About an hour later, Dian Chunqiu and Hong Fang Zhenren floated out of the Underground Palace.

"Sages, is everything all right down there now?" Li Qing asked with some anxiety.

This matter had been going on for over a month, and Li Qing felt his nerves were on the verge of collapse.

"For now, there seems to be no issue," Dian Chunqiu said, gently brushing some dust from his wrists. "Who would have thought that in such a small place, we would encounter two very rare Underground Palaces."

"This location is a feng shui treasure, so it’s not surprising that there’s a large tomb," Hong Fang Zhenren also sighed with some amazement. "But a general’s grave overlapping with a Prince’s Tomb is indeed rare."

"This is clearly the work of Li Yuanxian!" Dian Chunqiu exclaimed. "He wanted to use someone else’s tomb to nourish dark spirits, but he underestimated the general from an even older era. Perhaps he was unprepared and didn’t notice the contingency plan the other had left behind."

"As a result, instead of cultivating the dark spirits, he ended up creating a centuries-old general in a mummy form."

Hong Fang Zhenren nodded and said, "Fortunately, Xuan Chen Zhenren discovered the red-haired zombie just before it could fully transform. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unthinkable. If the red-haired zombie had been unleashed, within a hundred miles around this area might have become barren land."

Li Qing’s heart shivered violently.

Damn, is it that terrifying?

This was indeed fortunate!

What a great master!

"Now that things are settled here, we can inform the relevant departments to start the archaeological excavation," Dian Chunqiu said.

"Yes!"

"I heard from my master that there seems to be something else down there. Did you sages encounter it?" Li Qing asked.

This wasn’t a matter he could afford to take lightly.

To a cultivator, it might be a trivial affair, but for ordinary people, it was an absolute disaster.

His loved ones were all around Tongcheng, Li Qing had to ask in detail.

Dian Chunqiu smiled faintly and said, "We did encounter three white-haired zombies, and countless fierce ghosts... probably a whole nest of them."

Holy cow!

Li Qing felt like his scalp was about to explode.

The two most terrifying ones were dead, but there were still so many things below.

Compared to the many things already discovered, the death of a single storekeeper in the school’s logistics office seemed light.

"You may not know, but this place is densely packed with formations and has become an extremely yin site that gathers wind and hides evil," Hong Fang Zhenren sighed softly. "The emergence of so many ominous entities is actually not strange. It’s the result of more than a thousand years and several generations of experts deliberately using the terrain to create this pattern."

"These emperors and generals, even in death, still dream of ruling and establishing a domain. Moreover, their arrangements were not in vain. If left unchecked, this place would inevitably become a ghost country in time."

Listening, all Li Qing felt was shock.

All of this was man-made.

It was a byproduct of power.

He suddenly remembered something Qi Mengru had mentioned before and asked, "Sage, there should be some modern people’s arrangements here too, right?"

"Qi Family hired a Taoist named Shi Shan, who spent quite a long time at Zi Yun Mountain and here doing what with formations?"

"It appears to be an attempt to break the Underground Palace’s restrictions. Indeed, there are some traces of modern people’s man-made arrangements here, but it’s not a big deal." Dian Chunqiu said, glancing at Li Qing. "I will be leaving Tongcheng in a few days, and I’ll entrust you and Hong Fang with the matters of this city."

"If there’s anything unclear, consult Hong Fang Daoyou, and you can directly ask me as well!"

Li Qing nodded, "Rest assured, sage, I will."

Hong Fang Zhenren said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist, please don’t be polite; let’s discuss with one another."

"Zhenren is too modest," Li Qing said with a laugh.

A group of people then left the campus of No. 3 Middle School as quietly as they had come.

They came and went like the wind, leaving no trace behind.

Zi Ling, who had run away crying, was dragged back by Shisan and kept her distance from Li Qing with a resentful look in her eyes.

Li Qing didn’t go out of his way to explain anything.

When it came to this matter, he was not going to change his stance one bit.

He could accept whatever happened to himself.

But he would absolutely not allow it to affect the women around him.

That was his absolute bottom line.

By the time Li Qing returned to the village, it was already the latter half of the night.

He didn’t disturb Wu Xingxing, quietly climbed over the wall to get home, and entered his own bedroom.

He slept straight through until noon before Li Qing got out of bed.

No one bothered him today.

Neither Han Mei nor Wu Xingxing came to wake him up.

Probably, both of them thought Li Qing hadn’t come back yet.

After getting up and freshening up, Li Qing simply boiled two eggs for himself. After eating, he went to Tian Yue’e’s house.

Having not been to Tian Yue’e’s house for some days, Li Qing didn’t even know how the construction was progressing. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

When he got there, he saw Tian Yue’e, dressed in worn jeans, wearing an apron, and armed with a sun hat, carrying a hose and watering bricks outside.

"What are you doing here?" Li Qing stepped forward, taking the hose from Tian Yue’e and asked.

"I’m building a wall around the perimeter, then adding a second gate for more security," Tian Yue’e said with a smile, "What brings you up here today?"

"Afraid some people might get angry, so I hurried over to show my face," Li Qing replied with a smile.

Tian Yue’e laughed sweetly and suggestively, "Hurry up with what? You weren’t thinking of doing something naughty early this morning, were you?"

"Can’t you think of me as anything other than completely thorough? I’m not a walking Teddy, how could I just want to take advantage of you every time I see you," Li Qing said, feeling helpless. The women around him clearly had some misconceptions about him.

"Actually, I’d be quite happy if you wanted to take advantage of me every time you saw me," Tian Yue’e tilted her head slightly, leaning in close to Li Qing’s ear and whispered with a giggle, "That means I’m attractive, and enough to make you think of me that way day in and day out."

"You indeed have that kind of appeal," Li Qing said as he looked Tian Yue’e over, "I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but I always feel like your hips are getting rounder by the day. Really fantastic!"

Although Tian Yue’e was wearing old clothes for convenience at work, they couldn’t hide her impressive figure.

That amply curvaceous S-shape was definitely the epitome of slightly plump beauty.

"Don’t look at me so blatantly; there are workers inside busy at work!" Tian Yue’e rebuked softly, "But, you are right though. After taking that elixir, I felt my body became more toned and elastic."

"I had diarrhea for several days in a row, and then I was amazed to find that my body felt lighter and seems to be filled with strength. The most unbelievable thing is, now every part of my body is tender and soft, tender to the point where I suspect I’ve returned to my eighteen-year-old self."

"Where exactly is it tender? Give me an example!" Li Qing said with a mischievous smile.

"Someday you’ll see for yourself," Tian Yue’e said with a suggestive laugh.