Time flies, years are like arrows.
Time flows like a swift phantom, quickly dissipating.
In two or three months, everyone arrived at the exit of the Sun and Moon Lake Cave Heaven.
Here it is called "Immortal Cave", from the outside looks like a cave, but Chen Yun followed Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming and Longnuo three nine and other people into its finding a different world.
The Immortal Cave is like a vast basin, surrounded by mountains on all sides.
The mountains there are bizarre in shape, either as if people floating in the sky with a dream, or as if monks sitting and reflecting on the human nature and the Dao.
Each mountain peak is in the shape of a "Immortal".
The name "Immortal Cave" must have come from this.
What is puzzling is that although this basin is estimated to be several thousand square kilometers in size, Chen Yun saw no plants here and there are no signs of animals.
At the center of the Immortal Cave, there is a gate made of crystallized light.
This door is also quite peculiar. From the front and back, it seems to be within the Immortal Cave, but it's like a mirage or a dream; one can stretch out their hand and yet cannot touch it.
At this time, there are many other low-level cultivators in the Immortal Cave besides Chen Yun and the others.
Chen Yun glanced at it, estimating that there were over a thousand cultivators or monsters.
Logically speaking, everyone should have collected quite a bit of celestial and spiritual roots, as well as treasures, while exploring the celestial realm. Different cultivators being here could very well lead to incidents of murder and robbery.
However, Chen Yun saw that everyone was very well-behaved and there were no signs of any nefarious activities.
"These gates to the celestial realm, once opened, we can leave." Wu Kejiu introduces: "The Immortal Cave is somewhat different from other places in the celestial realm. It coincides with countless worlds and exists in a place that can be sensed by the outside world."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yun was astonished, "This place can be sensed from the outside?"
Qin Ming laughed and said, "Teacher, otherwise why are people so well-behaved?"
Longnuo three nine supplemented: "I heard an elder said that a century ago, someone once killed and robbed here, the murderer was a powerful cultivator at the level of the master, the object of murder was a middle-level mage, the cause was that the middle-level mage had a strange celestial root in his hand, thus attracting the envious gaze of that master. It is normal for a master to kill a middle-level mage. After all, the law of nature is fierce competition in cultivation realm. That master also thought so. However, who knew that that middle-level mage had come from an important background? He was a disciple of one of the branches of Lingbao School. Then that master suffered misfortune. The ancestral master of Lingbao School felt what happened inside Immortal Cave and let his disciple Dragon Fire True Man take action. He waited until that master broke through to achieve True Man Realm and directly destroyed him completely."
Ding Xu nodded and said, "Since then, those who explore the celestial realm dare not cause trouble in the Immortal Cave. After all, no one knows each other's background. If you offend someone from a major sect, you might not even know how you died."
Chen Yun suddenly understood and realized why the Immortal Cave was so peaceful.
The group chatted casually for a few sentences, and then camped at the foot of the empty negative sword peak to rest.
The group ate dry rations while chatting about their emotional state.
Suddenly, Wu Kejiu looked sideways and asked, "Mr. Chen, you broke through to the upper-level mage late two or three months ago. So many days have passed, why haven't you cultivated to the highest level mage yet?"
When it comes to this, everyone looks at Chen Yun's face.
Chen Yun smiled and said, "It's not easy to become a Grand Mage."
Zhang Ling looked at Chen Yun with admiration, "Grand Mage is very difficult for ordinary people, but I think it should be very easy for Mr. Chen."
Sun Yan nodded vigorously by the side, she was like Zhang Ling, after nearly half a year of cohabitation, she was filled with blind admiration for Chen Yun.
"Two or three months ago, I thought I could easily break through to the Grand Mage realm," Chen Yun said sincerely, "But over these two or three months, as I continuously refine the meat of the centipede's foot, my true essence has been constantly growing, both in my physical form and my spiritual essence. However, I have never been able to cross that threshold. It seems like a kick at the door, right in front of me, but actually it is infinitely far away in the boundless sky."
"Okay."
"Seems that we won't be able to see Mr. Chen break through to Grand Mage before we leave the celestial realm."
"Not necessarily, there are still one or two months left, right?"
There were various opinions, some were disappointed, and others hoped Chen Yun could.
Chen Yun seemed very calm.
Since two and a half months ago when he broke through to the late-level mage, Chen Yun has been refining the meat of the centipede's foot.
To be honest, the spiritual essence contained in the centipede's foot is far superior to that of the water snake's blood.
Chen Yun analyzed and concluded that the amount of spiritual essence contained in the centipede's meat is about twice that of the water snake's blood.
According to logic, with such abundant spiritual energy, the distance between himself and becoming a Grand Mage should be only one step away. After so long, it should have been possible for him to break through to the Grand Mage realm.
In fact, he actually cultivated it, but did not reach this realm.
I'm not sure if it's because of the quick advancement in cultivation by relying on external objects.
Or maybe the "energy" required to reach the Grand Mage realm is too vast.
Anyway, every time Chen Yun refines the meat of the centipede's foot, he feels that he just needs a bit more true essence to break through.
Expectations were repeatedly filled with hope, only to be met with failure time and time again.
Chen Yun gradually realized that there was still a long way to go in the amount of true essence in his body.
The accumulation of this true essence cannot be rushed.
Since his spiritual breakthrough, he has become very serene.
Not pleased by material things, not saddened by personal matters.
Whether he can break through to the Grand Mage realm before leaving the celestial realm is of no importance to him.
What is important to Chen Yun is the experience of his cultivation and what he has sensed and learned from it.
"There is still one piece of the centipede's foot meat left. I will try again tonight. If I cannot break through to the Grand Mage realm, then I will talk about it when we leave the celestial realm and settle down."
He knew that he was already close to the Grand Mage realm, and what he lacked now was the qualitative transformation of true essence.
Once the true essence can undergo qualitative transformation, it should be a smooth process.
……
Night came quickly.
As usual, Chen Yun summoned his external avatar to guard him, then took out the last piece of centipede foot meat.
After steaming and cooking it until it was fully cooked, he swallowed the centipede foot meat.
He started to run the internal Dan technique, refining the spiritual essence in the centipede foot meat.
An enormous amount of Qi and essence kept spurting out.
Under the operation of the technique, these spiritual energy kept transforming into true essence. Either it descended to the lower dantian, or it dispersed into all parts of the body to shape and refine it, or it rose to the Huangting to nourish one's spiritual essence.
Chen Yun's body gradually began to emit a warm aura like purified Yang.
Chen Yun cultivated while inwardly observing, wanting to see if the true essence could undergo a qualitative transformation.
While inwardly observing, Chen Yun saw that the true essence was becoming increasingly thick.
It seems that after "refining" for a little longer, it will completely solidify.
Of course, whether it's sticky or the so-called "solid," these are all sensory perceptions in the spirit, not actual concrete forms.
As the spiritual energy generated by the centipede's foot continued to flow into the lower dantian, the true essence inside it became even more solid.
Gradually, Chen Yun felt that the true essence wanted to condense into a tangible form.
"Hmm, could it be... that I really have a chance to reach the Grand Mage realm?"
Although this is a great joy, Chen Yun still appears very calm.
After all, such an event had been happening repeatedly in the past two and a half months, but ultimately it could not really break through.
Naturally, he did not have high expectations.
Chen Yun tried his best to refine all the spiritual energy in the centipede's foot meat.
Time was passing one drop at a time.
Day after day, he spent seven days refining the centipede's foot meat.
Finally, on a day with pouring rain, Chen Yun ended this refinement.
He checked the true essence in his body and couldn't help but shake his head, "It's still one step short."
Now, both the water snake's blood and the centipede's foot meat have been refined.
So, although there are still one or two months left, in reality, it does not possess the conditions to challenge the Grand Mage realm.
His attempt to challenge the Grand Mage realm failed.
"It's not a hurry. If it really can't be done, after we go out to look for the Immortal Red Flower, as long as we gather all the celestial and terrestrial spiritual roots needed for the high-configuration version of the Refining Essence into Qi soup, I believe becoming a Grand Mage will be within reach."
Chen Yun's attitude is very stable, and he does not feel frustrated because he failed to challenge the Grand Mage realm.
In fact, there were some gains even during this period of challenge.
At least, Chen Yun felt that he had reached the peak of the upper-level mage realm, and he would be able to kill someone of the same level in an instant.
As for the Grand Mage, at the initial stage, he could not say that he could definitely win, but at least ensuring his own survival should not be a problem.
"I may not be a match for a Grand Mage like Merlin, who is in the middle stage. The initial threat is not significant."
Chen Yun has great confidence in himself.
Although there is a gap in the realm, with the cultivation of Feiling Yu Ju She, Erlang Shen's "Badu-Bao Xuan Gong," and the core foundation internal cultivation technique, the pressure for him to face a typical upper-level mage at the initial stage is not too great.
"Although the attempt to challenge the Grand Mage realm failed, there is still one or two months left. It's a good time to consolidate the true essence enhanced by external means."
Chen Yun knew what he should do and immediately formulated a plan.
...
One or two months went by quickly.
During that time, more and more cultivators arrived at the Immortal Cavern.
Particularly today, there are already more than 5000 cultivators gathered in the Immortal Cavern.
After all, tomorrow the main gate of the celestial realm will be opened, and almost all who should return have arrived.
As for the remaining 3000 to 4000 cultivators who haven't been seen, it's estimated that they have perished.
It must be said that exploring the Yueyue Lake Cave Heaven is extremely cruel, with a death rate of nearly 40%.
But these have little to do with Chen Yun's group.
This time, they not only didn't lose any personnel but also had abundant harvests, which is especially rare.
Perhaps it's because tomorrow the entrance to the outside world will be opened, so the Immortal Cavern is extremely noisy, with many people talking about what they want to do after returning.
The same is true for Chen Yun's group.
However, Chen Yun did not join in the conversation with Wu Koushou and others.
Because he suddenly received a message from his teacher transmitted from the outside world.
"The flood is imminent." There seemed to be a trace of anger in the teacher's message, "Once you leave the Yueyue Lake Cave Heaven tomorrow, you must immediately head to the Wanli Stone Pond!"
Although Chen Yun didn't know how his teacher transmitted the message, he quickly tried to silently recite in his heart, "Disciple obeys the teacher's command. May I ask what tasks the disciple needs to accomplish after arriving at the Wanli Stone Pond?"
Zhong Liuyuan's tone was filled with killing intent, "Bring Wang Zaixi back to the Transmission Hall and see me. Whether he is alive or dead, I want to see him with my own eyes, and his spirit if he is dead!"
What?
What about Wang Zaixi?
Chen Yun couldn't help but feel a huge shock in his heart. The most important people to him after his teacher besides gratitude were Wang Laozhi and Wang Zaixi.
Wang Laozhi can be said to be the guide on Chen Yun's cultivation path. Without him, Chen Yun would not have been able to enter the Transmission Hall to learn from his master.
As for Wang Zaixi, before Chen Yun officially became his master's disciple, the other's unwavering teachings had been immensely beneficial to him, truly giving him a taste of what the first step of true cultivation is.
Therefore, in Chen Yun's deep heart, he respects Wang Laozhi and Wang Zaixi's master and apprentice duo from the bottom of his heart, even though he is formally Wang Zaixi's uncle.
He did not forget the past kindness because of the change in their relationship.
Now, hearing his teacher say this, Chen Yun naturally felt shocked.
Although his teacher didn't explain anything, Chen Yun felt that Wang Zaixi was likely to have done something equally treacherous as betraying his master, otherwise it would not have been possible for his teacher to issue such an angry command like "I want to see him with my own eyes, and his spirit if he is dead!"
Looking at the sun in the sky, Chen Yun furrowed his brows and muttered to himself, "Wang Zaixi, I really hope you don't meet your end. I hope you haven't done anything too terrible."
He never expected that after breaking through to the late-stage of an upper-level mage within the Yueyue Lake Cave Heaven, his first battle outside would be against Wang Zaixi, whom he respected deeply in his heart.
However, as a revered deity who shakes the heavens and the ten thousand worlds, his teacher would not have made him pursue and kill Wang Zaixi, who is gifted and extraordinary, without reason.
Therefore, Chen Yun roughly knew that this time Wang Zaixi had likely done something extremely terrible, provoking his teacher's anger thoroughly.
As for why he didn't send Wang Laozhi instead,
Chen Yun pondered over it, Wang Laozhi was Wang Zaixi's teacher, so he might "let the water flow", and even let the other party flee to foreign lands, so his master sent him to go.
Thinking of this, his mood became somewhat somber.
Chen Yun took a deep breath and said, "No matter what, my teacher has issued a command. I will definitely bring Wang Zaixi back, but I won't kill him. Moreover, even if he has done something that angering the heavens and the people, when I bring him back, I will do everything I can to plead for mercy from my teacher."
There is only one possibility that will happen, and that is seeing him alive.
Absolutely not seeing his spirit!
(Chapter ends)
