"Hmm? My brother's communication jade pendant is off!"
As soon as Chen Duo stepped out of the teleportation array, she took out her communication jade token, intending to contact Chen Mu, but found that she couldn't reach him.
Let me see!
Mingye also took out his communication jade tablet and activated the runes on it, but there was still no response.
"Try contacting Chen Clan!"
A flicker of worry crossed her eyes, but she concealed it well.
"Good!"
Chen Duo immediately tried to communicate with Chen Hongjie, and the jade pendant quickly responded.
"Third Uncle, do you know where my brother went? I can't get in touch with him."
"Don't worry, Duoduo! Your brother is busy and can't be contacted right now. Don't worry about him, he's safe."
"Oh, I see."
Chen Duo and Mingye both breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Duo thought for a moment, then asked again.
"Third Uncle, didn't my brother say where he's going or what he's going to do?"
"Yes! I asked him, but he wouldn't tell me, and there's nothing I can do about it."
Chen Hongjie's tone was full of helplessness.
Before leaving, Chen Mu repeatedly told Chen Hongjie not to tell Chen Duo about his plans, and Chen Hongjie naturally did not forget this instruction.
"Alright! Third Uncle, how have you been lately? Has anything happened in the village?"
"It's alright, everything's going smoothly so far! Duoduo, you should focus on your cultivation at the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion, don't worry about us!"
Chen Hongjie spoke in a relaxed tone.
Chen Duo and Chen Hongjie chatted for a few more minutes and, finding that there was really nothing they could help with in Chen Village, ended the communication.
"Sister Ming, what's wrong with my brother? He just disappeared without a trace. Could he have gone off to fool around?"
Chen Duo grumbled in dissatisfaction.
Mingye raised an eyebrow, exuding a dangerous aura.
"Let him go wherever he wants, it's none of my business!"
Chen Duo glanced at Mingye and secretly revealed a mischievous smile.
However, now that Chen Mu has lost contact, they have no other choice but to go to the cabinet's residence to rest first, as they will have to return to the small world tomorrow.
The inner chamber of the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion is a suspended landmass. To enter and exit normally here, one must break through to the Core Formation Realm and possess the ability to fly.
Therefore, if Chen Duo and Mingye wanted to leave the inner cabinet, they could only do so with the help of an elder, which was very troublesome.
Therefore, unless there are special circumstances, they will not easily leave the cabinet.
Cultivating in the Wentian Small World, with its abundant Spiritual Power and complete auxiliary facilities, is far superior to the outside environment, and they have made tremendous progress during this period.
However, the competition within the cabinet was just as fierce. If they wanted to obtain more resources, they could only work hard to cultivate and complete the tasks and stage requirements assigned by their sects, without daring to stop for a moment.
Although Chen Mu could provide them with cultivation resources from the outside world, those resources were different from those they obtained through their own efforts.
Moreover, the cabinet has access to many things that money can't buy outside the cabinet. They feel fulfilled every day here, and they all want to prove their worth.
In the morning, Chen Mu woke up from his meditation and saw that Gu Zi'an had already left the room and was practicing the Seven Kills Sword.
" Seven Kills Sword, Third Form: White Tiger Kill!"
The sharp Sword Qi energy soared into the sky, several times more powerful than when it was used on Chen Mu yesterday.
Wow!
Gu Zi'an slashed downwards, leaving a huge sword mark a meter long on the ground.
"Fourth move, Black Tortoise Kill!"
A heavy and continuous aura rose from his body, and he leaped forward, smashing it fiercely against a large rock.
Thump! Splash! Splash!
The powerful Sword Qi vibrated back and forth, and the large rock immediately shattered into pieces, then turned into a pile of dust.
"So comfortable! So comfortable! I never imagined that practicing the Seven Kills Sword Art could be so enjoyable. Haha... haha..."
As he laughed, tears welled up in Gu Zi'an's eyes.
For more than a decade, he had suffered endless torment in order to cultivate the Seven Kills Sword Art. Now that he was finally free, his excitement was beyond words.
"Brother Mu!"
When Gu Zi'an saw that Chen Mu had woken up, he quickly went to him and knelt down with a thud.
"Brother Mu, you have given me a second chance at life. From now on, I will follow your lead no matter what!"
Chen Mu quickly helped Gu Zi'an up, waving his hands repeatedly.
" Zi'an, you don't need to do this. I just happened to be there and it was nothing more than a small favor."
Gu Zi'an stood up, said nothing, and silently kept his gratitude in his heart.
" Zi'an, you've already broken through to the Middle Stage of the Qi Nourishing Realm?"
"Yes!"
Chen Mu smiled with satisfaction, went back to his room, and picked up his spear.
"Let's go! I'll go with you to the training ground to practice."
Gu Zi'an readily agreed and set off with Chen Mu to the training ground.
After acquiring the Demonic Pattern, Gu Zi'an's long-suppressed potential seemed to erupt all at once, and his strength improved by leaps and bounds. He practiced with Chen Mu for only one morning and had already grasped the essence of the fifth move of the Seven Kills Sword, and was about to master it.
In the history of the Gu Lineage, only one ancestor cultivated the Seven Kills Sword Art to the fifth form, but at that time his Spiritual Power level was already at the Core Formation Realm.
The Seven Kills Sword Art is incredibly powerful, with few rivals at the same cultivation level. Therefore, even though most practitioners die young, many members of the Gu Lineage still choose this technique.
The Gu Lineage who cultivated the fifth form of the Seven Kills Sword, although Core Formation Realm cultivator, still died at over a hundred years old because his body was constantly eroded by the Seven Kills Spiritual Power.
Now Gu Zi'an no longer has this problem. He is making great progress in cultivating the Seven Kills Sword, and even Chen Mu is amazed by his progress.
At noon, Chen Mu asked Gu Ruoyun to take him to see the Gu Lineage's patriarch. He agreed to join the Gu Lineage and became a Gu Lineage elder.
This brought him much closer to the Gu Lineage, allowing him to gather even more information.
That night, Chen Mu once again donned all black, covered himself with Invisibility Talisman, and roamed the inner city.
After making inquiries during the day, he learned that if slaves were assigned housing, they would usually be assigned to houses in the western part of the city, which greatly narrowed down the area he needed to investigate.
Chen Mu stealthily made his way to the western part of the city, deliberately avoiding the buildings of the wealthy, and began searching house by house again.
Based on his observations, there were only about a hundred houses that matched his predictions, and he was confident that he would find his mother that night.
He searched room by room for more than an hour before finally spotting a familiar figure.
In the dark stone house, a woman dressed in animal skins sat cross-legged on the bed. A faint purple light emanated from her body, making her appear eerie and mysterious.
She had a beautiful Eastern face, a slender figure, and slightly disheveled hair, clearly not well-groomed.
Mother...!
Chen Mu's eyes reddened, but he didn't make a sound. Instead, he forced himself to calm down.
He knew very well that the Tuoba Lineage had hunted him and Mingye several times, so they must know his identity and might set a trap for his mother.
He put away the X-Ray Talisman on the wall, urged his Divine Soul to spread forward, and soon discovered that it was full of warning runes.
The person who arranged the runes was extremely skilled. The runes appeared to be chaotic, but they were cleverly connected. If one of them was destroyed, the other runes would immediately sound an alarm.
To break through them, these runes must be isolated simultaneously, which is not difficult for Chen Mu, but some preparation is needed.