Mortal: Starting with the Falling Cloud Sect, I proved my Dao through gacha pulls.

As Su Mu flew along, he soon arrived at Twin Peaks Island.

As soon as he landed on the island, he bought a batch of demon cores in the nearby market, paid off the spirit stones, and swiftly stepped into the teleportation array to leave.

When the teleportation light dissipated and Su Mu opened his eyes again, he was already inside the Starry Sky Palace in Tianxing City.

After leaving the 55th floor, he flew straight to a pavilion at the foot of the Holy Mountain, which was the place where people rented rooms in the cave dwellings.

When Su Mu arrived, several Star Palace cultivators were talking with other rogue cultivators.

One of the Star Palace disciples caught sight of his arrival, briefly probed him with his divine sense, and after sensing his cultivation level, immediately showed respect and quickly stepped forward to lead the way.

"Senior, are you here to rent a cave dwelling? Which floor would you like to rent?"

"Are there any existing high-rise cave dwellings?" Su Mu nodded slightly, getting straight to the point.

"Please wait a moment, senior, I will check it right away!"

The Star Palace cultivator perked up and quickly took out a jade slip, probing it with his divine sense to search for information.

"I've got it, Senior! There are five more on the 35th floor, two on the 37th floor, one on the 39th floor, and seven on the 43rd floor. Details are included in the jade slip; please take a look, Senior."

Upon hearing that there was another cave dwelling on the thirty-ninth floor, Su Mu's eyes flickered slightly. If he remembered correctly, Han Li's cave dwelling was on the thirty-ninth floor.

He calmly accepted all the jade slips, pretended to look at them one by one, and then directly selected the thirty-ninth-story cave dwelling.

"This one, let's trade directly."

The Star Palace cultivator was overjoyed and hurriedly poured a wisp of spiritual power into the jade slip before respectfully looking at Su Mu.

"As you probably know, the rent for a cave dwelling on the sacred mountain starts at a hundred years and costs a total of 2,700 low-grade spirit stones."

Su Mu nodded slightly, already aware of this. A hundred years only cost 2,700 spirit stones, a pretty good deal, and the richness of the spiritual energy here far surpasses that of ordinary cave dwellings.

He casually took out twenty-seven mid-grade spirit stones and handed them over, and the Star Palace cultivator quickly handed over a yellow token.

"This is the cave dwelling's restriction token. Please keep it safe, senior. Also, renting the cave dwelling requires your registration information. We hope you will understand."

Su Mu had no objection and wrote two words on the jade slip in front of the other party.

Xiao Yan

That's right, from now on, this will be his new alias in the Chaotic Star Sea.

Even if Xiao Yan from the Chaotic Star Sea causes a huge disaster in the future, what does it have to do with Su Mu from Tiannan?

Su Mu's lips curled up slightly. He then put away the token and flew straight towards the thirty-ninth floor.

Half a day later.

Su Mu has settled in his new cave dwelling. In addition to the original restrictions of the cave dwelling, he has also set up the Nine Corpse Bone Array and various auxiliary arrays that he has personally crafted over the years outside the cave dwelling, creating layers of defense.

After doing all this, he slowly began to look around the new cave.

The cave dwelling on this sacred mountain truly lived up to its reputation. Not only was it rich in spiritual energy and elegantly laid out, but the environment was also extremely tranquil. He was quite satisfied with what he saw.

In comparison, his cave dwelling in Tiannan seemed extremely simple compared to this place.

After taking a quick look around the cave, Su Mu turned and entered the small herb garden. Although the garden was empty at this time, the spiritual energy was so dense that it was almost like mist.

He lightly brushed his fingertips across the dream ring, and a long jade box appeared out of thin air in his hand.

Upon opening the box, a fire poker, several inches long, lay quietly inside. It was the very same Red Essence Fruit tree that had been obtained from Baihong Mountain in Yuanwu Kingdom, a tree with a medicinal age of six thousand years.

The tree had almost completely lost its vitality, and was no different from a dead tree; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to get his hands on it so easily back then.

But since Su Mu had taken the picture, he must have a way to save the tree.

With this in mind, he took out three pieces of jade, each about half a zhang in size, hollowed them out, and embedded them into the ground of the herb garden.

Then, they poured clean water into the jade pit, and carefully took out a handful of divine spring water, dripping three drops into each pit.

He then placed the Red Essence Fruit Tree, the Yin Sha Fruit Seed, and the remaining roots of the Thousand-Year Snow Ginseng into the jade.

Nourished by the rich creative energy of the divine spring water, the Crimson Essence Fruit Tree, which had been as withered and lifeless as a dead tree, instantly glowed with a crimson spiritual light, and frantically devoured the surrounding spiritual energy as if it had been starving for a long time.

The originally withered and black branches began to show signs of green at a visible speed, with tender buds sprouting one after another, and a powerful and scorching fire spirit energy suddenly spread out.

The withered seeds of the Yin Sha Fruit beside it quickly swelled up and became plump, with slender roots emerging from their bottoms and slowly spreading outwards.

The changes in the thousand-year-old snow ginseng are even more astonishing. Wisps of white vapor rise from the broken area, and the broken end slowly heals, regrowsing at an amazing speed.

Looking at the vibrant scene before him, Su Mu nodded in satisfaction.

He then took out various herb seeds and casually scattered them into the herb garden to plant, but this time, he no longer used the divine spring water.

Once everything was in place, Su Mu's face revealed a simple, honest smile, like that of an old farmer celebrating a bountiful harvest.

"Indeed, cultivation without farming is ultimately incomplete."

After finishing his business in the herb garden, Su Mu returned to his meditation room and casually sat cross-legged on the futon.

He flipped his palm over, and a dark silver, flowing gelatinous substance quietly appeared in his palm.

【Simulated Teardrop (Blue)】

[Note: This item originates from the Elden Ring world, a product of the failed attempt to create a king in the Eternal City. Upon use, it summons a clone that inherits the user's attributes, or serves as a vessel for possession. After being imprinted with the user's soul, the clone will be absolutely obedient and will never betray them.]

Su Mu's expression hardened, and the dark silver gelatinous liquid in his palm immediately surged, instantly condensing into a faceless, clothingless humanoid figure with a silvery glow all over its body.

He flicked his finger and struck the human-shaped figure squarely between the eyebrows.

In an instant, a mysterious and inexplicable connection was quietly formed between the two.

The silver humanoid instantly transformed into Su Mu's appearance, with clothing, demeanor, aura, and spirit that were exactly the same as his, even perfectly replicating his physical strength and magical power.

Su Mu stared at the almost identical clone before him with a slightly strange expression.

With a slight thought, the face of the clone formed from the bionic teardrop changed, and the aura of his cultivation level also decreased by several percent.

"Okay, that's about right."

At this moment, this clone has transformed into a burly man with an ordinary appearance, and his physical body and magical power are only about 70% of Su Mu's original body.

After completing the soul imprinting, Su Mu immediately separated a wisp of his spirit to take over the clone.

In an instant, the two became as inseparable as arms and fingers, as if they were an innate entity.

"Truly amazing, we've gained a valuable assistant in the future."

Such a clone that fits perfectly with oneself is simply an excellent vessel for possession. Not to mention ordinary cultivators, even Nascent Soul stage monsters would probably be tempted by it.

Su Mu entertained himself by controlling the clone for a while, then sent the clone to take care of the miscellaneous affairs of the cave.

He opened his palm, and a light blue mace appeared out of thin air—the very same magic weapon, the Azure Wave Mace, which he had snatched from Fu Yuan.

"Refine this item first and use it temporarily as a transitional measure."