Chapter 217: Returning Home

Chen Mo stood before his own residence. The gatekeeper waiting outside saw him return and hurriedly bowed in salute.

"Master!"

As the words fell, the gatekeeper hurriedly opened the courtyard gate to go and report Chen Mo's return first.

Inside the courtyard, several maidservants were sweeping; upon seeing Chen Mo, they also bowed in salute.

Chen Mo smiled and nodded in response, walking all the way toward the main hall of the house. Before he had even stepped inside, he heard a joyful cry.

"Husband." Zhao Yu, dressed in a cyan martial outfit, hurried over from the backyard.

Her body was lightly perspiring, and her breathing and Qi were long and steady.

Chen Mo could tell at a glance that she had just been practicing, and her cultivation was now at Tongmai Perfection.

With the support of numerous heavenly treasures and various cultivation pills, it was only natural that Zhao Yu's cultivation had improved quickly.

It was just that Tongmai Perfection was the limit for resource-assisted cultivation.

"Of course nothing happened; I went to the secret realm for training, not to take risks," Chen Mo smiled slightly and comforted her softly.

The husband and wife had not seen each other for a long time and had too much to say.

"Are you alright?" Zhao Yu asked, her tone slightly worried, her gaze scanning Chen Mo up and down.

After another moment, Zhao Yu, having finished her busy work, walked over with the scent of cooking smoke about her.

Although there were plenty of cooks in the house, some even being imperial chefs from the palace with excellent skills.

Zhao Yu's eyes held anticipation as she sat beside Chen Mo and urged him.

"Alright, I haven't tasted your cooking in a long time either," Chen Mo responded with a laugh, not refusing.

Besides, there were other cooks to assist her, and the ingredients used were all of the highest quality, so the dishes made naturally wouldn't be bad.

Chen Mo had been away for a very long time this time, and she naturally had a thousand thoughts she wanted to share.

Zhao Yu also spoke of some minor problems she had encountered during her practice, and Chen Mo answered them one by one.

Zhao Yu's face was slightly flushed; the wine did not intoxicate the person, but the person was intoxicated by themselves.

Zhao Yu was like this now, clinging to Chen Mo's side, truly reluctant to leave.

He was in no hurry to pick up his chopsticks, sitting to the side and waiting calmly.

Zhao Yu walked quickly out of the main hall to get busy in the kitchen.

He also used his own True Qi to help Zhao Yu warm her meridians, regulate her body, and resolve those minor ailments left behind during her practice.

Chen Mo sat in the dining hall and drank two more cups of tea as dish after dish was brought to the table.

But Chen Mo had been away on a long journey this time, and since he had finally returned, Zhao Yu still wanted to cook a few dishes for him herself to let him have a taste.

Seeing Chen Mo carefully pick up a dish to taste, she felt somewhat worried inside.

Whether she could break through to the Postnatal Realm would likely depend on her own aptitude.

The couple also opened a jar of sweet wine to use as a drink.

This was also her duty as a wife.

As a Martial Artist, she knew that for a powerful Martial Artist, just because there were no visible wounds on the body did not mean there were absolutely no problems.

This was also a little bit of intimacy between the husband and wife.

When she heard Chen Mo had slain demons and saved countless commoners, she cooperated extremely well by expressing admiration, her gaze toward Chen Mo growing increasingly worshipful.

The two no longer embraced, but interlaced their fingers and walked into the main hall together.

If she could succeed, then with further resource support, her cultivation in the Postnatal Realm would naturally be a smooth path.

Zhao Yu listened very carefully, nodding in response from time to time.

"Husband!" Zhao Yu's tone was joyful and excited as she hurried to Chen Mo's side and hugged him tightly.

"That's good," Zhao Yu couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and only then did she pick up her chopsticks to eat.

"It's very delicious, the taste is the same as before," Chen Mo responded with a smile.

The two chatted for a long time before the kitchen maid walked into the main hall.

The wine had been served three times, and the dishes had reached five flavors.

Zhao Yu's skills were not bad to begin with, and even if she was a bit rusty, the dishes she made still tasted very good.

Chen Mo gave her a rough account of his training, only omitting the hardships and dangers, speaking only of the good things and not the bad.

If she failed, then unless she had other opportunities, she would likely be a Tongmai Perfection Martial Artist for the rest of her life.

"Mistress, as you requested, the ingredients are all prepared."

Zhao Yu nodded upon hearing this, looked at Chen Mo, and smiled, "You rest here for a while, I'm going to stir-fry a few dishes for you."

"Hurry and taste how it is; I haven't cooked in a long time and don't know if my skills have gotten rusty."

"Master, Mistress," she said with a respectful bow, then immediately looked at Zhao Yu.

Internal injuries are sometimes the most serious.

As the saying goes, a short separation is better than a new marriage.

Her delicate and curvaceous body was pressed tightly against Chen Mo.

"Husband," she murmured.

Chen Mo pulled her into his arms and waved his hand gently, dismissing the servants nearby.

"I made two new sets of undergarments; do you want to see?" With no outsiders present, Zhao Yu's speech suddenly became bold.

They spoke of some private matters that only the two of them could hear.

"Alright!" Chen Mo said with a laugh, taking the opportunity to pick her up.

"Let's go bathe first," Zhao Yu whispered into Chen Mo's ear.

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Chen Mo stayed at home for nearly a month, until the cultivation resources from the various major powers were successively delivered into the Ancestral Realm.

Only then did Chen Mo set off to leave home.

The situation in the Ancestral Realm remained as it had been in the past, without any changes.

It stood quietly here all the time, acting as the foundation of the Human Race for this world.

However, when Chen Mo approached the Ancestral Realm, he could clearly perceive its difference.

The Heavenly Law was becoming complete, and the mountains, rivers, geography, sun, moon, wind, and water around the Ancestral Realm were all changing because of this situation.

This characteristic had not been present when merging with the Xuantian World previously, but this time, merging with another New World revealed many profound aspects.

The Ancestral Realm was changing the world at an extremely slow speed, making the laws of itself and the surrounding space more complete and stable.

In this way, the Ancestral Realm would have a stronger ability to resist when facing the Mirage Sea.

It was just that this speed of change was extremely slow, to be measured in at least hundreds of years.

But it was indeed growing; no matter how slow the speed, it was still growing.

Chen Mo watched carefully, yet he found it truly difficult to comprehend its profound mysteries.

His own strength was still relatively too weak; although he discovered its changes, he did not know the specific reasons for them.

Chen Mo did not waste any more time and stepped into the Ancestral Realm.

Compared to the outside world, the interior of the Ancestral Realm was even more different, with thousands of laws converging and all kinds of profound phenomena emerging.

Bursts of power fluctuations, like ocean waves, echoed continuously within the Ancestral Realm.

It was just that no matter how turbulent these powers were, their range of influence was always restricted, preventing them from affecting the outside world.

The Ancestral Spirit suddenly revealed its form; it could be seen that because the Heavenly Law was becoming increasingly complete, it could also further liberate its own power.

The form it had evolved into now was already very detailed, only there was no flesh or blood on its body, but it was completely pure white and transparent.

This was actually the true appearance of the Ancestral Spirit; it was not human, and its form was merely an external manifestation to it, with any specific changes depending entirely on its own thoughts.

"You have merged another world into this heaven and earth again; the laws are complete, and the Ancestral Realm will also have some changes."

It took the initiative to speak, explaining the current situation to Chen Mo.

"That you can allow another heaven and earth to merge is a great achievement for the Human Race."

The Ancestral Spirit continued to speak, its tone unable to hide its sense of admiration.

Chen Mo had previously returned to the Cangxuan World, and although he did not come directly to the Ancestral Realm, he had still successively informed the Ancestral Spirit of these news through the Cangxuan Alliance Leader Token.

Regarding many matters such as the Heavenly Court Secret Realm and the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, it also felt quite astonished.

But it immediately realized that this was an opportunity.

However, although it was an opportunity, it could not do anything about this matter.

The reason was simple: as the Ancestral Spirit, it was firmly restricted within the Ancestral Realm.

Once it left this place, the power it could mobilize was extremely limited.

The only thing it could do was to provide resources for Chen Mo as much as possible, allowing him to cultivate well and enhance his strength as much as he could.

In this way, this era would be able to hold out for a longer time.

Chen Mo had come this time, besides collecting the resources that the various powers had transported to the Ancestral Realm earlier.

There was also another point: he wanted to come to obtain the resources behind the second Heaven and Earth Profound Gate.

Although he had not pushed open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate a second time, his cultivation was already sufficient.

As long as he met the strength standard, he could enter the second Heaven and Earth Profound Gate first to obtain the cultivation resources left behind by the predecessors of the Human Race for those who came after.

In addition, there were various types of cultivation techniques; although Chen Mo had now mastered the Xuanhuang Indestructible Body of the True One Realm.

The technique provided by Fengdu Niangniang was indeed complete, but it lacked the experience accumulated by other experts when they cultivated this technique.

These things might seem unimportant, but when truly cultivating, having them meant taking far fewer detours than not having them.

Furthermore, breaking through to the True One Realm was by no means an easy task; Chen Mo's cultivation time was still too short, and he was completely hazy about this realm, unable to grasp even half a key point.

Inside the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate were the cultivation experiences of many experts, which he could take and study carefully one by one; this would facilitate his breakthrough.

"Follow me; I will first take you to see the resources found by the various powers."

The Ancestral Spirit spoke and turned to walk toward the side.

Chen Mo followed closely behind, and after walking for about ten-odd miles, a palace appeared before his eyes.

Inside the palace, thousands of streams of light radiated, and countless heaven-sent materials and earthly treasures were continuously emitting pure Heaven and Earth Qi.

The grades of the heaven-sent materials and earthly treasures sent by the various powers were all different.

The vast majority of them were first or second-grade heaven-sent materials and earthly treasures, with a small amount of third-grade ones.

As for fourth-grade ones, there was not a single one.

The various powers were indeed willing to help Chen Mo collect heaven-sent materials and earthly treasures in exchange for Secret Skills, but as for extremely precious heaven-sent materials and earthly treasures, not to mention whether they had them, even if they did, they would not take them out casually.

But even these low-grade heaven-sent materials and earthly treasures emitted a treasure light that was quite dazzling at this moment.

Chen Mo stepped forward and waved his hand gently; countless True Qi gushed out from his body, putting these heaven-sent materials and earthly treasures one by one into his own Storage Ring.

Once he returned to the Heavenly Court Secret Realm, he would be able to convert them into Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid.

Seeing that Chen Mo had collected the heaven-sent materials and earthly treasures here clean, the Ancestral Spirit immediately turned around and walked toward the most distant, towering mountain peak.

At the top of the peak, a Heaven and Earth Profound Gate stood quietly.

Chen Mo reached out to touch it, and just like before, his figure changed in an instant, arriving inside a vast and majestic palace.

The scene inside the palace remained as it had been in the past, with nine Heaven and Earth Profound Gates, only one of which was in an open state.

Chen Mo walked to another Heaven and Earth Profound Gate and mobilized his own power.

The Myriad Phenomena Power of heaven and earth merged into one.

This Heaven and Earth Profound Gate was pushed open by him with extreme ease, and a more vast and expansive space was revealed before his eyes.

Different from the other Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, the quantity of various cultivation resources inside this Heaven and Earth Profound Gate was clearly a level higher.

Not only that, the number of various cultivation techniques and secret manuals preserved is also countless, and the vast majority are perfectly preserved.

This is because the cultivation strength required to push open this Heaven and Earth Profound Gate is one level higher than the previous one.

But even so, in the countless cycles of the Cangxuan World before, this Heaven and Earth Profound Gate was still opened every single time.

Because pushing open this Heaven and Earth Profound Gate requires greater strength, the powerhouses of the previous era left behind more resources that could be preserved within this Heaven and Earth Profound Gate.

Chen Mo is a top powerhouse in this world, and he has also merged two New Worlds with the current world.

He has great merit and great Heavenly Luck.

As long as his cultivation can continue to improve and has not reached a bottleneck stage.

Then, whether it be the many factions of the Cangxuan World or the Ancestral Spirits, they will all provide him with various resources to use as much as possible.

Only if Chen Mo's cultivation strength is strong enough can their current era be extended as much as possible.

Chen Mo's gaze swept over the resources left here; most of them were Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid, because only such resources are the easiest to preserve.

The only drawback is that they cannot charge the Transformation Pearl, but if they are converted into Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid, then it should be enough to use.

If Chen Mo now wants to continue his Mortal Transformation for his physical body, he needs the replenishment of Heavenly Law.

And the rare treasures that can replenish Heavenly Law are not so easy to find.

Especially since many rare treasures might be effective when first used, but after using them two or three times at most, they have no further effect on oneself.

Although Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid can still play a role now, it will lose its effect after being used a few more times.

If he wants to find an opportunity to continue his Mortal Transformation next, he must find a way to travel to other worlds to obtain more different Heavenly Laws.

However, there is no rush for this matter; with Chen Mo's current aptitude, even without undergoing Mortal Transformation, his cultivation speed can be described as advancing by leaps and bounds.

After collecting half of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid in the spirit pool, Chen Mo walked toward the bookshelf to the side.

"I would like to find some experience records of Human Race predecessors breaking through to the True One Realm, as well as the first six levels of the Xuanhuang Indestructible Body."

Chen Mo looked at the Ancestral Spirit following by his side and spoke slowly.

It had a calm expression and waved its hand gently to search through the thousands of Jade Slips, quickly finding three Jade Slips.

"This Jade Slip contains the cultivation method for the first six levels of the Xuanhuang Indestructible Body. The other two are the experience talks of two Human Race predecessors breaking through from the Myriad Phenomena Realm to the True One Realm.

Among them are many key techniques for True Qi and physical body cultivation; I think they should be useful to you."

The Ancestral Spirit waved its hand gently, and the three Jade Slips came before Chen Mo.

He first put away the other two, and picked up only the Jade Slip recording the Xuanhuang Indestructible Body.

Chen Mo took out the cultivation Putan that was gradually recovering some of its mystery and sat cross-legged upon it; his mind soon became calm and steady.

Between every breath, a mysterious rhythm flowed.

Surging Blood Qi rushed through his body, and a wisp separated to probe into the Jade Slip.

In an instant, the scenery of heaven and earth before his eyes changed drastically.

A young man with a slender figure and an indistinct face appeared before Chen Mo's eyes.

This person's presence was extremely intense; just by standing there, he seemed to become the center of the world, making one unable to help but notice his existence.

(End of this chapter)