Entering the Medicine Garden (Illustration)

Chaos erupted among the crowd, as Blood Earthworm could emerge from anywhere on the ground at any moment and devour the unsuspecting.

Unfortunately, no one can see what's underground; there's truly no solution to this strange insect that kills in this way.

Among the crowd, only Long Xuan remained expressionless, showing no sign of panic.

In his line of sight, several strings of numbers moved back and forth on the ground; unsurprisingly, those numbers represented the progress of the Blood Earthworm.

The terrifying thing about Blood Earthworm is that they appear and disappear unpredictably, making them difficult to defend against; in reality, their combat strength may not be that great.

Now that he could see the exact location of the Blood Earthworm Blood Earthworm, they were no longer a threat to him.

These Blood Earthworm posed no threat to him, so he remained calm and composed.

At that moment, several more people were dragged underground by the Blood Earthworm, their screams echoing through the air.

Someone was quick enough to cut off a small section of the Blood Earthworm's body, but earthworms don't die if you cut them in two.

It's even possible that a single cut could turn it into two earthworms, essentially creating an Externalized Clone of him, making him even more difficult to deal with.

Faced with this situation, the crowd could only passively defend themselves, helplessly watching as one Gu cultivator after another was dragged underground.

At this moment, Long Bao and Long Yan stopped arguing. Seeing this situation, their expressions changed. However, they tacitly took out the huge Earthworker from the Insect-Rearing Pouch, placed it on the ground, and then jumped up and sat on its back.

These two Earthworker were each clad in thick, heavy armor, looking like solid iron lumps, like steel behemoths.

Blood Earthworm can't possibly swallow such a large lump of iron whole, so this method is indeed an effective way to avoid Blood Earthworm attacks.

After glancing at them, Long Xuan understood. He finally knew who gave them the courage to come here; their confidence came from these two Earthworker.

These two Earthworker raiders were not wearing ordinary iron armor, but Spirit Artifact. They were Spirit Artifact sets tailor-made for Earthworker, with densely engraved Artifact Inscription on their heavy armor.

This is the second enhancement plan mentioned in the Gu Recipe, but arming the Earthworker with Spirit Artifact is extremely expensive.

Without a doubt, the defensive capabilities of these two Earthworker are absolutely monstrous.

If Blood Earthworm dared to swallow this thing, it would definitely break its teeth.

The Medicine Garden is dangerous. If Long Xuan is not mistaken, they plan to rely on the Earthworker's defenses to withstand the dangers in the Medicine Garden and forcibly obtain the herbs.

He was not yet aware of the situation in the Medicine Garden, nor did he know whether their plan was feasible.

The two rode the Earthworker recklessly through the cave, causing those around them to scatter and then follow closely behind, galloping wildly.

Faced with the intractable Blood Earthworm, they had no choice but to run out of the area as quickly as possible.

Perhaps some people can deal with the Blood Earthworm, but they would never act rashly. For example, Long Xuan, how could he possibly reveal his ability to see through things?

That Gu Clan's Gu King clone must also have a way to deal with the Blood Earthworm; his calm expression throughout suggests he has a trump card up his sleeve.

But at this moment, he would rather more people die, so that no one would compete with him for the treasure later. Why would he reveal his trump card to do something like saving lives?

There were many others in the group who shared the same mentality. They had trump cards, but they didn't use them. They just kept running forward, letting the people behind them be eaten by the Blood Earthworm, resulting in heavy casualties.

After seeing the Gu King rush ahead and disappear, Long Xuan's eyes darted around. In the end, he decided to be cautious and released his Flame Clone in a secluded corner.

That's right, Long Xuan is using the same old trick again, trying to send his clone into the Medicine Garden in his place, so that the clone can bear the variables from the Gu King's clone.

He had done this countless times before; he was already very familiar with it.

Although he felt that with his current trump cards, he shouldn't be afraid of a Gu King clone at the Spirit Gathering Stage, since it wasn't the real body present. At the same level, the Gu King's only advantage was combat experience and the more things it had learned; its combat power wasn't that exaggerated.

However, the cautious Long Xuan decided to play it safe.

After placing the borrowed Image-Recording Gu into Flame Clone's hand, he instructed, "If that Gu King clone dares to harm anyone, record everything he does, understand?"

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

The Image-Recording Gu is a universal Gu Insect, and various races have their own Image-Recording Gu Recipe for it.

The only ability of the Image-Recording Gu is to store everything it sees and then project that everything onto the wall as an image.

In simpler terms, the Image-Recording Gu" can project movies onto the wall, creating an effect similar to that in a movie theater—it's a large screen.

However, the movies projected by the Image-Recording Gu" are all memories it has seen; they cannot be fabricated.

The Image-Recording Gu is used by various races to gather intelligence; it is quite common, and every faction has many of them.

Long Xuan borrowed the Image-Recording Gu from Long Lie to leave evidence that the Gu King had infiltrated the ancient tomb. If the Gu King were to carry out a massacre in the tomb, that would be even better.

Simply showing this movie would be enough to create chaos, cause conflict, and even lead to fighting.

When the battle gets chaotic, no one will be able to spare a hand to intercept and kill Long Lie.

This was the plan that Long Xuan came up with in a short time. He had gone to great lengths to ensure a safe return.

Pursued by the Blood Earthworm, the group ran for an unknown amount of time before finally reaching a vast underground space.

Upon reaching this point, the Blood Earthworm finally stopped their pursuit.

There might be something here that the Blood Earthworm fear, or they might simply have eaten their fill, which is why they gave up the chase.

Everyone was on their knees, panting heavily, looking shaken and glancing back every now and then, still feeling a lingering fear.

Long Xuan, on the other hand, focused all his attention on the enormous Medicine Garden in front of him.

This Medicine Garden is built in a huge underground space; its area is simply enormous.

It seemed like Illusion Realm. Long Xuan could actually see the sun here. The view ahead was boundless, exactly the same as the world on the ground. Whether he looked forward or up at the sky, his vision was unobstructed, and he could even see the clouds in the sky.

You have to understand that this is the underground world, with cave walls everywhere, so how could your view be completely unobstructed?

Therefore, Long Xuan deduced that there was a huge Illusion Realm here, but this Illusion Realm was a bit peculiar, as the sun it conjured could actually release sunlight.

It's important to know that the vast majority of plants prefer sunlight; without light, plants cannot photosynthesize and therefore cannot survive.

Since the medicinal spirit medicine planted in this Medicine Garden can continue to grow, it means that the sunlight created by the Illusion Realm is definitely real sunlight, which is very magical. Long Xuan once again showed great interest.

Compared to the dark underground world, this place is a beautiful paradise, a rare sight in this area.

The only drawback is that the medicinal spirit medicine in this Medicine Garden are too limited; there's only one type.

The entire Medicine Garden was covered with Spirit-Ascending Grass, a lush green expanse as far as the eye could see, with no other color besides green.

No, there's another color, white. There's an adorable, fluffy rabbit lying in the green field, sunbathing, its white belly showing. A single white dot amidst the green—how striking!

All eyes turned to the small figure, and they immediately glared at it with hatred, wishing they could rush over and skin it alive. Their eyes were like those of someone who wanted to devour a person.

But no one dared to make a move.

It was as if there was something terrifying in this green field, making them afraid to take a single step closer.

A thought flashed through Long Xuan's mind, and he immediately guessed that this rabbit was probably the spirit medicine that Long Tian had mentioned.

After this spirit medicine became sentient, it became obsessed with Alchemy, squandering all the precious spirit medicine in the Medicine Garden and leaving only weeds behind.

Everyone was furious.

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

There are many cave entrances leading to this Medicine Garden. They were not the first to arrive. At this moment, others had already entered through other cave entrances and were trying to rush into the Medicine Garden to collect spirit medicine.

This group of people were the first group of the Feng Clan Gu cultivators to rush into the tomb. There were quite a few of them, but the vast majority of them were Gu cultivators at the Early Spirit-Gathering Stage.

This group of Gu cultivators at the Early Spirit-Gathering Stage were clearly not members of the Feng Clan. They seemed more like villagers from a mortal village who had been trained by the Feng Clan to become Gu cultivators at the Early Spirit-Gathering Stage in a short period of time before being sent to carry out this dangerous mission.

Under the coercion of the Feng Clan's Gu King, one villager after another rushed into the Medicine Garden Medicine Garden, risking their lives to pull out the Spirit-Ascending Grass.

However, before most of the villagers could even get close to the Medicine Garden, they were all beheaded without warning. One headless corpse after another fell to the ground, staining it red.

The manner of their deaths was utterly bizarre. There was no visible attack; the villagers' heads simply flew off inexplicably, and no one could figure out why their heads had fallen off.

Everyone who witnessed this scene was horrified, their pupils dilated, and no one dared to muster the courage to step into the Medicine Garden.

Long Xuan was greatly alarmed. Dead people are not scary; what is scary is not knowing why they died.

Is there some kind of unknown creature here, or is it the work of a mechanical array?

Long Xuan didn't understand, and without understanding, he dared not act rashly. Fear always comes from the unknown, and this Medicine Garden was truly too eerie.

Even the Feng Clan's Gu cultivators couldn't see what was inside, only that the immense terror here seemed to prevent them from leaving the Medicine Garden.

That's why they came up with this inhumane method, actually planning to collect the Spirit-Ascending Grass from the Medicine Garden by killing so many people.

In their eyes, the lives of mortals are worthless. Even exchanging a life for a Spirit-Ascending Grass is worthwhile, as the Lineage may gain another Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage -Spirit-Ascending Grass.

Their move was absolutely insane, but it has to be said, it actually worked.

Although countless mortals died rushing into the Medicine Garden, some always succeeded.

At this moment, the Feng Clan Gu King already had ten Spirit-Ascending Grass in his hand, which brought a satisfied smile to his face.

Everyone who witnessed this scene felt their scalp tingle, but ultimately no one stood up to condemn it.

"I wonder what kind of terrifying thing it is that can kill people without them even realizing it. I also wonder if the heavily armored Earthworker can defend against its attacks."

Long Yan looked worried; he wasn't sure if his Earthworker could withstand the decapitation attack from the Medicine Garden.

If that thing could actually cut through the Earthworker's defenses, then the losses from this operation would be enormous.

Although the cost of Earthworker is not high, the Spirit Artifact Insect Armor it wears is extremely valuable.

To have a set of Insect Armor custom-made for the Earthworker, he spent all his savings, and he didn't know if he should gamble.

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

If his Earthworker goes in unscathed, then it's not too late for his own Earthworker to go in later; he's incredibly shrewd.

So he looked at Long Bao and said, "Hey! Weren't you planning to send Earthworker in to collect the grass? This time I won't compete with you, you go first!"

Long Bao turned to look at him, her anger turning into a mocking laugh, "Now you're being so modest? You really think I'm an idiot?"

"You're too scared to take the risks, so you expect me to scout ahead? You wish! Let me tell you, no way!"

"You're older than me, so please go first, elders should go first!"

Long Yan looked at him and laughed, "At home, it's always the older brother who gives way to the younger brother, the older one always has to give way to the younger one, don't you understand this basic principle? Hurry up and get started! Stop dawdling!"

Long Bao sneered, "There's absolutely no way I'll go first. If anyone's going first, it'll be you. Or we can just play rock-paper-scissors, and whoever loses goes first!"

"Then let's play rock-paper-scissors, and nobody can renege on their bet!"

Seeing these two clowns arguing again, Long Xuan was speechless.

As the rock-paper-scissors game progressed from best of one to best of three, and then to best of five, seemingly without end, a crisp sound finally rang out.

"Stop playing rock-paper-scissors. The Earthworker can't withstand that thing's attack. Whoever goes in first will die. You'd better abandon this pointless argument and hurry up and get out of here."

The two turned to look at the figure who was speaking. The figure was masked, and others might not know who it was, but they knew that it was Long Ziyan, the number one genius of the Long Family.

Her words still carry considerable authority.

"Do you know what exactly is in the Medicine Garden?" Long Yan asked in a low voice, looking hesitant.

Long Ziyan glanced at a figure not far away, knowing he was listening, and patiently explained, "That kind of thing is too ancient, there are very few records of it, and very few people in this world know about it."

"I only learned about the origin of this thing from Divine Script."

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

"The Gu Insect of that era were incredibly evil; you probably can't even imagine the power of the Dream Butterfly Gu."

"The Dream Butterfly Gu is a type of Gu Insect that manifests as a dream form. This Gu Insect is visible in dreams but not in reality."

"That means you can't see it no matter what method you use, and you can't defend against its sneak attack at all."

"Moreover, the Dream Butterfly Gu is a form of dream, without a physical body, and can be immune to almost all attacks in reality, whether physical or non-physical."

"You can only see this Gu Insect in your dreams, and you can only harm it in your dreams."

"The question is, do you dare to sleep in this place? Even if you do, are you sure you can beat them in your dreams?"

Upon hearing this, not only were Long Yan and his companion shocked, but Long Xuan, who had been eavesdropping the whole time, was also stunned and utterly shocked.

It is visible in dreams but not in reality, and is immune to almost all attacks in reality.

It attacks you, and you can't hit it no matter what.

Holy crap, are you trying to cheat me?

This Gu Insect is just too wicked!

How can we fight this? This thing is probably unsolvable.

Seeing the shocked expressions on their faces, Long Ziyan continued, "The Dream Butterfly Gu not only has powerful physical attacks, but remember, it takes the form of a dream and can attack a person's dreams, which you can understand as the spiritual world."

"Therefore, no matter how high your Earthworker ' physical defense is, it's useless against the Dream Butterfly Gu; their attacks are in a mental form."

Upon hearing this, the group was startled again. This meant that everyone present was vulnerable in its presence, and all their defenses were ineffective against it.

Is this really necessary?

That's really too much! Long Xuan added in his mind again.

His expression turned extremely solemn. This was the most troublesome Gu Insect he had ever encountered in his Gu cultivation career, without exception.

Even he felt helpless in the face of these unreasonable Gu Insect, unable to think of any way to kill them.

At this moment, Long Yan and his companion had completely calmed down and no longer harbored any illusions about the Spirit-Ascending Grass. They had already decided to leave this place, and this idea was exceptionally firm, and no one could stop them.

They were truly terrified of these Gu Insect.

Long Yan sighed heavily, then casually asked, "Since the Dream Butterfly Gu is so difficult to deal with, what's the point of you coming here?"

He couldn't help but wonder, since Long Ziyan's true form was already at the Marrow Cleansing Stage, the Spirit-Ascending Grass was completely useless to her.

Logically speaking, there's no way she should be here, so her current presence is quite intriguing.

Long Ziyan glanced at Long Xuan, then quickly looked away, casually saying, "Nothing, I just heard there's a really cute rabbit here, so I came over out of curiosity to take a look."

"Now that I've finished looking at the rabbit, it's time for me to go!"

Upon hearing this, Long Yan and Long Bao were both stunned. This reason was quite compelling. To go to such lengths just for the cute appearance of a rabbit—wasn't Long Ziyan being a bit too capricious?

"What? You're still not planning to come with me? You're still not giving up on the Spirit-Ascending Grass?"

As soon as Long Ziyan turned around, she realized that Long Xuan had no intention of following her. She frowned and said.

At this moment, Long Xuan was thinking, since the Dream Butterfly Gu is visible in dreams but not in reality, and can kill people invisibly, could the real body see their progress?

If the Dream Butterfly Gu's head could display a progress bar, then the host could accurately determine the location of all Dream Butterfly Gu and thus avoid them.

Once you can see the Dream Butterfly Gu, collecting the Spirit-Ascending Grass in the Medicine Garden becomes an extremely simple task.

After all, the Dream Butterfly Gu is confined to the Medicine Garden Medicine Garden and cannot leave. Even if the Dream Butterfly Gu is alerted, he can still escape at will.

Thinking about it this way, Long Xuan was immediately excited. His personal visit was indeed the right decision, and his cheat ability could really overcome the dangers in the Medicine Garden.

The Dream Butterfly Gu is indeed terrifying, but you can avoid it as long as you stay away from its location.

The Dream Butterfly Gu is a nightmare for others, but for him, it might not be something to fear at all.

Therefore, the Spirit-Ascending Grass in the Medicine Garden is already his for the taking; he can obtain it with ease. This is his backyard.

In that case, how could he possibly leave with Long Ziyan?