Immortal Dao Fruits, Cards to Help Me

Chapter 130 Underground Workers

These past two days, Chen Xiuxian has been fiddling with a bunch of leaves, needing to use his magic to leave a mark on each one, and then stringing them together... kind of like wearing chainmail plates.

Every day, besides trying to reach the limit of his current strength, Old Niu would go to Black Mountain Village to meet with that little cow.

It feels like our big day is just around the corner. There's a sweet, cloying smell of love in the air!

In the past six months, Lao Niu has accumulated quite a bit of wealth by following Chen Xiuxian.

Previously, it was only a few hundred taels, less than a thousand taels, but with the Pseudo-Emperor's Treasure, wouldn't it be worth tens of thousands of taels?

In addition, Dou Zhongde is currently tallying the gold, silver, and valuables seized from Black Wind Village, which will also amount to two or three thousand taels.

When the time comes, we can buy land, build a house, and enjoy a warm and cozy life with our wife and kids, right?
The only thing to worry about is the boar people.

Based on the game's progress, in a little over a year, the Wild Boar King Hachi will announce some "Seven Grievances" and formally declare war on the Great Shun Dynasty.

Prior to this, small-scale frictions had already begun to increase.

After that, there were even larger-scale invasions, with battles involving thousands or even tens of thousands of people every now and then! There were even tens of thousands of boarmen besieging the pass!
In the game, players were all eager and cheering, feeling that their time to show off their skills had come.

But this is the real world, and that's no joke.

War means death!
When war broke out, countless people were displaced, their families destroyed, and their lives ruined.

But if you ask Chen Xiuxian to do something, he really doesn't know what he can do.

The Wild Boar King Hachi truly lived up to his reputation as someone destined by "Heaven." Although he didn't have any proper cultivation methods, he managed to reach the peak of Qi Refining by relying on the divine beliefs of the Wild Boar people, some military tactics, and the racial talents of the Wild Boar people!

If it were just someone at the peak of Qi Refining, Chen Xiuxian could try to assassinate them.

Other cultivators might care about things like the backlash of destiny or damage to their luck, but Chen Xiuxian wasn't afraid of any of that!
But the fact that the Boarmen were able to establish their own nation suggests that there was a powerful force behind it.

They worship the special deities of the Changbai Mountains and the Heilongjiang River region, and they worship various nature gods and animal gods. Those who worship them must at least be considered as strong as the Gang Sha Realm experts.

Some players speculate that the few "main gods" among them may be Golden Core or even Nascent Soul level experts.

It is considered to be in the top tier among the earth deities and spirits.

Although those "gods" can't directly take action, their shaman high priests are all at the Gangsha realm, and there are supposedly three of them!

Moreover, in their territory outside Liaodong, in the Changbai Mountains and Heilongjiang River region, they receive tremendous support.

Besides, those who cultivate immortality rarely concern themselves with worldly affairs.

The more powerful and ancient a sect is, the further it stays away from the mortal world.

Although the Great Shun Dynasty did worship several righteous leaders, they basically did not obey orders or summons; they only showed some incense offerings.

Speaking of which, the sect most willing to interfere in human affairs among spiritual practitioners is the White Lotus Sect and the countless folk religious sects that have spawned from it.

The illusory realm between the human world and the underworld that I mentioned before is the place where true cultivators often reside.

According to the game, once you reach a certain level of cultivation, the "spiritual energy" and various resources in the mortal realm become insufficient. You'll then need to spend more time in the Illusionary Spirit Realm.

There are more and higher-grade items over there, whether it's magical energy, spiritual treasures, materials, or anything else.

It's somewhat similar to how some Indians immigrated to Europe and America after becoming wealthy.

That said, border fighting will increase this year. Next year, a major war is likely to break out.

I need to explain things to Lao Niu in detail so he can prepare in advance.

Even if he wants to settle down and start a family, whether or not to stay in Liaodong is a decision he has to make himself.

As for wanting to stay out of it, it's not that easy.
When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact.

……

After some time, February passed in the blink of an eye.

The weather is starting to warm up, but this is Liaodong after all, and the snow hasn't even started to melt in March (lunar calendar). It's just not as cold as it used to be.

However, once March arrived, Chen Xiuxian began to pay attention to something.

That's the dragon-scale wood beam from the Longji Hutong house that was previously discovered in Shenyang.

This stuff can only be harvested on rainy nights after Grain Rain.

Judging from the current weather, it would be good if it rained in another month; right now it's just snowing.

A few days later, Chen Xiuxian continued to refine the Azure Leaf Wind Boat while browsing the auction house every day, hoping to find a bargain.

For example, a cheaper ebony sword—my own still has room for further fusion and upgrades. The main reason is that the ebony sword is a wood-attribute flying sword, which is extremely rare. Special spells and magical artifacts that target metal-attribute flying swords have no effect on ebony swords.

Therefore, you can keep it for unforeseen circumstances.

Next, check if anyone is selling dungeon keys.

Winter isn't over yet, and I'm stuck in Shencheng, trying to refine magical artifacts, waiting to collect the dragon scale wood, and helping out at the City God Temple. I can't go out to fight monsters and level up.

I'm just hoping to be able to run a dungeon or something.

I did manage to get a random dungeon a couple of days ago, and it turned out to be a Tier 2 dungeon called "Muddy Will Eliminate Traitors (Green)". It's a low-level solo dungeon.

There are probably only forty or fifty monsters in this game, and only two bosses, both of whom are below level 20.

They're all lowlifes who do grave robbing, spirit mediumship, and other such evil practices. And they even have connections with the Boar-Man.

This boar-man really does have connections with all sorts of monsters and demons.

As Chen Xiuxian walked by, the Corpse-Biting Sword wiped out all the monsters.

Chen Xiuxian pulled both bosses together and took them down.

Chen Xiuxian farmed for three consecutive days—the refresh rate was fast, but the already meager experience points gained were halved, with each farm yielding less than a thousand experience points.

The cards were all a mix of white and green, and had little value.

Then there's no point in bothering with it anymore; we can only give up.

However, something came up soon enough. A little ghost from the City God Temple delivered an invitation, asking Chen Xiuxian to come to the City God Temple for a chat.

When they wiped out the Youyuandao sect before, they caused the City God to suffer a loss. Later, he even asked someone for help, and that person gave him a condition—to help him out when the time came.

Chen Xiuxian agreed at the time.

And so, it's time to keep the promise.

Accompanying the errand boy was a sedan chair, which looked like it was made of paper.

The two little devils carrying the sedan chair were pale-faced and had stiff smiles, looking like two paper figures.

After Chen Xiuxian got into the sedan chair, the surrounding environment became much darker.

Then the sedan chair was lifted up and began to float away lightly.

The surrounding environment grew increasingly dark, and the second floors of the houses along the street began to become indistinct.

Soon a thin layer of fog rose up around us, and then the environment changed drastically.

The city is still the same city, but it feels somewhat lifeless.

The surrounding houses were somewhat dilapidated and gloomy, with their doors and windows tightly shut.

Chen Xiuxian didn't panic. As the game progressed, he saw more and more information about the future on the game forums.

In the first major version, virtually no players could enter—a small group of people knew about it but had never seen it. The elusive Phantom Realm, still shrouded in mystery, began to reveal its true form in the second major version, the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth.

Many skilled players, as well as players who happened to be there by chance, entered the Phantom Realm.

The monsters there are high-level, and most of them are elite monsters, plus many more dangerous and mysterious things.

Most of the earth gods and spirits exist in this world.

Some posts not only contain detailed text, but also many videos about the Phantom Realm.

It's normal for someone to enter the Phantom Realm in a sedan chair from the City God Temple.

Firstly, the City God Temple is an entrance from the human world to the spirit world. Secondly, due to the blessing of the dynasty's dragon energy, the City God Temple is the most likely ghost and god force in the spirit world to interfere with the human world.

Chen Xiuxian sat there for a while and then "went down"!
……

When we arrived at the City God Temple, wow! It was truly magnificent!

This is far more magnificent than the City God Temple in Shenyang.

This isn't a temple; it looks like a palace!
That gate is over four meters high!
The vermilion pillar was as thick as a person could hug.

Two fierce ghost soldiers, each about two and a half meters tall, with blue faces and fangs, stood outside the door, wearing iron armor and holding long swords and hook spears!

(End of this chapter)