When the convoy returned, they encountered the complicated-looking Qiong Kou at the eastern city entrance once again, just as expected. She should have had some way to roughly determine what had happened.
"I killed three mysterious beings from the Fourth Sequence. One was a human demonic cultivator, one was a human sword cultivator, and the other was a standard member of the Devil Race. All of them were above the Transcendent level, so I think we can cooperate."
Zhang Yang stepped forward and got straight to the point.
Qiong Kou was not very surprised. She merely gave Zhang Yang a pitying look. "If you're willing to enter the Fourth Sequence now, you'll discover just how childish you are. So don't even think about dragging me down with you. Let me guess—the reason you were able to kill those three beings above the Transcendent level was that you suppressed them without regard for the price or cost. How much did you pay for it?"
"Indeed, you caught those beings off guard and gave them a surprise, then used that method to achieve a crushing victory. But that's all you've got. Do you really think you can replicate that method?"
"So I'll give you one last piece of advice: stop making trouble. Thirty days from now, I'll activate the Immortal Cultivation Village Building Task and automatically leave this world. I suggest you do the same. You'll never complete this Apocalyptic Village Building Quest, because you've kicked a hornet's nest."
Qiong Kou rejected Zhang Yang's request for cooperation, and her reason for refusing was utterly baffling.
"What exactly is the Fourth Sequence?"
Zhang Yang frowned. He had originally thought he would be facing the Devil Race, but two humans had appeared instead. The secret hidden here was terrifying. If he made even one