Master of Strange Dao

You have Zhang Liang's strategy, I have a ladder to climb over the wall.

Going back to find Li Qiu again, I should slightly expand the scope of this "related records". Orıginal content can be found at novel-fire.net

If all the steles are related records, then naturally there are no restrictions.

If that doesn't work, then try looking for Ruan Renwang.

It's a bit tough to hoodwink Li Qiu, but it might be easier to fool an unconscious Ruan Renwang.

Yu Ziqing took out a box, stored the written consent inside, and walked away, patting his behind as he left Ruan Renwang's mausoleum.

Xia Tian stood outside the mausoleum; even with Ruan Renwang gone, he dared not enter.

Seeing Yu Ziqing appear, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Do you all have this tradition where you only enter the mausoleum of your predecessors when you're tired of living?"

"There's no such tradition, but indeed, recklessly entering the mausoleum of your predecessors shows a bit of being tired of life.

Most who did this from the clan's older generation never came out again, and some who did come out, ended up dying."

Xia Tian answered honestly, with an earnest look on his face.

Yu Ziqing stared wide-eyed at Xia Tian.

"And yet you still brought me to Ruan Renwang's mausoleum earlier?"

"You're different. Even if the great-grandfather lost consciousness, he surely wouldn't bear to let you die.

Why not explore other mausoleums?

Like our ancestor's mausoleum, even if the ancestor has died, with your talent, if the ancestor's body is still there,

as long as it can move, it would definitely have some instinct left, and with that instinct, he couldn't bear to kill you."

Xia Tian looked at Yu Ziqing with anticipation, trying to wheel and deal at the opportunity.

Yu Ziqing rolled his eyes and turned to leave.

What kind of people are they—ugh, or rather, what kind of zombies are they—with not a single one behaving seriously.

Xia Tian escorted Yu Ziqing to the door, still somewhat unwilling to let go, slipping several golden books into Yu Ziqing's hands.

Inside were records similar to travel notes, besides dry goods, there were some bits that could reflect a little on the temperaments of certain seniors, their dark histories.

Just like the stele of Ruan Renwang...

Yu Ziqing just skimmed a bit and knew that Xia Tian must have massively misunderstood him.

However, after giving the things, Xia Tian said nothing, hurriedly left.

Yu Ziqing wanted to explain that he wasn't that kind of person, but Xia Tian gave him no chance.

With that damned expression, Xia Tian was practically saying, if you don't just perfectly fit with us in talent, your personality seems inherently like ours; it's just too perfect.

If Yu Ziqing said now, Li Qiu mentioned wanting to recruit on behalf of the elders, raising the seniority a bit, Xia Tian would surely arrange the ceremony on the spot without a hint of hesitation.

Yu Ziqing, pinching his nose to endure it, left with the golden books.

He indeed had an interest in certain records of the Xi Family; their content could greatly help him in resolving the seal afterward.

Regarding death, perhaps no one in the world understood it more deeply than they did.

They also researched the vitality corresponding to death extensively and deeply.

This curse in Jiawu City, without these documents, Yu Ziqing would indeed be quite clueless.

On the way back, Yu Ziqing was a bit emotional. He had never thought that wanting to resolve this sealing curse required advancing by studying the Xi Family's research related to death.

Taking a bit of a detour on the road, he went once more to Dadui to find any remaining records there.

Returning to Jinlan Mountain, Yu Ziqing went to see Ruan Renwang.

Although she had no consciousness, Yu Ziqing could feel that recently she seemed quite happy and comfortable here.

The plethora of oddballs in Jinlan Mountain matched with Ruan Renwang perfectly.

Once these oddballs are allowed to play freely, they certainly wouldn't get bored.

The village chief's bans are still effective; below the Sixth Tier, leaving Jinlan Mountain is prohibited.

But unfortunately, not everyone has the talent to advance to the Sixth Tier within decades.

After all, like the village chief, who has lived a lifetime on Jinlan Mountain, living all his life by eating the Jinlan Mushroom of the past to establish a formidable foundation, such people are extremely scarce.

Moreover, everyone is also accustomed to the Jinlan Mountain way and has seen the examples.

Those who can go out for experience and can return unscathed have all laid a solid foundation.

Some who come running back severely injured and on the brink of death are usually those more impulsive, eager to advance.

So now, there's no obsession with rapid advancement.

The village chief used to often think about quickly advancing to the Ninth Tier, but now he's not in a hurry at all; that's a change.

Yu Ziqing watched two villagers tussling, dislocating their necks, breaking a dozen bones, and yet they could jokingly laugh, with no anger or annoyance.

To temper themselves, they didn't even take pills, just setting the bones themselves, enduring to rely on self-recovery.

Who knows when this training method became trendy.

Yu Ziqing wasn't much concerned with this; he focused more on everyone's relationships, the unity, and the absence of easily arising discord, which was the crucial part.

Try it outside, see if there's anyone whose bones were broken in a dozen places and yet have not the slightest anger or grievance, laughing instead, like seizing a training opportunity.

Regarding the education of thought in Jinlan Mountain, Er Han, Yu Ziqing, and that dumb dog significantly contributed.

Especially Er Han, given how many times his body was on the brink of collapse, with hundreds of bones crushed, it all seemed like trivial cracks.

His will was honed long before, when needing to scream, he could scream like a pig being slaughtered, and when not needing it, no matter how severe the injury, it didn't hinder his performance.

With Er Han as an example to continually raise the threshold, everyone in Jinlan Mountain indeed possessed excellent psychological resilience.