No hope for eternal life

Chapter 219 Mu Changsheng's Back-up Plan

"But it is precisely because your performance is too perfect, and every step is able to accurately resolve the crisis, that my suspicion of you continues to deepen. What really makes me sure of your fake identity is the continuous exploration over the years. We have explored and explored, but have never found any clues. This makes me more and more certain of one thing, that is, there is only one clue to the entire illusion, and that is you. And you have been leading me astray."

"Do you remember how to break the illusion in the first stage of the Lingshan Sect entrance examination? It is to kill the dummy in the illusion. That is the hint given to us by the Lingshan Sect. Killing the dummy will break the illusion."

"So you want to kill me?" Mu Changsheng asked. He roughly understood Mu Xun's mental journey.

"Yes, I have been looking for an opportunity to kill you for many years, and now is the chance I have been waiting for." Mu Xun nodded slightly.

Mu Changsheng frowned slightly. He originally thought that he could be sure that Mu Xun was fake, but after hearing what Mu Xun said, he became uncertain again. He was even wondering whether he and Mu Xun were both real, and what Lingshan Sect wanted to do was to let the two of them kill each other in the illusion.

However, Mu Changsheng had no time to think, because the attack from the ten people of the An family had already arrived.

The ten people from the An family knew that there was an internal conflict between Mu Changsheng and the other person, so naturally they were unwilling to miss this godsend opportunity.

However, none of the ten people from the An family wanted to die, so they had agreed to use long-range magic to bombard Mu Changsheng at the same time. Whoever was attacked by Mu Changsheng's last sixth-grade talisman would be unlucky.

But Mu Changsheng did not use the last sixth-grade talisman. Instead, he took out a disc and activated it instantly. A huge amount of spiritual power spread out from the center of the disc, enveloping Mu Changsheng and Mu Xun, and at the same time steadily blocking the attacks of the ten people from the An family!

"Sixth-grade formation plate!" Mu Xun's face changed. He saw the grade of the formation plate in Mu Changsheng's hand. If it was only a fifth-grade formation plate, it would not be able to withstand the attack of the ten people from the An family so easily.

Mu Changsheng nodded and said: "Yes, if you are really Mu Xun, you should know that I like to keep some things in reserve."

Mu Changsheng had always been suspicious of Mu Xun, so he once asked the Hua family for a sixth-grade formation plate for protection without Mu Xun's knowledge.

This was actually an experiment conducted by Mu Changsheng. If Mu Xun was a dummy created by the illusion and was in cahoots with the illusion, then the matter of the formation plate would probably not be hidden from Mu Xun. But judging from Mu Xun's reaction, he seemed unaware of this. In this way, can we determine that Mu Xun is real?

Mu Xun's face darkened. He originally wanted to rely on the power of the An family to kill Mu Changsheng, but now his plan has failed and he himself is in danger, because Mu Changsheng has fifth-grade and sixth-grade talismans, and he is no match for him at all.

The ten people from the An family outside the formation posed no threat at all at the moment. Mu Changsheng only cared about Mu Xun. Ignoring Mu Xun's ugly expression, Mu Changsheng continued, "You only have two choices now. Either, swear a great oath to the devil in your heart, not to murder me in any form, and to obey me unconditionally; or, die!"

In this situation, Mu Xun had no choice but to swear a great oath to his inner demon under the gaze of Mu Changsheng.

After Mu Xun made the Heart Demon Oath, Mu Changsheng immediately ordered: "I order you to come back to the Tiangong Sea with me now."

After saying that, Mu Changsheng held the formation plate and continued to flee back to the Tiangong Sea, while Mu Xun obeyed obediently and followed behind Mu Changsheng.

Seeing that Mu Xun obeyed the order, Mu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief, because asking Mu Xun to swear a great oath to destroy his inner demon was also a test of Mu Xun.

If Mu Xun was fake, he would naturally not be afraid of the backlash of the Heart Demon Oath. But if he was real, he would naturally be constrained by the Heart Demon Oath and would not dare to disobey Mu Changsheng's orders, let alone betray Mu Changsheng like before.

Moreover, this method can be regarded as a one-time solution. As long as Mu Xun attempts to murder Mu Changsheng or disobeys orders in the future, Mu Changsheng will be able to determine that Mu Xun is a fake.

Afterwards, under the protection of the sixth-grade formation plate, Mu Changsheng and his companion quickly returned to the Tiangong Sea safely, and met Hua Sheng who came to support them. As for the An family and others who had originally been chasing Mu Changsheng, they had already retreated due to the difficulty.

Hua Sheng's face was not looking good. He brought bad news to Mu Changsheng and the others: "Elder Hua Yun has died in the battle, killed by the head of the An family. You should stay in the Tiangong Sea area honestly in the future."

Although Hua Sheng did not directly blame Mu Changsheng and the others, there was a strong sense of dissatisfaction in his tone.

Mu Changsheng had already thought of a way to deal with it: "My Lord, I am sorry for your loss, but this trip is not without gain. In two years, a medium-sized spirit stone mine will emerge near Huangshi Island in the Kuroshio Sea."

Mu Changsheng knew that for a man like Hua Sheng, tangible benefits were more important to him than Hua Yun's life and death. Moreover, he had not found a new spirit stone mine for the Hua family for so many years. If he did not give some benefits, Hua Sheng would probably doubt his own ability.

Just as Mu Changsheng expected, Hua Sheng immediately threw Hua Yun's death out of his mind as soon as he got the news about the spirit stone mine, and said repeatedly: "Okay, Huangshi Island is not far from our Tiangong Sea, and there is a lot of potential. Don't worry, I will arrange another bodyguard for you. In addition, if you need anything, just ask. I see that your two brothers have been stuck at the peak of the Nascent Soul for many years. Isn't it time to break through?"

"It is indeed time for a breakthrough, but I can break through alone, not my brother." Mu Changsheng nodded. He had originally planned to let Mu Xun break through as well, but Mu Xun did this to him at the last minute. It would be better to let him continue to stay at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage to avoid causing trouble for himself.

"No problem." Hua Sheng agreed readily. If one less person broke through, he would save some resources. He didn't care what changes had taken place in the relationship between Mu Changsheng and the other person.

Afterwards, Hua Sheng took Mu Changsheng and the others back to Huayuan Island quickly, and soon prepared everything Mu Changsheng needed for a breakthrough.

Mu Changsheng didn't want to waste time and decided to go into seclusion to break through immediately. However, before he went into seclusion, he specifically ordered Mu Xun to stay on Huayuan Island honestly, and asked Huasheng to arrange someone to look after Mu Xun.

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It is not easy to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm. Mu Changsheng was in seclusion for two years. Fortunately, he finally completed the breakthrough without any danger.

However, Mu Changsheng's body refining realm failed to break through this time and remained at the fourth level.

In this regard, Mu Changsheng did not choose to continue his retreat to break through, because the passage of time in this illusion was too real, and it almost drove him crazy.

Now, most of Mu Changsheng's memories are about illusions, and the memories of reality are so distant that they seem to have become things of the previous life. If this continues, Mu Changsheng will worry whether he can still distinguish between reality and illusion.

Therefore, Mu Changsheng couldn't wait to come out of seclusion. He wanted to continue exploring other sea areas and find a way to break the illusion and return to reality as soon as possible.

The first thing Mu Changsheng did after coming out of seclusion was to look for Mu Xun, and Mu Xun really obeyed his orders and stayed on Huayuan Island obediently.

Before continuing to explore the sea, Mu Changsheng had something to say to Mu Xun: "Have you ever thought that you and I are both real? Lingshan Sect arranged for us to be in the same illusion so that we would mistakenly believe that we could break the illusion by killing each other. Once we kill each other, we will fall into the trap of Lingshan Sect and be judged as having evil hearts by Lingshan Sect. Even if we are not wiped out, we will definitely be eliminated."