Beneath the dust-veiled sky.
Chen Xun and Big Black Ox silently exchanged a glance, a trace of surprise flashing through their eyes.
"Old Ox, the body-tempering effects of this Divine Mountain are really this outrageous?"
"Moo moo..."
There was a sour edge to their words. Though they had long known of the Heavenly Foundation Stone's miraculous effects, time would never return.
They were no longer in the Great Vehicle Realm of their youth. Naturally, they could not sever their Dao and start cultivating anew. The heaven-and-earth aura of the Divine Mountain Continent was not yet so exaggerated that it could temper an immortal body.
"I remember, back when we were in the Great Vehicle Realm, we were still running for our lives, hehe." Chen Xun smiled wistfully. "How could we have found such a heaven-reaching opportunity? Still, seeing those youngsters in such circumstances... Old Ox, we really are something."
"Moo~~" Big Black Ox chuckled, understanding what Chen Xun meant.
They said no more. Everything was contained in their exchanged gaze, and then they went back to working hard.
Outside the mountain range, at the mining pit.
A pink, tender little elephant stood there looking around, its eyes filled with confusion as it sensed the commotion coming from the pit.
Judging by its appearance, it was Little An Ning.
Its body had now grown as large as a lion's. Many Heavenly Foundation Stones were piled up within it, not yet fully digested. It no longer ate, instead digesting them day and night... or, as it was called, refining them.
Standing atop Serenity's head was a Nascent Soul Realm toad with deep eyes, a stalk of Dust Cleansing Grass in its mouth and its arms folded over its chest. It was none other than Frog Daoist, living out his Second Life!
"Serenity,