Soul Search

The underground was hushed, the cavern brightly lit. Several people stood within, and every word, every gesture, even the slightest change in expression, was utterly clear.

A hundred zhang away in the mine tunnel, Chu Mu concealed himself in the darkness, his Divine Sense withdrawn, his spiritual power stilled, his aura silent. He listened with his ears alone, without making the slightest movement.

At a distance of a hundred zhang, with his transformed life essence, even the faintest sound reached his ears with perfect clarity.

The people in the cave noticed nothing. Led by the three Gu Cultivators of the Jadeite Tribe, they spoke one after another, methodically refining this earth-shaking plan while dividing the benefits to be gained once it succeeded...

Only after roughly half an hour did the voices in the cave slowly fall silent.

Right before Chu Mu, several people streaked past in succession, heading toward the end of the mine tunnel.

Only after they successively triggered the contingencies he had arranged at the end of the tunnel did Chu Mu, who had remained motionless in the darkness, slowly emerge from the rock.

He looked toward the dark mine tunnel they had entered, pondering briefly before his figure blurred once more and vanished into the darkness.

After several figures shot into the sky from the bottomless, shadowy mine pit, a faint and illusory figure followed closely behind, appearing above the pit several dozen breaths later.

Chu Mu looked up at the sky. Though the traces of Escape Light still lingered, the people who had conferred in the cave had long since disappeared without a trace. After a brief pause, he swept his sleeve. The instant faint spatial ripples emerged, he vanished from this space.

When he reappeared, he was already standing at the bow of the Sky-Piercing