567 A Minor Plane?

The other elders had never thought that something like this happened in their sect and wanted to know more.

"Wait, I remember that. I was still an inner court disciple when that happened. A strong intruder apparently managed to slip into the sect. There were many other experts from different sects chasing him as well.

Our sect was near to the battle zone and they made a plan to coax him into the area of our sect so we could trap him." The elder replied.

"What happened after that?" the other elders curiously asked.

"The plan did succeed, but not without a cost. Elder Limo, along with seven other Nascent Soul realm elders of different sects, died in the battle." The elder answered.

"What? The enemy managed to do that? Who was he and what happened to him?" they asked further.

"Of course the enemy died. The combined attack of the elders was so strong that it eliminated all traces of the enemy. In fact, that was the reason why the seven elders died, because the man used a forbidden self sacrificing technique." The elder answered.

"Why don't you know about this Elder Qing, you were an elder too at that time, weren't you?" the junior elder questioned.

Elder Qing shook his head in response and spoke, "I was sadly in closed door seclusion at that time. I was close to death as my life span was about to end and had less than a year left to live. Thankfully, I managed to break through and extended my lifespan again."

"Ah, forgive me for asking this." The junior elder replied.

Elder Qing simply waved his hand in a gesture, saying it was fine.

"Though what do we do with the two snakes now?" Someone asked.

"Hmm… see if any of the elders can tame them or not. If they are not able to, just leave them as it is. They can serve to increase the power of the sect passively. Enemies will not dare to enter the forest with the fear of the Nascent Soul realm beasts.

Also… give them some herbs and pills. It's better to have their favor than to offend them needlessly. Now that they are Nascent Soul realm beasts, they should have higher intelligence and will know how to act." Elder Qing said.

"As you command, elder Qing." The elders responded with cupped hands before getting to their tasks.

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~Zoom~

~thud~

~Crack~

A loud sound could be heard as a red blur broke through a few trees. This was none other than Little Shrubby who was moving at great speed and did not have the chance to stop. Thankfully, neither he nor Lin Mu could be hurt by slamming into trees such as these and were fine.

"That's enough, we can stop now." Lin Mu stated, upon sensing the change in the area.

Little Shrubby came to a halt with a flip and dug his claws into a large boulder. His claws cut into the boulder for over a meter before he managed to stop. Lin Mu unhooked the harness and got down from Little Shrubby's back.

~huu~

He breathed in the dense spirit Qi in the air.

"This place… it's definitely not the Ripple mist sect…" Lin Mu said.

While spirit Qi here was not as dense as to form a mist like during the breakthrough of the two snakes, it was still over five times as concentrated as that of the sect. Lin Mu took a look around and found it to be much different from the area of the Ripple mist sect.

Instead of multiple mountains, there was just one single mountain here. But the mountain was taller than any other mountain Lin Mu had ever seen.

"It's the same mountain…" Lin Mu muttered.

This is the scene that Lin Mu had seen previously in the forest. It looked like an illusion to him before, but now it was confirmed that it was all realm.

"Seems like you managed to stumble into a minor plane…" Xukong suddenly said.

"Really senior?" Lin Mu said and spread his spirit sense around. "This place is even more stable than I thought though. It is even stable than the Myriad Armament Canopy abode of old man Jing." Lin Mu added.

"Hmm… probably because this is a naturally formed plane. Though it can't be considered to be a complete plane." Xukong replied.

Lin Mu nodded and decided to take a look around. The spirit Qi in the air was quite pleasant to Lin Mu and his Dantian was quickly being replenished. Before he had used over ninety percent of his spirit Qi in order to open the portal to this minor plane.

One could tell from this how difficult it was to enter this place, but now that large amount of spirit Qi was restored by half in just ten minutes.

"This place is simply a cultivation haven." Lin Mu praised.

He walked around with little Shrubby in the forest surrounding the mountain. Lin Mu could not see the borders of the plane, which meant that either they were quite far away, or that the plane simply looped back after a certain distance.

If it was the second case, then the plane would be similar to Lin Mu's Garden of Karma. In the forest, Lin Mu saw a lot of beasts, but all of them seemed to be herbivores with nary a predator.

It felt strange to him as with no predator, the population of these beasts should have been overwhelming, yet they seemed to be normal. Lin Mu also saw some peculiar trees which he had not seen before, along with spirit herbs and fruits.

This place was simply a paradise for any cultivator. There was no danger and plenty of resources to consume. Just like this, Lin Mu continued walking and reached the edge of the mountain.

But just as he was about to take a step ahead, he felt danger and took a step back.

~shua~

A Sharp wooden spear struck the ground a few inches away from Lin Mu.

"Who?!!" Lin Mu said as he got ready to defend.

"Halt! Tell me who you are and how did you come here?!" A man suddenly appeared atop a cliff some distance from Lin Mu.