A silhouette quietly sat on the surface of the sparkling lake. He was like a piece of driftwood, allowing the surface of the lake to ripple and his figure did not move.
That silhouette was naturally Mu Chen, who had chosen to go into seclusion in the Treasure Lake. This place was filled with Spiritual Energy and was tranquil, unaffected by the deathly aura in the Myriad Beast Graveyard. It was truly a good place for seclusion.
In the surroundings of the lake, Jiu You, Mo Feng and the rest were also in a state of cultivation. They had just obtained a Quasi-Saint Artifact, so they were making the best use of their time to nourish it with Spiritual Energy so that they could use it freely and strengthen their fighting strength.
Therefore, they had expressed their support for Mu Chen's suggestion to go into seclusion right from the start.
As he cultivated, Mu Chen opened his eyes. His black pupils were as deep as an abyss, without any ripples. He pondered for a brief moment, before retrieving a jade bottle. With a flick of his finger, a current gushed out from the jade bottle. Instantly, the Spiritual Energy in this region surged. Vaguely, there seemed to be a Spiritual Energy mist lingering around Mu Chen.
The so-called current was naturally formed from tens of thousands of Sovereign Spiritual Liquids.
Most Sovereign Realm experts couldn't do without Sovereign Spiritual Liquids when they cultivated. It could be considered as the most basic resource that Sovereign Realm experts required. As long as they had sufficient Sovereign Spiritual Liquids, they would be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort in their cultivation.
The current that was formed from Sovereign Spiritual Liquids lingered around Mu Chen. Roughly looking at it, there shouldn't be less than a million. Mu Chen closed his eyes and opened his mouth, then gently sucked. Instantly, the current that was formed from Sovereign Spiritual Liquids had turned into a dragon that whistled down and endlessly poured into Mu Chen's mouth.
A dazzling spiritual light flickered on the surface of Mu Chen's body.
He circulated his cultivation technique to refine the Sovereign Spiritual Liquids that were pouring into his body.
In the end, it was poured into his Sovereign Sea to improve his Spiritual Energy cultivation.
Thus …
Time quietly flowed under Mu Chen's devouring of Sovereign Spiritual Liquids.
Time flowed like sand as he cultivated. Unknowingly, nearly ten days had passed.
In those ten days, Mu Chen had practically been absorbing Sovereign Spiritual Liquid without resting. In just ten days, he had consumed a huge amount of 5,000,000 drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.
He had consumed nearly half of the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid that he had obtained in this trip.
But despite the great exhaustion, Mu Chen had made some progress. His Spiritual Energy cultivation had firmly stepped into the pinnacle of the Sixth Grade Sovereign Realm, just a step away from breaking through to the Seventh Grade Sovereign Realm.
However, what made Mu Chen feel a little regretful was that the feeling of breaking through to the Seventh Grade Sovereign Realm had yet to appear. It looked like he would have to find another way to break through to the Seventh Grade Sovereign Realm in a short period of time.
In addition.
During these ten days of cultivation, Mu Chen used the Life-Extinguishing Eye's probing ability to constantly probe the huge Myriad Beast Graveyard in an attempt to find traces of the Phoenix of Immortality.
However, he was a little disappointed.
These repeated searches did not yield the desired results.
The Myriad Beast Graveyard was too massive, filled with a deathly aura.
Even the Life-Extinguishing Eye could only vaguely probe it.
It was hard to clearly sense it.
However, the repeated failures clearly did not make Mu Chen give up.
When he entered the Divine Beast Origin, he had already made up his mind that he would definitely help Jiu You perfect his bloodline.
So it was impossible for these failures to waver his determination.
On the massive lake, Mu Chen, who was cultivating, opened his eyes and the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid around him had turned into a strand of Spiritual Energy mist that flowed into his nose.
A light flashed in his black pupils as Mu Chen's silhouette moved and appeared in the sky. A black light appeared on the centre of his brows and a vertical eye slowly opened, emitting a mysterious feeling.
As the black light surged, it was as if it had pierced through the endless space and everything within a ten thousand mile radius was reflected in his eye.
Mu Chen had once again circulated the power of the Life-Extinguishing Eye in an attempt to find any traces of the Undying Bird in the Myriad Beast Graveyard.
As the black light penetrated through space, the regions that were filled with deathly aura were being searched inch by inch. However, there was a limit to the Life-Extinguishing Eye that Mu Chen had used. The further the region, the more blurred it would be.
In the past ten days, Mu Chen had practically searched the nearby regions, so his range was gradually moving towards the depths of the Myriad Beast Graveyard.
The deathly aura in those regions was too severe, so even with the Life-Extinguishing Eye, it was still tough for him to search.
As they searched, half a day swiftly passed. But what left Mu Chen a little disappointed was that he still couldn't find any clues regarding the Undying Bird in this search.
Mu Chen tightly knitted his brows. He never imagined that it would be so difficult to obtain any traces of the Undying Bird. As for the Undying Flames that Han Shan had mentioned, he still hadn't seen a single wisp of flames.
If it wasn't for the fact that he believed in Han Shan's character, he would have suspected that Han Shan was making it up.
As the probing continued, Mu Chen felt a faint stinging pain coming from the centre of his brows. It was the reaction of the Life-Extinguishing Pupil being used for too long, which meant that he couldn't continue using it any longer.
Sensing the piercing pain, Mu Chen helplessly shook his head and prepared to stop.
"Mhm?"
But just when this thought rose in his mind, his eyes suddenly narrowed and a black light flickered from the centre of his brows, shining towards a region in the depths of the Myriad Beast Graveyard.
However, wherever the black light shone, there was only a patch of darkness. If Mu Chen could still see a little blurry before, then this place was pitch-black, as if it was covered by something.
"This place is a little strange."
Mu Chen pondered for a moment and immediately activated the Life-Extinguishing Eye. Black light gathered in his eyes in an attempt to forcefully penetrate the darkness and vaguely see through it.
However, just as the black light pierced through space and attempted to penetrate the darkness, the space there seemed to ripple. Vaguely, there was a tyrannical roar that made one's heart palpitate. At the same time, there seemed to be flames burning the sky. Waves of extremely terrifying ripples appeared, instantly dispersing the Life-Extinguishing Eye's probing.
Bang!
Mu Chen's body jerked and a trace of blood seeped out from the Life-Extinguishing Eye between his brows.
Evidently, he had suffered a backlash.
His expression had also turned extremely grave.
The darkness was so terrifying that even the Life-Extinguishing Eye's probing caused a backlash.
Fortunately, he had not been too rash and used his full strength. Otherwise, even the Life-Extinguishing Eye would have been severely injured. Ye Futian shook his head.
"Just what is there in that region?"
Mu Chen rubbed the center of his brows with a grave expression. Generally speaking, such a region was definitely an unusual place.
It was very likely that there was an extremely powerful existence that had fallen there, causing the land there to be protected by an aura.
However, Mu Chen had probed many regions in the Myriad Beast Graveyard over the past ten days, but this was the first time he had encountered such a terrifying backlash. Clearly, there was something terrifying in that region.
"The flames from before were somewhat familiar. Could they be the Undying Flames?" Mu Chen muttered to himself. Previously, when the Life-Extinguishing Eye suffered a backlash, he seemed to have caught a glimpse of the flames.
I wonder if they're the Undying Flames?
But that terrifying roar didn't seem to belong to the Undying Bird.
That region was truly strange and mysterious.
Mu Chen's eyes flickered. When the Life-Extinguishing Eye between his brows gradually recovered, he activated it again.
He activated it once again, but this time, he didn't recklessly try to pry into the dark land.
Instead, he probed the nearby regions.
Those regions were filled with a terrifying deathly aura.
He could vaguely sense some terrifying deathly aura fluctuations. It should be an extremely powerful Beast Spirit.
"That should be the depths of the Myriad Beast Graveyard.
It's no wonder why there are so many powerful Beast Spirits guarding it. "Mu Chen muttered to himself. Through a rough probe, it was clearly surrounded by layers of Beast Spirits.
"Mhm?"
Just when Mu Chen was probing that region, he suddenly exclaimed. The black light pierced through space and he saw a group of people swiftly traversing through the darkness.
Judging from their direction, they were clearly heading towards the darkness.
Furthermore, what left Mu Chen shocked was the familiar silhouettes amongst that group. There was a man and a woman amongst them. They were Chi Hongwu and Bai Bin, who he had previously encountered in the transaction point.
"Those are from the Phoenix Clan?"
Mu Chen's gaze flickered. Those silhouettes were surging with powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuations around them. They were all from the Phoenix Clan.
Mu Chen looked at the front of the group and saw a figure leading the way. From the looks of it, he seemed to be the leader of this group.
That silhouette was donned in blue with an indifferent expression. An extremely cold aura permeated around him, causing even the air in his path to be frozen into ice.
Staring at that person, Mu Chen felt a stinging pain throughout his body. It was a sign that his physical body felt threatened.
Just when Mu Chen was looking at that person, that person's body suddenly froze and he came to a stop. Thereafter, he abruptly raised his head and coldly looked at the void, as if he had sensed Mu Chen's gaze.
"Hmph."
That person coldly snorted as he clenched his hand. A feather fan appeared in his hand. The fan was ice-blue in colour, as if it was made from phoenix feathers. There were white flames blazing on it, but those flames weren't hot. Instead, there was a terrifying chill being emitted from it.
Holding onto the feathered fan, he waved it in the void. White flames swept out, instantly turning the atmosphere in this region into ice crystals that spread out in layers. Even space had been frozen.
When space froze, the black light from Mu Chen's Life-Extinguishing Pupil was corroded by the chill and dissipated.
Above the Treasure Lake, Mu Chen opened his eyes and the Life-Extinguishing Pupil on his forehead slowly dissipated. A peculiar light flashed in his black pupils as he looked in that direction.
That blue-clothed man should also be from the Phoenix Clan. But why are they heading towards the darkness?
That white feathered fan seemed to be a Quasi-Saint Artifact. Otherwise, the white flames wouldn't be able to obstruct the Life-Extinguishing Pupil's gaze.
"That's a little strange."
Mu Chen's eyes flickered as he muttered to himself. He was also curious about that mysterious region.
The Phoenix Clan had always been people who wouldn't wake up without benefits. Furthermore, they had extremely high standards, so ordinary objects wouldn't be able to attract their attention. But since they were in such a hurry, it meant that there was definitely something extraordinary in that place.
There was a certain possibility that this so-called extraordinary item was the Undying Bird.
(To be continued …)
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