A blind man cultivates immortality and witnesses the great secret of the holy maiden in her bridal c

Liu Qingxia used a torch to check for danger before slowly approaching, then crouched down and slipped into the cave.

Chen Yang followed closely behind and went inside.

Liu Qingxia whispered, "It seems the black water is gushing out from here. There seems to be a corpse inside this cave."

She then sniffed and couldn't help but frown: "It really is poisonous! It's not the corpse itself that's poisonous, but there seems to be a damaged weapon next to it, and the weapon is coated with a deadly poison!"

Chen Yang had already seen everything clearly by this time.

It was indeed a mutilated skeleton, with traces of groundwater seeping beneath it. Beside the skeleton lay a black, flag-like object, emanating a chilling and sinister aura.

"This thing... seems to be some kind of evil artifact like the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!" Chen Yang's heart skipped a beat.

Just then, Chen Yang's expression changed.

In a corner not far away, a faint light was hidden beneath the sand!

He walked over, and taking advantage of Liu Qingxia's inattention, bent down slightly and pushed aside the sand and stones.

Inside was a blackened ring!

Chen Yang picked up the ring without making a sound.

The next second, the pay-to-win system in his mind suddenly popped up a notification with a "ding":

[Host has obtained: A slightly damaged storage ring]

[Would you like to spend 50 spirit stones to repair this ring?]

Chen Yang's eyelids twitched violently as he looked at the words "storage ring," and his palms instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

He was so excited that he almost jumped up on the spot!

This is a storage ring!

This kind of thing is a treasure that only true strongmen possess; you can't find a single one in the entire Qingzhou City!

Chen Yang had been in business for three years, and he had only occasionally heard about the existence of such heaven-defying equipment as storage rings on this continent when he dealt with Tianbao Pavilion in the capital.

However, this thing is too rare. Even in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it is extremely rare and almost impossible to find!

Unexpectedly, we found one in this remote cave!

Chen Yang looked at the skeleton again and understood: the owner of this skeleton must have been a person with great supernatural powers in his life, at least a Golden Body Realm expert, or even the legendary Foundation Establishment Transcendent Realm expert!

Liu Qingxia slowly approached, extremely cautiously avoiding touching the skeleton and the black flag. Instead, she clapped her hands, sending a burst of flame towards the corpse and the object that resembled the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, the corpse instantly split open, turning into a pile of ashes. The Ten Thousand Souls Banner, on the other hand, suddenly throbbed, struggled a few times in the flames, and finally turned into wisps of bluish-gray and vanished.

Seeing that the hidden dangers had been burned away, Liu Qingxia breathed a slight sigh of relief. After walking around the cave and confirming that there were no other discoveries, she called out to the outside, "Uncle Fu, come in and seal this place off! Once the water source is blocked, everyone get to work immediately. Remember, don't touch this place again. I suspect this place is very close to an underground river."

Uncle Fu walked in, examined the area carefully, then breathed a sigh of relief and said to Liu Qingxia, "Second Miss, don't worry, I've figured out the source of this black water! We'll block it up here, then dig eastward, and there won't be any danger."

Liu Qingxia nodded and left with Chen Yang.

After the group returned to the ground, the surrounding workers saw that even the Second Miss had gone down herself without any abnormalities, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, finally believing that this was not the work of the alien demons.

Uncle Fu explained the situation of the underground river to everyone, and then sent people to seal off the skeleton cave and immediately organized the start of construction.

Liu Qingxia was completely relieved. She looked at Chen Yang with admiration and gratitude in her beautiful eyes and said sincerely, "Chen Yang, thank you so much today! If it weren't for you, our Liu family would have really fallen into the abyss."

On the return journey in the carriage.

Liu Qingxia peeled an apple for Chen Yang, handed it to him, and slowly began to speak about the Liu family's predicament: "In the past six months, our Liu family has been plagued by one accident after another. Before, my grandfather led the clan's strongest members to explore a new mine, but they were besieged by a group of mysterious experts. Almost all of the clan's strongest members were killed or injured. My grandfather risked his life to escape back, but he was also severely injured and bedridden."

"Now the city lord's mansion is taking advantage of the situation to force the three of us sisters into marriage, trying to swallow up our Liu family. If something goes wrong with this mine, then our Liu family will truly be doomed."

For some reason, Liu Qingxia took the initiative to tell Chen Yang the true situation of the Liu family.

Nowadays, apart from the three sisters, the strongest member of the Liu family is only at the second level of the Blood Exchange Realm. They are not only inferior to the City Lord's Mansion, but also far inferior to the other two major families in Qingzhou City.

Chen Yang took the apple and smiled reassuringly, "Don't worry, Qingxia. Solve problems as they arise, one step at a time, things will get better. Besides, didn't Eldest Sister and Third Miss go to find medicinal herbs? Grandpa's illness will definitely get better."

Liu Qingxia nodded. At this moment, she felt much more at ease knowing that Chen Yang was by her side.

Although Chen Yang was "blind" and far less capable than her, at this moment, Liu Qingxia suddenly felt: it turns out that men really can stand firm, and having a man by her side is a pretty good feeling.

The carriage slowly drove into the Liu family mansion.

Liu Qingxia took Chen Yang's hand and jumped off the carriage, saying, "Chen Yang, I've broken through my cultivation bottleneck, so I don't need to live in that basement anymore. From now on, we'll live in the courtyard where the three of us sisters usually live."

Chen Yang cupped his hands in greeting and said, "I will follow your instructions, Qingxia."

Liu Qingxia smiled gently and led Chen Yang to a courtyard behind the Liu family's residence.

This courtyard is extremely secluded, surrounded by artificial hills, lakes, bamboo groves, and gardens, with an elegant landscape.

Three rooms stood side by side in the courtyard, which were the bedrooms of the three Liu sisters.

Behind the bedroom, there are two more rooms: one is the living room where they usually eat, and the other is their study.

Next to the courtyard is the residence of Liu Qingxia's grandfather, Liu Honggang.

Liu Honggang remained unconscious, so the defenses here were naturally extremely tight.

The guards on the perimeter looked rather strange when they saw Liu Qingxia leading Chen Yang into the small courtyard.

In their minds, Chen Yang was nothing more than a shield. It was one thing to arrange for him to be protected by the Liu family, but now, the second young lady had actually brought Chen Yang directly to the core area where they usually lived and rested. This clearly showed that they did not treat Chen Yang as an outsider!

You should know that no man has ever entered this courtyard, not even Grandpa Liu Honggang!

Using Chen Yang as a shield is really satisfying!