A Guide to Surviving the Mysterious Dungeon and the Twelve Talismans

"Sigh!" Uncle An sighed upon hearing this and finally left the tent.

"A-Yue, you should go and rest too," Li Wan'er said to A-Yue, who was standing to the side.

"Yes, Miss," Ah Yue replied and hurriedly left.

Only Li Wan'er remained inside the tent.

Li Wan'er turned her head to look in the direction of the watchtower, a slight smile playing on her lips.

……

After returning to the watchtower, Zhou An began to study how to cultivate this technique.

He followed the instructions above and sensed his own Qi and blood.

However, Zhou An tried to sense it for a long time but couldn't detect it at all.

"Is my physical constitution really that bad?" Zhou An frowned.

"Forget it, forget it. I've only been in the dungeon for a few days. I won't be able to cultivate anything much anyway." Zhou An shook his head and gave up on cultivation.

He then continued to lie in bed to rest.

Before resting, he didn't forget to summon his malevolent and benevolent selves to keep watch at night.

……

Nothing happened that night, and the next morning arrived.

Eight o'clock in the morning.

The sky, which had been pitch black, suddenly became bright.

The darkness began to retreat rapidly toward the boundary.

Standing atop the watchtower, Zhou An watched the darkness recede, his heart filled with awe.

As darkness dissipated, sunlight streamed down from the sky, illuminating the earth.

The world has once again come back to life.

Zhou An looked down.

The Li family caravan had already packed their belongings, and as darkness receded, they set off immediately.

Zhou An didn't pay attention because a notification sound rang in his ear.

[Successfully survived to the second day, first stage of the mission completed, inventory unlocked]

[Second phase of the mission begins: Guard the border. Please activate the second watchtower within three days.]

Zhou An's face instantly lit up with delight.

After completing the first phase of the mission, the inventory was surprisingly unlocked.

The next moment, Zhou An had a thought and the food tablecloth appeared in his hand.

"Great, we don't have to worry about food anymore."

As for the second phase of the mission, it was practically a freebie.

Because Zhou An's horse talisman can directly restore the watchtower and the fire seed to their peak condition.

The inventory was unlocked after completing the first stage of the mission, which means that completing the second stage of the mission will also unlock some items.

"Will it unlock my full power?" Zhou An guessed that this was the most likely outcome.

"Never mind, let's fill our stomachs first." Zhou An really didn't eat well yesterday.

Even the food prepared by the Li family caravan was simply inedible to Zhou An, who was used to fine dining in modern times.

Zhou An immediately spread out the tablecloth, and a variety of delicious foods were presented in front of him.

Zhou An took a bite of the roast goose and immediately looked on with enjoyment: "This is life!"

After finishing the meal, Zhou An switched between his evil and benevolent forms.

"If I'm not mistaken, there should be a watchtower nearby as well."

"You should also be familiar with the second phase of the main quest."

"Everyone go out and look for the watchtowers. Li Wan'er said there are four more watchtowers nearby," Zhou An instructed.

"Okay." The two nodded, and then jumped off the watchtower.

Then, its body twisted in mid-air, finally transforming into a hawk and soaring into the sky.

Zhou An also transformed into a hawk and soared into the sky.

However, he did not look for the watchtower, but instead flew towards the Eternal Night Wasteland.

He wanted to see the land corrupted by darkness and seek out more useful information.

Half an hour later, Zhou An landed on a hill.

"This wretched place has absolutely nothing." Zhou An transformed into human form, panting heavily.

This half-hour flight also took a lot of Zhou An's energy.

"Huh? What's this?" Suddenly, Zhou An noticed something that looked like grass growing under a huge rock in the distance.

Zhou An quickly approached, squatted down, and examined it closely, discovering it was a small, dark grass.

【Yin Soul Grass】: It grows in places with abundant Yin energy. After consumption, it can slightly enhance ghost power and can also be used to refine Yin Soul Pills.

“This is…” Zhou An raised an eyebrow.

This thing is a spiritual material, isn't it?

Putting everything else aside, Zhou An can take it because he cultivates ghost power.

However, even after flying such a long distance, he only saw this small patch of grass.

Suddenly, Zhou An had an idea. He plucked a Yin Soul Grass and exposed it to the sunlight.

Almost instantly upon exposure to sunlight, the Yin Soul Grass withers and turns into black, withered grass.

A gentle breeze blew, scattering the ashes in Bianjiang Zhou An's palm.

Zhou An understood: it wasn't that the Yin Soul Grass couldn't grow, but rather that it would wither and die as soon as it was exposed to the sun at dawn.

These plants still exist because of their location; they are shaded by objects, so the sun didn't kill them off immediately.

Of course, by the afternoon, the ghost grass under the boulder will also be scorched to death by the sun.

After resting for a while and recovering his strength, Zhou An continued flying forward.

Another half hour passed.

It was still an endless wasteland.

There were no strange corpses or any other remains to be seen.

Most of the traces are left by strange creatures.

However, Zhou An did discover the ruins of some cities or villages.

"Forget it, we won't find anything anyway." Zhou An shook his head and turned to head towards the watchtower.

An hour later, Zhou An returned to the watchtower.

The malevolent and benevolent entities have already returned to the watchtower.

"Old Ben, the other four watchtowers have been found."

"Two to the east and two to the west, each thirty kilometers apart, perfectly connecting this area," the evil entity said.

"A conspiracy?" Zhou An was somewhat confused.

"At the ends of both sides are two towering mountains, seemingly able to block out the darkness," the benevolent entity said in a deep voice.

"I see. It seems these five watchtowers used to be a barrier around here."

“However, a watchtower can only illuminate one kilometer at most. Five towers are all thirty kilometers apart. How can they possibly communicate with each other?” Zhou An said, somewhat puzzled.

"Who cares about all that? Let's just finish the mission and go back. This stupid dungeon is no fun at all," the evil entity grumbled.

This dungeon is obviously quite boring.

"Boring? Not fun? Hehe, we've got some fun tonight," Zhou An said with a faint smile.

"Oh?" The malevolent entity immediately became interested.

“Tonight we’ll transform into monsters and find out where they came from.” Zhou An was also very curious about this.

“Sure, sure.” The malevolent entity also became interested.

"Old Ben, let's finish the second phase of the mission first," the benevolent entity reminded him.

“Okay, lead the way.” Zhou An nodded.

More than forty minutes later, they arrived at the first watchtower on the east side.

It was once called a tower, but now it's just ruins.

The once sparkling embers were now broken, covered with a lot of mud and sand.

Zhou An landed on the ruins and placed his hand on the embers.

The next instant, a white light flashed, and then a brand new flame appeared before them.

Zhou An placed it in the groove of the nearly broken support, and then activated the power of the talisman again.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding ruins began to shake.

Before long, a brand new watchtower appeared.

Zhou An and the other two thus stood at the very top.

"The power of the horse talisman is really useful; it restored him so easily," the benevolent entity remarked with admiration.

“Yes, without the horse talisman, we’d probably have to find out how to repair the watchtower.” The evil entity nodded seriously.

If a task can be issued, then there must be an opportunity to relight the watchtower.

It would have taken some effort to find it, but Zhou An doesn't need to waste that time now.

"Why wasn't the mission completed?" Zhou An frowned.