I am a full-level celestial master, you let me enter the strange talk of rules?

Zhang Yangqing wasn't too worried about the chairman going off alone to complete the task of finding the "Shadow Leopard Golden Beard".

After this period of adjustment and "tutoring," the chairman has begun to familiarize himself with the environment and rules of this bizarre world. With his strength and gradually improving judgment, handling this level of mission should not be a problem.

Zhang Yangqing knew a pattern: in the world of supernatural tales, especially in high-risk areas like the Undying Mountain, the longer you stay, the more dangers and accidents you will encounter.

We must find the key clues as soon as possible and leave the current area.

Therefore, he did not waste time waiting. Instead, he took the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes and headed directly towards the dock, ready to search for clues about the "life-or-death ship".

The two walked through the thick fog on the road.

Zhang Yangqing asked, "In these past seven months, have you been to any other places besides this area?"

Upon hearing this, the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes showed a hint of lingering fear on her face and began to recount her experiences: "When I first came here, I also thought it was just some special secret realm or dangerous place, but after staying here for a while, I realized that this place is simply a complete, yet incredibly bizarre world."

"First of all, this place is very large, but most of the area is shrouded in a perpetual fog that interferes with perception. The sky is always overcast, making it impossible to distinguish between day and night. My strength is limited, so I dare not venture too deep into those unknown foggy areas."

"The village we are in now, as well as the nearby docks and the forests where patrols roam, may only be the tip of the iceberg in this vast world."

She paused, her tone tinged with bitterness and reverence.

"As you can see, the children in this village are all ridiculously strong. But this seems to be quite common here. I feel that people in this world may be born with a level of power that we in our original world could only achieve after decades of arduous training."

She looked at Zhang Yangqing with a complicated expression: "To be honest, with our strength, we would be considered top-tier in our respective worlds. But here... we'd probably only be considered 'not bad' experts."

I personally witnessed a top-tier expert from another higher plane, whose aura was no weaker than yours, being easily slaughtered by a seemingly ordinary local 'guard' for violating some insignificant rule, without any power to resist..."

The beautiful woman with almond-shaped eyes kept recounting her experiences, and Zhang Yangqing didn't tell her to stop, so she just kept talking.

At this moment, it wasn't out of fear, but perhaps she felt that this guy must know something, and maybe if she flattered him, he would find the Tree of Immortality, and she could also gain some benefits.

As things stand, their interests align—they both want to find the Tree of Immortality—so there is no immediate conflict.

The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes also said that she had teamed up with outsiders during these seven months, but those outsiders had probably all perished.

Zhang Yangqing listened silently, already having formed his own judgment.

He recalled the mountain patrolman, his half-bone, half-mist form, and the unfathomable power of rules that far surpassed his and the chairman's.

When they approached, the patrolling envoy merely wandered around in confusion, showing no wariness or hostility. This in itself demonstrated that, in the patrolling envoy's perception, the two posed no threat. This was sufficient proof that this special world, located at the boundary between the "ordinary world" and the potentially existing "upper realm," possessed an incredibly high power ceiling, containing many entities that they were currently unable to contend with.

Therefore, Zhang Yangqing always maintained a high degree of caution.

The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes continued to share her findings: "I also observed that there seem to be 'regional rules' in this world. Different regions are separated by invisible boundaries, and the maintainers of these rules are likely special beings like the Mountain Patrols. They travel between different regions, maintaining a certain order while also isolating free movement between regions."

“But,” she changed the subject, pointing to the key point, “the Mountain Patrols seem unable, or unwilling, to interfere with the ‘waterways.’ Their power seems to be limited to the land and the fog-shrouded areas.”

This coincides with Zhang Yangqing's analysis.

He nodded: "So, the only official way to safely travel to other areas is probably by water, by taking the so-called 'life-or-death ship'."

“That’s right.” The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes affirmed. “I also figured this out a long time ago. I’m not idle these past seven months. I did get some information about the ‘life-or-death ship’ from some laborers, and I even know roughly when and where the ship might appear.”

A hint of lingering fear and relief appeared on her face: "However, every time I got to the last minute, when I got closer to the ship or received more specific information, I always had a strong sense of unease, feeling that something was wrong, so I always backed down and didn't actually board."

She looked at Zhang Yangqing, her voice lowering: "And the bodies of those temporary teammates who teamed up with me and ultimately chose to board the ship will float near the dock. Perhaps you two could have seen those drowned bodies in the corner of the dock when you first arrived."

Her words connected the scattered clues: the trapped outsiders, the dangerous ship of life and death, the drowned bodies found at the dock, and the area restrictions that could only be left by water.

These were all mysteries when Zhang Yangqing and the chairman arrived.

Actually, the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes unintentionally revealed some key information in her narration, which she herself may not have realized, but Zhang Yangqing keenly noticed it.

Zhang Yangqing clearly remembered that the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes mentioned that all her teammates who had joined her team died after boarding the ship, while she only managed to escape death because she "felt something was wrong".

This might sound like a stroke of luck or a keen intuition, but from another perspective, isn't it also an extremely clever and ruthless survival strategy?
She knew about the existence and general rules of the life-or-death ships, but she couldn't determine which one was a relatively safe "life ship," so she used the lives of her temporary teammates to test the waters!
By observing which ships they boarded and which met with misfortune, they could infer which ships were dangerous "dead ships".

It's always better to use other people's lives to pave the way than to take unknown risks yourself.

Zhang Yangqing's terrifying judgment allowed him to instantly analyze the seemingly innocent narrative and uncover the chilling truth that might be hidden behind it.

And this is just the part that the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes let slip.

The trap Zhang Yangqing set for her had actually been in place for some time.

Zhang Yangqing casually mentioned, "By the way, when my friend and I first arrived, the fog near the dock suddenly cleared up a bit for some reason, allowing us to see the path. Speaking of which, how did you manage to get through that area of ​​fog belonging to the mountain patrol officers and find this village?" (End of Chapter)