Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

Seeing the dynasty approach the moss-covered mound of earth, He Li, Yu Ji, and the others also looked over...

There's something under the moss.

"It looks like some broken equipment."

Yu Ji suddenly spoke up beside him, and He Li nodded. He had seen various miscellaneous items covered by vegetation earlier, but he wasn't interested in those broken bottles and jars.

He didn't notice anything unusual either.

So he didn't pay much attention to it, but judging from Wang Chao's reaction, he had obviously figured something out.

"What? Is there treasure?"

While pondering, He Li asked.

At the same time, Wang Chao bent down and dug away the moss and soil, pulling out a broken vessel that looked like a stove, with only a small part exposed.

"It's not exactly a treasure!" Wang Chao said with a smile, picking up the stove. "But this thing has research value."

"And it reveals a lot of information."

"How so?" Yu Ji pressed.

Wang Chao glanced at the hair clip on Yu Ji's head.

He then wiped the dirt off the stove, pointed to the cloud and fire patterns that had once been exquisite but were now rusted, and smiled in response…

"This is a pill-refining furnace. I'm very familiar with it because our Qingyang Palace has a dedicated place for pill refining."

"But our alchemy is nothing more than boiling medicinal herbs and then combining them with other processes to make pills."

"This is similar to the legendary alchemy of Qi cultivators..."

"There is a fundamental difference."

"After all, the legendary alchemists' methods of refining elixirs are very mysterious."

"It involves both spiritual energy and techniques."

"A small portion requires a special flame..."

"And the pills they concoct are not only powerful, but also have all sorts of effects that defy scientific common sense..."

As he said this, He Li's eyes brightened slightly.

"So you mean...?"

"Perhaps we can try to explore the alchemy techniques of the Qi Refining Era through this broken otherworldly alchemy furnace?" After saying that, he narrowed his eyes again: "Speaking of which, since we have this furnace..."

"Could the thing I just killed have been the Qi Refiner in this cave?"

"How could a Qi cultivator look like that?"

"They can't even be considered human anymore."

After he finished speaking, Wang Chao nodded.

That's exactly what I meant.

"As for what was just killed..."

"It's hard to say whether he's a Qi cultivator."

"His methods are too weak. If he were truly a Qi cultivator, he shouldn't be so frail."

After a moment's thought, he added, "While we can't be certain, what we do know for now is that this godforsaken place is most likely a gathering place for Qi cultivators from another dimension."

"There must be many opportunities hidden here."

"But it also hides many dangers."

"Perhaps, some extremely powerful and terrifying Qi cultivators have turned into something like that..."

"Furthermore, if we're lucky, we might find information here about how Qi cultivators from other dimensions have turned into monsters, which would definitely be useful in dealing with them later."

That makes sense.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

"Let's move forward and take a closer look."

"If we can find more buildings, we'll definitely have a chance to meet a true Qi cultivator."

"Also... I think the thing that manipulated the Buddha before might be hidden here. We need to find that thing and figure out what the other party is doing."

After saying that, He Li waved his hand and threw the Zhu Guo he had just obtained into his mouth, chewing it like a cow chewing on a peony.

His figure also moved forward.

As the Vermilion Fruit was digested inside his body...

His spiritual energy suddenly surged and overflowed!

Wang Chao and the others watched He Li's extravagant spending, as if he didn't treat the Vermilion Fruit as a treasure at all, but just as a snack, and even as his whole body was radiating spiritual energy as he ate it, their eyes twitched.

"That's a Vermilion Fruit!"

"Not a snack."

"He just ate like that? Can't he have at least some sense of ritual? It's hard not to be envious!"

Even though they are Taoist practitioners who are pure of heart and have few desires, they generally do not easily envy or be jealous of others.

But why did he do this...?

They still couldn't help but complain.

After all, who wouldn't be extremely careful after obtaining the Vermilion Fruit, fearing that improper behavior might affect its effects? Some even have to time it perfectly to combine it with other medications to maximize its benefits.

In contrast, He Li... what a waste of talent!

Of course, it wasn't just Wang Chao and his group.

Jiang Han and the others were both envious and speechless.

Only Yu Ji remained calm.

Because she had personally witnessed He Lisheng swallowing an even more ruthless treasure like the Earth Blood Melting Crystal.

This guy treats treasures...

That's always been the case!

Just as the crowd, who were secretly grumbling, caught up with He Li, they saw that He Li, who had been walking briskly, suddenly stopped and looked up as if he was looking up at something diagonally above.

Seeing his appearance, the others who had followed also looked up and followed He Li's gaze...

A light mist enveloped the area...

They actually saw a mountain gate ahead.

The mountain gate was tall and dilapidated, with its frame hanging dozens of meters above the ground. Due to the fog, it was almost impossible to see where it ended. Cracks several meters wide covered the walls and connected the frame.

As the mist drifted by, they could vaguely make out three large, indistinct characters atop the mountain gate...

"That's... the swastika?"

"Is this place related to my Buddhist community?"

On the other side, although they went in different directions, Master Mingxin and the others also strangely saw the mountain gate. At this moment, they were also gazing at the words that were faintly visible in the mist and pondering.

Three characters, but I don't recognize the other two at all.

It should be script from another dimension.

But they recognized the swastika symbol.

The swastika is a symbolic symbol in Buddhism, which stirred some excitement in the hearts of Master Mingxin and others...

"This place appeared in my Buddhist capital..."

"Now the symbols and characters of my Buddhist sect have reappeared..."

"That speaks volumes."

"Could it be that these so-called alternate dimensions really are the places where the legendary Buddhas reside? And this place... might be the ruins left behind by those Buddhas?"

"Hehe, if that's really the case, if we can find the true Dharma of our Buddhist school here..."

"Then we will be invincible in this world!"

"What's so great about being invincible in this world? You might even achieve immortality."

"Hmph! That arrogant He Li bullies us, little does he know that this place is actually the ruins of our Buddhist sect. Just wait, when we find the artifacts and Buddhist teachings left behind by our Buddhist ancestors..."

"I'll make him beg for mercy on his knees then!!!"

A group of monks and nuns were discussing excitedly.

Then their gazes turned to Mingxin.

The latter was equally excited at that moment.

Having been terrified and humiliated by He Li just now, she now discovers that a tremendous opportunity awaits her. She is eager to seize this hidden opportunity and take revenge.

Then, he noticed the gazes of everyone.

She calmed her agitated emotions slightly before picking up her sword and striding towards the mountain gate: "Come on, follow me in. Be careful, after all, there may still be monsters here."

She said she needed to be vigilant and careful.

But the body is exceptionally honest.

She had unconsciously accelerated to the full speed, completely unaware that the lower-level people behind her couldn't keep up. At this moment, all she could see were those extradimensional buildings that might contain treasures.

Until she arrived at a tower-shaped building with a group of bald men, ready to enter...

A scream suddenly rang out.

"ah!!!"

Amidst terrified screams, the greedy Mingxin and the other monks were suddenly jolted back to their senses.

Looking in the direction from which the sound came, they saw only a dark shadow in the fog piercing through the monk's body, and a faint smell of blood wafted from the dead monk.

Mingxin remained calm upon seeing this.

After all, He Li killed the monster with ease.

With so many of them, how could it not work?

Even if they just wear it down, they can wear down the monster, right?

Thinking this through, Mingxin spoke up...

"Don't be nervous, everyone gather together. Although the monster is powerful, there are so many of us, and we are not weak either. As long as we don't give it a chance to sneak attack, we can win if we fight head-on together."

As she spoke, she gripped her sword and faced the monster.

But she didn't notice that this monster wasn't like the previous one, which would change its target when it saw a large crowd. It still glared at the crowd with its scarlet eyes and charged fiercely towards it.

Seeing this, Mingxin sneered: "He's here."

"Attack with me!!!"

Having said that, she drew her sword and stepped forward to meet them.

Seeing this, the other monks and nuns also calmed down and surrounded the monster from all sides.

The first to be hit, Abbess Mingxin, collided with the monster that was charging at her with its claws outstretched, but the moment they made contact, Abbess Mingxin's expression changed...

"not good!!!"

At the moment of impact, feeling the terrifying force of the longsword, she only had time to scream in terror.

immediately……

Snap! Plop! !

With a loud bang, the monster snapped the longsword in Master Mingxin's hand, and the force of the impact shattered her entire right hand, sending blood and flesh flying everywhere.

The monks who had been confident and ready to attack the monster turned pale with fright upon seeing this...