Unreliable Sword Immortal.

Chapter 173 Top-Tier Cave Dwelling: A Place of Outstanding People and Abundant Resources

"It looks impressive, but what's the point? Keeping so many Earth Spirits is just like having a zoo or botanical garden..."

Lu Chao shook his head. Given his current situation, this exclusive cave dwelling would offer him limited benefits. He brought up the exclusive cave dwelling information panel and discovered that if the exclusive cave dwelling were to be upgraded further, it could become a LV1 cave heaven.

That requires the spiritual energy index of the cave dwelling to reach 100,000!

"One hundred thousand spiritual energy points! A five-star Ao Longwang only provides 100 spiritual energy points. For the average player, one hundred thousand spiritual energy points is practically a once-in-a-lifetime achievement. With such a high level of difficulty, what kind of attributes should this cave have to match it?"

Lu Chao found the Spirit Fruit and asked it the aforementioned question. The Spirit Fruit replied, "Master, do you know what it means to have outstanding people and a blessed land?"

"I know, isn't that an idiom?"

The Spirit Fruit shook its plump body and said, "The phrase 'outstanding people and auspicious land' is used to describe a private cave dwelling. Now this cave dwelling has been upgraded to LV5 and has given birth to a powerful spiritual vein, which is what we call 'outstanding people and auspicious land.' From now on, low-level earth spirits will automatically be born in this cave dwelling. You won't need to cultivate here; your cultivation will automatically grow. Moreover, when you go into seclusion, it will be easier to break through bottlenecks."

"Yeah?"

Lu Chaoding opened his personal information panel and indeed discovered the mystery. Originally, it would have taken 10 billion cultivation points to level up from level 60 to level 61, but within this exclusive cave, only one-tenth, or 100 billion, of those cultivation points was needed.

Therefore, taking medicine in this private cave is very cost-effective.

Moreover, his cultivation level was increasing rapidly in this private cave, almost one point per second.

"That's really good!" Lu Chao exclaimed. "Spiritual Energy Fruit, does the effect of 'Outstanding People and Abundant Resources' only work on me, or on everyone in the cave?"

"Of course it applies to everyone. Niu Daren and I can both benefit from it, and if we stay here long-term, we'll even awaken certain abilities. This cave is a sacred place for cultivation!"

Just as Lingqi Guo was saying this, the service NPC Niu Daren ran over, his face beaming with joy, and said, "Master, Lingqi Guo, the cave has been upgraded, and I've suddenly gained a newfound talent—I can cook!"

"Well……"

Lu Chaoding pulled up Niu Daren's information panel and saw that, sure enough, the guy had awakened his "culinary skills" and gained a new title: "Spiritual Chef".

[Spiritual Chef: A special title. Those who obtain this title are rewarded with a Spiritual Knife, capable of cooking spiritual feasts. Consuming these feasts grants a large amount of cultivation points, rapid recovery, purification of negative status effects, and a small chance of gaining a career enlightenment! Cooking with spiritual ingredients yields even better results; please explore for details.]

Lu Chaoding found it very novel and said, "Not bad! Fun! Well then, Spirit Chef Niu Daren, from now on the kitchen will be your responsibility, and you'll be in charge of providing three meals a day!"

Niu Daren excitedly replied, "Yes, ma'am! I'll go cook right now! Spirit Fruit Master, could you perhaps provide me with some plant spirits, like hemostatic herbs, longevity mushrooms, large scallions, small scallions, or something like that?"

Upon hearing this, the Spirit Fruit jumped up angrily and said, "If you dare to touch Little Red, Little Green, Little Beauty, or Little Rou, just try it, and I'll beat you to death!"

"I won't touch the ones with name tags, but can I touch the ones without name tags?"

"You'll have to confirm it before you make a move!"

"That's too much trouble!"

"You actually find it troublesome..."

Lu Chaoding watched Lingqiguo and Niu Daren argue quietly, marveling at how their "spirituality" had increased, making them seem more like real living beings.

"A place blessed with outstanding people and beautiful scenery..."

Lu Chao muttered to himself, thinking that he had gained another way to serve the public. In the future, he could bring his sect disciples over for meals and to take medicine. For ordinary players, this was an opportunity.

A moment later, Lingqiguo and Niu Daren finished arguing and reached a consensus. Niu Daren went to cook happily, while Lu Chaoding once again asked Lingqiguo what was so extraordinary about the cave above the cave dwelling.

The Spirit Fruit was also unaware of this, only saying that the Cave Heaven was far more powerful than the top-tier Cave Abode, and seemed to be related to Tianquan.

"The Sword Immortal's Twelve Grievances, the First being the Lacking of Tianquan..."

The words of the Spirit Fruit stirred Lu Chao's heart. He had a deep understanding of the saying "Tianquan does not appear". To this day, he had drawn so many prizes, but he had only managed to get a three-star Tianquan [Yinghuo] by relying on unreliable lottery tickets.

Even with the three-star Tianquan, and before it's been upgraded, the effect of [Yinghuo] is extremely powerful, surpassing that of Earth Gods, equipment, and skills.

Lu Chaoding silently made plans.

Half an hour later, after finishing the breakfast prepared by the spiritual chef Niu Daren, Lu Chaoding tidied up his storage space, took five super savage swords and five five-star flying insect swords with him, and deposited one million gold coins into the Qian Yuan Token before deciding to make a trip to Tianyun City.

He had only two purposes for this trip: to pass the Heavenly Trial, complete the main quest, and advance to the extraordinary level.

Secondly, they needed to ransom Zhao Weike and the others who had been kidnapped.

Lu Chaoding was unaware that Zhao Weike and the others had been released and were being treated like royalty in the Heavenly Sword Sect. He figured that although these guys were a bit unreliable, they were still disciples of his sect, and they had worked hard to get to where they were now. As their "parent," he should show them some care and concern at this crucial moment.

A mere million gold coins isn't much; it's something that can be easily earned. If the "millionaire" status could work its magic, giving a discount of a hundred million, it would be a matter of just one cent, which Lu Chaoding would be willing to part with.

This time, Lu Chaoding can teleport directly to Tianyun City using the world map.

Two minutes later, Lu Chaoding arrived at the Great Sword Monument behind Tianyun City.

This great sword monument is a teleportation point; there are several on each continent.

The Great Sword Monument behind Tianyun City is not far from Tianyun Square. Lu Chaoding released the Great Xuan Ship, and it arrived in less than half an hour.

The Tianyun City Square was much more lively than when Lu Chaoding last came. There were quite a few players in the square, of course, they were all only level 30.

"Hey, isn't that the spaceship that appeared in my Defa live stream?"

"That's Lu Chaoding's super flying sword, the number one sword on all three lists!"

"Lu Chaoding, Ding-ge?"

"Brother Ding is also participating in the Skywalking Trial!"

"I thought Ding Ge was already over level 30, turns out he's the same as me!"

"He's been mythologized way too much; he's clearly just an ordinary player!"

"Gentlemen, I am Geng Jinfei from the Great Luo Sword Sect. I have already advanced to the Excellent level and am currently level 31. If I were to fight Lu Chao, who would you all favor?"

"Lu Chaoding's reputation has been built up. I don't think Brother Jin Fei would necessarily lose to him in a one-on-one fight!"

"That's right, that's right!"

"How about we go ambush Lu Chao later? I'll do a live stream and give those brainless idiots a good slap in the face!"

Players in Tianyun Square recognized Lu Chaoding and saw him fly directly into Tianxing Tower, which immediately sparked a lot of discussion. Some players even posted on the forum, revealing that Lu Chaoding had only just arrived for the Tianxing Trial.

At this moment, outside the Chunhua Pavilion, the pimp Song Shu leaned against the doorframe. He had just heard the shouts of "Geng Jinfei" from the Great Luo Sword Sect and laughed, "Fool, hurry up and fight Lu Chaoding! Your day to make a name for yourself is here!"

(End of this chapter)