81: Mysterious Passage

When Turtle Prime Minister heard this, his psychological defenses completely crumbled.

He said in a daze, "What exactly do you want with the Dragon King?"

Lin Mu said, "I already told you, I just want to borrow something from him. You don't need to know anything else."

Turtle Prime Minister fell silent upon hearing this.

His triangular turtle eyes kept scanning Lin Mu's body.

It was as if he was trying to confirm how much of Lin Mu's words were credible.

Lin Mu grew a little impatient from the old turtle's gaze.

He urged, "Have you decided? Will you choose to live, or will you just wait for death here?"

Turtle Prime Minister sighed deeply, "Follow me."

After he finished speaking, he turned and swam into the deep sea.

The old turtle's speed was very slow at this time, and he swam for nearly an hour before stopping.

Although the seabed was dim and lightless, it couldn't obstruct Lin Mu's vision.

He looked around.

In front of him was a vortex several meters in size, with seawater continuously pouring into it.

The old turtle pointed at the vortex and said, "This is the passage to the Dragon Palace. You can go straight to the Dragon Palace by entering here."

Lin Mu carefully looked at the vortex, finding nothing special about it.

He walked towards the vortex and placed his hand on its edge.

Suddenly, a powerful suction force from the vortex attacked Lin Mu.

Lin Mu's body was instantly sucked into the vortex.

Seeing this, Yun Feiyang's expression drastically changed.

He unhesitatingly drew his long sword, and his spiritual power surged wildly throughout his body.

He approached Turtle Prime Minister step by step, saying coldly, "If you don't want to die, release our Sect Master. Otherwise, I will dismember you."

Turtle Prime Minister burst into laughter, "Anyone who enters the Divine Passage will either find an exit to the Dragon Palace or be trapped inside forever."

Upon hearing this, Yun Feiyang's long sword suddenly pressed against Turtle Prime Minister's head, "Speak! How can I find the exit?"

Turtle Prime Minister shook his head, "Only the Dragon King knows the exit. If you're truly worried about him, you should go in now. It's not peaceful in there."

After Turtle Prime Minister finished speaking, his expression became somewhat frantic.

Yun Feiyang put away his long sword and leaped into the vortex.

Just as Lin Mu's body entered the vortex...

In the Chaos Realm of Heavenly Dao Academy...

Two figures sat facing each other.

One of them was an old Daoist priest, none other than Wu Daoren (Nameless/Unprincipled Man).

Wu Daoren (Nameless/Unprincipled Man) said with some concern, "I sensed the aura of the heavenly dao sword suddenly disappear. Nothing unexpected happened, did it?"

The other person was enveloped in a yellow light curtain, making his appearance indistinct.

He merely said faintly, "No need to worry, I can feel that both of them are still alive."

His voice was devoid of emotion, like a machine.

Wu Daoren (Nameless/Unprincipled Man) snorted and then said, "I don't care about Lin Mu, but Lao Mo cannot make any mistakes."

His voice began to turn cold, and his entire demeanor became gloomy, completely devoid of the immortal-like aura he had when he first met Lin Mu.

The person in the light curtain still spoke with a cold tone, "I said, there's no need to worry. They can't escape my grasp."

Wu Daoren (Nameless/Unprincipled Man) said, "That's for the best. After thousands of years of waiting, we finally found two suitable individuals."

"If we mess this up again, who knows how many more years we'll have to wait."

The person in the light curtain, with a rare hint of mockery in his tone, said, "If you hadn't coveted my true form back then, why would it have come to this?"

Wu Daoren (Nameless/Unprincipled Man) snorted coldly again, "What's the point of bringing that up now? We're in this together."

Wu Daoren (Nameless/Unprincipled Man) was clearly in the wrong first, so he changed the subject.

"I think their progress is a bit too slow. We must speed things up."

The person in the light curtain's tone returned to its usual flatness, saying, "This cannot be rushed. For a perfect fit, all these processes are very necessary."

Suddenly, his body became transparent.

Before he vanished, he spoke again, "I must remind you, do not interfere with him again."

After he finished speaking, his body completely disappeared from the spot.

Wu Daoren (Nameless/Unprincipled Man) spat in the direction where he had vanished, then his body flickered and also disappeared.

On the other side!!!

Lin Mu appeared in a long passage.

Lin Mu looked around, and everywhere was filled with dense spiritual energy.

However, this kind of spiritual energy was different from both the spiritual energy of the Nine Nether Continent and the Power of the Heavenly Dao.

This was a type of spiritual energy Lin Mu had never encountered before.

Just as he was absorbing some spiritual energy and carefully comprehending it within his body...

Yun Feiyang's figure suddenly flickered and appeared beside Lin Mu.

When he saw Lin Mu standing still with his eyes closed, unmoving...

He anxiously asked, "Sect Master, are you alright?"

Lin Mu was aware of Yun Feiyang's arrival.

However, at this moment, he was at a critical point of comprehension and did not want to be interrupted.

Therefore, he did not respond to Yun Feiyang's call.

Yun Feiyang saw that Lin Mu ignored him.

He took a few steps forward and patted Lin Mu's shoulder.

Just then, an anomaly occurred.

A powerful spiritual energy instantly shot from Lin Mu's shoulder towards Yun Feiyang.

Caught off guard, Yun Feiyang was shaken back by this spiritual energy.

It wasn't until he had retreated dozens of steps that Yun Feiyang stabilized himself, spitting out blood.

He looked at his bloody and mangled hand in horror, then looked up at Lin Mu in disbelief.

At this moment, Lin Mu also looked shocked.

Just as Yun Feiyang reached out to pat him...

The mysterious spiritual energy within his body actually took the initiative to attack Yun Feiyang's palm.

Fortunately, Lin Mu mobilized all of his Power of the Heavenly Dao, barely blocking most of the spiritual energy.

Only a trace of spiritual energy broke through the Power of the Heavenly Dao and shot out of his body.

It was this trace of Power of the Heavenly Dao that was actually able to make Yun Feiyang vomit blood and get injured.

Lin Mu used all his strength to completely refine this spiritual energy before opening his eyes.

Seeing Lin Mu open his eyes, Yun Feiyang tentatively asked, "Sect Master, what was that power just now?"

Lin Mu looked at the dense spiritual energy around him and said, "It's this spiritual energy."

He casually grabbed at the air, and another ball of spiritual energy entered his body.

Then he continued, "What attacked you just now was a trace of this spiritual energy that I just refined."

Upon hearing this, Yun Feiyang also grabbed a wisp of spiritual energy and drew it into his own body.

But after only a moment, the spiritual energy escaped from his body again.

Yun Feiyang said in surprise, "What's going on?"

He tried again, but the result was the same.

The spiritual energy here was particularly strange, as if it had its own consciousness.

Seeing that Yun Feiyang couldn't refine the spiritual energy here...

Lin Mu sat down cross-legged and said, "Guard me. I'm going to try and refine them."

Yun Feiyang nodded upon hearing this.

Lin Mu's refining process lasted for dozens of days.

As Lin Mu refined, the spiritual energy in the passage became increasingly thin.

Suddenly, Lin Mu, who was refining spiritual energy, was enveloped in a brilliant golden light.

He couldn't help but let out a loud shout.

Yun Feiyang quickly stepped forward to check.

At this moment, Lin Mu's face was contorted, as if he was enduring immense pain.

A blood-red crack suddenly appeared between his eyebrows, and something kept wriggling out of the crack.

As that thing continuously wriggled, Lin Mu's roars grew louder and louder.

Having learned his lesson from last time, Yun Feiyang dared not easily touch Lin Mu's body.

He anxiously called out Lin Mu's name.

"Sect Master, Sect Master, wake up."

Suddenly, the crack between Lin Mu's eyebrows stopped wriggling, and the blood-red fissure closed.

Lin Mu also stopped roaring at this moment.

He slowly opened his eyes.

Just then, Yun Feiyang's eyes suddenly widened like copper bells.

He stretched out a finger, pointing at Lin Mu's glabella in surprise and said, "Sect Master, your eye...?"

At this moment, a third eye had actually grown from the crack between Lin Mu's eyebrows.