Cultivating immortality relies on spatial abilities; defying fate to become the protagonist.

Chapter 47 Mission: Rescue (Part 3)

Xingbai entered the earthen cave, placed the spirit crystals that Wang Dan had hunted next to Wang Dan, and then ran to Gu Shihan and lay down to rest.

"Shi Han, please accept this. If it weren't for you today, I would have perished here," Wang Dan said sincerely.

"Sister Dan, no need. I've gained enough. You've gotten all injured, how can you not repay me? Don't be shy, just accept it." Gu Shihan smiled and gestured for Wang Dan to accept it.

"Thank you so much, Shi Han!" Wang Dan was straightforward and waved her hand to accept the gift.

The two humans and the fox stayed in the burrow for two days. Wang Dan's injuries had almost healed before they came out of the burrow and split up.

Gu Shihan has been wandering around and has saved no fewer than twenty people. Of course, her gains have been enormous.

There are 13,659 yellow quartz crystals, 1,837 red quartz crystals, 100 amethyst crystals, and 8,999 orange quartz crystals.

The harvest of herbs and minerals was also plentiful, making it a very fruitful one.

The task was completed well, and the several notifications made Gu Shihan overjoyed, and she couldn't wait to redeem all the "+" points for the cannon fodder.

She feels much more at ease now. Her fate as cannon fodder may be about to be reversed. She doesn't aspire to be the female lead; she just wants to be an ordinary person!
Gu Shihan was doing quite well in the secret realm, but it caused a huge uproar in the outside world.

Everyone was worried about the safety of those who entered the secret realm, especially the sects and families, who were extremely anxious.

It should be understood that the disciples who can obtain the Xuan Tian Token are all geniuses, prides, and hopes of their sects or families.

Now that the Mysterious Heaven Realm has encountered an unexpected situation, overlapping and integrating with the Lost Valley, the danger level has skyrocketed.

According to ancient records, the Mysterious Heaven Realm overlapped with the Lost Valley a thousand years ago. Of the thousand disciples who entered the Mysterious Heaven Realm that time, only ten came out alive, a devastating loss that cast a pall of gloom over the cultivation world.

Venerable Danhua was also anxious. He had finally gained a delicate and sweet disciple, but after only a few days together, he had sent her to her death. The chances of her coming back alive were extremely slim.

"Senior brother, stop sighing. That girl has good luck and is quite strong in combat. If anyone comes out alive, she should be one of them," Venerable Miaoyin comforted him.

“Junior sister, you’re right. I should trust Xiao Shihan! Let’s go, let’s go to the Soul Hall!” Venerable Danhua stepped forward.

Inside the Soul Hall, two-thirds of the soul tablets of the two hundred disciples of the Five Flowers Sect who entered the Profound Heaven Secret Realm had already been extinguished, and the soul lamps of a few others were flickering and could go out at any moment.

Gu Shihan's soul lamp was on the top row, still intact, without even a flicker.

Venerable Danhua breathed a sigh of relief, but seeing the extinguished soul lamps, his heart sank again. Those disciples who entered the secret realm were all the sect's prodigies, with promising futures. Many of them were the personal disciples of the various peak masters, but now...

Gu Shihan was unaware of the gloomy atmosphere outside the secret realm; she and the little white fox were doing quite well.

That day, they came to a cave with a thousand eyes, though calling it a cave with a thousand eyes was just a metaphor.

This is an extremely large grotto, with numerous interconnected passages and countless small openings. To call it small is simply to say that it is much, much smaller than the larger grottoes.

Gu Shihan could smell a delicate fragrance even before she got close, which was very attractive.

"Xingbai, are there any energy beings in the cave? There must be something good inside, let's go take a look!"

"Yes, but they all seem to be sleeping. Do energy beings also need to sleep?" Xingbai wondered.

"Who cares if we need to sleep? It's better to sleep! Let's go!"

A human and a fox drifted into the cave. Sure enough, there was an energy being inside each stone skull. They seemed to lie in the cave in a regular pattern, and the place seemed to be slightly lower than other places. The fragrance was coming from there.

Gu Shihan was cautious and did not act rashly. She quickly approached the largest cave.

The largest cave contained the fewest energy beings, less than twenty. "Hanhan, these energy beings are probably all made of amethyst. We must act quickly and decisively, without giving them a chance to react. It would be best to do it silently."

Xingbai dared not make a sound, for fear of waking the energy being, and could only communicate with his mind.

"To annihilate them all silently? How about using fire?" Gu Shihan asked.

"It's possible, but wouldn't it damage the amethyst? That would be a loss!"

"No, Little Fire already has intelligence; it can control the fire! Xingbai, could you set up a barrier in this cave so that the commotion won't be too great?"

"no problem!"

As the fire barrier was formed, the twenty-odd energy beings suddenly sensed danger. A "whoosh" sound rang out, and before they could even let out a shriek, they were surrounded by flames.

The Red Lotus Karmic Fire is truly wonderful; once the flames subsided, the twenty-three amethyst crystals lay on the ground.

Xingbai rushed over and with a flick of its little paw, the amethyst disappeared. "Hanhan, this is ten-thousand-year-old spiritual milk, a good thing to replenish spiritual power. Keep it!"

"Of course!" Gu Shihan took out several Qiankun gourds, filling ten gourds in total, before stopping.

A single gourd can hold ten thousand catties, yet the amount of ancient spiritual milk in the pool remains the same, as if it hasn't decreased at all.

"Xingbai, put some in a jade bottle. We can share some with the people we save. This replenishes their spiritual energy quickly, and with spiritual power, they'll have a better chance of survival. Too many people have died. I really don't know how many will still be alive when the secret realm closes."

Gu Shihan was somewhat worried, as her life was hanging by a thread. She sighed and quickly filled about four or five hundred bottles.

The empty jade bottles were all filled, each containing no less than fifty drops of the ancient spiritual milk.

Xingbai was a greedy man. He took out several jade gourds used for holding wine, filled a few more gourds, and then stopped.

Gu Shihan cleared the stone caves one by one, and together they killed thousands of energy beings.

Just as they were about to continue, a series of shrill whistles came from outside, one after another. How many powerful beings had arrived?

"Hurry up, or you'll miss your chance!" Xing exclaimed in alarm.

Gu Shihan dared not linger, rushed out of the Thousand-Eyed Grotto, and squeezed out through a gap that had not yet closed.

The person with energy felt a fleeting shadow pass by, but when they looked again, they lost sight of it.

Gu Shihan ran at least a thousand feet away, then turned around and looked over. There was a huge crowd, and the Thousand-Eyed Grottoes were in chaos.

The piercing screams that rose and fell made Gu Shihan's eardrums ache. "Hanhan, run! The energy beings have rioted!"

The human and the fox dared not linger any longer, and sped away in a certain direction, encountering many energy beings along the way.

Gu Shihan ran and killed as she went, only finding some peace and quiet a hundred miles away.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, what happened?" Weng Yang asked.

"The energy beings have rioted! Do any of you have other communication talismans? Quickly warn everyone not to approach the Thousand-Eyed Cave. There are hundreds of thousands of energy beings gathered there; it's too dangerous," Gu Shihan said after glancing at the group.

"Hundreds of thousands? My God! That's terrifying! Yes! A sound transmission talisman!" the female cultivator said, still shaken.

(End of this chapter)