“Splash!”
Accompanied by a wave surging dozens of zhang high, Ye Lin's figure flew out of the lake.
During the time he swam up from the bottom of the lake, the 《Soaring Fairy Visualization Chart》 had dumped a lot of unfamiliar memories into his mind.
These memories were all extracted from Su Mo's remnant soul, and through them, he gained a certain understanding of the man.
Born a mortal, with mediocre talent but boundless ambition, ruthless, ungrateful, stealing a great treasure, scheming meticulously, only to ultimately meet a tragic death at Ye Lin's hands.
After reviewing these memories, Ye Lin gained a deeper understanding of the situation on the Heavenly Desolation Continent.
It turned out that in addition to the Eastern Domain, Western Domain, Southern Domain, Northern Domain, and Central State, the Heavenly Desolation Continent also had the Sacred Domain and the Outer Heavens.
These five domains—East, West, South, North, and Central—made up the mortal realm. The Sacred Domain was the spirit realm, while the Outer Heavens were known as the Lesser Immortal Realm.
Although these three realms belonged to the same Heavenly Desolation Continent, they had an extremely strict hierarchy, with grand formations between the boundaries forming world barriers.
Those from the lower realms could never enter the upper realms without an entry permit, unless their strength reached the heavens and they could ignore the formations on the barriers.
Otherwise, if they tried to force their way through, they would be instantly obliterated by the formations.
Furthermore, even if one managed to sneak into the upper realms by chance, they would be wanted and hunted down by all the major factions there.
On the other hand, it was incredibly easy for those from the upper realms to descend to the lower realms without any obstacles. This was why Su Mo had been able to escape and sneak into the lower realm despite being hunted by a group of Tribulation Transmutation mighty figures back then.
“The upper realms are still far off for me. Now that the second Demon Suppressing Division mission is complete, it's time to finish the third one.”
Glancing at the silent night sky, Ye Lin brought out his high-grade flying vessel without hesitation and hurried toward the location of the third mission, Luofeng County.
The reason the second mission was marked as complete was, of course, because he had seen this guy's schemes in Su Mo's memories.
The fall of the seven kings with different surnames in Seven Kings County had all been Su Mo's doing. Now that Su Mo had been slain by him and the truth was brought to light, the mission was naturally complete.
However, it was a bit of a loss that all the items in the storage rings of those seven kings had been used up by Su Mo after their deaths, leaving him with absolutely nothing.
Time flowed like water, and in the blink of an eye, more than two shichen had passed.
During this time, Ye Lin rested with his eyes closed on the flying vessel, flying over mountains, vast lakes, dense forests, and great rivers. Finally, as the morning sun slowly rose, he arrived within the borders of Luofeng County.
Unlike Sanjiang County and Seven Kings County, Luofeng County was situated on a giant island surrounded by the sea. It was shrouded in dense spiritual energy, resembling a paradise on earth.
Legend had it that an ancient phoenix had once briefly stayed here, creating this blessed grotto-heaven.
Such a blessed grotto-heaven should have been fiercely contested by the experts of the Tianyuan Dynasty's imperial family and the Cultivation Academy. However, the opposite was true; the experts of the imperial family and the academy remained tight-lipped about this place and never approached it.
The exact reason was unknown, but one thing everyone knew was that several experts from the Cultivation Academy and the imperial family had disappeared here in the past.
Ye Lin's mission was to investigate what exactly was inside.
Actually, this mission had been posted in the Demon Suppressing Division for many years, remaining an investigation task that no one dared to take. When Ye Lin took on missions, he had casually selected the three most difficult Hell-grade tasks.
This might have seemed a bit too reckless to others, given how difficult and dangerous it was.
But for Ye Lin, while there was certainly danger, it wouldn't be to the point of losing his life.
【Ding! You have entered the special dungeon, 'The Phoenix Young Master's Troubles.'】
Just as Ye Lin put away his flying vessel and stepped into Luofeng County, the game notification for entering a new dungeon rang in his ears.
“I didn't expect this to actually be a dungeon.” Hearing the sudden game notification, Ye Lin's eyes instantly lit up.
For players, a dungeon meant good things to be had.
During his last run in the 'Immortal Hall Trial' dungeon, he hadn't had his fill of killing monsters. If there were monsters to kill in this new dungeon, he would definitely kill to his heart's content. After all, dungeon monsters could respawn.
With this in mind, he immediately brought up the game panel to check the information regarding this new dungeon.
【Dungeon: The Phoenix Young Master's Troubles
Description: Lu Chen, the young master of the Phoenix Clan, has been betrothed to his childhood friend, Lu Yan'er, since they were young. From childhood to adulthood, he would give any good thing he found to his fiancée.
However, his fiancée hooked up behind his back with a silver-tongued trash. When he went to confront her, he was accused of being narrow-minded.
He is very troubled right now. He wants to break off the engagement but lacks the resolve. After all, he has loved her for so many years. Yet, if he doesn't break it off, he feels completely uncomfortable.
Therefore, he set up this dungeon to see how others would choose when faced with such a situation.
Clear Requirement: Help Lu Chen solve his troubles, otherwise you will be strangled by the rules.】
“Oh, so it's about helping a simp solve his troubles?”
After reading the dungeon description, Ye Lin already had a plan in mind on how to clear it.
That was to solve the problem at its root. By taking out the simp, the simp wouldn't have any troubles anymore.
After all, this was a dungeon. The events taking place here had happened who knows how many years ago, and what he would kill were merely illusions or incarnations.
Thinking this, his eyes shone as he directly entered Luofeng County.
This dungeon had three stages in total. Each stage corresponded to a scene, and each scene corresponded to one of Lu Chen's troubles.
...
Just as he stepped into Luofeng County, the scene before him shifted. Clearly, he had entered the first stage.
He found himself in a forest filled with parasol trees. A young man in his twenties wearing black robes was arguing with an exquisitely beautiful woman in blue.
“Lu Yan'er, we have to have a conscience! You hooked up with that trash—do you deserve our engagement? Do you deserve the love I've given you all these years?” the black-robed youth roared in anger.
He was obviously the young master of the Phoenix Clan, Lu Chen.
“He and I just held each other to stay warm because it was cold that night. Why are you overreacting so much? There is nothing going on between us. Do we not even have this little bit of trust between us anymore?”
The woman in blue looked as if she was about to cry, appearing immensely wronged. This person was obviously Lu Chen's fiancée, Lu Yan'er.
“You... you...” Seeing Lu Yan'er's aggrieved look, Lu Chen trembled with rage, but he couldn't bring himself to say the words “how shameless of you.”
“Still muttering nonsense here. Why don't both of you just go down and rest in peace?” Just as the two were at a standstill, an excited voice suddenly rang out from afar.
Immediately after, a sharp sword flew past, and the heads of Lu Chen and Lu Yan'er rolled onto the ground, dying on the spot.
【Ding! You have slain two mighty figure illusions. You have obtained 120,000 years of other-race lifespan, picked up two quasi-immortal-grade talents, and accumulated two charges of the Power of Heaven's Punishment.】
【Ding! Congratulations on clearing the first stage in the shortest time possible. You will receive generous rewards after clearing the dungeon. Preparing to enter the second stage, please get ready.】
Just as he finished off the illusions of Lu Yan'er and Lu Chen, the game notifications rang in Ye Lin's ears.
“My approach to clearing this dungeon is indeed correct,” Ye Lin muttered to himself upon hearing the game notification that he had cleared the first stage.
...
Accompanied by a flash of light, he was teleported to the second stage.
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