Now that Chu Mu was famous, there were even more discussions about him, both good and bad.
The second day, the middle-aged swordsman of the Heaven Wasteland Earth Palace announced the start of the third test.
The third test was not held within the giant city, but outside of it.
The structure of Heaven Wasteland Domain was very strange. The four giant cities stood in four different directions. In the center of Heaven Wasteland Domain, there was an area shrouded in fog. From the four giant cities to the center of the fog, there was a distance of ten thousand miles. In between, there were valleys, mountains, forests, swamps and other terrains. There were countless wild beasts that were extremely powerful and dangerous.
The content of the third test was to cross ten thousand miles of land on foot to reach the center of the fog.
In the process of crossing ten thousand miles of land, one could move alone or in a group. In short, one had to walk or use movement techniques to run. Of course, even if one wanted to fly, they could not do so. This was because this area had a special power that restricted the air.
One could imagine that the swordsman would have to cross ten thousand miles of land to reach the center of the fog. They would definitely be attacked. Injuries and death were unavoidable. But all of this was their own choice.
Chu Mu was different. He rode on a giant desolate eagle, and together with the middle-aged swordsman of the Heaven Wasteland Earth Palace, they flew towards the center of the fog.
The giant desolate eagle was of a higher level than the wild beasts. It was equivalent to the Divine Condensation Realm of the human race swordsman. It was not affected by the restriction of the air.
To the giant desolate eagle, ten thousand miles was not a long distance. With the giant desolate eagle's speed, it flashed by. In a short time, Chu Mu and the middle-aged swordsman were close to the center of the fog.
At a glance, there was a mass of greyish white fog. It was extremely majestic, and surrounded an invisible center. It slowly rotated, giving off a majestic feeling. Chu Mu was amazed.
The giant desolate eagle began to descend, and finally landed in front of the greyish white fog. There, there were some people.
Chu Mu and the middle-aged swordsman jumped down from the back of the giant desolate eagle.
"Greetings senior brother Zhen Gong." These people greeted the middle-aged swordsman respectfully. This showed the difference in status between them.
Chu Mu was secretly surprised. Senior brother Zhen Gong?
Could it be that this person's name was Zhengong?
After these people straightened up, they looked at Chu Mu with strange gazes. In their eyes, although Chu Mu had concealed his aura fluctuations, with their Divine Condensation Realm cultivation, they could more or less see something. Anyone below the Divine Condensation Realm could be a candidate for this century's selection.
Why would Nangong Senior-apprentice Brother bring someone who was participating in the centennial election directly here on a Great Desolate Eagle?
They didn't dare to ask about the disparity in status and cultivation, lest they offend Senior-apprentice Brother True Palace. In any case, their mission was only to wait here for the newcomer that crossed 10,000 miles to arrive.
The middle-aged swordsman only nodded and led Chu Mu towards the grey-white fog. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared into it.
Walking in the grey-white fog, one could vaguely see the back of the person in front. It was very blurry, faintly discernible, as if it would disappear in a flash.
Unable to sense the passage of time, Chu Mu also did not know how long he had walked. Suddenly, he felt his entire body tremble, as if he had passed through something. An indescribable familiar feeling was emitted from his organs, bones, and blood. The Tianhuang sword token in his spatial ring also began to tremble, as if it wanted to rush out of the spatial ring.
Everything in front of him flashed, as if the world had changed, before finally settling on a scene that stunned Chu Mu.
It was hard to imagine that there was such a scene in the world.
Mountains far away, water near, trees, flowers, and stones. Such a scene could be found in many places, but it could not be compared to the scene in front of him, because of the aura.
This was an ancient aura, an aura of the passage of time, an aura that had settled down after the river of time had flowed past. It was melodious and ancient, but also had a sense of desolation.
Looking at these flowers and plants, far away and near, Chu Mu seemed to see a scene in front of his eyes, as if the river of time was flowing back.
A kind of comprehension of time, and amazement at the passage of time, filled his heart, soul-stirring, and left an endless aftertaste.
The middle-aged swordsman stood to the side, not making a sound. Seeing Chu Mu's expression, he could not help but smile, thinking back to when he first came here, just like Chu Mu, he was also stunned by the scene in front of him.
After a quarter of an hour, Chu Mu came to his senses, without the slightest bit of embarrassment. This made the middle-aged swordsman secretly nod, his state of mind was good.
"This is the Tianhuang Earth Palace." The middle-aged swordsman said slowly, "My surname is Ren, and my name is Duxing. I am a disciple of the True Palace, you can call me Senior Brother Ren."
Along the way, the middle-aged swordsman had not introduced himself, and only here did he say his name. At the same time, he also let Chu Mu know that the so-called True Palace was not his name, but a representation of his identity.
"The disciples of the Tianhuang Earth Palace are divided into the Outer Palace disciples, Inner Palace disciples, and True Palace disciples." As if seeing Chu Mu's flash of doubt, Ren Duxing casually explained, and took a step forward, asking Chu Mu to keep up with him.
The mountains were far away, and there was a long river flowing nearby, but the river water was golden yellow, like the Yellow River, coming from afar and going far away.
The mountain in the distance was a yellow-brown mountain, but it did not look monotonous at all. It was simple and unadorned, full of vicissitudes, endless mysteries, endless secrets, and deeply restrained.
The mountain did not seem to be high, but it was also very high. At the top of the mountain, there was a group of palaces, majestic and vast.
At the foot of the mountain, there was a huge and majestic mountain gate. The gate was ancient and weathered, and there were four unique characters on it, very ancient characters, just like the characters on the Tianhuang Sword Token.
Tianhuang Divine Mountain!
Behind the mountain gate, there was a flight of stairs, one step after another, endless.
"Follow." As soon as Ren Duxing's voice fell, he stepped onto the stairs, and with one step, he was ten steps away from the stairs, and flashed away rapidly.
Chu Mu used the Flying Swan Illusory Steps, and his figure floated, like a light swan, and followed closely behind Ren Duxing.
Ren Duxing did not use his full strength, but his speed was also very fast. Ordinary Original Realm swordsmen could not keep up with him at all. His purpose was to test Chu Mu's movement and speed, but he did not expect Chu Mu to be able to keep up with him, and he even looked very calm.
Ren Duxing could not help but increase his speed by ten percent, and his figure dashed out fiercely, pulling away from Chu Mu in an instant. But in just one breath, Chu Mu immediately caught up again.
Speed up, continue to speed up, catch up, catch up again. The two seemed to have engaged in a silent contest.
Ren Duxing's true strength was at the level of the Sword Of Gojoseon. Even if he did not fly, just the speed of his movement was much faster than Chu Mu's. And Chu Mu was hit by the God-Sealing Blood Curse, so his strength was greatly reduced, and even his speed was greatly affected. It was already very impressive for him to be able to keep up with thirty percent of Ren Duxing's speed.
With the intention of a contest, Chu Mu did not pay attention to how many stairs there were. But when he stepped onto the last step and looked back down the mountain, even with his eyesight, he could only see a small black dot, and that was the mountain gate.
He turned his head and looked ahead. It was a huge open space, and the ground was made of yellowish-brown stone slabs. It was very smooth and very wide, and there were palaces of different sizes all around.
The open space was like a martial arts training ground, and there were some people practicing swordsmanship, and none of them looked old.
"Follow me." Ren Duxing said.
After passing through the martial arts training ground, and then passing through the palace in the middle, they walked towards the back. As they walked, they saw another flight of stairs that led up. It turned out that the previous flight of stairs did not lead to the top of the Divine Mountain of Tianhuang. At best, it was only halfway up the mountain.
"The place just now was the outer palace, and the people you saw were all from the outer palace. Now, we have to pass through the inner palace." Ren Duxing explained to Chu Mu as he leaped up the stairs.
There were fewer palaces in the inner palace than in the outer palace, but they looked more exquisite and imposing.
After passing through the middle hall of the inner palace, they continued to go up. This time, it was not a flight of stairs, but a moat that was at least tens of thousands of meters wide. On both sides of the moat, there were high cliffs. Looking down, there was an endless abyss, and there were countless clouds and mist lingering around, like a fairyland.
Connecting the two high cliffs was an iron chain that was only as thick as an arm. It was dark and emitted traces of coldness. It was an iron chain made of cold iron that was ten thousand years old, and it would not deteriorate even after tens of thousands of years.
"You wait here for a moment." Ren Duxing leaped up, stepped on the iron chain, and flew away. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared in front of Chu Mu, leaving only Chu Mu standing on the edge of the high cliffs, blowing the biting cold wind and feeling the incomparably rich Tianhuang qi.
Opposite was the true palace, and not just anyone could enter. Therefore, Ren Duxing had to go and report first before he could let others enter. From this, it could be seen that the disciples of the true palace had a very high status in the Heaven Wasteland Earth Palace.
Having obtained the Heaven Wasteland Sword Token and cultivated the Heaven Wasteland Sword Body and Heaven Wasteland Sword Techniques, Chu Mu could be considered half a disciple of the Heaven Wasteland Earth Palace, and he still had to abide by the rules.
Time flew by. A quarter of an hour had passed, and Ren Duxing still had not appeared.
"Who are you? Why are you here? "A voice came from behind. It was a woman.
Chu Mu turned around to take a look and saw seven people quickly coming over. Three of them were wearing long robes similar to Ren Duxing's. Two men and one woman. The woman looked to be around 30 years old and was extremely charming. It could be seen that the other four people were secretly glancing at her from time to time, sizing up her well-developed figure.
"Are you the person that Senior Brother Ren brought here?" Before Chu Mu answered, the woman's eyes lit up and she guessed.
"Yes." Chu Mu nodded.
"Take out your Heaven Wasteland Sword Token." One of the two men, with a dignified look, shouted at Chu Mu. His tone was very obviously commanding, which made Chu Mu frown slightly. The other man with a hooked nose showed a hint of ridicule.
"Didn't you hear what I said? Take out your Heaven Wasteland Sword Token. The Heaven Wasteland Palace is not a place that anyone can sneak into. "The man who spoke still had a dignified look, but Chu Mu could see a cold light in his eyes.
"Senior Brother Li, since he was brought here by Senior Brother Ren, it means that he has the Heaven Wasteland Sword Token. Senior Brother Ren would not make such a mistake," the female swordsman said.
"I know, but perhaps Senior Brother Ren made a mistake and was deceived by the fake Heaven Wasteland Sword Token." Senior Brother Li's face was full of righteousness, as if he was thinking for Ren Duxing.
"I have not reached the point where my eyes are blurred." Ren Duxing's voice sounded. Then, he leaped over the iron chain and landed beside Chu Mu. When he looked at Sword Li, a cold light flashed in his eyes, which was clearly seen by Chu Mu. Instantly, Chu Mu understood that Ren Duxing and this Sword Li most likely had a conflict, and he was being used to vent his anger.
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