Pale yellow Spiritual Light of mana silently seeped into the rock layer.
The originally hard rock turned soft as mud in an instant, even showing signs of overflow.
Wang Chen reached out and made a grasping motion. A large mass of soft mud flew into his hand and vanished without a trace.
A stretch of space immediately opened up ahead.
Wang Chen was able to advance and repeat the same operation.
Across the entire Mountain Sea Realm, setting aside Golden Core True Persons and Nascent Soul True Immortals, even among Purple Mansion masters, there were probably few who could rival him in mastery of the Earth Stone Technique.
Wang Chen had brought the Grand Completion level Earth Stone Technique to a miraculous level.
Coupled with his increased cultivation, he now dug tunnels several times faster than he had at the Sunset Peak estate.
Most importantly, Wang Chen had more than a dozen Storage Bags hanging from his body!
These specially emptied Storage Bags could hold enormous quantities of softened stone and mud, greatly increasing his efficiency.
With the great calamity steadily drawing nearer, Wang Chen, who planned to cultivate in Dongwu Stockade until he could Break Through Apertures and Open the Mansion, intended to recreate the glory of his excavation enterprise and dig himself a vast labyrinthine nest.
This project was already more than one-third complete. What he was digging now was his second escape tunnel.
This secret passage extended from beneath Wang Chen's home, heading north all the way into the depths of the mountains.
The tunnel, a hundred zhang underground, never saw the light of day. Wang Chen dug away like a diligent mole.
It was as if he had returned to his days in the Yunyang Sect outer sect.
Only when the mana in his Dantian was