Treasure-hunting underground. Were Cheng Xue's bones and Wangliang still there?
Was this how they had managed to avoid detection by Eternal Life Supreme for all these years?
Even if Eternal Life Supreme had scanned every inch of the land and come to Black Marsh City to see all these people digging for treasure, he wouldn't have paid them any mind.
The greatest concealment was hiding in plain sight!
Across the vast Nine Heavens Universe, the bugs had been cleared out in the open, but bugs remained in every corner, impossible to eradicate easily. It would take time—perhaps a year, perhaps ten.
Fortunately, the Spirit Treasure Formation of the Nine Heavens Pillars had kept the Bug Nest Civilization from entering. Otherwise, the infestation would have gone on without end.
More than ten days passed. One day, people from the City Lord's Mansion arrived to reassign cultivators to help defend another area. There were too many cultivators here.
Many didn't want to go, because Brocade Asura sometimes appeared on the other side, while here they only had to deal with bugs emerging from the swamp, whose strength topped out at the Star Envoy level.
Lu Yin went, as did Ling Guang and his sister. Several others, either daring or confident in their luck, followed the people from the City Lord's Mansion. "The bold get rich, while the timid starve. If we don't make this trip, when will we ever get a chance to join the City Lord's Mansion's treasure-hunting team? Even if our contributions aren't enough, getting to know the people from the mansion will help us join the team later." One man muttered to himself, trying to reassure himself.
Several people beside him agreed. The man from the City Lord's Mansion leading them smiled faintly. That was true enough—but they'd have