Chapter 1104: Chapter 628: The First Segment of the Story

In Yang Qiangjing’s original plan, there were merely two scenarios.

One was that the Puzzle Solvers go together, successfully reunite with Yang Zhu and the others, and lead them onto the right path.

The other was that after the Puzzle Solvers entered, they would be in a different space from Yang Zhu and the others, solve the puzzle alone, and then bring back the story to relay it through the patriarch to Yang Zhu and the others already inside, allowing them to pass smoothly.

Moreover, because Yang Zhushuang insisted on going in, it instead allowed the patriarch to see the progress in real time, so that Yang Zhu and the others could catch up.

But now... they encountered a third scenario.

And it’s the worst-case scenario.

The people entering were scattered into many villages, grouped in units of 10.

Puzzle Solvers were completely separated!

Not in three groups of 10, 10, and 10, but... completely jumbled within this crowd of hundreds!

"This is the worst-case scenario!"

Hearing what the patriarch said, Yang Qiangjing immediately understood what had happened...

"Once the Puzzle Solvers are separated... they won’t be able to share information, avoid mistakes, and the 30 Solvers might make the same mistake 30 times, leading to collective annihilation, a meaningless demise!"

With Yang Qiangjing’s wisdom, she had already formulated the battle plan for the Solvers.

She trained these people for team combat.

No matter how clever they were, or how many ways they had to address problems, they had a core logic at their baseline... trading lives for the correct answer.

If there were two paths to choose from, they’d let one person take the most likely one. If he passed smoothly, or encountered no danger, the others would follow.

And if the person going first met with an incident, triggered a penalty... only he needed to die; the remaining 29 would proceed on the correct path.

This approach applied to every puzzle and choice they faced, with all 30 using their lives to force correct path into existence!

This was Yang Qiangjing’s cruel yet efficient method for passing the Legendary Land.

And now, with the 30 Puzzle Solvers dispersed, scattered everywhere... her strategy was rendered useless, and the Solvers couldn’t fight as a team.

Yang Genshuo was also somewhat troubled.

Though he could see part of the Solvers through the vision of the Yang Family members, most of the crowd were from the Yang Family’s side branches and the Sky Dragon Army; some places didn’t have a single Yang bloodline, and he couldn’t see at all.

Here, he could only see 22 Solvers; the remaining 8 were completely out of contact.

"Xiao Jing, I will communicate with the 22 Solvers I can find now through the Yang Family members, allowing them to implement your strategy, albeit with an extra step..."

Yang Qiangjing nodded.

"It’s a relief to have you, patriarch, or else... we would have completely failed this time."

If the patriarch weren’t here, this would become the greatest crisis the Yang Family faced in a hundred years.

With the patriarch here, Yang Qiangjing’s mind was much at ease.

At this time, she turned back to see which Yang Family members were left...

"Huh?"

She saw Yang Minrui, Yang Minyong, and those people who often surrounded Yang Minrui...

Among the remaining Yang Family members, aside from her and Yang Qiangwei... only Yang Minrui’s people were left.

Coincidence? Or...

Yang Qiangjing didn’t say much but started searching for the two most critical people.

"Patriarch, have you seen my sister and Yang Min?"

"With their abilities, it’s impossible for them to have failed to escape!"

Yang Qiangjin was at the Half-step Nascent Soul Realm, about to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Yang Min, although young, had cultivation comparable to Yang Qiangjin’s, but he remained low-key, and few knew his level.

In the era without Yang Fu’s intervention, nowadays in the Danai Empire’s Yang Family, the strongest are the two of them.

They would definitely manage to escape.

How could they have disappeared!

Yang Qiangjing believed there had to be a problem!

"Sigh..."

A sigh came from the sky.

"The two of them... entered by themselves."

"Why?"

"Because of her daughter, Li Minsi... your sister could have escaped, but to save her, she was ultimately shrouded by the light of the Yellow Book and entered the Legendary Land."

Yang Qiangjing wasn’t wrong; with Yang Qiangjin’s and Yang Min’s abilities, they could have easily escaped, but they chose to enter.

Yang Qiangjin, to save her daughter, and Yang Min, seeing too many people trapped, decided not to run, entering the yellow light voluntarily and leaving a message for Yang Genshuo.

"Patriarch, tell my grandfather, I want to face the difficulties with my family... if I come to misfortune, let Xiao Xing go with him to live on the Spirit Miao Continent."

Yang Zhuxing, Yang Min’s only son.

As he grew up, he was placed with his grandfather (also his maternal grandfather) Yang Fu to cultivate...

Yang Zhuxing inherited the high talent of their family, his ability also the best among the fifth generation.

Yang Min knew that today’s Danai Empire isn’t suitable for nurturing a dedicated Yang Family descendant, as he could be corrupted by the lavish life of their high status, ultimately falling like those children born to his younger siblings, becoming unrefined.

Instead, Border Town, under Yang Fu’s care, remains pure and highly dedicated to cultivation.

They had the ferocious Devouring Spirit Clan to fend off, and every cultivator there was experienced in battle, nurturing a good cultivator.

Yang Min didn’t go, because he needed to help oversee the Danai Empire...

His strength was a vital part of the Empire, deterring many from various places from entering Da Nai Empire.

This was his duty as the firstborn of the fourth generation, specifically instructed by Yang Feng before departure...

So, Yang Min willingly entered the Legendary Land, protecting his family once more.

"Sigh... this is Yang Min’s pure-heartedness."

After relaying Yang Min’s situation to Yang Fu, Yang Genshuo was quite moved.

In today’s materially abundant Yang Family, having someone as pure as Yang Min was especially rare.

These days, Yang Genshuo had seen many complex affairs among the Yang Family’s fourth and fifth generations... it made him nostalgic for the former, purer Yang Family.

"Patriarch, it’s his duty; to wear the crown, bears the weight. He is our chosen successor; he must have this responsibility and commitment... Patriarch, tell him, I approve of his actions. Xiao Xing is with me... no worries, focus on getting through this challenge."

Yang Min was the successor appointed by Yang Genshuo, Yang Fu, Yang Qiangjing, and others a hundred years ago for the Yang Family, the next Family Head.

Although he never involved himself in the politics of the Yang Family, his elevated position means that every of the fourth and fifth-generation Yang Family members fully recognized him.

Yang Zhuxing, Yang Min’s only son.

Ranked second among the fifth generation of the Yang Family, next to Yang Zhu.

Although not the eldest of the fifth generation, he was the one with the highest cultivation among them.

Last year, Yang Zhu advanced into the Nirvana Realm, becoming a Nirvana Realm martial artist, but his realm remained at Foundation Establishment Perfection, not yet in the Golden Core Stage.

While Yang Zhuxing had already reached the third layer of the Golden Core, a genius among the fifth generation of the Yang Family.