The passage to the secret room was short, and after walking for a short while, Chen Mu and his two companions arrived at a spacious room.
The room was simply decorated, with nearly a hundred wooden crates neatly arranged inside, covered in a thick layer of dust, making it look like an underground warehouse.
"After tens of thousands of years, this place has remained so well-preserved; Senior Brother Cai's methods are truly remarkable."
Chen Mu looked around and sighed inwardly.
Although the place looks dirty and dilapidated, only a master of formations like Chen Mu could tell that its layout was extremely ingenious.
Ancient Runes are engraved on the walls and in many key locations here, which can guide the air to circulate. This ensures that the energy of items placed here is not lost, and also prevents items from losing their spirituality due to prolonged stagnation.
Even Chen Mu felt inferior to such methods.
With a creak!
Just as Chen Mu was marveling at the ingenious structure of the place, Mingye had already started working, opening a wooden box.
"This is..."
After the wooden crate was opened, even the usually composed Chen Mu couldn't help but widen his eyes, his face filled with shock.
Because what was inside the wooden box wasn't some fancy stuff, but rather stacks of densely packed interdimensional currency— World Crystal.
"Haha, I knew Old Cai was so stingy, he'd definitely hide some good stuff."
Although White Turtle was happy to see the World Crystal, he did not show any surprise, as he clearly knew Cai Gen very well.
"So many World Crystal, what exactly does Senior Cai Gen do? How did he manage to obtain so many World Crystal?"
Mingye was completely stunned by these World Crystal, and quickly rubbed his eyes, afraid that he was seeing things.
In the Netherworld, she had entered the private vault of the Manju Sacred King, but even the Manju Sacred King only had a collection of nearly ten thousand World Crystal at most.
But here, a single wooden crate contains tens of thousands of crystals. If all the crates here were filled with World Crystal, wouldn't there be millions?
"That's not quite right. In ancient times, World Crystal weren't as precious as they are now. Back then, there was even a World Crystal Mountain in the center of Kunlun Heaven. Any living being that could reach there could collect them at will, and no one would stop them."
However, as the world's World Crystal resources became increasingly scarce, World Crystal began to become precious.
Old Cai had experienced hardship in his youth, and even after he became powerful, he still maintained the habit of hoarding goods.
He's collecting so many World Crystal, not necessarily for his own use. I suspect he's probably seeing the World Crystal market is good and wants to hoard them for a while before selling them, making a profit in the process."
Based on his understanding of Cai Gen, White Turtle speculated.
While the White Turtle was speaking, Mingye and Chen Mu opened the other wooden boxes and, just as expected, found that all of the nearly one hundred boxes were filled with World Crystal.
"This windfall was truly unexpected."
Chen Mu Muyuan thought that he would be lucky to get a few powerful magic treasures or elixirs here, but he didn't expect such a big surprise. Even he felt a little unreal.
However, after his initial euphoria, he gradually calmed down and began to think about how to quickly convert these World Crystal into combat power.
"The restrictions at the entrance will be lifted soon. Let's put away all the World Crystal and make further plans once we're in a safe place."
Mingye, being the most vigilant of the three, spoke up to remind them.
"Okay, let's put it away first."
Chen Mu and Mingye quickly set to work, clearing out all their spatial magic items and stuffing the wooden boxes inside one by one.
These nearly one hundred boxes required a lot of space. In the end, Chen Mu's spatial wrist only managed to fit about sixty boxes before it was full. Fortunately, Mingye also had a spatial wrist that was slightly smaller than Chen Mu's, and she took the rest with her.
When Chen Mu and the other two left, the entire secret room was empty except for the floor and walls; not a single hair was left behind.
"Walk!"
When Chen Mu and his two companions arrived at the entrance, they found more than a dozen mutated monsters loitering outside the pit, fighting fiercely among themselves.
They did not go up to join in the fun. Chen Mu and Bai Gui worked together to use the earth escape method to bypass this area and drilled out on another nearby hilltop.
Although earth escape here is very difficult, they can still be used when necessary.
For Spiritual Power cultivators at the Creation Realm and Domain Realm, their cultivation level is directly related to their inner world. Therefore, World Crystal are undoubtedly their primary resource for breaking through levels.
In the past, when World Crystal were scarce, Chen Mu often used them as a reserve energy source during wartime, and never used them for absorption.
But now, the reserves of World Crystal were clearly more than enough, and Chen Mu had no need to keep them. So he immediately found a relatively safe place with Mingye and began to absorb World Crystal to enhance his cultivation.
Although Chen Mu and Mingye had recently absorbed the cultivation essence given to them by the three Night Watchers, that cultivation essence and the World Crystal were two completely different energies, and there was no conflict between them. Therefore, they had no worries and absorbed it with peace of mind.
About eight days later, Mingye's body radiated seven-colored light, and she broke through to the Mid Saint Level.
About ten days later, Chen Mu reached a bottleneck in absorbing the World Crystal, and his cultivation level also increased to the Peak Mid Saint Level.
"In matters of cultivation, haste makes waste."
Now that you've reached a bottleneck in absorbing the World Crystal, let's explore the center of the Tomb of the Gods a little further!
It's estimated that the Heavenly Court personnel won't linger on the outskirts after they arrive; they'll go straight to the central area.
The White Turtle has been protecting Chen Mu and Mingye these past few days, driving away many mutated monsters that came to bother them.
He's gotten smarter now. He doesn't kill the monsters at all. He either imprisons them to prevent them from escaping, or he knocks them away to make them give up. As long as he doesn't make the monsters bleed, he won't attract more monsters. This is the experience that White Turtle has summarized over the past few days.
"That's fine! There's a place I'd like to visit too."
Grandpa Turtle, come with me!
Chen Mu also thought it was a good idea. He remembered the Divine Furnace Valley that he had visited when he first came to the Tomb of the Gods.
Legend has it that ancient divine pills exist in Divine Furnace Valley. When Chen Mu went there, he carefully recorded the array patterns and deciphered most of them after returning.
He had always wanted to go back again to see if he could get into that dilapidated palace. Even if he didn't get the ancient divine pills, it would be good if he could bring back some holy-grade pills.