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Chapter 179: The Worry of Holding a Treasure Suddenly Encountered a Phantom
The second time I went down the cliff, I was more familiar with the route. I didn't even need to look around. I could step accurately on the protruding rocks and hook onto the dead vines and tree roots.

A lot faster than the first time.

When it got dark, the terrifying scene at the bottom of the cliff could be seen.

The ground was covered with layers of corpses, rotting flesh covered the soil and grass, and large areas of dark brown invaded the colorful colors of the original rocks and plants.

The corroded bones look like strong grass in autumn and winter, standing upright and pointing diagonally to the sky.

The easy-to-find corpses of the first round have been almost completely looted, and the remaining tough bones are scattered at the bottom of the valley.

Zhou You accidentally stepped into the soft mud, which caused bubbles to gurgle. When he pulled his foot out, he pulled up a large piece of sticky silk thread.

The silk was pulled out, which made him feel so disgusted!
The rotten flesh accumulated over countless years eventually formed this swamp.

He was in a harsh environment and did not dare to relax at all. He used the poisonous aura to cover his whole body.

Even breathing has to go through several layers of filtration.

He passed by a corpse, observed its decomposition, calculated that it was one of the ones he had thrown away, and opened it up.

A black tide surged out, revealing to be a group of black scorpions as big as fingers.

The scorpions at the bottom of the valley love damp environments. They burrow into the cavities of corpses to lay eggs and reproduce, and suddenly a large group of them emerge.

After emptying the little scorpion, Zhou You calmly took out the oil paper bags one by one, shaking off the sticky dirt.

The corners of my mouth couldn't help but twitch. This is really not a place for human beings to stay. I will never come here again in this life!
Our luck was not very good this time. All we seized were treasures, and the remaining two secret medicines disappeared without a trace.

Zhou You guessed that the body might have collided with the cliff wall when it was thrown to the bottom of the cliff, and was bounced a long distance.

It could also be that the mountain wind blew it away, any reason is possible!
Seeing that the backpack was full and the weight was a bit heavy on my shoulders, I had to return to the top of the cliff.

Rest halfway in the air, spend the night, and climb to the top of the cliff at dawn.

Looking at the rising sun, Zhou You felt excited. Wouldn’t his future be just like the scenery before him, full of infinite promise and light?

Although the secret medicines have not been found yet, more than 90% of the treasures in the treasury have been unearthed.

If these treasures could be successfully converted into cash, their value would conservatively be estimated at one million taels of silver.

After the joy, the heavy reality comes down, how to realize it?

This is a society with distinct classes.

There is a clear distinction between high and low classes, and no matter which class you are in, the amount of wealth you can control is limited.

When Lu Zhigang won the bonus, he immediately encountered a situation where everyone in the city was his enemy. The reason was that the wealth was too huge, beyond the upper limit of his status. If he was a martial artist, he would definitely be fine.

Moyun Village was guilty of possessing the treasure, so it was wiped out by General Chen Qian. If Zhou You had not intervened, these treasures would have fallen into General Chen Qian's hands long ago.

Even if Yan Ping, the stone-opener, was still alive, with his level of martial arts skills, he would not be able to protect this huge fortune.

I heard that many people nearby were chasing Yan Ping, trying to divide up the treasure of Moyun Village on him.

Even a martial artist cannot keep this wealth, let alone the circulation of qi and blood.

Therefore, this treasure cannot be seen in public and has to be temporarily hidden in a safe place, taken out in batches and slowly converted into cash.

The process must be done with extreme caution. Any exposure will bring disaster to the whole family.

"Fucheng!"

A word popped up in Zhou You's mind.

This wealth is too enormous to be realized with the size of Gongliang City. It must be a larger and more prosperous city.

The provincial capital is a thoroughfare connecting all directions, with visitors flocking in like clouds and money flowing like a river.

Compared with it, Gongliang City is like a sesame seed on a sesame bun, insignificant.

Only in the capital city could such a fortune of millions be digested quietly and without leaving any trace.

I left in a hurry this time and didn't have the chance. I'll find a chance to go to the provincial capital next time and explore the route.

Make plans for the future and you will be more motivated to do things.

The third trip down the cliff was, if nothing unexpected happened, the last trip. Zhou You traveled all the way like flowing water, and arrived at the bottom of the valley smoothly. The surrounding area was full of rotten mud and the stench was overwhelming.
The miasma became thicker and thicker, with columns of gas rising hundreds of meters high from time to time. Birds flying across the sky were hit by it, and they became stiff in an instant, then fell into the bottomless abyss and were swallowed by the rotten mud.

The environment is harsh, and if you want to find anything you have to get close and examine it carefully.

Ordinary wild animals can't survive in this damn place. There are plenty of poisonous snakes and insects. If you're not careful, you'll easily step on a bunch of them to death.

The surface of the poison was gradually stained with blood and poison, becoming mottled and unclear.

"Ok?"

Zhou You saw half a corpse hanging on a stalagmite half a person's height, with a medicine bottle sticking out of the broken end.

With a wave of his palm, the poisonous energy condensed into two ropes, which tied up the medicine bottles one by one and dragged them in front of him.

There were not many secret medicines, so he covered the bottom of the bamboo basket in front of him.

Then another body was found, and at this point all the treasures were collected.

"There's still one corpse's worth of secret medicine left."

Zhou You counted on his fingers and realized that all the treasures had been found and 2/3 of the secret medicine had been collected, so he was not far from perfection.

Well, everyone who has downloaded knows that the most difficult time is when the progress bar reaches 99%.

The remaining 1% sometimes takes longer than all the previous steps combined.

Half a day later, Zhou You squinted his eyes and looked at the starry sky above his head, "Or, let's not take the rest and go home."

After counting on my fingers, I realized that I have been away from home for some time. If I don't show up again, my parents will get suspicious and my grandfather will not be able to cover it up.

Having said that, now that I'm here, it would be a bit regrettable not to do it all.

Zhou You gritted his teeth and set an hour as the deadline. If he couldn't find it, he would turn back immediately.

Don't drag your feet when doing things, be decisive.

Half an hour later, Zhou You found the last body in the bushes.

While lamenting his good luck, he skillfully cut open the chest and abdomen.

The whole process was repeated countless times, and it was a bit boring.

However, something strange happened suddenly!

The corpse, whose face had been so corrupted that it was impossible to see clearly, suddenly opened its dissolved eyelids.

The cloudy eyeballs rolled a few times, and mucus gushed out and fell from the eye sockets with a plop.

"It's finally here."

The rotten corpse opened its mouth, and the next moment its tongue rotted off, and a black light shot out from its mouth, striking its face.

Although Zhou You was shocked, he remained calm. He used the lv4 basic light skill and retreated to 100 meters away with the breeze under his feet.

When he looked up, the black light seemed to have been waiting for a long time and struck down on his forehead.

"Phantom, a wild ghost in the forest?"

Zhou You was extremely surprised. He was no stranger to ghosts, but he had never seen a ghost before it possessed a body.

A flash of black light, as fast as lightning, was beyond his reach even if he tried his best to avoid it.

The virtual spirit enters the body and takes over the nest. The original owner is doomed to die, and only a walking corpse remains that can be manipulated by the owner.

"Pfft!"

There were a few muffled sounds, like a wooden stick hitting a quilt.

The black light was trapped in the soft poisonous coat, as if it had hit a wall, unable to move forward and was stuck on the spot.

Zhou You felt relieved and was thankful that he had trained the poisonous magic to protect his body, otherwise he would have died on this trip.

The problem comes again?
The phantom spirit is attached to the surface of the poisonous evil spirit, unable to get in and refusing to leave. How can we resolve the hidden danger that is so close?
(End of this chapter)