The Mortal's Path to Immortality

"What is this place..." With the dazzling white light, the transmission seemed to continue endlessly.

Time seemed to solidify into a thick liquid, passing by bit by bit, and Cao Rui could clearly feel that he was experiencing a long migration.

Finally, when he slowly woke up from the dizzying space transmission, the scene before his eyes made him dumbfounded - he was actually in a vast and boundless void "mud pond"!

Why use "mud pond" to describe this strange place?

The reason is that Cao Rui was shocked to find that the mana in his body, which used to flow freely like a gurgling stream, was now like being stuck in a swamp and quagmire, making it difficult to move.

Every time he tried to mobilize these mana, it seemed to be struggling with an invisible huge resistance, and the difficulty of its operation was hundreds of times more than before!

Despite this, Cao Rui still tried his best to use his mana and barely maintained his floating state in this strange mud pond.

However, it was wishful thinking to rely on the power of mana to move forward as usual. After all, the speed of mana consumption would be alarmingly fast and it would be impossible to sustain it for a long time.

Fortunately, he was pleasantly surprised to find that his body was less affected by this kind of imprisonment force, or perhaps because his body itself was very strong. Although his body was heavy, he was still free and flexible in his movements.

So, Cao Rui had an idea and came up with a clever way: first rely on the power of mana to stabilize his body and float in the air, and then condense the power of mana with his feet to provide a point of force, and give full play to the powerful strength of the body to move forward bravely.

After some exploration and trial, he finally found the right way to continue moving forward in this mysterious void mud pond.

"Damn it! Ji Zhan, this guy, knowing that he was about to lose, actually used such a sinister means to forcibly teleport me to this ghost place!" Cao Rui gritted his teeth and cursed the damned star pirate.

After cursing, Cao Rui couldn't help but think in his heart: "Where exactly is this place? Why are there such strange laws and restrictions?"

Since he could only rely on physical strength to move forward, Cao Rui's flying speed at this time was very different from before. It was like one was flying in the clouds while the other was crawling on the ground.

Cao Rui took a deep breath and slowly expanded his consciousness outward. He carefully felt the changes in the surrounding environment and prayed in his heart that he would not encounter any obstacles or abnormal situations.

To his surprise, this time the expansion of his consciousness was very smooth and was not restricted at all.

He couldn't help but frowned slightly and began to think about the rules of this special area.

After a long period of careful observation and in-depth analysis, Cao Rui finally came to an important conclusion: It turned out that the restrictions set here were mainly specifically for the magic power in the body of the cultivator.

The power of this confinement is quite powerful, which can effectively limit the ability of the cultivator to use magic power to perform various magical spells.

However, surprisingly, the restriction on the cultivator's body is not so strong, and its binding effect is relatively weak. What is even more surprising is that the cultivator's consciousness is completely unaffected by this restriction.

Thinking of this, Cao Rui couldn't help muttering to himself: "If those cultivators who are good at performing various magical skills accidentally step into this mysterious land, I am afraid they will lose their most relied power in an instant and become like useless waste. When facing the enemy, they will be unable to perform powerful spells and have no power to fight back, and can only be slaughtered!"

However, fortunately, for cultivators like Cao Rui who have cultivated both exquisite spiritual consciousness and physical skills, the situation is much better.

Although they are in this place full of restrictions, they can still rely on their unique advantages to barely maintain a certain degree of combat effectiveness.

So, Cao Rui did not hesitate to release his consciousness with all his strength and let it continue to extend to the surroundings.

He concentrated on searching every inch of the surrounding space, not letting go of any corner where other monks might be hiding.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Cao Rui never relaxed, but the result disappointed him greatly.

Within the wide range of his divine sense, not to mention half a living figure, he could not even detect the slightest breath related to other monks.

The scene in front of him seemed to be dead silent, and he was alone in this strange place shrouded by prohibitions.

In desperation, Cao Rui could only take out the star map from the blue ring and gently unfold it.

As expected, the star map was clearly displayed in front of him, and it clearly marked that the place they were in was actually a completely unfamiliar and unexplored unknown area.

Looking at the empty map area, as if it was a blank sheet of paper waiting to be filled with secrets and dangers, Cao Rui couldn't help but feel an indescribable ripple of uneasiness in his heart.

This uneasiness surged into his heart like a tide, tightly gripping his heartstrings.

Despite this, Cao Rui did not give up easily. Instead, he held on to the last ray of hope and anxiously tried to use the star map to establish contact with the monks far away - Zhan Chen, Ning Xin, Sun Daoyi, Master, or other companions who were traveling together.

However, reality was like a heavy hammer, ruthlessly shattering his expectations.

No matter how hard he tried to send subpoena requests, he always failed.

On the cold star map, the desperate words "The starry sky is too far away" are always flashing mercilessly.

It should be noted that this magical star map originally had extremely powerful communication capabilities, and its effective range could even easily span several vast nebulae.

But the current situation can only illustrate a cruel fact - Cao Rui's current location is far away from the nebula where the red cloud vortex is located, and the distance between him and everyone is probably at least as far away as several nebulae.

When this thought came to mind, Cao Rui couldn't help but feel his heart tightening, and an ominous premonition instantly enveloped his whole body.

Recalling all the weird phenomena here, he couldn't help but take a breath: Could it be that... he was really transported to a terrifying and desperate situation like a natural prison?

No no no!

This doesn't look like a prison, does it? After all, I can still move freely, and there are no obstacles blocking me. After thinking about it secretly, Cao Rui quickly chose a direction, and then without hesitation, he used all his skills and galloped away like lightning.

Time flies by, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

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During this long half year, Cao Rui always kept moving at full speed, but what surprised and unsettled him was that even if he continued to fly at such an amazing speed for so long, the range that his consciousness could cover It was still empty and void inside. Although the journey was smooth, it was impossible to see where the boundary of this mysterious quagmire was.

After persisting for a while, Cao Rui finally stopped.

An indescribable strange feeling came to my mind: "I always feel that something is not right... I have always been moving forward along a straight route, but why do I always seem to be going in circles?"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown and fell into deep thought.

Fortunately, there are more than three million secrets in the blue ring. These precious resources are enough to support his successful promotion to the integration stage.

Cao Rui knew in his heart that if he could successfully break through the current realm and take his cultivation to a higher level, then it might become much easier to find a way to leave this place.

So after careful consideration, he finally made a decision - to temporarily stop moving forward, find a safe place to concentrate on training, and then explore a way out after his strength improves.

Fortunately, just before being transported to this strange place, Sun Daoyi trusted Cao Rui with all the secrets.

If we didn't have these opportunities, we would be trapped in such an uninhabited and deserted place, and it would really be a disaster for the sky and the earth!

Cao Rui gently patted the blue ring on his hand, took out some of the weapon refining materials, and quickly created a floating rune board with his superb skills.

Then, he jumped onto the rune board, crossed his legs, adjusted his breathing rhythm, carefully took out the precious secrets from the blue ring, and officially began to practice in seclusion.

A jade bottle is opened.

I saw the heavenly secrets shining with mysterious light, like agile swimming fish, converging towards Cao Rui.

Cao Rui made secrets with his hands and muttered words, guiding these heavenly secrets into his body, and continuously refining them, transforming them into pure and rich energy, supplying the Chaos Spiritual Energy Experience Bead suspended in his soul. .

With the integration of a large number of heavenly secrets, the experience bead is like a black-purple star that is gradually blooming, and the energy contained in it becomes more and more powerful.

With Cao Rui's current level of cultivation, he can actually refine nearly 100,000 high-grade secrets every year!

Calculating at this speed, it will only take more than twenty years and after consuming more than two million heavenly secrets, he is expected to successfully break through to the integration stage!

Time flies, time flies.

Cao Rui was completely immersed in the world of cultivation and was completely unaware of everything in the outside world.

There is really nothing in this empty space that can attract Cao Rui's attention.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten years passed by in a hurry.

On this day, when Cao Rui looked inside again, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the experience beads of Chaos Lingyuan Gong had reached 56% of the progress, and he was more than half way to the goal of promotion to the integration stage.

Originally, Cao Rui had already made up his mind to muster up all the energy to continue practicing and strive to break through to the integration stage in one breath.

However, just as he was concentrating and immersed in his practice, suddenly, his extremely sensitive and powerful consciousness seemed to notice something strange.

In an instant, an inexplicable throbbing came to my heart.

After careful investigation, he discovered that a completely unfamiliar monk appeared there not too far away from him.

Relying on the experience accumulated through years of practice and the ability to accurately perceive various aura fluctuations, Cao Rui quickly determined that this monk was also a Void Refining monk, and was trapped in the void swamp trap like himself.

The existence of the Void Swamp has imprisoned all the mana in this person, making it impossible for him to exert any magic.

And what's worse is that judging from the aura emanating from this person, his physical strength is a far cry from Cao Rui's.

In this Void Swamp area full of dangers and countless unknown dangers, this poor stranger can only walk slowly like an ordinary mortal due to his limited strength.

At his snail-like speed, it is almost an impossible task to leave this dangerous area safely and unscathed.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if this cultivator waits until his daily Void Refining Period Thunder Tribulation comes, he may not have enough time to escape from this area, and can only watch himself step by step towards death, trapped here and become a pile of bones.

Thinking of this, Cao Rui's heart was moved: "Maybe this person knows some important information about this mysterious place!"

So, with this thought in mind, Cao Rui's mana condensed under his feet, and his physical strength exploded, rushing towards the monk in trouble like a flash of lightning.

Although Cao Rui's speed at this moment is not as fast as lightning, it is definitely not slow.

However, if it is compared with the previous state, it is simply a world of difference.

Now his mana is imprisoned, even the ethereal cloak that is specially used to increase the speed of his body is like being sealed, and it is difficult to stimulate the magical effect it should have.

As for magical spells such as sword control that require more mana, there is no need to think about it.

In the current situation, Cao Rui can only use his own mana. Every step he takes, he builds a point of force on his feet, and then relies on the powerful explosive power of his body, just like those warriors from the secular martial arts world, constantly jumping forward.

Fortunately, Cao Rui's spiritual sense was strong. As he became more and more proficient in constructing the focus point, his speed became faster and faster. This special way of traveling also increased his speed a lot.

It is worth mentioning that although Cao Rui's mana was severely limited at the moment, the range covered by his spiritual sense was still astonishingly wide.

His spiritual sense could easily lock the location of the strange monk.

However, because it was too slow to move forward relying on physical strength alone, even if Cao Rui tried his best and traveled non-stop, it still took more than ten days to finally reach the location where the spiritual sense was sensing.

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