The eyes of the two men lit up the moment they heard the word 'Ancestor'. They now knew why Young Master Shirong had been so insistent in coming to the forbidden zone, even after knowing of the dangers. He even went so far as to spend two years in a small city like the deer wood city preparing and binding for his time.

He then spent a lot of resources and favors in order to obtain the official permission to enter the forbidden zone. This was strange, as forbidden zones usually did not need a permit for one to go in. If one wanted to go, in theory, were welcome to do so at the expense of their life.

The directives for the forbidden zone were meant to be more of a warning for people so that they would not wander in carelessly. But unlike the other forbidden zones, this one was actually being guarded by the clans of the Deer Wood city, as they had been directed to do so by the King of the Ling Kingdom himself.

They had even placed formations that would record who passed through it and also those that left it. In the two years, the clans had been able to fully surround the forbidden zone with the formation and isolated it from all sides, even the millennium forest, which it was originally a part of.

Ye Dai and Bei Wen knew that if it was the Ancestor who ordered for Young Master Shirong to investigate this, then it meant that there was guaranteed information about treasures here. They had already seen the pseudo immortal weapon that was the green crystal spear and were wondering what else could be there.

If even a precious weapon like that was abandoned at the edge of the zone, then what more mysteries were hiding in this crater that was at the very center of it. Ye Dai and Bei Wen also realized that if it was the ancestor of the clan who had ordered Young Master Shirong, then he had definitely provided him with more trump cards that were not shown by Young Master Shirong.

This defensive treasure was probably just one of them that he had used, and Shirong was probably just hesitant about using the remaining ones, as one trump card used meant that there was one less opportunity for use in the future.

'Young Master Shirong won't be unprepared, he'll probably intervene and save us using the methods at his disposal.' This was the thought that was now in the minds of both Ye Dai and Bei Wen.

And just like this, Shirong had changed the entire situation to be in his favor again. He had mixed in some lies with truths and weaved a tale that could not be clearly verified without a lot of effort. At least in their current situation, there was no chance that these two would be able to do it.

Besides, if they actually did find a treasure and went back, the two would not doubt his words and on the off chance that they were actually going to die, Shirong would immediately abandon them. But currently, they were still of use to him and it was better for him to keep them by his side.

'Ha ha ha! You two are still too naive. Better to behave like you deserve and be my servants.' Shirong internally spoke without a change in his expression.

Lin Wu meanwhile had gotten quite interested in Young Master Shirong's story and new ideas were forming in his mind. Lin Wu had read enough cultivation novels to know that this 'Ancestor' was probably an old man who was controlling the clan that Shirong belonged to from the shadows and was most likely to be quite powerful.

'Hmm, an old ancestor who orders the Young Master of his clan to search for something. It does not seem like he would have sent this Young Master Shirong on a death hunt as he does seem quite a bit influential considering their conversations and his mannerism.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

"It's a shame that while his ancestor was correct, that treasure has already moved from its location, and not only that, you are holding it in your own hand. I wonder what his reaction would be if he ever found out… Hehe." Lin Wu amused himself.

Lin Wu's mind then went to the spirit qi that the Young Master Shirong had poured into him to make the brand on him. His disguise as a weapon was going rather well, and they had even overestimated him to be a pseudo immortal weapon.

While Lin Wu did not how strong a pseudo immortal weapon would be, just from the reactions of the previously massacred cultivators and the two followers Ye Dai and Bei Wen, Lin Wu could gauge it. He then thought how influential Young Master Shirong seemed to be and his promise to provide them with resources.

"Hmm… Maybe this can work. Can I somehow leech off this guy and obtain more benefits for myself?" Lin Wu thought out loud.

By now Lin Wu had realized that no matter how much he spoke, he actually was not speaking in reality and everything was happening in his mind. He did not know the exact cause behind this, but he just attributed it to him being previously brain damaged. He thought that perhaps it had just changed him enough that his monologues became more realistic.

Lin Wu knew that this was quite strange but came to the conclusion that it didn't matter in the long term. He was no longer the human that he was before and was now a beast, that too a rather unique beast.

A myriad of thoughts were going through Lin Wu's mind, when suddenly a very radical one appeared, which knocked all the other thoughts a mile away.

"Hehehe, I don't know if this will work but if really does then I'll be killing two… no three… no wait four birds with one stone."

And with this, Lin Wu started asking the system a few questions and formulated his 'Nefarious' plot.