"I entered the Seventh Grotto-Heaven. The Spiritual Qi inside is very strong. I feel that it should be suitable for me."
Mingye has always been independent; she has her own pursuits and has no intention of going with Chen Mu.
"Then I'll go to the third cave! It'll be good to give it a try, but I'm too old, I'm past my growth period, so I guess the success rate of obtaining the opportunity won't be very high."
The Black Tortoise clan is known for its longevity, and the White Turtle is not considered old among them, but it has indeed passed its growth period.
"Okay, it's settled then!"
If everyone gets out, meet up here. If anyone hasn't come out yet, I'll try to find you later.
After discussing their plan, the four of them didn't mince words and each stepped into their respective target cave.
A moment later, the starry sky returned to calm, so quiet that it was as if no one had ever been there.
With a whoosh, a spatial rift opened up, and Chen Mu fell through it.
"Ugh... I feel so dizzy."
Without the protection of the spaceship, Chen Mu once again felt the pain of time travel. He staggered to his feet after falling to the ground and it took him a while to recover.
This is a primeval forest, with towering trees blocking out the sun, much like the depths of Wilderness. Chen Mu could even hear the low growls of ferocious beasts in the distance, which looked quite formidable.
"My Dharma Power cannot be projected outwards, and my spiritual senses have vanished."
Chen Mu quickly realized the abnormality in his body. He discovered that his Dharma Power was imprisoned within his body, making it impossible for him to communicate with his surroundings.
That means he can only experience the world through his physical body now, and he can't use his special skills and martial arts techniques.
"The refined weapon is unusable, and I can't open the magic item space either!"
Chen Mu tried again and found that although the Wentian Divine Spear was inside his body, he was completely unable to activate it.
He tried activating his spatial wristband and storage ring, but the storage runes on them seemed to be completely ineffective, serving no purpose here.
"It seems this is the test of the Kunlun Secret Realm!"
In this cave filled with the power of flesh and blood, one can only fight using physical strength, but how can I pass the test?
Just as Chen Mu had this Thought, a pleasant voice suddenly reached his ears.
"Welcome to the True Body Grotto-Heaven. Here you are not allowed to use any power other than your physical body, or you will be punished."
This grotto-heaven contains the Great Dao of the True Body. The beings that grow here all contain True Body Profound Meaning Fragment. Your goal is to kill them and absorb their True Body Profound Meaning Fragment.
Once you've absorbed a certain threshold of Profound Mystery Fragment, you can pass the test of this grotto-heaven and receive the final reward.
The message conveyed in the voice was very clear, and Chen Mu immediately understood what he needed to do.
"It seems cheating is not an option; doing so would likely result in punishment."
Chen Mu was just wondering if he could open up another dantian here, just like in the Netherworld, to absorb the energy here.
But after hearing that mysterious voice transmission, he immediately gave up the Thought, since he couldn't be sure if his cheating would be detected by that mysterious consciousness.
If discovered, I'll likely find nothing here and might even encounter danger.
"With my physical strength, the trials here should be no challenge for me; there's no need to take any risks."
After thinking it through, Chen Mu didn't linger. He bent his knees slightly, leaped up, and landed on a large tree.
After his Divine Soul power could no longer be released, he could no longer use long-distance communication methods to contact his flesh and blood substitute. However, he could still vaguely sense the location of the flesh and blood substitute, and he was now heading in that direction.
"Hopefully, the flesh-and-blood substitute can hold on and not be killed by those two divine children."
Chen Mu prayed silently, Great Strength Rune appeared beneath his feet, allowing him to leap rapidly between tree trunks.
Here, although the power of the Runic Body cannot be released externally, there is absolutely no problem in casting runes within the body.
Da da da...!
Because Chen Mu's journey was too noisy, and he was unable to conceal his aura and sound with the Concealment Rune, he quickly attracted the attention of the ferocious beasts.
With a whoosh, a ferocious beast resembling a cheetah suddenly burst out of the bushes and pounced straight at Chen Mu.
Undeterred, Chen Mu met the claws with his fist, and the two collided.
Snap! Bang! Bang!
Although Chen Mu was fierce and domineering, the leopard was not weak either. It actually fought Chen Mu several times without breaking its front paws. After being knocked back and falling to the ground, it immediately rolled over and ran away.
What incredible vitality!
If other Sage were to enter, dealing with one such ferocious beast should not be a problem, but if they encountered more than a dozen such beasts in succession, they would probably perish very quickly.
The True Body Grotto-Heaven cannot use Spiritual Power and Soul Power, which means that most of the cultivator's group attack methods cannot be used. Moreover, the physical strength of the body is limited. Unless one can achieve the state of physical godhood and perfection, one can easily be killed by group attacks.
Because Chen Mu has Biological Intelligent Brain that controls the cells in his body, he can have very precise control over his body. For example, during a battle, he can control half of the cells in his muscles to rest and the other half to be awake. As long as he alternates between them, he can keep his stamina from getting tired.
As long as the intensity of the battle is not too high, his ability to sustain combat is much stronger than that of other Sage, which is his unique advantage.
"We can't delay, let's keep going and rendezvous with the flesh-and-blood substitute first."
Although Talisman-Robed Chen Mu had also been strengthened by Chen Xuejun, he was still far inferior to Chen Mu's true form and was certainly no match for the two divine sons of the Heavenly Court.
Chen Mu continued to move by leaping across tree trunks. After more than two hours, he finally emerged from the forest and saw a huge mountain ahead.
"Without satellite maps and without Divine Soul communication, this feeling is really quite uncomfortable."
Chen Mu felt as if he had returned to his childhood, when he was walking in the forest and could only keep groping forward. He had no idea how big the forest was or what lay ahead.
He could only rely on his sight, smell, and hearing to obtain information about his surroundings. In order to reunite with his physical substitute as soon as possible, he didn't even dare to take a detour, because he had no idea whether the detour would be more difficult.
"No backing down, let's face it head-on!"
Chen Mu sighed briefly, then gritted his teeth, leaped onto the cliff face, and began climbing upwards.
"Just now, we crossed several mountains and several rivers."
It's so rugged and bumpy, why is there so much of it!
I, Old Chen, am off...
For some reason, Chen Mu remembered the theme song of his favorite TV series, " Journey to the West," and couldn't help but start singing it.