Hyper-Dimensional Player

Chapter 673 27: Eradicating Evil Valley!

The thirty-second day after the failed transformation of the Ink Jiao into a dragon.

Guizhou, Yangshuo.

The Southern Han established the Jingjiang Army in Guizhou, still adopting the Military Governor system, but it was completely different from the Tang Dynasty. The position of a Military Governor in the Southern Han was almost always held by scholars and members of the royal family. Gradually, the eunuchs took power, and military preparedness slackened to the point where swords, armor, and warships were all decayed.

On a dark and windy night, it was the perfect time for killing.

In the darkness, the figure of a young man appeared outside the valley. Before long, another graceful figure emerged, her long dress fluttering as she walked on the wind, spinning lightly down like a celestial being—it was none other than Lady Jade Face, who had come in advance to scout the situation.

"Young Master."

"There are defenses in the valley, but they probably didn't expect us to attack directly."

"There's a place on the right cliff where we can infiltrate the valley."

After the appearance of Lady Jade Face, others began to show up one after another. No-Jesti Priest's Dragon Staff was stained with blood, and it seemed that Fu Jianhan had also made a move, as there was a cut in his blue robe made by sword energy.

These two had gone to nearby towns to gather information, and it looked like they had encountered something.

"Damn it."

"That eunuch has a heavy yin aura; the palm wind sent chills through my body."

No-Jesti Priest put down his Dragon Staff. There was a palm imprint on his chest, but it wasn't a big deal. The Buddhist Vajra is quite resilient and not so easily killed by a single palm strike.

Fu Jianhan's expression carried a hint of apology as he addressed the young man at the forefront, "Brother Duncan."

"Our whereabouts may have been exposed."

"It's all my recklessness that implicated everyone."

At this moment, a veiled woman next to Lady Jade Face glanced at him and softly said, "What happened?"

This woman was named Sun Caidie, a successor of the Hundred Flowers Valley and Medicine King Valley. Her flying needle technique was superb, able to injure enemies with flowers and leaves. Her martial arts were based on medical practices, with the "Huangdi Neijing" as the principal scripture, supplemented by some Daoist skills. She excelled in poison and detoxification, not well-known in the southern regions, but reputedly had good relations with the Miao people, particularly adept at dispelling miasma.

She was considered to be a close friend of Lady Jade Face, though how they met was not very clear.

It's best not to pry into girls' matters.

"Miss Sun."

Fu Jianhan cupped his hands and said, "We passed through a town near Yangshuo and saw someone forcibly taking a local girl, so we dealt with it swiftly."

"Unexpectedly, a formidable eunuch was drawn to us."

"This person's yin martial arts were very eerie."

"Both No-Jesti Priest and I were slightly careless and almost suffered a hidden loss. That person's movements were ghostly, swordplay was elusive, and palm power was venomous, on par with the demonic cult's experts."

"It took us quite some effort to drive him back."

The fact that two four-star gold-ranked experts had nearly suffered a hidden loss at the hands of a eunuch surprised Duncan, while Lady Jade Face seemed pensive and mused, "It should be the eunuch accompanying Liu Chang."

Liu Chang was notorious for his lust and debauchery. He sent people to forcibly enlist beautiful women from the populace to fill the "Meichuan Capital," commanding them to hang bells naked as a "flesh screen."

His antics were so extreme that even the King of Kings was left speechless.

Fu Jianhan likely encountered an eunuch serving Liu Chang, and couldn't help but stand up for justice, only to suffer a minor setback.

"Our whereabouts have been exposed."

"The enemy will probably be alerted; we must act immediately," Sun Caidie whispered.

She turned to look at Lady Jade Face beside her and, after a moment of thought, said, "Xinyue, why don't we first use our movement skills to climb the cliff, then use ropes to help the others up?"

In Guangnan, there is a qinggong known as "Orchid Jade Step," which is very advanced.

It's said to have been created by Medicine King Sun Simiao while gathering herbs in the mountains. This woman's qinggong was second only to Lady Jade Face, and she was very skilled at climbing cliffs, even able to walk over the abyss as if on flat ground.

The other's movement skills were somewhat inferior, making it not so easy to infiltrate the valley.

Lady Jade Face's last name was Hu, with the given name Xinyue, and her childhood name was Meiniang.

Rumor had it that when she was born, she suffered from a strange illness that caused fine hair to grow on her body. It was a successor from Medicine King Valley who ultimately saved her life.

"No need for such trouble."

"Let's charge in directly; I'll open the path myself," Lu Shanjun's deep voice sounded.

Sun Caidie's expression showed a trace of fear upon seeing Lu Shanjun, seemingly having discerned his identity.

Now that Lu Shanjun had mostly transformed, he looked no different from an ordinary person, except for a tiger tail that hadn't been transformed away yet. He didn't pay much attention to it, usually wrapping it around his waist and occasionally using it as a long whip to surprise opponents.

Half of a Land Immortal Realm, he was already an expert of the Dao Entrance Realm.

In this world, the martial artists didn't have very detailed realm divisions. If one were to discuss it carefully, the Acquired Realm, Innate Realm, and Dao Entrance Realm should be the limits that a mortal could touch.

The Innate Realm corresponds to the Daoist's Foundation Establishment, and as for the Golden Core Realm, there aren't many throughout the world.

If we talk further, both Lu Shanjun and Lady Jade Face had mentioned to Duncan before that after the Dao Entrance Realm comes the Dao Attainment Realm, which is the realm of true Land Immortals, and then comes the Dao Completion Realm, which is said to grant the ability for Ascension.

The difference between the Dao Attainment and Dao Completion isn't so large, hard to define clearly, both belonging to contemporary immortal realms.

The last realm is called the Dao Proof Realm.

Regarding this Dao Proof Realm, not even Lady Jade Face knew much about it, and even Lu Shanjun was unclear. In his view, since the Pre-Qin era, only one person had ever proved the Dao, known as Laozi.

As for half-step proof of Dao, there were some, including a very formidable one named Guiguzi.

As for Zhuangzi, it's unclear, but probably not too far off.