I work as a security guard at a cemetery, and I overhear the dead chatting about getting rich quick.

When Lin Ye rushed back to the Seventh Division, it was already past midnight.

The testing area has three more access control points than usual.

The first batch of steles, artifacts, and soil samples brought out from Cangfeng Mountain have all been sealed off in designated areas, and several experts in ancient writing and artifacts are still working through the night.

Lu Zhixia was at the very back.

She changed into a thin black shirt, casually tied her long hair up, and wore thin-rimmed glasses that she only wore for work.

The black bronze box sat on the table.

The length of a palm.

There is no lock.

There are no obvious patterns on the surface.

It doesn't even look like a magical artifact.

Lin Ye looked at her first as he entered the room.

"Have you touched it?"

"no."

Lu Zhixia took off her glasses.

"After I looked in the mirror once, the woman in crimson told me to stop."

"What did she say?"

"What's inside is a complete soul."

It is not a remnant soul.

It's not the kind of soul layer that Xuanxu devours.

A complete soul.

Lin Ye's expression turned serious.

Where are they?

"here."

Another voice came from outside the door.

Xie Hongyi walked in.

She had changed out of her dusty red dress and was now wearing an old-fashioned long skirt, but without a sword at her waist.

She was not allowed to bring the items into the testing area.

She was clearly not used to it.

His gaze paused for a moment when it fell on Lu Zhixia.

Lu Zhixia also looked at her.

The two women met for the first time.

Lin Ye was originally wondering whether he should introduce it or not.

Lu Zhixia spoke first.

"Xie Hongyi?"

Do you know me?

"I've looked at quite a bit of information about Cangfeng Mountain tonight."

After she finished speaking, she reached out her hand.

"Lu Zhixia".

Xie Hongyi looked at the hand.

After hesitating for half a second, I still shook hands with him.

"Lin Ye's fellow disciple?"

"girlfriend."

Lu Zhixia answered naturally.

Xie Hongyi's gaze finally shifted slightly towards Lin Ye.

very short.

"I see."

It's not sour.

They didn't ask any further questions.

She quickly looked back at the bronze box.

"Is this something that was cleared out from the very bottom of the Sword Tomb?"

Lin Ye nodded.

"know?"

"I don't know him."

Xie Hongyi frowned.

"But Hidden Peak Mountain will not simply lock up a complete soul in a box."

He had just finished saying that.

The black copper box on the table suddenly made a sound.

thump.

a bit.

The people in the room fell silent at the same time.

Two seconds later.

thump.

The second time.

The third clap followed immediately.

It wasn't an impact.

It sounds more like someone is knocking on the door from inside.

Lin Ye immediately activated his spiritual hearing.

I could hear it more clearly this time than on the phone.

There was no heartbeat inside the bronze box.

He is not breathing.

However, there was a complete and stable soul sound.

And it's very strong.

So powerful that the moment his spiritual hearing touched the other party, the other party stopped.

next second.

A fourth sound came from inside.

thump.

The direction is facing the forest.

Wanling whispered:

He knows you're listening.

Lin Ye squinted.

"Can it be opened?"

"Wait."

Xie Hongyi had already approached.

She looked around the edge of the bronze box, then suddenly pointed to the bottom.

There was a very faint sword mark there.

It's not just decoration.

It is the mark of Cangfeng Mountain.

"Soul Suppressor Division".

She recognized him.

"This is where the sect used to specifically detain evil cultivators, malevolent spirits, and those who have possessed bodies."

Lin Ye's first thought was mystery.

Lu Zhixia is the same.

The two exchanged a glance.

Xie Hongyi continued:

"But most of those guarded by the Soul Suppressing Division are only remnant souls."

"It can be sealed completely..."

She didn't finish speaking.

A voice suddenly came from inside the black copper box.

It's not about knocking.

It is the actual human voice.

His voice was terribly hoarse.

"Concealing one's edge..."

Everyone's expression changed at the same time.

The sound rang out again.

"Still there?"

Xie Hongyi stared at the bronze box.

"Who are you?"

There was silence inside for a few moments.

Like that person struggling to remember.

"I……"

"Yujing".

Two words were uttered.

The Scripture of All Souls trembled violently.

Lin Ye immediately recalled what Gu Chongshan had said when he first returned to the border.

The outer city of Yujing.

And that sentence on the Zonglu Stele.

News from Yujing has ceased.

This is not the first time this name has appeared.

Xie Hongyi obviously knew this as well.

Why are the people from Yujing imprisoned in Cangfeng Mountain?

The person inside the bronze box did not answer.

Instead, he asked a question.

"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth..."

"You're back?"

Lin Ye said directly:

"Yes."

Suddenly, there was no sound from the black copper box.

It lasted for a good ten seconds.

Then.

A very soft laugh.

It's not happiness.

It's more like someone who has waited too long, finally witnessing something that was bound to happen.

"Then..."

"They're all coming back."

Lin Ye frowned.

"You want to come back for everything?"

The person in the box answered very quickly this time.

"Mountain Gate".

"Dongtian" (洞天).

"Ancient City".

"All sects".

"And those..."

The sound suddenly stopped.

A dark red line appeared on the surface of the bronze box for the first time.

Xie Hongyi's expression changed.

"retreat!"

Lin Ye pulled Lu Zhixia behind him.

Xie Hongyi raised her hand at the same time.

However, the bronze box did not explode.

The red mark only lit up for a moment.

It then went out completely.

The people inside also fell silent.

Lu Zhixia looked at the mirror reflecting her heart.

The gray-white ghost image on the mirror is still there.

"It hasn't disappeared."

"It just sank again."

Lin Ye stared at the bronze box.

"Can you wake me up?"

The voice of the woman in crimson robes drifted lazily from the mirror.

"Yes, it is possible."

"But you'd better think it through."

"This kind of soul is so complete that it can fall into a deep sleep on its own, and it can also sense that someone is spying on it from outside, even through the soul-sealing box."

"When they were alive, they were probably not some nobody."

Wanling unusually did not refute this.

"Don't open it yet."

"Let the people of Cangfeng Mountain recognize it."

This judgment is very sound.

Lin Ye did not force the issue.

Too many things have come up today.

There's no need to release another ancient soul whose allegiance is unknown.

Just then.

hurried footsteps could be heard outside the examination room.

Cheng Fang pushed the door open and came in.

"The results from the Hidden Peak Mountain side are in."

Lin Ye looked over.

"What was the result?"

"The mountain is stable."

"Complete integration with reality."

He projected the latest satellite image onto the wall.

The original map of the northwest of the capital has changed.

New mountainous areas added.

New Valley.

A broken road.

Recalculated administrative boundaries.

A large area that did not exist before has been officially marked as a gray pending area.

Map software has even started to be updated.

Lin Ye stared at it for a few seconds.

"It really needs to be redrawn."

"This is only the first one."

Cheng Fang swiped the screen to the side.

The second image appears.

The ancient city cluster in the southwest has also stabilized.

The third one.

Donghai New Island.

The fourth one.

The northern borders are expanding forests.

The fifth one...

One after another.

More than twenty new terrain features have been confirmed to have been permanently added in China.

And at the very bottom is a message I just received.

[The boundary area in Central China has been confirmed.]

The area covers more than 1,300 square kilometers.

[A complete sect architectural complex exists within.]

[Initial life signs: More than 30,000 people.]

The room fell silent.

The more than two thousand people at Cangfeng Mountain are enough to give the capital a headache.

just now.

30,000 people.

And they are not residents of the ancient city.

The judgment was made based on the clothing, buildings, and formation structure captured by the drone.

That was an entire, complete sect territory.

Sect.

Subsidiary towns.

Medicinal herb field.

Mining area.

Even the surrounding villages.

They came back together.

Cheng Fang took a deep breath.

"Headquarters has just suspended all planned boundary exploration missions."

Why?

"Because from now on."

He looked at the constantly changing map on the wall.

"We may not have that much time to explore the ruins."

"You have to learn how to deal with the ancients first."

Lin Ye's phone vibrated at that moment.

New internal task.

It's not a battle.

It's not containment.

The task name has only six characters.

[Contact and coordination with ancient practitioners.]

The first person on the list of executors.

Forest.

Second place.

Xie Hongyi.

The third one is marked as a special advisor.

Lu Zhixia.

Lin Ye finished reading and looked up.

Lu Zhixia also happened to see her own name.

Looks like I won't be able to sleep tonight.

Lin Ye reached out and put his arm around her waist.

"You could have slept."

Lu Zhixia turned her head to look at him.

"And then I heard tomorrow morning you're taking an ancient female swordswoman to meet another sect?"

Her tone was very flat.

Lin Ye, however, sensed something in his words.

Xie Hongyi stood to the side, her eyebrows twitching slightly.

Lu Zhixia had already picked up the sealing record from the black copper box.

"Let's go."

"Aren't we supposed to be dealing with people from the past?"

She looked at Xie Hongyi.

"Perfect."

"Let's get to know each other first, the three of us."

Lin Ye suddenly felt something.

The new mission might be much more troublesome than the sword formation.