Chapter 967: 603, Strongest Tour Guide Team

“What’s the last rule of Taboo Land No. 10?” Shadow asked.

“I can’t tell you, it’s a secret of us knights, and you’re not a knight,” Qing Chen said.

Shadow raised an eyebrow, “I’m your brother and I’ve helped you so much, and you pull this on me? Give me back the Realm camellia you drank. Plus, I prepared a jar for Yangyang so she won’t just see the force field in her eyes anymore. This should count against you too!”

“Where’s the logic in taking back something you’ve given away? Are you a child?” Qing Chen said angrily.

Shadow: “You used to be so cute cuddled up to me when you were little, but now you’re not cute at all!”

The two bickering men held playing cards in their hands, with a bunch of white sticky notes stuck on their foreheads.

Yangyang sat beside them, propping her chin on the small table in front of her, watching Shadow and Qing Chen squabble with great interest.

Despite being well-known figures in the Federation, they both showed a childish side.

Men remain boys until they die.

But in truth, neither Shadow nor Qing Chen had the chance to show this side of themselves before.

Shadow’s environment was full of intrigue, where family could be even more dangerous than strangers.

Qing Chen had no support and no one allowed him to act willfully.

So, when the two of them got together, it was especially interesting.

When the two of them stopped speaking, sulking, Yangyang quickly peeled a mandarin for Shadow.

Shadow turned his head away, “I don’t want it. Give it to Qing Chen so he’ll sweeten his mouth and stop annoying me every day!”

Yangyang: “…”

Zhang Mengchan asked from the side, “Boss lady…”

“Ahem,” Yangyang stepped on Xiao Mengqiu’s foot under the table and then said softly, “You can call me that privately, but usually call me Aunt Yangyang.”

After all, Shadow was here, and she still needed to maintain a dignified impression for the elders.

She hadn’t been driving recklessly these past two days!

Moreover, Qing Chen’s mind wasn’t on this at all. She could make jokes normally, but had to restrain herself in front of elders.

At dusk, Yangyang glanced at her arm, rebirth countdown 28:32:21.

Five thirty in the afternoon.

Yangyang said quietly, “Will we be guarded if we follow them off the train?”

Qing Chen got up, packed his things, “Don’t worry, I’ll handle it. Get ready to disembark.”

Saying that, he walked to the train door, waiting for the steam train to drift into emptiness, finally stopping 20 kilometers outside Taboo Land No. 10.

Qing Chen was the first to jump off the train.

Ma Jingjing and others saw this scene, feeling uncertain, thinking how could this group be getting off here too?

But they couldn’t just refuse to disembark because Qing Chen was getting off here too, right?

Ma Jingjing and others felt awkward, being in this desolate area with only so many people, it seemed as though anyone following another was stalking them.

Just after disembarking, the steam train didn’t even wait for the usual 10 minutes of stop time before it drove off immediately.

As if afraid that someone might re-board the train.

Ma Jingjing and others looked confused, “It’s strange, arriving 10 minutes early was one thing, but why is the departure time also early?”

At this time.

Qing Chen suddenly turned around and looked at them, “Hey, why are you following us?”

Zhang Mengchan twitched his mouth at the side, thinking the boss was really sly.

Evidently, they had heard others say they were coming here, so they followed, yet the boss preemptively accused them.’

Meanwhile, Shadow played along with Qing Chen’s act, “Yeah, why are you following us?”

Yangyang felt this must be real brothers, impossible for anyone to impersonate.

Impossible to impersonate.

At this point, Ma Jingjing’s group was speechless, “We’re not following you, we were originally getting off here! We even have guides waiting ahead!”

“Oh, is that so?” Shadow said, “Then it must be a coincidence.”

Qing Chen: “Hmm, we misunderstood you.”

After speaking, Shadow and Qing Chen, in perfect sync, walked towards the direction of Taboo Land No. 10, as if nothing had happened.

“Will the guides be suspicious,” Qing Chen asked quietly, “How many families have you given my whereabouts to?”

Shadow chuckled, “Don’t worry, I gave information to any organization with motives to kill you, even the Fire Pit.”

“Can you not start with ‘don’t worry’ when saying such things, who could possibly feel at ease, what if you suddenly fall asleep again,” Qing Chen grumbled.

“That sounds great, I’ve never been protected by anyone in my life,” Shadow was even more proud.

At this moment, the two of them saw three tents and three people gathered around a campfire from afar talking about something.

These should be the guides Ma Jingjing mentioned.

Ma Jingjing and others were extremely excited, quickly running over, “Hey!”

The three young men saw them coming and stood up.

But unexpectedly, the three young men walked straight past Ma Jingjing and others, completely ignoring the right hand Ma Jingjing extended, heading straight towards Qing Chen and Shadow.

One of them said enthusiastically, “Are you here to explore Taboo Land No. 10? We are all top-tier guides, offering first-class service!”

Qing Chen looked at these three people, his whole demeanor instantly changed.

Zard, Qing Ye, Qing Qu.

The former was the Qing Clan House Master’s top assassin.

The latter two were Shadow’s subordinates responsible for leading the elite Shadow Troop, all three unexpectedly appeared here, playing as some nonsense guides?!

This is way, way, way, way too absurd!

Qing Chen would call these three the Federation’s strongest guide group!

He looked at Shadow in a daze, and Shadow chuckled softly: “This is the bold move of opening a path of slaughter for my dear brother. Just accompany me on this journey; I’ll even kill a god for you if necessary.”

For this journey, Shadow didn’t have any bigger wish, just to be a qualified older brother after revealing his identity.

Anyone who wants to kill Qing Chen must die.

As they spoke, Zard approached warmly, clasping Qing Chen’s right hand with both of his, and excitedly held back for a long time before saying, “Ceremony of Pledge +1!”

Qing Chen: “…”

Fortunately, he didn’t come out looking like Zard this time, or else they’d be at a loss for words staring at each other right now.

Lucky.

While pondering, Ma Jingjing suddenly said, “Hello, we’re the ones who hired the guides, aren’t we?”

“Oh, really?” Qing Ye turned his head with a smile: “Sorry, sorry, wrong customer, you see how awkward this is… Have you brought the gold coins?”

Yi Wenbo took out three gold coins: “This is the final payment.”

“Very good, with the 11 of us exploring the No. 10 Taboo Land, we’re sure to gain a lot,” Qing Ye said happily.

Zard: “We’ll explore the Taboo Land during the day, and even have bonfire parties at night, what’s more delightful than this?”

Ma Jingjing was dumbfounded, suddenly wondering if he’d spent money unnecessarily.

Firstly, the Taboo Land is extremely dangerous, especially the No. 10 Taboo Land, one of the Federation’s top ten perilous places, it’s certainly more dangerous.

Why is everyone so relaxed about having a bonfire party?

Just surviving would be good enough, wouldn’t it?

Yi Wenbo and the others also looked at the three guides before them, whispering, “Aren’t they a bit unreliable? I feel like they might not be very professional, perhaps they’re trying to scam us.”

Ma Jingjing whispered back, “Let’s see first, they have to follow us into the Taboo Land anyway. If they turn out to be unreliable, even if it’s wasted money, we can’t venture deeper.”

Yi Wenbo said: “Eh? Wait a minute, weren’t the guides hired just for the four of us? When did the ‘Artifact Spirit’ get included too?”

Now, they didn’t even know what Qing Chen’s name was, so they simply referred to him privately as Artifact Spirit—vivid and fitting.

Ma Jingjing pulled Zard aside and said, “We four are your real employers, why are there others too? Won’t more people cause delays?”

Qing Ye smiled warmly and said, “It’s fine, more or less is the same, traveling together is more lively, and more friends mean more paths.”

Ma Jingjing was furious: “What do you mean, it was agreed only to take four people. Moreover, those four didn’t even pay the guide fee.”

He was actually willing to have more people explore the Taboo Land together, after all, humans are social creatures, and having ten or more people watch a horror movie together would make it less scary.

But what he couldn’t stand was that they were the employers, yet these three guides kept running towards Artifact Spirit.

Wait a minute, why are those two guides starting to take photos with Artifact Spirit?!

The heck, isn’t taking photos supposed to be done at the end of the journey?

Qing Chen asked Shadow quietly: “We suddenly joined the group, do you think they’ll be okay with it?”

Shadow smiled warmly and said, “Capital can change many decisions.”

At this point, Qing Ye took out a gold coin and said to Ma Jingjing: “How about this, we’ll refund you one gold coin, but the three of us will bring four more people, is that alright?”

Ma Jingjing was taken aback, Xiao Yu quickly stashed the gold coin into his pocket: “That’s fine!”

At this moment, Ma Jingjing and the others still didn’t realize who exactly had gathered around them and how safe this adventure would be.

Qing Chen quietly cut his finger, squeezed out two drops of blood, and while Ma Jingjing and the others weren’t paying attention, smeared it on them.

He squeezed out a few more drops, applying them to Xiaoyang, Zhang Meng Qian, Qing Ye, Shadow, and others.

Originally, he wanted to do it without anyone noticing, but there were just too many experts here…

Except for Ma Jingjing’s group, everyone else noticed his actions.

Shadow said with an amused expression: “I finally know the fourth rule of the No. 10 Taboo Land, no wonder only you Knights can enter, no wonder others get beaten as soon as they step inside, no wonder Deer Island can’t guess this rule, no wonder you were embarrassed to say. You Knights really lack virtue, and that expert from Deer Island is really foolish.”

Ordinarily, the expert planted in the land should be from the Deer Island Financial Group.

No matter how discreetly the Knights did it, Deer Island would know they’ve lost someone, and would know a high-level person was planted in the No. 10 Taboo Land.

So, the person most familiar with this expert should be from Deer Island, and the first to guess the rule should also be from Deer Island.

But the Deer Island Financial Group sent people here multiple times, only to fail each time, which is quite inexplicable.

Sometimes Deer Island even began to suspect whether the person planted here was one of their own experts.

Shadow also had his doubts.

But now Shadow understood…

The rules are dictated by the pre-death likes and dislikes of transcendents, so who would the Deer Island Financial Group’s expert have hated most in life?

Of course, it would be the damned Knights who planted him here!

For example, this expert liked to eat fried chicken in life, liked to dance ballroom, hated eating cilantro, hated people with mechanical limbs…

Those likes and dislikes are nothing compared to his hatred towards the Knights!

So, the fourth rule is that everyone must bring Knights’ blood to gain access to the Taboo Land.

He wanted everyone to hunt Knights, wanted Knights to be coveted like Tang Monk meat.

The reason Shadow said that Deer Island expert was foolish is precisely because of this rule.

It’s one thing if others couldn’t guess it, but even if they did, ordinary people could never obtain Knights’ blood, and the easiest ones to get it… are actually the Knights.

Moreover, most likely only the Knights can procure it.

So, the No. 10 Taboo Land not only failed to become his chance for revenge against the Knights, it became the Knights’ vegetable garden instead.

Shadow sighed: “Such a foolish person deserved to be planted here, let’s go.”

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