CHAPTER 54: CHAPTER 54: NEW BUILDING - WORKSHOP

The location of Gospel Town is inherently remote, and aside from the locals living here, it’s rare to see outsiders on a regular day.

And the cemetery located at the outer edge of Gospel Town is even more desolate amidst the wilderness.

Since the townspeople all know this place is a cemetery, unless there’s something important, they wouldn’t wander over here.

This provided Sun Yan with the perfect environment for corpse transportation. The pickup truck drove into the cemetery and parked steadily, then Sun Yan hefted the body bags from the back and laid them on the ground, creating a rather impressive sight.

As Sun Yan reached out and unzipped the body bags, he activated the ’Corpse-Driving Skill’, controlling the three corpses to line up and proceed towards the back garden cemetery.

Sun Yan wasn’t new to the task of burial; he took up a shovel and skillfully dug three pits in the cemetery, burying Sosia, Bloodline, and Blood Race mummified corpses in them, covering with soil until hours had passed.

He rested the shovel on the ground and wiped the sweat off his face with the back of his hand, the exhausted Sun Yan couldn’t help but lament, "This labor work, although simple, is extremely draining. Relying on only myself to dig pits and cover with soil is terribly inefficient, it’d be great to hire someone to help."

To dig a pit deep enough to bury a corpse, it must be over one meter in depth. Too shallow, and wild animals might smell it and dig it up for food, also prone to washouts by rain during stormy weather exposing it.

This kind of labor work is not simple, even for a grown adult.

Sun Yan, after digging three pits in one go, almost fell over from exhaustion, it made him consider the idea of hiring employees.

However, Sun Yan was aware of the cemetery’s unique nature, and the secrets it hides. To prevent these secrets from being exposed and known by outsiders, hiring staff was out of the question, since strangers can’t be trusted.

If Sun Yan’s secrets were exposed, it might invite calamity upon him.

’Task completed’

’Item reward: Sharp Teeth Enhancement Potion Synthesis Diagram (requires ’100% Main House Exploration Progress’ to activate)’

Once he successfully buried the Blood Race mummified corpse, he felt something new in his pocket and found a rolled-up diagram inside.

It had lots of complex text written in ink, unlike any script in this world, after analyzing it for a few seconds, Sun Yan gave up on further researching it.

The complexity seemed beyond his imagination, pondering the practical use of this Sharp Teeth Enhancement Potion Synthesis Diagram, he thought it better to focus on achieving 100% exploration progress in the main house, otherwise it’s useless.

Since inheriting the cemetery, Sun Yan would roam the main house when free, discovering ways to increase his exploration progress whenever he found useful items left by his grandfather.

Items like the "Mountain Chasing Manual", and the altar protecting the cemetery’s divine statue...

Yet even so, he still hadn’t achieved 100% exploration progress inside the main house, which seemed only so big, with only a few rooms, but Sun Yan scoured every corner, inside and out, without finding anything else to boost progress.

"There may be more task rewards related to the main house’s exploration progress in the future. If I don’t fill this progress soon, rewards will have limited impact on enhancing my exorcism skills."

Putting the diagram away, Sun Yan’s eyes turned resolute, picking up the shovel as he headed towards the main house.

He didn’t believe such a mere main house could have undiscoverable secrets left by his grandfather. He was determined to find the last pieces of exploration progress even if he had to stay up all night.

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Evangelical Town Cemetery

Demon Exorcism Tomb: 0

Cemetery Building: Main House (Unlocked: Exploration Progress 92%)

Cemetery Entry: Facing Fear, Corpse-Driving Skill, Divination Child

Tomb Magical Artifact: General Sun Mask, General Enhancing Puppet, Ghost Torturing Stick, Soul-Calling Banner

Tomb Guardian: True Monarch of Pure Origin and Mysterious Dao (Fine)

Cemetery Members: None

Daily Task [None]

Timed Task [None]

Bounty Task [None]

Dungeon Task [None]

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Late Night, 23:41.

Sun Yan lay on the sofa paralyzed, hair disheveled, blank stare, his face full of exhaustion.

Ten full hours, he had been rummaging around the main house from daytime to night, nearing midnight, still 8% exploration progress left to complete in the main house.

The last 8%, no matter what, Sun Yan couldn’t find.

He searched through every corner of the house but couldn’t progress.

"Maybe there’s a bug, unless this house has a secret room, how could my exploration progress not be at 100%." Sun Yan sullenly rubbed his face, constantly pondering if there’s any corner, or place he may have unknowingly missed.

Ding-a-ling! Ding-a-ling!

Suddenly, the phone upstairs rang. Sun Yan turned his head towards the direction of the ringing, puzzled as he picked up his mobile phone.

Your phone is here, so where is the phone ringing upstairs coming from?

Sun Yan’s face instantly paled, could it be a burglar had broken into the house!

North American country homes have large areas, it’s possible to have strangers hiding in the house without the homeowner noticing.

The possibility of outsiders sneaking into his cemetery was something Sun Yan never expected, his mind instantly tensed.

He grabbed a kitchen knife and stealthily approached the stairs, the hallway wall next to him hanging the Magic Mirror housing Luna’s soul.

"Luna, wake up and come out." Sun Yan whispered.

The previously plain mirror surface suddenly revealed a girl’s figure, Luna smiled at Sun Yan, "Mr. Jack, do you need anything?"

"I’m asking you, when I wasn’t home, did any strangers break in and go upstairs?"

"No, Mr. Jack, rest assured, I’ve been watching over the house while you’re away. If burglars or intruders appear, I’ll warn them for you."

With Luna’s answer, Sun Yan felt even more puzzled.

The mirror faces the stairs, if anyone climbed upstairs, Luna would definitely notice. If someone hid on the second floor, the only option to avoid Luna’s detection is climbing in from the second-floor window.

What kind of thief is that clever?

Sun Yan gripped the kitchen knife tightly and immediately climbed the stairs. Cemeteries are his territory, how could he allow others to bully him here?

Pulling up Chief Henry’s number on the phone, ready to call the police if faced with danger, Sun Yan followed the direction of the phone ringing with large strides.

Soon he arrived at his grandfather’s former living quarters, the ringing came from within the wardrobe.

Only then did Sun Yan notice how ancient the phone ringing was, reminiscent of an old rotary-dial home telephone from the last century.

"Get out, or I’ll open fire." Holding the kitchen knife to the wardrobe, Sun Yan didn’t hesitate to threaten.

In America, if someone breaks into your house for any reason, shooting them is legal and seen as protecting your territory, the invader will just have to accept their own bad luck.

Though Sun Yan didn’t have a gun, he could still scare them, and immediately use the knife for defense once the thief comes out.

Yet the wardrobe remained unresponsive, except for the continual ringing from the phone, there was no other movement.

Sun Yan furrowed his brow, cautiously approached, rapidly yanking the wardrobe open, swinging the knife inside, but found it empty, slashing the air, nowhere anyone hid.

"What the..."

Sun Yan was puzzled, reaching in and tapping around, he discovered the wardrobe’s backing was hollow, hiding something behind.

Aware of the anomaly, Sun Yan pushed hard, seeing the wooden backing slowly shift, revealing a gap.

Indicating the wardrobe hid a room, from which the ringing emerged.

"There really is a secret room!"

Sun Yan was shocked, speechless with confusion, he never imagined the main house would still conceal other areas.

If not for the phone ringing, he might have never detected this secret.

Main House (Unlocked: Exploration Progress 100%)

Newly unlocked cemetery building: Workshop

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