After countless twists and turns, lefts and rights, Chen Mu descended nearly a thousand meters. Only then did he pop into an underground space the size of a football field like a bubble rising from a mud swamp, slipping through with a soft pop.
A lush peach grove suddenly filled his vision. Fluorescence flickered atop the pale yellow stamens like the lights lining a night market street, illuminating the entire underground space.
A few silvery bright blossoms hid amid the sea of flowers, making Chen Mu break into a smile.
"Found the right place."
A moment later, Chen Mu had inspected the entire peach grove and discovered twenty-six Moli Silver Peach Trees.
But he did not hurry to extract the Peach Wood Cores. Instead, he walked to the center of the underground hollow.
A massive Stone Gourd lay tilted there, half-buried in the rock floor.
The half exposed above ground stood about half a man tall. Mysterious silver-and-black patterns adorned the surface of the gray Stone Gourd.
"This thing..."
Chen Mu circled the gourd twice, his eyes narrowing.
Qianji Sect had once suppressed quite a few Outer Realm Demons beneath Hundred Illusions Sect. This stone gourd looked utterly ordinary, yet it had been strangely buried deep underground. It might well have been part of some suppressive Magical Prohibition.
With that thought, Chen Mu slowly backed away, putting distance between himself and the gourd.
"I need the Peach Wood Cores, but I can't touch a suppressive Magical Prohibition."
"Outer Realm Demons are too strange. If I get caught by something for no reason, I won't even have anywhere to cry about it."
He made up his mind not to touch the Stone Gourd.
But just as he turned to leave, a familiar aura appeared within his True Hearing Supernatural Ability.
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