Hyper-Dimensional Player

Treasure Grotto Celestial Domain.

A young maiden named Sun appears at the foot of the mountain, her long black hair adorned with droplets of dew, seemingly just returning from the waterfall cliff. She carries a basket on her back filled with gathered herbs, each with an age of decades or even a century.

A small village has sprung up at the foot of the mountain with less than a hundred households altogether. The wooden houses are newly constructed, with chickens and dogs to be heard. The fences encircle flat areas where herbs are laid out to dry, predominantly the Yellow Essence.

"Mother... that's Sun fairy..."

A boy of half maturity tugs at the busy woman beside him, his gaze filled with bright admiration as he looks at the maiden Sun.

The woman, steaming and drying Yellow Essence, quickly sets down her sieve at the boy's words, rushing over to help, wishing to carry the herbs for her.

The maiden Sun does not reject her, smiling as she hands her herb basket to the village woman who came to help. With profound cultivation, carrying some weight means nothing to her, yet the villagers are simple and unable to express gratitude in any other way, so she cannot turn away from their goodwill.

"Sun fairy."

"The herbs you requested have been prepared according to your instructions."

Soon after, a woman carrying a child hurries over. The child is swaddled and tied on her back, unable to walk yet, with the woman's gaze full of gratitude as she looks at the maiden Sun.

Most of these people were rescued by Duncan back then, while others settled here later, amounting to about four or five hundred people.

Since most are elderly, weak, women, and children, maiden Sun took responsibility for their settlement.

Somewhere along the way, the maiden Sun became Sun fairy in their words. She could do nothing about it, and with everything in Treasure Grotto Celestial Domain needing foundation work, she needed assistance in handling the herbs, so she taught them some things. The entire small village focuses primarily on processing herbs.

Since the takeover of Treasure Grotto Celestial Domain, she hasn't returned to her own Medicine King Valley.

Maiden Sun checked the nine steam nine sun Yellow Essence and found that these people worked diligently, processing the herbs well enough to be used for crafting the Yellow Essence Pill.

As these words were being spoken.

A tiger's roar came from the direction of the small mountain village, maiden Sun glanced afar and mused, "Lu Shanjun has emerged?"

These villagers looked panicked yet not overly fearful.

For they heard of a Mountain Monarch residing here, a close friend of the divine being who saved them, and surely if he's an ally of the divine, he won't harm them, maybe even being a mount of that immortal.

One day Lu Shanjun emerged seeking food and encountered the village's Hunter.

The young Hunter dropped to his knees upon meeting Lu Shanjun, addressing him as 'Tiger Grandpa', even offering two hunted pheasants to Lu Shanjun, fostering happiness in him, who casually passed on a technique or two.

For half a year now, village folk have been living here, unperturbed by worldly troubles, feeling as if stepping from human purgatory into an immortal's sanctuary.

The woman carrying a child watched maiden Sun depart, and upon returning home, knelt respectfully before a longevity tablet, respectfully kowtowed, then lit an incense stick before proceeding to grind herbs into powder with a medicinal urn.

Once these herbs are processed every five days, some exceptionally beautiful women come to collect them, resembling maids attending celestial beings.

It appears there's some commotion outside.

"It's only been three days; could those fairies have descended from the mountain so soon?" the woman wondered as she rose, heading outside.

The maidens beside Lady Jade Face, being exceptionally beautiful, are considered to possess striking beauty by ordinary standards. Moreover, their fondness for elaborate clothing, flowing long skirts, and frequent acrobatics make the villagers believe them to be serving fairies.

But they recognize status; those beautiful maidens greet and salute maiden Sun, undoubtedly acknowledging their higher standing despite her unaffected demeanor.

As the woman steps outside, she witnesses a rift appearing in mid-air.

Soon an attractive, long-haired man enters through the void, carrying a half-grown child, causing the woman to rub her eyes in surprise before quickly kneeling, calling out, "Immortal!…"

Duncan glanced down, recognizing the woman as familiar momentarily, before recalling, "You're the woman from the fishing village?"

The woman intensely moved, kneeling down, letting the earth touch her forehead, responded, "Yes… I am."

Duncan looks at the child on her back; the once blood-drinking babe has grown slightly, its big dark eyes curiously gazing at him.

"Alright."

Duncan nodded slightly, carrying Lai Bao'Er, stepping into the air towards a cluster of buildings atop the mountain.

Let it be, an immortal is an immortal.

True demons are true immortals.

His return soon unsettled the group from White Fox Manor House, though Fu Jianhan was absent, rumored to be in the South Sea subduing demons.

Fu Jianhan took the Lü Zu sword, traveling to exorcise and subdue demons. His cultivation advancing rapidly this half year, even due to his Innate Realm, he comprehended parts of flying swordsmanship's Dharma Gate, gaining a degree of recognition for the Sword Immortal title in Jianghu.

Duncan's aware of his exploits, having heard of Fu Jianhan wielding a sword to vanquish demons, even venturing the sea to hunt whales, saving an entire town's disaster victims, hailed by Jianghu as 'North Sea Hero'.

Restlessness characterizes him more than Lu Shanjun, favoring wandering the world.

Nonetheless, Lady Jade Face and others remain; during this period, she has been secluding herself. Upon hearing commotion, she emerges, curiously gazing at Duncan holding the half-grown child. Once her eyes fall upon Duncan's captivating form, Lady Jade Face becomes briefly lost, despite the long absence, old acquaintances remain unforgettable upon reunion.