Arrived at Rong City Airport.
Mu Jinyu and San Liu transferred to a car headed for the small county town where Maitreya Rock was located.
It took nearly half an hour.
They finally arrived at Maitreya Rock.
Maitreya Rock, also known as Ruiyan Mountain, was most famous for its seated Maitreya Buddha statue, carved from a single piece of granite, measuring 6.8 meters high and 8.9 meters wide.
It was the largest freestanding stone-carved Maitreya Buddha statue in the country; however, since it was not well-known, there were hardly any tourists traveling far and wide to see it, and locals had grown tired of it, so there weren't many visitors on normal days.
This was also the reason Mu Jinyu hadn't rushed over after learning about the Creation Pond Water from Nameless, which had transformed her from an ordinary person into a Master of Energy Transformation.
After all, normally not many people visited here, and the location of the pond was quite hidden. Moreover, the dark turmoil had just subsided a little over a month ago, so who would bother to come here for leisure?
Even famed spots like West Lake were still under the influence of the dark turmoil and didn't see many visitors.
Let alone Maitreya Rock.
Upon arriving at Maitreya Rock.
Mu Jinyu's Divine Sense fanned out, scanning the entire Ruiyan Mountain. As expected, she saw no one and then began searching for the pond Nameless had mentioned.
According to Nameless, she used to come here every year. However, after the pond's water was absorbed by her, it had completely dried up, never to spring forth again.
Now, with the revival of Spiritual Energy, Mu Jinyu wondered if the dry state of the pond had changed.
Very soon.
Mu Jinyu, following the directions Nameless had given, finally identified a water pond in a cave.
"Indeed..."
The sight that greeted her Divine Sense was a deep, emerald green pond, looking like a piece of jade embedded in the ground, and Mu Jinyu couldn't help but smile.
"Found it?"
Once Mu Jinyu had confirmed the location of the Land of Creation, San Liu, who had recently entered the Divine Realm and was still not adept with his Divine Sense, obviously hadn't found the place.
"Yes, follow me."
Mu Jinyu leaped up, flying towards the summit of Ruiyan Mountain.
Seeing this, San Liu also set off, closely following her.
Shortly after, Mu Jinyu passed through a secret passage and arrived inside a cave.
"Wow, is this the Creation Pond Water that Nameless bathed in? It truly looks extraordinary."
San Liu followed behind Mu Jinyu into the cave and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration upon seeing the pond that looked like it was made of emerald jade.
Mu Jinyu also wore a rather satisfied expression.
From this pond, she could sense an incredibly rich life essence and magnificent Spiritual Power!
It was dozens of times stronger than the so-called Spring of Life she had previously encountered. If the waters she had found before could be called the Spring of Life, then this pond water could definitely be dubbed the Origin of Life!
"Tsk tsk, such a pity..."
After a few exclaims of admiration, San Liu's face darkened, and he sighed regretfully.
He was feeling sorry for Nameless, who had little prospect of advancement in Cultivation due to Soul Seizing.
Although Nameless now benefitted from Mu Jinyu's Soul Shaping Pill, it was still impossible to completely break free from the constraint.
Otherwise, if Nameless returned here and assimilated this water, her strength would probably surpass Mu Jinyu's.
Now it would only benefit others.
San Liu, who had gained advantage, had complex feelings thinking about what Nameless had contributed to him.
Mu Jinyu walked toward the pond, ready to scoop some water to take a look, when suddenly...
"Bang!"
An abrupt surge.
The pond exploded as if someone had thrown a firecracker into it, with splashes flying everywhere, followed by a red rope, striking toward Mu Jinyu as fast as lightning!
"Hmm?!"
Mu Jinyu sensed something was off, his eyes narrowed, murderous aura rose, and with a lift of his hand, he unleashed dense sword qi, slashing towards that red string!
"Clang!!"
When the two forces collided, a sound like metal striking metal rang out, and Mu Jinyu even felt his wrist trembling and going numb, which showed the incredible force behind the attack.
"Retreat!"
Knowing there was something strange in the pond water, Mu Jinyu roared, bent his knees, and quickly increased the distance from the pond.
San Liu's reaction was equally fast, retreating at the same time as Mu Jinyu!
"Whoosh!!"
The red string moved again, the whooshing sound of cutting air was intense, but because Mu Jinyu and the others had already pulled away early on, the peculiar red string only lashed out for ten meters before, failing to hit anyone, it suddenly coiled back.
"Gurgle... Gurgle..."
The water churned, and a golden lotus leaf nearly five meters in size floated up from the waves.
Mu Jinyu and San Liu couldn't help but slightly narrow their eyes at the sight of this lotus leaf.
On that lotus leaf, there stood a three-meter-tall frog.
It was entirely green, matching the color of the spring water, which was probably why Mu Jinyu hadn't noticed it earlier.
What was somewhat frightening was that this giant frog had nine eyes.
It was extremely terrifying.
"Croak!!"
The Nine-Eyed Bichan stood firmly on the golden lotus leaf, and after letting out a thunderous croak, a nearly ten-meter-long red tongue shot out from its mouth!
"Boom!!"
A rock was directly struck by the red tongue and exploded violently, shattering into pieces that scattered in all directions!
"So it was this thing causing trouble!"
Mu Jinyu saw the red tongue spit out by the Nine-Eyed Bichan and immediately realized that the attack he had just faced was not some strange red string but the tongue of this giant toad!
It was just that it moved too fast for him to notice anything amiss!
And this giant toad's tongue could match the Sword Qi of the Second Realm Divine Realm he had hastily released without losing ground.
This Nine-Eyed Bichan was far stronger than the great python he had encountered in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains!
He guessed it must be spawned by the current Origin of Life.
That was also why it had attacked as soon as he and San Liu approached the edge of the pond!
"Croak!!"
While Mu Jinyu was pondering, the Nine-Eyed Bichan, realizing it could not attack him from the middle of the pond, let out another croak, leapt with all four limbs, and landed at the edge of the pond, readying another attack!
"Whoosh!!"
The red tongue lashed out like lightning once again.
This time prepared, Mu Jinyu didn't react hastily; seeing the Nine-Eyed Bichan attacking, a glint of cold light flashed in his eyes as he forcefully summoned the abundant True Yuan of his Divine Realm Fourth Layer!
"Bang!"
Mu Jinyu bravely lifted his hand and grabbed at the red tongue of the Nine-Eyed Bichan, instantly creating a loud sound of collision!
"Hmph!"
Mu Jinyu felt a slight pain in his palm but bore it and firmly grasped the Nine-Eyed Bichan's tongue without letting go!
"Gurgle gurgle..."
The Nine-Eyed Bichan hadn't expected its invincible tongue to be seized without suffering any damage. It panicked, croaking softly but unable to retract its tongue. Finally, with a 'whoosh', it spewed out a vast cloud of dismal green mist, surging towards Mu Jinyu!
"Whoosh!!"
Seeing a large swath of dismal green mist coming towards him, Mu Jinyu had a bad feeling. After inhaling just a trace of the mist, he felt dizzy!
At this point, how could he not know that the mist was poisonous?!