157: What kind of purpose is this?

Li Shun's fingers trembled slightly in his sleeve, yet he forced himself to maintain his imperial dignity.

He stared at the blood-red vines wildly slapping the shield, his Adam's apple unconsciously bobbing.

(Is this... a true demon? No, I absolutely cannot show weakness...)

Thankfully, there's the shield set up by Lord Chuping. One hundred more thanks to Lord Chuping.

"General Luo, find a way to get something from outside the shield. Test it for poison first."

Separated by a thin shield, these fearless vines were once again exerting all their strength to slap the shield. Getting a section of them inside wouldn't be too difficult.

General Luo cupped his fists in response.

"Your Majesty, step back a bit."

He said in a deep voice, raising his right hand. A flash of sword light appeared, and a section of dark-red vine lay on the ground. The vine wriggled madly like a severed earthworm, and a viscous purplish-black liquid oozed from the cut, corroding the ground with a sizzling sound.

In a short while, it lay motionless on the ground.

It seemed the shield could only block living things and had no effect on these dead vines.

"Oh my goodness! This stuff is more poisonous than arsenic!"

Liu Chunsheng squatted down, pulled out a ceramic pot from his satchel, and prepared to use two twigs to pick up the vine.

"Good boy! You're quite well-equipped for an outing."

Granny Chen's eyes lit up, and she hurried forward to help.

After the vine was placed in the ceramic pot, a faint layer of black appeared on the inner wall of the pot.

"This thing is dead, yet its toxicity is still so great. If it were made into a weapon, our strength would definitely advance further."

General Luo's eyes gleamed at this sight.

"Tsk tsk, this is definitely no ordinary poison."

After General Luo finished speaking, he turned to look at Li Shun, his eyes shining.

"Your Majesty?"

Li Shun nodded. It would be a pity not to use such a good thing.

"It is possible, but you must go back and experiment thoroughly, and only use it once you have complete mastery over this poison."

Lest they fail to poison the enemy, and their own people are already incapacitated.

Having received permission, General Luo held the pot as if it were a treasure, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.

* * *

Everyone continued along the direction of the shield, and no one suggested trying to go outside the shield.

With the shield's protection, they could treat this place as their backyard, a resource library. Without the shield, it would be hard to say whose resource was whose.

"Your Majesty, we haven't found any trace of the two missing persons along the way. It seems they met with misfortune."

Shen Jianhong felt somewhat conflicted. Discovering a potent poison that could be used by them was originally a good thing.

The world outside this shield, even just a tiny glimpse of its details, was enough to surprise them, showing how dangerous the outside world was.

"Yin and Yang Realm?"

This name isn't made up, is it?

"Chunsheng, can you tell me more about this Yin and Yang Realm? Does this name have any origin?"

At Shen Jianhong's question, everyone present perked up their ears. Such a dangerous place, perhaps even a place humans had never set foot in, even a few scattered legends passed down were worth scrutinizing.

Perhaps it was a life-saving silk pouch left by their ancestors!

"Brother Shen, this Yin and Yang Realm is what the elders in the village call it. I don't know the specific legends, but every child has been warned from a young age never to enter."

"However, one thing I can confirm is that Qing Province is the border of Great Yan."

"Further south, there are absolutely no traces of human activity. For so many years, we have never seen people come from the south."

Speaking of which, their Qing Province was also suffering. Its location was poor, not only on the very edge of Great Yan, but also with an exceptionally high number of demons, so many that the imperial court was unable to manage them a few years ago and had to give up.

Among the four southern provinces of Great Yan, Qing Province was the only place that had been abandoned.

"Perhaps everyone just felt that it wasn't like the human world, so they named it the Yin and Yang Realm."

"So that's how it is."

Shen Jianhong sighed with emotion at the news.

If Lord Chuping hadn't suddenly appeared, before long, this Qing Province would probably also be filled with these things, and with the Corpse Demon outbreak in Yan Province added in, could Great Yan still be saved?

Shen Jianhong secretly glanced at Li Shun's face, which was indeed as black as the bottom of a pot.

As intelligent as Your Majesty was, he must have understood.

Li Shun had indeed understood; not only had he understood, but he had thought even more deeply.

Whether it was the Yin and Yang Realm or something else, one day, he wanted the people of Great Yan to be able to go wherever they wished!

This was the confidence Lord Chuping gave to everyone.

* * *

As for everyone exploring along the shield, the System merely cast a lazy glance before continuing to binge-watch shows.

With just these few people, trying to explore the Ten Thousand Mountains was still too green.

After learning about the wonders of the modern world from Lin Chuping's mind, the System made a special trip to the modern world and imported a lot of mental sustenance.

In just one month, it had already developed a strong "shut-in" aura.

* * *

Half a month later, Li Shun left a team of men stationed at the border and hurried to the Prefecture City. Grand Tutor Wang reported that the guards had captured a spy from the Old Capital.

"Your Majesty, you're finally back."

"Something terrible has happened. After you left, Old Thief Liu not only failed to reflect on his mistakes but also audaciously ascended the throne."

Seeing Li Shun return, Wang Guanli seemed to have found his pillar of strength.

"Your Majesty, we captured Old Thief Liu's former steward. This old rascal, with his evil intentions, actually dared to come to Qing Province to proclaim an imperial decree. You are right here, and I don't know what kind of decree he was proclaiming!"

Li Shun had just dismounted and was almost overwhelmed by Wang Taifu's string of news.

"Wasn't it an imperial decree? Where is the decree?"

Li Shun reached out, and Wang Guanli quickly handed him a scroll of bright yellow parchment.