Chen Mu's physical body, tempered by the Spiritual Power of heaven and earth drawn by the elixir, continuously generates new cells.
Because these cells are newly born, they are very pure and vibrant. Through internal vision, Chen Mu can see the details of their birth very clearly.
Rune Absorption!
Chen Mu used his Soul Power to draw runes on the surface of the cells, and then controlled the cells to absorb the runes little by little.
This method is very inefficient because the cells are too small and too fragile. Even for Chen Mu, Solid Realm Fifth Layer of the Divine Soul of Realm, it is very difficult to draw such intricate runes.
Puff! Puff puff!
Some cells were directly crushed by the runes, while others absorbed half of them but were interfered with or carried away by other cells. If the runes were not fully absorbed, the remaining runes in the cells would soon become ineffective.
Fortunately, stimulated by the Spiritual Power of heaven and earth, Chen Mu's new cells will continue to be generated, so his body will not be damaged.
And so, through continuous experimentation, half an hour passed, and Chen Mu's physical transformation was more than half complete.
"It worked?"
Chen Mu's face lit up with joy. After hundreds or even thousands of attempts, he finally managed to get one of the cells to successfully absorb the rune.
After successfully creating the Rune Cell, he gradually gained experience, and his success rate began to increase.
Unfortunately, the physical transformation of the elixir was already in its final stages, and Chen Mu had only successfully absorbed a few dozen cells.
"Phew...! It's finally over."
After completing the physical transformation, Chen Mu felt incredibly light and agile, and even the speed of his thinking seemed to have increased.
Although only a few dozen cells completed the rune absorption, Chen Mu was already very satisfied. This was the first successful step, indicating that cell absorption of runes was feasible.
Chen Mu had already recorded the entire process of the cells absorbing the runes through the Xiaozhi in his cerebral cortex.
Upon returning to the Rune Research Institute, he believes that with continued in-depth research, the application of runes at the cellular level will no longer be a secret to him.
"I'm ready! Let's go back."
Chen Mu opened his eyes and stood up.
The four humans and one beast guarding them nodded, grabbed the two prisoners, and headed towards the village of the Ancient Desolate Remnant Clan.
"It's too much trouble to go this way, let me take you back!"
With a wave of his hand, Chen Mu sent everyone else flying, enveloped in Spiritual Power. Amidst gasps of surprise, they sped towards the village of the Ancient Desolate Remnant Clan race at incredible speed.
With Wang Yu executed, the others in New Residents District were powerless to resist, and Chen Mu quickly breached the city gates and seized leadership.
The only Core Formation Realm martial artist assigned by Wang Yu to guard the main camp was completely powerless against Chen Mu and was easily captured.
The Core Formation Realm martial artists who remained behind, like Tu Nan, were all trained by Wang Yu from a young age and were extremely loyal to Wang Yu. Mingye felt there was no need to keep them, so he killed them directly.
What followed was a thorough search, and the wealth that Wang Yu ultimately revealed surprised even Chen Mu.
When Wang Yu first entered the Ancient Desolate Mining Area, he carried out a bloody suppression of the Ancient Desolate Remnant Clan Ancient Desolate Remnant Clan plundered a large amount of their cultivation resources. After years of management, his wealth is now comparable to that of the eight major tribes of the Wilderness.
Now all this wealth naturally belonged to Chen Mu. Chen Mu was very satisfied with this unexpected windfall and did not continue to torment Wang Yu, allowing Mingye to give him a quick death.
Among the wealth left behind by Wang Yu, the largest quantity consisted of elixirs.
Although alchemists don't play a significant role in the mining area, there are always alchemists in each generation. They refine the various spiritual materials abundant in the mining area into pills, making them easier to preserve and enhancing their medicinal properties.
Although the variety of spiritual materials in the mining area is not large, each one is of good quality. If so many high-quality pills are brought back to Chen Village, it will be a huge boost to the overall strength of Chen Village.
New Residents District is much more developed than the villages established by the Ancient Desolate Remnant Clan; it's like a town in the Central Land Plains.
Chen Mu has now taken over Wang Yu's residence, a magnificent three-story building with extremely ornate decorations, as beautiful as a palace.
"For the next period of time, I will focus on using the Mysterious Spirit Grass to create Dispelling Rune to ensure that we can leave this place safely."
Don't bother me here unless it's something important.
Chen Mu stood at the entrance of the cultivation room and gave instructions to the others.
"Alright, Young Master Chen. During this time, I will also compile a list of clansmen who will be leaving with you."
We'll wait outside for Mr. Chen's good news.
Nangong Ya bowed and said.
Although the amount of Mysterious Spirit Grass looted from Wang Yu this time was not much, there were still more than 500 plants, which, according to Chen Mu's previous statement, was more than enough for the twelve people to leave.
Chen Mu smiled and nodded, then turned and went into the cultivation room, while Mingye closed the door from the outside.
Chen Village front line, inside the military camp.
"Damn it!! The Black Iron Tribe, the Golden Ridge Tribe, and the Azure Tiger Tribe —these three major tribes have all sent their elite troops to support the Jianglan Tribe."
The original alliance of two major tribes has now become an alliance of five major tribes.
This situation couldn't possibly be a spontaneous alliance on their own; there must be someone with immense power pulling the strings behind the scenes, trying to use this method to destroy our Chen Village."
Chen Zihu stood beside the command platform and said angrily.
"That's right! At our current rate of expansion, we are far from threatening the other three major tribes."
Moreover, their territory is so far away from ours; sending troops here now is far too far ahead of their plans.
Nan Huaiyuan nodded and echoed in agreement.
The eight major tribes in the Wilderness are all very far apart. Among them, the Flame Blessing Tribe and the Jianglan Tribe are the closest to each other, but they are still separated by the Demonic Beast Mountain Range, which is thousands of kilometers long.
The Black Iron Tribe, the Golden Ridge Tribe, and the Azure Tiger Tribe are all extremely far from Chen Village. The Golden Ridge Tribe, in particular, is more than 10,000 kilometers away from Chen Village. It's a bit too much for them to travel such a long distance to support the Jianglan Tribe.
"And another thing! The disappearances of my brother and Sister Ming are also very suspicious."
I'm increasingly suspicious that my brother and his family were murdered by malicious people.
I hope they're alright, otherwise I'll definitely find this person and tear him to pieces!
Chen Duo also shared her insights.
During this period, the war between Chen Village and the Jiang Lan and Yanzhu tribes has become fierce. Although they have won more battles than they have lost, Chen Village is far inferior to its opponents in terms of resources and strength. Now they can only try to reduce casualties and conserve their troops.
Now the elite tribes of the other three major tribes have set off, and in seven or eight days, the enemy's strength will increase again, which will undoubtedly bring new pressure to Chen Village.