Hyper-Dimensional Player

Chapter 709 37: Battle Royale in the Grotto? My Turn! (Part 3)

The footprints continued south.

"It's almost dawn."

"Maybe we should wait until it's light to take action?" Miss Sun whispered.

Duncan pondered for a moment and nodded slowly, "Alright."

He didn't mind the darkness, but others couldn't manage; the vegetation here was too dense. Once inside the forest, it became pitch black, and to see clearly, they would have to leap onto the ancient trees ten feet high. They couldn't sustain their Qinggong indefinitely, as True Qi couldn't be wasted just on traveling.

The group did not start a fire. Miss Sun found a slab of blue stone and said to Duncan, "Help me make it into a medicine container."

"I'll temporarily concoct some pills."

Duncan nodded in surprise, channeling energy, he directly split the stone with his hands. His fingers turned into claws, resembling metal, and he crushed the stone core like sand, excavating a medicine container.

"There are quite a few herbs nearby."

"I'll first craft some healing and detoxifying pills, then try to blend you all a Minor Rejuvenation Pill and a Ginseng and Ganoderma Pill."

Miss Sun took out the herbs and ground them directly, saying slowly, "These herbs haven't been processed; they probably still have some toxicity. They need to be refined with True Qi when consumed."

"The ginseng and ganoderma, once refined into pills, can enhance the circulation of True Qi within."

"You should take them later."

"Facing an adversary would be easier too."

She's a true healer.

A genuine master of medicine.

Miss Sun took the roots of ginseng and ganoderma, lacking beeswax, she could only knead them into dark green pills by hand. She crafted several in just a quarter hour, first consuming one to test the effect, then handed some to Duncan and Fu Jianhan.

Masters in medicine possess Secret Techniques, able to discern through which meridians the medicinal properties travel within the body.

The ginseng's medicinal properties are sweet, slightly bitter, slightly warm, entering the spleen, lung, heart, and kidney meridians, offering benefits like greatly replenishing vital energy, restoring pulse, stabilizing loss, enriching spleen and lungs, generating fluids, and calming the mind.

Miss Sun only needs a taste to know where the medicinal properties have traveled with the healer's True Qi.

Masters like her can customize the proportion of ingredients according to the herb's age, seeing at a glance how much should be used without needing a prescription.

In the realm of cultivation, she could be a top-tier alchemist.‌

—"Ginseng and Ganoderma Pill (Curiosity): Made from ginseng and ganoderma aged over a hundred years, drastically enhancing the efficiency of transforming essence into Qi, accelerating True Qi circulation, assisting in breakthroughs to the Innate Realm. Regular use can increase Inner Power Cultivation."

Duncan shared half with Fu Jianhan, who had just gnawed on some hundred-year-old ginseng.

Since they're here, might as well eat a bit and see.

If Miss Sun weren't around, they'd probably be chewing raw herbs.

"Best to take one at a time, given your high cultivation, take one every half a day." Miss Sun reminded them.

Duncan casually took eight pills, chewed them, and calmly said, "No problem, I have a big appetite."

Feasting Technique!

The Greedy Monk's Feasting Technique was never mastered. Today, suddenly, there was progress. After consuming the pills Miss Sun kneaded with centennial ganoderma, Duncan's True Qi bar increased slightly.

"It seems if I gnaw on a few millennial ginseng, only refining the medicinal properties can greatly enhance power."

"Yet it's somewhat wasteful."

At this moment, there was a rustling sound close by.

The Saintess of the Five Immortals Sect crafted a small basket using vines, showing her deft skills. She sprinkled some powder in the dark miasma, soon attracting nearby snakes and insects. She pinched a foot-long spicy centipede with her fingertips, glanced over it, and praised, "What a venomous creature!"

"Can be used to craft Gu."

Fu Jianhan glanced and his eyes lit up, praising, "Can also be used to make liquor."

If he knew how, he wouldn't need to infuse liquor with the Five Immortals Sect's toxins.

Yu Yaonu glared at him, tucked the venomous creatures into the basket, and with True Qi in her palm, mixing with her medicinal powder, a bloody scent permeated, causing the creatures inside to frantically kill each other.

It seems she intends to craft Gu on the spot before dawn.

More strength means more capability to protect oneself.

When dawn comes, there will be bloodshed!

This cave paradise is rife with rare herbs and spirit creatures from outside; overnight, several Innate Realm experts might appear.

Miss Sun is crafting medicine; Yu Yaonu is crafting Gu; Fu Jianhan collects scraps for liquor.

Each has their duties.

Duncan is responsible for vigilance, casually eating the pills Miss Sun kneaded, possessing Strange Skills, with astonishing constitution, never fearing overconsumption, within a mere half of the night, he devoured pills equivalent to three years' worth of True Qi Cultivation.

In the realm of adventure, a fortuitous encounter is essential for significant power growth, the ancients were indeed truthful.

Fu Jianhan imitated him, swallowing six Ginseng and Ganoderma Pills, his face flushing, finally meditating honestly to cultivate.

But his Mark glowed faintly golden; a breakthrough seemed only a step away.

Such experts don't break through step by step; their power levels are likely to leap a star.

"Weak recovery is unable to withstand supplementation."

"Hehehe."

Yu Yaonu ate only one pill, focusing on her little treasures.

She looked at Duncan with surprise, silently marveling at his astonishing constitution, thinking this young man, should he cultivate the Poison Technique, who knows how high his starting point would be, how many toxins his body could accommodate.

By now, the horizon began to glow dimly. She took from the basket a blood-smeared, swollen centipede, sat cross-legged, channeling True Qi into it, and then brought her fingertip to the centipede's mouth, biting and sucking the girl's blood while injecting toxins into her body.