Chapter 353: Must Bring Something Back from a Trip to the Otherworld

After opening the gate to the outside world, Yu Sheng did not go out directly but suddenly turned his head to look at the "Siege Giant Divine Soldiers" beside him.

Xuan Che, who was preparing to leave, saw this and asked curiously, "Is there anything else wrong?"

"I was thinking..." Yu Sheng rubbed his chin, "shouldn't we try to move one of these 'Giant Divine Soldiers' out?"

Irene, sitting on his shoulder, immediately blurted out, "Wherever you go, you have to scoop up some local specialties?!"

"Isn't sampling part of exploring the Otherworld!" Yu Sheng shrugged, "Besides, this thing bears the seal of the Ten Halls of Wo Yun; it looks suspicious in every way. Shouldn't we move one back to study?"

"Mr. Yu speaks very wisely," Xuan Che heard this and immediately felt it made sense, but couldn't help frowning, "However, this mechanical man is huge; how can it pass through the gate?"

"Oh, that's not a problem; I can just open the gate a bit wider," Yu Sheng said casually, "we just need to consider where to send this thing—directly to Qianfeng Lingshan, or first to the open ground outside?"

Xuan Che frowned in thought for a moment, then quickly shook his head: "Although this object bears the mark of the Ten Halls of Wo Yun, it is ultimately a product of the Otherworld; sending it outside might be risky. It is better to send it directly to Queyun Palace in Qianfeng Lingshan. I will go first to inform my master of the situation and have him arrange a reception."

"That works," Yu Sheng nodded, then immediately reopened the gate to Qianfeng Lingshan. Looking at Xuan Che who was preparing to depart, he couldn't help but sigh, "In this short while, you've already run back and forth many times..."

Xuan Che spread his hands with a wry smile: "This is the first time I have used this method to 'explore the Otherworld'..."

As he spoke, inside the main hall of Queyun Palace, Yuan Ling Zhenren also saw a new gate appear out of thin air nearby. He had originally been handling sect affairs in the inner hall, but later heard that Xuan Che had been running back and forth, sending captives and corpses, so he came personally to take charge. Seeing the new gate open, before he could say anything, he heard disciples rushing to help whispering behind him:

"Is the Eldest Senior Brother coming back again?"

"Looks like it; the previous two times he returned, it was the same scene."

"I wonder what the Eldest Senior Brother will send back this time."

"Who knows? We only heard the Eldest Senior Brother went to investigate that strange secret realm on Tai You, but going back and forth like this... is exploring a secret realm actually this process?"

"It feels very simple... maybe I could go too? We've always heard those so-called 'Otherworld' secret realms are easy to enter but hard to leave, full of strangeness, but looking at it now..."

Yuan Ling Zhenren finally couldn't hold back upon hearing this, turned around, and looked at the two whispering disciples: "You two, how can exploring a secret realm be treated as a game? Your senior brother had the help of a high expert; he just went as an assistant, so his actions were naturally convenient. If you two recklessly went in, how many lives would you have enough to spend!"

The two disciples immediately shrank their necks and fell silent. At the same time, Xuan Che walked out from that gate. Seeing his master also in the main hall, he quickly walked over here.

Yuan Ling Zhenren waited for him to approach, then asked, "Xuan Che, how did things go?"

"Master, something else needs to be sent over," Xuan Che bowed and said, "this time you need to prepare personally."

"... Something else needs to be sent over?" Yuan Ling Zhenren widened his eyes slightly, but quickly reacted, "What is it this time?"

"A sample from the Otherworld, a twelve-meter-tall Siege Giant Divine Soldier—you need to use your power to apply some sealing techniques, then send it into the Demon-Suppressing Tower. Additionally, we need a few skilled hands proficient in telekinetic transport to help move that Giant Divine Soldier out; right now, they are all buried in sand."

Yuan Ling Zhenren opened his mouth, probably not expecting that Xuan Che's exploration of the Otherworld, bringing things back trip after trip, was becoming increasingly absurd. Now he actually had to bring back a twelve-meter-tall siege mechanical man. In his heart, he could only sigh that it was no wonder a high expert was involved; ordinary people exploring the Otherworld for the first time would at most bring out a small box scraping some earth and stone fragments, still needing to be extremely cautious as if facing a great enemy. That Mr. Yu went once and it was like restocking supplies...

However, he quickly composed his expression and turned to look at the disciples watching the spectacle on site.

"You few, go with your senior brother to help move things—don't forget to take a Soul-Calming Pill before entering; listen to the high expert's orders once you get there."

After some turmoil, a "Siege Giant Divine Soldier" in the best condition was finally transported out of that yellow sand and sent directly to the open ground outside the main hall of Queyun Palace.

To get it out, Yu Sheng directly opened a gate more than ten meters high between the Otherworld and Queyun Palace.

The good news was that the whole process went relatively smoothly. Although digging this thing out of the sand took quite a bit of effort, fortunately Xuan Che brought a few Ox-Horse University... fellow junior brothers to help, plus Hu Li was an expert at digging holes, so they managed to get this amazing "Otherworld sample" to the destination intact.

Now, the twelve-meter-tall Siege Giant Divine Soldier stood imposingly in front of the main hall, its ancient and heavy golden armor gleaming under the daylight, the long halberd in its hand pointing straight to the sky.

Yuan Ling Zhenren had seen much in his life and was familiar with large mechanical men, but he still couldn't help being surprised when he saw this thing. Afterwards, he began to apply layers of security seals to this "Otherworld sample" to prevent it from carrying any undetectable Otherworld contamination.

Ethereal light covered the armor of the Giant Divine Soldier layer upon layer, and phantom chains descended from high above, binding the mechanical man's hands, feet, and torso. Yuan Ling Zhenren stood in mid-air, holding a long sword that pointed remotely near the Giant Divine Soldier's chest. He quickly flicked his wrist, sketching dizzying and profound runes. In just a moment, he drove powerful talismans into the latter's puppet core.

Then he saw Xuan Che walking out of the gate again, so he asked down, "Xuan Che, is there anything else to move out?"

"No more, no more," before Xuan Che could open his mouth, Yu Sheng's voice rang out. He walked out of the gate while waving at Yuan Ling Zhenren in the air, "This is the last one."

"Ah, finally done," Irene sighed as soon as she came out, then started twisting awkwardly on Yu Sheng's shoulder, "Uh, I don't like deserts."

Yu Sheng quickly reached back with his hand to support the small doll, preventing this guy from falling off his shoulder: "What are you twisting for?"

"Sand got into my joints," Irene said with a frown, rotating her arm by Yu Sheng's ear, "Listen, it's still crunching inside..."

Yu Sheng was stunned, then instinctively turned his head to look at Luna on the other side, thinking her C-clamp would surely cause trouble in the desert—but the result was seeing Luna standing calmly in place, looking completely fine.

Irene also noticed this scene and looked at her arch-enemy (she considered it one-sided) in surprise: "C-clamp, no sand got into your joints?!"

"No."

"... Why?!"

Luna thought carefully for a long time and finally squeezed out a word: "Exercise."

"... You can rely on exercise for this?!" Irene widened her eyes, "Are you kidding me?!"

Luna then ignored her.

Just then, Yu Sheng saw Hu Li walk to the side. The latter looked left and right, found a spacious spot, then lay down on the spot, transforming into the form of a giant demon fox.

The next second, while Yu Sheng was still wondering what this fox girl was preparing to do, he saw the silver-white demon fox spread its four legs, shake its head, and start shaking off sand.

Just imagine, a nine-tailed fox the size of two vans, rolling around in a desert after fighting someone, then coming back to shake off sand—what a scene that would be! Immediately, sand and stones flew everywhere. A demon wind seemed to rise around Hu Li. Two unlucky disciples nearby who hadn't had time to run exclaimed beside the demon fox, and immediately their figures became invisible...

A moment later, the dust settled. Hu Li walked out from a pile of sand and dust, transforming back into human form while walking, and turned to pat her tail, whispering to Yu Sheng: "Benefactor, I need to take a bath when we get back; my tail still itches."

Yu Sheng: "..."

After a moment of silence, Yu Sheng turned and whispered to Irene on his shoulder: "I've discovered that the desert environment is very unfavorable for our team."

While Yu Sheng and his group were busy solving the aftermath problems the desert environment brought to the team, Yuan Ling Zhenren finally completed the "emergency disposal" of the "Siege Giant Divine Soldier." After a careful sealing, he ordered the disciples to send this huge object to the Demon-Suppressing Tower.

The Demon-Suppressing Tower, sounding like a "containment facility" used by Qianfeng Lingshan to handle various dangerous things, is roughly the same meaning as those various containment zones in the Special Operations Bureau building.

"I will send a message to the Ten Halls of Wo Yun today to explain this matter of the 'Siege Giant Divine Soldier'," Yuan Ling Zhenren came before Yu Sheng, his face bearing a serious expression, "I just saw the mark on that mechanical man; it is indeed the emblem of the Ten Halls of Wo Yun. It is just very strange; the form of this mechanical man is different from the various mechanical men currently cast by the 'Ten Halls', and even the internal spiritual energy meridians are vastly different from current mechanical devices... We will have to see how they respond to this matter."

Yu Sheng nodded, then couldn't help but be curious: "What about those black-robed cultivators? Can their identities be confirmed?"

"No clues yet," Yuan Ling Zhenren shook his head, "The living captives sent over before have been locked up in the prison, but they probably won't wake up for a while. I haven't had time to carefully check the other corpses yet, only glanced at them roughly. Judging from the traces of cultivation techniques left on their bodies... the styles are very mixed; there are shadows of several famous sects, and also many traces of scattered cultivation."

"Scattered cultivators?" Yu Sheng blinked, "The kind who secretly learned some famous sect techniques on the side?"

"... That is an ancient term," Yuan Ling Zhenren stroked his beard, "We generally call this kind 'correspondence course' now."

Yu Sheng: "?"

Can this also keep up with the times?!

(End of this chapter)