Chapter 123: Qin Yan

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Having never seen such an ugly monster before, Yunqing’s first thought upon being suppressed by its spiritual sense and rendered unable to move was, “Liu Liu, do mosquitoes have queens too?”

“Ordinary mosquitoes don’t, but I have no idea about mutated ones.”

The mutated mosquito queen gave Yunqing no time to observe or think. Its thorn-covered legs reached toward her. In the next moment, she would become its food.

Danger!

As the legs drew closer, every barb looked like a sharp dagger. Yunqing did not know what level the creature was, but she could be certain that she was no match for it, not even for a single move.

Although she could not enter her cave abode, she still had something that could save her life.

In her system inventory was a dungeon scroll that could bring her entire body inside. It allowed entry twice in total. She had already entered once with Ye Xiaolang, so she could still use it a second time.

Wait! It?

Name: Unknown. Level: Unknown.

Not it—him? Or her?

Only humans had names. Nonhuman beings were generally identified by their species.

That meant the mosquito queen was actually human.

Humans did not have bodies like this. This was not its true body.

With a thought, the Soul-Expelling Orb appeared in her hand. Just as the barbs on the queen’s leg were about to strike her, Yunqing threw the orb.

She had never used the Soul-Expelling Orb and did not know what effect it would have. To ensure her survival, she threw it while silently chanting, “Use the dungeon scroll.”

At the instant she threw the orb, the purple-black insect’s body flickered. The red text above its head, which had read “Name: Unknown, Level: Unknown,” changed to “Level: Unknown.” Its name had vanished.

An invisible soul was expelled from the queen. Having been forcibly fixed inside the queen’s body by a Soul-Fixing Pill, the soul lost the foundation of its existence once it was driven out. It transformed into resentment, and in an instant, the entire space was filled with the hatred of the dead soul.

The Soul-Expelling Orb annihilated the expelled soul in an instant, and a series of system notifications appeared:

Critical Hit -500!

Combat Experience +50,000!

“Congratulations! Your combat level has risen to Level 39.”

“Congratulations! Your character level has risen to Level 39.”

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Obtained: Limitless Cultivation Formula—Qi Refining Chapter, Rank Seven Soul-Restoring Pill ×1, Powerful Cleaning Agent ×1.

The queen had lost its intelligent soul, but it had not died. It merely staggered for an instant before its leg continued hooking toward its food—Yunqing.

Just as the queen’s leg was about to reach her, the dungeon teleportation had yet to begin. Gritting her teeth, Yunqing drew her greatsword once more and brought it down on the giant mosquito’s leg.

Clang!

The mosquito’s leg collided with the greatsword, sending sparks flying. The sword instantly warped, its durability dropping to zero and rendering it unusable.

-1.

Combat Experience +40.

The powerful resentment released by the soul’s death assaulted every living creature present. Amid that hatred, Yunqing could barely see what she had obtained. She did not even notice that she had gained tens of thousands of experience points and risen in level.

After the mosquito leg shattered Yunqing’s greatsword, it continued attacking her. Fortunately, her dungeon scroll activated at that moment. Her body vanished from the spot and entered the dungeon.

Liu Liu said, “The place you’re going is very dangerous. Liu Liu isn’t coming.”

“Dungeon of Illusion.”

Quest: Find and rescue the four villagers trapped in the village. 0/4. Countdown: 2:59:30.

Yunqing had no time to pay attention to these notifications. Struck by the resentment released by the soul before its death, she fell into an illusion of hatred.

Within the illusion, no faces could be seen. The people and scenery seemed to have been deliberately blurred, leaving her able to perceive only shadows like white light amid the darkness.

Among those shadows was a half-grown boy. While secretly listening to a conversation between his mother and a servant, he learned that he was not his mother’s biological son. He was the bastard born of his father and a lowly mortal woman.

Then who was his birth mother?

He went to ask his father, but his father told him nothing. He merely ordered him to devote himself to cultivation and not be distracted by such irrelevant matters.

How could his birth mother be irrelevant? While cultivating, he secretly investigated. To his horror, he discovered that his birth mother had been killed by people sent by the woman he had called Mother for more than a decade. Had he not been so young at the time, he might not have escaped death either.

For more than ten years, he had mistaken his enemy for his mother. His mother’s murder was an irreconcilable hatred. He had to avenge her.

But that venomous woman was a Nascent Soul cultivator. All he could do was endure and wait for an opportunity.

“Bai Wuyou! I want you to pay with your life for my mother’s!”

Bai Wuyou!

Trapped in the illusion of hatred, Yunqing immediately understood who had merged with the mosquito queen.

Qin Yan—the son of Qin Feng!

She had never even thought of looking for him, yet she had unexpectedly encountered him here.

The illusion continued.

Within it, Qin Yan felt that he had still been too young. He had failed to conceal his hatred for her, allowing Bai Wuyou to notice it. That was only natural. Qin Yan was barely fifteen years old; how could he possibly hide anything from Bai Wuyou?

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He thought Bai Wuyou would make a move. Qin Yan guessed that even if she killed him, his father might not seek revenge against her. Hadn’t his mother died in vain all those years ago?

Yet, unexpectedly, Bai Wuyou did nothing. Perhaps she simply did not regard an ant who had only just entered the Acquired Realm as worth her attention.

Time waited for no one. He had to become stronger.

But his aptitude was average. Even if he cultivated for a hundred years, he might still be unable to avenge his mother.

By sheer coincidence, just as he yearned to become stronger, he found a jade slip containing a forbidden art. Looking back now, he suspected that Bai Wuyou had deliberately placed the jade slip before him, luring him to his own death so that his father would not blame her.

But he had been single-mindedly determined to grow stronger and had overlooked that possibility.

Following the instructions on the forbidden-art jade slip, he secretly cultivated and prayed, trying to become stronger as quickly as possible. His desire for strength received an answer.

A clever and powerful younger brother had arrived.

Yunqing, trapped in the illusion of hatred, was utterly bewildered. What did it mean for a clever and powerful younger brother to arrive? There had only been one person in the illusion.

In the scenes that followed, Yunqing saw Qin Yan frequently talking to himself.

His cultivation speed had advanced by leaps and bounds, yet Qin Yan’s memories contained no recollection of cultivating at all. He remembered only that his cultivation level was constantly changing.

Qin Feng was overjoyed. He often taught him to cultivate personally, and treated him far better than before.

Yunqing’s eyes narrowed as she remained trapped in the illusion.

Had Qin Yan been possessed by an extraterrestrial demon?

That could not be right. If he had been possessed, Qin Yan would no longer exist.

Could another world also have split personalities? Could a split personality cause one’s cultivation speed to increase so dramatically?

Could it be—

Two souls sharing one body!

So, apart from possession by extraterrestrial demons, two souls could also exist within a single body in this world.

Where had the other soul come from? Could it, like her, have originated from the twenty-first century?

Yunqing was deeply concerned. She paid even closer attention to Qin Yan’s memories within the hatred. From what she saw, the other soul did not seem to come from the modern world. It was extraordinarily intelligent, handling everything flawlessly and winning the trust of everyone in the Qin Family Estate. It had even learned many of Qin Feng’s secrets and weaknesses.

Qin Yan’s memories grew increasingly scarce. Most of what remained consisted of his exchanges with his “younger brother.”

The general meaning was that Bai Wuyou was far too powerful. His younger brother needed more time to cultivate in order to take revenge sooner, and therefore needed to use the body for a longer period.

The “younger brother” was very skilled with words. He claimed to love his “older brother” Qin Yan deeply and was willing to do anything and sacrifice everything for him, in order to fulfill his wish.

And it seemed that was exactly what he did. Everything in Qin Yan’s life grew better and better.

Remembered in one second: One-One-Four Chinese:

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