In a deep, secluded cave, wisps of cold air rose.
Looking down, the bottom was nowhere in sight, as though it led to the abyss of the world.
Clusters of small blue flowers grew along the cave walls.
This cave lay at the center of Tiger's Roar Fortress. Starting from the mountaintop, it ran straight through the heart of the mountain and deep underground. It was quite miraculous.
"Is this the medicinal herb that can bring the dead back to life?" Ji Zhengyan stared at the little flowers, seemingly pondering something.
"It looks pretty rare, but no matter how good it is, once we bring it into our world, it'll turn into junk. Old Wen tested that before," Little Illusion reminded him.
"Heh, I'm not going to bring it directly back to our world. I'm studying its principles. Once I fully understand them, I can replicate it in our world," Ji Zhengyan explained patiently.
"Oh, oh." Little Illusion nodded like a pecking chick.
"Something this valuable should have plenty of people fighting over it. This fortress was probably built to guard it," Ji Zhengyan continued.
As the two spoke, waves of battle cries suddenly came from outside the fortress.
"Kill!"
"Put your backs into it! Take Medicine City, and everyone gets 50,000 extra guild points!"
"Haha, I've killed three!"
Little Illusion was baffled. "Grandpa, who are those people outside? They sound kind of familiar."
"They're players who came to this world with me. This is an ultra-low-magic world with only swords and other cold weapons, so after a little training, they started making trouble," Ji Zhengyan said, shaking his head.
He was a mature old man without any desire to harm others. He only wanted to investigate and study.
But the other players were different. They wormed their way into