Gu Formed

After a long while, Chu Mu finally forced down those horrifying speculations one by one.

If the sky fell, the tall ones would hold it up. The Longevity Sect was such a colossal entity; it did not have only those two Nascent Soul Great Experts, nor did it consist solely of the Heaven's Secrets Lineage.

Though he was a mere Golden Core, his status within the Longevity Sect was esteemed, yet he was practically without support. Even if he had discovered some clue, keeping his mouth shut and playing dumb was the wisest course.

Any slightest stir involving Nascent Soul Great Experts would be a huge problem if he so much as brushed against it with his current cultivation! He did not dwell on it any further. With a thought, a head-sized metal box floated before him. The iron box appeared ordinary, but he had specially refined it to seal tokens such as the Longevity True Inheritance Token and the Heavenly Palace Contract Token, objects that might expose his whereabouts.

With a sweep of his sleeve, the True Inheritance Token vanished into the iron box. Restriction arrays surfaced, and the box shut tight, sealed without the slightest gap.

When he tried to sense the True Inheritance Token again, he could no longer detect any connection whatsoever.

Seeing this, he did not linger in the mountain cave. His figure flashed, and he disappeared into the depths of the cave.

He flew several thousand li before finally ceasing his journey.

Looking down, he saw towering peaks, sheer cliffs, and a great river winding like a coiled dragon, its end impossible to glimpse at a glance.

On both sides of the gorge, mortal tribes lay hidden among the mountains.

Unlike the territory of Great Chu, this southwestern region did not, strictly speaking, possess