Eternal Life Begins with Learning

Chapter 453: Chapter 417: Sorting Out

Chu Mu stared at this pill, lost in thought.

Immediately, he sensed his Dantian. There wasn’t much of the Divine Shadow Pill’s effect left.

Moreover, if he remembered correctly, outsiders entering a Secret Realm were not only subject to strict Cultivation restrictions, but also a time limit on their stay.

He wasn’t sure if this restriction applied to a stowaway like himself.

But in his current state, he obviously couldn’t afford a single mistake.

After a moment of contemplation, he briefly sensed his Cultivation and Magical Power, and his eyes grew calm.

’I can’t possibly break this vicious cycle on my own. I’ll have to rely on external forces...’

With a thought, the effects of the Divine Shadow Pill dissipated. He swallowed the Heavenly Deceit Pill. Under its heaven-deceiving effects, his original demonic aura and Cultivator aura were both reined in, vanishing without a trace in an instant.

Inside the cave, it was as if an unenlightened Demon Beast was coiled up—savage and bloodthirsty...

Chu Mu slowly walked out of the cave and looked up at the sky. He tentatively released a wisp of his Cultivation aura, just enough to register as Tier Two, matching the supposed Cultivation of this Demon Beast.

The sky was cloudless for ten thousand miles, the sun blazing high above. There was no sign of anything unusual.

’The Heavenly Deceit Pill... It works...’

Chu Mu pursed his lips. With a swipe of his hand, the Jade Talisman gifted by the True Demon appeared in his grasp.

According to the True Demon, this Jade Talisman could reveal weak points in space. Activating it could break through a weak spatial node in the Secret Realm and allow him to return to the Vast Sea.

He had already confirmed its authenticity in the Demon Realm by borrowing the Power of the Demon Realm.

The Jade Talisman’s effects were genuine.

The weak points in space he had perceived when empowered by the Power of the Demon Realm were no different from what the Jade Talisman indicated.

And as for the Power of Breaking Forbidden contained within it, having studied Array Prohibitions for many years in the Demon Realm, he was all too familiar with it.

’The Jade Talisman isn’t fake...’

But it was obvious that if the affliction of the Demon Patterns wasn’t resolved or suppressed, he absolutely could not leave this Secret Realm.

After all, in his current state—reeking of Mysterious Demonic Qi, his wounds festering—returning to the Cultivation Immortal Realm would be like serving himself up on a platter to be slaughtered...

Chu Mu silently put the Jade Talisman away and gazed toward the Spatial Rift. His expression shifted, suddenly turning grim. An indescribable, cold killing intent instantly filled his chest, and his weakened body seemed to tremble slightly.

After a long moment, he managed to suppress the killing intent in his heart. He took a deep breath, swiped his hand to put away the Bamboo Dragonfly Puppet, and then walked out of the cave completely, heading slowly down the mountain.

Chu Mu’s pace was not fast. His festering wounds prevented him from mobilizing too much of his Magical Power and Divine Sense. Even his physical body was still riddled with wounds.

With every step he took through the mountain forest, droplets of blood scattered, leaving a glaring trail of blood along his path.

Chu Mu’s expression was calm, unmoved.

After withstanding two strikes from the hundred-zhang Ancient Halberd, he was already riddled with wounds, his lamp oil spent.

He had been lucky to escape with his life, but his body was a festering mess, and the Demon Soul’s curse had taken advantage of his weakness to invade.

His Immortal Dao Magical Power, whether it was his True Flame or his Sword Intent, was completely incompatible with the Demon Dao.

Under their instinctual opposition, his wound-riddled body had also become a battlefield for the two forces.

With new injuries piling on top of old ones, he was a complete wreck.

This was not something the Healing Elixirs he had prepared could treat, nor could it be healed simply by regulating his Magical Power.

The most urgent task was to find a breakthrough, to untangle this messy knot of injuries, and then proceed step by step, treating the root cause...

His only consolation was that the Sword of Sword Intent in his Sea of Consciousness remained completely unaffected. After recovering a little of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, he had managed to regain some ability to protect himself.

His Sword Intent’s sharpness had transformed again, leaping far beyond even the Skill Almost Dao Realm. Even if he could only draw upon a tiny fraction of it, it was enough for him to protect himself in this Secret Realm, enough for him to start scheming.

After about a day of arduous travel, the faint roar of a waterfall reached his ears. Through the lush, tall, ancient trees, the tranquility of a valley that seemed like an Immortal Realm came into Chu Mu’s view.

Chu Mu stopped at the valley entrance, calmly observing the scene before him.

The waterfall roared, and the pool was tranquil.

As he looked around, the scenes from that year seemed to flicker before his eyes again.

The Clan Cultivators who had besieged the giant snake; the giant snake itself, which had half its head sliced off but ultimately survived against all odds, mutating to have two heads; his own painstaking reconnaissance; and that... thing he still coveted to this day... the Bell Stone Spiritual Milk...

A glint flashed in Chu Mu’s eyes. As he pondered, he flung out his last remaining Bamboo Dragonfly Puppet. Just like before, the Bamboo Dragonfly Puppet flapped its wings, disappeared into the dense forest, and finally reached the end of the valley, where it hovered over the tranquil pool.

Following a preset command, the Bamboo Dragonfly Puppet hovering over the pool suddenly flared with a fluctuation of Spiritual Qi. Then, like an arrow released from a bowstring, it shot into the pool and detonated.

Immediately after, a muffled rumble echoed from the bottom of the pool. The tranquil water instantly began to churn, sending a massive wave surging into the sky!

"ROAR!"

Following that, a muffled hiss-roar tore through the churning waves. Enraged by the provocation, the two-headed giant snake shot into the sky amidst the towering waves, its massive body erupting from the water.

It held its two heads high, its two pairs of scarlet eyes scanning the valley. In just a moment, its gaze locked onto the shattered remains of the Bamboo Dragonfly Puppet.

"Tier Two... Late Stage..."

Chu Mu silently watched the two-headed giant snake for a moment, then took a step and began walking slowly toward it.

"ROAR!"

Provoked by the Bamboo Dragonfly Puppet and now seeing the intruder Chu Mu, the two-headed giant snake grew even more furious. It let out a roar like a dragon’s cry, and its body shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow, its two heads held high as it charged at high speed.

Chu Mu stopped and looked up at the two-headed giant snake approaching with the force of a thunderbolt.

The sharpness of his Sword Intent, existing somewhere between the tangible and intangible, formed an invisible blade. It collided almost silently with the charging snake, then vanished into its body.

"COUGH, COUGH, COUGH..."

Chu Mu’s face turned pale as he coughed violently. An unnatural flush crept up his cheeks, and trickles of blood seeped from the corners of his mouth.

THUD!

With a dull thud, dust churned as the massive snake’s body crashed to the ground. Its scarlet eyes were dripping with blood. The body struggled, but it was too weak to even uncoil.

From striking like a thunderbolt to being on the verge of death—it all happened in a single instant.

Chu Mu wiped the blood from his mouth, closed his eyes, and sat cross-legged to regulate his breath for a long time. Only then did he slowly rise and walk over to the snake’s body.

He had intentionally held back, so the two-headed giant snake was not yet dead. It was on its last breath, inhaling less than it exhaled, with only a final trace of life remaining.

"COUGH, COUGH, COUGH..."

Chu Mu coughed lightly, and more blood seeped from the corners of his mouth. Trickles of blood even oozed from the corners of his eyes, his ears, and his nose.

’So, slaying an opponent at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment is my limit...’

Chu Mu’s face was wan. He wiped away the blood, ignoring the venomous fury in the snake’s eyes. He took out several Healing Elixirs and stuffed them into the two-headed giant snake’s mouth. After confirming that the snake’s last wisp of life was secured, he staggered toward the now-devastated pool...

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