Chapter 65: The Luxurious Cave Abode

Facing this person who had suddenly appeared, Meng Li gave her a simple once-over and was fully certain she was a complete stranger. She immediately grew wary, fearing another highway robber like before.

“Little Junior Sister, don’t be afraid~ I’m the designer in charge of this cave abode~”

“Hah? This cave abode needed a designer? Give me a few wooden planks and I could knock one together myself. Are you messing with me?!”

Meng Li angrily pointed at the structure, which was no different from a doghouse. Yellow wooden plank walls, a red-painted roof. It looked a bit too delicate—in short, not a place for humans to live.

“Appearances aren’t important. What matters is the inside~”

“Heh, the inside? What, is there air conditioning installed? What a joke…”

“Air conditioning? What’s that? This Little Junior Sister certainly has a unique way with words~”

The glasses girl before her seemed incredibly confident as she adjusted her spectacles and patted the wooden wall beside her. The woman’s expression was brimming with such assurance that Meng Li didn’t know how to react for a moment.

“After all, this is a Grotto-Heaven customized for a full 9 million merit points. How could it be just a superficial house?~”

“Is that so? Spent this much… Wait, how much?!”

“9 million.”

Upon hearing the stated price, Meng Li’s vision went black. In the game, her total earnings from start to finish had been only 1 million merit points. Merit was earned by constantly completing sect missions, activities, or making contributions.

Creating a Grotto-Heaven typically only required 10,000 points at most. These points could even be exchanged for an equivalent amount of Spirit Stones when venturing outside. A mere 10,000 was already a sum beyond the reach of any outer sect disciple.

“9… 9 million?! How much did you skim off the top?!”

“Little Junior Sister, if you put it that way, our team will be very sad~”

The woman slowly picked up the dropped token. Meng Li still wore a face full of disdain. But then, as the other pointed the token at the house in front of them, an enormous magic array suddenly unfurled beneath everyone’s feet.

“Whoa, what is this?!”

“This is a formation drawn by the strongest Formation Master in the sect~”

“The strongest?”

“Creating a Grotto-Heaven is something only an Elder-level figure can accomplish. But Senior Sister Situ is publicly acknowledged as the strongest Formation Master~!”

As her words ended, the array’s light faded. And now, there was no sign of anyone in front of the wooden hut. Only a gentle breeze blew past, as if this place was just as it had been moments ago. But once Meng Li crossed the threshold of that door, she looked at everything inside the room with utter shock.

“This… This is…!”

“The formation diagram Senior Sister Situ drew, ‘Universe in the Sleeve,’ can directly create a unique dimension. It completely breaks away from the traditional concept of digging out a cave and building inside~”

Meng Li looked at the luxurious surroundings. Door after door continuously appeared before her eyes. The air felt incredibly cool and refreshing. This sensation was supremely comfortable.

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Just by sweeping her gaze around, panel after panel popped up uncontrollably. She saw the luxuriously decorated hollowed-out ceiling. At the center, a spiritual herb emitting cold Qi grew there. With just a single glance, Meng Li recognized what it was.

“Cold Heart Grass!”

“Little Junior Sister is quite knowledgeable. That’s a 10,000-year-old Cold Heart Grass. It took considerable effort just to find it~”

Meng Li clearly remembered this item. It was the main ingredient for crafting High Grade Ice Spirit Pills. Anyone who consumed such a pill would become immune to cold toxins and might even manifest an Ice Spirit Body.

This was simply because Ice Spirit Grass, while technically optional for the pill, made all the difference. Without this ingredient, the pill could only dispel cold toxins. One could even say this herb was more precious than the pill itself.

“Something this precious is just being used as air conditioning?!”

“So, Little Junior Sister’s term ‘air conditioning’ refers to this? It’s certainly an apt name~”

But this was only a small part. As the woman led Meng Li on a brief tour, she saw that not only were all the facilities within this grotto-heaven complete, but even a kitchen had been prepared.

“Senior Sister Situ mentioned that you, Junior Sister, are still only in the Qi Refining Realm. You would still have mortal needs and attachments, after all~”

“This! This is!”

Meng Li looked at the kitchen before her. Even it was designed so magnificently. Not only was the equipment comprehensive, but as she traced her fingers over the formation patterns etched onto the surfaces, a mere touch allowed her to feel the exquisite intricacy within.

“Don’t tell me the formations here are also…!”

“Correct. This is the Triple-Flavor Fire Formation personally crafted by Senior Sister. It allows for precise temperature control. The level of temperature regulation even meets the standards of a pill furnace~”

Meng Li felt completely dazzled. She had originally thought her cave abode would be somewhat shabby, to the point of mentally preparing herself to live in that doghole. She never expected it to be so luxurious. A mansion she hadn’t even lived in before her rebirth, she was now living in after dying and transmigrating.

“This! This integrates steaming, roasting, and boiling all in one! Is there even fuel gas inside?! Whoa, a Fire Spirit Beast!!”

Meng Li stared at the elemental spirit beast glowing with roaring flames inside. She opened a cabinet nearby and felt the bone-chilling cold wind inside. She casually pulled open a drawer—it was a storage space.

“This is even more advanced than where I lived before! They’re actually using an Ice Jade Lotus as a refrigerator!! That thing only blooms once every thousand years!”

Meng Li sat down on the floor, feeling like her brain had short-circuited. But the tour wasn’t over yet. She followed the woman to another room. After gently pushing open the door, she saw an ice bed carved from Heavenly Profound Ice, with a cultivation array inscribed beneath it.

“Just breathing here, I feel Spiritual Power surging into my entire body…”

“Heavenly Profound Ice isn’t exactly rare, but a piece this perfectly intact is very hard to find. It’s said to have the effect of suppressing Heart Devils~”

“Shizun… she seems to sleep on this kind of bed. Why does this one feel bigger than hers…?”

Meng Li reached out and gently touched it. The cool sensation traveled through her fingertips. Meng Li’s face was lined with black. Although this thing was great for cultivation, she definitely would not want to lie on it to sleep.

“Senior Sister Situ specifically instructed that you, Junior Sister, might not like this kind of bed. So this can only be considered a cultivation room at best~”

Meng Li turned to look at the woman, but the glasses girl directly reached out and pushed open the door to another room. The vastness of the room made Meng Li’s eyes widen. She hadn’t expected that building a house inside a Grotto-Heaven like this would mean not having to worry about space constraints at all.

“This room isn’t particularly special, I suppose. Speaking of which, this bed…”

“A super-large bed capable of fitting four or five people. You can sleep however you want on it~”

“Why would I need a bed this big for just myself?”

“Uh, that was Senior Sister Situ’s request. She said it would be convenient if she ever came to find you in the future.”

“????”

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