756: They all seem to have very bad tempers.

After receiving his resource rewards, Lin Yang went into seclusion again.

With special approval from that Lord Zhen Ge, he could focus on his secluded breakthrough.

Meanwhile, news of Ancient Night Clan infiltrators appearing in Baichi City again gradually spread like wildfire.

When the news broke that the Ancient Night Clan members had infiltrated again—not for the Ancient Ruins, but still in search of treasure—everyone was shocked.

Baichi City really did hide a treasure that even the Ancient Night Clan coveted!

Unsurprisingly, Baichi City became incredibly bustling once again.

This time, the commotion far exceeded any previous instance.

Not only were there Ancient Ruins, but there was also treasure!

The second round of treasure hunting fever erupted once more.

This time it was even crazier than the last, truly managing to dig three feet into the ground across the Baichi City area.

Even the Moon Shadow Sect and the Tiankun Sect temporarily halted their conflict and dispatched disciples to participate.

The struggle between the two sects would be hard to resolve in the short term; the treasure was more important.

Everyone was incredibly excited; the last treasure hunt had unearthed an Ancient Ruins, so perhaps they could dig up something even more remarkable this time.

Many people ventured deep into the forests near Baichi City to explore.

It was almost a carpet-style search.

The spectacle was unprecedented.

As more and more people participated in the treasure hunt, inevitable conflicts began to arise.

At first, it was just minor friction, but it gradually escalated into major conflicts.

The Jidong Prefecture dispatched more Prefecture Army troops to suppress the chaos and maintain order.

The situation became extremely chaotic for a time.

...

"I've finally reached the Late Dao Fire Realm."

On the other side, after a period of focused seclusion, Lin Yang successfully broke through to the Late Dao Fire Realm.

Furthermore, thanks to the abundant resource rewards he had received, his cultivation had advanced even further, nearly reaching the peak of the Dao Fire Realm.

Lin Yang estimated that his current combat strength was stronger than that of an average early-stage Nie Kong Realm cultivator, and could barely rival a late-stage Nie Kong Realm cultivator.

This strength finally gave him some confidence.

Possessing strength comparable to the Nie Kong Realm made everything much more convenient.

Subsequently, Lin Yang left seclusion.

"It's a pity that I don't have enough yuan sand and resources; otherwise, I could have pushed through in one go."

Lin Yang secretly sighed with regret.

It had been difficult to get the time for seclusion specially approved by Lord Zhen Ge, but the resources in his hands were insufficient.

Breaking through from the Dao Fire Realm to the Nie Kong Realm without resource support, relying solely on time, would take too long and wasn't cost-effective.

Therefore, Lin Yang had no choice but to give up.

After leaving seclusion, he noticed the current situation in Baichi City.

The spectacle left him dumbfounded.

"It's even more exaggerated than the last treasure hunting fever."

Lin Yang was secretly shocked; this small Baichi City was basically unable to accommodate any more people.

"Lin Yang, you've left seclusion." Li Rui's voice came from behind him.

Lin Yang turned around and nodded. "Captain, it seems the news about the Ancient Night Clan members infiltrating to hunt for treasure couldn't be suppressed after all. The situation in the city is absurd."

Li Rui smiled. "Indeed, the Prefecture Army has already dispatched more personnel to maintain order, but these guys are all hoping to find treasure and change their fates, so they're hard to stop."

Lin Yang was silent.

The current situation might not be without tacit approval from above.

To this day, there wasn't even a shred of a clue about the mysterious treasure; perhaps some people wanted to use the strength of the masses to unearth clues about it.

"Let's go. Since you've left seclusion, our patrol mission must begin. However, with people everywhere in Baichi City, it's going to add quite a bit of difficulty to our patrol."

Li Rui called out, gathering the Squad to continue their mission.

Seeing that Lin Yang had successfully broken through, the Squad members congratulated him one after another, feeling envious of his cultivation speed.

When Lin Yang joined the Squad, he was only at the early-stage Dao Fire Realm, yet now he had reached the late-stage Dao Fire Realm.

Yet, the others in the Squad had only improved by a small level at most.

This speed of improvement made the whole Squad very envious.

After leaving the base and starting their patrol, Cheng Fu specially moved closer to Lin Yang and whispered:

"While you were in seclusion a while ago, Little Xia Shuang sent me a message saying she wanted to come see us."

"That Little Girl Xiao Shuang wants to come see us?" Lin Yang was a bit surprised. "She's doing fine at the Huan Yin Sect, so why does she suddenly want to come see us? Would her master agree?"

"The Little Girl Xia Shuang says she misses us. As for coming back to visit, she says she's still discussing it with Elder Meng Qingsu; she definitely can't come alone."

Cheng Fu said:

"The Little Girl Xia Shuang said that since there are Ancient Ruins and mysterious treasures in Baichi City now, she can use the excuse of broadening her horizons to have her master bring her back for a visit."

Lin Yang couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. "That girl is quite good at finding excuses."

"Isn't she? But I think what the Little Girl Xia Shuang said makes sense. Coming back to take a look would indeed broaden her horizons," Cheng Fu laughed.

Lin Yang nodded, then glanced at the sea of heads in Baichi City, and added:

"Baichi City is excessively bustling right now. With so many people, it's hard to tell what kind of monsters and demons are mixed in. There might even be undiscovered Ancient Night Clan members. How about we tell her to wait a bit longer?"

He certainly missed the Little Girl as well.

But the current situation in Baichi City indeed made him slightly worried.

If any accident occurred, it would be a major issue.

Cheng Fu sighed. "Wait until when? I estimate that until that treasure is unearthed, Baichi City will likely remain like this. I'm already impatient to see the Little Girl."

Lin Yang thought for a moment. "Let's see what Elder Meng Qingsu's opinion is first. She took the Little Girl as her disciple and likes her very much, so I doubt she would agree to let the Little Girl come to Baichi City at such a critical juncture."

The current situation in Baichi City was indeed too complex and chaotic.

He reckoned that Elder Meng Qingsu wouldn't easily let the Little Girl come to Baichi City.

After all, the Little Girl's cultivation was really too low.

Currently, she was only at the Transformation Dao Realm.

Although reaching the Transformation Dao Realm in just a few tens of thousands of years was not slow.

But this was the Primal Ancient Continent, and cultivation below the Dao Above was indeed insufficient to travel the world.

Even with Meng Qingsu personally protecting her, it was hard to feel at ease.

Although Cheng Fu also missed the Little Girl, he knew what Lin Yang said was reasonable, so he didn't say anything more.

"Let's find an opportunity to go to the Huan Yin Sect to see the Little Girl," Lin Yang said, seeing this.

He was a bit uneasy about letting the Little Girl come to Baichi City.

But now his cultivation was sufficient to support them in going to the Huan Yin Sect.

Cheng Fu nodded. "That's fine too. Ever since you said we'd have a chance to see the Little Girl, I've been saving up for all these years. We'll just take the Teleportation Array when the time comes."

As he said this, Cheng Fu revealed a rather smug smile.

He had saved up quite a bit of yuan sand over these years.

Now he just needed an opportunity for leave.

But this opportunity for leave...

Cheng Fu looked at Lin Yang. "Now that there are more and more people in Baichi City, the difficulty of searching for the lurking Ancient Night Clan members is getting higher. The higher-ups probably won't easily grant us leave."

"Especially you; I reckon the lords won't let you take leave even more."

Hearing this, Lin Yang sighed softly.

Because he could detect the abnormalities of the Ancient Night Clan members, for this reason alone, it would be difficult for him to ask for leave again.

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

That Lord Zhen Ge had specially approved time for him to break through and had also specially approved a large amount of resource rewards, all so that he could focus on breaking through and then better execute future missions.

Now that he had left seclusion, wanting to take leave again probably wouldn't have much of a chance.

Either the treasure had to appear, or all the lurking Ancient Night Clan members had to be found.

Otherwise, he would likely have to stay in Baichi City indefinitely.

Thinking of this, Lin Yang raised his hand and said, "Let's not think about this for now. Let's take it one step at a time; there's no rush."

"Mm." Cheng Fu nodded.

The patrol mission continued.

After an initial patrol through Baichi City, Lin Yang did not find any suspicious persons.

"Still haven't found any suspicious persons? Could it be that the only Ancient Night Clan infiltrators this time were the three we caught last time?" Li Rui frowned and said.

Lin Yang shook his head. "That's unclear. It might also be that the exposure of those three guys last time made the other Ancient Night Clan infiltrators more cautious, thereby making it impossible for me to detect any abnormalities."

Li Rui's brows furrowed even tighter. "The cunning Ancient Night Clan members, they are too hateful."

After saying that, he added, "Then let's go outside the city to continue the patrol. The number of people outside the city is now several times more than inside."

Now their Squad's patrol mission had become heavier; they had to patrol both inside and outside the city.

This was naturally because Lin Yang could detect abnormalities.

Other Squads didn't have such heavy patrol missions.

However, just as the Squad was about to leave the city.

Suddenly, a commotion broke out.

It was accompanied by waves of power fluctuations.

Lin Yang's eyes changed. "Someone is fighting in the city."

Li Rui and the others' expressions were relatively calm. "It's normal. You've been in seclusion, so you don't know that there have already been several battles in the city. With so many people, friction is naturally unavoidable. Some short-tempered ones don't care about the consequences at all and start fighting as soon as they speak."

"So chaotic?" Lin Yang looked over from a distance. The strength of the two sides fighting was not weak; they had the strength of the Late Dao Fire Realm.

The two were fighting fiercely, and the surrounding people had backed away a bit.

Other Prefecture Army teams had already gone over to suppress them.

Before long, the two who were fighting were taken away.

Then everything quickly returned to normal.

No one felt surprised by this situation; it was clear that it had indeed happened many times, and fighting inside the city had become common.

Lin Yang secretly frowned. The level of chaos in Baichi City was far more serious than he had imagined.

This also made him even more determined not to let the Little Girl come to Baichi City to see them.

Walking out of the city.

Outside the city, crowds of people could be seen everywhere.

Looking out, one couldn't see the end at all.

There was even an illusion that the area outside the city was actually inside the city.

The number of people was simply ridiculous.

"With so many people, patrolling is really going to be exhausting." Lin Yang just felt a bit overwhelmed.

"Haha, who told you to have this ability? Just work a little harder." Li Rui laughed.

The area around Baichi City was very large.

It wasn't that easy to patrol.

Especially since the personnel were mobile.

They weren't staying in one place.

This created a possibility of missing the Ancient Night Clan infiltrators.

In short, it could be described as a daunting task.

And it was even more chaotic outside the city.

Fighting occurred from time to time.

They were often just minor frictions that shouldn't have mattered, but they quickly escalated into mutual attacks.

It seemed that everyone's temper had become quite explosive.

It was very easy to set them off.

After patrolling for a while, Lin Yang had already seen several fights.

"Captain, do you feel that everyone's temper is a bit big?" Lin Yang observed for a long time and finally couldn't help but speak up.

He had seen the causes of the few fights he had passed by.

For example, Passerby A accidentally got a little too close to Passerby B, and then the two would quickly start fighting.

This was simply absurd.

This kind of mutual fighting was completely avoidable.

Things that could be solved with just one sentence would quickly escalate into fighting.

Li Rui slowly said, "The tempers are indeed quite big, but it's understandable. With so many people, there will be all kinds of personalities."

Lin Yang frowned again.

What Li Rui said was correct.

However, he still felt that those people's tempers were excessively big.

Everyone came for treasure hunting and could be considered competitors, so some mutual wariness was understandable. But now, they hadn't even seen a shadow of the so-called treasure, yet they were already fighting.

And it was the kind where they would start fighting over a single disagreement.

This was a situation that hadn't occurred during the last treasure hunting fever.

During the last treasure hunting fever, although there were slightly fewer people than this time, it wasn't by much.

Yet this kind of situation hadn't happened much.

The current situation made Lin Yang feel inexplicably strange.

He tugged at Cheng Fu and transmitted his voice: "Cheng Fu, don't you think those people's tempers are a bit strangely big? The treasure hasn't even appeared, yet they are fighting to the death. Aren't they afraid of benefiting others first?"

Cheng Fu didn't think there was any problem and replied, "I think it's fine. Everyone is a cultivator, and it's normal to have different tempers. There are too many people, so all kinds of people will appear. You'll get used to it."

Lin Yang's eyes flickered slightly, and he didn't say anything more.

Indeed, in a large forest, there are all kinds of birds.

Perhaps he was just too sensitive.

Even ordinary people have some temper, and it's easy for crowds to lose control.

Let alone these cultivators.

A few more days passed.

Li Rui received a message and turned to the Squad, saying, "There are people fighting in the city again, and they even broke the Teleportation Array. I estimate that the number of people coming to Baichi City will be slightly less for a while."

Everyone was quite surprised.

"Captain, who is fighting? They actually broke the Teleportation Array?" Lin Yang's heart inexplicably tightened.

Li Rui shook his head. "Just some guys with nothing better to do. There were two groups who didn't like each other and started fighting, and it just happened to be near the Teleportation Array, so it was affected. But it's not a big problem; it has already been suppressed by the lords."

"Oh..." Lin Yang responded, wanting to ask something more.

But not far away, people were fighting again.

And this time, it was more than one place.

At several places simultaneously, people were fighting.

Lin Yang wanted to go over and take a look, but Li Rui said, "No need to care. Our Squad has a mission specially approved by Lord Zhen Ge. We only need to patrol; we don't need to care about these troublemakers. Other Squads will handle it."

Lin Yang paused his steps.

(End of chapter)