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Nightshade Town is quite large, but the Town Lord Manor of Nightshade Town is not!

At 6:30, Yang Jian arrived promptly for the appointment.

Yang Jian still had to level up that evening, so he declined Morton's invitation to drink.

The other party clearly understood Yang Jian's intentions and didn't press the matter.

Better not to fail at building a relationship and instead create an enemy!

In this era where martial prowess reigns supreme, making an enemy of such a gifted strongman would truly be a huge mistake!

"Town Lord..."

"No, no, no! You're not a resident of Nightshade Town, so why call me Town Lord!"

"If you want to show respect, just call me Brother Mo!"

Mo Suqing... her father! Yang Jian's mind suddenly conjured up an image.

If there hadn't been an Abyss invasion, would I have been qualified to call her father Brother Mo in a few years?

After all, they honestly did business, but I'm different; I'm a cheat!

"Brother, I've only been on the Eastern Continent for a few days, and there are some things I really don't understand, and I don't have anyone familiar to ask. You see..."

Morton Evans was very generous.

"Ask away! There's nothing I won't answer, only things I don't know!"

Yang Jian immediately activated the recording function!

"The moon in our world changed yesterday. Do you know what happened?"

Morton's smile immediately froze on his face!

I told you to ask, but I didn't say to start with such a difficult question!

I just boasted, and now I can't answer the first question?

"This... I can only tell you a legend of this world! No guarantees of truth!"

"A legend is fine!"

Morton took a sip of wine.

"When I was born, this place was called Moon Color Town, and this forest was called Moon Color Forest!"

Hearing this beginning, Yang Jian was completely bewildered.

I'm talking about the city gate tower, and you're talking about the hip bone?

"At that time, all the Ska Kingdom remnants from this entire continent were gathered in Moon Color Town. The gods wanted to transform this continent of ruins into the starting point of a New World..."

"For us?"

"No, before you, another world had already come!"

Yang Jian didn't even need to ask. If they were still alive, the Eastern Continent would be a different place by now.

"I once heard them talk about a similar situation... The moon changed, it was always a full moon! Then the moonlight gradually turned red..."

The moonlight will gradually turn red?

That Blood Moon Evil God is really not a good person!

"What happened next!"

"There was no 'next'. One day, suddenly, apart from some players who stayed behind on the continent, unwilling to return to defend their world, everyone else left and never came back! They couldn't come back!"

"So, where are those people who stayed behind now? It seems that, apart from those born and living in the world of 'salvation', I haven't seen any players from the previous world on this continent!"

"Without reaching the strength of a First Turn, one cannot survive in 'salvation' for long!"

"There's such a saying?"

"Otherwise, why can't you be online 24 hours a day? Because the spirit needs to return to the physical body! I'm not a player, but I once heard a saying: 'salvation' is the reward for the brave, not a refuge for cowards!"

"And a First Turn, I heard, is a process where the inner and outer bodies become one, doubling one's strength!"

Yang Jian: "My physical body outside, compared to here, is like a weakling..."

Morton gave a wry smile: "As for how to improve the strength of the external physical body, I don't know that! After all, I'm only fifty years old and have only experienced one failed salvation!"

"But I've heard that the prerequisite for a First Turn is to raise the inner and outer strengths to be consistent before officially beginning the First Turn trial!"

Coincidentally, I know this... "Is there a level limit?"

Morton gave another wry smile and didn't answer.

"In that case, where do the native-born locals go to achieve inner and outer unity?"

Morton was stunned by the question, then continued to smile wryly!

Alright!

Yang Jian understood and decisively changed the topic.

"In the previous world, from the moon's change to the world's destruction, how long did it take?"

"About half a year? It's been over twenty years, I don't remember clearly, but there are records in Nightshade Town. I'll have the scribe make a copy for you to take!"

"That would be too kind of Brother Mo!"

After discussing serious matters, they couldn't let the conversation fall silent!

Morton told Yang Jian about the changes from Moon Color Town to Nightshade Town!

"When we first moved here, the scenery in this area was beautiful. The gods at that time truly left the best place on the entire continent to us Ska Kingdom remnants!"

"But about thirty-five years ago, one day, a huge tremor suddenly came from East Forest Valley!"

"From then on, every night at midnight, we could hear the mournful howls of giant beasts. It lasted for several years before it stopped. From then on, Moon Color Town was gradually enveloped by darkness, becoming the current Nightshade Town!"

Yang Jian was quite curious.

"Didn't you go to investigate the situation?"

"Why wouldn't we? We sent many people to investigate, but found nothing! Many of those who ventured deep into East Forest Valley never returned. Later, because there was no danger as long as you didn't go in, we stopped sending people to investigate!"

East Forest Valley? Midnight... Yang Jian checked the time and decided to go see tonight!

They couldn't find the reason, but that didn't mean Yang Jian couldn't, after all, he was a cheat player!

When he left the Town Lord Manor, Yang Jian could be said to have gained a lot.

Back at the inn, Yang Jian directly trimmed the video, leaving only the part about the moon's anomaly, and sent it to Bai Youyou.

Yang Jian: Figure out a way to leak the video content to Yan Zhengmei.

The burden of the entire world cannot be shouldered by me alone!

After delivering flowers to the higher-ups last time, the military players who entered the game have been leveling up much faster recently.

That Si Lian Jiang Chang once again entered the level leaderboard.

There were also Wang Zhengfei from the Fifth Company and Teng Xiuyuan from the Seventh Company, who hovered around the 50th rank.

At least you could see some people.

Once Xia Country exerts its strength, other countries will surely not ignore it.

After leaving the Town Lord Manor, Yang Jian headed straight for East Forest Valley.

On the way, his talent's CD finally reset!

First, devour a blue-handled weapon!

Watching the talent panel change.

Yang Jian then devoured a [Bandit Round Shield (Purple)].

Everything was different!

[Talent: Devour (Purple)]

[Description: Devour an equipment of purple rank or below, not higher than your level, inherit all of its attributes. Can be stacked infinitely.]

[Cooling Down: Remaining time: 59:59]

[Upgrade Condition: 1/50 (Only purple equipment counts towards upgrade condition)]

[Current Devoured Attributes: Strength +117, Agility +182, Stamina +95, Attack +2648, Defense +2745, Ranged Attack Power +40, Fire Rate +1, Space Slot +78, Arrow Slot +12, Block +580, Dodge +10]

High-attack weapons and defense-boosting shields rarely had intelligence-increasing attributes.

Furthermore, the equipment devoured to fill slots occasionally prioritized the three attributes of strength, agility, and stamina!

Therefore, as of now, 'Tianmu Zhenjun' still had worrying intelligence!

Although from the intelligence currently obtained, it seemed that the stronger he became, the harder it would be to achieve inner and outer unity.

But how could he give up eating for fear of choking?

His current strength definitely needed to be as strong as possible.

As long as he was strong enough to crush the Abyss, how much energy couldn't he get?

Outskirts of East Forest Valley.

This place looked no different from other parts of Nightshade Town.

Opening his Heavenly Eye, he couldn't see anything unusual at the moment.

Thinking of another important piece of information Morton mentioned, midnight... Checking the time, it was still early, the Blood Moon had just appeared.

He should level up first!

Tonight, the wild monsters around East Forest Valley suffered.

Yang Jian, with Mo Song and Little Sea Turtle, cleared out the monster nests in the vicinity.

He also found a mine cave near the direction of Chi Shan Town.

In the world of 'salvation', if a mine cave was unclaimed territory, most of them were occupied by Kobolds.

But those close to Nightshade Town should theoretically belong to the Night Watch team!

Just like the Iron Mine Territory, that place was a large mine cave that Zhenhai City sent troops to seize after it was established.

After all, no matter in which world, having a mine at home was a symbol of wealth.

However, there were no Nightshade Town guards visible around... Yang Jian, half curious and half greedy, walked over.

The closer he got to the mine cave, the more he felt something was off.

A few days ago, when Yang Jian went to the cemetery for a quest, he seemed to have passed by here!

There was no mine cave like this back then!

Yang Jian curiously activated his Heavenly Eye to check.

[Name: Flowing Secret Realm, Undead Mine Cave]

[Description: A flowing rich mine cave, refreshed once a week, appearing in different maps. The monsters inside vary. Rich in: iron ore, gold ore, silver ore, tin ore, etc.]

[Remark: Can be sealed and taken away using the wondrous item: Secret Realm Stone.]

So, where is my Secret Realm Stone?

Since this mine cave was a flowing secret realm, the monsters and ores inside were all undeveloped virgin territory.

Based on the experience of farming murlocs, such places yield many good materials!

Yang Jian was currently short on materials!

The advancement of his ring and Mo Song's advancement all required various materials.

Now, even the guild's upgrade required various materials!

Ready for battle, Yang Jian entered the mine cave with Little Sea Turtle and Mo Song.

Standing at the entrance, he could smell waves of undead aura coming from inside... The smell was simply outrageous!

Yang Jian wasn't intimidated by the smell.

He felt he had a strong connection with the undead. Since starting the game, he had fought murlocs the most, and undead were second.

Yang Jian wasn't picky; on the contrary, he had quite a knack for fighting in mine cave maps.

Controlling the fast-running Little Boar, he let it charge into the mine cave, causing chaos.

Yang Jian waited at the entrance with Xiao Mo.

Soon, a notification indicated that Little Boar had departed!

Yang Jian immediately revived Little Boar outside the cave, then dismissed it and summoned Little Sea Turtle.

Upon seeing the mine cave, Little Sea Turtle seemed resigned to going in and sacrificing itself... "Don't move, how did you learn to blurt out answers?"

Little Sea Turtle's bewildered and distrustful gaze immediately drifted over.

'Do you really not know what kind of person you are?'

Yang Jian was stunned when he heard this.

This little turtle's compatibility with him was getting higher and higher!

He didn't communicate with Xiao Mo, this demon race, as smoothly as this!

"Your good friend Little Boar has already gone to pull monsters..."

Waiting in silence was the most agonizing.

Very good, he could die one less time tonight.

In less than a minute, the roars of the undead came from inside.

Yang Jian immediately activated Quadruple Arrow.

Then, he drew his bow and arrow and began attacking towards the source of the sound.

Even though he hadn't seen the monsters yet, the sound of arrows piercing flesh kept coming.

Yang Jian was not some rule-abiding gentleman.

He didn't even play fair against people, let alone against monsters?

Yang Jian fought and retreated, waiting until the monsters rushed out to the surface.

Yang Jian cast Misdirection, and Mo Song simultaneously cast Misfortune on Little Sea Turtle.

Little Sea Turtle had already gained experience from being hit.

When the first wave of ghoul attacks landed, before Yang Jian could even speak, it immediately activated its Turtle Shell Shield.

A yellowish-brown light shone from Little Sea Turtle's body.

Attacks rained down on Little Sea Turtle's body. It retracted its head and lay flat, accepting the taunts!

Yang Jian and Mo Song did not disappoint, killing this group of wild monsters before Little Sea Turtle was on the verge of death!

"You should thank me. If I hadn't healed your pet and given you a little boost, you would have died..."

Little Sea Turtle: ...?

Did you hear that? Did a human say that?

If it weren't for you, I'd still be sunbathing on the beach of the East Coast!

Of course, Little Sea Turtle knew it now had a mind-link skill with Yang Jian!

Many sarcastic thoughts were a luxury even to think!

It could only continue to pretend not to care.

He arranged for Mo Song to pick up all the loot on the ground.

Then, he took Mo Song and Little Sea Turtle and began to delve deeper into the mine cave!