"call!"
With a sigh, the Earth's Sigh vanished completely from the underground palace, becoming Jiang Yuan's personal possession.
Looking at the faint aura flowing within his body, Jiang Yuan became concerned. Sure enough, information about the underground palace began to surface, the most important of which was the life souls of Little Fatty and the others.
"It's really here!"
It was unexpected, yet also a pleasant surprise. After entering the underground palace, he was conflicted. On one hand, he had to guard against the palace spirits and Bai Qi's intentions towards him, and on the other hand, he had to fight against a large number of undead. It wasn't until the humans were assimilated that his pressure reached its peak. It was only out of desperation that he killed Little Fatty. Otherwise, what awaited him would be endless battles, and he would lose even the last chance to save them. That was clearly not the best choice.
"Boss, how is it?" Youhuang asked, jumping around like a chick on the ground.
"No, why do you call me boss?" Jiang Yuan was in a good mood and also wanted to chat with You Huang.
"Because you're strong, and that True Martial Beast calls you that too, doesn't it? I'm no worse than it, so why can it call me that but I can't!" Youhuang said, her eyes darting around.
"Alright, from now on you should follow your master properly and not have any wicked thoughts!" Jiang Yuan could only advise. Divine beasts all have their own pride. If Little Fatty can't show the ability to subdue Youhuang, then even signing a battle pet contract won't change the divine beast's will.
Youhuang remained silent upon hearing this. Its battle pet contract had already been signed, which meant that it was bound to its contractor for life. No matter how unwilling it was, this was a fait accompli and could not be changed.
"Just wait there, I'll revive them right now!"
Jiang Yuan found the life souls of all the humans, and then, under his guidance, began to revive them.
Before long, the entire underground palace began to commotion, but most of the noise was now just wailing.
This phenomenon is normal. After being assimilated by the death energy of the undead, they all became fearless half-undescorts. Putting aside the aftereffects left by the corruption of the death energy of the undead, the injuries they sustained from fighting with Jiang Yuan and being injured by him were enough to give them a hard time.
"Ouch! Who the hell twisted my neck?!"
"Damn it, how come there's a hole in my chest? What kind of immoral guy attacked me while I was sleeping?!"
The wailing echoed throughout the underground palace, and Jiang Yuan could only manage a bitter smile. When he found the souls, he also discovered something: the memories of these people in the underground palace had all disappeared after they were reincarnated once again, which meant that they had no idea what had happened.
"Oh, right, there are treasures in this underground palace!"
Jiang Yuan suddenly stopped. He had collected a great many treasures and inheritances along the way, but those were war legacies left by the Qin and Zhao armies, so there weren't many. However, the treasures that this underground palace had nurtured were priceless.
"open!"
Jiang Yuan slammed his fist down, and the last remaining eighteenth level of the underworld shattered, revealing a spring at the very bottom.
"This is?"
Jiang Yuan had already sensed the extraordinary nature of this object before he even examined it. Logically speaking, the underground palace should only contain endless death energy, but this spring in front of him was the complete opposite. Its extremely rich vitality gave people an urge to sink into it.
"Sky Eye - Deep-level Identification!"
A beam of divine light descended, and the Heavenly Eye began scanning and analyzing the spring below. This assessment took a full two minutes, demonstrating the immense pressure the spring exerted on the Heavenly Eye.
Two minutes later, the identification information appeared, and Jiang Yuan was stunned after just one glance.
Fountain of Life, Rank: Divine Realm; Quality: Legendary; Note: Extremes beget their opposites, the end of death is the beginning of life.
There was no information about the effects of the Fountain of Life, but Jiang Yuan's heart pounded as soon as he saw it. Undoubtedly, this was the biggest gain of his trip.
He suddenly remembered why Tianlong had come here: wasn't he searching for a treasure to heal his companions? It was very possible that Tianlong's target was this Fountain of Life!
"Tianlong, this is not my fault!"
Jiang Yuan urged his sword to begin cutting through the entire source of the Fountain of Life. He felt no burden at all, because he could say with certainty that without him, not only the Fountain of Life, but everyone who entered the underground palace would die here, let alone obtain any treasures or inheritances.
The sword stopped, and the Fountain of Life was completely severed. Without any hesitation, he moved the entire spring to his personal space.
A preliminary estimate suggested that the spring contained at least ten cubic meters of life-giving water, a quantity that truly delighted him.
"Brother Jiang, what are you doing down here?"
Jiang Yuan was still laughing when he suddenly looked up and saw that the eighteenth floor was surrounded by people. He immediately blushed and felt extremely embarrassed.
"Um... everyone's awake!" Jiang Yuan kept quiet about the Fountain of Life. After all, there were only ten Fountains of Life, but there were over a hundred mercenaries here. He didn't want to share the treasure he had risked his life for so selflessly if he were exposed.
"Hey, Brother Jiang Yuan, do you know what happened? We all woke up with sore backs and aches!"
"Yes, yes, I have a hole in my chest. I don't know which bastard stabbed me like that!"
Several mercenaries above the ninth rank were complaining.
"Hmph, scumbag!" Yu Tu glared at Jiang Yuan fiercely, then turned and left.
"Hey, this woman..." Jiang Yuan was so angry he was speechless. "Aren't you making the people of our country misunderstand me by talking like that?"
"Brother Yuan, come on up! Let's get out of this awful place quickly. It's so creepy and scary!" Little Fatty stood on the platform and reached out his hand to Jiang Yuan.
"Pull me up, let's get out of here first!"
The underground palace is now practically defunct. Leaving aside the fact that the disappearance of the Earth's Sigh would lead to the destruction of its reincarnation cycle, the fact that all the spirits have been wiped out means it can no longer maintain its former environment. Perhaps in the near future, this once-dead place overrun by ghosts will return to normal, becoming a secluded valley filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.
After counting the number of people, the mercenary alliance also calculated the casualties. Only 250 mercenaries survived. Compared with the previous thousands of mercenaries, the overall mortality rate reached 60%. This is not surprising, because most of the people who were resurrected in the underground palace were killed by Jiang Yuan. Since the Earth's Sigh records the life souls from the time others enter the eighteenth level of the underworld, those who died outside the underground palace or were killed by the undead are truly dead.
The group returned, still prioritizing Yu Tu, because the others had no idea that their escape from the underground palace was entirely thanks to Jiang Yuan. They could only marvel at the bizarre nature of the incident, having unknowingly lost most of their men. It should be noted that the mercenaries who had just left Haicheng to come here were all elites, and the death of each one was a significant loss for Haicheng.
Life is unpredictable; the greatest happiness is to be alive!
Jiang Yuan sighed with deep feeling after returning to his post.
"Brother Jiang Yuan, could you do us a favor for the sake of the Rabbit?"
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