Daxuan Wusheng: Start by practicing and adding points

Chapter 682: Wuxiang City

As the ninth heaven of the void lineage, Chen Mu quietly concealed his body and immediately disappeared. The hundreds of millions of gods gathered outside the Gate of All Wonders could not find any trace of him.

Although those gathered outside the Gate of All Wonders are all from the Ninth Heaven, basically all of them have not yet entered the state of single meridian perfection. They are considered to be at a lower level among the Nine Heavens. It is difficult for them to be accepted by major forces, and they do not have the ability to survive for a long time inside the Source Realm. Basically, after using up their three chances to enter the Source Realm, they can only watch from outside the Gate of All Wonders.

While looking for opportunities, continue to pursue the great way, so as to break through the single meridian and achieve perfection as soon as possible.

Generally speaking,
If you can achieve perfection in a single meridian, you will have the foundation to stay in the source realm for a long time.

Because of the perfection of a single meridian, even if it is still difficult to join some big forces, one can always find some perfect single meridians at the same level to join forces. In this case, one will have some competitiveness within the Source Realm and can often snatch a small amount of original power to maintain long-term existence within the Source Realm.

Chen Mu basically knew all about these situations, which mainly came from conversations with the Lord of Tianji.

The Lord of Tianji had entered the Source Realm once, so he was very familiar with the situation in the Source Realm. After suffering losses, he realized that his strength was not enough to stay in the Source Realm for a long time, and continuing to go in would only be a waste of opportunity, so he returned to Tianji Kongzuo, collecting various resources and looking for various opportunities in order to achieve single meridian perfection.

However, things went against his wishes, as signs of the end of the universe had already appeared, and he was still a little away from perfecting his single meridian. At this point there was no time to hesitate, so the Lord of Tianji also left the Tianji Empty Seat and rushed towards the Source Realm. He hoped that in the next two opportunities, he could perfect his single meridian, and then get a chance to stay in the Source Realm for a long time, and then look forward to the path of the Venerable.

In the eyes of the Lord of Tianji, these things should not be a secret to Chen Mu, the reincarnation of the Ninth Heaven. Therefore, he did not deliberately conceal them during the conversation with Chen Mu, and even took the initiative to show goodwill to Chen Mu.

Chen Mu was well aware of the goodwill shown by Lord Tianji, but he still would not join forces with Lord Tianji to enter the Source Realm. After all, his current strength had already reached the level of single meridian great perfection, and he was almost qualified to survive alone in the Source Realm. Lord Tianji had not even reached the single meridian perfection, and was completely unsuitable to join forces with him.

of course,

He learned a lot of information from the Lord of Tianji, which was considered a small gain. If he could get a large amount of original power in the future and meet the Lord of Tianji by chance, he would not mind giving back a little.

Chen Mu moved forward quietly, passed many Nine Heavens Gods, and arrived in front of the Gate of All Wonders. Then he took a step forward, and the whole person instantly crossed the Gate of All Wonders and disappeared.

Swish.

When he crossed the Gate of All Wonders, the figure hidden in the void appeared for a moment, but disappeared without a trace the next moment.

"Who went in?"

"Hmm? Is it the Void lineage?"

"What a mysterious method... The Void lineage has a bright future in the Origin Realm."

There were also many Nine Heavens Gods gathered near the Gate of All Wonders. Some of them noticed the movement at the first moment and looked over, but were obscured by the power of the Gate of All Wonders and could not see Chen Mu’s figure. They could only know that someone had gone in.

In this kind of situation, naturally many people recognized it at the first time. It should be the covert means of the Void lineage that allowed them to approach the Gate of All Wonders so quietly and then directly enter it.

The three lineages of practitioners of the three original great ways, although their strengths are equally matched at the same level and they all have their own strengths, but in the source realm, the numerous lineage of creation is the most common, while the lineage of void and the lineage of time are much more popular.

A single-lineage perfect god like the Creation lineage can only be said to have the initial qualifications to survive in the Source Realm. They can join forces with some beings of the same level, or join some small forces. It is often difficult for them to join a large force.

However, for the God Lords of the Void Lineage who have also achieved perfection in a single lineage, they will often not be rejected if they want to join any force.

As for the lineage of time, needless to say, if one can reach perfection in a single lineage, various forces will even take the initiative to invite one.

……

open one's eyes.

The first thing that catches your eye is the Zhuque Street, which is more than a hundred steps wide. The bluestone road stretches out like the longitude and latitude of a chessboard, and the double-eaved brackets on both sides are like waves. On the street, peddlers carrying loads on their shoulders can be seen ringing copper bells, and candied fruits, clay dolls, and bamboo weavings are jumping in baskets. In the teahouses on both sides of the road, storytellers clap their wooden sticks, causing a round of applause.

Chen Mu looked at the mundane scene in front of him, but did not show too much surprise.

"The origin realm, the origin realm, is full of mysteries and changes."

"Is it 'Ancient City' this time?"

The Source Realm is an extremely special secret realm. No one knows what the overall appearance of the Source Realm is. All they know is that every time they step into it, they will enter a different area.

The scene, or the area, that appeared before Chen Mu was the most common ancient city.

At a glance,
The city is extremely vast, stretching for thousands of miles. There are countless living beings in the city, but they are basically mortal. It looks like an illusion created by the interweaving of the power of the Great Dao in the Source Realm, but if you feel it carefully, they are all real.

In fact, it is wrong to say it is real, and it is also wrong to say it is illusory. In the source realm, everything seems real but not real, and seems illusory but not illusory. Almost everything here cannot be taken out. There is only one real and substantial thing, and that is the power of origin.

"Is this the power of origin?"

Chen Mu retracted his gaze and stared at himself. He could vaguely sense that at this moment, the periphery of his body was covered by a faint light. This light was invisible to the naked eye, but he could sense it slightly.

This ray of light isolated him from direct contact with this world. It was the first time he entered the Source Realm. The first ray of Source Power bestowed on him by the Great Dao of Origin was enough to sustain him here for an era.

Chen Mu continued to examine himself.

Soon, he discovered that his figure had also changed. His robes had turned into plain cloth like those of ordinary people. His god-like and majestic face had also become ordinary, and he looked no different from any ordinary creature in this ancient city.

"Forcibly integrating into this ancient city? What kind of method is this? Is this an illusion like a dream?"

Chen Mu looked thoughtful.

At this moment, he was originally an incarnation of nothingness, but now he was forcibly frozen and turned into a body with flesh and blood. However, he did not lose his strength and could still feel the surging power belonging to the Ninth Heaven.

This was a state that was somewhat difficult for him to understand. He possessed the power of a god, but his body was no different from that of an ordinary person. It was a very contradictory state and it did not feel real. It was as if his body was completely illusory, an illusion created in a special secret realm like a dreamland.

But Chen Mu was clear that in the source realm, it was like an illusion but not an illusion, like reality but not reality. It was wrong to say it was an illusion, and it was also wrong to say it was real. Therefore, it could not be described, expressed in words, understood, or realized.

At least for the gods in the Ninth Heaven, the Source Realm is like this. As for those who have achieved the status of Great Dao Venerable, whether they can glimpse the more essential root in the Source Realm, he has no idea.

“The power has not weakened at all, but the space inside this ancient city…” Chen Mu stared at the open street in front of him, feeling the void structure here. After muttering to himself, he couldn’t help but raise his right hand and draw a random stroke diagonally.

It seemed like just a casual stroke, but he mobilized the power of the Great Dao of the Void, and also burst out the power of the Nine Heavens contained in this body. In theory, such a burst of power would be enough to tear apart billions of miles of void in an instant.

but,
At this moment, Chen Mu's bare-handed move only created a crack of about three feet in the void in front of him.

It's not that his strength has weakened, but the stability of the void in the Source Realm is almost unimaginable, even more stable than the Endless Abyss. Therefore, his almost full-strength attack could only tear three feet of void.

Chen Mu then felt his other methods, the most basic of which was the void teleportation. Originally, one teleportation could cross a vast space, but now he could only move about ten feet here.

"It really seems real but not real, and seems ordinary but extraordinary."

After Chen Mu simply tried his own methods, he looked at the mortal creatures walking in the streets in the distance, with a deep look in his eyes.

Such a terrifying force of void suppression, let alone mortal beings with flesh and blood, even a true god of the sixth heaven would probably have his divine body directly collapsed and unable to bear it. Even a god of the seventh heaven might have difficulty in taking a single step!

Therefore, everything here is indeed just an illusion.

Those ordinary creatures walking on the streets and those vendors hawking their wares along the streets may seem to be ordinary people with flesh and blood, but the fact that they can survive normally in such an environment is itself extraordinary.

Just as Chen Mu squinted his eyes and was about to continue observing the ancient city, a voice suddenly came from behind.

"This brother, is he from outside?"

When Chen Mu turned around, he saw a middle-aged man in a green shirt looking at him with a smile.

The middle-aged man saw Chen Mu's alert look and couldn't help but wave his hand with a smile, saying:
"This is Wuxiang City, where outsiders often drift here. I see that you are extraordinary, and your every move is full of Taoist connotations. You are definitely not an ordinary person. My name is Ji Chang'an. I run a shop in this city. I like to make friends with all kinds of heroes. You are new to this city, and if you have nowhere to go, why don't you come to my place for a visit?"

"Well, brother, I guess you don't know anything about this Wuxiang City yet, so I'll just introduce it to you."

After Ji Changan finished speaking, he waited for Chen Mu's response.

Chen Mu looked at Ji Changan carefully, some thoughts flashed through his mind, and he said: "I am Chen Mu, nice to meet you, Brother Ji. Brother Ji has an extraordinary vision. Chen is indeed new to this city, and I am not familiar with the rules and regulations here. I hope Brother Ji can give me some advice."

He didn't know where Ji Chang'an in front of him came from, and he couldn't tell from his appearance whether he was a 'native' of Wuxiang City or a Nine-Layered God who came here from the outside world like him. But he did need to learn about Wuxiang City as soon as possible. Regardless of whether the other party had any intention in actively seeking him out to talk, it was always a good thing to understand the situation in Wuxiang City first.

Seeing Chen Mu being so straightforward, Ji Changan laughed loudly, bowed and said:
"Okay, please, Brother Chen."

"Brother Ji, please."

……

After a while.

In a spacious tea room, Chen Mu and Ji Changan sat opposite each other. On the dark antique tea table, there were two cups of tea. The tea in the cups had been drunk, and Chen Mu was sitting there, looking thoughtful.

After a brief chat with Ji Changan, he already understood the general situation of this Wuxiang City.

First of all, Wuxiang City is vast, surrounded by mountains in the north, and three winding rivers on the east, south and west sides, extending to an unknown distance.

There are many outsiders like him in Wuxiang City. As an outsider, the first requirement when arriving here is to find a place to live. If there is no place to live, he will be expelled from the city by the city guards.

The city is very safe, there is no danger at all, and private fighting is strictly prohibited. No one knows where the city lord of Wuxiang City came from, but from Ji Changan's description, he is almost invincible in Wuxiang City, and no one can disobey him.

It’s different outside the city.
Whether it is the Wuxiang Mountain in the north or the three Wuxiang Rivers on the east, south and west sides, they are all extremely dangerous. Strange beasts often appear in the mountains and rivers. Even the weakest of them would be difficult to deal with even if thirty or fifty civilians joined forces.

Often only specialized hunters, forming a team, can deal with those strange beasts.

Exotic beasts are of extraordinary value. If you can hunt an exotic beast, you can exchange it for a large amount of "Source Stone" in the city. According to Chen Mu's understanding, this Source Stone is the currency in Wuxiang City. Its nature is very special, and even the original power can be extracted from it!

Obviously,

The rules of survival in Wuxiang City are already very clear.

Or they could join some hunter forces, form a team, hunt exotic beasts together, and then trade them in Wuxiang City for source stones, and then extract the original power from them, so as to stay in Wuxiang City for a long time.

Or they could act alone, not hunting those exotic beasts, but looking for some valuable rare flowers and plants, which could also be exchanged for source stones. However, acting alone was often very dangerous, and one must have enough strength to protect oneself from the exotic beasts.

Ji Changan runs a shop that buys exotic animals, flowers and plants.

Simultaneously,

He also knew some hunting teams and was willing to introduce ways to Chen Mu. Of course, what they wanted was for the exotic animals, flowers and plants that Chen Mu would obtain in the future, which would all be traded and sold to him.

After a conversation, Chen Mu roughly knew that Ji Changan should be a native creature in Wuxiang City, but what was unusual was that Ji Changan seemed to be very familiar with these beings from the outside world!
even,

During his conversation with Ji Changan, Chen Mu vaguely felt that Ji Changan's attitude towards him was almost surprisingly consistent with the attitude in his heart. It seemed that the indigenous creatures in the city believed that they, the creatures from the outside world, were the so-called "natives", and that everything in this Wuxiang City was the only reality, and everything else was an illusion.

These creatures from the universe were lucky enough to step into Wuxiang City, and they had a chance to get rid of illusion and achieve reality. However, most of the creatures in the universe could not seize this opportunity and soon returned to illusion.

This situation, which seemed real but not real, illusion but not illusion, and was difficult to distinguish, made Chen Mu secretly amazed.

But he is a great and perfect god in the Ninth Heaven, who rose from obscurity and practiced all the way to this day. His mind has always been extremely firm. This situation of confusing reality and illusion cannot disturb his state of mind at all.

What about illusion, what about reality?

To achieve the Great Dao is the only way. By then, whether it is illusory or not, it is not important, because when the body is integrated into the Great Dao, one will jump out of the formless city, jump out of the boundless universe, jump out of the cage, and obtain the only freedom.

(End of this chapter)