"Nothing much." His answer was rather short, making Lin Yue frown in response. But before she could say anything, Yang Ze continued speaking.

"Other than the Inverted Wail and clone, I have a few more talents." Yang Ze thought for a long time before replying. After going through life and death with these three people, he didn't think they were untrustworthy.

Sure, they might be insufferable and a pain in the ass to talk to, but at least they weren't the kind of people who would betray or run their mouth everywhere. Besides, he was only going to talk about talents that he had already shown.

"I have a talent that gives me an affinity for water. Meaning I can breathe underwater."

"Then, there is another talent that lets me use some illusions, but it depends upon my mental energy."

"And at last, I have two more talents, one of which lets me have increased strength, and the other one is a movement talent. The one I used against you guys."

Speaking till here, he went silent. He didn't talk about his most important talents like enlightenment, persistence, escape master and all-seeing eyes. These were his trump cards, and revealing them was going to do more harm to him than good. Even if he somewhat trusts these women, no one could say for sure that they would stay calm if they came to know about all those heaven-defying talents.

"Wow." This was the only word Lin Yue spoke as her eyes flashed with envy.

Her understanding of this boy had gone through earth-shattering changes in the span of a single day.

First, she realised that he was just an eighteen-year-old boy who had managed to step into the peak of Foundation Forging. Then she saw his otherworldly appearance and now... now she came to know about so many outrageous talents of his.

It would be a lie to say that she wasn't feeling envious.

Not only Lin Yue, but even Cang Yue on the side couldn't help but show an envious face.

The only exception was Xiao Ruolan, who just sat there in silence with a blank expression on her face as she gazed deeply at the boy sitting in front of her.

"You really were hiding too deep." Lin Yue couldn't help but mutter to herself. She could only clench her fists in frustration and regret. If only she had discovered about him before... if only Lin Wan had shared him with her... If only...

But alas, there was no use in thinking about what had already happened. She could only let out a sigh before focusing on the corpse of the red-clothed woman beside her.

Following her gaze, Yang Ze too noticed the corpse as he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"Is she the target?"

"Mmm..." Lin Yue nodded absentmindedly.

"By the way..." It was at this moment that Cang Yue suddenly thought about something before looking around her.

"What the hell is that thing?" Pointing towards the Blood Corpse lying on the ground at a distance, she couldn't help but ask.

Even with her extensive knowledge, she doesn't understand what that thing was or where it came from.

"No idea." Yang Ze just shrugged in response. "That thing attacked me out of nowhere."

He then narrated about how he was resting on the cliff when this thing suddenly popped out of nowhere and started attacking him.

The three women just quietly listened before Xiao Ruolan finally spoke.

"It's the Blood Corpse." Her words attracted the three pairs of gazes as she took out the diary of the red-clothed woman before opening it and explaining to them in detail.

"The Red Scarf bandit had a lover, but unfortunately, he died an untimely death."

"In her grief, she decided to find a way to bring him back. But to do that, she ended a heaven-defying treasure. And that is when she learned about the Crimson Heart...

Something that supposedly came from an Immortal."

Yang Ze listened quietly with great interest. It was his first time hearing about something this ridiculous... Reviving people from death... Immortal... and so much more.

And the more he heard, the more he realised just how little he knew about this world.

"After searching for a long, long time, she finally managed to find it and then..." Speaking till here, Xiao Ruolan closed the diary and placed it beside her.

"Then she ran away from the sect."

"But the Crimson Heart was dormant and needed sacrifice."

"And to awaken it, she needed to sacrifice living people."

"So, in the end, she massacred villages, towns and even a few small cities."

"And when she finally managed to awaken the Sacred Heart, she tried to resurrect her beloved."

Speaking till here, Xiao Ruolan paused for a long time before continuing further.

"And in a way she succeeded." Looking at the Blood Corpse in the distance, she couldn't help but shake her head.

"But how could bringing back someone from the dead be so easy?"

"What she brought back wasn't even human."

"It carved violence... It carved blood... It carved human flesh."

"And the more it ate, the more it killed, the more twisted it became."

"In the end, it turned into that thing."

After Xiao Ruolan finished speaking, the scene plunged into a deathly silence.

While Lin Yue and Yang Ze were lost in the tragedy of two lovers, Cang Yue, on the other hand, was thinking about the feasibility of this plan.

Since this red-clothed woman could do it, can't she do the same to bring back her sister Lin Wan?

She was confident that with her knowledge and preparations, she would definitely be able to do it.

In an instant, her heart was beating wildly as she looked around, hoping to find that Crimson Heart.

As if sensing what she was thinking, Xiao Ruolan just snorted in response.

"I know what you are thinking, but you can't do it."

"Don't even think about giving it a try."

"Why not?" Cang Yue's voice turned incomparably cold. Anyone who stopped her from bringing Lin Wan back to life was her enemy. If the other party was going to stop her from achieving this, then she would definitely take action against her, even if she had taken an oath.

"Are you really that dumb?" Xiao Ruolan looked at her like she was looking at an idiot.

"Not to mention that one needs to sacrifice thousands, if not tens of thousands of people, even if you manage to do that, what are you going to use the crimson heart on?"

"One needs the corpse of the person they want to revive."

"Tell me again, where are you going to find the corpse of Lin Wan?"

Her question stunned Cang Yue for a long time. Just as she said, even if she wanted to revive Lin Wan, she needed her corpse first. And from Yang Ze's memories, she already knew what happened to Lin Wan's corpse. She saw her own mother, Yun Ning, chopping off Lin Wan's head and then disintegrating her body into nothingness.

"..." Gritting her teeth in anger, she just let out a forced smile. But at the same time, the gate in her heart for her own mother increased by leaps and bounds.

On the other hand, Yang Ze and Lin Yue finally noticed Cang Yue's anomaly.

They too heard what Xiao Ruolan had just said. While Lin Yue felt a tinge of disappointment that they couldn't try reviving Lin Wan by using the crimson heart, Yang Ze couldn't help but tremble for a while. Unlike these women, he knew perfectly well that Lin Wan was still alive.

But he didn't dare to tell them.

He could only hold Cang Yue's soft hand in his own, hoping to comfort her.

"..." Cang Yue just cast a glance at him before closing her eyes. There were so many things going on in her mind at the moment that she found herself overwhelmed. But in the end, she just took a deep breath and decided to concentrate on what was in front of her.

She was going to use Yang Ze to increase her realm and then... then she was going to kill the three people she hated the most.

And once she got her revenge, she would find a way to bring her sister back from the dead.

The four people just sat there in silence, each one lost in their own train of thought. Although Lin Yue would occasionally look towards Yang Ze, she would get disappointed each time she looked at his ordinary appearance due to the mask.

If not for Cang Yue and Xiao Ruolan beside her, she would have definitely taken action to take that damned mask off his face.

It wasn't until morning that the four of them stood up before extinguishing the campfire.

"I am gonna hand over this corpse and the Ironhead Bull first to complete the first two missions." Stretching her body, Lin Yue spoke with a yawn.

"Till then, you guys should go to Yunshen City. Gather some more intelligence and buy things that we might need."

"Once our preparations are done, we also need to get familiar with this guy's abilities."

If earlier their chances of successfully completing the third mission of taking care of an entire tribe were less than twenty percent, then with the addition of Yang Ze, it has increased to almost fifty percent. Although she didn't want to admit it, his abilities were going to be extremely useful. Especially now that they were going up against an entire tribe.

"Okay." Cang Yue just nodded in response. Earlier, she was constantly worried about Yang Ze's safety. But after seeing his outrageous strength with her own eyes, she was relieved. She wouldn't have to worry about him getting injured or dying out of the blue. Besides, some of his skills could definitely help them to complete the mission more effectively.

After making sure that they didn't miss anything, the four of them left the scene.

Travelling back through the cliffs using those large roots, it took them almost half a day to finally reach back in an open area.

Yang Ze turned to take one last look at the scene behind him. The large, steep cliffs, which seemed endless, connected to each other via large vines, and the ground underneath that seemed to be covered in a thick black fog at a certain distance... He wasn't going to come here ever again.

Exhaling a mouthful of turbid air, he waited for Lin Yue to come back with their horses and the Ironhead Bull. And sure enough, not even five minutes later, she was already standing in front of them, riding the horse while holding the leash of the Ironhead Bull.

"Let's part ways." She didn't waste another second. After handing over two horses, she just left in a different direction.

"Umm..." Looking at the two horses, Yang Ze was a bit hesitant. Since his strength was already revealed, did he still need to sit on the horse awkwardly? Even if he didn't know how to ride a horse, with his strength, it wasn't a difficult task.

But before he could even open his mouth to speak, Cang Yue grabbed him by his collar, lifted him up and placed him in front of her,

"Let's go." With a soft whisper and the faint scent of flowers, Yang Ze just let out a slight smile as the horse left towards their next destination...

The Yunshen City.

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