Chapter 93: Entering the Medicine Garden (with illustration)

The crowd was in chaos. Blood Silkworms could drill out from any place on the ground at any time, swallowing unsuspecting people in one bite.

Yet no one could see through what was underground. Encountering this kind of monster insect that killed in such a way was truly unsolvable.

Only Long Xuan in the crowd had an unchanging expression, without any look of panic.

In his line of sight, several strings of numbers were moving back and forth underground. If there were no accidents, those strings of numbers were the progress of the Blood Silkworms.

The Blood Silkworm was scary because it was elusive and hard to prevent, but its own combat power might not necessarily be very strong.

Since he could see the exact location of the Blood Silkworms, then the Blood Silkworms were nothing scary to him.

These few Blood Silkworms wouldn't pose any threat to him, so he would naturally be calm and not panic at all.

It was also at this moment that several more people were dragged underground, their screams continuous.

There were those who were quick-eyed and fast-handed, cutting off a small section of a Blood Silkworm's body, but things like earthworms wouldn't die if you cut them into two segments.

It was even possible that one slash would turn it into two earthworms, equivalent to creating an external avatar for it, making it even more difficult to deal with.

Facing this situation, the crowd could only defend passively for a time, only allowing one Gu cultivator after another to be ruthlessly dragged underground.

At this time, Long Bao and Long Yan also stopped arguing. After seeing this situation, their expressions changed, but they tacitly took out huge Earth Mover Beetles from their insect breeding bags, placed them on the ground, and then jumped up to sit on their backs.

These two Earth Mover Beetles were each covered in thick heavy armor, completely like a lump of iron, a steel giant beast.

It was impossible for a Blood Silkworm to swallow such a large lump of iron into its stomach. This method was truly an effective way to avoid the Blood Silkworm's surprise attack.

After Long Xuan took a glance, he understood in his heart. At this time, he finally knew who gave them the courage to dare to come here; their confidence was exactly these two Earth Mover Beetles.

The heavy armor these two Earth Mover Beetles were wearing wasn't ordinary iron used by mortals, but spirit artifacts, a spirit artifact set tailor-made for Earth Mover Beetles, with the heavy armor covered in dense artifact patterns.

This was exactly the second reinforcement plan mentioned in the Gu formula, but using spirit artifacts to arm Earth Mover Beetles, the cost was huge.

No need to think, the defensive power of these two Earth Mover Beetles was definitely at a perverted level.

If a Blood Silkworm dared to swallow this kind of thing, it would definitely break its teeth.

The medicine garden was dangerous. If Long Xuan hadn't guessed wrong, they were preparing to rely on the Earth Mover Beetle's defensive power to forcibly resist the dangers in the medicine garden and take the medicine.

He didn't understand the situation in the medicine garden yet, and he didn't know if their plan was feasible.

The two rode the Earth Mover Beetles and rampaged in the cave. People on the side dodged one after another, and then followed closely behind, running wildly.

Facing the unsolvable Blood Silkworms, they had no other way except to run out of this section quickly.

Perhaps someone could deal with the Blood Silkworms, but they would definitely not make a move easily, such as Long Xuan. How could he expose that he had the ability of perspective?

That Gu King clone of the Gu clan definitely had a way to deal with the Blood Silkworms; his expression was calm the whole time, and he definitely had trump cards in his hand.

But at this time, he wished more people would die, saving others from competing with him for treasures later. How could he expose his trump cards to do this kind of saving-people thing?

There were many people in the team with the same psychology as them. Clearly having trump cards, they didn't use them, just buried their heads and ran forward, allowing the people behind them to be eaten by the Blood Silkworms one after another, suffering heavy casualties.

Seeing that Gu King be the first to rush to the front and disappear, Long Xuan's eyes turned, but he finally felt that "caution is the parent of safety." In a hidden corner, he released his Flame Clone.

That's right, Long Xuan repeated his old trick, wanting to let the clone replace himself to enter the medicine garden, letting the clone bear the variables from the Gu King clone.

He had already done this kind of thing I don't know how many times; he was already familiar with it.

Although he felt that with his current trump cards, he shouldn't be afraid of a Spirit Gathering stage Gu King clone—it wasn't the main body coming in person; at the same cultivation level, a Gu King just had more combat experience and learned more things, and the combat power wasn't that exaggerated.

But the cautious Long Xuan still decided to play it safe.

He put the borrowed Shadow Recording Gu into the Flame Clone's hand and exhorted: "If that Gu King clone dares to make a move to hurt people, you record everything he does, hear me?"

"Go!" Long Xuan patted the Flame Clone's shoulder, and the Flame Clone disappeared into the depths of the cave in the blink of an eye.

The Shadow Recording Gu was considered a common Gu worm; every clan had Gu formulas regarding the Shadow Recording Gu.

The only ability of the Shadow Recording Gu was to store everything it saw and then project everything it saw onto the wall in the form of images.

To put it simply, the Shadow Recording Gu could play movies on the wall, and the effect was the same as the effect in a cinema, and it was also a big screen.

It was just that the movie projected by the Shadow Recording Gu was all the memories of everything it saw and couldn't be fictionalized.

The Shadow Recording Gu was used by various clans to collect intelligence and was considered very common; every force had many.

The reason Long Xuan borrowed the Shadow Recording Gu from Long Lie was to leave evidence of the Gu King mixing into the ancient tomb. If the Gu King slaughtered wantonly in the tomb, that would be even better.

As long as this movie was played outside, it would be enough to create chaos, cause conflict, and even lead to a fight.

When the melee started, no one would be able to spare their hands to intercept and kill Long Lie.

This was the plan Long Xuan thought of in a short time. In order to return safely, he could be considered to have racked his brains.

Under the pursuit of the Blood Silkworms, the crowd ran for I don't know how long before finally running to a huge underground space.

Arriving here, the Blood Silkworms finally stopped their pursuit.

Perhaps there was something here that the Blood Silkworms feared, or perhaps they were simply full, which was why they gave up the pursuit.

Everyone supported their knees with their hands, panting heavily, looking terrified, looking back at their backs from time to time, still having lingering fears.

And Long Xuan focused all his attention on the huge medicine garden in front of him.

This medicine garden was built in a huge underground space, and the area was truly too large.

It seemed like an illusion; Long Xuan could actually see the sun here. Looking forward, it was boundless, exactly the same as the world on the surface. Whether looking forward or looking at the sky, the line of sight was unobstructed, and he could see the clouds in the sky.

One had to know that this was an underground world, with cave walls everywhere; how could the line of sight be unobstructed?

Therefore, Long Xuan concluded that there was a huge illusion here, but this illusion was a bit peculiar; the sun conjured by the illusion could actually release sunlight.

One had to know that the vast majority of plants are photophilic; without light, plants cannot photosynthesize and cannot survive.

Since the spirit medicine planted in this medicine garden could continue to grow, it meant that the sunlight produced by the illusion was definitely real sunlight. This was very magical, and Long Xuan showed strong interest again.

Compared to a dark underground world, this place was simply a beautiful paradise, a rare beautiful scenery here.

The only flaw was that the spirit medicine in this medicine garden was too monotonous; there was only one kind.

The entire medicine garden was full of Spirit-Charging Grass. Looking at it, it was a piece of green; besides green, there was no other color.

No, there was another color, white. A cute, fluffy rabbit was lying in the green field sunbathing, revealing its white belly. A touch of white in ten thousand greens—how eye-catching was that?

Everyone's gaze noticed this small figure and immediately revealed a gaze that made their teeth itch with hatred, wishing they could rush over and skin it and pull its tendons. That gaze was like wanting to eat people.

But no one dared to act rashly.

It was as if there was something scary in this green field, making them not dare to approach even one step rashly.

Long Xuan's heart moved, and he immediately guessed that this rabbit was probably the spirit medicine that had become a spirit that Long Tian mentioned.

After this spirit medicine became a spirit, it actually became obsessed with alchemy, squandering all the precious spirit medicine in the medicine garden, leaving only a field of weeds.

Everyone was driven crazy.

For some reason, Long Xuan always had an urge to laugh.

There were many cave entrances connecting to this medicine garden. They weren't the first batch to arrive here. At this time, people had already walked in from other cave entrances and were trying to rush into the medicine garden to collect spirit medicine.

This batch of people was exactly the batch of Feng clan Gu cultivators who rushed into the tomb-robbing tunnel first. The number was quite large, but the vast majority were Spirit Gathering early-stage Gu cultivators.

This batch of Spirit Gathering early-stage Gu cultivators clearly weren't Feng clan members; they looked like villagers who came out of a mortal village. After being cultivated into Spirit Gathering early-stage Gu cultivators by the Feng clan in a short time, they were sent to execute this dangerous mission.

Under the coercion of that Feng clan Gu King, one villager after another ran into the medicine garden, gambling with their lives to pull the Spirit-Charging Grass in the medicine garden.

However, the vast majority of villagers had their heads cut off without any warning before they could even get close to the medicine garden. One headless corpse after another fell to the ground one after another, staining the ground red.

The method of death was simply eerie; there was no attack to be seen at all, and those villagers' heads just flew up inexplicably. No one could see why their heads were cut off.

After seeing this scene, everyone was horrified, their pupils dilated, and no one dared to muster the courage to step into the medicine garden even one step.

Long Xuan was shocked in his heart. Dead people weren't scary; what was scary was not knowing why they died.

Was there some unknown creature here, or was it the effect of a mechanism array?

Long Xuan didn't understand, and because he didn't understand, he didn't dare to act rashly. Fear always comes from the unknown; this medicine garden was truly too evil.

The Feng clan Gu cultivators also couldn't see what was here; they only knew that the great terror here seemed unable to walk out of the medicine garden.

That was why they came up with this insane method, actually planning to use the method of piling up human lives to collect the Spirit-Charging Grass in the medicine garden.

In their eyes, the lives of mortals were simply worthless. Even if one life was exchanged for one Spirit-Charging Grass, it was worth it. As long as there was one Spirit-Charging Grass, the family might have one more Marrow Cleansing stage Gu cultivator.

Their move was simply crazy, but it had to be said that this method was indeed useful.

Although I don't know how many mortals who rushed into the medicine garden died, there were always successful ones.

At this time, that Feng clan Gu King already had ten Spirit-Charging Grasses in his hand, making him reveal a satisfied smile.

Everyone who saw this scene felt their scalp tingle, but in the end, no one stood up to accuse them.

"I don't know what kind of terrifying thing it is that can kill invisibly, and I don't know if the Earth Mover Beetle wearing heavy armor can defend against that thing's attack."

Long Yan had a worried expression. He didn't have the bottom line in his heart whether his Earth Mover Beetle could withstand the head-cutting attack in the medicine garden.

If that thing could really cut through the Earth Mover Beetle's defense, then the loss of his move would be huge.

Although the cost of the Earth Mover Beetle wasn't high, the spirit artifact insect armor it was wearing was truly too precious.

In order to tailor-make a set of insect armor for the Earth Mover Beetle, he had exhausted all his family wealth, and he didn't know if he should bet.

He couldn't help but look at Long Bao, hoping he could set an example first.

If his Earth Mover Beetle went in and was fine, then it wouldn't be too late for his Earth Mover Beetle to go in. He was witty.

So he looked at Long Bao and said: "Hey! Aren't you preparing to send the Earth Mover Beetle in to take the grass? This time I won't fight with you, you go first!"

Long Bao turned his head to look at him and laughed out of anger: "You're being modest at this time; you really treat me like a fool?"

"You don't dare to take risks, so let me explore the path; you think very beautifully. I tell you! No way!"

"You are older than me, elders first, you go first!"

Long Yan looked at him and laughed: "At home, it's always the older brother letting the younger brother, the big one always letting the small one. You don't even understand this principle? You hurry up first! Don't dawdle!"

Long Bao sneered: "It's absolutely impossible for me to go first. If anyone goes first, it's you. Or just play rock-paper-scissors; whoever loses goes in first!"

"Then let's play rock-paper-scissors; no one is allowed to renege on the debt!"

Seeing these two "living treasures" bickering again, Long Xuan was speechless.

Watching rock-paper-scissors change from one round to three rounds, then to five rounds, it seemed endless. At this time, a crisp sound finally rang out.

"Stop playing rock-paper-scissors. The Earth Mover Beetle cannot withstand that thing's attack. Whoever goes in first will die. You'd better give up this boring dispute and hurry up and leave here."

The two turned their heads together to look at the figure who spoke. The figure was masked. Others might not know who this person was, but they knew deeply that this person was the Long clan's first genius, Long Ziyan.

Her words were still very authoritative.

"Do you know what exactly is in the medicine garden?" Long Yan showed a hesitant expression and walked over to ask in a low voice.

Long Ziyan looked at a figure not far away and, knowing he was listening, explained patiently: "That kind of thing is truly too distant; there are very few records. There are simply not many people in this world who know."

"I also learned the origin of this kind of thing from theological classics."

Long Ziyan said with some fear: "This is a powerful Gu species from the Age of Gods called the Dream Butterfly Gu."

"The Gu worms of that era were all too evil; you probably can't even imagine the ability of the Dream Butterfly Gu."

"The Dream Butterfly Gu is a dream-system Gu worm. Its body is in the form of a dream. This kind of Gu worm can be seen in dreams but cannot be seen in reality."

"In other words, no matter what method you use, you cannot see it; you simply cannot guard against its sneak attack."

"And the Dream Butterfly Gu is in the form of a dream and has no physical body. It can be immune to almost all attacks in reality, whether it's physical attacks or non-physical attacks."

"You can only see this kind of Gu worm in a dream, and you can only hurt it in a dream."

"The problem is, do you dare to sleep in this place? Even if you dare, are you sure you can beat them in a dream?"

Hearing this, not only were Long Yan and the other shocked, but Long Xuan, who had been pricking up his ears to eavesdrop, was also shocked to the point of scalp tingling and was completely stunned.

Visible in dreams but invisible in reality, and can be immune to almost all attacks in reality.

It only has the part of attacking you; no matter what, you can't hit it.

*Damn it*, are you playing dirty with me?

This Gu worm is truly too dirty!

How can this be fought? This thing is probably unsolvable.

Seeing the shocked expressions of the few, Long Ziyan continued: "The Dream Butterfly Gu not only has powerful physical attacks, remember, it is in the form of a dream and can attack people's dreams. You can understand it as the spiritual world."

"Therefore, in front of the Dream Butterfly Gu, it's useless no matter how high you stack your physical defense with your Earth Mover Beetle; their attacks are in spiritual form."

Hearing this, the few were shocked again. In other words, everyone present was a "glass cannon" in front of it; all defenses on their bodies were ineffective against it.

Do you have to be this exaggerated?

Truly too dirty! Long Xuan added another sentence in his heart.

He revealed an expression of extreme solemnity. This was the most troublesome Gu worm he had encountered in his Gu cultivation career, bar none.

Facing this kind of unreasonable Gu worm, even he had a feeling of being at his wit's end; he couldn't think of any way to kill them.

At this time, Long Yan and the other had completely extinguished their anger and no longer held any illusions about the Spirit-Charging Grass. They had already raised the intention to leave here, and this thought was unusually firm; no one could stop them.

Facing this kind of Gu worm, they were truly afraid.

Long Yan sighed heavily and then asked casually: "Since the Dream Butterfly Gu is so difficult to deal with, then what is your meaning in coming here?"

He couldn't help but be curious in his heart. Long Ziyan's main body was already at the Marrow Cleansing stage; the Spirit-Charging Grass was useless to her.

It stood to reason that it was impossible for her to come here no matter what, so the reason she appeared here now was worth pondering.

Long Ziyan looked at Long Xuan sideways and then quickly moved her gaze away, saying casually: "Nothing, just heard that there is a rabbit here that looks very cute, so I came over to take a curious look."

"Now that I've finished looking at the rabbit, I should go too!"

Hearing this, Long Yan and Long Bao were both stunned. This reason was very powerful. To go to such great lengths just for the cute appearance of a rabbit—was this Long Ziyan too willful?

"What? You don't intend to go with me? You still haven't given up on the Spirit-Charging Grass?"

Just as Long Ziyan turned around, she found that Long Xuan didn't intend to follow, so she couldn't help but knit her brows and said with a frown.

At this time, what Long Xuan was thinking was: since the Dream Butterfly Gu can be seen in dreams but cannot be seen in reality and can kill invisibly, then can the main body see their progress?

If the progress can be displayed above the Dream Butterfly Gu, then the main body can completely accurately judge the location of all Dream Butterfly Gu, thereby avoiding them.

And as long as he can see the Dream Butterfly Gu, then collecting Spirit-Charging Grass in the medicine garden is a very simple matter.

After all, the Dream Butterfly Gu is limited to the range of the medicine garden and cannot walk out of the medicine garden. When the time comes, even if he disturbs the Dream Butterfly Gu, he can escape calmly.

Thinking of this, Long Xuan was immediately excited. The main body coming in person was indeed the correct decision; the golden finger could really break the danger in the medicine garden.

It's true that the Dream Butterfly Gu is scary, but as long as he avoids its position, it's fine.

The Dream Butterfly Gu is a nightmare-like thing to others, but to him, perhaps he doesn't need to fear it at all.

In this way, the Spirit-Charging Grass in the medicine garden can already be considered his in the bag; he can obtain it easily. This place is his backyard.

In this way, how could he follow Long Ziyan and leave together?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 94 =====