Dimensional Hotel
Chapter 353: A Trip to the Exotic Realm Must Bring Something Back

Chapter 353: Chapter 353: A Trip to the Exotic Realm Must Bring Something Back

After opening the portal to the outside world, Yu Sheng didn’t step through immediately. Instead, he suddenly turned his head to glance at the "Siege Giant Divine Soldiers" beside him.

Xuan Che, who was about to leave, looked over curiously and asked, "Is there something else on your mind?"

"I’m thinking..." Yu Sheng rubbed his chin, "shouldn’t we figure out a way to transport one of these ’Giant Divine Soldiers’ out?"

Erin, perched on his shoulder, immediately quipped, "Everywhere you go, you have to bring back some local specialties, huh?!"

"Isn’t it proper to sample when exploring Exotic Realms?" Yu Sheng shrugged his shoulder lightly, "Besides, this thing has the mark of the Lying Cloud Ten Halls, it looks kinda mysterious. We should take one back to study, right?"

"Mr. Yu has a point," Xuan Che nodded thoughtfully but then frowned slightly, "but this Mechanical Man is huge; how do we get it through the portal?"

"Oh, that’s not a problem, I can just enlarge the portal," Yu Sheng said casually, "We just have to decide where to send it—to Qianfeng Ling Mountain directly? Or to the open space outside first?"

Xuan Che pondered for a moment, then quickly shook his head, "Although it bears the mark of the Lying Cloud Ten Halls, it’s ultimately a product of the Exotic Realm. Sending it outside might be risky, better to transport it directly to Queyun Palace at Qianfeng Ling Mountain. I’ll inform my Master and have him arrange for it to be received."

"Alright then," Yu Sheng nodded, then reopened the portal to Qianfeng Ling Mountain. He watched Xuan Che prepare to set off once more and couldn’t help but comment, "You’ve been back and forth so many times in such a short while..."

Xuan Che spread his hands, both amused and exasperated, "This is also my first time ’exploring Exotic Realms’ like this..."

Meanwhile, in the grand hall of Queyun Palace, True Man Yuanling saw the new portal appear out of thin air not far away. He was originally handling sect affairs in the inner hall, but upon hearing that Xuan Che had been running back and forth, transporting prisoners and corpses, he came to oversee the situation personally. As the new portal opened, he didn’t say anything immediately, but heard some disciples muttering behind him as they came to assist:

"Senior Brother is coming back again?"

"Looks like it, the previous two times were the same."

"I wonder what Senior Brother is bringing back this time."

"Who knows? I’ve only heard that Senior Brother went to explore that bizarre Secret Realm on Taiyou, but all this back and forth... is this how Secret Realm exploration usually goes?"

"It seems quite simple... Maybe I could do it too? I’ve always heard those so-called ’Exotic’ Secret Realms are easy to enter but hard to exit, full of oddities, but now seeing this..."

True Man Yuanling couldn’t restrain himself anymore upon hearing this. He turned to look at the two whispering disciples, "You two, exploring Secret Realms is not child’s play—your brother has assistance from Experts, so his actions are convenient. If you recklessly go in, how many lives do you think you can afford to lose?"

The two disciples immediately shrank their necks and went silent, while at the same time, Xuan Che emerged from the portal and, seeing his Master in the hall, walked over quickly.

True Man Yuanling waited for him to approach and then asked, "Xuan Che, how did it go?"

"Master, there’s more to be transported over," Xuan Che bowed and said, "This time I need your personal involvement to make preparations."

"...More to be transported?" True Man Yuanling’s eyes widened slightly, but he quickly grasped the situation, "What is it this time?"

"A sample from the Exotic Realm, a twelve-meter-tall Siege Giant Divine Soldier—I need your help to implement some containment measures and then store it inside the Demon Suppression Tower. Additionally, I’ll need a few skilled in telekinesis to help move it out, as they’re currently buried under sand."

True Man Yuanling opened his mouth, not having anticipated that Xuan Che’s exploration of the Exotic Realm would result in transporting increasingly bizarre items back, culminating in a twelve-meter-high Siege Mechanism. He could only admire the skill of the Experts; where novices would cautiously bring back a small box of stone chips, Mr. Yu seemed to be stocking up goods in bulk...

He quickly composed himself and glanced at the disciples who were watching the commotion.

"You few, go with your Senior Brother to help move things—don’t forget to take a Soul Suppressing Pill before entering, and do as the Experts command over there."

...

After much effort, a "Siege Giant Divine Soldier" in the best condition was finally extracted from the sands and delivered directly to the open space outside the main hall of Queyun Palace.

To get it out, Yu Sheng opened a portal over ten meters high between the Exotic Realm and Queyun Palace.

The good news was that the entire process went relatively smoothly. Although extracting it from the sand took quite some effort, fortunately, Xuan Che brought over some fellow students from Ox Horse University to help, along with Hu Li, an adept digger. They finally managed to transport this incredible "Exotic Realm sample" to its destination in one piece.

Now, the twelve-meter-high Siege Giant Divine Soldier stood imposingly in front of the main hall, its ancient and solid golden armor glistening in the sunlight, the halberd in hand pointing towards the sky.

True Man Yuanling, knowledgeable throughout his life, was familiar with large mechanical figures. Nevertheless, he was still a bit amazed upon seeing this thing and then began applying layers of security bans on this "Exotic Realm sample" to prevent it from carrying any undetectable exotic contamination.

Enveloping light layers covered the armor of the Giant Divine Soldier, and illusory chains descended from high above, binding the mechanical man’s limbs and torso. True Man Yuanling stood suspended in the air, and his hand pointed with a sword toward the chest of the Giant Divine Soldier. Quickly flicking and tapping, he sketched mysterious runes that made one’s head spin, and within moments, he had thrust potent talismans into the core of the latter’s puppet.

Then he saw Xuan Che coming out of the gate again and lowered his head to ask, "Xuan Che, is there anything else to be moved out?"

"No, no," Xuan Che hadn’t yet spoken when Yu Sheng’s voice rang out. Walking out of the gate, he waved to the airborne True Man Yuanling, "This is the last item."

"Ah, finally sorted," Erin sighed as soon as she stepped out, then awkwardly began twisting on Yu Sheng’s shoulder, "Ugh, I don’t like the desert."

Yu Sheng hurriedly reached back to hold the little puppet to prevent it from falling off his shoulder, "What are you twisting for?"

"Sand got into the joints," Erin said, grimacing, and rotated her arm near Yu Sheng’s ear, "Listen, it’s creaking inside..."

Yu Sheng froze for a moment, then involuntarily turned his head to look at Luna on the other side, wondering if her C-type clasp wouldn’t be worse in the desert—and then he saw Luna calmly standing still, seemingly unaffected.

Erin also noticed this, surprised at her adversary (as she one-sidedly believed): "C-type clasp, didn’t sand get into your joints?!"

"No."

"...Why?!"

Luna thought for a while and squeezed out a word: "Training."

"...You can rely on training for this?!" Erin’s eyes widened, "Are you kidding me!"

Luna ignored her.

Meanwhile, Yu Sheng saw Hu Li walk to the side, looking around until finding a spacious area, and then lay down, transforming into a giant demon fox.

The next second, as Yu Sheng wondered what the fox girl was planning, he saw the Silver White Demon Fox stretch out its four legs and toss its head to shake off the sand.

Imagine, a Nine-tailed Fox as big as two vans, rolling around and fighting in the desert, then coming back to shake off the sand—what a sight it was. Instantly, a gust of demonic wind seemed to rise around Hu Li, and two unfortunate disciples nearby hadn’t had a chance to flee and exclaimed beside the demon fox before they disappeared into the dust...

A moment later, as the dust settled, Hu Li emerged from the midst, transforming back into human form while walking, clapping her tail sideways, and grumbling to Yu Sheng: "Savior, I need a bath when I return; my tail still itches."

Yu Sheng: "..."

After a brief silence, Yu Sheng turned and murmured to Erin on his shoulder, "I’ve realized the desert environment is highly unfavorable to our team."

While Yu Sheng and his group were busy dealing with the desert environmental issues, True Man Yuanling also completed the "emergency handling" of the "Siege Giant Divine Soldiers." After an exhaustive sealing process, he then ordered his disciples to send the giant to the Demon Suppression Tower.

The Demon Suppression Tower, as it sounds, was a "Containment Facility" on Qianfeng Ling Mountain used for handling various dangerous items, similar in meaning to those containment zones in the Special Service Bureau building.

"I will send a letter to the Lying Cloud Ten Halls today, to inform them about this ’Siege Giant Divine Soldiers’ matter," True Man Yuanling came before Yu Sheng with a serious expression, "I also saw the insignia on the mechanical man’s body earlier. It’s indeed the emblem of the Lying Cloud Ten Halls, but it’s very peculiar. The form of this mechanical figure is different from all the mechanical men ’Ten Halls’ currently constructs, and even the spiritual power pathways inside are quite unlike current mechanical devices... We’ll see how they respond to this matter."

Yu Sheng nodded, then couldn’t help but ask curiously, "What about those black-clothed cultivators? Can their identities be confirmed?"

"No clues yet," True Man Yuanling shook his head, "Previously sent captives have been imprisoned, but they may not wake up for a while. I haven’t had the chance to examine the remaining bodies closely, only glanced at them briefly. Judging from the traces of the cultivation techniques remaining on them... the methods are very mixed, showing signs of several major sects and scattered practices."

"Loose Cultivators?" Yu Sheng blinked, "Did they also happen to learn some sect techniques on the side?"

"...That’s an old saying," True Man Yuanling stroked his beard, "Nowadays we usually call this ’correspondence courses.’

Yu Sheng: "?"

Can even this keep up with the times?!