Jiang Chen couldn't help thinking of his past life—the man who had spent a hundred years laying plans just to kill the ten-thousand-year-old demon fox, Su Daji.
Was that him?
Ghost Child seemed to read Jiang Chen's mind and replied at once, "It's the very monster you're thinking of!"
Monster, Jiang Chen thought. That was certainly an apt way to describe him.
Forget Jiang Chen—even among other people, how many could spend a hundred years planning just to win their freedom?
Thinking of his past life made Jiang Chen even more curious.
He'd heard that the man had left behind a collection room, which only made him more eager to see it.
The things left behind by such an extraordinary monster had to be worth something, right?
"Take me there!"
Jiang Chen said it without the slightest embarrassment.
"All right!"
"None of it is particularly valuable, but there are a few things you might find useful."
Ghost Child knocked on the skull in his hand. It made a hollow "thunk, thunk" sound.
Then Jiang Chen and Ghost Child vanished from the spot.
As soon as they disappeared, two black shadows appeared in Jiang Chen's bedroom.
"Where is he? How did he disappear?"
The two shadows looked at each other in confusion.
"Split up and search!" one of them said in a low voice.
"When you find him, kill Jiang Chen, as our master ordered."
The other nodded and vanished.
It was as if he'd never been there at all.
Meanwhile, Jiang Chen and Ghost Child appeared in the collection room left behind by Jiang Chen's past life.
It was a place much like a secret realm.
The first thing he saw was a field full of medicinal herbs!
Having already obtained the beginner alchemist skill from the system, Jiang Chen