Time passed slowly.
In the blink of an eye, five hundred years had gone by.
At that moment, deep within Buzhou Mountain,
Qin Mu continued climbing toward the summit.
When he had first entered Buzhou Mountain, he could climb only one step a day. Later, he had managed ten steps a day.
Now, he had grown accustomed to the mountain's pressure and could walk freely.
"The pressure of Buzhou Mountain really does wonders for tempering the body!"
Qin Mu muttered to himself as he climbed.
Over the past five hundred years, he had not used his own magical power to resist Buzhou Mountain's pressure.
Instead, he had relied on that pressure to temper his body.
After five hundred years of tempering,
his Nine Revolutions Profound Skill had broken through the third revolution and reached the fourth.
Furthermore, his body was now flawless as glazed glass, and every movement he made could set space and time trembling.
And so, Qin Mu continued climbing Buzhou Mountain.
After walking for some time, he suddenly stopped.
"Hmm?"
Qin Mu furrowed his brow slightly. In the direction he was looking, three figures were seated cross-legged.
Not far in front of the three living beings, a formation had appeared. Its patterns interwove and shifted ceaselessly.
"Is that an Innate Formation?"
"Does that mean there's a treasure here?"
Qin Mu wondered to himself.
At a glance, he could tell that the formation blocking the three living beings was an Innate Formation.
In the Primordial Land, places protected by Innate Formations generally held Innate Spiritual Treasures.
When Qin Mu had first transformed, Tongtian had broken an Innate Formation nearby and obtained the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Fire Spirit Pearl.
Later, Qin Mu and Duobao had also come across an Innate Formation.
Qin Mu had forcibly broken it and found the Yellow Central Plum, one of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots, in the Small Heaven and Earth within the formation.
Now he had encountered another Innate Formation here, and there was a good chance it held an Innate Spiritual Treasure.
After a moment's thought, Qin Mu shifted his gaze and examined the three living beings.
It was easy to see that Daoist aura flowed around all three of them. Their cultivation was no weakling's; all had reached the late stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
As Qin Mu studied them, the three also noticed his arrival.
They were not particularly surprised. After glancing at Qin Mu, they turned their attention back to the Innate Formation.
Seeing this, Qin Mu hesitated briefly, then stepped closer.
Before Qin Mu could say anything, a Green Robe Daoist spoke up first:
"Fellow Daoist, have you also come to Buzhou Mountain in search of treasure?"
Hearing the Green Robe Daoist's question, Qin Mu nodded and replied with a quiet, "That's right."
Then he looked toward the formation ahead and asked,
"Fellow Daoist, what's the secret behind this formation?"
"Judging by your appearance, the three of you must have been stationed here for quite a long time, right?"
The Green Robe Daoist gave a bitter smile. After a brief pause, he sighed,
"We three have indeed been stationed here for a long time."
"The formation ahead should be an Innate Formation."
"We've been trying to decipher it for ten thousand years."
"Alas, we still haven't found a way to open it!"
Hearing this, Qin Mu furrowed his brow, puzzled.
"Why not just break the formation by force?"
What surprised Qin Mu was that,
upon hearing his suggestion, all three Green Robed Daoists smiled in unison.
"Why are you fellows laughing?"
"Was I wrong?"
Qin Mu frowned, utterly confused.
After all, he himself had forcibly broken an Innate Formation before.
"Fellow Daoist, why don't you give it a try?"
Just then, the Green Robe Daoist said with a smile, stepping aside to make room.
The other two followed suit, rising to their feet and clearing a path.
"Hmm?"
Qin Mu paused, his brow furrowing even deeper.
After a moment's hesitation, he didn't dwell on it and walked up to the Innate Formation.
Boom!
A powerful aura suddenly burst forth from Qin Mu.
Whoosh!
He joined his fingers like a sword, and a terrifying Sword Qi slashed out, striking the Innate Formation directly.
To Qin Mu's great surprise,
when his Sword Qi hit the Innate Formation, it did not stir up the slightest disturbance.
As the formation patterns flowed, the formation's entire barrier rippled like water, then swallowed Qin Mu's Sword Qi whole.
"What?"
Qin Mu stared, stunned.
He had not expected this Innate Formation to differ from the ones he had encountered before. His attack was useless!
At that moment, the Green Robe Daoist said with a smile,
"Fellow Daoist, now you understand why we haven't tried to break this Innate Formation by force, don't you?"
"This formation is exceedingly strange. I'm afraid it can't be broken without Quasi-Saint cultivation."
Hearing this, Qin Mu came back to himself and nodded slightly.
"Interesting!"
With that, Qin Mu wasted no time and sat down cross-legged.
Seeing this, the Green Robe Daoist said with a smile,
"What? Are you planning to comprehend this Innate Formation?"
Qin Mu didn't answer. He only gave the Green Robe Daoist a meaningful smile, then closed his eyes and began to study it.
The Green Robe Daoist could only shake his head and sigh.
The three of them had studied the formation for ten thousand years without managing to unravel it.
Naturally, they didn't believe Qin Mu could succeed.
Qin Mu, for his part, paid them no mind.
Others might not be able to do it, but he was different.
Earlier, after refining and absorbing the first Sword Leaf, his Exclusive Great Dao Level Cultivation Method had advanced to the first level.
He had also awakened the Innate Divine Ability, Heaven-Defying Comprehension.
With Heaven-Defying Comprehension bolstering him, Qin Mu could comprehend any cultivation method, divine ability, or Great Dao Laws without the slightest hindrance.
Then Qin Mu immediately brought his Heaven-Defying Comprehension fully into play.
In an instant, a diagram of the Innate Formation's structure appeared in his mind.
The movement of countless formation patterns was laid bare before him.
All Qin Mu needed to do was sort out the patterns' paths.
And so, three hundred years passed.
On this day, Qin Mu, seated cross-legged before the Innate Formation, suddenly opened his eyes.
Golden light glimmered in his eyes, brilliant and dazzling.
At the same time, the system's mechanical notification sounded in his mind:
[Ding!] [Host observed the supreme formation, sensed the aura of the Great Dao within it, absorbed its power, and comprehended the Eye of Truth, which could see through the weaknesses of all formations!]
"It worked!!"
Hearing the system notification, Qin Mu was overcome with excitement.
"Eye of Shattering Delusion!"
"Activate!"
When Qin Mu looked at the Innate Formation before him again, the entire formation had transformed in his eyes into countless threads of Dao laws.
At the same time, the Green Robe Daoist and the other two were roused by Qin Mu's actions and turned to look at him.
"Hmm?"
"Is this kid going to try again?"
"We've studied this formation for so many years without figuring it out, and he's only been here for three hundred."
"..."
While the three of them were talking, Qin Mu had already walked straight toward the Innate Formation ahead.
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