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A hidden branch of the River of the Dead.

Jiang Yan lay prone at the narrow entrance, carefully observing the outside world through the drifting water plants.

He just ordered the Sky-Splitting Wind Eagle to swoop down into the River of the Dead to provoke the undead creatures in the river, in order to create chaos and take advantage of the confusion to enter the river.

Meanwhile, to avoid exposing this tributary, Jiang Yan ordered the Sky-Splitting Wind Eagle to keep diving, so as to conceal his entry into the River of the Dead.

In retrospect, his plan was quite successful!

After waiting for a while, Jiang Yan put the Sky-Splitting Wind Eagle back into his pet space, then turned around and swam quickly along the branch.

The river was poisonous, so Jiang Yan swam while taking drugs, and it took him nearly six hours to reach the underground waterway of the Devil's Cave.

Coming up from the narrow passage of the underground sewer, Jiang Yan felt sore all over and had an indescribable sense of fatigue!

He dared not waste any time and immediately took out a "Healing Scroll" and tore it to shreds.

hum...

Emerald light burst forth from the scroll, enveloping Jiang Yan.

The comfortable and warm feeling was like a hot spring, enveloping Jiang Yantuan.

As Jiang Yan carefully sensed the situation, he opened the status bar and saw that the section for "damaged soul" was decreasing at an extremely rapid pace!

-27%

-25%

-21%

……

And the area of ​​physical damage is also decreasing rapidly:

-19%

-16%

-12%

……

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Yan's soul and body were both damaged to zero!

Jiang Yan replaced the [Heart of Madness], his brain was no longer tired and dizzy, his body was full of power, and the gray spots on his hands had all disappeared.

"It's time to go back to the steward!" Jiang Yan smiled and took out a [Return to Town Scroll].

Just then, several figures suddenly appeared at the end of the road ahead.

Leading the group was none other than the Vice President of Stardust, Fairy Gu She!

Behind her were the core players of [Stardust], Water Virtue True Lord and Fire Virtue True Lord.

Two other people, dressed in ordinary equipment, did not exude a strong aura, but they were agile and looked capable... They were explorers skilled in solving mazes, hired by Stardust!

"Jiang Taigong!" The fairy Gu She had sharp eyes and was the first to spot Jiang Yan, immediately drawing her bow and nocking an arrow.

Unfortunately, she was too late. Jiang Yan had already torn open the [Return to Town Scroll] and disappeared in the white light.

"Jiang Taigong is here, which means this is the end of the maze!" Water Virtue True Lord looked at the two explorers and smiled, "Thank you both very much for your help!"

As he spoke, he sent gold emails to the two of them.

"There's nothing more for us here, so we'll be going." The two explorers exchanged a glance and turned to leave.

After they left, the three of them went to the place where Jiang Yan had disappeared.

"There's an underground river here!" said the Water Virtue True Lord. "Could it be that Jiang Ziya came here by this river?"

"Is there a monster in this water, or some kind of dungeon?" Huo De Zhenjun crouched down, then noticed something amiss: "This water is strange, why is it black!"

"Let's go down and take a look," Fairy Gushe said calmly, putting away her bow and arrows.

"I'll go!" Water Virtue True Lord immediately jumped into the water. After about two minutes, he poked his head out and said, "This water is poisonous; it drains about two hundred health points per second. The upstream section is narrow and difficult to pass through, but the downstream section is wider!"

As he spoke, he climbed ashore and continued, "The river is very deep both upstream and downstream, and I don't know where it leads."

"Is there anything strange?" asked Huo De Zhenjun.

Water Virtue True Lord shook his head: "I didn't find any monsters or dungeons. Maybe I didn't explore deep enough, but..."

He looked at Fairy Gushe and said, "Without the [Water-Repelling Bead], if we stay in the water for more than a minute, we'll lose 1% of our health and mana per second. If we want to explore this place, we'll need to prepare a huge amount of potions!"

"Jiang Taigong wouldn't have come here without a reason; there must be an opportunity beneath the water!" Fairy Gu She said solemnly, "No matter the cost, we must explore this underground river!"

……

Nuwa City Teleportation Array.

After Jiang Yan teleported back, he opened his friends list with a sense of helplessness.

He really didn't expect to run into Fairy Gu She and the others by such a coincidence. At this time, they should be exploring that underground river.

Jiang Yan found Fairy Gu She in his friends list and sent her a private message: If I said there was nothing underwater, would you believe me?

Gu She replied quickly: I will explore this underground riverbed inch by inch.

Is it really necessary to be so serious? There's really nothing underwater.

Jiang Yan felt powerless, but he also knew that the more he explained at this moment, the more it would give the impression that he was trying to cover something up.

But if we let them explore freely, and they happen to find the Land of the Dead, then things will get really serious!

However, it takes at least six or seven hours to dive from the underground river of the Devil's Cave to the River of the Dead in the World of the Dead. Without the [Water-Repelling Pearl], the amount of pills consumed would be astronomical.

They probably aren't that stubborn, are they?

Or should we tell them the truth?

Not at all.

Judging from Lin Tianhao, it's clear that some players in the game have already sided with NPCs, or even been enslaved by them. Once the truth about the underground river in the Devil's Cave is revealed, who knows what kind of earthquake it will cause!

After much deliberation, Jiang Yan realized that all he could do was wait and see.

"This is the only way for now." Jiang Yan sighed, then opened the teleportation list and returned to Fuxi City.

The Black Heart Pharmacy was right next to the teleportation plaza in Fuxi City, but Jiang Yan passed by his home without going in and ran straight towards the City Lord's Mansion.

With three pieces of spirit-grade equipment in front of him, he had no interest in going to the pharmacy!

Rushing to the city lord's mansion, Jiang Yan found a guard and asked where the steward was.

"Mr. Jiang, the butler is watering the flowers in the garden. Please come with me." The guard knew that Jiang Yan was a distinguished guest of the city lord, so he naturally dared not neglect him.

Led by the guards, Jiang Yan arrived at the garden and immediately saw the butler humming a little tune while watering the flowers. His appearance, expression, and posture were so pleasant and carefree!

After the guards left, Jiang Yan stepped forward with a smile: "The steward seems to be in a good mood."

"Hahaha, so-so, where's the ginger... ginger... ginger?!" The butler turned around abruptly, staring at Jiang Yan in utter shock: "You, how could you..."

"Me? What happened to me, butler? Stop talking nonsense, where are my three spirit-level equipment?" Jiang Yan asked with a smile.

"Spirit-level equipment?" The butler instinctively clutched his pocket, then, regaining his composure, snorted coldly and stared directly at Jiang Yan, saying, "Mr. Jiang, do you remember my mission requirements?"

"Returned safely?" Jiang Yan raised an eyebrow.

"Not bad, you've returned safely!" The steward's face twisted into a sinister grin as he sneered, "Jiang Taigong, you've been tricked! When you entered the Abyss World—no, the River of the Dead—your soul was corrupted by the abyss's aura. Even if you return alive, you can't change the fact that your essence has been corrupted by evil! Therefore, your mission was destined to fail! In fact, I suspect you've already fallen into darkness. If I tell the city lord about this, what will happen to you?"