40: The Void Mirror is shocking! Now, let's have a second ruthless person!

The void mirror's decisiveness caught Chu Feng a bit off guard, but he quickly understood.

After all, its master, the Void Great Emperor, had frequently targeted Undying Mountain in his efforts to suppress the Dark Turmoil and maintain the peace of the Human Race.

He had played "dirty tricks"—using various schemes, traps, and luring enemies deep—playing the Supremes of Undying Mountain for fools and deceiving them multiple times. A blood feud had long since existed between the two sides.

Therefore, upon hearing that Chu Feng intended to target Undying Mountain, the void mirror didn't hesitate at all; it was practically eager to join in, wishing it could charge in and smash things itself.

"Alright, since you've agreed, that makes things easier." Chu Feng felt greatly reassured, a confident smile appearing on his face. "With an ultimate emperor armament like you joining, my confidence has grown significantly."

Now that he was at the Quasi-Emperor Sixth Heaven, relying on his self-created Chaos Heart Sutra and his Heaven-Defying Chaos Body, he was peerless among those of the same rank and even confident in fighting across Realms.

If he could fully awaken an emperor armament like the void mirror, his combat power would undergo a qualitative leap.

Originally, he was seventy percent certain he could stir up trouble in Undying Mountain; now, with the void mirror's promise, that certainty had jumped to ninety percent!

There were too many good things in Undying Mountain—countless divine materials and precious medicines—and more importantly, his primary objective for this trip—

"The enlightenment ancient tea tree!" A sharp light flashed in Chu Feng's eyes.

The enlightenment ancient tea tree within Undying Mountain was a true undying divine medicine.

Rooted in the core of Undying Mountain, it took the form of an ancient tree with bark mottled like Dragon scales. Its leaves came in various shapes—some resembling true Dragons, some like divine phoenixes, and others like Qilins—each containing different fragments of the Great Dao.

This tree produced only one hundred and eight enlightenment tea leaves a year. Drinking tea made from them could help a Cultivator enter a state of deep Epiphany, vastly increasing their Comprehension Ability and having miraculous effects on a Breakthrough of a Bottleneck.

Even mighty experts of the Xiantai Secret Realm could gain profound insights into the Dao in a short time.

As for the complete enlightenment ancient tea tree, its Dao rhythm was said to be enough for Great Emperor-level powerhouses to benefit immensely; meditating beneath the tree could accelerate the comprehension and Fusion of the mark of heavenly heart.

Historically, Supreme existences of peerless talent like the Ruthless Great Emperor and the Great Emperor Wushi had entered Undying Mountain to sit and meditate on the Great Dao beneath the enlightenment ancient tea tree.

A divine medicine that could entice even those two to "pluck its wool" was clearly of immense value.

This was precisely one of the auxiliary divine items Chu Feng needed most when striving for the position of Great Emperor!

"Are you going to attack a forbidden zone? Chu Feng, is your strength... truly enough?"

Little Moon, having heard the conversation between Chu Feng and the void mirror, had a face full of worry. She tightly gripped Chu Feng's sleeve. "Maybe... wait until you prove your Dao and become an emperor before going? That would be safer..."

Although she knew Chu Feng was strong, that was a Life Forbidden Zone! More than one ancient Supreme slept within! Every one of them had once ruled the world and looked down upon an entire era.

"It's fine, my Little Moon." Chu Feng smiled and ruffled her hair, his tone steady and confident. "I am now at the Quasi-Emperor Sixth Heaven, and you've seen the advantages of the Chaos Body. Besides, we aren't fighting alone."

He counted on his fingers. "In a few days, I'll take Yan Ruyu to the Azure Emperors Tomb to retrieve the Yao Race's chaos green lotus emperor armament. Add to that your family's void mirror,"

He pointed at the ancient mirror floating nearby. "And the empress pagoda of the Yaochi Holy Land. Three fully awakened ultimate emperor armaments, plus my Quasi-Emperor Sixth Heaven Chaos Body, are enough to turn the outskirts of Undying Mountain upside down."

He paused before continuing, "Besides, I'm not going to wipe out Undying Mountain; we can't do that with our current strength. My goal is to weaken them, loot resources, and especially... I must obtain the enlightenment ancient tea tree!"

"You want the enlightenment ancient tea tree?"

Hearing this, the void mirror's body flickered slightly. "That will be quite difficult. The enlightenment ancient tea tree is one of the 'earth-root' divine medicines of Undying Mountain, closely linked to the Great Dao Origin of that land. It can only retain its divinity if rooted in Undying Mountain.

Once it leaves Undying Mountain, it won't be long before it withers, its divinity drains away, and it turns into ordinary wood. Unless... you move the entire Undying Mountain."

As an emperor armament that had followed the Void Great Emperor in many battles against forbidden zones, the void mirror's understanding of Undying Mountain far exceeded that of ordinary people.

"I know that." Chu Feng wasn't panicked at all; instead, he showed a mysterious smile. "But I have a way."

He had the Chat Group! As long as he could obtain the enlightenment ancient tea tree, whether by transplanting it to the Chat Group's exclusive space or using points to exchange for special soil and environments in the mall, there would always be a way to keep it alive and maintain its divinity.

This was the greatest advantage of having a "System"-type Golden Finger—one could always find "outside-the-rules" ways to break conventions.

"I couldn't tell, kid." The void mirror circled Chu Feng twice more, its surface flowing with brilliance as if it were carefully examining him.

"By the way, where exactly did you pop out from? A Chaos Body Quasi-Emperor who has cultivated to such a Realm, yet there wasn't a single whisper about you before this. This is completely illogical."

The more it thought about it, the weirder it felt. It continued, "And... it's even more wrong! With the Heaven-Defying Aptitude of a Chaos Body, as long as resources kept up, a thousand years would be enough for you to prove your Dao and become an emperor! Why have you only reached the Quasi-Emperor Sixth Heaven?"

This was the void mirror's greatest confusion.

It had seen many Geniuses, but a legendary Physique like the Chaos Body, once it matured, its Cultivate speed and combat power would subvert all understanding. By all logic, Chu Feng should have become an emperor long ago.

"Sigh, do you think I didn't want to?" Mentioning this, Chu Feng was also full of bitterness and couldn't help but complain.

"I also wanted to rush and prove my Dao to become an emperor! But the problem is, I have no connections or background, no shocking Opportunities, and no massive resources! I'm just a 'man of three nothings'!"

His expression was exaggerated, his tone helpless:

"If I had exposed my identity as a Chaos Body early on, what do you think would have happened? All sorts of trouble would have surely followed! Those Holy Lands and Ancient Aristocratic Families would have tried every means to recruit or control me. If they couldn't recruit me, they might have played dirty!"

"Even more terrifying are the Supremes in those forbidden zones! How could they tolerate a future Chaos Body emperor growing up? Once they discovered me, they'd probably just snatch me into a forbidden zone and refine me into 'human medicine' for a major supplement!"

"So," Chu Feng shrugged, "from the very beginning, I never thought about taking the path of quickly proving the Dao and showing off. Success would be great, of course, but what if I were sniped by a Supreme at the critical moment of striving for the Great Emperor position? If I failed, I'd end up as their blood food or a medicinal catalyst! I'd rather just die quickly."

"Therefore, I chose the dumbest, safest path." Chu Feng's voice calmed down, carrying a hint of reminiscence.

"I found a desolate, abandoned ancient star at the edge of the Universe where the Spiritual Qi was depleted and nothing lived, and there I immersed myself in solitary bitter cultivation. Without relying on any external resources, I relied entirely on absorbing that pitiful bit of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to temper myself and comprehend the Great Dao."