The Mortal's Path to Immortality

Cao Rui slowly moved his sight away from the blue frost sky and turned to look at the boundless and vast outer sky.

The outer sky is vast and boundless, and its distance unit is simply staggering.

Even Cao Rui, who has a strong spiritual sense, can only perceive a dim and lightless starry sky when he uses all his strength to expand his spiritual sense.

Those stars that flicker with faint light seem to be close at hand, but in fact they are far away.

Even the nearest star is separated from Cao Rui by an extremely long distance.

Therefore, for the cultivators in the outer sky, the first problem to be solved is to accurately determine their location.

At this moment, Cao Rui remembered a treasure that Zuo Qiu had carefully prepared for him before - the star map.

He gently patted the storage bag on his waist, and after a faint light flashed, a small and exquisite star map appeared in his hand.

This star map is only the size of a palm, but it has a strong ability to store information.

After refining it, it not only clearly shows Cao Rui's current location, but also has the magical function of automatic recording.

Cao Rui carefully hung this precious star map and the battle badge on his chest, and carefully marked the specific location of the Frost Sky Realm on the star map.

In this way, no matter how far he goes in this vast starry sky, whether he flies up, down, left, right, forward, or backward quickly, as long as this star map continues to record his journey trajectory, then he will never have to worry about getting lost.

Cao Rui carefully observed the surrounding environment, and after choosing a direction, his figure flew away as fast as lightning.

Once he left the shackles of the sky realm, he was like a bird that broke free from a cage, and his speed of flying in the air instantly increased by nearly twice!

However, this high speed also brought new problems.

The increase in flying speed means that the speed of the cultivator's magic and body movements will increase proportionally, so the cultivator's spiritual reaction ability will be required to be higher during the battle.

If there is a slight mistake, the enemy may seize the flaw and give a fatal blow.

Moreover, because the starry sky is too vast, the various energies scattered in it are relatively thin and the concentration is not high.

This is not good news for the cultivators, because once their mana is exhausted, it will not be so easy to recover, and the time required will be greatly extended.

Therefore, in order to ensure his own safety and to be able to continue to move forward, Cao Rui adopted a safe strategy: every ten days or so, he would find a void to stop temporarily, meditate and recover the consumed mana for a while.

In this way, time passed quickly, and three months had passed unknowingly.

Finally, after a long and arduous journey, Cao Rui keenly noticed that the energy concentration around him began to gradually increase.

As he approached the target area, a mysterious scene slowly appeared in his consciousness - a huge red vortex suddenly appeared in the distant starry sky!

"Red Cloud Vortex... is it here?" Cao Rui murmured in a low voice.

The red cloud vortex in front of him was like a vast energy cloud, covering an extremely wide range, with no end in sight.

And this place was exactly the first choice destination for most Frost Heaven Realm cultivators when they first came to the outer sky of the sky, as Chu Xiyue had told him before.

However, it should be noted that there is not only one Frost Heaven Realm around the red cloud vortex.

In addition, there are three other heaven realms, namely the Purple Flame Heaven Realm, the Red Dust Heaven Realm and the Yellow Spring Heaven Realm, which are also located near the red cloud vortex.

Not only that, this place also attracted many cultivators from the outside world, even those erratic and notorious star pirates.

Because of this, the inside of the red cloud vortex is very lively compared to the starry sky outside.

This mysterious red cloud vortex will breed various levels of heavenly secrets in various locations without any rules.

All the cultivators who come here, they come here for the purpose of snatching these precious heavenly secrets.

At this time, Cao Rui couldn't help but recall the detailed description Chu Xiyue had given him.

After stepping into the red cloud vortex, people's vision will be greatly hindered, and even their spiritual consciousness will be difficult to stretch freely.

In this case, if you want to accurately identify the direction of advance, you can only rely on the star map in your hand.

Of course, everything has its pros and cons. Although there are many restrictions in it, the red cloud vortex also has its unique advantages-it contains extremely abundant energy.

Therefore, once in this strange place, the cultivators' own mana recovery speed will be greatly improved and become abnormally fast.

As for how to successfully seize the heavenly secrets in this red cloud vortex, there are actually many ways.

One of the simplest and easiest ways is to select an area first, and then calm down and wait here silently.

When the heavenly secret begins to form nearby, you can act quickly and firmly control and capture it.

The biggest advantage of this method is that it can effectively avoid most potential risks and crises.

However, the price to pay for using this method is that you need to spend a lot of time patiently waiting for the arrival of the heavenly secret.

This waiting process is often very long, taking at least more than ten days, and at most even several months.

The second choice is to travel around in the Red Cloud Vortex and look for those secrets that have already appeared in the world.

However, such behavior is by no means easy, and it requires the executor to have extreme confidence in his own combat ability.

After all, whenever a secret appears in the world, it will attract the covetousness and robbing of many cultivators like a magnet.

If you are lucky and have unmatched combat power, you may successfully discover and obtain several secrets in just one day.

But if you are unlucky and unfortunately encounter a group of stealing cultivators, and your own combat power is not strong enough, even if you can save your life by chance, I am afraid it will be difficult to avoid the tragic end of having all the secret treasures you carry on your body robbed.

In addition, there is actually another way to try, which is to join the ranks of stealing cultivators.

Take the initiative to attack and rob other cultivators of the secrets that they have obtained after going through untold hardships.

Although this practice is somewhat against morality, the path of cultivating immortals is to defy the heavens and go against the will of heaven.

Under the majesty of heaven, all things in the world are as small and fragile as ants.

If you want to achieve immortality and extraordinary achievements, it would be unrealistic if you don't strive for it.

This is Cao Rui's first time stepping into this mysterious and vast outer space. Faced with many unknown choices, he has not yet made up his mind what strategy to adopt in the red cloud vortex.

So, he decided to go deep into the eye-catching red cloud vortex to find out, and after a detailed inspection of the situation, he would plan the subsequent steps.

From a distance, the red cloud vortex is like a beautiful scene inlaid in the boundless starry sky.

It is like a huge and slowly rotating disc, emitting a faint red glow, like a dream. From a distance, it seemed to be within reach, but in fact, Cao Rui finally approached the mysterious red cloud vortex after flying for several months at full speed.

As the distance between Cao Rui and the red cloud vortex continued to shorten, Cao Rui's vision was gradually shrouded by pieces of light red mist like a veil.

These mists seemed to have life, dancing gently, making everything around blurry.

However, the experienced Cao Rui did not lose his way. He quickly took out the star map and accurately marked the location of the red cloud vortex on it.

After marking it, Cao Rui plunged into the light red mist without hesitation and began to move forward carefully.

The area of ​​the red cloud vortex is extremely vast, and there is no end in sight.

If you want to cross it, even at Cao Rui's current flying speed, it will probably take at least a year.

And the deeper you go, the more concentrated the energy concentration around you becomes.

The energy here not only contains common spiritual energy and vitality, but also many extremely special energies.

Perhaps it is precisely because of such a unique and complex environment that there is a chance to breed a magical spiritual object like Tianji.

However, under the powerful effect of the red cloud vortex magnetic field, Cao Rui's originally vast range of spiritual awareness was suppressed and reduced unprecedentedly, and only a pitiful one percent remained in the end!

As a result, the area he could detect also shrank sharply and became extremely narrow and limited.

This undoubtedly added huge difficulties and challenges to the search for Tianji, and its difficulty soared exponentially.

Perhaps this is the natural force of the red cloud vortex, which exists like a "family head", and it has to passively make an environmental evolution strategy out of instinct to protect its "children" - Tianji.

Fortunately, Cao Rui is gifted and powerful, and his spiritual awareness strength far exceeds that of ordinary cultivators.

Even after such severe compression, the remaining one percent of spiritual awareness can still cover and perceive a considerable range.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already the third day since Cao Rui entered the Red Cloud Vortex.

At this moment, Cao Rui, who was flying rapidly towards the depths of the Red Cloud Vortex, suddenly had an idea, and his keen sense detected several faint breath fluctuations coming from not far ahead.

He concentrated his sense and saw three figures sitting cross-legged in the void.

Looking closely, these three monks were from different races: one of them was a human monk with a resolute face; another belonged to the demon race, exuding a wild breath; as for the last foreign monk that Cao Rui had never seen, he looked quite mysterious and strange.

With the experience accumulated over many years of wandering in the world and the ability to accurately judge various situations, Cao Rui secretly speculated: These three people are most likely the monks who choose to pursue the secrets of heaven in the first way.

They usually adopt this method of waiting for the rabbit to catch the secrets of heaven because their own combat power is relatively weak.

Although this method is a bit slow, it is safe and stable. Although there is less energy in the outer area of ​​the Red Cloud Vortex, those cultivators with high combat power will not stay here.

This is a way for the weak to improve their survival in the outer world.

"Since they have chosen to wait here, they should not be vicious thieves."

"Go up and ask about the situation nearby."

With the intention of exchanging ideas.

Cao Rui rushed forward.

However, Cao Rui just appeared in the range of the three monks' consciousness.

The three monks immediately opened their eyes alertly.

When they noticed that Cao Rui was approaching them, they stood up at the same time and fled decisively to the distance.

Cao Rui was slightly surprised, and his temper rose in his heart.

What the hell am I running for? Do I look like a bad guy?

He sacrificed the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword, and the ethereal cloak behind him increased the speed, and the flying speed reached an astonishing degree.

The distance between him and the three people was rapidly closing.

Finally, under the horrified expressions of the three monks, Cao Rui caught up with them.

The three people turned around suddenly, with a determined look in their eyes, and secretly planned to fight Cao Rui to the death.

After all, one against three, they felt that they could have a slight advantage anyway.

However, at the moment they turned around, their eyes inadvertently fell on the mysterious shining battle badge on Cao Rui's chest.

The style and unique aura of this battle-cultivation badge are not unfamiliar to most of the heavenly realm cultivators in the spirit world.

Although there may be some subtle differences in the battle-cultivation badges of the various heavenly realms, the overall style is roughly the same.

With just a quick glance, the three immediately recognized the authenticity of the badge. The person in front of them was a battle-cultivator with terrifying combat power!

"This guy is actually a battle-cultivator?" One of them couldn't help but exclaimed.

The other two also looked at each other, with terrified expressions on their faces.

At this moment, they just understood why Cao Rui dared to chase alone, and it turned out that he had such a powerful strength as a backing.

The three looked at each other, as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding in an instant.

Then, they knelt on their knees in the void without hesitation, and their bodies trembled.

"Spare my life! Please raise your hand and let us go!" The leader kowtowed and begged for mercy, while trembling.

"Yes, sir, all the secrets we have plundered are here, and now they are all handed over to you! I only ask you to be merciful and give us a way out!" Another person hurriedly echoed, and quickly hit the three jade bottles containing the secrets together.

The man waved his own spiritual power with trembling hands, and threw the three jade bottles towards Cao Rui.

Looking at the three jade bottles flying like meteors, Cao Rui, who was moving forward at lightning speed, was startled and had to stop abruptly.

He waved his arm, and his magical hand wrapped out and steadily caught the three jade bottles.

Cao Rui almost subconsciously probed his spiritual consciousness into the three jade bottles.

After a careful investigation, he was surprised to find that the three jade bottles contained more than fifty low-grade secrets, more than ten medium-grade secrets, and two high-grade secrets!

With the three people guarding their treatment and treading on thin ice to capture the secrets of heaven, it is extremely difficult to accumulate such a large number of secrets of heaven.

It can be seen that these three people have been here for a long time and have experienced many hardships and obstacles to reap such rich results.

Cao Rui couldn't help but hesitate in his heart. These secrets of heaven did not belong to him, and they should be returned to the original owner.

However, when Cao Rui accurately returned the secrets of heaven, the three people who sent the jade bottle saw Cao Rui accept the bottle without hesitation, and mistakenly thought that he had agreed to let them go.

So, the three people turned around without hesitation, stepped on the void, and turned into three streams of light and rushed towards the distance.

Seeing this, Cao Rui opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to call them, but he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.

Finally, he sighed lightly, shook his head, and gently put the three jade bottles in his hand into the blue ring on his hand.

"Alas, this is fucking... No wonder everyone in the world is so eager to become a thief cultivator, it turns out that this opportunity comes so easily and quickly!" Cao Rui muttered to himself, while reaching out to touch the badge on his chest that symbolized the identity of a war cultivator.

Recalling the changes in the expressions of the three people after seeing the badge just now, he thought to himself: Obviously, the deterrence brought by this war cultivator badge far exceeded his original imagination.

If I didn't wear this badge today, I'm afraid these three cultivators might not surrender so easily. Maybe they would really go all out and fight back with me to the death!

In addition, in the starry sky outside the sky, the vigilance between different cultivators is ridiculously high.

Cao Rui estimated that under normal circumstances, no strange cultivator would choose to approach the cultivator he met easily like Cao Rui did.

"This is really, passively becoming a thief cultivator..."

Cao Rui looked at the fleeing figures of the three cultivators, and finally did not continue to chase them and oppress their nerves...