"Master, are you laughing at my uselessness?" Wen Huai pitifully asked me.

"Of course not. You are very useful, my little useless disciple." I smiled at him.

【Master is so strange, praising me while scolding me as useless.】

【It's so profound, I don't understand.】

Haha, are you trying to make me laugh to death and inherit my credit card?

"Stop making noise, just be quiet for now," I said.

Wen Huai looked at me in confusion. "Okay."

【Master told me several times to stop making noise, but I haven't even moved my mouth...】

【Forget it, as long as it's what Master says, it must be right.】

"Your intentions are good, but from now on, you need my permission, understood?" I held onto Wen Huai's shoulder.

"Disciple understands."

"In other words."

"Disciple understands."

I nodded in satisfaction. "Go to sleep."

The next day, we set off in full gear and headed to Tongling.

According to the system, there would be a second side quest in Tongling.

After walking for who knows how long, we finally arrived at the outskirts of Tongling.

It was much more desolate here than I had imagined, even for the outskirts.

We entered the city. There was not a single person on the streets, only scattered bloodstains everywhere.

We encountered a man on the road, and Wen Huai walked up to him and asked, "Excuse me..."

The man turned around, with hot blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, his face covered in festering sores, and faintly visible white bones beneath the rotting flesh.

Since I hadn't eaten breakfast in the morning, seeing this scene made me feel a bit nauseous, and I even forgot to be afraid.

When the man saw Wen Huai, his face twisted in a grimace, and he rushed towards him as if going mad.

Startled and disgusted, Wen Huai didn't have time to dodge.

Suddenly, a flying sword flew past Wen Huai's side, directly piercing through the living corpse.

The living corpse was impaled by the sharp sword and was driven into the ground. The corpse howled, emitting strange cries, and its body struggled on the ground.

We all looked in the same direction and saw her. She was wearing a white and purple-trimmed school uniform, the disciple of Lingxu Immortal Zun, Ye Lan.

"A-Lan? What are you doing here?" Chang An asked.

"Someone reported a few days ago that there was a plague spreading in Tongling, so Master sent me to handle it." Ye Lan took out a handkerchief and wiped the water jade sword. "This plague is strange and contagious, be careful."