After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

The other two wizards each stood in front of the other statues.

The lead wizard took out several black nails from his pocket, muttering something under his breath.

"One nail can destroy a body..."

"Two nails corrupt the soul..."

"Three nails enter the night..."

The lead wizard drove a nail into Zhou Yan's forehead, then slammed it down with a hammer.

The nail pierced deeply into Zhou Yan's brow, and blood spurted out.

The men and women watching the scene immediately widened their eyes, but what they were thinking was what to do with Zhou Yan's property after killing him.

Eating, drinking, and having fun?

Or is it a BMW?

……

far away.

Zhou Yan walked for another half hour.

In the past half hour, Zhou Yan had not encountered another immortal plant, and he sighed inwardly.

It can't be called an accident. After Zhou Yan encountered the woman earlier, he guessed that this area had been ransacked by other awakened individuals, and most of the valuables had probably been looted and taken away.

So there are no more rewards here, and you'll have to go to other places to start a new dungeon.

After taking just one step, Zhou Yan suddenly felt a chill in his heart, as if something was stirring within him.

"what!"

In the distance, a hysterical roar startled countless birds into flight.

Zhou Yan looked in that direction, and the Nine-Colored Deer beside him hurriedly said.

"Brother, it looks like someone is in danger. Shall we go and save them?"

Zhou Yan's lips twitched a few times, but in the end he didn't say what he felt; he just responded.

"Okay, let's go take a look."

The source of the sound was separated by a small hill.

Zhou Yan walked for several kilometers, climbed a small hill, and looked down from the top.

Below the small mound was a flat area, on which lay three dead bodies. These dead bodies sat in the center of several black, sinister-looking sorcery statues. The one in the lead was shirtless, his body covered in eerie patterns. His head had exploded from between his eyebrows, and his entire skull had flown off, leaving pink and blood smeared all over the ground.

Zhou Yan walked down the small mound and arrived at the dead body surrounded by witchcraft statues.

The Nine-Colored Deer bypassed Zhou Yan and walked to the side of the five wizards whose heads had exploded. A few seconds later, the Nine-Colored Deer choked up.

“This man is dead, brother, Qingcai, Qingcai can’t save him.”

Zhou Yan touched his nose and then turned to Su Xiaowan beside him.

"I was just complaining about why these magical plants couldn't grow legs and run up to me, but I didn't expect them to actually grow legs and come over."

Su Xiaowan looked puzzled.

With the Nine-Colored Deer beside him, Zhou Yan couldn't explain that these guys had just cursed him. The curse seemed to be a mental attack, which he had directly reflected back and killed.

You can only say he deserved it. He was walking on the street and didn't bother anyone, but he went looking for trouble. It's true that evil deeds have their retribution.

Zhou Yan bent down and turned over the wizard's corpse, whose head had been blown open from between his eyebrows.

Beneath the punished wizard lay a travel bag, which, when unzipped, contained neatly arranged magical plants and artifacts.

Zhou Yan glanced around. These immortal plants and magical artifacts were all priceless items, and now they were just laid out in front of him, available for him to take at will.

Is this what a lucky person looks like?

Finding diamonds on the street is one thing, but now there are fools who pack up good stuff and deliver it to your door.

Does this mean that if I just find a place to rest later, I don't even need to look for one, and the villains will all come to my door to die, dropping my equipment, and I just need to pick up their loot afterwards?

Chapter Eighteen: Pampering

After picking up the fallen items, it quickly got dark.

The darkness in the wilderness doesn't resemble that of a human city; it takes time for the darkness to set. As soon as the sun sets in the wilderness, the sky changes its filter in an instant.

Darkness descended like a torrential rain, engulfing the entire Penglai.

At this time, no matter how powerful the awakened squad is, they will choose to rest. Nighttime is the predator's domain, and many powerful monsters will choose to come out to eat at night.

Although Zhou Yan felt that he was lucky enough not to encounter any monsters from Penglai Island, and even if he did, they would let him go because they weren't hungry, he still went to the nearby river to spend the night there. However, when he got to the river, he found that a team of Awakened Ones was already living there.

Some members of the awakened group fetched water and cooked food, some set up tents, and some sat around the campfire drinking and chatting, as if they were on a picnic.

This is a bit troublesome. Zhou Yan doesn't want to be neighbors with these strangers, but his personality also prevents him from killing a few people and saying, "I want this place."

I had no choice but to leave.

As soon as the young man turned around, a murmur of discussion arose from the direction of the camp.

"Brother Xu, I went to that place you mentioned at noon today, what, what, Dawu Mountain, Qiwu Palace, and all the good stuff there was gone."

Zhou Yan and the Nine-Colored Deer stopped in their tracks instantly. The silly Nine-Colored Deer even turned its head quickly and looked curiously at the people on the other side of the river.

"Then why don't you go and look around elsewhere?"

Another frivolous male voice came out; this must be Brother Xu's character, jokingly.

“I’ve been to Penglai Island more than ten times. That Dawu Mountain is the place with the most traces of living people that I’ve ever encountered. There are also many things inside. You know Helan, right?”

"That Black Wolf who's now made his fortune in Oro?"

"Yes, that's the dog. That bastard just got lucky and went to Mount Dawu. He somehow found a garden and took away a lot of immortal plants. He's going to be worth billions now. He won't need to come here to die for the rest of his life."

"Wait a minute, why would Helan tell others about something so good?"

It's impossible for a normal person to reveal the location of a treasure to others.

"What do you know? Black Wolf and his men came to Dawu Mountain several more times afterward, looking for that garden. They wandered around for several years and never found it again. It seems that the garden has disappeared. There are many such places in Penglai. You can only rely on luck to find it."

"Tsk tsk, it seems like I hear these kinds of bizarre stories about getting rich overnight every year, but why don't I ever get to be one of them?"

"It's all fate. Hey, think about those four divine beasts. They were destined to become gods from birth. We guys are stuck in the middle, neither good enough nor bad enough. We have to risk our lives every year for a little money. That's fate. Your future is determined at birth."

"Huh, who!?"

Zhou Yan walked to the riverbank and looked at the Awakened team across the stream.

The entire team—those fetching water, cooking, drinking, and chatting—stopped and all stared at Zhou Yan with unfriendly expressions.

It's common for people in forbidden zones to double-cross each other, which is why most Awakened Ones are extremely wary of outsiders.

Zhou Yan was such an outsider.

Even now, Zhou Yan looks like a kid taking his pet on a picnic.

A graceful young woman with delicate features walked across the river to Zhou Yan's opposite side while everyone else was on high alert. The young woman smiled politely.

"We arrived here first."

An old man shouted by the campfire.

"Send some canned food to this child."

A burly awakened man came out carrying three cans of food with different flavors and asked Zhou Yan a question.

"Braised pork belly, or stir-fried beef in soy sauce, or spicy pork intestines?"

The old man by the campfire continued.

"If you want alcohol, we have it too. Beer, white, yellow, red, whatever you want, just consider it as us buying this land to rest."

Zhou Yan shook his head.

"No food or drinks required."

Zhou Yan had stuffed enough drinking water and supplies into his small universe to last him for five years.

"You just mentioned..."

Zhou Yan looked at the two people who had spoken earlier, sitting by the campfire.

"Dawu Mountain?"

The two awakened individuals who had been exchanging views on Mount Dawu turned around and met Zhou Yan's gaze.

Zhou Yan asked.

"I want to know information about Mount Dawu, anything is fine, I'll judge for myself whether it's true or false."

By the campfire, one of the two Awakened Ones, a man with a small mustache, spoke righteously.

"Do you know what Mount Dawu is? It's a place that hides countless treasures, and countless explorers have died there. I spent..."

A six-petaled flower flew from Zhou Yan's hand and quickly landed in front of the mustachioed Awakened before he could even shout "I need more money."

Zhou Yan asked.

Is that enough?

Zhou Yan threw out a magical plant. Since he had found it along the way, it didn't take any effort, and Zhou Yan didn't feel bad about it.

The man with the mustache rolled his eyes, as if he wanted to say something.

Zhou Yan pointed to a tree beside him. The next moment, a bolt of lightning flashed across the dark sky, and a lightning bolt half a meter thick struck the tree Zhou Yan was pointing to. The tree disappeared instantly, leaving a hole eight meters wide and two meters deep in the ground.

Zhou Yan withdrew his hand and asked the mustachioed Awakened One, whose eyes were now filled with fear.

"Is that enough?!"

Strength is the best pressure. All the other awakened ones immediately turned to look at the mustachioed man, and the older ones hurriedly said.

"Stop pretending! Just tell us what you know!"

"Want to get beaten up?"

The mustachioed awakener quickly spoke up.

"That's enough, that's enough."

The mustachioed Awakened One took the immortal plant given to him by Zhou Yan and casually spoke up.

"Mount Dawu is 30 kilometers away. Just keep walking in the 3 o'clock direction and you'll get there..."

"That place is easy to spot; there are large clusters of buildings all over the mountainside..."

"I led a group to loot it back then, and we found some, well, decorative gold and silver utensils, but we didn't get much money..."

"That place isn't dangerous. I've seen four or five teams go there to loot, and they all came back safely, though they didn't get anything..."

That's all I know...

The man with the mustache looked at Zhou Yan pitifully.

He had been talking on and off for half an hour, basically saying everything he knew.

There was no way around it; Zhou Yan's "shock" just now was too intimidating. Including the man with the mustache, all the awakened ones on this side felt that Zhou Yan was not someone to be trifled with.

Awakened individuals value strength more than any other group.

"I see."

Zhou Yan turned his head.

Have a nice evening.

Zhou Yan, along with Su Xiaowan, the Chongming Bird, and the Nine-Colored Deer, disappeared into the darkness.

……

Zhou Yan had only taken a few steps forward when the nine-colored deer beside him came over and nuzzled his head against him.

"Brother, brother, Dawu Mountain, Dawu Mountain..."

The nine-colored deer spoke in a pitiful tone.

This guy still doesn't know that Dawu Mountain has been destroyed. He's still thinking about going back to Dawu Mountain one day to meet with Elder Lu, Elder He, and other old friends.