Gao Wu: I have a dimensional gate

He tucked the two steel pipes behind his back, and pulled his coat over them to cover them completely.

He walked to the door and locked it from the inside, then drew the thick curtains tightly. He sat cross-legged on the floor, and with a thought, summoned the system panel.

Focusing his attention on the gate to the realm, an ancient gate appeared in his mind, with five fist-sized grooves in the air above it.

Currently, Luqiu has only discovered one use for it; once the gate is opened, a world rich in resources awaits.

When it was first turned on a week ago, he was completely unprepared and only dared to move around within a hundred meters of it.

Even so, I managed to pick three blood orchids, which directly raised my blood energy from 8.0 to 8.6.

This increase of 0.6 Qi and Blood points directly raised him from the middle level of the martial arts class to the upper middle level.

This time, he made the necessary preparations and continued to explore further.

The Gate of Boundaries has no cooldown period; you can exit immediately if you encounter danger.

Exploring and cultivating oneself are similar in principle; neither can be accomplished overnight. Taking steady steps and making solid progress is the only way to succeed.

Lu Qiu's vision blurred, and he found himself in the wild, the air fresh and full of moisture.

There was some kind of mysterious substance in the air of this world, and just breathing it made him feel his blood and energy become more active.

If he could cultivate here, even without any medicinal supplements, Lu Qiu was confident that he could raise his Qi and Blood, Muscles and Bones to 10 within four months and become a quasi-martial artist.

Unfortunately, the ecological environment and dangers here are unknown, making it unsuitable for a long stay.

Lu Qiu held the steel pipe in his hand and explored forward little by little.

The occasional chirping of insects and birds in the distance slightly eased Lu Qiu's tense nerves.

The presence of insect and bird calls indicates that there are no overwhelming predators in the vicinity.

This is a good sign for Luqiu.

Based on the surrounding mountain terrain, one can roughly determine that they are located on the mountainside of a certain mountain.

After roughly determining the direction, Lu Qiu proceeded along the mountaintop.

Right next to me is the place where I picked the blood orchids last time I came in. It seems that exiting and entering through the boundary gate is the same place.

Beneath your feet lies a layer of decaying leaves, soft and yielding to the touch. Above you are towering trees that block out the sun, with sunlight filtering through the gaps in the leaves and casting sparse patches of light.

After walking for about twenty minutes, the vegetation ahead gradually thinned out, revealing a small patch of grayish-white rock face.

In a crevice in the rock wall, two pale blue grasses, about half a foot tall, swayed gently in the wind, their leaves covered with fine white veins.

[Bonewort: Two plants, perennial herb]

Year: Six years, mature

Effect: Slightly increases bone strength.

Lu Qiu felt a slight sense of relief and was about to step forward when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a cold black light out of the corner of his eye.

He reacted extremely quickly, having honed his skills through years of martial arts training, and used the basic footwork from the "Eighth Set of National Primary and Secondary School Students' Basic Training Methods".

He pushed off with his toes and took a sudden step back, causing the steel pipe to swing back in the opposite direction.

"clang--"

The dull thud of metal colliding with a hard object made his palms slightly numb.

The black, cold light was repelled, and looking up, a gray snake as thick as a forearm was coiled up, its triangular head gleaming with a cold, iron-gray light.

That attack was a surprise attack, but Lu Qiu deflected it with the steel pipe.

The gray-scaled thorn snake is venomous and fast, but fortunately, it is not strong.

Their evolution level is not high, and their strongest attack method is to ambush and strike, making a quick and decisive move.

After biting its prey, it quickly injects venom into the muscles, and then attacks to feast on the prey once it is incapacitated.

Lu Qiu instinctively retaliated, striking the gray-scaled serpent in the head; it hadn't yet recovered from the dizziness.

Lu Qiu acted decisively, raising the steel pipe high and smashing it down. Several blows landed on the snake's body, and with a few cracking sounds of bones breaking, the gray-scaled serpent was no longer moving.

The Greyscale Hydralisk is the lowest-level forbidden creature. Even its hardest head scales are not as hard as ordinary alloys. Its only somewhat valuable muscle venom, after processing, is used as an auxiliary material for low-level body-tempering agents.

Lu Qiu took out a knife, put on protective gloves, removed the venom sac from the gray-scaled serpent, and put it in a sealed bag.

In the resource city, there are ordinary farmers who can sell a single venom sac for around 500 yuan.

The key plant is the bonewort growing on the rock face. Due to its special growing environment, bonewort is difficult to cultivate and has a long growth cycle, so it is in short supply in the market.

A six-year-old plant has a market reference price of 20,000 yuan. Major pharmaceutical companies purchase it year-round, and it is one of the main materials for bone extract.

This one plant alone is equivalent to half a year's income for an average person in the resource city.

Lu Qiu had already made up his mind that whatever he gained from the Gate of Boundaries, regardless of its value, he would prioritize using it himself.

Secondly, sell items that can be sold in resource cities without arousing suspicion.

Anything that does not meet the above conditions, no matter how valuable, will absolutely not be taken out of the realm gate.

Only when you become powerful can you be qualified to possess powerful treasures.

Bone-strength grass belongs to the first type, and can be taken directly to enhance one's own strength.

Of the three elements—qi and blood, muscles, and bones—qi and blood are the easiest to cultivate, as various medicines and ingredients directly affect qi and blood.

Secondly, the muscles and tendons are affected by the medicine, which is digested and transported through the blood and qi.

The most difficult part to train is the bones. Most bone strengthening products on the market are premium products, the kind that wealthy people wouldn't deliberately buy.

Most martial arts training programs can only strengthen muscles and blood, allowing these two to slowly nourish the bones, resulting in painfully slow progress.

Lu Qiu's bone strength of 7.7 undoubtedly held him back significantly.

Now that he has these two Bone-Strengthening Herbs, he is confident that after digestion and absorption, he can increase his bone strength to 8.3.

During the martial arts class assessment, not only are qi and blood, muscle and bone strength considered, but also the differences between the three. The more balanced the three data are, the higher the ranking.

For example, if the scores for Qi and blood, muscles, and bones are all 8.0, the ranking will be higher than if the scores for Qi and blood are 8.3, muscles are 8.3, and bones are 7.4.

If two players have the same total score strength, the one with more balanced data will be ranked first.

The more balanced the ranking, the higher the priority.

In martial arts exams, there are thousands of candidates with the same data intensity; a slight difference in priority can eliminate many people.

Lu Qiu packed the bone-strengthening herb into a sealed bag, put it in his backpack, and continued on his way.

A few dozen meters further on, Lu Qiu encountered two more gray-scaled serpents, which he easily killed while remaining cautious and vigilant.

While harvesting the poison sacs, Lu Qiu suddenly felt something, and his muscles tensed up several times before automatically relaxing.

He opened the panel to check his status:

Name: Lu Qiu

Qi and blood: 8.6

Muscle: 8.4→8.5

Skeleton: 7.7

Skill: Mastery of the Eighth Set of National Basic Training Methods for Primary and Secondary School Students

Gate of Realms

Muscle strength increased by 0.1.

The martial arts instructor was right; combat is the best way to improve one's strength.

However, while martial arts classes also have sparring sessions, they have little effect on improving skills.

A life-or-death struggle?

No, killing three Greyscale Hydralisks was far from a life-or-death struggle.

Lu Qiu put his thoughts aside; the others were still in the world of the boundary gate, in a dangerous place.

The gray-scaled hydra is a solitary creature and usually does not attack creatures larger than itself. Now, after walking less than a hundred meters, he encountered three gray-scaled hydra that had attacked him.

Stray cats and dogs often attack humans when startled, and low-level creatures in restricted areas also exhibit the same animal characteristics.

Could it be that something unusual has happened in the world of the Gate of Realms?

Lu Qiu packed his things and went to the place where he first discovered the gray-scaled serpent.

The mountains and forests are surrounded by tall trees. Lu Qiu can identify several of them as deciduous trees. Their fallen branches and leaves accumulate on the valley floor, forming a thick layer of humus, which is the favorite ecological structure for snakes, rats, insects and ants.

Lu Qiu used a steel pipe to pry open the top layer of branches and leaves, revealing the half-rotten, damp, and soft dead branches below.

Among the half-rotten branches and leaves, there is a faint trace of a gray-scaled serpent pressing down on them.

Following the trail, we found the nest of the gray-scaled serpent after walking about several dozen meters.

This is clearly outside the usual range of activity for the Greyscale Hydralisk.

Are they running away?