Chapter 150: The Backyard

The Gouchu Tsousheng floated in the air, recording what was happening now. It took out the data card and looked at the current mission progress bar.

【Name: Shen Yu. 】

[Current rebirth completion rate: 37%]

Gouqie Tousheng nodded his body to show that he was very satisfied. He put away his mechanical bed and floated behind the beaded curtain. Wen Yu's bed was still a little warm. Gouqie Tousheng squatted down and slept peacefully on the big bed inside.

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Shen Yu opened his eyes at the fixed time the next day. It was still dark outside, and the inner hall was shrouded in darkness.

Shen Yu frowned and sat up. His arm was sore, but the rest of his body was normal. Shen Yu didn't understand why. He rubbed his arm and looked behind the beaded curtain.

Wen Yu was still sleeping with his back to him. A faint purple light appeared above his body. Shen Yu shifted his gaze and saw Gou Qie lying on top of Wen Yu's waist-length black hair, also sleeping soundly with his data card in his arms.

Shen Yu: “……?”

He looked at that side speechlessly for a while, then stood up, changed his clothes and walked out of the inner hall.

Today was the day when the spies from the photo studio would deliver the antidote to him. Shen Yu had already told the housekeeper the location and arrived at the backyard in advance to wait.

The Kunning Palace was monitored by palace maids and eunuchs, except for the backyard, which was rarely visited. Wen Yu once said that there were many poisonous substances in the backyard, and most of the palace maids and eunuchs were afraid of these substances, so they did not dare to stay there for long.

This turned out to be a good place for Shen Yu to meet the studio. He had found opportunities to come to the backyard to investigate several times before. There were indeed several giant pythons lingering in the woods here, and poisonous scorpions were buried in the sand. It was a dangerous area visible to the naked eye.

Shen Yu asked Wen Yu for some medicine powder that could dispel poison. Wen Yu himself was immune to all poisons, and the medicine powder he ground himself was also quite effective. Shen Yu used it several times, and the poisonous snakes and scorpions retreated to the side when they smelled his scent.

Shen Yu came to the place he had marked before. After a while, another figure dressed in black walked over from the path next to him.

"Shen Yu?" The person who came stopped and asked Shen Yu.

Shen Yu nodded. He looked at the figure of the person who came and asked, "Are you Ying Ji?"

"I am Ying Seventeen." The mask on the man's face was old, his eyes were dark, and he looked at Shen Yu slowly and said, "The host already knows your situation and asked me to help you."

As he spoke, he threw the medicine bottle in his hand into Shen Yu's hand.

Shen Yu took it from behind. He glanced at Ying Shiqi and said, "I can still handle Wen Yu. He is very defensive and I haven't found a chance to attack him yet. But last night, His Majesty's secret guards also heard the noise and came. I'm afraid I can't handle them all."

"I'll take care of Mu Yuyi." Ying Shiqi said calmly, "Find a chance to kill Wen Yu."

Mu Yuyi is the new leader of the secret guards. Shen Yu had heard of his name when he was in the photo studio.

This man is a martial arts genius. He entered the palace at the age of 15 and killed ten senior shadow guards of the Shadow Tower alone at the age of 16. After that, he became famous in one battle and took office as the current leader of the secret guards at the age of 18. He is also the youngest leader of the secret guards in the Yue Kingdom in the past hundred years.

Before Shen Yu came to Yue State, the host had mentioned the name of Mu Yuyi many times and reminded Shen Yu to be careful.

Shen Yu had been living in the end times, fighting zombies and killing countless of his own kind. But in today's world, there are no guns or ammunition, and Shen Yu is just an ordinary person who has learned martial arts for a few months. If he were to face Mu Yuyi, he would probably have to spend a lot of effort.

Shen Yu looked at Shadow Seventeen, who was about the same height as him. His eyes, the only part exposed under the mask, were narrow and long, and his emotions were calm and without any ups and downs.

The people in the studio were ranked according to their strength. The smaller the number, the stronger their ability. Shen Yu had seen Ying Shiqi in the studio before. At that time, Ying Shiqi was still a middle-aged man in his fifties. Now this person has replaced him. I guess he just won the competition not long ago.

"You look young." Shen Yu said, "Do you need my help?"

Ying Shiqi was about to leave after handing over to Shen Yu. He paused when he heard Shen Yu's words, then chuckled, "Brother, I'm already hundreds of years old."

Shen Yu: “…”

"If I need help, I will inform the housekeeper in advance. Please pay more attention to her situation." Ying Shiqi said and walked towards the path he just came from. "See you next time."

His figure was hidden among the trees in the dense forest. Shen Yu watched him walk away and stuffed the medicine bottle into his coat pocket.

The sky had already dawned, and white light emerged, gradually outlining the outline of the dragon on top of the palace. Shen Yu calculated the time that had passed, turned around and walked towards Kunning Palace.

The palace maids and eunuchs would get up and wash at the hour of Mao. It was already past that time now. In order not to arouse suspicion, it would be best for Shen Yu to hurry back before Wen Yu woke up.

He walked along the side path, passing through the dense forest. From time to time, there were piles of dirt in the backyard. These piles of dirt, dug by unknown people, appeared irregularly beside the path in the forest, and giant pythons often hovered beside them.

Shen Yu took a look at the piles of earth and stopped suddenly when he was about to leave.

The mound near the backyard exit was covered with unknown small purple-leafed flowers. These flowers almost covered the entire hillside. The grass underneath was lush, unlike the previous mounds that were barren and lonely.

Shen Yu stopped and saw at least seven or eight mounds along the way. The mounds inside were all piles of yellow earth with weeds growing on them, but they were far less lush than the flowers and plants on this mound.

The only thing they have in common is that they all have similar purple-leafed flowers growing on them.

Shen Yu didn't know the origin of these purple-leafed flowers. He had never read any specialized ancient books. At this time, he just roughly noted down the shapes of these flowers and planned to go back and ask Wen Yu.

Shen Yu stood in front of the mound at the door. He deliberately memorized the characteristics of these purple-leaf flowers, walked forward and squatted down.

The strong stench rushed directly into Shen Yu's nostrils.

Shen Yu frowned, and slowly looked over the purple-leafed flowers and plants on the mound, confirming the source of the smell.

These flowers and plants themselves have no strange smell. Shen Yu just stood in front of the mound and did not smell anything. He picked one of the flowers and smelled it carefully, but there was no smell either.

That rotten smell...

Shen Yu stopped looking and used his hands to push away a little of the soil where the purple-leaf flowers grew most densely, only to feel the stench underneath becoming stronger and stronger.

Shen Yu vaguely guessed something, he continued to dig down, and after removing the surface layer of soil, he saw a rotten finger.

It hasn't completely decayed yet, only a few white bones and joints are exposed.

Shen Yu looked at it for a few seconds. He heard footsteps outside, so he quickly pushed the soil back to its original position and stood up.