White Turtle's words were like a wake-up call, and were extremely helpful to Chen Mu.
After thanking the White Turtle, he immediately began cultivating, hoping to reach the Quasi-Divine Realm as soon as possible.
More than half a year later.
Chen Mu's Dharma Power suddenly began to stir, and then a holographic image appeared behind him.
" Talisman World Divine Power, condense!"
Chen Mu reached out and made a grasping motion, and a wisp of energy composed of countless golden runes condensed before his eyes. However, this wisp of energy disappeared after only a short while.
"Haha, congratulations on reaching the Quasi-Divine Realm."
White Turtle smiled and congratulated Chen Mu.
Although Chen Mu has not spent a long time condensing Divine Power, once he succeeds, it means that Chen Mu has already stepped into the Quasi-Divine Realm. And as long as he has enough divine matter, he will soon become Demigod.
"Thank you! Now I need to focus all my efforts on condensing the World Crystal, otherwise I won't be able to leave the True Qi Grotto-Heaven with you."
Cultivation is impossible when condensing World Crystal, and condensing World Crystal is often impossible when cultivating, which is why World Crystal are so precious in the outside world.
Only those Sage who are truly impoverished rely on condensing World Crystal to exchange for resources. Sage with even a little wealth will not use their precious cultivation time to condense World Crystal.
As Chen Mu's cultivation level improved, his speed in condensing World Crystal naturally increased. So, in just over three months, he and his substitute had condensed enough World Crystal.
At roughly the same time, the White Turtle finished condensing a thousand World Crystal. Finally, they summoned a golden pillar of light, exchanged for the divine artifacts they wanted, and then left.
"This grotto-heaven only has one divine artifact left. Once that artifact is taken away, the trial of this grotto-heaven will close."
Before leaving, Chen Mu noticed this problem.
It seems I need to speed things up. There are still two more caves I haven't entered. If I'm too slow, the divine treasures there might be taken away.
When Chen Mu and White Turtle arrived at the entrance to the secret realm, they happened to encounter a group of people entering the secret realm.
"Are these people from the Immortal Martial Continent?"
Chen Mu carefully examined the crowd and finally spotted an old man. This old man was the same one from the Immortal Martial Continent who had previously seized the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree from the Eight Directions Chamber of Commerce Merchant Guild and was eventually driven away by Chen Mu.
The group from the Immortal Martial Continent consisted of seven people. Upon seeing Chen Mu and his two companions, they immediately became wary and drew their weapons.
Chen Mu and White Turtle were not to be outdone, releasing their own aura. In this secret realm devoid of gods, Huai God was already the pinnacle of combat power, and they feared no one.
"What! You still want to take it by force?"
Chen Mu stared coldly at the old man from the Immortal Martial Continent. The old man clearly recognized him and looked very frightened.
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! Please put your weapons away immediately."
Young brother, we've only come here to participate in the cave trial; we have absolutely no intention of killing or stealing treasures.
Although the old man's strength was average, he was very familiar with the Pan Emperor Continent Pan Emperor Continent because he had come here a long time ago, so he was highly respected by the adventurers of the Immortal Martial Continent.
Seeing that the old man had said this, and sensing that Chen Mu and his two companions were not easy to deal with, they had no choice but to put away their weapons.
"Alright! You can leave now. If you want what I have, I'm available anytime."
The Immortal Martial Continent was also a very powerful plane, and Chen Mu did not want to cause any more trouble, so he let them leave.
Under the persuasion of the old man from the Immortal Martial Continent, the people of the Immortal Martial Continent did not linger and quickly found their own caves and entered.
Seeing that everyone had left, Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly rushed into the nearby invisibility array to rejoin Mingye and his group.
"Alright, let's not delay, I'll enter the Fifth Grotto-Heaven now."
Master, you can also enter the Fifth Grotto-Heaven. Come with me this time.
When Elder Ming tried before, only two grotto-heavens opened for him: the Yang Soul Grotto-Heaven and this Fifth Grotto-Heaven.
The Fifth Grotto-Heaven, the Life Grotto-Heaven.
Of all the grotto-heavens, this was the most comfortable one for Chen Mu. The air here contained an incredibly rich vitality. Elder Ming only took a deep breath and felt as if he had become several years younger.
"Haha, this is so comfortable! I wish I could stay here for a while!"
The scenery here is beautiful, with clear waters and lush mountains, birds singing and flowers blooming, just like a paradise on earth. No wonder Elder Ming made such a remark.
However, when they learned about the trials in this grotto-heaven, they couldn't help but feel a mix of amusement and exasperation.
The trial mission in this grotto is to rescue ten thousand animals that died unnaturally.
During the trial, the trial participant must not harm any living being in the Life Grotto-Heaven. If any living being is injured because of the trial participant, the trial will immediately fail, and the participant will be sent away from the Life Grotto-Heaven.
"In other grotto-heavens, there's always fighting and killing. Suddenly, we're not allowed to fight anymore. It's really hard to get used to."
Chen Mu smiled, feeling helpless about the trial content of this cave, but after wandering around for a while, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately! This grotto-heaven doesn't restrict cultivators' abilities, and the materials are quite abundant. With our manufacturing capabilities, we should be able to complete the trial quickly."
After discussing it with Elder Ming, he immediately began to disperse and collect materials.
Their first priority was to create reconnaissance puppets.
Because this grotto-heaven is neither too big nor too small, if cultivators were to rely solely on themselves to search for animals that had died unnaturally, it would take an eternity to revive ten thousand such animals.
After investigating, Chen Mu discovered that the creatures in this cave were not very strong, with the strongest being below the King Level, which made him feel much more at ease.
Otherwise, if a powerful being were chasing after you every day, and you couldn't fight back, you would be incredibly frustrated.
More than a month later, Chen Mu and Elder Ming both created a large number of puppets using their own methods. Then they began to refine healing medicines. Elder Ming's method was more traditional, and he refined some healing elixirs, while Chen Mu made a big pot of mixed ingredients and refined a large barrel of Talisman Medicine.
Despite their different appearances, they ultimately lead to the same goal: Chen Mu's Talisman Medicine are mainly easy to manufacture, can be mass-produced, and he can also innovate on his own.
Elder Ming's elixir, on the other hand, would not waste its medicinal properties and would be of better quality.
With the medicine available, they dispersed to help creatures in various places, working as diligently as gardeners in this land.
Although there are many living beings in this world, Chen Mu and Elder Ming cannot arrive in time to save every single one. So even though they are very diligent, they can only save a few living beings each day.
They stayed in this plane for more than five months, and finally managed to gather 10,000 living beings for each person to complete the trial.