When her husband and children finished their bath, Tian Jing told him she had decided to enter the Mist Valley again.
Li Zhengguo had the same idea. "We'll go tomorrow at noon. Tiantian, when will you bring Mom up? My mother torments Li Min all day when Hao Hao and the others aren't here."
"She even cut a rose vine and followed Li Min, whipping her with it whenever Li Min chatted with those gossips."
"As long as Li Min didn't tidy up the room, didn't cook on time, didn't educate the children properly, didn't bring Suo Zhu water and food, and didn't wash the children's clothes and bathe them, she'd be disciplined with the vine."
"Li Min was whipped so much that she was covered in wounds. If she cried, she was whipped; if she screamed, she was whipped. If she worked honestly, she wasn't."
Tian Jing looked up at her husband, "That sounds quite satisfying."
"After we plant the wheat and the village is completely free, we'll have Niu Da Sao help us watch the land, and Da Sao help us watch the house."
"Hand over the vegetable shed to Da Ge. You and Mom will come up, and we'll celebrate the New Year here."
"Okay."
Li Zhengguo held his wife's hand. "I don't apologize for Li Min's situation because she is an independent individual."
"As for my mother, although she is soft-hearted, I always feel she wouldn't be without principles."
"Even in the fourth life in my dream, I was angry with her, but when I truly returned and saw her, I still felt this way."
"My mother is illiterate, but she is reasonable."
Tian Jing also analyzed her thoughts. "When we returned and saw her dizzy from Lili's noise, my heart was relieved."
"After all, things hadn't truly happened, and the knot in my heart towards you was also untied then."
"Now, you say that Lu Xiaoyun doesn't exist. My heart feels guilty towards my mother-in-law, and I'm being overly emotional."
His wife's words completely reassured Li Zhengguo.
"Even teeth sometimes knock against each other. When a family lives together, there will always be friction."
Li Weihao, seeing that his parents' conversation had concluded, chimed in.
"Dad, can we go fishing and have a barbecue?"
Turning to look at his more lively eldest son, Li Zhengguo agreed, "Okay, Dad will take you all to have some fun."
With Li Zhengguo joining them, the three children almost turned the area upside down.
...
The next day, after leaving the three children under Xiao Hei's care, Tian Jing and Li Zhengguo prepared to depart.
Li Weihao stopped his father. "Dad, Mom, are you going to that place where we can't sense anything?"
Li Zhengguo glanced at his wife and nodded. "Yes."
"We're going too."
"No!"
Tian Jing sternly refused. "The danger there is unimaginable by human power. We want to verify something. If you go, things might get even more chaotic. You'd best never think of it."
"Oh."
Li Weihao deflated. His mother had never criticized him so severely before.
Li Zhengguo patted his eldest son's head. "Take good care of your younger siblings, we'll be back soon."
"Okay."
Entering the Mist Valley again, they arrived at the edge of the maze.
The couple chose a different entrance.
This was because after going through the dead end at the first entrance, re-entering would mean passing through a formation.
Moreover, when they re-entered, the information in their minds hadn't been refreshed.
Therefore, changing the entrance was necessary.
Fortunately, this entrance was also a dead end.
The two exchanged glances, understanding each other's thoughts.
Li Zhengguo spoke first,
"Look, the two graves are at the eye of the Yin-Yang fish respectively..."
Tian Jing interjected, "Wait, say your last sentence again."
Li Zhengguo: "The defense of Chen Yao's lineage."
Tian Jing: "Right! It's Chen Yao's defense. I think I understand..."
"..."
"..."
"So, you say he's a reincarnator, and I can't be sure."
Li Zhengguo: "Given all this, what else could he be if not a reincarnator?"
Tian Jing: "There are three possibilities."
Li Zhengguo: "Let's hear them."
Tian Jing: "The first possibility..."
"The second possibility..."
"The third possibility is that he's a transmigration tasker, carrying a transmigration system, completing tasks in various transmigration worlds to return or..."
As she said "transmigration tasker," Tian Jing quickly mobilized a trace of her hidden divine sense and activated her ability shield, ending her unconscious rambling.
She held her husband within her ability field. "What do you think?"
Li Zhengguo looked at the center of the maze in fear. "Let's talk about it when we get back."
"Okay."
Silently withdrawing from the formation, they silently returned to Qing Song Rock.
Hearing the cheerful laughter from Wolf Valley, the expressions of Tian Jing and Li Zhengguo eased considerably.
"Tiantian, I think the 'mist' in Mist Valley is very significant."
Tian Jing nodded. "Yes, we couldn't see, but we heard. Our minds and brains were confused."
"It should be the work of the heavenly rules I sensed. This book, 'Nine Lives of X,' should be fake."
"Let's think about the nine-square grid in the private vault again. Perhaps it's all because of our objective, the purpose of entering the private vault."
"I think if Chen Yao comes, it might also be 'Nine Lives of X.' We'll have to wait for him to find out."
Li Zhengguo, however, chuckled. "So, the synopsis is fake, and we're living in a real world."
Tian Jing patted her four-month-old belly. "But I'm the biggest victim."
Li Zhengguo quickly moved her hand away. "It's good. With one more child, Hao Hao and the others will be even happier."
"When Lili isn't the youngest anymore, she might not be as terrifying when she throws tantrums."
Tian Jing playfully chided him. "You're happy, but I'm the one suffering."
Li Zhengguo quickly tried to appease his wife with others' misfortunes.
"Think about the ambitious Chen Yao's expression and mood when he sees the private vault. Will you feel happier?"
Thinking of the miserable state of the private vault's chests, Tian Jing couldn't help but curl her lips.
"It's just a pity for Grandpa Chen. If he had lived to this point and seen the final appearance of the private vault, he would surely have let go and wouldn't have felt any regrets."
"However, what do you think Chen Shan'er was thinking? How did she use the various treasures in the chests to power the final formation? And the formation was so simple that we could restore it."
"No!"
Li Zhengguo shook his head. "Think about the steps to restore the formation again."
Tian Jing frowned. "I can't seem to remember. No way? Is it that heavenly rule again?"
"Possibly."
Li Zhengguo nodded. "Perhaps Chen Shan'er never intended for those treasures to be part of the formation. He miscalculated; he shouldn't have enclosed that heavenly rule for himself to use. As a result..."
Tian Jing sighed. "This is a case of man's plans being inferior to heaven's. I'm actually looking forward to Chen Yao arriving soon. I don't know how long the remaining shabby antiques will last?"
"It doesn't matter if they don't last until he arrives. As long as he sees nothing, it will be fine."
Tian Jing nodded. "Yes, the ultimate outcome of desire is nothingness."
Xiao Song couldn't accept this outcome either. "Fortunately, I didn't go in, otherwise, wouldn't I have been ruled by it?"
"Hahaha."
Xiao Song's words lightened Tian Jing's mood. "Yes, it's fortunate you didn't go in. I know a good place."
"Where?"
"There's a primeval forest in the mountain range. It will be a forbidden zone for humans in the future. Shall I transplant you there? Blend in with the numerous trees."
"Okay, okay! You must plant me next to a tree of the same ancient age. Then I'll have someone to talk to."
"Okay, so when do you plan to go?"
"In a few days. I'll keep you company for a few more days. Otherwise, when your belly gets bigger, I'll be too embarrassed to trouble you."
"Alright, then in a few more days."