Many descendants

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Su Yan and Rong Ruo stood on the mountaintop, gazing at the Northwest Prince's Mansion that Xiao Mei had mentioned.

It has now disappeared.

Instead, it was replaced by a long, winding river—the Tomb of Ten Thousand Ghosts, with its rolling yellow waters churning up mud and sand, its current immense.

【Xiao Mei? What should we do?】 Su Yan was a little tempted to give up. Curiosity is fine, but it can't be without limits.

Xiao Mei scanned the nearby Tomb of Ten Thousand Ghosts and said to Su Yan with delight, "[The Northwest King's Mansion is underwater, submerged. Host, go in and take a look. If you can't find it, then we can stop.]"

Su Yan glanced at Rong Ruo beside her, "It's time for you to make a move. Let the water recede first, revealing the remains of the royal palace below."

Rong Ruo, a quasi-sea god, controlled water as easily as breathing. "Open!"

The once turbulent, yellowish river suddenly became incredibly docile, receding quietly into the distance and revealing the Northwest Prince's Palace beneath the water.

The dilapidated Northwest Prince's Mansion is no longer the prosperous place it once was; only the four large golden characters on the gate remain, proclaiming the identity of this ruined building.

Su Yan said to Rong Ruo, "I'll go down and take a look. You stay here and keep watch, making sure no ghosts from the Ten Thousand Ghosts Tomb come over."

Rong Ruo had already experienced Su Yan's strength in the Ghost Vine Forest, so he wasn't worried about her safety. In fact, she sometimes underestimated her own strength. If she were to fight with all her might, even a god would have to give her some leeway.

Putting aside everything else, the treasures he possesses are enough to make people wary and dare not provoke him.

When Xiao Qi returned to the Sea Emperor's Palace last time, she secretly told him that the God Clan now has an unwritten rule: no one should offend the Goddess Mother!

Su Yan became a guinea pig, cautiously approaching the Northwest Prince's Mansion.

Rong Ruo looked at her with a smile, "Being a little confused is fine too!"

This river is called the Tomb of Ten Thousand Ghosts because thousands of water ghosts hide within it.

A large ghost noticed the anomaly and came to investigate.

But when he saw the faint divine light emanating from Rong Ruo, he turned and ran away, even deciding not to come to this area of ​​water for at least a thousand years!

Su Yan said to Xiao Mei, "This lousy place, will it collapse completely as soon as I come in?"

Xiao Mei replied: [Don't worry, host, Xiao Mei will protect you.]

Su Yan then cautiously peeked into the gate of the Northwest Prince's Mansion.

'Clang—' The golden plaque fell to the ground!

Su Yan was so frightened that the white hairs on her body stood on end. Then she slowly turned around, looked at the shattered door plaque, and immediately stuck several defensive talismans on herself. These were more reliable than Xiao Mei's...

She opened the system map and searched every inch, even underground.

She entered a room whose doors and windows were already dilapidated.

The interior was covered in signs of water damage. There was a golden animal cage, but it was empty. Su Yan glanced at it a few times, then put it away. She could give it to Zulu later so he could raise some livestock.

On the decaying table lay a map. Su Yan transformed back into human form, picked up the map, shook off the dirt and sand, and a clear route map suddenly appeared.

Over the years, the Northwest Prince's Mansion has fallen into disrepair, yet this map remains completely undamaged. One can only imagine that this map must be extraordinary.

【Xiao Mei, check this map.】 Su Yan put the map into her system space.

Xiao Mei was quite excited; she loved this kind of data material the most. [Okay, host.]

Su Yan checked the room again. The system map showed that there was another compartment, inside which was a skeleton—a human skeleton!

She pushed aside the rotten bookshelf, revealing the compartment behind it, which could also be described as a secret room.

Since I had already seen the skeletons on the system map, it wasn't as scary.

There was also a table in this secret room, on which something must have been placed before. A dagger was now embedded in the tabletop, right in the bullseye.

After checking the room, Su Yan walked towards the skeleton.

He lay on the bench by the window, a tattered book clutched between his fingers. "Xiaomei, can you recreate his appearance?"

"Yes, host." Xiao Mei replied.

Soon, the skeleton transformed into a tall, handsome young man in Su Yan's eyes.

Suddenly, the young man stood up.

The dilapidated secret room gradually transformed into a luxurious and exquisite room.

The young man walked backwards to the table, pulled out the dagger from it, and tucked it into his waistband. On the table lay a map that looked largely the same as the one Su Yan had tucked away, but with some differences.

[Xiaomei, what happened?]

[Hehe~ This is Xiaomei's newly developed detective mode.]

[Detective mode... You really are a little genius who loves inventing things! So, is this deductive reasoning to recreate the scene?]

【Yes host. 】

Su Yan chuckled. "Since that's the case, let's see what Xiao Mei's abilities have to offer."

The young man put the map away and left the secret room, going to the outer room. It was a study, filled with books, the bookshelves reaching all the way to the ceiling.

He placed the map on the bookshelf, then took out another map from between the shelves and placed it on the desk. This map was the very one Su Yan had put away.

There was an empty teacup on the table. The man picked it up, and as he sipped, the tea filled the cup, turning from nothing to half full...

[The man had no external injuries. After drinking the tea, he arranged the map, lay down on the deck chair by the window to read a book, and then died?]

Yes, that's how it seems at the moment.

Since Su Yan couldn't find the teacup, she couldn't trace when the tea was served, or even who brought it in.

Time exits from deductive reasoning.

Su Yan looked at the skeleton in front of her, then turned and left.

After she left the room, the skeleton's head suddenly moved... its dark, empty eye sockets seemed to be looking at Su Yan's back!

Su Yan went to other rooms to look for clues.

Xiao Mei seems to have taken a liking to the newly developed deductive reasoning method, and she frequently puts Su Yan into deductive scenarios.

Finally, they arrived at a better-preserved room.

Su Yan saw a teacup and picked it up... [Huh? Isn't this the teacup that man drank from? It's in this room.]

Tracing back through time, the teacup was ultimately placed here by Granny Hua.

The one who served tea to the young man was none other than Granny Hua.

Something had been smeared on the rim of the teacup by Granny Hua.

[Within a large family, danger lurks. A servant might not even be a servant, but a murderer.] Su Yan picked up the teacup and stored it in her system space for Xiao Mei to study.

【murderer?】

"Yes, that skeleton was originally a living human. If it were a ghost, even if it had developed a physical form, it would have disappeared with its death, leaving behind no carbon-based material."

Xiao Mei checked the data on the skeleton and compared it with the human information in the database; it should belong to a 27-year-old male.

"Okay, Xiaomei, let's head straight for the skull lock." Su Yan looked towards the mountaintop. Rong Ruo stood there like a guardian deity, casting a warm and tender feeling in her heart.