Chapter 1119: Forbidden Zone-Level Mission

Boom!!!
With a loud explosion, a huge hole was punched through the roof of the largest building in the core area of the Myriad Beasts Villa from the inside out. Rocks shattered, dust flew, and a disheveled figure shot out from within.
His clothes were tattered, his outer robe and inner magic equipment covered in countless tiny holes. Bright red blood stained most of his body, making him look utterly miserable.
Who else could it be but Happy?
Suddenly freed from the dark plaza and back in the light, Happy felt as if he had been reborn. Standing high above, he took a deep breath of the fresh, free air outside and exhaled with relief, “Ha! I’m finally out! Hahaha…”
His loud laughter spread throughout the Myriad Beasts Villa. Many martial artists nearby, who were either adventuring or practicing, heard this booming laughter coming from deep within and were shocked. They looked up and exchanged glances, guessing who had gone mad.
“I wonder which expert it is.”
“That’s the core area of the Myriad Beasts Villa. Only a handful of people can enter there each month…”
“But isn’t this excitement excessive? Could it be some inexperienced newbie?”
“…”
They certainly wouldn’t believe that someone had entered the legendary ultimate treasure chamber of the Myriad Beasts Villa, a place said to be deathly dangerous. Nor would they believe that someone had solved its supposedly unsolvable puzzles and even taken the treasures from it… Let alone that someone had obtained the treasures in less than ten minutes but spent hours breaking two traps and punching through the roof to get out.
“Damn those merchant scoundrels! What kind of stupid trap is this…”
While cursing the richest man in the world who built the Myriad Beasts Villa, Happy took out the silver treasure box he had finally managed to obtain from his Qi Bag:
“I hope you won’t disappoint me.”
Unexpectedly, as soon as the silver box was taken out and exposed to the sunlight, it emitted a dazzling silver glow, and the intricate patterns on its six sides seemed to flow like mercury.
Beautiful silver patterns quickly converged together!
Snap!!!
Suddenly…
A spring-like sound came from Happy’s hand.
He was startled.
Already somewhat nervous from the various spring sounds in the treasure chamber, hearing such a sound so close made Happy instinctively activate his true energy field to surround the silver box.

By the time the silver patterns were fixed, they had formed ordinary designs that were hard to make out clearly. But Happy could sense that one side of it had loosened, seemingly no longer tightly sealed and impossible to open as before.
The silver treasure box was quickly rotated in Happy’s hands.
Happy crouched down carefully, placed the silver treasure box down, and gently lifted the side that showed a slight gap…
“Ding!”
A system notification sounded:
“Obtained the treasures left by the richest merchant in the world at the Myriad Beasts Villa!”
“Completed the mystery-solving task at the Myriad Beasts Villa!”
“Chivalry points in the martial world increased by 100,000!”
“The secrets left by the merchant have been uncovered, as well as those of the Myriad Beasts Villa. Legendary status in the martial world increased by 1 point!”
The successive system notifications made Happy pause for a moment.
Legendary status in the martial world?
This unfamiliar term captured Happy’s full attention, to the point where he ignored the simple ancient book and tattered map lying quietly inside the treasure box.
He summoned the attribute page…
…
Happy: (Wuwei Realm)
Root Strength: 512; Arm Strength: 487; Movement Skill: 461; Comprehension: 419.
Internal Energy: 1,307 points.
Chivalry points in the martial world: 100,000 points; (Previously, the massacres in the capital had reduced these points to negative, but they had just recovered.)
Legendary status in the martial world: 1 point.
(That is, by completing a unique legendary task in the martial world, the player will be recorded by the imperial court and become famous through the ages. Legendary status can enhance a player’s charm, allowing for greater affinity when interacting with NPCs. It also grants one chance to initiate a “Forbidden Area” level task.)
Hidden Attributes:
Willpower: 3 points.
…
After reading the system’s explanation of legendary status in the martial world, Happy was initially stunned, then showed curiosity:
“A ‘Forbidden Area’ level task?”
He had never heard of such a thing…
Frowning and thinking for a while with no results, Happy shifted his attention from legendary status to the treasures he had obtained this time— a secret manual and a map.
Without hesitation, Happy reached out and took the manual into his hands.
As a martial artist, no one could resist the temptation of advanced martial arts manuals. Especially one that had been obtained through great peril, highly emphasized by the system, and even capable of boosting legendary status—how could it not excite and thrill Happy?
“Ding!”
System notification:
“Obtained ‘Records of the Strange People and the Seas and Mountains’!”
Seeing the five prominent characters on the front of the manual in his hands, Happy froze. His mood shifted instantly from blazing enthusiasm to icy coldness.
Don’t play tricks on me like this!

Happy’s first reaction was that he had been tricked by the system…
*The Records of Strange People and the Seas and Mountains*
No matter how you looked at it, the name of this secret manual didn’t resemble that of a martial arts manual, let alone a masterful one.
Half a minute…
One minute…
Three minutes…
Ten minutes…
Happy spent half an hour flipping through *The Records of Strange People and the Seas and Mountains* on the roof, searching for hidden secrets or any astonishing martial arts techniques, but his hopes gradually faded as he found nothing. He became disheartened.
If it hadn’t been for how hard it was to obtain this item, Happy would have thrown the tattered book back into the cave right away…
“Damn you, bearded fool… Never let me find you again in this life!”
Gritting his teeth, Happy tightly rolled up the book and angrily threw it into his pocket. He vaguely remembered that the richest merchant in the world was called Hu Baiwan.
No wonder…
After fighting his way through the Myriad Beasts Villa, surviving countless dangers, and even swallowing a drop of the Fire Kirin’s blood to barely escape, only to discover that the secret Hu Baiwan had kept in the core was just a tattered book describing the character continent and its history—a prank. Anyone would be furious and want to tear the culprit to pieces.
Fortunately, there was still one thing in the silver treasure box…
An old, weathered map.
This time, the system didn’t trick Happy again.
The map showed a very famous place!
The Western Regions!
Longmen Inn!
The moment he got the map, the system delivered a shocking message, living up to Happy’s expectations:
Ding!
“A map of the ruins of Longmen Inn has been found!”
“It’s a map collected by Hu Baiwan from the black market in the Western Regions. It shows the original location of Longmen Inn. By finding it, you can enter the palace buried in the desert through underground passages.”
“Since you possess 1 point of Legend Status, you’re allowed to trigger the ‘Forbidden Zone’ mission—Longmen Inn!”
System prompt:
“Do you want to trigger the ‘Forbidden Zone’ mission, Longmen Inn, now?”
“If you choose to trigger the Forbidden Zone mission, 1 point of Legend Status will be consumed, and this message will be announced by Hu Baiwan throughout the world within two days.”
Happy’s heart stirred.
His resentment toward the tattered book in the silver treasure box diminished significantly…
A never-before-seen Forbidden Zone mission, along with the Legend Status that could unlock such missions, finally calmed his anger and resentment a little.
However…
There was only one Longmen Inn in the Western Regions.

But from the system message, it seems that Longmen Inn has already been destroyed and submerged in the desert sands—it’s not the same place!
Moreover!
Hu Baiwan distributing the message is likely part of a Forbidden Zone-level task, and the difficulty of this narrative task is probably unprecedentedly high!
Thinking of this, Kai Xin hesitated.
Should he accept it right away?
That wouldn’t be wise!
Forbidden Zone-level tasks have never existed before, but it can be inferred that the danger level must be extremely high. Something that even the richest man in the world covets will surely attract super experts from beyond the Western Regions as well as peerless masters from the Central Plains.
Realizing this, Kai Xin had to be more vigilant…
He needed to prepare thoroughly before triggering the task! Otherwise, not only might he fail the Forbidden Zone-level task and gain nothing, but he might also lose everything.
“No!”
Kai Xin carefully chose to postpone triggering this task for now.
The system prompt sounded again:
“The news of you obtaining the map has already reached the people of Wanshou Villa. It will soon reach Hu Baiwan through his intelligence network. If you don’t take action within half a month, Hu Baiwan will take action to reclaim the map…”
“Forbidden Zone-level tasks have a time limit too?”
Kai Xin frowned slightly.
He originally planned to spend some time refining the One Yang Finger. If he could reach the Master level, he would be able to fight head-on even against the Evil King Shi Zhi Xuan at the Unity of Heaven and Man level, making it no problem to complete the Forbidden Zone task…
But now…
Half a month?
It would already be tough to reach the seventh level of the One Yang Finger, not to mention his plan to recruit people to form an “Imperial Guard.” Additionally, the “Heavenly Crystal” in the hands of the Sword Sect’s sect master was also his target. Especially the latter—Kai Xin didn’t want the Heavenly Crystal to go wrong and fall into someone else’s hands.
“It seems I need to hurry up.”
Kai Xin sighed deeply with emotion. He picked up the now-empty silver treasure box. According to the system prompt, this empty box was a highly exquisite silver artwork that could be sold for 100,000 taels of gold. Without hesitation, he put it in his possession.
Huh!
With a quick step, Kai Xin flew off the roof at full speed, rushing away from Wanshou Villa as fast as possible…
He rode away under the admiring and respectful gazes of many martial artists passing by.
On horseback, Kai Xin hurriedly sent a message via homing pigeon to Bai Xiaosheng to ask how well his request was progressing.

“I don’t know what you think, but most of the people here, after receiving my message, either asked if I had the wrong person or if I really was Bai Xiaosheng. I’m almost breaking down.”
“…”
“Well, a few have already agreed—‘Yao Shi Wan Neng’ from Miaoshou Gate, ‘Xiao Bei’ from Shi Gate, ‘Mo Mo’ from Yihua Palace, ‘Gu Feng’ from Huashan Sect, ‘Ye Yu Su Feng’ from Beggar Sect, and also Lin Xiao and Hong Chen from the Loyalty Alliance. They’ve all agreed to come to Jinxiu He Shan to hear your suggestions.”
“Just a few?” Hearing these familiar names, Kai Xin felt both joy and sighs of disappointment, and couldn’t help frowning. He had given Bai Xiaosheng over a hundred names back then.
“Most people are still considering it. Some say they simply don’t have the strength to cooperate with you…” Bai Xiaosheng replied truthfully.
…
After reading Bai Xiaosheng’s reply, Kai Xin sighed deeply:
“It doesn’t matter if they lack strength. I can wait…”