Chapter 208

Yu Zangsheng died.

Yu Miaomiao cried while continuing to dig the corpse out of the broken heart and put it in her mouth.

She wasn't crying for Yu Zangsheng; she was crying for A Yuan.

The moment Yu Zangsheng died, A Yuan also died.

But A Yuan seemed to be still alive. Between the girl's lips and teeth, she could feel the beating of A Yuan's heart, and the fresh, tender, and juicy texture.

Tears flowed from Yu Miaomiao's eye sockets, hanging down her face in long streaks.

More and more tears accumulated on the ground, forming a pool. It truly was raining tears.

Because she had already transformed into a corpse demon, her body naturally began to undergo changes, exhibiting more non-human characteristics.

Runsheng swallowed.

He felt that what the girl was eating must taste very good.

What a pity, the other person probably wouldn't be willing to share.

Zhao Yi kept making "tsk tsk" sounds. He was fanning the flames and lighting the fire, but he hadn't expected the fire to grow so fierce and fast, burning the person to death directly.

At the same time, Zhao Yi felt very fortunate that he had contacted Yu Miaomiao so early and knew her true background.

Otherwise, if he had just watched this segment as a video, he would have had to think for three days and three nights to figure out why she did this.

Li Zhuoyuan stood below, his expression calm.

The boy knew that there was another factor contributing to Yu Zangsheng's death: he had entered A Yuan's body and read A Yuan's memories.

As the young lady's most loyal servant, A Yuan looked at Yu Miaomiao with a thick filter.

Yu Zangsheng knew Yu Miaomiao was very stupid, but influenced by A Yuan's memory filter, he might not have expected her to be this stupid.

Xu Zhenrong lifted her neck, and a mask reappeared on her face with blurred flesh and blood.

Zhen Shaonan also tapped the ground with his fingertips, and array patterns continuously appeared beneath his body.

Originally, they were jealous that Yu Zangsheng could have a descendant enter here to assist him.

Now, they had not a shred of envy.

Of course, they definitely wouldn't seek revenge for Yu Zangsheng.

When it came to dividing the spoils, the one who was supposed to take the lion's share suddenly withdrew. This was truly a great thing for them.

Xu Zhenrong and Zhen Shaonan rushed towards the tower door at the fastest speed.

However, just as the two were about to rush inside the door, a figure on all fours suddenly fell down, blocking the tower door.

Yu Miaomiao lifted her head. Her face, covered in blood, stared at them with a ferocious smile.

Xu Zhenrong and Zhen Shaonan paused.

Zhen Shaonan: "Whatever grudge you have with Yu Zangsheng is unrelated to us!"

Xu Zhenrong: "Move aside!"

Yu Miaomiao twisted her neck, forming an extremely exaggerated arc.

Dense hair had already grown on her body, and her face looked like she had put on cat makeup, full of wicked strangeness.

Obviously, she wasn't planning to let them pass. She had endured so much torment and pain to push open the door with difficulty. Why should she let them go in easily?

Zhen Shaonan's right palm faced down, and array patterns quickly spread from his body to his palm. He then clenched his fist, and the array force surged out.

"Up, trap."

An eye, only one-fifth the size of the previous one, appeared beneath Yu Miaomiao's feet.

In Zhen Shaonan's view, Yu Miaomiao was not the previous old Taoist priest, so naturally, she didn't need the same high-spec treatment. Furthermore, the three of them had paid a heavy price to deal with the old Taoist priest earlier. The main reason Yu Zangsheng could be killed by a single sneak attack was that he was severely injured.

Zhen Shaonan and Xu Zhenrong were in a very poor state now. Even if Zhen Shaonan didn't want to conserve energy, he had no way to condense the previous large giant eye again.

Below, Li Zhuoyuan silently memorized the array method being cast, collecting it into his brain.

Xu Zhenrong made hand seals, and virtual shadows of masks appeared beside Yu Miaomiao, connected to each other while also forming an effective echo with the giant eye array underground.

Li Zhuoyuan nodded. The combined use of puppet techniques and arrays was also worth noting.

The two obviously didn't plan to fight Yu Miaomiao to the death. They just wanted to trap this strange Yu family member so they could seize the opportunity to enter the tower.

"Meow~"

Yu Miaomiao fiercely clawed the ground with her hands and feet. The eye on the ground immediately began to distort, and the binding force greatly reduced.

After building momentum, Yu Miaomiao's body pounced forward, first breaking through the array trap, then quickly dodging through the mask virtual shadows.

In a moment, she regained her freedom, and using the remaining momentum, rushed towards Zhen Shaonan.

Zhen Shaonan's face showed panic. He hadn't expected Yu Miaomiao to leave the array he set up so easily. He could only choose to retreat at this time.

Yu Miaomiao chased closely without giving up, but her hands began to retract, and her legs gradually tensed.

Below, Li Zhuoyuan saw that Yu Miaomiao was adjusting, preparing to turn around and counterattack immediately.

This detail was very easy to capture, and Zhen Shaonan had just captured it.

He didn't remind Xu Zhenrong, but instead shouted: "Don't chase me, why are you doing this!"

Yu Miaomiao was just following an animal instinct, like a cat chasing two mice, employing a diversion tactic.

But even the most ordinary and simple deception would always have people fall for it, because greed can blind the eyes.

Xu Zhenrong was just blinded. First, Yu Zangsheng had died. Then, the person who was originally blocking the door had gone to chase Zhen Shaonan. If she could enter the tower now, she would have the opportunity to eat alone!

She thought so, and she did so.

Xu Zhenrong ignored Zhen Shaonan and quickly moved to the front of the door. She turned her hands, seemingly adjusting the rules here.

Li Zhuoyuan had known early on that the teachers here had some permission to schedule the rules. For example, they could easily open this emerald barrier, which Li Zhuoyuan couldn't do yet.

This couldn't be learned, because it was a privilege they had obtained after lurking and climbing to higher ecological positions here for so many years.

Although the tower door had been pushed open by Yu Miaomiao to an extent that allowed people to pass earlier, the door was not completely open, meaning that this was not the time segment to enter the tower.

An unrelated person forcibly entering would immediately suffer exclusion from the high tower.

However, just as Xu Zhenrong was about to complete the rule activation and step into the tower, Yu Miaomiao turned her head.

"Meow~"

Xu Zhenrong detected the terrifying killing intent coming from behind and immediately dodged sideways.

"Splash!"

Xu Zhenrong's back was scratched by a cat claw, and her body spun continuously in the air, finally landing awkwardly.

She was very surprised. For a while, she couldn't understand why Yu Miaomiao had become so strong.

Yu Miaomiao had no intention of explaining to her. After succeeding with one strike, she pounced towards Xu Zhenrong again.

Seeing the situation, Zhen Shaonan also quickly moved forward, wanting to enter the tower door.

But this time, he was careful and always paid attention to what was happening behind him.

Sure enough, Yu Miaomiao, who was originally chasing Xu Zhenrong, used the same method to deliver a backhanded strike to him.

Zhen Shaonan dodged in time and wasn't injured.

Yu Miaomiao stood back in front of the tower door, stretched out her tongue, licked her own hand, and casually groomed the dense hair on her wrist.

In mythological stories, terrifying monsters often guarded the edge of heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

She was now a vivid guardian beast of the high tower.

The two wanted to leave this layer and go to the tower door on the upper layer, but Yu Miaomiao's speed was faster than theirs. Seeing them wanting to do so, she still blocked the way ahead.

Xu Zhenrong and Zhen Shaonan didn't continue to force their way but tacitly stood close together.

Zhen Shaonan: "She is now occupying this body. It was powerful in life, and it is extraordinary after death. This kind of corpse is extremely difficult to deal with once it changes."

Xu Zhenrong: "That yellow ape's heart is its 'inner dan' position. She ate that heart, which is equivalent to swallowing the yellow ape's 'inner dan'."

Zhen Shaonan: "Yu Zangsheng's soul thought was probably also residing in that heart before, and it was also eaten by her."

In a short and quick exchange, the two immediately analyzed the reason for Yu Miaomiao's sudden increase in strength.

The yellow ape's heart was a great physical supplement, and Yu Zangsheng's soul thought was a great mental supplement. In normal circumstances, anyone who dared to swallow them in such a crude way would have to prepare for their body to collapse and their consciousness to be lost.

But Yu Miaomiao's body quality was truly too high, so there was no such thing as virtual deficiency not being supplemented. As for the impact of consciousness loss, it had actually already happened. Yu Miaomiao's behavior and actions already revealed a sign of atavism, but her brain wasn't much to begin with, so even if it went further down, it wasn't too obvious.

Zhen Shaonan began to seriously set up an array. Xu Zhenrong made hand seals, and again condensed mask figures, but this time they were larger and more solid.

The two, in their respective ways, began to launch an offensive towards Yu Miaomiao, who was blocking the tower door.

Yu Miaomiao didn't dodge. She repeatedly broke through the array and at the same time tore the mask puppets to pieces again.

Now, she wasn't pursuing the kill. She was just blocking the door, making the two anxious by letting them see but not enter, like a hunter playing with prey, immersed in her own happy pastime.

Downstairs, Li Zhuoyuan was also having a lot of fun.

He had learned Nuo opera puppet techniques, but if he could gain more practical lessons from Xu Zhenrong, it would save him a lot of time, energy, and trial-and-error costs.

Zhen Shaonan's use of arrays was even more wonderful and creative. Li Zhuoyuan also gained a lot, considering it a supplement to the array stone door class.

Yu Zangsheng's death was not a big loss. The Yu family's techniques focused too much on bloodline and accompanying beasts. He had neither the Yu family bloodline nor a beast beside him, so learning that would not be cost-effective.

Could he work hard to learn it and then go back and train the little black dog in the family?

Xu Zhenrong spread her hands, and a ribbon-like glow overflowed, wanting to capture the too agile Yu Miaomiao. Yu Miaomiao impolitely swatted down with a claw, the ribbon collapsed and scattered, turning into crystal clear fragments, but in the next moment, it condensed again and continued to gather.

"Meow~"

Yu Miaomiao's body hair exploded, and the ribbon collapsed and scattered again, but this time, the crystal clear fragments after the collapse were directly absorbed by her hair and could not condense again.

Xu Zhenrong's body trembled, and her injury became heavier as a result.

Li Zhuoyuan's gaze slightly condensed. Xu Zhenrong had just used this move, and Xu Yijin seemed to have used it once as well, only Xu Yijin had a blood porcelain piece in her body, which could change it into ceramic gloss.

Furthermore, Xu Yijin was also good at puppet techniques, and they both had the surname Xu. Li Zhuoyuan suspected that the two were very likely from the same family.

And although Zhen Shaonan's use of arrays was wonderful and creative, the core of his arrays was extremely orthodox, pursuing the charm of the ancient early period, emphasizing the mutual connection between heaven and man.

At the end of the Broken Jade Contest, a large group of people once attempted to jointly break his layout. Among them, a group of people, during the warm-up preparation time, made him perceive that their array attainments were not bad. This group of people also had the demeanor of relatively ancient benevolent people. After the time limit, they still didn't forget to send him congratulations before leaving.

So, Yu Zangsheng, Xu Zhenrong, and Zhen Shaonan, these three people hidden in the secret realm, originally all had the opportunity to wait for their descendants to come in.

But he inserted two feet, not only taking a piece for himself, but also sending a piece to Zhao Yi.

This also meant one thing: the person who set this wave originally had a plan.

The ancestors of the three families waited here for the descendants of the three families. The descendants of the three families chose the corresponding three stone doors, and then joined hands here to target the old Taoist priest and the faceless person at the top of the tower.

This kind of deduction was very much in line with heaven's aesthetic.

Li Zhuoyuan then again felt the deliberate targeting from heaven. This was clearly taking a test paper that others had already prepared well and directly throwing it to him.

Other candidates here could all meet family members, lowering the difficulty.

Only he met family enemies here, increasing the difficulty.

Zhen Shaonan knew that the high tower could change at any time, and continuing like this was not good. When he and Xu Zhenrong first arrived here, suppressing Yu Miaomiao was not a big problem, but the problem was that they had paid a huge price to deal with the old Taoist priest and lost a close-combat suppression presence like Yu Zangsheng. Dealing with this corpse demon again was actually a bit beyond their strength.

Zhen Shaonan: "We two can bring you in together, even if Yu Zangsheng is dead, our allocation quota remains unchanged!"

Xu Zhenrong: "Your Yu family still takes the lion's share."

In Zhen Shaonan and Xu Zhenrong's view, Yu Miaomiao's purpose in blocking them was just for this. Now, the two of them agreed to make concessions.

"Hehehehe meow~"

Yu Miaomiao let out a chilling laugh, her eyes filled with killing intent sweeping over the two:

"I know, you also imagine him that way, use me to enter the tower, and then squeeze dry my value. Do you think I'll be fooled again, eh?"

Zhen Shaonan, Xu Zhenrong: "......"

In a distant corner, Zhao Yi reached out and rubbed the seam of his life and death door on his forehead, also using this action to cover his laughter with his hand.

This silly girl, with her stupidity, would equally create problems for everyone.

Tan Wenbin: "Why do I feel like she's become more... unreasonable?"

Zhao Yi: "Because she's become a corpse demon. The extreme parts of her personality will therefore become more extreme."

At this time, seeing that Yu Miaomiao was truly unable to communicate, Zhen Shaonan shouted to Zhao Yi, who was always watching the play behind him:

"Zhao family boy, why don't you quickly take action and help? Don't your Nine Rivers Zhao want this great opportunity, eh?"

There had been a similar exchange before Yu Zangsheng died. This time it was the same. Zhao Yi still stretched out his finger and pointed downwards:

"Then please trouble the two of you to open this layer's barrier and let my little brother Zhuoyuan come up!"

The barrier was soundproof.

Zhen Shaonan hesitated, and Xu Zhenrong also hesitated.

The Nine Rivers Zhao family, plus a proper Dragon King family, their own allocation quota would not only not increase because of Yu Zangsheng's death, but instead decrease further.

But only what was in their mouths was their own.

After the two exchanged glances, Zhen Shaonan shouted: "No problem, it's a deal!"

Immediately, Zhen Shaonan set up an array with one hand, and with the palm of the other hand facing down, traces of melting appeared on the emerald wall below.

Zhao Yi twisted his neck a bit, but in his weak state, he couldn't make a crisp sound of bone joints.

Instead, Lin Shuyou beside him saw it and deliberately twisted a few times, making loud "crack crack" sounds.

Zhao Yi: "Everyone, get ready to enter the field, listen to my command..."

Eh, that's not right. If that boy surnamed Li came up, would he still need his command, eh?

Immediately, a wave of dense regret surged from the bottom of Zhao Yi's heart.

He really wanted to command this team to fight a battle ah.

Now, not only had he lost this experience opportunity, but when the surnamed Li came up, he would still have to hug his leg and beg him to bring him, to give the Nine Rivers Zhao a little soup water.

After all, the surnamed Li had helped him get through this wave, which was already benevolent and righteous. In this last fruit-picking stage, there was really no reason for him to bring himself again.

Moreover, his family's stupid elder was still thinking about seeking a marriage alliance with Willow Old Lady's granddaughter. The surnamed Li had no good feelings for the Nine Rivers Zhao family, only bad feelings. If he hadn't apologized with three knives and six holes in time, the Qin and Willow family would have just gone to stroll around Nine Rivers.

Forget it, ultimately, it's because my Zhao family's fortune is thin.

Just as Zhao Yi's interest was waning, he suddenly saw the boy on the bottom floor waving at him.

"Um?"

Although he didn't understand the meaning, Zhao Yi still immediately shouted:

"We refuse!"

Zhen Shaonan was stunned by the words, almost leading to Yu Miaomiao breaking the array and scratching him with her claws.

The emerald barrier that was originally melting also returned to normal.

Xu Zhenrong: "What does this mean?"

Zhao Yi: "I don't know."

Xu Zhenrong and Zhen Shaonan immediately divided some of their attention downwards.

They saw that the boy who had always stayed below the area where the two were fighting, watching and slightly nodding, had at this moment walked to the tower door on his floor.

It looked like he wanted to go in by himself.

Zhen Shaonan: "Fancy!"

Xu Zhenrong: "Daydreaming!"

The two were very dissatisfied with the boy's behavior.

Because the boy actually refused their cooperation proposal with an impossible intention.

The high tower was still there, the rules were still there. Any operation that violated the rules would suffer exclusion.

This was also the reason why Yu Zangsheng had let Yu Miaomiao go and push the door earlier, because Yu Miaomiao occupied the body of the black-skirted female. She had a position in the tower. Logically, she should return to the tower, so the exclusion she would bear when pushing the door would be much smaller.

But this boy was neither a person in the tower nor like the two of them who had been immersed and climbed in this place for many years and mastered certain rule permissions. How could you possibly enter this tower at this time?

For Li Zhuoyuan, the supplement class teaching was over, what should be seen and recorded was almost done, and it was time to take the next step.

The boy stepped forward, preparing to cross the threshold.

In an instant, majestic pressure came, and the boy's body trembled accordingly.

Zhen Shaonan: "Heh, sure enough."

Xu Zhenrong: "Sure enough."

However, in the next moment, the eyes of the two simultaneously widened.

Only because after the boy's body trembled, he actually stepped his foot into the threshold, and at the same time, his other foot quickly followed.

He actually really walked inside the door!

Zhen Shaonan: "This is impossible, impossible!"

Xu Zhenrong: "How did he do it?"

If this was possible, then what was the meaning of the three of them, including Yu Zangsheng, suffering in this place for so many years?

Although he didn't turn back to look, he seemed to guess the shock and doubt of the two upstairs at this time. Li Zhuoyuan raised his hand, raising the blank book in his hand.

The boy had the logic to enter the tower under the rules.

The book flowed outside, but the book owner was still inside the building. He had to go...

Return the book.