I, a minor character, fell into the Shura field of the heroine and the villain

Chapter 406: Busy Senior Sister

Mu Wanyi thought she must be crazy for actually accompanying them on a treasure hunt.

After all, she is a powerful being in the Void Refinement Stage and the Holy Lord of the Ziyang Holy Land. She has seen all kinds of treasures.

But she still came here with her junior brother and two younger generations to have fun.

When they arrived at the mountain, they found that it was not what they had imagined.

There are actually three or five families on the mountain, sparsely distributed in the mountains.

These were all hunters or woodcutters, and only men. Their houses were very simple and looked like temporary residences.

It was already winter, and these people should have moved down the mountain.

But there are still people living in these houses.

It didn't take long for Zhao Kangping to see that the people living in the mountains all had some level of cultivation. The tallest of them was in the middle stage of the Golden Core, and the rest were at the Foundation Establishment stage.

"What's going on? Why are all these people gathered here?" They flew in the air, looking down from a high altitude. Zhao Kangping felt that there must be something wrong.

The spiritual energy in this mountain is not strong enough to support a cultivator to reach the Golden Core stage.

"They might be some casual cultivators, but the fact that they are disguised as mortals is very suspicious," said Mu Wanyi.

Maybe there really is something in this mountain that attracts them to stay here.

This also aroused their curiosity, but not much.

They are at least in the Nascent Soul stage, and it is hard to imagine that there can be treasures that make them excited in this barren mountain area.

But when we go out to play, we just want to have fun.

Zhao Kangping covered the mountainous area with his spiritual sense and actually discovered something.

There is an underground palace deep underground in the mountain, and all the passages connecting it to the outside world are blocked.

It just so happened that there were many traces of excavation in this mountain, some in the east and some in the west, but none of them were dug in the right place, and they were far from the original passage of the underground palace.

"I think the place below might be the tomb of a senior monk, or the mausoleum of a monarch from a vanished country."

Zhao Kangping saw that the underground palace was protected from spiritual observation by some protective measures. They were made of a special black stone, formed into rectangular floor tiles, and these black tiles were everywhere around the underground palace.

Low-level cultivators would not be able to detect it with their spiritual sense, but it was completely ineffective for Zhao Kangping and the others.

"Wait, there is indeed something wrong in this underground palace." After a careful search, Zhao Kangping made an unexpected discovery.

There is actually a portal inside, and judging from its shape, it should be a creation of the demons.

The first thing that came to his mind was the invasion of the demons led by Mingluan more than three thousand years ago, and the portal that Zhao Mengyao opened for the demon realm in the original novel.

The Eastern Region is quite far away from the Demonic Realm and cannot be reached quickly by any means of transportation.

Besides the portal, the demon race's best troop transport is a sub-dragon-like beast called the Dark Winged Dragon. The largest of these can carry four to five thousand demon soldiers. Even at the fastest speed, it would take over ten days to reach the Eastern Region.

Moreover, it is very easy to be intercepted by human monks during flight, so it is definitely not an ideal means of transporting troops.

As for the demon clan's cross-domain portal, it does not have this shortcoming.

These portals are divided into temporary portals and permanent portals.

One of the bloodline talents of the demon royal family is the ability to open a temporary portal.

When Mingluan occupied the body before, he opened a temporary portal during his escape.

Inside this underground palace is a permanent portal, but it is damaged. However, a damaged portal can be repaired.

Zhao Kangping remembered that in the original novel, Zhao Mengyao opened a portal for the three giants of the Demon Realm.

A permanent portal was used that time, and it may have been repaired here.

The temporary portal can only allow a small number of targets to pass through. Once the upper limit is reached or it lasts for a period of time, it will automatically close.

However, a permanent portal can remain open as long as it is supplied with sufficient energy.

The original novel does not mention the location where Zhao Mengyao opened the portal.

Zhao Kangping shifted his gaze to his senior sister beside him. In the original novel, she had perished in the war that had brought down the Purple Sun Holy Land.

He would not allow this to happen. Now that he had discovered the portal here, he could not ignore it.

At this time, Zhao Mengyao vaguely felt that this place looked familiar, and she quickly remembered that Mingluan in her previous life had set up a permanent portal here.

However, with the passage of time, the landscape here has changed greatly from more than three thousand years ago, so she did not recognize it immediately.

The reason why she was a little slow to recognize it was because she saw Moonlight Lake in the distance when she was looking down at the terrain from the air, and she felt that the shape of the lake looked somewhat familiar from this angle.

If Mingluan discovered this portal, she would definitely try her best to protect it, as it would definitely be useful in the future.

However, Zhao Mengyao's heart leaned towards her master, and she was very resistant to some of the affairs of the demon clan. She did not want to become a demon lord, and it was impossible for her to take on any responsibility of the demon clan.

"Master." She approached Zhao Kangping cautiously.

The latter raised his hand, stopped her, and said, "I want to go down and take a look."

Others don’t know about Zhao Mengyao’s past and present lives, and he is worried that his little disciple will let the cat out of the bag.

"The things in here are not clean, so let's just destroy them," Mu Wanyi said. For a warrior of her level, turning this mountain area upside down and shattering this underground palace would be a piece of cake.

Zhao Kangping saw that his senior sister was about to take action, but he shook his head: "Don't make a fuss. There's no need to trouble your senior sister with such a small matter."

After some discussion, Zhao Kangping decided to take Zhao Mengyao to the underground palace.

They used an earth escape talisman to easily reach the underground palace.

The dark underground palace was filled with the smell of corruption, which made one's stomach churn just by smelling it.

Zhao Kangping cast a spell and a ball of spiritual light appeared in his hand.

The soft white light tore through the darkness and illuminated the dark underground.

The underground palace seemed to have experienced a battle. There were not only human corpses on the ground, but also some strange-looking monster corpses.

"Do you recognize this place?" Zhao Kangping walked in front, his magnetic voice rang out, echoing in the deep underground palace.

Zhao Mengyao thought for a moment and then said, "I recognize it. This is a transit station that Mingluan once supervised. It can accommodate more than 50,000 demon soldiers and is considered her forward base in the Eastern Region."

When she spoke, she called Mingluan by her name, which was a bit strange. She was the reincarnation of Mingluan, but she did not identify with this identity.

After she said this, Zhao Kangping also noticed that this place was indeed very big.

"If I want to destroy this place, do you mind?" Zhao Kangping asked.

He was not sure whether his disciple would be affected after knowing the memories of his previous life, so he made such a tentative inquiry.

Zhao Mengyao shook her head and said, "Go ahead and destroy it. I don't mind."

The one who would mind is Mingluan, Zhao Mengyao just wants to be a carefree little woman.

She thought, Master had brought her here specifically to test whether she would betray the human race. No, it was probably to see if she was influenced by Ming Luan's memories.

She felt a little worried when she thought that her master was not 100% confident in her.

Zhao Kangping also saw her mood, so he gently stroked her back.

"Mengyao, I don't really want you to end up in a situation where you're in opposition to the human race."

"You have terrifying potential. You will undoubtedly grow into a famous figure, but I don't want it to be infamous."

As mentioned before, Zhao Mengyao's Nascent Soul Tribulation exceeded the standards of ordinary cultivators, and the Heavenly Dao seemed to intend to wipe her out. However, she managed to survive. If she is not guided properly, she may become a female demon that brings disaster to the world in the future.

Zhao Kangping felt that it was not enough for her to not go astray just because of him. It would be better if she could identify with her human identity.

"Then what kind of person does Master want me to become?" Zhao Mengyao's eyes flashed with confusion.

"It's not about who I want you to be. I just hope you can live as a human. As for your cultivation, I don't have any requirements. As long as you have enough strength to protect yourself, that's enough."

He could see how obedient his little disciple was to him.

Ever since she became his woman, she has always been obedient to him.

But he was a little worried that it would not be a good thing for her to rely too much on him.

If he unfortunately dies one day, will she follow the same path as in the original book?

He actually hoped that she would side with the humans no matter what, not because of his existence.

But he couldn't tell her this idea directly, so he could only influence her subtly.

As they walked, they came to a huge stone arch.

It was a huge arch made of obsidian and numerous skulls. It was about four meters high and four meters wide, full of the hideous and terrifying style of the demons.

There were many signs of damage on it, likely due to an attack before it was scrapped. There was even a large crack on the left doorpost, but it still stubbornly did not collapse.

Even though it was damaged, it still exuded a strange and ominous aura.

This is the portal they are looking for, the one that Zhao Mengyao used to allow the demon army to pass in the original novel.

When he thought of the demonic tide that continued to emerge from this door, the suffering of all living beings in the Eastern Region, and the death of many humans because of that invasion, he felt that this thing must not be left behind.

"Destroy it with your own hands." Zhao Kangping said, pointing at the portal that had been scrapped due to disrepair.

Hearing this, Zhao Mengyao nodded. She knew this was a good opportunity for her to express her determination to break with her past life.

She walked forward without hesitation, made hand gestures, and performed the Extreme Yin Weak Water Technique.

A large mass of gray transparent water suddenly appeared, like a leaping stream, rushing towards the dim and dilapidated portal.

The extremely yin water and the obsidian pillars made a hissing corrosion sound, and suddenly a large amount of white smoke came out from the broken portal.

This portal has been abandoned for over three thousand years, and even repairing it would require a large amount of materials produced exclusively in the Demon Realm.

But it will never be fixed.

The extremely yin water was highly corrosive, and within ten breaths, the massive portal frame had been reduced to a pool of sticky debris. A moment later, only a dent remained where the portal had once stood.

The traces of the portal's existence were erased so easily.

"Very good, that's it." Zhao Kangping patted his little disciple's shoulder and touched her head.

Zhao Mengyao enjoyed being caressed by him and a happy smile appeared on her face.

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"We have destroyed the biggest treasure here." Zhao Kangping and Zhao Mengyao said after returning to the others.

Luo Xueqing came closer and asked, "Is there really a treasure inside?"

Zhao Mengyao: "There were some relics left behind by the demon invaders, but they have now been destroyed."

She said this with a clear conscience. The demons and the like had nothing to do with her, so if they were destroyed, they were destroyed.

If Ming Luan knew about this, she would definitely be furious.

Unfortunately, Zhao Mengyao doesn't care about her feelings.

"Okay, senior sister, is there any place else you want to go?" After solving the hidden danger of the portal here, Zhao Kangping felt that there was still time and he could take the girls for another walk.

"Didn't you buy a tea garden? Take me to see it." She knew about this from Dongfang Jingrou, but she hadn't been there herself.

Speaking of this, Zhao Kangping himself has never been to the tea garden since the last time he went there.

But Dongfang Jingrou always found time to take care of it.

Later, she also invited many low-level cultivators and mortals to work in the tea garden.

But it is still winter now, not the season for picking tea.

When it comes to the tea garden, Dongfang Jingrou knows that she has to say something.

"I have arranged for some people to clean up the tea garden and replace the burned tea trees."

"It's much better now than when I first took it down." The housekeeper was very capable. She had already thought of some things that Zhao Kangping had not instructed, and she could always make appropriate arrangements.

When he arrived at the tea garden, Zhao Kangping found that it was indeed different from before.

Although most places outside were covered with snow, there was no snow in the tea garden.

It turns out that there is a constant temperature formation here that can maintain a temperature range suitable for the growth of tea trees.

Looking down from a high place, there were more than twenty people dressed as tea farmers in the tea garden, pruning dead branches from the tea trees.

When they got here, Dongfang Jingrou told them about the latest situation of the tea garden.

Now is actually a relatively quiet time in the tea garden, but the employees here must be recruited in advance.

The cultivation conditions of spiritual tea are much more demanding than those of ordinary tea, and there are requirements for the concentration of spiritual energy, temperature, and moderation.