The Journey of Immortal Cultivation

"Ant Pearls produced by the Mountain Anchor. Most insects don’t produce pearls, but the Mountain Anchor is an exception. Drinking water infused with these beads can cure rheumatism, old cold legs. Hmm—" God whispered softly by her ear, "For men, drinking it daily also has the effect of increasing virility, so it should sell for a good price on the market." Rambling on, he seized the chance to blow warm breath into her ear.

In this gloomy underground palace, this guy still doesn’t forget to flirt! She quickly turned her head, blushing, and spat lightly.

At this point, everyone was ready to leave; the summoned time for the Yellow Turban Warriors had ended, and they transformed back into paper pieces falling to the ground. The youngest member of the team, a young man of about twenty, couldn’t resist kicking the severed Mountain Anchor’s head as he passed by, saying, "Serves you right for eating people!"

Boss Kun happened to look back and exclaimed, "No, don’t!"

But it was too late. The Mountain Anchor head on the ground, originally with its mouth wide open, suddenly snapped shut like a spring, with a "click" sound! Its force was so great, it seemed ready to crush its own jaws.

The young man was startled and instinctively recoiled his leg, but how could he be faster than the beast? The powerful jaws snapped shut, biting into the thin-soled boot on his right foot, creating a bloody hole, with blood gushing out uncontrollably! Stricken by the sudden pain, he was just about to scream but was preemptively silenced by a hand covering his mouth, stifling his cries.

Fourth whispered hoarsely, "He’s bleeding; the smell of blood will attract other monsters!" The faces of the others changed drastically.

The hand covering his mouth quickly withdrew, and the young man, teary-eyed, pleaded to Boss Kun in a trembling voice, "Uncle, save me!"

Boss Kun’s face turned ashen. It’s said that even a severed snake head can still bite people, yet these monsters’ life force is even more tenacious? This kid was too reckless. If it were anyone else severely injured, he would ruthlessly finish them off to prevent them from endangering others. But this kid was his biological nephew, who grew up under his watch from when he wore open-seat pants, always favored by his wife. If he were to die in the underground palace, there’d be no way to explain back home.

Thus, he gritted his teeth, pulling out a Jade Bottle from his chest, pouring out a pill and handing it to the young man, saying, "Eat it!"

As soon as the pill was brought out, it emitted a refreshing fragrance, evidently a good medicine as well. God smiled, looking ahead at the beauty, and sure enough, Ning Xiaoxian just sniffed the scent, then lightly exclaimed, "True Water Jade Dew Pill? From its fragrance, it’s well concocted." This kind of medicine pill is the best elixir that mortals can refine; upon consumption, wounds immediately stop bleeding and hurting, toxins are also purged.

By now, Boss Kun had the young man seated on the ground, removed his boot, and upon careful inspection, sighed in relief. It turned out this kid was smart; quick to withdraw his leg, he only lost the last two toes of his right foot, not any life-threatening injury. As long as he’s adequately cared for half a month, avoiding water and raw fish, he’ll recover. There are plenty of people missing arms and legs in this world; his handicap won’t greatly hinder movement, and after some training, he’ll be able to walk freely as before, with no flaw showing.

Yet, they’re currently in the damned underground palace. The scent of fresh blood from his wound is like fresh bait, attracting monsters akin to shark swarms! Boss Kun frowned, took out a box of ointment and a small piece of wrinkled beast skin from somewhere. First, he applied the ointment to the wound, then wrapped it tightly with four layers of beast skin. This beast skin is the stomach leather bag of a small beast from the desert, used for nothing else except having excellent sealing properties. Wrapped around the young man’s foot, the bloody smell indeed ceased to emanate, but he wouldn’t be able to move freely for the time being.

She smelled the familiar fragrance of medicine, looked closely, and realized the ointment Boss Kun took out was indeed the golden sore medicine sold by Ningyuan Hall. Ningyuan Hall also dealt in mortal business then, this medicine far outperformed other golden sore medicines, greatly boosting its reputation, becoming one of the best-selling products, taking the route of fair price and thin profit. It wasn’t strange for someone like Boss Kun to keep some on him.

He casually pointed at two people, saying, "You come over, support him; let’s leave here first." The two indeed ran over, propping up the young man to walk. His authority in this small team should be high; though the others showed some panic, none voiced opposition.

Afterwards, Boss Kun led everyone quickly through four or five corridors, finally arriving in front of a metal door. Strictly speaking, this was a door frame, with a frame but no door, three meters high yet less than five feet wide, anyone could pass freely through. Boss Kun lightly knocked on the door frame, listening to the dull sound, then nodded, "It’s indeed here, didn’t go wrong." The low and dull metal sound was uniquely bronze.

The group passed through the bronze door frame, all standing still.

They stepped out into a spacious side hall. The hall was at least fifty meters high, with an area of east, west each around two thousand steps. The walls, ceiling, and floor were all cast from bronze. It’s unknown what materials were mixed into the copper during casting; after all these years, the bronze still retained its original color.

This side hall appeared empty, yet each of the four corners stood a towering divine statue. Boss Kun and others had just walked out from beneath one of these statues. They looked up to see these statues were carved with rough and bold craftsmanship, their size and appearance similar to humans, upper bodies naked, showing robust muscles, both arms equipped with Arm Guards, legs with knee guards. The four divine statues held respectively a staff, sword, lance, and sculpture. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you’re welcome to vote recommendation tickets and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com); your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)