Three days later, on a deserted island in the Eastern Sea, spanning merely three to four square kilometers, the island was now brightly lit, with fully armed soldiers dressed in simple exoskeleton gear patrolling sporadically.
There were also some Taoists wearing Taoist robes, holding colorful small flags both in their hands and on their backs, constantly measuring positions, intermittently planting the flags.
Feeling the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism being continuously driven away and blocked, as these Taoists set up the Inverted Yin Yang Five Elements Array, this place had evidently become a heaven-reaching deadland.
Gazing at the deep cave ahead, with an entrance three meters high, Lu Ren expressed surprise: "Are you sure this is Sun Wukong’s tomb?"
Beside him, Ji Quanzhen held a compass, muttering incantations, closely watching the compass. Lu Ren could distinctly feel the magnetic field radiating from Ji Quanzhen, constantly connecting with the magnetic field of the land, intending to explore the secrets within.
After a long while, Ji Quanzhen said: "I’m not sure if it is, but the terrain here is very strange. The surroundings of the island are calm and tranquil, like a lake; I wonder if you noticed when you arrived by boat, this island looks like an upside-down Buddha."
Lu Ren pondered: "I came by heavy helicopter."
Weighing two tons, an ordinary helicopter indeed couldn’t flexibly lift him.
Ji Quanzhen shook his head upon hearing this, walked to the edge of the cave, reached out and cleared some rubble on both sides of the cave, revealing a pair of antithetical couplets carved in ancient seal script.
"Praise of Heaven-Reaching Skill through the ages, Great Saint’s Mighty Spirit and Respect."
Lu Ren furrowed his brow, looking at Ji Quanzhen: "Are you sure Sun Wukong was pressed under Five Finger Mountain, then Tathagata kindly carved a couplet for him?"
"What do you know, many things during that Mythical Era have completely vanished over time. If we don’t explore, don’t understand, how will we deal with these demons when they return?"
Over these years, Zhang Tongxuan and Ji Quanzhen have tasted the sweetness, excavating many Immortal God Tombs, gaining extremely great benefits. Some elixirs sealed in Treasure Box Pills still retain most of their medicinal properties, enhancing realms quickly after consumption, causing these guys to get addicted to excavations.
Lu Ren walked around, carefully feeling the place, discovering that the magnetic field of heaven and earth here was very peculiar. Normally, the magnetic field of heaven and earth changes constantly, but here, it was stagnant, and his mind slightly wavered while attempting to use his own magnetic field to leverage this area.
Unexpectedly, the celestial region showed no signs of movement. In other areas, Lu Ren only needed to wiggle his fingers, and the seductive entities of heaven and earth would crazily cling to a wealthy and handsome man.
Now it was indifferent and desireless, like a steel plate, showing no reaction at all.
After a thorough examination, Lu Ren recalled what Ji Quanzhen had said, left the island, walked on water, and upon reaching a kilometer outside the island, he looked at the island straight on. Indeed, as Ji Quanzhen said, combined with the water’s reflection, it looked like a lying Buddha.
And Sun Wukong’s tomb was located at the spot where the Buddha’s hands were clasped.
Further away, the island became vague and indistinct, resembling a mirage.
Even Lu Ren now, with his Divine Soul gradually transforming into Primordial Spirit, swept with his Divine Thought, finding no island, only a vast ocean, merely possessing unimaginable inertia.
Returning to the island, watching people coming and going around, he couldn’t help but marvel at Elder Ji’s resourcefulness in locating such a place. Without Ji Quanzhen’s leadership, ordinary people could not reach this island.
Moreover, under the arrangement of Taoists’ array, this island, seemingly covered by fog throughout the year, had been opened for ingress and egress.
Returning to the cave entrance, Ji Quanzhen, already fully armed, slightly raised his chin toward Lu Ren.
"How’s your preparation? Do you need a set of armor?"
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Lu Ren picked up a heavy sword, attaching it to his back with a magnetic button, and entered the cave together with Ji Quanzhen.
Inside, there’s a very strong magnetic disturbance; ordinary people can’t stay for a few seconds without their souls being scattered by the strong magnetic field.
"Making such a big move, only two people go inside, is it too shabby?"
Ji Quanzhen snorted: "In such Immortal God Tombs, if not careful, countless people won’t suffice to fill up."
Lu Ren said: "I think the people on the island aren’t very safe either?"
"We’ve already started an orderly evacuation upon entry. If anything big happens, we’ll use powerful ground-penetrating thermal vacuum bombs!"
Ji Quanzhen said fiercely: "If that doesn’t hold them back, there are two hydrogen bombs prepared on the ship, definitely enough!"
Lu Ren’s expression slightly froze: "We are still inside."
"If trouble arises and we can’t contain it, it’s a big problem, unless those long-sleeping, likely mutated and twisted demon-like Immortal Gods emerge, that’s a genuine catastrophe!"
Lu Ren remained calm, saying nothing more.
The cave wound narrowly, becoming tighter and tighter as they proceeded, Lu Ren had to bend over, eventually becoming impatient. He decisively picked up a longsword, utilizing Ten Earth True Qi to infuse it, the sword’s blade extended with three feet of cold brilliance, slicing through the cave as if cutting tofu, expanding it continuously.
Beside him, Ji Quanzhen was startled, hurriedly grabbing Lu Ren’s wrist: "You’re expanding the cave in this place?"
"Why? Is there some taboo?"
"Immortal God Tombs mostly have restrictions attached. If tampered with, it might awaken the contents, and we’ve suffered greatly!"
Lu Ren nodded slightly, ceased his persistence, twisted his neck, then continued applying Ten Earth Knot to pressurize, further compressing and shrinking his height and physique.
Ultimately, to Ji Quanzhen’s surprise, Lu Ren’s stature reduced to about one point eight meters.
After a long pause, Lu Ren breathed out: "This is already my limit. If I shrink further, my body will completely collapse."
"Completely collapse, meaning your physique, Desired Size, controlling your body to such an extent."
Ji Quanzhen remarked amazedly: "You’re showing me something eye-opening."
"Collapse..." Lu Ren smiled slightly: "Perhaps my flesh will proliferate entirely, becoming a mass that only knows continuous growth and reproduction."
"Your System Martial Path cultivation is indeed this way; the higher the realm, the further along, your bodies will inevitably be infected by the Seeking Truth Realm."
(Finish early and sleep, replacing Chapters later will take over an hour, goodnight everyone)