Time flew by. Mist Smoke Mountain remained peaceful, and three months passed in the blink of an eye.
Twenty meters beneath the Bamboo Building retreat, in a secret chamber roughly the size of two bedrooms, Chen Mu sat cross-legged with his eyes closed on a broad soft couch.
Beside him stood a square low table, upon which an incense burner the size of a fist released curling streams of green smoke.
More than a dozen fist-sized Fine Jade spheres were embedded overhead. The Luminous Algae within blinked on and off, casting a gentle glow.
Seven pots of Sea Heart Pine stood in the corner, their branches and leaves trembling faintly as though breathing, drawing in and purifying the air.
After quite some time, a soft hum came from within Chen Mu's body.
An invisible ripple spread outward like water. The vertical stream of incense smoke immediately bent sideways.
Inside the Jade Seed, four layers of Yellow Springs Talismans nested tightly together. The silver-and-black hollow spheres rotated chaotically at once, yet amid the disorder was a strangely orderly rhythm.
"It's done!"
Chen Mu looked delightedly at the Gray Wall before him.
Yellow Springs General Outline: 32/10000/Rank 5;
After traveling from Jade Spring Mountain to Mist Smoke Mountain and spending seven or eight months along the way, he had finally condensed the fourth layer of Spell Talismans.
The Jade Seed had expanded to the size of three fists. His total mana had increased once more, and Vertical Rainbow Light could now carry Chen Mu into the air as high as a three-story building.
At the same time, another Secret Aperture had appeared on his back, almost directly opposite his navel.
"Heh, this Spirit Armor Technique..." Chen Mu raised his brows.
Although the Cloud Mirage Spirit Armor Technique on the Gray Wall still