Chapter 246: Exploring the Secret Site

Desolate, withered, and silent.

This is the eternal keynote within the Return Ruins; Chen Mo and the Lord of the Blood Sea have now arrived outside the city.

On the vast, boundless earth, there is no vegetation, only endless yellow soil filling the sky.

Occasionally, a withered tree appears, though one cannot know how many years it has been completely dead.

Perhaps these withered trees, before they died, were peerless holy medicines of the previous epoch, containing profound mysteries of creation, capable of bringing the dead back to life and regrowing flesh on bones.

Or perhaps they could cause a Martial Artist's cultivation to advance, leading to a sudden enlightenment, transforming them into a blue dragon soaring straight into the sky.

If not for this, these plants could never have survived until now; they would have long since been destroyed in the Guixu Storm.

"Before I came, my sister passed on a Secret Technique to me, which can briefly stir the power of the Return Ruins to help us reach the vicinity of the secret site she set up.

According to my sister herself, she originally placed this secret site in the fourth layer of the Return Ruins. But with over a hundred thousand years having passed, even she cannot be certain which layer of the Return Ruins this secret site is currently in."

The Lord of the Blood Sea spoke, revealing what she knew of the situation.

Within several zhang, it can change and move freely according to the Martial Artist's thoughts.

Although the Derivative Divine Weapon is suppressed to the first rank, its basic functions remain.

Everything flowing before one's eyes is the power of withered silence and destruction, but if one looks closely, Chen Mo can detect the presence of Spatial Law power.

At this moment, the Inner Qi within his body is still flowing, but the restrictions have been further lifted, reaching the Postnatal Realm.

Chen Mo nodded; he had long anticipated this in his heart.

Conversely, if that secret site were still in the fourth layer, Chen Mo would be able to exert the strength of the Heavenly Human Realm there.

Although it is currently impossible to determine which layer this destination is in, one thing is certain.

A mere Post-Heaven Martial Artist certainly could not achieve this; the amount of True Qi in their bodies is far from enough to support them in completing this.

Even in the Innate Realm, 800,000 jin of Qi and Blood power cannot be underestimated; it can be called a massive boost to combat power.

And if one is in the Postnatal Realm, it goes without saying.

This is actually good news; the lower the level, the greater the advantage Chen Mo can occupy with his strength.

The Lord of the Blood Sea saw this and felt the same; Chen Mo had previously brought out several Derivative Divine Weapons for sale within the Cangxuan Alliance.

A few breaths passed, and the scenery before them changed.

In a situation where the power of the secret site is also restricted by the Gui Xu Rule, Chen Mo's 800,000 jin of Qi and Blood power, which is not restricted by the Return Ruins, is enough to exert a great effect.

Not only that, although the Inner Qi is only initially released externally, it also possesses many wonderful uses.

The Lord of the Blood Sea shook her head slightly and said, "I cannot guarantee safety one hundred percent, but performing the Secret Technique is not difficult. Stay close to me, and I will perform it."

But if that secret site were in the third or second layer, the situation would be completely different.

It was just like before, all endless yellow soil; if not for the fact that Wanren City could no longer be seen, and his own restrictions had clearly been further lifted.

A Martial Artist at this realm can initially release their Inner Qi externally, forming a layer of Inner Qi Gauze on the surface of their body for protection.

That is, calculating by the time of the gradual demise of the Return Ruins, this secret site is definitely not in the fourth layer now.

Because once he reaches Heavenly Human strength, the 800,000 jin of Qi and Blood power he possesses can only be considered icing on the cake.

"Good." Chen Mo nodded and took a Derivative Divine Weapon from his Huai.

"How should this Secret Technique be performed, and can the safety near the secret site be determined?" Chen Mo asked in a deep voice.

However, within a breath, it transformed into a set of bright silver armor, firmly protecting Chen Mo.

Chen Mo might even think he hadn't moved at all, remaining in the same place as before.

The space here is dim, and there is a constant sound of strong wind in his ears.

Under the resonance of that power, Chen Mo fell into a peculiar space.

It is true that his physical body and True Qi cultivation have both reached the Heavenly Human Realm, and having undergone many baptisms, his talent can be called the absolute best of the best.

So the True Qi in his body transformed into Inner Qi, flowing endlessly like a surging river.

He cannot pull away an absolute advantage over other experts at the same realm.

Chen Mo soon heard murmurs coming from the Lord of the Blood Sea; not only that, he could also sense that both the Blood Qi and Inner Qi within her body were flowing.

As a member of the alliance, she naturally had the opportunity to purchase one.

Never mind crossing two major realms, even crossing one major realm is impossible.

The two stood back-to-back.

But Chen Mo's Inner Qi cultivation was suppressed from the Heavenly Human Realm to the Postnatal Realm.

Both used Derivative Divine Weapons for protection, and Chen Mo took out a weapon in his hand before walking to the side of the Lord of the Blood Sea.

The surrounding power of the Return Ruins was gradually stirred; Chen Mo could clearly feel changes occurring here that he did not understand.

His strength is definitely much stronger than Martial Artists of the same realm, but in the Heavenly Human Realm, it is still impossible for him to fight across major realms.

The power mobilized by the Lord of the Blood Sea was resonating with a location extremely far away.

This Inner Qi Gauze is far stronger than the protection brought by a Meridian-Opening Martial Artist simply using Inner Qi to reinforce their body.

To prevent sudden accidents, with enemies behind them.

Many things that ordinary Post-Heaven Martial Artists cannot do are not difficult in his hands.

Of course, this is not just him; every Heavenly Human Martial Artist can do this.

Chen Mo's internal cultivation and talent are not bad, and can be considered the absolute top in the world today.

But compared to his external talent, it is really not worth mentioning.

His physical talent is something few people throughout history have been able to achieve.

The Blood Qi in Chen Mo's body has now further lifted its restrictions; the Tui Fan Realm is the starting point where a Martial Artist's physical body truly undergoes a qualitative change.

With Blood Qi reinforcing the body, various phenomena can be produced.

With all five senses opened, one can perceive many different things in heaven and earth, and further guard against one's own crises.

Furthermore, the most important thing is that the Qi and Blood power he obtained from his cultivation technique has increased once again.

From the original thirteen thousand-plus jin, it reached the twelve-thousand-jin mark directly.

This strength of Qi and Blood is absolutely top-tier at this level of cultivation.

Added to the eighteen thousand jin of Qi and Blood power he already possessed, the two combined equaled three hundred thousand jin of force.

By further utilizing a Secret Technique to explode with full power, Chen Mo could elevate his own strength to one million two hundred thousand jin.

This strength is absolutely invincible at the same level, though it cannot yet crush those a major realm higher.

But with Chen Mo's vision and techniques, relying on this strength to contend with ordinary Innate Martial Artists is absolutely safe.

After sensing his own strength and confirming that he is currently on the second level of the Return Ruins.

Chen Mo felt a sense of relief.

Originally, he thought this secret place would be on the third level; now that it is on the second level, the situation is much better than he had anticipated.

In this way, the power displayed by the secret place is firmly restricted to the Postnatal Realm, and his own advantage has not been overly diluted.

Chen Mo looked around with a cautious expression; as far as the eye could see, there was nothing but yellow earth, except for a spot about fifty miles away in the northwest direction.

There was a small mountain hollow, not particularly tall or towering, only about six or seven zhang high.

However, this hollow was not yellow, but entirely cyan-gray in color.

Under normal circumstances, there is no wind in the Return Ruins, but every once in a while, a Guixu Storm blows.

Under the baptism of who knows how many storms, this hollow shed all its sharp edges and became very smooth.

"It should be there." The Master of the Blood Sea gazed at the hollow and stepped forward to lead the way.

Chen Mo followed closely behind; neither of them was slow, and in the blink of an eye, they arrived near the hollow.

"This secret place was set up by my sister back then, but after more than one hundred thousand years, she herself is not clear what the scene inside is like now."

The Master of the Blood Sea spoke in a deep voice to explain, then added, "However, one thing is certain: to prevent accidents and the complete severance of her inheritance, she left several trials inside.

Later arrivals only need to enter through a Secret Technique to open these trials, and by passing the trials, they can obtain the secret treasures she left behind step by step.

This is because of the restrictions of the Gui Xu Rule; she does not dare to decide whether the trials she wrote about will change, so this matter is definitely somewhat dangerous."

Although she had said it before, the Master of the Blood Sea repeated the danger of this matter at this time.

"No matter, you can just open the secret place." Chen Mo smiled, not taking it to heart at all.

One reason was his confidence in his own strength, and the second was that if he really encountered a crisis, he could at worst use the Gui Xu Gate to forcibly teleport himself back to the Heavenly Court Secret Realm.

"Good." The Master of the Blood Sea did not hesitate any longer.

As her voice fell, she formed seals with both hands and muttered to herself.

Chen Mo could not understand the words she spoke; he could only be certain that this was definitely not a language of the Human Race, nor was it the Heavenly Divine Script circulated within the Heavenly Court.

Following her words, the hollow here began to vibrate.

Chen Mo cautiously looked around to ensure that no abnormalities appeared in the surroundings.

As time passed second by second, a mysterious gate gradually opened at the hollow.

Restricted by the Gui Xu Rule, even the Fengdu Niangniang of that time did not have the ability to open up space here.

This kind of secret place is purely built underground, but it has various means of concealment to try its best not to be discovered.

Even if it were discovered, without the Secret Technique, there would be no way to break through the defenses of the secret place and step inside.

Furthermore, the supreme treasures she placed here originally carried a portion of the Heavenly Law, so even if suppressed in the Return Ruins, they could still exert extremely strong power.

Not only that, when she set up this secret place, she should have also borrowed a portion of the power of the Gui Xu Rule.

Only in this way could the secret place be completed, and it still stands tall after enduring countless Guixu Storms.

"There are two supreme treasures inside this secret place; I must take them all, I cannot give them to you.

Besides that, there are many other secret treasures in the secret place; you may choose any three to take away."

Before stepping into the gate of the secret place, the Master of the Blood Sea spoke first.

The two had not discussed how to divide the harvest beforehand, but this matter had to be talked about.

It is much better to speak up oneself than to talk after obtaining the supreme treasures.

Even brothers must settle accounts clearly; even if the relationship between the two can be called good, it is best to make this clear first to avoid disputes later.

"Agreed." Chen Mo had no objections to this.

Being able to explore this kind of secret place was an unexpected gain for him in the first place.

Moreover, the treasures that Fengdu Niangniang could store inside must all be extremely precious.

Each one is quite rare, and the quantity will certainly not be too large; being able to take away three is also a quite good harvest.

Having negotiated the division of the harvest, the Master of the Blood Sea immediately wanted to walk in front to clear the way.

Chen Mo reached out to stop her and said, "Let me do it, my strength is stronger."

Since it is a place of inheritance left for later generations, logically speaking, the secret place should not be dangerous.

But this is the Return Ruins, and all situations are unpredictable; being cautious is never wrong.

The Master of the Blood Sea did not refute upon hearing this, as a being of Shape Transformation from the Blood Sea.

She was very sensitive to the Qi and Blood of others, although she sensed the Qi and Blood power in Chen Mo's body that was strong to an excessive degree.

This power far exceeded that of Martial Artists of the same level by more than ten times.

One must know that a Martial Artist in the Transcending Mortality Realm only has forty or fifty thousand jin of Qi and Blood power when cultivated to perfection, and even those with top-tier talent are probably only around seventy or eighty thousand jin.

And Chen Mo can now mobilize a massive force of one million two hundred thousand jin, which is an insurmountable mountain for Martial Artists of the same level.

Stepping forward to the very front, the interior of the hollow was incomparably deep and dark, to the point where one could not see one's own fingers.

But seeing in a dark environment is really not a problem for a Martial Artist of this level.

The mountain path was long, leading all the way downward.

The path was flat and there were no major problems; Chen Mo kept calculating carefully in his heart.

Just how far he had walked forward and how deep underground he had come.

Continuing for another hundred zhang, he went more than ten zhang deep underground.

The view before his eyes suddenly opened up, and what came into sight was an extremely spacious flat ground.

It was over ten li in circumference and more than three zhang high.

The entire underground area had been hollowed out, and it was supported by some inexplicable force, which was why it had not collapsed.

"Crack!" A sharp sound rang out, immediately followed by it echoing and reverberating throughout this space.

A creature with a fierce form and strange appearance suddenly appeared; this creature was covered in hair and had four hooves.

It was over a zhang tall and nearly two zhang wide.

Its body was massive, covered entirely by long hair.

It had two horns on its head, eyes like basins of blood, and its four hooves stomped on the ground, emitting bursts of sound.

This creature looked like an extremely massive long-haired yak.

"Moo!" The yak suddenly let out a sound, its four feet stomping on the ground, and as if accompanied by a strong Wind, it charged straight at Chen Mo.

Chen Mo twisted his body to dodge, and the heart of the Master of the Blood Sea gave a sudden jolt; she could not help but mutter to herself whether the trial her sister had set up was a bit too harsh.

The strength of this yak was by no means something an ordinary Acquired expert could defeat.

Even she herself was definitely no match for it.

Thinking of this, she felt a wave of relief in her heart.

At least she had the foresight to invite Chen Mo to help; otherwise, relying solely on her own strength, she would likely have had to flee in a panic.

If looked at this way, that narrow mountain path had served its purpose.

Even if she could not win, as long as she hid in the mountain path, she would absolutely be able to save her life.

"Gaga!" Another sound rang out.

Chen Mo raised his eyes to look and saw a strange bird, about two or three feet tall, with seven-colored feathers appear.

The reason it was called a strange bird was that every other part of its body was similar to an ordinary bird.

Only that beak was wide and flat; when opened, it could even cover the bird's entire body.

However, having grown accustomed to the strange creatures in the Mirage Sea, seeing this yak and this bird now, Chen Mo only felt they were somewhat curious.

These creatures might have been considered exotic species of heaven and earth in ancient times; at the very least, compared to the creatures in the Mirage Sea, they were far too normal.

"I'll deal with this wild ox first," Chen Mo said.

In truth, there was no need for him to say more, as the wild ox had already charged over again at full speed.

"Bang!" The wild ox rammed into him like a cannonball; Chen Mo opened his stance, braced his hands against the ox horns, and began to contest strength with the wild ox.

The wild ox had infinite strength, and its body was extremely heavy; by Chen Mo's estimate, it had to be at least over a hundred thousand jin.

Under such a full-force collision, only he could withstand it, and he even had to use a Secret Technique to erupt his own Qi and Blood.

He brought himself to a state of one million two hundred thousand jin of Qi and Blood power, and only then could he block it.

"Boom!" Chen Mo grabbed the ox horns and flung it violently into the distance.

The ox's body slammed into the stone wall, and the entire mountain cavern seemed to tremble.

This wild ox was also dazed by the blow, its body somewhat disoriented.

Chen Mo would naturally not give it a chance to recover; he hurriedly took out his weapon and continued his assault.

(End of this chapter)