Mortal: Even with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, I still have to try and get my hands on the Little Gree

As soon as Mu Yu stepped into the lava path, he felt a strong heat, as if he were being roasted by the furnace while forging weapons, which made him feel uncomfortable.

After rummaging through his storage bag, Mu Yu took out a fire-repelling robe, an ice-attribute bamboo hat, and two or three other ice-attribute magical treasures to insulate himself from the surrounding heat.

As a master craftsman, Mu Yu may not use his weapons often, but he has prepared a lot of magical treasures with various functions in his storage bag.

It's just that under normal circumstances, Mu Yu doesn't have the opportunity to use those magical treasures.

For example, the magical artifact made of Soul-Binding Silk that can help enhance the strength of divine sense, Mu Yu only used it once when he tried to search the Soul-Searching Ghost King after it was completed.

The rest of the time, there was no opportunity to use it at all.

The Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, the Core Formation stage puppet, and the formation—these three items alone are enough to solve 99% of the troubles Mu Yu encounters.

Why would we need those magical artifacts that aren't very powerful and consume a lot of mana?

However, all those magical artifacts were crafted and prepared for so long, all for this very moment when they were needed.

After being covered with seven or eight magical treasures, Mu Yu could no longer feel any of the intense heat from the Lava Road.

After sensing the positions of the two markers and discerning their locations, Mu Yu didn't move forward but instead hurried backward.

Like the Ghost Mist in the first level, the Ice and Fire Path also randomly teleports you to different locations. Han Li's position is alright; he's ahead of Mu Yu.

But Xuan Gu, that unlucky fellow, was different. He stopped far behind Mu Yu. The Ice and Fire Path was a very troublesome place because you couldn't fly.

After thinking for a moment, Mu Yu released the Gold-Eating Insects and manipulated them to form a desert boat, which was pulled by a dozen Core Formation stage puppets.

The remaining puppets stayed on the Gold and Silver Boat made of Gold-Eating Insects, responsible for guarding Mu Yu's safety.

The environment on the lava road is extremely harsh, and occasionally there are longswords made of scorching flames on the road, which look like a grassland from a distance.

Besides these, there are all sorts of things, such as lava rivers blocking the way, scorching hurricanes howling past, inconspicuous lava swamps, and all kinds of random fire-type spirit beasts.

But these dangers, which are fatal to ordinary Core Formation stage cultivators, are merely scenery that Mu Yu doesn't need to pay attention to.

The boat made of gold-devouring insects was very sturdy, and the Core Formation stage puppet was also very fast, although it could not match the speed of flight, but it was not much different.

Several hours later, Mu Yu finally discovered the existence of the Xuan Bone within the range of his divine sense.

"What a waste of time... I'm glad I came to find you, otherwise I don't know how much longer I would have had to wait."

"Give me back the positioning artifact; the materials for crafting this thing are not easy to find."

Upon arriving at Xuan Gu's side, Mu Yu immediately demanded the location tracking artifact that he had previously given to Xuan Gu.

Xuan Gu would naturally be eager to return any item that could reveal his whereabouts at any time.

Meanwhile, seeing Mu Yu walking so easily on this lava road, Xuan Gu's face also showed a hint of surprise.

He didn't seem this relaxed when he first entered the Void Heaven Palace with his Nascent Soul cultivation.

"Stand at the very back, don't do anything sneaky, and don't get too close to me."

"I won't kill you as long as you don't do anything stupid."

After giving a brief reminder, Mu Yu immediately turned around to find Han Li's location.

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Two days later, Mu Yu caught up with Han Li in front of a black desert.

Han Li, who was hesitating in front of the Black Desert, saw Mu Yu's arrival and a hint of joy flashed across his face.

Han Li had just witnessed the black desert transform into a swarm of black flying ants, which directly engulfed a Core Formation cultivator of the same level as him. He was now hesitant about whether to risk advancing.

"Han Li, come up here. Keep an eye on Xuan Gu; we need to hurry and get going."

As Mu Yu spoke, he tossed several ice-attribute magic items to Han Li.

Then, from several spirit beast pouches, more than 500,000 gold-devouring insects were released, forming a wave of gold and silver that surged forward.

The so-called black desert in front is actually just some black particles containing iron ore.

However, because these iron sands contain swarms of fire ants that are difficult to detect, this black desert is extremely dangerous.

Five hundred thousand Gold-Eating Insects were enough to crush any danger below the Nascent Soul stage, and the Iron Fire Ants were almost powerless to resist, and were submerged in the swarm.

After the battle, Mu Yu cast a spell to control the insects, causing the gold and silver Devouring Insects to form a single entity, pulling the boat forward at high speed.

The insect-controlling technique that Elder Linghu obtained from the Spirit Beast Mountain was not too profound, but it was sufficient for Mu Yu's needs at the moment.

He took out several pills to replenish his mana from his storage bag and then took out a high-grade wood-type spirit stone to restore his mana.

In this way, Mu Yu barely managed to maintain the mana consumption required to drive the Gold-Eating Insect Swarm, and traveled forward at a speed far exceeding that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

The fire ants encountered along the way were almost all swallowed up by the gold-eating beetle swarm without much time being wasted.

After all, a number of 500,000 is enough to crush everything.

"The situation in the Ice and Fire Path is a bit abnormal."

After encountering another large ant colony consisting of seventy to eighty thousand iron fire ants, Xuan Gu abruptly spoke up to remind them.

"The lifespan of the Star Palace Twin Saints should still be several hundred years. They shouldn't be in such a hurry to deplete the forces of both the righteous and the demonic factions."

"With such a large number of fire ants, even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator would have to deal with them."

Xuan Gu continued explaining, glancing warily at the swarm of hundreds of thousands of Gold-Eating Insects.

At this moment, Mu Yu was examining a crystal he had obtained from the abdomen of the Ironfire Ant Queen, completely ignoring Xuan Gu's words.

Mu Yu could roughly guess what the Twin Saints of Tianxing were up to; they simply wanted to test him again.

If Mu Yu is truly just a pretty face and dies in the Void Heaven Palace, the Star Palace Twin Saints will naturally have fewer troubles.

But if Mu Yu manages to leave successfully, the Star Palace Saints will naturally have a different attitude.

It seems they have already discovered that a Nascent Soul cultivator using their full power in the mortal realm will shorten their lifespan.

This is roughly how interactions occur between cultivators.

When they suspected that Mu Yu was an old monster in the Nascent Soul stage, the Star Palace Twin Saints dared not do anything offensive.

But when Mu Yu admitted that he was just an avatar, all sorts of tests began to come.

If circumstances allow and the benefits are significant enough, it's not impossible for the Twin Saints of Tianxing to directly target Mu Yu.

However, it's not a big problem; Mu Yu's talent for avoiding misfortune and seeking good fortune can completely prevent those situations from occurring.

"Alright, forget about all that nonsense, I've discovered traces of extreme Yin."