Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 318 A Chicken Dinner in a Cave? My Turn!
Ah!
A piercing scream came from afar.

After Duncan and his group entered the Baoxuan Cave Heaven, other experts from the Southern Frontier in Hepu County couldn't resist and followed them into the cracked cave heaven gate.

The allure of immortality is simply too great.

This is, after all, a celestial paradise. Perhaps finding some rare and precious treasures here could be worth decades of hard work.

But that guy wasn't so lucky.

He appeared at a distance of several dozen feet from the cliff, with no footholds in the surrounding high sky. After exhausting his true energy, he could no longer maintain his balance and could only make a splattering sound. Young people are indeed physically strong; he fell asleep as soon as he lay down.

Those martial arts masters who aren't good at light footwork probably won't even be able to pass the first hurdle.

"I'll have to learn to fly someday!" Duncan thought to himself.

The entrance to this blessed land is extremely strange. Unless people enter at the same time, they will land in different places. Duncan and Fu Jianhan entered in the same batch, but the distance between them was several tens of feet. When Miss Sun entered, she had already landed on the side of the ancient pine tree on the cliff.

It feels like parachuting onto an island map; the real gateway to the hidden world shouldn't be on the ground, but somewhere in the sky.

"Hey bro, let me pull you up."

A clear female voice came from above, followed by vines flying out like whips. Duncan reached out and grabbed the vines, took a deep breath and leaped up the cliff hundreds of meters high.

Fu Jianhan plunged his sword into the cliff face and stood below, gazing intently into the distance. The Five Immortals Sect's Holy Maiden, however, snorted coldly, appearing unwilling to help him.

Duncan didn't mind, reached out and grabbed the vine, and in the instant he swung it, he pulled Fu Jianhan up as well.

"Give me some face."

"Whatever grudges we have, we can settle them once we get outside."

Duncan activated his Face ability, causing others nearby to trigger mandatory immunity checks.

Ding.

The Five Immortals Sect's holy maiden secretly glanced at him and nodded slightly, but she still didn't give Fu Jianhan a very friendly look.

Duncan rarely uses his "give me face" ability, but it's still quite effective.

As soon as his expression turned serious, a fierce aura surrounded him, and a strange blood-red light appeared deep in his dark pupils. It was because the evil energy had already seeped into his limbs and bones. When the Holy Maiden of the Five Immortals Sect saw this, she unconsciously lost some of her courage and became like a little sister who was forced to be obedient.

The Five Immortals Sect is an evil sect, and the holy maidens they cultivate are truly uncontrollable by ordinary people.

Just as Duncan was about to pull Miss Sun up, she shook her head slightly, placed her toes on the smooth cliff face, and easily flipped herself up. The vertical angle was no challenge for her at all.

Miss Sun smiled slightly, holding a huge Ganoderma lucidum in her arms, probably two or three hundred years old. She looked up at the boy and said, "I used to often go into the mountains with my master to collect herbs."

"I'm used to traveling on cliffs."

When the Five Immortals Sect's holy maiden saw Miss Sun, she actually took the initiative to greet her, saying, "Sister Sun, did you come with the Holy Maiden?"

When Miss Sun saw the young girl, she frowned slightly and said, "Nu'er, why are you here too?"

The Five Immortals Sect's holy maiden was called Lan Cailing, and her nickname was Yuyao Nu.

The Book of Songs, in the Lesser Odes, says, "The cicada has offspring, which the wasp carries on its back."

The name was given by the Holy Maiden, and it's a bit strange.

Those close to her all called her by her nickname, Yu Yao Nu.

The two were old acquaintances. After all, there were only so many skilled doctors in the entire Southern Xinjiang region, and people in the martial arts world would not offend doctors unless they needed to ask for help one day. So, Miss Sun's influence was quite effective in the Southern Xinjiang region.

Although the Five Immortals Sect is considered an evil sect, it has some connection with the successor of the Medicine King. From the Tang Dynasty to the present, who among those who study medicine does not give Sun Simiao some respect?

"This place is rich in spiritual energy, and there must be many rare and precious materials here."

Miss Sun held the enormous Ganoderma lucidum in her hands, carefully examined its age, and said to the young man beside her, "The last time it was recorded in Baoxuan Cave Heaven was during the Eastern Han and Wei-Jin periods."

"It has been almost seven or eight hundred years since then."

"If nothing unexpected happens, no one has entered this blessed land for at least several hundred years."

Looking out from the hundred-foot cliff, one can see ancient trees that are hundreds of years old everywhere. The distant valley is even more lush and green, with abundant vines intertwined like a canopy, connecting to the trunks of ancient trees and directly blocking out everything below. Only the flowers and grasses at the edge of the valley can be seen.

This has now become a primeval jungle.

The jade-waisted maidservant observed her surroundings with her bright eyes and reminded them, "Sister Sun."

“The vegetation here is lush, but there is no human habitation.”

"There are probably a lot of poisonous insects and wild beasts nearby, so you'll have to be extra careful later."

At that moment, Fu Jianhan's voice suddenly rang out: "The body at the bottom of the cliff is gone!"

The group looked up and gazed down the cliff. Sure enough, there was only a pool of blood on the ground. The person who had fallen asleep on the spot had vanished without a trace, as if he had been dragged away by something.

Miss Sun turned to look at the pensive young man beside her and asked softly, "Young Master Deng, what should we do next?"

She impulsively followed them in, but now she has little clue what to do. She doesn't know how many experts from Southern Xinjiang have come in, and if she encounters one, she might have to fight.

The disciples of Medicine King Valley are not good at fighting, but when pushed to the limit, they will use some deadly methods.

"Then Lu Qiongxian went to the secluded valley."

The boy stood on the cliff and gazed into the distance, actually taking in the maximum of God's perspective, and said in a deep voice, "There seem to be several figures to the south as well."

"The whereabouts of the others are unknown."

"We'd better not act alone and go down the cliff to investigate first."

"Now that we're here, we can't leave empty-handed."

Come here.

You have to bring something with you when you go out.

The methods of cultivating immortality during the Qin, Han, and Jin dynasties differed from those of today. According to the *Immortal Classic*, "The superior person ascends to the heavens and is called a celestial immortal; the middle person travels to famous mountains and is called an earthly immortal; the inferior person dies first and then sheds their skin, and is called a corpse-dissolving immortal."

Besides, if mortals want to become immortals, it is best to seek out famous mountains and rivers and become disciples of immortals. In dynasties where earth immortals were popular, many seekers of the Dao liked to visit the immortal caves in various places.

The methods to become an immortal are constantly changing, and the cultivation techniques are also changing.

However, when Duncan came in, he caught a glimpse of the green-haired, human-bodied monster, which he labeled 'Corpse-Dissolving Immortal'. It seems that apart from those who shattered the void and ascended to heaven, all the other immortals in the Daoist sects would eventually succumb to the fate of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.

As for the "earth immortals" of the Wei and Jin dynasties, they should be the same as the legendary "land immortals" in the martial arts world today.

"There is a Corpse-Dissolving Immortal here who has turned into a green-haired monster for some unknown reason."

"If anyone else were to act alone, they would die if they encountered this."

The situation in Baoxuan Cave was extremely complicated. The last thing Duncan saw was the Corpse-Dissolving Immortal attacking Fan Hu Zi, seemingly coveting her physical body. Meanwhile, the old monster Toad Daoist of the Demonic Sect was sucked into the cave with a group of flying zombies from the Valley of Evil. The Holy Maiden of the Five Immortals Sect was also sucked in when the Xuanmen opened.

As for Lu Shanjun, he jumped in on his own. If the Vajra True Qi were to use the Thousand-Pound Drop technique, it might not be able to absorb him.

"Right now, it's basically a survival battle royale in a cave!"

"All the forces were disrupted."

"And the person who wins the chicken dinner will receive the immortal inheritance, and may even have the chance to directly take over this Treasure Mysterious Cave Heaven!"

Rare and precious materials are just a bonus.

If you can win the game in the end, the entire Baoxuan Cave Heaven is yours.

However, the old monster that came in here is too fierce.

If we were to fight head-on now, we probably wouldn't stand much of a chance; we need to manage things carefully.

Duncan enters God's-eye view.

Beside him, Fu Jianhan is a standard green unit, meaning a trustworthy ally, while Miss Sun is a light green marked unit; as long as you don't harbor ill will towards her, she is also a good helper.

As for the Five Immortals Sect's Holy Maiden, the clever girl nicknamed Jade Waist Slave, she is a yellow neutral marker, but shows a slight friendly tendency.

“Fu Jianhan is a four-star gold card, and he is already on the verge of breaking through his cultivation level.”

"If such an elite unit finds some rare and precious materials, it could probably be directly upgraded to five-star silver-gray."

"Miss Sun is a five-star silver-gray character, with similar strength to the Jade-Faced Lady, but she belongs to the support category."

"Her unique ability is to unleash bursts of power, but she can't handle head-on attacks."

In a four-person team.

The most unstable one is Jade Waist Slave. She is a neutral unit with an unclear stance and may turn against others for the sake of treasures. Moreover, her strength fluctuates greatly. When there are snakes around, she is a five-star silver-gray, but when the Gu King is not around, she immediately drops to a four-star mark.

"With just these few character cards, even if I were to join forces with myself, we still wouldn't be able to defeat that green-haired Corpse-Dissolving Immortal."

"We must find a way to locate Lord Lushan."

In this situation, the only solution is to rely on operations.

Fu Jianhan could break through at any time and should be given special attention. He is a major force. Lu Shanjun is a BOSS from our faction who has been stranded outside. If we want to seize Baoxuan Cave, he is one of the core combat forces.

Jade Waist Slave is neither friend nor foe, her stance is unclear, but relying on her, we might be able to temporarily cooperate with the Holy Maiden of the Five Immortals Sect, which would create the possibility of killing the Demonic Sect's old monster and the Green-Haired Corpse-Dissolving Immortal.

If this wave of operations goes well, Duncan will have a chance to be upgraded to five-star gold when it comes to the final rounds.

Putting aside everything else, there are definitely plenty of rare and precious natural treasures here!

The others were unaware of Duncan's thoughts at this moment, but they exchanged glances and had no objections. After all, this place was extremely dangerous, and it was easy for accidents to happen if one went alone. Moreover, they had finally had the opportunity to enter this blessed land, and they couldn't leave empty-handed.

As for how those experts at the Dao Realm were fighting, they weren't quite sure yet.

This blessed land is quite large, about 180 li according to Taoist texts. We should have a chance to encounter it later.

Of the group, Miss Sun should be the one who plays the most important role right now.

She first picked a century-old Ganoderma lucidum, and then dug up several large ginseng roots. What others might consider insignificant plants, she casually dug up all sorts of ancient herbs. Unfortunately, she couldn't take these with her, and Duncan didn't have any storage space. There were no similar rare items in this world, so she could only choose some valuable ones to carry with her.

If you have to fight someone, you'll have to throw them all away.

Miss Sun dug up a dozen or so plants and then stopped. She felt it would be a waste to dig them up, and since she couldn't take them with her, they would just rot in the spot.

"What a pity." Her expression was full of regret.

Here, herbs that are decades or even centuries old can be found everywhere, after all, Baoxuan Cave has been sealed for hundreds of years.

A faint smell of blood filled the air.

As soon as they descended the cliff, they saw a mutilated corpse. Judging from its attire, it seemed to be a master from Yunnan. The corpse was so badly mutilated that it was unrecognizable, with two tooth marks on its neck.

“It was those flying corpses who did it,” Jade Waist Slave whispered.

The zombie created by the Toad Taoist should not have landed in the same place as him. Judging from the footprints on the ground, it looks like Zhu Jie's corpse, because he was very burly.

The footprints went all the way south.

"It's almost dawn."

"How about we wait until dawn before we act?" Miss Sun said softly.

Duncan pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded and said, "Okay."

He didn't care about the darkness, but the others couldn't. The vegetation here was too lush. As soon as they entered the forest, it was pitch black. To see their surroundings clearly, they had to leap up ancient trees that were ten or twenty feet high. They couldn't keep using their lightness skills; they couldn't waste their true energy on the journey.

The group did not light a fire. Miss Sun found a piece of bluestone and said to Duncan, "Help me make this into a medicine cup."

"I've come to temporarily refine some pills." Duncan nodded in surprise, circulated his internal energy, and directly split the stone with his bare hands. His five fingers were like claws, as if they were metal and iron, and he crushed the stone core inside with his bare hands, digging out a medicine box.

There are many medicinal herbs around here.

"I'll first refine a few healing and detoxifying pills, and then I'll try to prepare a Lesser Rejuvenation Pill and a Ginseng Pill for you."

Miss Sun took out the medicinal herbs and ground them directly, saying slowly, "These herbs haven't been processed and probably still have some toxicity. If you take them, you need to use your true qi to refine them."

"After the Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng are refined into pills, they can enhance the circulation of true qi in the body."

"You should take it first."

"If we encounter an enemy, it will be easier."

This is a real wet nurse.

The true teachings of a physician.

Miss Sun cut off the root of the ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum. Since there was no beeswax, she could only roll it into dark green pills by hand. She made several pills in less than a quarter of an hour. She first took one herself to test the effect, and then handed it to Duncan, Fu Jianhan and others who were standing next to her.

Physicians have their own secret methods to know which meridians in the body the medicinal properties of drugs reach.

Ginseng is sweet, slightly bitter, and slightly warm in nature. It enters the spleen, lung, heart, and kidney meridians and has the effects of greatly replenishing vital energy, restoring pulse and consolidating the body, tonifying the spleen and benefiting the lungs, promoting body fluid production and calming the mind.

Miss Sun only needs to take a sip to know where the medicinal properties have gone with the physician's vital energy.

These highly skilled physicians can customize the proportions of medicines based on their age. They can tell exactly how much to use at a glance, without having to follow the prescription at all.

If this were a cultivation world, she would at least be a top-notch alchemist.

—"Zhishen Dan (Rare Item): Made from ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum that are over a hundred years old. After taking it, it greatly enhances the efficiency of refining essence into qi and improves the circulation of true qi. It can be used to assist in breaking through to the Innate Realm. Daily use can increase internal strength cultivation."

Duncan shared half of his ginseng with Fu Jianhan, who had just been chewing on a few pieces of the century-old ginseng.

Since we're already here, let's eat a few bites first.

If it weren't for Miss Sun, they would probably all be stuck eating raw medicinal herbs.

"It's best to take one pill at a time. Since your cultivation is so advanced, you can take one pill every half day."

"It can keep you from hunger for several days," Miss Sun reminded her.

Duncan picked up eight pills, put them in his mouth and chewed, calmly saying, "It's okay, I have a big appetite."

The Gluttony Method!
Duncan had never mastered the Gluttony Technique taught by the monk Bu Tan, but today he made immediate progress. After consuming the pill that Miss Sun had made by hand from a hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, Duncan's Qi bar also increased slightly.

"It seems that if one were to eat a few thousand-year-old ginseng roots raw, as long as one could refine their medicinal properties, one's power would greatly increase."

"But it's a bit of a waste."

Just then, a rustling sound came from not far away.

The Holy Maiden of the Five Immortals Sect skillfully wove a small basket from vines. Then, she sprinkled some powder in the dark, miasma-filled area, which soon attracted snakes, insects, and venomous creatures from the vicinity. She held a foot-long, spicy centipede between her fingers, examined it from head to toe, and exclaimed, "What a venomous creature!"

"It can be used to refine poisonous insects."

Fu Jianhan also glanced at it, his eyes lighting up as he exclaimed, "It can also be used to make medicinal wine."

If he knew this method, he wouldn't need to soak the Five Immortals Sect's poisonous substances in alcohol.

Yu Yaonu glared at him fiercely, collected the poisonous creatures in a small basket, gathered her true energy in her palm, and combined it with the medicinal powder on her body. Immediately, the air was filled with the smell of blood, and the poisonous creatures inside went berserk and began to fight each other.

Judging from her expression, she wanted to refine the Gu on the spot and finish it before dawn.

At this moment, every bit of strength you have increases your ability to protect yourself.

It's dawn, time to kill!

This cave is filled with rare herbs and spiritual objects that are hard to find outside. You never know, several experts at the Innate Realm might appear in one night.

Miss Sun refines medicine, Jade Waist Slave refines poison, and Fu Jianhan picks up some scraps to soak in wine.

Everyone performs their duties.

Duncan was in charge of guarding the area, and incidentally, he ate the pills that Miss Sun had made by hand. He possessed extraordinary skills and amazing physical constitution, so he was not afraid of eating as much as he wanted. In just half a night, he managed to cultivate three years' worth of true qi.

In the world of martial arts, one needs extraordinary encounters to make great progress in one's skills; the ancients were right.

Fu Jianhan followed his example and ate six ginseng and sesame pills in a row, his face turning red. In the end, he obediently sat down to meditate and practice his internal energy.

However, his mark was emitting a faint golden light, indicating that he was just one step away from breaking through to the next level.

These kinds of experts don't break through in a step-by-step manner; their strength will most likely jump by one star.

"A weak body cannot tolerate nourishment."

"whee."

Yu Yaonu ate only one pill and then focused on tinkering with her little darlings.

She looked at Duncan with considerable surprise, secretly marveling at the young man's astonishing potential. If he were to cultivate poison techniques, who knows how high his starting point would be, or how many toxins his body could contain.

At this moment, the sky was beginning to lighten. She took out a blood-soaked centipede, its body bulging with blood, from the small basket, sat cross-legged, circulated her inner energy into it, and then brought her fingertips to the centipede's mouth. As it bit and sucked the girl's blood, she also injected toxins into her body.

As the Gu worms sucked her blood, her fair palms turned blood red, then gradually returned to normal. Her pretty face turned from red to white, then bluish-purple, and finally returned to normal.

But she had an additional mark on her body: 'heartbreaking'.

——Jade Waist Slave (Holy Maiden of the Five Immortals Sect) (Full of the Five Poisons) (Heart-crushing and Bone-corroding) (Five-star Whiteboard)

"This must be the Poisoning Skill buff!" Duncan glanced at it.

Yu Yaonu walked to a secluded spot, activated the Five Immortals Technique with both palms, and gently pressed her palm onto the ancient tree beside her. The bark and trunk instantly turned into rotten wood.

Her unique skill involved poisoning herself first, then transferring the poison to her enemy during combat.

The deeper the poisoning, the greater its potency.

A ray of morning light appeared.

The once silent forest gradually began to stir. Just a few miles away from Duncan and his group, a ghostly figure suddenly emerged from the lush treetops and foliage. It was a thin old man with a mustache, known in the martial arts world as the "Long-Armed Divine Ape".

Something was wrong last night; there were flying zombies active where he landed, which scared him so much that he hid in the treetops to spend the night.

Now that midnight has passed, some of those who couldn't hold out have already died.

The old man landed and found his companion's body. He searched the body and found a manual called "Crimson Fierce Palm". He glanced at it and threw it aside, then put the hidden weapon he found into his sleeve.

He doesn't have much time left to live, and he came in just to try his luck; this martial arts manual is useless to him now.

"Its daybreak."

"The zombies created by that old monster from the Demonic Sect should no longer be roaming around."

Don't be fooled by Duncan's ruthless killing of the masters from Evil Valley; they are notorious in the martial arts world, and now that they've turned into zombies, they're even more terrifying. At least a dozen people have died at their hands in the middle of the night.

Regardless of how this turn of events unfolds, many skilled fighters in the southern border regions of Guangdong and Guangxi will likely be eliminated.

This old man didn't dare to compete with those experts who had entered the Dao realm for immortal opportunities. He just came in to fish in troubled waters. He was lucky; he landed on flat ground. If he hadn't encountered the zombies from the Valley of Villains, he probably would have found a lot of good stuff by now.

He continued forward along the lush primeval forest, straining his ears to keep watch within a ten-foot radius, and muttered, "It should be around here!"

"Last night I heard the babbling of water and saw a strange red light in the distance."

"There must be some rare and precious herbs nearby!"

A faint red light stood out in the darkness; if it weren't for the zombies nearby, he would have succeeded long ago.

The old man followed his path and indeed found a dark ravine. From where he stood, it appeared to be more than ten feet deep. There were some strange flowers and plants on both sides, but he did not know medicine and could not tell them apart. Directly below was a deep pool, the depth of which was unknown, and it might lead to an underground river cave.

The terrain in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions is unique, and the caves inside are probably similar.

When he arrived in this vicinity, there was no sound of insects chirping or birds singing. Looking around, he could see a strange red color in the corner of the dark pool, like a fruit that had grown in an extremely cold place.

"Could it be the Vermilion Fruit?"

"God help me too!"

The old man climbed down like a monkey. He looked around warily, picked up a pebble and shot it out, splashing water everywhere. But he didn't see anything unusual. He waited a moment, then leaped out, walking on the water as if floating on water, and went to retrieve the strange fruit with great joy.

This mysterious grotto had not been opened for hundreds of years. He risked his life to enter it and indeed obtained an immense opportunity.

call out!
Just then, a dark shadow flashed across the bottom of the pool. The old man who was floating on the water suddenly changed his expression and without hesitation circulated his true energy. His arms moved like a monkey's, and his explosive force caused waves of more than ten feet to rise from the pool.

—The force of a mountain collapse!

He had cultivated diligently for many years, his explosive power capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks, but at this moment, his true energy was like mud sinking into the sea, as if he had crashed onto an iron plate. In an instant, a huge black shadow coiled around him, over ten feet long, its scales as black iron as its own, directly locking his limbs, breaking his tendons and bones. The black snake coiled around him like a giant python, its appearance somewhat resembling a dragon, and instantly dragged him into the pool.

It's a pity that he had dominated Lingnan for decades and was hailed as a master of his generation, a half-step grandmaster, but unexpectedly he died suddenly here.

A stream of murky blood gurgled out.

The smell of blood permeates the air.

As the blood in the dark pool spread, not far away, in the ground piled with decaying leaves and withered branches, a dark blue-black claw emerged.

—The Mad Monk Who Breaks Bones (Flying Zombie) (Five-pointed silver-gray).

The monster seemed to have regained some of its senses, and even knew to find a dark and sinister place to bury itself after drinking human blood.

But its bloodthirsty nature remained, and upon smelling the blood, it immediately crawled out, like a rampaging flying corpse, rapidly approaching the dark pool.

Last night was chaotic. The zombies created by the Toad Taoist drained the life essence of many martial arts masters, and some of their bodies even turned as hard as gold and iron.

The Toad Taoist frantically rang his bell last night, but only managed to summon back a few zombies.

He used a master craftsman to refine the corpse, but unexpectedly, the zombie became uncontrollable.

at the same time.

Duncan and his teammates, who were moving forward, stopped in their tracks. A loud bang, which disappeared in an instant, seemed to indicate that someone had made a move.

"There's movement over there!"

"Walk."

Just as they rushed toward the source of the loud noise, Lu Qiongxian, dressed in white, also fled in a disheveled state from the direction of the secluded valley. More than half of the eunuchs beside her were dead, and only two of them were seriously injured. The woman's skirt was covered with dried blood. She led her people, staggering, toward the waterfall. From within the secluded valley came a sound like bones being gnawed at. Eventually, everything returned to calm.

I don’t know how long it took.

On the cliff, a crane cried out. The crane was over ten feet long, with a blood-red crest, and was extremely majestic. It seemed to understand human nature, and its eyes looked down at the martial arts masters fighting everywhere. Finally, it shook its head as if sighing.

Suddenly, it seemed to sense a danger and leaped up, soaring upwards.

A ghostly red shadow flashed by.

The strange woman who appeared was dressed in blood-red green, with dark eyes and a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth. She looked at the cranes flying into the clouds and finally jumped off the hundred-foot cliff.

Everyone is both the hunter and the prey.

The gates of Baoxuan Cave Heaven were wide open.

Demons and monsters, and wise men all gathered.

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(End of this chapter)