"What an impressive plan!"

After the initial shock, Mu Jinyu took a deep breath and gradually calmed down.

Having seen the folded mountain range behind Purple Gold Mountain, he knew that his previous suspicions were likely correct.

The various famous mountains might indeed be the foundations of a super large formation encompassing the entire Earth, with the spiritual energy from around the world being drawn to it to operate the formation.

This led to the subsequent harsh environment of thin spiritual energy on Earth.

Until now, for some unknown reason, it seems the formation is gradually collapsing, allowing the previously hidden landscape to break free from restrictions and fully reveal itself, thereby returning the spiritual energy.

But what exactly is the reason?

Thinking about this problem, Mu Jinyu couldn't help but feel a heaviness in his heart.

Recalling the time when Earth's spiritual energy began to revive, it was roughly after Xiang Mantang alone drove the first demon to suppress the demon space...

And who was the powerful being that used the various spirit mountains as foundations to set up such an enormous formation across the globe, and for what purpose?!

Could this formation have been used to suppress those formless demons?

If his conjecture is true, then the demon chaos at that time might have been just the first wave, with even more terrifying dark chaos to follow!!

"I hope it's not as I've speculated..."

Mu Jinyu slowly shook his head, his face showing a slight pallor.

Even though he now had the cultivation level of the fourth layer of the Unity Realm Stage, and in the present only Young Master Mu in the Void Breaking Realm could surpass him, thinking of the past demon chaos still caused a shiver in his heart, wishing never to experience such events again.

"According to what Wang Tengfei just said, the real mountain ranges folded behind the major spirit mountains contain only weeds and spiritual medicines, with no major problems. Only Mount Tai is scarce in weeds and spiritual medicines, mostly filled with corpses and fragments of magic treasures, suspected to be an ancient battlefield. It has countless hidden restrictions and killing formations, and one wrong move could lead to death, which is why in the past year no one has been able to conquer Mount Tai…"

"What is this battlefield, the frontline of humanity's resistance against demons?"

Mu Jinyu, showing a contemplative look, slowly shook his head and muttered to himself, "I have to personally take a trip to Mount Tai."

Suppressing the myriad chaotic thoughts, Mu Jinyu shook his head, then once again lifted his eyes to scan the rarely seen true appearance of Purple Gold Mountain before retracting his gaze.

Because there was not a single spiritual medicine in the mountain range, it seems they had already been dug up by the Master of Purple Gold Mountain.

Walking slowly out of the folded area, Mu Jinyu, under the fearful gazes of those on Purple Gold Mountain, soared into the sky and left the mountain.

"Is that the Dragon King of the Dragon King Hall?"

"So terrifying, I just thought he was going to kill us martial artists who came to Purple Gold Mountain to cultivate."

"We better leave quickly, don't think about taking advantage, after all, it's the famous mountain they conquered. If one day he decides to kill us without reason, we'd have no place to plead our case even if we died."

Dozens of loose cultivators on Purple Gold Mountain, having seen the Master of Purple Gold Mountain die and Dragon King Hall not coming to occupy Purple Gold Mountain, had quietly come over here to cultivate.

Just now, upon witnessing the aura Mu Jinyu emitted, they were all frightened into stillness like quails, and although Mu Jinyu left hurriedly in the end, his cold and stern expression was so frightening that they dared not remain on Purple Gold Mountain.

After leaving Purple Gold Mountain, Mu Jinyu did not immediately head to Mount Tai to investigate the situation.

After all, according to Wang Tengfei, Mount Tai was very dangerous, and going there rashly would not be favorable. It would be better to collaborate with Wang Tengfei, entering from the routes they had already explored.

Soon, Mu Jinyu returned to Yinlong Mountain.

"How did it go?"

Gu Xiyan and the others crowded around, curiously asking.

Mu Jinyu nodded lightly and shared the clues he discovered with them.

However, he did not mention his own speculations, as they were, after all, just conjectures, unverified, and there was no need to frighten anyone with them.

After listening to Mu Jinyu's account, Gu Xiyan and the others fell into contemplation.

They were all pondering what the world used to be like, who had laid such a large formation connecting the famous mountains as the foundation, and what the purpose was.

They, being not foolish, had vaguely reached similar speculations as Mu Jinyu.

But they wisely kept these thoughts to themselves.

"Let the envoys from Mount Wuyi and Mount Mao come over."

Mu Jinyu, heading towards the office, turned back and told Mu Hongchen.

Mu Hongchen nodded and went to contact the emissaries from the famous mountains temporarily residing in Yinlong Mountain, informing them that Mu Jinyu had returned and could see them now.

Mu Jinyu was not easily deceived; having listened to Wang Tengfei's lengthy speech, he had long seen through the other's intentions. It was all driven by the thought of exploring Dragon Nest with Song Zijin and others, distributing a significant portion of the Dragon Marrow to them, which had piqued their interest.

Realizing that even if they continued to keep Mount Tai's secrets, Mu Jinyu would inevitably find out sooner or later, they decided it was better to reach out in advance and share the clues and routes, hoping to also gain a share from Mount Tai.

The visitors from Mount Wuyi, Mount Mao, and Mount Jiuhua likely shared the same idea, and since Mu Jinyu was ready to collaborate with them to probe into Mount Tai, he naturally wouldn't choose to work exclusively with Wang Tengfei.

After Mu Jinyu returned to the office.

Not long thereafter.

Six middle-aged men with strength at the peak of the Ninth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm came in.

Although the Mountain Masters, due to either self-important reasons or other considerations, unlike Master of Zhongnan Mountain Wang Tengfei who personally came to apologize, did not come themselves, they still sent their second in command, indicating they were giving Dragon King Hall due respect.

Considering that both parties were practitioners of the Fanxu Realm, they were only slightly weaker than Mu Jinyu.

There was no need for the Mountain Masters to run to Dragon King Hall personally while Mu Jinyu was away, waiting eagerly for his uncertain return, was there?

However, Mu Jinyu didn't mind this and didn't feel slighted just because the Mountain Masters didn't come themselves.

Once they entered, he straightforwardly asked, "Is there something you need?"

The six men entered, contemplating how to pique Mu Jinyu's interest, but upon meeting his eyes, instead of Mu Jinyu sensing their sincerity, they felt an indescribable oppressive aura.

Under the influence of this oppressive aura, they unintentionally revealed their reason for coming.

"We are here to discuss with the Dragon Master about collaborating to explore Mount Tai!"

"Indeed, Dragon Master, what you may not know is that Mount Tai, unlike other famous mountains, holds many secrets..."

Unaware that Master of Zhongnan Mountain Wang Tengfei not only came to apologize to Mu Jinyu but also divulged the discussions they had prepared beforehand, they proceeded.

Thinking that despite not knowing why they hadn't used other tactics to initially attract Mu Jinyu's interest, stating their purpose directly didn't matter, as they believed Mu Jinyu would be intrigued.

Finding it dull to listen further, Mu Jinyu directly interrupted, "Alright, I understand your intention—you want to use your recently discovered routes and information on entering Mount Tai, accumulated at the cost of human lives, to collaborate with me in exploring Mount Tai, right?"

"Uh... yes…"

Feeling a bit awkward for being interrupted and having their purpose directly stated by Mu Jinyu, the six candidly nodded.

Mu Jinyu remarked, "Alright, we can collaborate. Go notify your Mountain Masters to come over in person."

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