No hope for eternal life

Chapter 221 A sudden inspiration

However, Hua Hong did not notice anything unusual in that direction. Instead, Mu Changsheng had already taken action at the moment when he was distracted.

Mu Changsheng took out the sixth-grade formation plate in his hand and activated it instantly. The sixth-grade god-trapping formation took shape, trapping Hua Hong inside.

At this moment, Hua Hong knew that he had fallen into a trap. He immediately attacked the trap and at the same time passed the message to Hua Sheng, saying that Mu Changsheng had rebelled.

Mu Changsheng and Mu Xun turned around and ran straight to Hu Tian Island.

After arriving at Hu Tian Island, Mu Changsheng and the other person headed straight for the ferry. They wanted to take the ferry here to cross the border, because normally, only cultivators in the sixth realm had the ability to cross the void.

Arriving at the ferry, Mu Changsheng quickly found the person in charge and said, "I want to go to the Heavenly Netherworld."

Seeing that Mu Changsheng and the other two looked very hurried, the person in charge reminded them, "The ferry to the Heavenly Nether Realm will not be available for another month."

Mu Changsheng naturally couldn't wait here for a month, so he asked directly: "I want the ferry to leave now, how many spirit stones do I need? What's your price?"

The person in charge of the ferry had to look at Mu Changsheng with new eyes after hearing this, but since the other party had said so, he would not be polite and made a big offer on the spot: "One price, 100,000 high-grade spirit stones."

"Okay." Mu Changsheng agreed immediately and paid 100,000 high-quality spirit stones on the spot.

When the ferry manager saw Lingshi, he immediately smiled and said, "Please follow me, gentlemen. The ferry will start immediately."

After the spirit stones arrived, everything went smoothly. In a moment, the huge ferry started moving. Besides the ship owner, there were only two passengers, Mu Changsheng and Mu Xun.

Although the ferry is large, it is extremely fast, like a stream of light, rushing straight into the sky. Ordinary ferries only have the speed of the Nascent Soul level, but this cross-border ferry is as fast as a seventh-level cultivator at full speed!

On the other side, on Hu Tian Island, Mu Changsheng and the other person had just left when the Hua family led by Hua Sheng arrived.

Hua Sheng thought that Mu Changsheng and the other had defected to the Hu family, and immediately demanded an explanation from the Hu family, but the Hu family looked confused.

But those had nothing to do with Mu Changsheng anymore. At this time, he had already taken the ferry and entered the void.

Looking at the loneliness and darkness around the void, Mu Changsheng sighed: "I didn't expect that the first time I stepped into the void, I would be in an illusion. I don't know if there is any difference between the real void and the illusion void."

"It is said that the void is endless. In comparison, let alone us, even the nine realms combined seem insignificant in front of it." Mu Xun also sighed.

At the same time, the sky and water boundary behind the ferry was shrinking rapidly, until it became as small as a dot and then disappeared. This shows how fast the ferry was traveling.

However, even at such a fast speed, it still took several days to get from the Tianshui Realm to the Tianyou Realm.

The ice-blue planet called Tianyoujie was already in sight. Mu Changsheng couldn't help but sigh: "Is this Tianyoujie?"

The Tianyou Realm is really special among the Nine Realms. It is the only world named after a family, and the You Clan is also the first family with the longest inheritance in the history of the Nine Realms. It can be said to be enduring and legendary.

Mu Xun on the side complained: "Traveling in the void is really boring. Speaking of which, the Heavenly Netherworld is the most remote world among the Nine Worlds. We ran all the way from the Tianshui World, which is closest to the sun, to the Tianyou World, which is farthest from the sun. It can be said that we have crossed the entire Nine Worlds."

"The farthest from the sun!" Mu Changsheng was struck by lightning. The speaker was unintentional, but the listener took it to heart. Mu Changsheng suddenly thought of something at this moment.

"What? Did I say something wrong?" Mu Xun asked.

Mu Changsheng's eyes were like torches, and he asked Mu Xun: "Do you think that the world in this illusion can be as infinite as the endless void in reality?"

Mu Xun frowned slightly and said: "It's impossible. After all, this is just an illusion. It's already amazing that it can imitate the Nine Realms. It can't be as infinite as reality."

"That's right." Mu Changsheng nodded and said, "This should also involve the cost of the illusion. The larger the scope of the illusion, the greater the cost. There is no need to make the illusion so large."

"What exactly do you want to say?" Mu Xun asked in confusion.

Mu Changsheng expressed his guess: "We were in Tianshui Realm at the beginning, so Tianshui Realm should be the center of the illusion. Now we have come to Tianyou Realm, which is the farthest from Tianshui Realm, so the direction we are in now should be the edge of the illusion."

Mu Xun frowned deeply. He probably understood what Mu Changsheng meant: "You want to explore the edge of the illusion."

"No, I want to get out of the illusion." Mu Changsheng said with a smile: "Breaking through the edge of the illusion means we can get out of the illusion, which means we have cracked the illusion."

"I feel this method is not very reliable." Mu Xun shook his head slightly and explained: "First, we don't know whether the edge of the illusion exists or not, and how far away it is from us. We may not reach the edge of the illusion even if we run to death on the ferry. Second, your method does not seem to be the correct solution to break the illusion. Instead, it seems to be taking a shortcut. In this way, even if we can get out of the illusion, will we still be judged as failing the assessment?"

Mu Changsheng smiled slightly. His thoughts were fully opened. He easily refuted Mu Xun's two views: "First, I have read a lot of books and secret techniques related to illusions in these years, but I have never found any information about the scope of illusions. This shows that the illusion itself is deliberately avoiding this weakness, which further verifies my point of view. Second, the Lingshan Sect that I yearn for should have a broad mind. If I am judged to have failed the assessment just because I took a shortcut through the illusion, then I might as well not join the Lingshan Sect!"

"It seems that you are going to insist on your own opinion again." Mu Xun sighed softly. He knew that he could not persuade Mu Changsheng.

"You have two choices, either come with me or part ways. You can go to Tianyou Realm or anywhere else." Mu Changsheng gave Mu Xun two choices and did not force Mu Xun. After all, there was still a certain possibility of failure in his approach.

Mu Changsheng insisted so much because he believed in what Mu Xun said before. Under normal circumstances, he would have to stay in the illusion for thousands or even tens of thousands of years and keep his mind intact to pass the test. But Mu Changsheng had no confidence in this, because he had to keep his mind highly alert in the illusion. It was already amazing if he could maintain this state for ten or a hundred years. It would drive people crazy to want to persist for thousands of years. Perhaps this was the reason why the elimination rate of the test was so high.

Therefore, now that Mu Changsheng has seen a "shortcut", he naturally will not let it go.

On the other hand, Mu Xun gave a third option: "In fact, you can also go to the Tianyou Realm first, make full preparations with the help of the You Clan, and then explore the edge of the illusion."

"No, once we go to the Tianyou Realm and expose the spirit stone mine, the You Clan will not let us leave." Mu Changsheng refused without thinking.

Facing the Hua family, Mu Changsheng still has the ability to escape, but facing the You clan, the gap is too big, and he is likely to be kept in the Tianyou Realm by the You clan for life.

Mu Xun frowned slightly. He knew that what Mu Changsheng said made sense. Then he shook his head and said, "In that case, you and I will separate. You go to find the border of the illusion, and I will go to the heavenly realm. I hope you are right."