, because they do not involve one's own destiny.*

*Will the Demon Lord backlash against him in the future?*

This question can be asked to verify in one shot whether the Demon Lord is alive, and whether Zhang Yuanqing is shouldering the Demon Lord's karma. Zhang Yuanqing thought for a while and gave up.

Because he remembered the private tutoring session on Chicken Heart Island, and the words of the Starry Sky Explorer, that practicing the power of Taiyin can also restrain the art of star observation.

And the function of the Demon Mirror is also a combination of the art of star observation and the art of Bagua. Judging from the Black Moon on the character card, the Demon Lord is likely practicing the power of Taiyin.

*I don't know what my dad practices. Before it's confirmed, the Demon Mirror's answers are not credible and will mislead my judgment. It's better not to ask. The Demon Lord and Dad's information - I'm afraid a single mirror cannot pry into it, otherwise, the Five Elements Alliance would have countless ways to lock onto this Demon Lord successor.*

Zhang Yuanqing quickly used his brain. Soon he thought of a profitable question.

"I am Yuan Shi Tianzun, Demon Mirror, please answer how long I can live," Zhang Yuanqing asked.

The beauty of this question is that no matter how much karma or how many problems he has, as long as he determines his lifespan, he can infer a lot of information from it.

Of course - Zhang Yuanqing was psychologically prepared for the Demon Mirror not being able to answer.

"Ah-"

The mirror surface rippled and fluctuated without stopping, as if a computer's calculations had reached its limit. After a long, long time, the mirror surface stopped fluctuating.

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Three bloody words appeared:

"Three months."

These three words kept dripping blood, flowing down the smooth mirror surface.

*Three months?* Zhang Yuanqing subconsciously took a step back. He seemed frightened, and felt an inexplicable horror in his heart.

*I only have three months to live? With the karma I'm carrying now, neither the character card nor Dad's inheritance are likely to erupt after two months. At that time, I'll only be at level 6 or even 5 at most, so will I die in the dungeon, or will I be killed by the big shots of the evil organization?*

His heart could no longer be calm, and a chill rose within him.

At the same time, he felt that fate was absurd and unruly, just like going to the hospital for a cold and finding out that he had cancer: and it was terminal.

"Let's not think about this for now. I'll discuss it with Fu Qingyang after I leave Qin Feng Academy. There's no point in worrying alone."

Zhang Yuanqing is a person who grew up in adversity. Even if the Demon Mirror told him that his death was tomorrow, he could find Sun Miaomiao without changing his expression and say: *You want to have a child, right? This Heavenly Lord will help you get pregnant before I die.* "Well, Niulanshan Little Fairy and Peony Fairy can also do."

*If all else fails - Teacher Song Man can do.*

He turned and left the exhibition room and met with Teacher Mo Pan outside, and they returned to the weapon refining room together.

As soon as they entered the weapon refining room, they were attracted by a burst of noise. Looking around, the students were running around, and many people were lying on the ground in a mess.

"Who has healing props, take them out quickly, Hongji Ge is about to die, save him quickly! Beast King? Are there only three Beast Kings among the students?"

Zhang Yuanqing grabbed a student and asked, "What's going on?"

The student had a ghostly expression on his face and said in a deep voice:

"I don't know what happened, it's just that everyone suddenly became unlucky. Hongji Ge, that brainless idiot, lit the furnace and blew up everyone's furnaces, and many students were injured."

Mo Pan looked like he had expected this and said:

"You can dismiss class after you deal with the injured students."

*Did the Demon Mirror's fate interference appear?*

*Teacher Mo Pan - looks like a repeat offender, is that how we don't have to have class? My lucky necklace is with the Princess,* Zhang Yuanqing said quickly:

"Teacher Mo Pan, I just asked two questions, I can't stay here. I have to go back to the dormitory." Just then, Zhao Feiwen, who was burly, ran over with bloodshot eyes, roaring:

"I don't want to endure it anymore, Yuan Shi Tianzun, you seriously injured my dad and brother, you have to pay the price!" He took out a small pistol and started shooting at me.

The weapon refining class ended early in chaos. Zhang Yuanqing was inexplicably shot by Zhao Feiwen, "attacked" by Yuan Ting who held a grudge, and scolded by Sun Miaomiao: Scumbag, don't even think about me having a child for you. After tossing for half an hour, the injured students were treated, and the fate interference for this group of people ended.

Among them was Zhao Feiwen. After the shooting failed, he was beaten up by Zhang Yuanqing, his ribs were broken and his left leg was broken, and he paid the price for the Demon Mirror. The students who did not pay the price left in fear.

Noon, cafeteria.

Zhang Yuanqing walked into the cafeteria wearing the lucky necklace and instinctively rubbed his chest, as if he could still feel the burning pain.

After the weapon refining class ended, he returned to the dormitory as soon as possible and asked Yin Yao Princess, who had returned, for the lucky necklace, but the angry princess punched him in the chest with her small fist.

His sternum broke on the spot. After hitting him, Yin Yao Princess earnestly examined herself and apologized sincerely:

"She felt a piercing pain in her chest, and was inexplicably angry, wishing she could tear him apart. But after hitting him, she realized that her emotions were too extreme - and was very sorry."

Zhang Yuanqing thought at the time, *Then you can serve me tonight to apologize.*

He didn't dare to say this joke, fearing that fate would be interfered with again. He got food at the window, carried the plate to the table of the Taiyi sect and said:

"Yuan Ting, get me a bowl of soup."

Yuan Ting glanced at him:

"No time."

"How can I feel at ease telling you the secret with this attitude?"

Zhang Yuanqing sighed.

"Do you want seven parts water and three parts ingredients, or seven parts ingredients and three parts water?" Yuan Ting's attitude changed 180 degrees, his eyebrows and eyes showing diligence. "Fifty-fifty," Zhang Yuanqing said. Yuan Ting ran to the window excitedly, and Zhang Yuanqing immediately said:

"8 PM, you two come to my room, I have something important to discuss - Miaomiao, sneak over at night, don't let anyone discover."

The girls' dormitory and the boys' dormitory are far apart, one in the east and one in the west.

Zhao Chenghuang and Sun Miaomiao looked at each other, both frowned, but didn't ask any further questions and nodded.

Zhang Yuanqing carried his plate and walked away, heading straight to Tianxia Guihuo's table and said with a smile:

"I'm a little bored tonight, so I invited Zhao Chenghuang and Sun Miaomiao to play cards, but we're missing one, do you want to come?"

Tianxia Guihuo frowned at first, then saw Yuan Shi Tianzun's smiling and meaningful expression, and a thought flashed in his mind: "Okay."

Zhang Yuanqing carried his plate and left again, coming to Xia Hou Aotian who was sitting alone in the corner.

"Go away, loneliness is the fate of the protagonist, the strong are accompanied by the stars and loneliness, and the weak will form gangs," Xia Hou Aotian said as if chanting.

"Have you paid back the 80 million?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.

Xia Hou Aotian was furious:

"Yuan Shi Tianzun, are you deliberately trying to anger me by mentioning this matter several times? Okay, you've done it."

"I just want to ask if you're interested in owing another 80 million," Zhang Yuanqing lowered his voice:

"Tonight I have a secret operation, only the strong and the protagonists with extraordinary fate can participate, are you interested?" This kind of rhetoric undoubtedly hit Xia Hou Aotian's interest.

"What secret operation?"

"I can't tell you now, come to my room at 8 PM," Zhang Yuanqing lowered his head to eat and stopped talking.

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8:30 PM.

In room 404, Sun Miaomiao was sitting cross-legged on the bed wearing boat socks; Zhao Chenghuang was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed; Tianxia Guihuo was sitting at the foot of the bed.

Xia Hou Aotian stood by the window, looking around at the people in the room, displeased: "Yuan Shi Tianzun, aren't there too many of your so-called strong and protagonists?"

Tianxia Guihuo said indifferently: "You invited this guy along, I can't help but suspect that we're really going to play cards tonight."

Sun Miaomiao teased the little idiot in her arms and didn't speak.

Zhao Chenghuang said coldly: "Speak, what's the matter?"

"Walls have ears, Xia Hou Aotian, do you still have the earphones you used in the Yanshan dungeon?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.

Xia Hou Aotian said "Um" and took out five pairs of earphones and distributed them to everyone.

Zhang Yuanqing put on the earphones and spoke in his heart: "There is still a hidden mission in the Qin Feng Academy dungeon that hasn't been completed, are you interested?"

Sun Miaomiao suddenly raised her head, Zhao Chenghuang was stunned, and Tianxia Guihuo narrowed his eyes.

Zhang Yuanqing immediately told them the secret of the hidden mission of Qin Feng Academy, which is located at the bottom of the Baijing Sheng Lake, but concealed the inside story related to Takamagahara.

"Elder Fu Qingyang got the key to open the hidden mission and gave it to me, entrusting me to explore Qin Feng Academy. I manipulated Yin corpses to go in at noon. It's full of top-quality props, but my strength is not enough to complete it. I need your help." *Boss, take the blame for me,* he told them everything he saw and heard behind the stone gate.

Hearing this, the four people in the room breathed a little rapidly. Qin Feng Academy is a Dominator-level dungeon - with a very high level, and the hidden mission is from that first emperor who unified Tianfu. How many treasures are there? How high is the quality?

If they can harvest the treasures inside, everyone present will usher in the peak of their lives.

Especially Tianxia Guihuo, who has a purely grassroots background.

Xia Hou Aotian also conveyed excited thoughts, which turned into sound and echoed in everyone's ears:

"As expected, it's an opportunity that only the protagonist can enjoy, very good."

"Although Yuan Shi Tianzun is stubborn and tsundere, he is indeed very suitable to be the boss, I am very satisfied." The silly Tianxia Guihuo's inner voice came.

"You're out of your mind, Yuan Shi is obviously using him as cannon fodder," Sun Miaomiao muttered in her heart.

"Eh, Zhao Chenghuang actually doesn't have any inner thoughts? I thought he was cold on the outside and perverted on the inside, what a pity." This was Zhang Yuanqing's thought.

"This Tianxia Guihuo and Sun Miaomiao will never be able to enter my protagonist group," Xia Hou Aotian relegated them to the cold palace.

Then the earphones fell silent, and everyone silently restrained their thoughts.

After a few seconds, Zhang Yuanqing said:

"Let's make it clear first, if we conquer the dungeon, I have three priority choices, do you agree?"

The four exchanged tacit glances and nodded one after another. Tianxia Guihuo added:

"But this must be established on the premise that there are enough dungeon props, at least everyone has one."

If there are not enough left to distribute after Yuan Shi Tianzun chooses, then it definitely won't work.

After all, everyone is risking their lives.

"No problem," Zhang Yuanqing's first choice is items related to the Bronze Divine Tree, in fact, one priority choice is enough.

With the conditions agreed, Tianxia Guihuo began to analyze the situation, and thoughts came:

"First of all, this matter must be kept secret and must not be spread. Secondly, the danger level of the Dominator-level peak hidden mission will be very high, we have to think carefully." Zhang Yuanqing interrupted in a timely manner: "The danger is indeed very high, but I asked the Demon Mirror this morning, and its answer was that this trip will be successful, but it's very dangerous. This shows that the difficulty of the hidden mission has not reached the Dominator level."

"My personal understanding is that Qin Feng Academy is a dungeon that has been conquered, the biggest danger has been solved by the Hundred Flowers Association, and the difficulty of the hidden mission lies in the key rather than the crisis."

*Yuan Shi Tianzun is also reliable in doing things,* everyone nodded.

Tianxia Guihuo felt a little relieved.

"Secondly, we have to hide from the teachers of the academy and the surveillance of the Jiaoren race to enter the dungeon. After we come out, we can't be discovered. These five minutes are obviously not enough, we must find a way to extend the time. I think we can take some tough measures to control two Jiaoren. After we leave the dungeon, the most we'll have is another big inspection. The teachers of the academy will only think that someone has sneaked into the bottom of the lake again, and will not associate it with the hidden mission being conquered."

"I think so too," Zhang Yuanqing first affirmed, and then said, "Not me, but someone else."

"The fact that Yuan Shi Tianzun was the one who sneaked into the Jiaoren that day" surprised everyone present.

Sun Miaomiao was stunned and said: "Ah? Is that how it is?"

When she heard Yuan Shi Tianzun mention the underground palace at the bottom of the lake, she instinctively thought that he was the one who sneaked in the night before.

Tianxia Guihuo frowned, this is a hidden danger, but it's not a big problem. Next, everyone began to discuss the action plan.

Zhao Chenghuang said:

"You have to find a way yourself."

"Miaomiao and I both have props with night travel functions, and we can also provide them to you two, but..."

"I have it myself," Tianxia Guihuo said.

Xia Hou Aotian raised his chin proudly.

Zhang Yuanqing immediately said:

"How do we solve the nearly a thousand terracotta soldiers? In my experience, even if we can bypass them, the terracotta soldiers will chase us. If we don't eliminate them, they will meet with the terracotta soldiers on the steps and the dangers in the Changsheng Palace. At that time, even the gods will be hard to escape."

Everyone was silent.

Zhang Yuanqing frequently winked at Xia Hou Aotian.

Xia Hou Aotian pretended not to see it.

*Xia Hou Aotian, don't hesitate when it's time for you to make a move, you're the protagonist.*

Xia Hou Aotian's face twisted, "Gi-Give it to me."

"His expression is so painful," Sun Miaomiao's mutter sounded in everyone's ears.

"I can deal with the terracotta soldiers under the steps, but I need your help," Zhao Chenghuang said.

Zhang Yuanqing said flattering words.

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At ten o'clock in the evening, the five people, holding hands with a Yin corpse, lightly moved their limbs and swam in the lake.

Yin Yao Princess replicated the operation during the day, putting the two Jiaoren into a deep sleep, and then drew a sealing talisman on their foreheads.

After dealing with the Jiaoren, Zhang Yuanqing led his teammates to swim towards the stone gate, took out the jade plate - and inserted it into the round hole. Pure light lit up, and the stone door opened with a "creak".

A group of people filed in and quickly dived along the stone steps. It only took ten seconds to reach the end of the steps and see the tunnel.

"Sword Qi will fall every ten seconds, I'll take the lead. You guys follow immediately after the first Sword Qi falls," Zhang Yuanqing summoned the Purple Gold Shield, raised it high, and stepped into the tunnel. The sword light flashed and disappeared in the dark water, heavily hitting the Purple Gold Shield.

"Run."

Zhang Yuanqing's voice sounded in the earphones.

After the voice fell, Sun Miaomiao and Zhao Chenghuang turned into starlight and disappeared, directly arriving at the end of the tunnel.

Tianxia Guihuo and Xia Hou Aotian manipulated the water and entered the tunnel like swimming fish, and Yin Yao Princess followed closely behind.

Ten seconds later, the second Sword Qi fell, and Zhang Yuanqing, who was escorting the two, had already raised the Purple Gold Shield in advance.

With another ding, Tianxia Guihuo and Xia Hou Aotian rushed out of the tunnel before the third Sword Qi came.

A group of five people and Yin Yao Princess, who was pretending to be a brainless Yin corpse, also emerged from the water and came to the cave.

"Oh my God," Sun Miaomiao raised her head and looked up at the bright sky like the Milky Way, her face full of exclamation.

The others stared straight at the palace standing on the white jade platform, and were deeply shocked by the scene in front of them. *If I deduct all the gems here, it should be enough for me to pay off a lot of debt,*

Xia Hou Aotian thought unconsciously. "Don't go over there yet, we'll be attacked by the terracotta soldiers if we go over there."

Zhang Yuanqing turned his head and said, "Protagonist, assemble the cannon first."

Xia Hou Aotian took his eyes back from the terracotta soldiers neatly arranged in a phalanx, and took out the parts in an orderly manner.

There is a thick cannon barrel as long as two meters with a diameter of ten centimeters, a base half a meter high, an energy pack engraved with spells, a sight - and chains, etc. He picked up the hammer and found rivets and other parts and started hammering with "bang bang bang".

Five minutes later, a small black iron cannon was assembled. It has a one-meter-high base, and a two-meter-long cannon muzzle protruding from the side of the ship. The 100mm diameter brings endless security.

The end is a handle to control the will, and the gun body is embedded with an energy pack engraved with spells - connected to the gun body with cables as thick as two fingers.

Half of its base is immersed in water due to the inclined stone steps. The cannon is obliquely aligned and aimed at the sky. "Push it up."

Zhang Yuanqing and Zhao Chenghuang each lifted a corner and dragged the one-ton cannon to the steps without much effort.

"Dong dong."

The moment the cannon base landed on the slate brick, the terracotta soldiers lined up in a phalanx - all turned their heads, their stiff turtle faces and wooden eyes

stared at the enemy invading the dungeon. They raised their spears and silently launched a charge with their bronze swords.

"Boom boom boom" Heavy and dense but disorganized footsteps echoed.

Tianxia Guihuo, Sun Miaomiao, and Zhao Chenghuang, had already known from Zhang Yuanqing's mouth that the terracotta soldiers were powerful, and dense arrows could not resist even the mountain gods. The spears could pierce a level 4 Yin corpse, and they were immediately facing a formidable enemy, ready to fight.

Xia Hou Aotian calmly operated the handle, adjusted the direction, and twisted the muzzle to aim at the charging terracotta soldiers, and stepped on the trigger with one foot. The light of the energy pack quickly lit up, and a powerful energy poured into the pack.

"Boom."

A golden fireball, like a miniature sun, swept out of the barrel and landed in the terracotta soldiers.

"Boom."

The light formed by the explosion devoured the terracotta soldiers, and the shock wave shattered and knocked down the terracotta soldiers with the force of destroying the dry and decaying. A clearing was instantly cleared in the terracotta soldiers.

Xia Hou Aotian stepped on the trigger one after another, letting golden light cannons fall into the army. Watching the terracotta soldiers that were constantly annihilated into ashes, Sun Miaomiao opened her small mouth slightly: "This is too powerful, you actually mastered this level of big killer."

Tianxia Guihuo and Zhao Chenghuang - looked shocked.

Seeing this, Xia Hou Aotian laughed triumphantly.

Zhang Yuanqing on the side said:

"Of course it's powerful, the energy pack of this cannon is Dominator-level, costing 80 million yuan to launch once. Xia Hou Aotian just stepped on it six times, and 48 million yuan were smashed out."

Xia Hou Aotian suddenly couldn't laugh and burst into tears.