Longzang

Chapter 759 She has a gun!
In the herb garden, sunlight filters through the dense foliage, casting dappled shadows that dance on the grass like fluttering butterflies.

Xu Wenwu lay supine on the grass covered with Immortal Herbs, a half-eaten Water-type Spirit Ginseng dangling from his mouth, tasting as if he were eating fruit. A faint mist rose from the surrounding grass, a spiritual energy so dense it was almost condensing into water vapor. Even a mortal lying here could slowly improve their aptitude and constitution.

This is the core of the herb garden, and also the place with the densest spiritual energy in the entire Qingming region. The Netherworld Dragon Sunflower that Xu Wenwu personally cared for back then has now grown into a towering tree, its canopy spreading wide. However, there is a somewhat eerie atmosphere around the tree, and unknown creatures often appear.

Xu Wenwu was lying only ten feet away from Youming Longkui. Just as he was getting drowsy, he suddenly heard a faint buzzing sound in his ear. Then a mosquito the size of a palm appeared and landed on Xu Wenwu's thigh. Its toothpick-like mouth stabbed at his thigh!
Suddenly, with a loud bang, a burst of fire erupted from the giant mosquito's body, its wings were blown off and fell to the ground, its six long legs kicking helplessly.

A miniature tank, about the size of a palm, rolled out from beneath Xu Wenwu's feet, its two cannons visibly steaming. It aimed at the still-alive giant mosquito and fired again, finally ending the ferocious insect's life.

Xu Wenwu yawned, but did not open his eyes.

The small tank drove up a large tree beside it, eventually hanging upside down from a branch above Xu Wenwu's head. From its elevated position, it monitored the entire area. Any insects or ants that dared to approach were instantly killed with a single shot.

In a short while, dozens of various insect corpses appeared around Xu Wenwu. Among them was a centipede that was more than three feet long. The miniature tank fired more than a dozen shots, blowing it in half in the middle, so that it would not disturb Xu Wenwu's sleep.

When Wei Yuan arrived at the Netherworld Dragon Sunflower Tree, this was the scene he witnessed.

Wei Yuan didn't rush to wake Xu Wenwu, but instead looked around first. The Netherworld Dragon Sunflower was the first spiritual plant he had planted, which mutated after absorbing a large amount of luck. It had always been planted in the core area of ​​the medicine garden, growing at a rate dozens of times faster than outside. Now, it was over two hundred years old, and even a few leaves could be used as the main ingredient for Body Forging Pills. However, consuming Body Forging Pills made from it could easily cause one's Dao Foundation to develop attributes such as Netherworld and Yin Cold.

The Qingming Herb Garden is now full of treasures. Tens of thousands of Five Elements Ginseng have been planted, among which seven or eight thousand have medicinal properties that are over a hundred years old. The Water Element Ginseng in Xu Wenwu's mouth looks only one hundred and twenty years old. There are plenty of them in the herb garden, so there is no problem using them as snacks.

Although the herb garden is full of treasures, it has now become extremely dangerous. Just look at the circle of insect corpses around Xu Wenwu; they are all spirit insects at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Since the celestial dog's head merged into the Azure Netherworld, the entire Azure Netherworld environment has changed, and spirit beasts and insects have experienced a massive explosion, increasing in number by tens or even hundreds of times. The herb garden itself is rich in spiritual plants and spiritual energy, thus becoming a paradise for all kinds of spirit insects. Some small animals that feed on insects have also increased rapidly, resulting in sables and cats becoming increasingly bloated and gradually becoming adorably clumsy.

Once these spiritual insects reach the Foundation Establishment stage, they undergo a complete transformation, their power increasing dramatically. Mosquitoes can pierce steel, and butterflies can bewitch the mind, which is one thing, but the toxicity of various poisonous insects undergoes a qualitative leap, and they are also much larger, many of which have become a threat to Dharma Aspect cultivators.

With a large population in Qingming, it's inevitable that there will be both good and bad among them. Many cultivators, after achieving their Dao Foundation, plan to leave Qingming. However, they don't want to leave empty-handed, so many sneak into the herb garden in search of their own opportunities, but all of them never return, their opportunities turning them into spirit insects.

Wei Yuan looked up and saw the mini twin-barreled tank above him, and reached out to take it down.

The chariot was in a great hurry, its cannons flashing blue light as it tried to fire, but Wei Yuan used his power to suppress it, immediately immobilizing the chariot.

Xu Wenwu's chest heaved suddenly, and he sat up abruptly, yelling, "I'm suffocating!"

He opened his eyes, looking around blankly, before realizing after a moment that it had all been a dream. Xu Wenwu woke up, and the miniature chariot in Wei Yuan's hand vanished.

Xu Wenwu broke out in a cold sweat and said to Wei Yuan, "I just had a terrible dream. I dreamt that a giant hand grabbed me and dragged me all the way to the deep sea... Luckily, I woke up."

Wei Yuan said, "Your Dao Foundation can move on its own, and you don't even know it?"

"I know! I let it out to move around when I sleep, otherwise I don't dare to sleep here at all. One mosquito can suck several kilograms of my blood."

Wei Yuan secretly shook his head. Xu Wenwu lacked common sense about cultivation and didn't know how rare it was for someone with such a spiritual foundation. However, the idea of ​​a tank becoming a spirit sounded a bit awkward.

Wei Yuan said, "Come on, I'll take you to the outer world to play."

"The outer world? How do we get there? We've already built a spaceship?"

Wei Yuan said, "It used to be simple, you just slept in a different place."

Wei Yuan took Xu Wenwu back to the Immortal City and arranged for him to sleep. Xu Wenwu was quite the sleeper; the moment his head touched the pillow, he drifted off to sleep and appeared in the mortal world in the blink of an eye.

Xu Wenwu didn't have a good impression of the mundane aspects of life. In his memory, as soon as he entered the house, he would start working, not only exhausting himself to the point of death, but also feeling inexplicably tired when he woke up. After all, who wouldn't feel refreshed after dreaming of taking exams and doing practice problems all night?

But this time, when he entered the everyday world, Xu Wenwu was not faced with his familiar cramped workstation, but with a corner of the city, and a plain-looking girl in front of him, who said, "Please come with me."

Upon seeing the girl, even though she was of average appearance, Xu Wenwu's spirits lifted.

Xu Wenwu followed the girl to the foot of Jade Mountain, where he saw Wei Yuan emerge from the teleportation portal and place a wisp of Daoist energy down. Upon seeing Xu Wenwu, Wei Yuan said, "It's very dangerous inside. You should complete your training course first before going in."

By this time, a huge logistics base had been built outside Jade Mountain, with four new research institutes established. Several Foundation Establishment cultivators led Xu Wenwu into the training hall to test his various limits, teach him the precautions for survival in the outer world, and how to use various equipment.

The training course lasted all day, after which Xu Wenwu enhanced his azure energy and finally stepped into the teleportation portal.

As soon as he entered the portal, Xu Wenwu heard the familiar roar of machine guns. Under the night sky, flying swords transformed into streams of light, blasting the hideous monsters in the distance into a bloody mess. Xu Wenwu felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity with the scene before him, as if he had stepped into a war movie he had been watching late into the night, and he immediately became excited. At this moment, Wei Yuan appeared and said to him, "Follow me."

Xu Wenwu followed Wei Yuan into a small building next door and went up to the second floor. The second floor was a showroom, with various objects displayed under glass cases. Wei Yuan led Xu Wenwu directly to the center of the showroom, pointed to something on a display shelf, and asked, "Do you recognize this?"

Xu Wenwu blurted out, "Isn't this just an aluminum can? It's just been stepped on and flattened."

Wei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed he hadn't called the wrong person; Xu Wenwu indeed had intricate connections to this world. Wei Yuan picked up the can and asked, "Can you read the words on this?"

Xu Wenwu carefully examined them, then shook his head: "I don't recognize any of them."

The writing on the jar resembles human script in appearance, but it's not quite the same. Over the past few days, we've concluded that this writing is unlike any human script passed down from ancient times; due to insufficient data, its meaning cannot be determined.

Wei Yuan still held onto a sliver of hope and asked, "Is it possible that it's the... foreign language you mentioned?"

"No! I've never seen them at all."

Wei Yuan nodded and said, "Make some preparations, we'll set off in half an hour to explore the complex over there. This is Long Ying, you must stay by his side at all times and absolutely cannot wander off."

As the exploration began, Xu Wenwu thought of many famous monsters lurking in the darkness, and he immediately tensed up, nodding stiffly. He wanted to refuse, but dared not say so, and could only bite the bullet and agree.

Half an hour later, Wei Yuan led the team to set off again. In the previous explorations, Wei Yuan had deliberately avoided the square building in the center of the complex, first searching out most of the surrounding smaller buildings and clearing out the area before finally arriving at this building.

Bringing Xu Wenwu along this time proved fruitful. Looking at the building, he blurted out, "Is that a gas station and a small supermarket?"

"Gas station?"

Xu Wenwu pointed to a few pillars in the open space outside and said, "They look like them. That pile of dark iron next to these pillars should be the refueling pumps, but how come they're in such a rotten state?"

Wei Yuan asked, "What dangers are there at gas stations with supermarkets?"

"Danger?" Xu Wenwu scratched his head. He really couldn't think of any danger in this kind of place, except that there were a lot of people.

There are quite a lot of people?

Wei Yuan felt a chill run down his spine, finally realizing the source of his unease. He immediately summoned a Dharma Aspect Warrior and instructed him to escort Xu Wenwu to the rear, where they would set up a firing position on the second floor of an abandoned building. Wei Yuan himself cautiously stepped forward and entered the supermarket.

The supermarket was deathly silent, devoid of any response. Some metal shelves were covered in dust, piled up almost into solid blocks. The ground was covered with a thick layer of black mud, leaving deep footprints when Wei Yuan stepped on it.

"The area outside is the goods section, the counters are against the wall, and the warehouse should be behind that..." Xu Wenwu's gaze followed Wei Yuan's movements, and he would tell the Dharma Aspect Warrior next to him whenever he noticed something. If the Dharma Aspect Warrior heard him, it meant that Wei Yuan knew.

Wei Yuan approached the counter and saw a very faint figure behind it. Judging from the outline, it seemed to be a woman, busy with something behind the counter. As Wei Yuan walked over, the figure turned its head, seemed to see him, and then its hand groped under the counter.

Xu Wenwu instinctively shouted, "She has a gun!"

The shadow pulled something out from under the counter and pointed it at Wei Yuan!

Wei Yuan instantly moved to the side, avoiding the gun barrel. Then, the surrounding space seemed to tremble, and a small crater suddenly appeared on the wall behind Wei Yuan, with rubble flying everywhere!

Wei Yuan felt a chill run down his spine. That attack was extremely powerful, equivalent to a full-force strike from a late-stage Dharma Aspect cultivator. If he had been hit by that bullet, he would have been injured!

Seeing the dark figure raise his gun and aim again, Wei Yuan leaped onto the counter, his hand now wielding the Demon Blade July. With a single strike, he severed the arm holding the gun from the dark figure's hand.

"Wait, don't..." Before Demon Blade July could finish speaking, Wei Yuan had already struck three more times, severing the limbs of the black shadow.

The shadowy figure materialized, revealing its true form. It was a humanoid creature completely charred black, its body as black as charcoal, whether from fire or the erosion of time. The severed limbs, cut off by the demonic blade, were covered in a dark gray mixed with white, resembling mud rather than flesh.

The Demon Blade July trembled incessantly, emitting mournful cries: "Don't come again! It stinks! It's terrifying!"

Wei Yuan couldn't sense any scent, but the Demon Blade's reaction didn't seem fake; its spirituality had actually decreased slightly, indicating that it had been damaged.

The wailing of the demonic blade seemed to awaken the entire building, and one by one, figures emerged from the darkness, all staring at Wei Yuan. Wei Yuan decisively threw away the noisy demonic blade, then leaped backward and escaped from the building.

(End of this chapter)