126: Encoffining

"You will meet a terrible end." Buha looked at Yuan Yang with hollow eyes, issuing his final curse.

His only regret was not taking that female Sixth Realm Human Race with him before he died...

Yuan Yang remained completely emotionless, calmly saying, "Those clansmen of yours, right up until the very last moment before they died, all thought you would come to save them..."

Fury flared up again in Buha's dead, lifeless eyes: "You..."

But Yuan Yang did not give him another chance to speak, forcefully crushing his skull...

"Where are Li Qi and Meng Ru?"

"We haven't seen them, Captain. After we rendezvoused with Feng Hou, we came straight here to support you."

Yuan Yang nodded and looked at Chu Yuan, smiling as he asked, "How does it feel, executing a mission for the first time?"

"Uh... It's alright."

"Let's go, follow me to a place... Wang Ying, Feng Hou, you two continue with your mission. Leave a note for Li Qi and the other, and we will rendezvous at the Secret Realm exit in three days."

"Yes!"

Chu Yuan didn't know where Yuan Yang was taking him, so he just followed silently.

Before long, they stopped at a mountain peak.

Looking down, half of the mountain had been sliced away, and many places were stained with greenery, as if it had experienced a brutal battle.

The building complex had long since collapsed, and from the rubble, one could see many remains, as well as... clothing with familiar styles.

Chu Yuan had a guess in his heart and asked, "What is this?"

"These are our comrades-in-arms." Yuan Yang's tone carried a faint trace of sorrow: "This place is called Lianshan City, originally a transit and recuperation spot for the Ninth Legion."

"When there were combat missions against the Crystal Fire Clan, many squads would be stationed at Lianshan City; either to heal wounds or replenish supplies..."

"After the Three-Tailed Lizard Clan defected to the Crystal Fire Clan, they launched a sneak attack here."

"Then now, we have already avenged them."

"That's right." Yuan Yang nodded, his tone returning to normal: "Help me collect tokens that can prove their identities, like terminals... anything with a clear personal style will do."

In terms of collecting things, Divine Sense is very convenient.

Chu Yuan strolled through the ruins, bending down from time to time to pick something up.

The terminals used by most Martial Artists were not made of Advanced Materials, making them very easy to damage when fighting enemies.

But as long as they weren't completely destroyed, the data inside could be recovered through technical means.

Next were personal items with strong individual styles; such as non-standard equipment, weapons, or even small items like photos, safety charms, and pendants...

Chu Yuan paused slightly as he looked at the damaged photo in his hand.

On it, a family of three was posing, smiling brightly. The little girl was riding on her father's shoulders, tilting her head, and making a heart shape with her hands towards the camera.

But the man in the photo was now buried in a pile of rubble...

"Captain, I'm done collecting."

"Hmm." Yuan Yang nodded and handed the pile he had collected to Chu Yuan: "I see you also have a storage ring, keep them there for now."

Chu Yuan asked in confusion: "Captain, why don't we just take the remains with us?"

"Where one dies is where one is buried; this is the tradition of the Ninth Legion." Yuan Yang hovered in the air and struck the mountainside.

Amidst a roar, the mountain collapsed, and Lianshan City was buried along with it...

"Of course, that only applies when we are on our own territory. If we are on enemy territory, we should try our best to bring the remains back." Yuan Yang added: "High-ranking alien races are full of treasures, and in fact, it's the same for our Human Race."

"Our territory... How will the Lianshan Secret Realm be handled?"

"Sealed, and unsealed when there is a need."

Chu Yuan thought of Secret Realm No. 7.

"Captain, I heard there is a thing called a god sealing crystal that can directly destroy a Secret Realm?"

"You know about that? However, a Lianshan Secret Realm doesn't warrant the use of a god sealing crystal; that stuff is too expensive... Let's go, keep working."

This time, Chu Yuan did not act with anyone else. After knowing his combat power, Yuan Yang had no concerns.

Moreover, the Three-Tailed Lizard Clan's high-ranking combat power had been wiped out, and in the entire Secret Realm, there was no longer any existence that could threaten a Fifth Realm.

Even if there were any Fifth Realm stragglers... running into a member of the Bell Tower Squad would be seeking death!

They only needed to stall for a moment, and reinforcements would arrive! After all, the Lianshan Secret Realm really wasn't that big...

Chu Yuan set up the Blood Sea Soul Locking Formation as usual; he already had a lot of stored Blood Pills and spirit nurturing pills, but he just couldn't stand waste.

Under the sweep of his Divine Sense, high-value items in every city could not escape his search; his storage ring, with a capacity of up to a thousand cubic meters, was almost full...

In the subsequent cities, the Three-Tailed Lizard Clan seemed to have learned the news and understood their fate even better.

In many places, by the time Chu Yuan arrived, there were already riots, chaos, and order had completely vanished; every Three-Tailed Lizard was enjoying the final revelry of their lives...

Until three days later, when the members of the Bell Tower Squad gathered at the Secret Realm exit; everyone looked a bit exhausted, but they couldn't hide the joy on their faces.

It was clear that they had all gained a lot...

Yuan Yang took out a crystal again and struck it into the dark purple vortex; the restrained vortex began to rotate slowly again, regaining the power to allow passage.

While waiting, several of them began to discuss the gains of this trip. Chu Yuan said with some regret: "It's a pity I didn't obtain the Three-Tailed Lizard Clan's Legacy."

"Legacy? The Three-Tailed Lizard Clan's?" Wang Ying asked curiously: "What do you want that thing for?"

"To exchange for military merit, of course." Chu Yuan was even more curious; he didn't understand, did such a simple thing need to be asked?

Wang Ying realized: "Oh, I see... It can't be exchanged, don't think about it."

"Why?"

"The Ninth Legion already possesses the Three-Tailed Lizard Clan's Legacy; even if they tried to hide it, they couldn't hide much. Furthermore... their Legacy isn't worth anything."

"Huh?"

"If their Legacy were powerful, how could they have fallen to this point?"

"Wang Ying is right. All alien races that attach themselves to Great Qin must hand over their own Legacies." Yuan Yang smiled: "Even when our Great Qin first entered the Outer Heaven Battlefield, we had to hand over all our Martial Dao Legacies in order to exchange for the protection of a major clan at that time..."

"There's such a thing? How come I've never heard of it?"

"After all, it's not glorious, so it certainly wouldn't be widely publicized... Later, after we birthed our own Ninth Realm powerhouses, we broke away from them; but we still maintain a good relationship now."

"Which alien race was it?"

"The Golden Bear Clan... The passage is open, let's go!"