Steady Mortal Path: Starting from Obtaining the Golden Core Inheritance

Upon meeting this person's gaze, Lin Changsheng felt as if all his secrets were laid bare before him, and couldn't help but reveal them all.

But this feeling only lasted for a moment before returning to normal under the powerful influence of Lin Changsheng's divine sense.

To outsiders, Lin Changsheng appeared perfectly normal, showing no sign of anything amiss.

In this regard, he paid special attention to the elderly man in his seventies among his companions.

The latter, using some unknown method, also managed to slip past the inspection of the Foundation Establishment Master of the Li Huo Sect.

The group thus successfully entered the secret realm.

The moment they stepped into the mountain crevice, the Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Li Huo Sect stationed there also entered.

With a casual wave of his hand, the formation behind everyone closed and merged back into the mountain.

At this moment, Lin Changsheng keenly sensed a faint array fluctuation emanating from the surrounding walls and even the ground beneath his feet.

"This person is also a second-tier array master!"

Lin Changsheng was surprised.

No wonder this person was stationed in the secret realm. Just by relying on so many formations, this Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Li Huo Sect is enough to resist ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

This is the advantage of a formation master.

At the instruction of the Foundation Establishment Master, everyone obediently lined up and walked in the narrow passageway that could only allow two people to pass side by side.

Lin Changsheng silently sensed the situation inside the cave, but did not discover anything new, only that the wood-attribute spiritual energy in this place was somewhat active.

After walking for about half an hour, everyone felt that the space in front of them suddenly expanded, giving them a sense of openness and clarity.

Soon, a group of more than fifty people appeared inside the huge ancient hall.

The main hall was quite large, and even with everyone gathered inside, it still felt very spacious.

At the front of the main hall, there is a huge bronze stone door, which is half-closed.

There was a clear aura of restriction on that bronze stone gate.

Lin Changsheng looked around and determined that they were now inside a mountain.

However, the main hall is surrounded by restrictions and formations, and forcibly probing it would alert the Foundation Establishment masters of the Li Huo Sect.

"This is the true entrance to the secret realm of my Li Huo Sect. This secret realm is different from other places. Whether you can obtain benefits depends entirely on your own fate. You cannot force it. Therefore, after you enter, remember not to kill each other. Anyone who violates this rule will be dealt with by me personally."

The Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Li Huo Sect spoke calmly, but his eyes carried a hint of warning as he swept over the ten rogue cultivators.

Under the threat of the Foundation Establishment Master, everyone hurriedly bowed their heads and agreed.

After saying this, the Foundation Establishment Master of the Li Huo Sect stepped forward and temporarily closed the restrictions on the stone gate.

Instantly, a captivating fragrance wafted out from the stone gate on a gentle breeze.

Upon hearing this, everyone present felt as if they were bathed in a spring breeze, and the magical power within their bodies flowed more freely.

"Everyone, enter immediately and in an orderly manner, without delay!"

With a hurried voice, the Foundation Establishment cultivator shouted...

Everyone eagerly entered.

In the crowd, Lin Changsheng kept his head down, his expression becoming increasingly strange.

The fragrance emanating from that bronze stone door was clearly an extremely powerful wood-attribute aura!

However, this aura was not pure; it seemed to be mixed with a hint of blood.

It is worth mentioning that after this fragrant scent landed on Lin Changsheng, it actually caused his Everlasting Spring Technique to circulate on its own, instantly refining the scent.

Then, as if it had a life of its own, the fragrant scent deliberately avoided Lin Changsheng.

……

'Whoosh! '

Lin Changsheng swayed and plunged into the bronze stone gate.

A rich, woody aura permeated every corner of the space.

The surrounding light was dim, almost so dark you could not see your hand in front of your face.

But Lin Changsheng still managed to investigate the surrounding situation clearly thanks to his exceptional eyesight.

It's somewhat different from the hidden paradise I imagined.

This place is nothing more than an ordinary mountain cave or grotto.

However, it is well-connected and has a highly developed network of passageways.

The cultivators who entered first were already scrambling to search inside.

"Hmm, something's not right..."

Lin Changsheng observed the several Li Huo Sect disciples nearby, his eyes flashing.

Under his observation, these disciples of the Li Huo Sect, who were only at the mid-stage of Qi Condensation, began to gradually weaken their auras and become dazed after entering the secret realm, as if they were experiencing some kind of hallucination.

"There's something wrong with this fragrance!"

Lin Changsheng was startled!

But he was surprised to find that wherever he went, the fragrance seemed to avoid him, as if it were afraid of his scent.

"Haha, such an opportunity is all mine!"

Beside him, a disciple of the Li Huo Sect at the fifth level of Qi Condensation, with dazed eyes and an excited tone, ran wildly into the depths of the cave.

"It seems that the secret realm that the Li Huo Sect claims to possess actually holds a hidden secret!"

Lin Changsheng thought to himself.

Meanwhile, he followed the disciple who was under the illusion at a distance, intending to find out what was going on.

Along the way, Lin Changsheng also saw many cultivators with higher cultivation levels who were not completely immersed in the illusion, but were somewhere between hallucination and lucidity, and still had some self-awareness.

But they were completely unaware that they were experiencing hallucinations.

The elderly man, who had been concealing his cultivation level, disappeared without a trace after entering this place.

As they ventured deeper, Lin Changsheng could sense that the blood-smelling wood-attribute spiritual energy around them was becoming increasingly concentrated.

At some point, chunks of bloody 'flesh' began to emerge from the surrounding rock walls.

It seems to grow from within the rocks, and it constantly exudes a fragrant aroma.

Clearly, the strange fragrance in the air earlier came from these odd 'pieces of meat'.

"What is this?"

Lin Changsheng was very curious, so he raised his hand and released a ball of magic power to forcibly pick up a small clump of 'flesh' from the rock wall and examine it closely.

To everyone's astonishment, beneath these 'pieces of flesh', a large number of fine roots were growing, constantly wriggling!

Such a strange and eerie scene actually aroused a strange urge to eat in Lin Changsheng, as if he couldn't help but want to swallow this 'lump of meat' into his stomach.

This feeling was so strange that Lin Changsheng had to constantly stimulate his consciousness to confirm that he was not in a hallucination.

'call! '

A ball of flame suddenly appeared and rose up, engulfing the 'lump of flesh' and burning it to ashes.

Even the surrounding fragrance dissipated considerably under the scorching heat of the flames.

"As expected, it is countered by fire. No wonder there are Foundation Establishment cultivators who are skilled in fire-attribute techniques stationed here."

A faint smile appeared on Lin Changsheng's face.

After confirming that the fragrant scent was suppressed by his Everlasting Spring Technique, Lin Changsheng had no more reservations and continued to delve deeper into the passage.

As they went deeper, the number of 'meat chunks' on the surrounding rock walls increased.

Later, it crawled all over the entire passage, resembling the esophagus of some giant creature, and felt soft and spongy when stepped on.

Meanwhile, the cultivators around them, immersed in illusions, paid no attention to the strangeness of their surroundings and rushed to delve deeper into it.

More than an hour later, Lin Changsheng passed through the end of the passage and entered a huge, empty mountain belly.

There are at least dozens or even hundreds of passages in the surrounding rock walls that all converge here.

Below this place, there was a pool of water several dozen feet in diameter, filled with blood.

In its center, there was a giant 'piece of flesh' about ten feet in size, resembling a piece of blood jade.

Numerous root-like tentacles extend from the surface of this large 'meat chunk', constantly drawing nutrients from the pool of blood.