I might have been playing a fake cultivation game.

A moment later, it was the same gaunt old man with white hair and beard who escorted Zhou Yunshen out of the clinic and onto the carriage.

This old man was the owner of Xuanhu Medical Clinic and one of the best doctors in the entire Luchuan Prefecture. Even if ordinary people had money, they might not be able to see him when they came to this clinic. But in front of Zhou Yunshen, he had no airs of a famous doctor at all, and was very respectful and busy serving him.

It can only be said that the status of Foundation Establishment cultivators in this world is extremely revered.

Of course, the prestige of being a guest of the Chen family also played a part.

The reason Zhou Yunshen went out dressed as a guest of the Chen family was to take advantage of the Chen family's influence in order to avoid unnecessary trouble and make things easier to handle.

Inside the carriage, Zhou Yunshen reached out and patted Zhou Xiaoya's head, saying, "Xiaoya, are you not worried now? The doctor said your leg ailment can be cured. You just need to take your medicine on time and soak your feet in the medicine regularly."

This time, Zhou Yunshen spent a total of 350 taels of silver to bring Zhou Xiaoya to the clinic for treatment.

For an ordinary family, this is an astronomical sum of money.

I still remember when Zhou Yunshen was in the village, he could marry a young woman with just ten taels of silver. Three hundred and fifty taels of silver is enough to marry more than thirty young women.

The reason it's so expensive is that the medicine prescribed for Zhou Xiaoya by Xuanhu Medical Clinic contains many extremely precious medicinal materials, and even some spiritual herb powder.

There was no way to cure Zhou Xiaoya's chronic leg ailment with ordinary medicines.

To cure this chronic leg ailment, precious medicinal herbs are necessary.

After returning home, Zhou Yunshen took out several oil paper packets containing medicinal herbs from his storage ring and carefully explained the decoction method and precautions to Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu listened attentively, nodding occasionally to show that she understood.

After explaining how to prepare the medicine, Zhou Yunshen returned to his room and sat cross-legged on the mahogany bed.

After all that effort, the fatigue he had accumulated from cultivating and contemplating the "Red Sun Burning Heaven Scripture" had completely dissipated.

Zhou Yunshen then exited the game world, clicked the cultivation icon, and allowed his character to continue cultivating the "Crimson Sun Burning Heaven Scripture".

At this point, it was already past 2 a.m. on Earth, and even ordering takeout was no longer an option.

Zhou Yunshen boiled water and made himself a cup of instant noodles. After the noodles were ready, he ate them while browsing the game forum on his phone.

Currently, no information about the game "Xuan Yuan Invasion" can be found on short video platforms, online forums, Weibo, Xiaohongshu, and other similar platforms.

To obtain information about this game, you can only go to the game forum created by the government.

Of course, those who are tech-savvy can also bypass internet restrictions to search for information about the game "Xuan Yuan Invasion" on foreign websites.

Zhou Yunshen had little experience with bypassing internet censorship, nor was he particularly interested in it.

Mainly, he felt it was unnecessary.

Foreign players are naturally communicated and interacted with by government officials.

He only needs to work hard to improve his strength and develop quietly.

After browsing the forum for a while, Zhou Yunshen opened the "Hell Trial Strategy Group".

Goodness, in the two hours or so that his soul traveled through time, hundreds more messages appeared in the group.

All I can say is that this group chat, with only about a hundred people, is incredibly active.

Actually, the most active people in the group are only about a dozen or twenty people.

Most people are like Zhou Yunshen, lurking in the shadows and basically don't speak unless there's something important to say.

Zhou Yunshen began to browse through the chat messages in the group.

He flipped through the pages quickly, ignoring all the meaningless pictures and trivial comments.

As Zhou Yunshen flipped through the pages, his movements slowed down, and his brows gradually furrowed.

Because some players in the group reported that they were attacked by ghost messengers not long after entering the Hell Dungeon.

It's normal for players to encounter ghostly attacks in Hell dungeons.

What concerned Zhou Yunshen was that this player was not attacked by one ghost messenger, but by two ghost messengers simultaneously.

This is not an isolated case.

After the player explained the situation in the group, another player quickly emerged, saying that he had encountered the same situation. He had only been in the Hell Dungeon for a short time when he was attacked by two ghost messengers.

Subsequently, other players reported the same issue.

If only one player encounters this situation, it's not a big deal.

The problem is that almost all players who entered the Hell dungeon during this period encountered this situation.

What does this mean?

This means that in the face of the continuous killing and invasion by Foundation Establishment players, the Hell World is making corresponding changes.

Since ghost messengers are easily killed by players when fighting alone, they should be paired up. This will drastically reduce the chances of players killing ghost messengers, and correspondingly, the chances of ghost messengers surviving when facing players will be significantly increased.

"The Xuan Yuan World is a real world, so it's understandable that the people in it are intelligent. But this Hell World is already confirmed to be a virtual world, and the ghosts in it are also so intelligent. This is a bit troublesome," Zhou Yun thought to himself.

The difference between having intelligence and not having intelligence is huge.

Humanity's dominance on Earth is due to its intellect.

If we didn't have brains, which of the large animals on Earth could humans defeat?

As Zhou Yunshen was pondering these thoughts, the administrator An'an tagged everyone: "Don't worry, everyone. According to intelligence, the strength of the Hell Guardians is fixed. Even if they improve, the rate of improvement is very slow. Our strength, on the other hand, is improving every day. This change in the Hell Guardians will indeed have some impact on our operations in the short term, but in the long run, the advantage remains with us."

"Yes, the advantage is on us. We're just weak for now. Once we reach the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, or even the late-Foundation Establishment stage, these ghost messengers won't be able to move in pairs, let alone in threes or fours. They'll just be experience monsters that drop items." A player chimed in.

"Yes, we're only at the early stages of Foundation Establishment. There's still enormous potential for improvement during this phase."

"It's a pity this dungeon can only be entered by those in the Foundation Establishment stage. If it were accessible to those in the Golden Core or even Nascent Soul stages, then we could easily sweep through the entire hellish realm with just one person."

Players took turns speaking up, dispelling the gloom from before.

Just then, a message popped up on Zhou Yunshen's phone screen: "Bro, are you there?"

This is a message sent by Chen Xin'an.

Zhou Yunshen replied: "Yes."

Chen Xin'an: "Are you free for game time tomorrow at noon?"

Upon seeing this text, Zhou Yunshen understood Chen Xin'an's meaning and typed: "Yes."

Chen Xin'an: "Alright, then tomorrow at noon, at Yunlai Restaurant, a few of us players from Luchuan Prefecture will get together for a good get-together. I'll send a carriage to pick you up then."

Zhou Yunshen: "Okay, no problem."