Looking at the deep cave ahead, with an entrance three meters high, Lu Ren was full of surprise and said, "Are you sure this is Sun Wukong’s tomb?"
Beside him, Ji Quanzhen held a compass and muttered to himself, keeping a close eye on the device. Lu Ren could clearly sense the magnetic field emitted by Ji Quanzhen, constantly linking to the magnetic field of this place, intending to explore its secrets. The rıghtful source is N0v3l.Fiɾe.net
After a while, Ji Quanzhen said, "I don’t know if it is or not, but the terrain here is very strange. The waters surrounding this island are calm like a lake. If you saw correctly when you came by boat, this island looks like a toppled statue of a Buddha."
Lu Ren pondered, "I came by heavy helicopter."
With a body mass of two tons, ordinary helicopters wouldn’t be able to transport him flexibly.
Ji Quanzhen shook his head upon hearing this, walked to the edge of the cave, and reached out to clear away some debris from the sides. He saw an ancient couplet carved in archaic script.
"Heaven-Reaching Skill, praised through the ages; Great Saint’s Mighty Spirit and Respect, honored through generations."
Lu Ren frowned, looking at Ji Quanzhen: "Are you sure Sun Wukong was pressed under Five Finger Mountain, and then Tathagata kindly carved him a couplet?"
"What do you know? Many things from the mythical era have vanished over time. If we don’t explore and understand, once these demons return, how will we handle them?"
In recent years, Zhang Tongxuan, Ji Quanzhen, and others have tasted the rewards of excavating many Immortal God Tombs, gaining great benefits. Some elixirs sealed in treasure boxes retained most of their potency, rapidly enhancing their realm upon consumption, leading them to become addicted to such discoveries.
Lu Ren walked around, carefully sensing that the magnetic field here was peculiar. Generally, the magnetic field is constantly changing, but here it’s stagnant. He intended to use his own magnetic field to pry this area open.
To Lu Ren’s surprise, the region showed no sign of movement. In other areas, he only needed to move a finger, and seductive spirits would flock to him like gold-crazed admirers.
Now, everything was indifferent, like an immovable steel plate.
Having another look, Lu Ren remembered what Ji Quanzhen said, left the island, and walked on water to a kilometer away. When he looked at the island, sure enough, as Ji Quanzhen described, with the reflection in the water, it resembled a reclining Buddha.
And Sun Wukong’s tomb lay where the Buddha clasped his hands.
Further away, the island appeared vague, like a mirage, indistinct in sight.
Even for Lu Ren, whose Divine Soul was gradually transforming into Primordial Spirit, his Divine Thought detected no island, only vast waters, but with a stubborn magnetic field.
Returning to the island, seeing the people coming and going, he deeply felt admiration. Elder Ji truly had a knack for exploration, finding even such a place, ordinary people couldn’t reach this island without Ji Quanzhen’s guidance.
Moreover, under the arrangement of a group of Taoists, the island, often shrouded in fog, had been cleared for passage.
Back at the cave entrance, fully armed, Ji Quanzhen raised his chin at Lu Ren.
"Are you ready? Do you need armor?"
"This fish scale armor is enough."
Lu Ren lifted a heavy sword, using a magnetic button to attach it to his back, and walked into the cave with Ji Quanzhen.
There’s strong magnetic interference inside; ordinary people wouldn’t last a few seconds before their souls would be shattered by the strong magnetic field.
"Making such a grand preparation, yet only two of us going in, isn’t it a bit too meager?"
Ji Quanzhen snorted, "With such Immortal God Tombs, if something goes wrong, even a multitude wouldn’t be sufficient."
Lu Ren said, "I think the people on the island might not be safe either."
"We’re organizing withdrawal already. If there’s a major disturbance, we’ll use powerful bunker-buster thermobaric bombs!"
Ji Quanzhen said fiercely, "If that’s not enough, we have two hydrogen bombs on the ship, definitely enough!"
Lu Ren hesitated: "We’re still inside."
"If there’s trouble and we can’t control it, we face great danger. Do you want those long-asleep, likely mutated and warped demons and Immortal Gods to emerge? That would be a true calamity!"
Lu Ren remained calm, saying little more.
The cave twisted deeper and grew narrower. Lu Ren had to crouch increasingly until he lost patience and simply wielded his longsword, infusing it with Ten Earth True Qi. As it glowed coldly three feet long, it sliced through the surrounding cave like tofu, continually expanding the space.
Next to him, Ji Quanzhen was startled and grabbed Lu Ren’s wrist: "You’re expanding the cave here?"
"What? Is there a concern?"
"Most Immortal God tombs have restrictions; if disturbed, it might awaken what’s inside, and we could suffer great losses!"
Lu Ren nodded and stopped insisting. He twisted his neck, continuing to apply sustained pressure with Ten Earth Knot, compressing his height and size further.
In the end, much to Ji Quanzhen’s surprise, Lu Ren’s frame shrank to just over 1.8 meters.
After a while, Lu Ren exhaled, "This is my limit. Any more, and my body will collapse."
"What do you mean by collapse? You control your Desired Size so well!"
Ji Quanzhen exclaimed: "You’ve opened my eyes a bit."
"Collapse..." Lu Ren chuckled, "Perhaps my flesh would proliferate uncontrollably, becoming a mass only knowing relentless growth and reproduction."
"Your System Martial Path cultivation indeed acts this way, the higher the realm, the more your body is unavoidably influenced by the Seeking Truth Realm."
Lu Ren’s gaze brightened, "You seem to have dug up many valuable things. Once we’re out, I’d like to study them."
Ji Quanzhen chuckled: "Better learn Refining Spirit with me; borrowing false to true cultivation won’t be less effective than your Systemic Martial Arts Family."
Lu Ren ignored Ji Quanzhen’s mockery; given their level, switching cultivation systems wasn’t plausible.
After trekking at least ten kilometers, with the cave descending, the rock walls turned damp, drops falling, and pools forming in pits.
The passage gradually widened.