Four days earlier.
Hearing that Shu Road Mountain had not only third- and fourth-turn secret realms but even a Foundation Establishment Legacy, Yan Qing naturally grew curious and decided to make a new alt account and scout the place.
Shang Xin Lei tried hard to explain how dangerous Calamitous Demonic Ground was, but what Yan Qing heard was a new leveling map with "challenging difficulty," "lots of PvP battles," and "side quests."
The first thing to decide for a new alt was its appearance. Remembering Shang Xin Lei's advice that if he insisted on investigating the dangerous ground, he should send a fierce-looking strongman, Yan Qing decided to create a delicate, soft, beautiful, plump, and sexy beauty—yes, Shang Xin Lei's advice was quite reasonable, so he would do the opposite.
If he created a villain alt according to Shang Xin Lei's suggestion, it would probably reduce many dangers and might even let him smoothly integrate into the Demonic Messengers' group, becoming a famous new star of the demonic path.
But then came the question—what would Yan Qing play?
Where are my monsters? Where's my PvP? Where's my thrilling adventure?
It was like activating stealth in an action game, then having every monster ignore you as you ran straight to the BOSS room. It was easy, but it inevitably lost a lot of fun.
The Rat Monk's appearance had been for the Thieves' Den quest. Investigating Shu Road Mountain was merely his pastime, so naturally Yan Qing would do whatever was fun and comfortable.
Besides, according to Shang Xin Lei, Shu Road Mountain was more than ten days away from Chang'an on foot, and taking a safe route would take even longer. Even if the alt could travel day and night, Yan Qing was destined to spend a great deal of