Chapter 1 Qiao Yu's Method

Qiao Yu walked up to the beast-head gate and gently stroked it.

The gate had a rich woody fragrance that was quite pleasant.

"Found it!"

Yang Xiangdi rushed up to Qiao Yu excitedly.

"Brother Yu, look, the Kyoto University booklet has a hint for this dungeon!"

Qiao Yu looked at the booklet. There was indeed a hint on it.

The eyes of Fang Xun and the others lit up when they heard this.

Decryption dungeons needed hints the most, so he hurried over.

"Student Yang Xiangdi, would you mind sharing the hint with us? After all, many hands make light work, and we can help too, right!"

Yang Xiangdi glanced at him. For some reason, he found Fang Xun very hypocritical and disliked him.

But he didn't hide anything and shared the booklet with Fang Xun and the others.

After all, they still had to work together to clear the dungeon.

"It's the name of a bird, and also the name of a flower."

"Two characters in total, a 2+3 pinyin reading combination, read it out and that's the result."

Long Chang scratched his head in confusion as he looked at the two lines of hints. It was too difficult for him.

On the other hand, Fang Yuan's eyes grew brighter and brighter. After thinking for a while, she suddenly realized!

"I know! The answer is..."

Bang!

A loud noise interrupted Fang Yuan's words.

The indestructible beast-head gate shattered directly into pieces, and dust flew everywhere. Fang Yuan widened her rosy mouth in astonishment.

In front of the gate, a thin and vigorous figure maintained a punching posture. It was not difficult to guess that this figure was the destroyer of the gate.

"Awesome, Brother Yu!" Yang Xiangdi ran over excitedly. As expected, clearing dungeons with Qiao Yu was extremely simple.

Qiao Yu retracted his fist and scratched his nose in embarrassment.

"I heard you say that this gate was magic-resistant, so I wondered if I could push it open with physical strength. I didn't expect it to be so fragile."

Fang Xun and the others were stunned by Qiao Yu.

They felt like a strange person had joined the team.

Wasn't this a dungeon for mages? Which mage could shatter a gate with one punch?

"Fang Yuan, you said you knew the answer just now, what is it?" Fang Xun asked.

"The answer is du鹃 (dū juān). Dé Wǔ - dū! Jì Yú Ān - juān!" Fang Yuan replied subconsciously.

[Ding! Correct answer!]

[The beast-head gate has been opened!]

Along with the system notification, the two door shafts, which no longer had a door, slowly rotated.

Fang Xun, Fang Yuan, Long Chang: ...

The door was gone, what difference did it make whether it was open or not?

Behind the gate was a long trestle bridge leading to the mountainside, with purple-red azaleas scattered along both sides of the road.

"It seems this is the only way. We can only continue forward. Brother Yu, be careful of this flower, I don't think it's normal," Yang Xiangdi said.

"Okay!" Qiao Yu nodded.

The group continued forward, the azaleas along the way sporadic, as if guiding something.

Following the route pointed out by these flowers, the group entered a mountain crevice.

Suddenly, a strange fragrance wafted out of the cave. Qiao Yu took a sniff and found that his mind was beginning to wander.

"Xiangdi, be careful! There's something wrong with this fragrance!" Qiao Yu warned.

"You're a little late, Brother Yu, look at my hand."

Yang Xiangdi smiled more bitterly than crying, and raised his wrist, which was tinged with a morbid purple.

Qiao Yu looked down and found that his arm had also turned purple, and the health points on his attribute panel were constantly decreasing.

"Health: 64/70 (Poisoned state: 3 health points deducted every minute)"

Qiao Yu's expression froze. At this rate, he only had less than half an hour to live.

Damn it, his health was still too low!

"Could we have been poisoned by some kind of Gu? I remember the tribe the system wants us to find is the best at casting Gu," Fang Yuan said, staring at her wrist.

"Look here! There seems to be something engraved here!"

Fang Xun pointed to a wall inside the cave.

"Heavenly Silkworm Gu, a charming fragrance that enters the body, devouring the internal organs, and piercing a hundred holes within half a day."

"Oh my god! It really is Gu! I've been poisoned!" Long Chang fell to the ground in fright, cold sweat dripping down his forehead.

Fang Xun and Fang Yuan's expressions also became very ugly. The appearance of such a mysterious thing as Gu on their bodies made it impossible for anyone to remain calm.

"Brother Yu, what do we do now?" Yang Xiangdi asked with a mournful face.

"Let's keep moving forward, staying here is just waiting for death."

After Qiao Yu finished speaking, he walked straight forward. He believed that the Inner World would not set up a dungeon that could not be cleared.

Looking at the backs of Qiao Yu and Yang Xiangdi, Fang Xun and the others exchanged glances and could only grit their teeth and follow.

Qiao Yu climbed along the cave for about fifteen minutes before reaching the end.

The exit of the cave was blocked by a huge rock with a line of text engraved on it.

"Mài has no strength, dài has no king, one cave and one bend defines heaven and earth."

"What the hell is this again? Are we going to have to solve another puzzle? How many characters are we guessing this time? We don't have time!" Yang Xiangdi became anxious.

"Don't worry, we'll use the same old method." Qiao Yu said calmly.

"Wait! I know this! I know this!" Fang Yuan, who was behind, was so anxious that she almost jumped up.

Mài without strength is 万 (wàn), dài is 毒 (dú), one cave and one bend defines heaven and earth, a cave on top and a bend below is 窟 (kū), right?

But Qiao Yu didn't give her time to speak at all. Since there was a simpler and more efficient way to clear the dungeon, why bother thinking?

He was poisoned with Gu and didn't have that much time to waste here.

As soon as he finished speaking, Qiao Yu slightly bent his right hand back, and his five fingers slowly closed into a fist.

He leaned forward slightly, using his right foot as the core, and used his waist to turn his whole body.

"Your dad doesn't know how to do this problem!"

Bang!

Rumble!

Qiao Yu punched the rock wall of the cave directly. The terrifying power immediately caused the entire cave to collapse, burying Qiao Yu and the others in the mountain.

"Cough! Cough cough cough!"

After a while, Qiao Yu coughed and poked his head out of the ground.

His face was covered in dust, but his bright eyes were filled with excitement.

Because a group of very ancient buildings appeared before Qiao Yu's eyes.

"My god, what is this place? It looks so magnificent!" Yang Xiangdi poked half of his body out of the rubble.

"Cough cough! Cough cough cough!"

Fang Yuan and the others also climbed out of the rubble. Qiao Yu's method of clearing the dungeon was very fast and effective, but it was a bit life-threatening.

[Congratulations to the player for completing Task 1: Successfully finding the legendary evil tribe - the Wan Du Ku (Ten Thousand Poisons Cave).]

Listening to the system notification, Fang Yuan and the others' expressions became very strange.

Was this really a decryption and reasoning dungeon? Why did they feel like they didn't need to use their brains at all?

"Oh? Are you guys outsiders?" A childish voice sounded in Qiao Yu's ear.