No hope for eternal life

Chapter 222 Adoption Standards

“Okay.” Mu Changsheng did not refuse. He even told Mu Xun what he knew about the distribution of spirit stone mines in Tianyou Realm, hoping that Mu Xun could gain a firm foothold in Tianyou Realm with this.

Then, Mu Xun left the ferry. This place was very close to the Tianyou Realm, and he would go to the Tianyou Realm alone.

At Mu Changsheng's request, the ferry flew across the Tianyou Realm and rushed into the endless void.

At first the ship owner was reluctant to fly away from the Nine Realms, but under the attack of Mu Changsheng's spirit stones, he chose to obey.

On the other side, Mu Xun was not in a hurry to enter the Tianyou Realm, but looked at the direction where the ferry was leaving from afar, and a smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Mu Changsheng was meditating on the ferry. He thought he had found a way to break the illusion, and his originally restless mind finally calmed down.

Chaos never counts years. The ferry followed Mu Changsheng's request and flew in one direction. It was unknown how long it had been flying.

But the boat owner found Mu Changsheng and brought him bad news: "We can't continue to fly forward. The energy of the ferry formation has been consumed by nearly half. If this continues, the remaining energy will not be enough to return to Tianshui Realm."

Mu Changsheng had already anticipated this, because the ferry was originally a thing of illusion. If the illusion wanted to prevent the ferry from flying, there were naturally countless ways to do it.

"In that case, let's say goodbye here." Mu Changsheng said calmly, standing up and about to leave the ferry.

Seeing this, the boat owner quickly advised: "Fellow Daoist, you must think carefully. With your cultivation level, you simply cannot survive in the void for a long time. If you leave the ferry, I'm afraid you won't even be able to return to the Heavenly Netherworld."

"I have made up my mind." Mu Changsheng left the ferry without any reluctance and stepped into the void for the first time.

As soon as Mu Changsheng stepped into the void, he was overwhelmed by a feeling of suffocation. Mu Changsheng hurriedly used his own magic power to form a protective shield around him to isolate himself from direct contact with the void.

This is exactly the reason why cultivators below the Tribulation Realm cannot cross the void, because Mu Changsheng must constantly consume his mana in order to travel in the void, but mana and spirit stones will eventually run out, and once they are all consumed, he can only wait for death.

The cultivators in the Tribulation Realm can forcibly refine the extremely thin spiritual power in the void, thereby reaching a state of endless magic power, so they can survive in the void forever.

On the other side, the ferry owner saw that Mu Changsheng was so desperate that he was too lazy to persuade him and immediately turned back and left, leaving Mu Changsheng alone on his journey in the vast void.

Although Mu Changsheng has now reached the level of Spirit Transformation, his travel speed is still far slower than that of the ferry.

However, Mu Changsheng still flew firmly towards the endless distance. Fortunately, he had stored a large amount of spirit stones, which could replenish his mana and sustain his flight for a very long time.

As Mu Changsheng flew, he reviewed his experiences and explorations since entering the illusion: "Every time I explored, I got no clues. Just as Mu Xun said, there is no way to crack this illusion. But since it is an illusion, there is a natural loophole of large and small scopes. So this is the way to crack the illusion. The second is to survive in the illusion for thousands or even tens of thousands of years."

Mu Changsheng had no confidence in living in the illusion for a thousand years, so he could only choose to walk out of the illusion.

The long and lonely flight made Mu Changsheng begin to relax, but at the same time, a meteor was flying at a high speed in the distance, and looking at the direction, it was heading straight towards Mu Changsheng.

When the meteor was very close, Mu Changsheng suddenly realized its existence and quickly dodged. If he was hit by the high-speed meteor, Mu Changsheng knew that he would not be able to withstand it.

In the end, Mu Changsheng narrowly avoided the meteor and almost missed it.

While Mu Changsheng was on high alert, a hint of joy appeared on his face: "I was traveling in the void and actually ran into a meteor head-on. The probability of this happening is smaller than choking to death while drinking water. For me to run into this must be a deliberate arrangement by the illusion. It seems that my choice was right."

The appearance of the meteor instead strengthened Mu Changsheng's determination. He continued to fly in the original direction and kept an eye on everything around him. It would be too unfair if he was killed by something before he came out of the illusion.

In the following period of time, Mu Changsheng never encountered any more oolong incidents like meteors. The void returned to its former desolation and darkness, which made people feel fearful.

However, the spirit stones on Mu Changsheng's body were finally used up.

Mu Changsheng also has some ways to deal with this. He has a lot of spiritual weapons, talismans, formations, array plates, etc.

In short, Mu Changsheng did not let go of any spiritual object. He stripped out the spiritual power from each spiritual object one by one to use on his journey.

From the moment Mu Changsheng left the ferry, he had no way to retreat and could only move forward to the end.

After an unknown amount of time, the spiritual power of the last spiritual object on Mu Changsheng's body was exhausted, but the endless void before him seemed to have no end, which made people feel desperate and discouraged.

After Mu Changsheng had drained the last bit of his spiritual energy, he couldn't help but doubt himself: "Am I really wrong?"

Without the protection of spiritual power, Mu Changsheng could not move forward any further. His body floated in the void, like a drowning man, and began to suffocate slowly.

Mu Changsheng held his throat with both hands, his face distorted. He had never been so close to death. Even though he knew that this was an illusion, his fear and pain did not diminish much.

In the end, Mu Changsheng closed his eyes with reluctance in his heart.

……

When Mu Changsheng opened his eyes again, what he saw was no longer the endless desolation and darkness, but the assessment hall of Lingshan Sect.

Mu Changsheng first looked at Yang Wuque, Mu Xun, Ji Leyao and other people who were taking the test together. They all had their eyes closed and seemed to be still in a dream.

Then, Mu Changsheng faced Xia Rong, Xiao Jingshan, the man surnamed Wang and three other Lingshan Sect disciples and asked with some doubt: "Am I eliminated, or... succeeded?"

As soon as Mu Changsheng asked the question, Xia Rong and the other two, who had been frowning, all smiled in tacit understanding. Finally, the man surnamed Wang stepped forward and answered Mu Changsheng's question: "Congratulations, Junior Brother Mu, you have passed the entrance examination of our Lingshan Sect. You already know Senior Sister Xia and Junior Brother Xiao. Let me introduce myself. My name is Wang Tianhua. You can call me Senior Brother Wang or Senior Brother Tianhua."

Mu Changsheng was relieved when he heard that he had passed the test. He then asked Wang Tianhua, "Brother Wang, can I ask what the criteria are for passing and eliminating the second level entrance test?"

Wang Tianhua laughed strangely: "Haha, I understand that you must be full of doubts now, Junior Brother Mu. I went through the same confused state as you did back then. Let me tell you slowly."

"Generally speaking, there are only three results for the second level of the entry test, namely, pass, elimination and life, and elimination and death. Let's talk about passing first. There are two situations in which one will be judged as passing the test. One is to survive in the illusion for a thousand years and always be peaceful and not do evil. In this case, one will be considered to be determined and courageous. Such a person will be sought after by any force, not to mention my Lingshan Sect. The other is like you, who has thought of a way to walk out of the edge of the illusion. Speaking of this, the three of us need to apologize to you. Originally, you could be judged to have passed the test from the moment you walked out of the ferry, but the three of us wanted to see if you would regret it halfway, so we let you experience the feeling of suffocation in the illusion." Wang Tianhua explained while clasping his fists to apologize.