At noon, the family gathered around a large table and enjoyed a happy lunch together.
Second sister-in-law, you've suffered so much these past years.
Chen Hongjie spoke, his eyes reddened.
"It's alright, it's all in the past. I'm already very content to be able to come back to Chen Village in this lifetime."
Meng Hui shook her head, indicating that everyone shouldn't overthink it.
"Third Uncle, the Tuoba Lineage will definitely send people to Chen Village to cause trouble soon, so you should prepare in advance."
If we manage to contact Duoduo later, let her and Mingye both come back.
Chen Mu's expression was solemn as he gave Chen Hongjie specific instructions.
"I know! When you said you were going to the Flame Blessing Tribe a few days ago, I already told Zihu to withdraw his troops."
During this period, I will keep the main force and key personnel of Chen Village at the Chen Village base camp.
With them and the rune array you constructed, this place is practically impregnable. As long as it's not Core Formation Realm move, we'll be fine."
Chen Hongjie explained his arrangements.
" A Mu, from what you're saying, are you leaving again?"
Chen Zihu had a vague idea of what was going on, but he couldn't help but ask to confirm.
Upon hearing this, Chen Mu turned to look at his mother and saw that she was also looking at him with worry in her eyes.
He quickly reached out and patted his mother's shoulder, signaling her not to worry.
"Yes! I plan to go to Nether Luo Mountain to find my father."
The room fell silent. Everyone was worried about Chen Mu's safety, but they couldn't stop him from saving his father, and no one knew what to say.
" A Mu, let me go with you!"
Chen Zihu spoke up.
Two months ago, he had already broken through to the True Spirit Realm, even faster than Chen Hongjie. He felt that he could be of help to Chen Mu.
"No need. Brother Tiger, the cavalry in Chen Village still needs you to command them. If you come with me, what will happen to them?"
"It's alright, Uncle San is here."
Chen Zihu looked at Chen Mu with a stubborn expression.
" A Mu, over the years, you have been silently contributing to Chen Village."
I don't want you to face all the dangers alone while I only enjoy the benefits you bring from behind. Let me help you this once!
Chen Mu sighed inwardly, knowing that without a sufficiently compelling reason, it would be difficult to persuade Chen Zihu.
"Tiger, this time it really won't work!"
The Death Qi on Nether Luo Mountain is dense. Although I have improved your Five Elements Body Tempering Technique many times, its cultivation speed is even faster than my Acala Heart Sutra.
However, the Five Elements Body Tempering Technique doesn't have the same ability to resist Death Qi Acala Heart Sutra. If you go to Nether Luo Mountain, you might not be able to help me; in fact, I might have to distract myself to help you.
Upon hearing Chen Mu's explanation, Chen Zihu lowered his head and remained silent.
"Don't worry, everyone! With my current strength, even someone at the Early Stage of the Core Formation Realm couldn't kill me!"
I won't act recklessly after entering Nether Luo Mountain. If there's any real danger, I'll come back for everyone's help."
Chen Mu stood up and laughed heartily, hoping everyone could rest assured.
"Alright! We can't persuade you about this either. We can only pray to the gods that everything will go well for you."
Chen Hongjie shrugged, looking helpless.
In the afternoon, Chen Mu stayed in Chen Village and used the insights he gained from his months of seclusion at Black Wind Cliff to upgrade the Chen Village's defensive rune array, making it much more powerful than before.
Due to the time constraints, he did not create any new Rune Artifacts. Instead, he optimized the existing batch of Rune Gun No. 2), Handheld Rune Cannon, and Rune Puppet No. 1), making them more flexible to use and more powerful.
He also gave some of the Demon Core Bomb he had made in Absolute Sword City to Chen Hongjie, so that Chen Hongjie could use them if necessary.
After making all the arrangements, it was already evening. Without delay, Chen Mu prepared to set off for Nether Luo Mountain that very night.
After all, with her father missing in Nether Luo Mountain, every day that passes brings more danger.
Before leaving, he took the White Turtle with him. The White Turtle was also very interested in Nether Luo Mountain and readily agreed.
Chen Mu traveled by spaceship, taking two nights and one day to finally reach Nether Luo Mountain.
Nether Luo Mountain is much larger than Ghost Yin Mountain, stretching for thousands of kilometers, and is shrouded in thick black fog all year round. It remains an unexplored area for humans to this day.
Although the Tuoba Lineage occupied several mines on the outskirts, they were frequently attacked by monsters, resulting in many deaths every year.
But the profits from these mines are too great, and they are unwilling to give them up under any circumstances.
Based on the information he had previously received from Gu Ruoyun, Chen Mu roughly knew the route Chen Haoran had taken before his disappearance. Following the markings on the map, he landed on the ground.
Before even entering Nether Luo Mountain, Chen Mu could already feel the chilling Death Qi emanating from it, sending shivers down his Nether Luo Mountain.
" Vajra Dharma Body protect me!"
Chen Mu's skin turned a pale gold color, and he felt warm again.
When he first encountered the Death Qi at Ghost Yin Mountain, he used his Body-Protecting Golden Light to prevent the Death Qi from getting close to his body.
But now he has more flexible control over Spiritual Power and no longer needs to let the Body-Protecting Golden Light spill out. This reduces the consumption of Spiritual Power and also makes him less conspicuous.
Beep beep...!
As soon as Chen Mu stepped into the black mist of Nether Luo Mountain, he found that the ' Fate Vision ' above his head began to operate at its limit, with countless data floating in front of his eyes and constantly sending out abnormal information.
"Unknown energy discovered, new energy model established, data acquisition in progress... Data acquisition successful!"
"An anomaly! The Fate Law have changed; a new fate variable has been added... Addition successful!"
"Warning! Communication rune is disabled; there is no way to contact the outside world from here!"
Chen Mu dared not make any rash moves and waited in place for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before the data stream on the ' Fate Vision ' gradually decreased, and the hot chip core near his ear gradually cooled down.
The black mist here has a suppressive effect on the power of the Divine Soul. Even with his Second Level of the Solid Realm Divine Soul, his detection range is only a little over a hundred meters, and his eyes can only see a distance of seventy or eighty meters.
He experimented with different modes, switching ' Fate Vision ' to infrared, Thermal Vision, and optical vision, among others. He tried seven or eight different visions, but ultimately found that Thermal Vision was the most suitable, so he kept it.
The principle of Thermal Vision is to detect the temperature information of the outside world, then use a program to calculate and simulate an image, which is then displayed on Chen Mu's eyes.
This thermal imaging mode does not require emitting strong energy, making it much safer than X-ray vision or infrared night vision, which is the main reason Chen Mu chose it.
Using Thermal Vision, Chen Mu could see creatures two or three kilometers away, which provided a much wider field of vision and made him much safer.
"These are the tracks of a large army marching; it seems I was on the right route."
Chen Mu looked around and found traces of trampling on the ground. He then followed this path deeper into Nether Luo Mountain.