Chapter 292: Came with Gifts Too

Yu Sheng also felt extremely fortunate.

He felt that perhaps he would not suffer a blood disaster today—the little doll's previous "divination" was obviously inaccurate.

The attitude of this senior brother Xuanche from Thousand Peaks Lingshan before him was very friendly; it was probably out of respect for his master's face, or perhaps due to the deterrent power of the Ankaela incident, but in any case, the other party did not seem to intend to pursue the grudge of being hung on the beam and whipped with a copper-headed belt back then, which truly made Yu Sheng breathe a sigh of relief.

Besides breathing a sigh of relief, he also decided it was better not to inquire about the aftermath of that initial "misunderstanding."

And after exchanging some pleasantries, Xuanche finally adapted to the somewhat eerie environment inside No. 66 Wutong Road; he then fumbled around somewhere on his person and produced a wooden box that looked quite exquisite out of thin air, handing it to Yu Sheng.

"This is a small token my master asked me to bring," this young talent was quite polite, "please do not decline; it is merely a common local specialty from Thousand Peaks Lingshan."

As soon as Yu Sheng saw the box the other party pulled out, his heart stirred, and he immediately became excited and expectant, thinking that the plot he usually only wrote in novels had actually happened in reality—this was a gift brought by a real cultivator; although the style of cultivators in this world was somewhat strange, judging by the exquisite appearance of the box, the contents inside certainly wouldn't be bad.

He thanked the other party, took the wooden box, and while expecting some heavenly treasures and earthly wonders inside, carefully opened it, only to see a full box of extremely beautiful pale purple pills lying quietly within.

On the surface of every pill, one could faintly see mysterious patterns carrying flowing light, slowly flickering and floating.

Yu Sheng's eyes instantly brightened, and over two hundred thousand words of settings flashed through his mind; then he looked up at Xuanche opposite him: "This... is the 'Immortal Pill' refined by your Thousand Peaks Lingshan?"

"Handmade by my master," Xuanche said with a smile on his face, "Thousand Peaks Lingshan has three main peaks: Spirit Nurturing, Divine Weapon, and Beast Taming; among them, Spirit Nurturing is the foremost, specializing in the art of pill refining and talisman writing; my master is a grandmaster of this school, and the pills he personally refines are quite famous even among the stars..."

Hearing this halfway, Yu Sheng's heart was already delighted; although the "stews" that Hu Li usually randomly cooked seemed to have many strange "supernatural powers," the appearance was ultimately a bit too bizarre, while this thing before him at least looked quite consistent with his stereotypical impression of "Immortal Pills" in terms of style; although the effects were still unknown, their collection value alone seemed quite high; as soon as Xuanche finished speaking, he asked impatiently: "Then what are the effects? Foundation Establishment? Body Tempering? Enhancing cultivation or something?"

"Uh..." Xuanche opened his mouth, and after hearing Yu Sheng's string of questions, for some reason hesitated a bit; after two or three seconds, he continued, "... mainly delicious. This box is grape-flavored; it is my master's masterpiece."

Yu Sheng's expression instantly froze stiff: "...?"

Another two seconds passed, and then he heard Xuanche continue: "This is the export version. Of course, this item also has some other effects, such as regulating endocrine, calming the mind, and aiding digestion—effective for most carbon-based species. Additionally, it is not recommended for the Senjin people to consume it; eating this makes them prone to getting stones."

Yu Sheng's expression was still frozen: "..."

He felt he had heard something particularly reasonable yet absurd; not sure, ask again.

"Well, I have a question," Yu Sheng finally spoke up, "I don't travel far often, so I'm not very familiar with the outside world, and I haven't been to your Thousand Peaks Lingshan, but according to my understanding and the data I checked on the border communications..."

He pointed to that box of grape-flavored Immortal Pills, his eyes filled with confusion: "At the very least, shouldn't they have the power to enhance cultivation, concentrate the spirit, and reshape tendons and bones?"

"The kind you mentioned does exist, but we dare not give it to others; we can't get the permit," Xuanche spread his hands, "mainly the 'Foreign Food Safety Permit' and the 'Universal Biological Ingestion Logistics Circulation Permit'; especially the second one is the hardest, requiring a huge pile of 'Exotic Species Toxicology and Harm Assessment Reports'; our normal Immortal Pills over there definitely won't pass the review..."

Speaking to this point, he paused, probably organizing his words, and took half a minute to figure out how to explain: "Simply put, as long as it is not a common species from our side and hasn't undergone professional training, eating it will cause death."

Yu Sheng: "..."

He instantly recalled the scene where he first saw the Alien Canned Food on the homepage of the Star Express app.

This world is like this; it's ridiculously reasonable.

Yu Sheng sighed, nodded with a smile that was both amused and helpless, his eyes showing understanding: "Alright, I understand, so you have this specific export version... uh, no wonder it's a local specialty."

"It's quite famous; Feiyu-13b is a mysterious place to many outsiders, so many people are very interested in our pills and talismans," Xuanche said with a proud face, "my master is an open-minded person; he has always wanted to take another step in external exchanges and took the lead in launching many cultural and creative projects..."

Good grief, it's still the flagship product of the Thousand Peaks Lingshan cultural and creative projects—the kind personally made and hand-signed by the local leader.

At this moment, Yu Sheng's expression had no more changes, carrying a calmness of a heart like still water.

However, for some reason, Erin beside him suddenly became excited; the little doll climbed onto the coffee table in a few moves, pointed at Yu Sheng, and said to Xuanche: "Hey, then you could actually bring the genuine Immortal Pills from your side; this guy can eat anything, and if he dies, you don't have to compensate..."

Xuanche blinked, and this time it was his turn for his expression to instantly freeze stiff.

Seeing this, Yu Sheng became magnanimous; he leaned over, patted the shoulder of the handsome young man opposite, and said earnestly: "Initial exchanges between different worldviews are like this; both sides easily get stunned by a single sentence from the other—don't mind this guy's nonsense; I really like this gift." Saying this, he took a "Immortal Pill" from the wooden box and put it in his mouth—actually, it really was grape-flavored.

Then he stuffed one into Hu Li's mouth, who was looking at him expectantly, and put the rest away.

He had to put them away; judging by Hu Li's eyes, if there was even a slight slip, this whole box of good things would be devoured by her.

Next, the topic between the two sides finally gradually turned to the main business.

This was also the primary purpose for which Xuanche was sent here by his master "Evil Disciple Four Thousand" to "meet an online friend"—to figure out the origin of the "foreign object" appearing in that strange room on the second floor of Yu Sheng's house.

Xuanche placed another small wooden box on the coffee table.

"This is the thing that my eldest senior brother brought back when he traveled the four directions back then—my master found it in my eldest senior brother's Treasure Pavilion."

Yu Sheng, Hu Li, and Erin immediately all crowded over, looking at that "tattered piece of cloth" lying in the box, which looked utterly ordinary.

"Indeed, the patterns on the edges are consistent; only the material and color of the fabric itself differ slightly; it looks like a creation from the same source," Yu Sheng took out his phone, carefully compared the details of that fabric fragment, and said thoughtfully, "Moreover, the edge of this piece of fabric has a relatively neat cut, looking as if it was cut by a sharp tool... the piece I found looked more like it was torn off."

"May I take a look at that 'room' you mentioned?" Xuanche spoke up, "This junior has some rudimentary skills in the arts of Qimen Dunjia and Spirit Realm Otherworlds; perhaps I can see something."

!

Yu Sheng immediately nodded, standing up while saying: "Of course, it's upstairs; I'll take you there."

He casually picked up Erin from beside him and placed her on his shoulder, then led Hu Li and Xuanche together towards the second floor.

The group soon arrived in front of that eerie room at the end of the second-floor corridor.

"It's this room," Yu Sheng raised his hand and pointed at the door before him, "this room has always had something eerie; sometimes scenes that don't seem to belong to this world appear inside; this door is also strange; the first time I opened it, I had a really hard time..."

Listening to this, Xuanche's mouth corner couldn't help but twitch.

This room is a bit eerie?

Clearly, there are hardly any places in this entire house that are normal!

But since he was carrying out his master's orders, he steadied his mind, silently cast several spells on himself, crushed a pill in his palm to refine it, and then followed Yu Sheng, opening the door and stepping into the house located at the end of the corridor.

It was just a room that looked utterly ordinary; at least to the naked eye, like all other places in this No. 66 Wutong Road building, the room was simple and normal.

But the moment he stepped through the door, Xuanche felt that very subtle... sense of incongruity.

Unlike other places in this building, this sense of incongruity was not a perceptual imbalance regarding spatial orientation or distance, but rather the entire room felt a bit off.

The most off-putting part was the mirror on the opposite wall.

Yu Sheng noticed that Xuanche's gaze fell on that mirror immediately; this reaction made him raise his eyebrows slightly.

"It seems you felt something?"

"This mirror is a bit strange," Xuanche said, approaching that seemingly ordinary mirror and carefully touching its surface with his hand, "but... this junior cannot put it into words."

"It does have a problem, but right now it is in a 'closed' state," Yu Sheng said casually, "when this mirror 'opens', it will reflect the scenery of another place—sometimes ruins in black fog, sometimes a cave howling with wind and snow. And in the second case, wind and snow will float throughout this entire room. Additionally, sometimes I also feel as if this room has been torn in half, not physically torn in two, but..."

Yu Sheng hesitated a bit here, seemingly unable to find the right words to explain that abstract feeling; after quite a while, he thought of a way to describe it: "It's as if the entire room is simultaneously located in two places; superimposed on the visible room is an 'other side' that is invisible to the naked eye."

Xuanche thought for a moment: "... like it's stuck between two worlds?"

(End of this chapter)