Han Zishu stood there hesitating for a long time. This decision would have a huge impact on her future, and she dared not make a decision lightly.
However, after some internal struggle, she made her decision.
She reached out her palm, grasped a strange, spherical object, and absorbed it into her body.
"Trial complete! Now we'll send you back to the entrance of the secret realm."
With a whoosh, before Chen Mu could even greet Han Zishu, Han Zishu vanished along with the golden light.
"It's a pity we didn't keep Han Zishu."
Chen Mu looked around and, confirming that Han Zishu would not reappear, could only sigh inwardly.
However, he now knows the process by which the True Body Grotto-Heaven bestows rewards, which is of great reference value to him.
Once you claim the reward, you will be teleported away.
In that case, I should fill both fog clouds at the same time, so that I don't get eliminated after only receiving one reward.
With Han Zishu's case as an example, he finally felt relieved and immediately set off to hunt down the ferocious beasts, striving to leave the True Body Grotto-Heaven as soon as possible.
Eight days later, on a snow-capped mountain.
Covered in blood, Chen Mu killed a snow bear that was five zhang tall. Only when he saw blood mist rising from its body did Chen Mu breathe a sigh of relief and lie down to rest.
"This should be enough! We can finally leave the True Body Grotto-Heaven."
Although this snow bear did not reach the God Level, it was still at the Quasi-God Level. In addition, its huge size made it take Chen Mu a lot of effort to kill it.
Although he could leave soon, Chen Mu was not in a hurry. Instead, he cut off the snow bear's two paws and tied them to its back with vines.
"This snow bear's flesh and blood are rich in essence; taking some back for Master and the others to try will be good for their health."
After restoring his body to its peak condition, he reached out and absorbed the blood mist from the snow bear's corpse into his body, then divided it evenly into two streams, which entered the two blood clusters in his mind respectively.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Unsurprisingly, Chen Mu experienced the same scene as Han Zishu, but the difference was that the golden light shining on Chen Mu consisted of two rays, which merged together and became even more dazzling.
Congratulations on completing the test of the True Body Grotto-Heaven!
These are the reward items from the True Body Grotto-Heaven; you may choose one to take with you.
Congratulations on completing the test of the True Body Grotto-Heaven!
These are the reward items from the True Body Grotto-Heaven; you may choose one to take with you.
The same words rang in Chen Mu's ears twice. Then, two halos appeared around Chen Mu, each containing seven divine objects that seemed to be waiting for Chen Mu to choose one.
"This... does this mean I can take both of them separately?"
This was clearly a logical flaw, but after a brief attempt, Chen Mu dismissed his idea of taking a shortcut.
"The two halos are just appearances; they actually point to the same object, like pointers in programming pointing to the same memory location. Trying to access them simultaneously is meaningless and might even cause trouble."
After a moment's thought, he reached out his right hand without hesitation and grabbed a World Seed that resembled a small pebble.
"There's one more thing, what should I get?"
He looked around and finally caught a ginseng-shaped herb in another circle of light.
This is Great Dao of the True Body divine medicine. With it, he might be able to step into the Void God Realm in a short time, thus protecting himself and successfully cultivating his plane.
Having determined what he wanted, Chen Mu withdrew his hands and absorbed both divine objects into his dantian.
Ordinary mortal objects cannot be directly placed into his virtual inner world, but these two divine objects are clearly different, easily entering his inner world.
"Trial complete! Now we'll send you back to the entrance of the secret realm."
The pleasant voice wasn't unpleasant to listen to, but it sounded very mechanical. Even the words spoken were exactly the same as when Han Zishu left, and this time they were repeated again.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Chen Mu could feel the teleportation light flashing twice around his body, but fortunately, it did not cause him any harm.
He felt dizzy and lightheaded. After a while, he arrived at the entrance to the Kunlun Secret Realm again, a place filled with stars.
"It's back!"
Chen Mu looked around, but it was completely silent; he couldn't make out anything.
Fortunately, Chen Mu had planted a memory rune in the void, through which he could know what had happened in this space during that time.
He closed his eyes and drew a ball of light from the sky, which entered his brow.
"I didn't expect Han Zishu to stay; she even went to the Second Grotto-Heaven."
During this period, no one else came out from the various grotto-heavens except for Han Zishu, so Chen Mu relaxed a lot.
In this place, Chen Mu discovered that the storage ring was usable, so he quickly put the two bear paws that were tied to his body into the storage ring, and also took the time to repair his substitute puppet.
"The substitute puppet can give me a second reward, so I can't let it go to waste."
Chen Mu had originally planned to discard the substitute, but now he treasured it greatly. He took out a large amount of spiritual materials from his storage ring and mixed them into a rune liquid for the substitute to absorb.
Chen Mu stayed there for a full day and night, until he had repaired the substitute puppet to nearly 80% completion, before he could finally relax.
"This is the most I can repair it for now. I hope it can hold out until my main body goes to rescue it after it enters the trial in the cave."
The trials within the True Body Grotto-Heaven weren't particularly difficult for Chen Mu, but that didn't mean he would find the trials in other cave heavens so easy.
Chen Mu's Runic Body was naturally exceptional. Even among gods, it was extremely rare for a physical body to be as versatile as his. Moreover, he had encountered many fortuitous events during this period and absorbed many rare divine objects that nourished his physical body.
If one can encounter ferocious beasts with God Level bodies in the True Body Grotto-Heaven, then if one goes to the Grotto-Heaven that tests Spiritual Power, will one encounter beings with Divine Power?
Thinking of this, Chen Mu also felt the pressure.
Which grotto should we visit now?
Chen Mu stepped forward, and then seven spatial tunnels opened up in front of him. This time, the tunnels of the True Body Grotto-Heaven did not appear again, which clearly meant that the same Cave Heaven trial could not be repeated.
After considering it for a long time, he finally decided to enter the Ninth Grotto-Heaven first.
It has been more than three months since Elder Ming entered the Ninth Grotto-Heaven, but Chen Mu is still worried about his safety. After all, Elder Ming the weakest in cultivation among their group. Even though the Time Dao of Talismans is very special, it is hard to guarantee that it will not be countered by the enemy.
On the other hand, he could sense that the Ninth Grotto-Heaven was a place that tested one's Divine Soul, and with his ability to utilize his Divine Soul, he should have an absolute advantage there.