The coffin lid slowly slid open. The first thing everyone saw was a handsome man with a face like polished jade, a jade hairpin atop his head, and a fine beard.
Though he looked young, he exuded a solemn, commanding presence. He was clearly no inexperienced youth untouched by life's hardships.
Aside from his appearance, the most eye-catching thing about the man in the coffin was his clothing: a long robe with a dark black base, crimson flames embroidered along its hem, and waves stitched in silver thread across its sleeves and chest.
Both its appearance and material were extraordinary.
The corpse held a thread-bound book in his arms. Its cover was yellowed and brittle, bearing elegant handwriting:
Sixty-Year Cultivation Record
"Who is this?" Queen narrowed her eyes. She had a guess, but did not dare to be certain, so she looked toward her teammates.
"Yin-Yang Recluse!"
Zhang Yuanqing did not keep them in suspense and gave the answer directly.
Yin-Yang Recluse? The teammates exchanged looks.
It really was Yin-Yang Recluse. The official guide never mentioned this at all. Wasn't Yin-Yang Recluse's story just background lore? And when exactly did Yuanshi trigger the hidden mission? I'd been following him the whole time and never noticed a thing. Is this what a genius who cleared two S-rank instances in a row is like?
Amid her surprise, Queen's admiration for Yuanshi Tianzun rose another level.
The hidden mission was probably discovered when he dealt with the cursed cat. He said he wanted to conduct an experiment—but how did he discover the hidden mission? Li Chunfeng considered himself clever and learned. Though he could deduce that the hidden mission was related to the cursed cat, he could not fathom how Yuanshi Tianzun had triggered it.
*How did Yuanshi discover that the cursed cat