119: Lizhou Village, Grandma

After breaking the Mountain Patrol Gu Formation, Qin Yang and Huang Liang continued on their journey.

Before sunset, they arrived in front of a mountain village.

At the entrance of the village, there was a large gate made of bamboo.

Its natural color perfectly blended with the surrounding lush green mountains.

“Who are you?”

In front of the village gate, a Professional who looked like a guard watched Qin Yang and Huang Liang warily.

Huang Liang stepped forward and said, “This brother, I am Huang Liang from Huang Family Village, and I have come specifically to pay my respects to Grandma Zu.”

“Are you from the Huang family?”

The guard was slightly stunned, and immediately said to the person beside him, “Open the gate!”

“You seem to have quite a reputation here.”

Qin Yang said with a smile.

Lin Xiaoer had asked Huang Liang to accompany him to Lizhou precisely because he had connections there.

Sure enough, after he announced his name, the guard immediately let them through, which saved Qin Yang a lot of trouble.

Huang Liang shrugged, “It’s not me who has the reputation, it’s my cousin.”

Click, click, click!

As the sound of chains rubbing echoed.

The bamboo gate slowly opened backward.

A mountain village with a distinct Miao style was revealed before Qin Yang’s eyes.

The village was located halfway up the mountain, with stilt houses of various sizes, layered and stacked upwards.

Villagers in traditional attire hurried about the camp; the women all wore intricately crafted silver ornaments on their heads, their skin was slightly dark but their eyes were bright, very close to the scene in Qin Yang’s memory.

However, there was no singing and dancing in the village, but rather a tense atmosphere.

Everyone’s face was etched with anxiety, as if their nerves were taut.

As soon as they entered the village, a thin middle-aged man, accompanied by five guards, came forward to greet them.

The middle-aged man smiled at Huang Liang and said, “Young Master Huang, I didn’t expect you to come to our aid so quickly. The Huang Family Village is truly powerful!”

Huang Liang was stunned, “What aid?”

The middle-aged man was also puzzled and asked, “Didn’t you rush here to help after seeing the wolf smoke?”

Huang Liang shook his head and said, “I did see the wolf smoke, but I came from Yangzhou, Jiangnan. What happened to the village?”

“From Yangzhou?”

The middle-aged man then noticed Qin Yang and asked, “Who is this young brother?”

Huang Liang immediately introduced, “This is Qin Yang from Hongwu City, Yangzhou. He has a very special mission in Lizhou.”

At this point, he leaned into the middle-aged man’s ear and whispered, “Don’t ask too many questions, he has a very significant background.”

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately introduced himself to Qin Yang, “Hello, I am the City Defense Commander of the Eighteenth Village, Ji Yuanqing, a Rank 70 Witchcraft Poison Master.”

Qin Yang nodded, “Rank 45, Profession Supreme Emperor.”

“Supreme Emperor!”

Hearing Qin Yang’s Profession, Ji Yuanqing was suddenly stunned.

Lizhou was indeed more isolated in terms of information compared to other states.

However, the Jiuzhou Federation’s Professional archives were updated regularly and disseminated within the military.

Not long ago, the Federation updated a brand new Profession.

【Profession】: Supreme Emperor.

【Positioning】: Summoner Mage.

【Advantages】: Large-scale summoning, area control, area output, extremely high sustained burst, extremely effective against undead.

【Strength】: Legendary Tier.

When Ji Yuanqing saw the archive, he felt it was outrageous.

“Area control” and “area output” appearing simultaneously was already Prodigy-level.

What did “extremely high sustained burst” mean?

“Extremely high burst” plus “sustained output”?

Wouldn’t that be invincible?

However, the Jiuzhou Federation’s archives would not be carelessly written.

No matter how outrageous the content, it was absolutely true.

“This Profession is considered a T0 sequence even among Legendary Tier Professions.”

“Moreover, this Profession was only updated recently, which means the Awakening time wasn’t long, yet he is already Rank 45… Is this the leveling efficiency of a Legendary Tier Profession?”

Ji Yuanqing looked at Qin Yang, deeply shocked.

A Rank 45 Professional could be considered a high-end talent.

Many academy deans and guild masters were only at this Rank.

Even within the military, their Rank would not be low.

For example, Huang Liang was one of Lizhou’s Prodigies.

He was now assigned to the military and enjoyed the treatment of a City Defense Lieutenant General.

And Qin Yang looked much younger than Huang Liang.

“This person will definitely be one of the Federation’s future top powerhouses.”

Thinking of this, Ji Yuanqing took a deep breath.

His gaze towards Qin Yang held a hint of reverence.

At this moment, Huang Liang asked Ji Yuanqing, “What happened? I saw wolf smoke rising from the Eighteenth Village.”

Ji Yuanqing sighed, glanced around cautiously, and said, “Come with me.”

Following Ji Yuanqing, the two entered a stilt house and walked up the stairs to the top floor.

In the top floor room, stood three elders.

They all had solemn expressions and wary eyes.

Upon seeing Qin Yang arrive, they all looked over simultaneously.

Immediately, Qin Yang sensed a wave of mental fluctuations.

At the same time, the True Dragon Breath within his body automatically began to circulate.

He frowned and said to Huang Liang, “They are casting Gu on me.”

Huang Liang was surprised, “You can even sense someone casting Gu? That’s awesome!”

Ji Yuanqing, on the side, smiled helplessly, “I’m sorry, Young Master Qin. Outsiders arriving at the village all receive this treatment, mainly because we’re afraid of ill-intentioned people entering. Don’t worry, once we know you’re one of us, someone will dispel the Gu for you.”

After hearing this, Qin Yang took a deep breath.

This Lizhou mountain village was truly overbearing.

For safety, they cast Gu indiscriminately, regardless of friend or foe.

Moreover, the method of casting Gu was extremely subtle; it seemed they could do it just by looking.

If he hadn’t been a True Dragon body,

He wouldn’t have realized that someone was casting Gu on him.

Just then, a weak, aged voice sounded.

“Is that Young Master Huang from the Huang family?”

Hearing this voice, Huang Liang was suddenly stunned, looked forward, and then exclaimed in shock, “Grandma Zu, how did you end up like this?”

Following Huang Liang’s gaze,

Qin Yang also saw the speaker.

It was an old woman wrapped in a black blanket, with disheveled hair.

Her eyes were tightly closed, and black blood continuously flowed from them, making her look very frightening.

At this moment, her body was trembling, appearing very weak.

She could only barely sit with the support of two maids beside her.

Qin Yang scanned her with True Dragon Qi Observation.

Her information immediately appeared before his eyes.

Duan Hanchun, Rank 102 Witchcraft Poison Master.

“A Rank 100 powerhouse.”

Qin Yang was slightly startled.

This Grandma Zu was a Hero Rank Professional.

Within the Jiuzhou Federation, she was considered at the pinnacle of power.

However, she was currently in a “severely injured” state, and her basic attributes had fallen to less than 2000.

Qin Yang could crush her with just one finger.

At this moment, Ji Yuanqing explained to Huang Liang, “Grandma Zu sensed someone performing a worm spell and immediately commanded the Phantasm Butterfly Rhythm Gu to suppress it. But she didn’t see the worm-person and had her Gu formation broken…”

“The Mountain Patrol Gu Formation was broken?”

Huang Liang was suddenly shocked and asked, “Was it done by those crazy guys who play with worms?”

“No.”

Duan Hanchun, who was called “Grandma Zu,” shook her head and said, “The one who broke the Gu formation was a hundred-meter-tall golden giant. He killed all the Phantasm Butterflies with one punch…”

Huang Liang was stunned, “One hundred meters tall, that awesome?”

“Right.”

Ji Yuanqing suddenly asked, “A hundred-meter-tall target should be very big. You two seem to have come from that direction too, didn’t you notice that golden giant?”

Huang Liang shook his head and said, “I did see the Phantasm Butterfly Gu formation, and I was Hit Gu at that time, so I didn’t notice any golden…”

At this point, Huang Liang suddenly paused.

He thought of something.

That’s right!

When he was Hit Gu, Qin Yang was awake.

Logically, he should have seen that golden giant.

But he hadn’t mentioned it at all.

Could it be… Huang Liang looked at Qin Yang, and found that Qin Yang was also looking at him.

There was also an almost imperceptible curve at the corner of his mouth.

Oh my goodness!

Indeed!

The one who broke the Gu formation was you, Cousin Qin!