High-level martial arts: Starting with a heart of steel, stats crush everything.

As soon as they landed, they heard a loud bang coming from the small courtyard.

An old man flew out of the yard and barely managed to stop, carving two deep furrows in the ground.

"How is Grandpa Kui?"

Song Bin walked out of the courtyard empty-handed and nodded at Kui Jiuling.

"Good lad, I didn't trick you into going there for nothing."

Kui Jiuling patted the dust off his sleeves and hid his shivering arms behind his back.

Chen Mo and the others standing behind him could see it clearly; the old man was putting on a brave face.

"You'll behave if I really use that primordial blood."

Song Bin wasn't annoyed; he shook his head and let bygones be bygones.

"How could that be? Your brain works better than mine; you wouldn't do something so self-destructive."

After Kui Jiuling finished speaking, he turned to look at Chen Mo and the others.

After looking around, her gaze finally settled on Chen Mo.

"You brat... you're the Chen Mo who killed the Blood King, right?"

Kui Jiuling moved closer to Chen Mo and examined him closely from head to toe, as if searching for something.

"No, you don't seem like an ancient martial artist. You don't have that dead smell on you."

"Can you smell that dead smell on Xiao Song?"

"He is the true reincarnation of an ancient martial artist."

"Huh?" Compared to the fact that he was not an ancient martial artist, Chen Mo was more surprised that Song Bin was a reincarnation of an ancient martial artist.

"Don't listen to his nonsense. The past is the past. Now I am just Song Bin."

Song Bin walked over and patted Chen Mo on the shoulder to reassure him.

"Besides, I have no other memories other than the memories of tempering my body in my mind."

"I learned all my martial arts skills from my master."

"You've got a lot of secrets, kid, but we don't mind, because we all have a lot of secrets."

Kui Jiuling chuckled and, completely disregarding his age and status, put his arm around Chen Mo's shoulder.

"Come on, kid. You managed to fight your way out of the Divine Tomb with only the Demon Subduing Realm, so your true strength must be higher than the Human Martial Realm."

"Just call me Old Kui, I'll introduce you to those old fogies inside."

Chen Mo was quite familiar with the place, and he put his arm around Kui Jiuling's shoulder and they walked into the courtyard together.

...

A few minutes later, Chen Mo had a general understanding of the personnel structure of the Zhenyuan Division.

Excluding his special case, the entire Zhenyuan tribe has a total of fifty-eight people, including one Tianwu, twelve Diwu, and forty-five Renwu.

Eighty percent of them were elderly men and women, with an average age of over 800.

The remaining 20% ​​were all in their seventies or eighties, and Song Bin was the youngest among them.

In a few days, we might also have to include Chen Mo.

"This big dog is so cute. Would you like some meat? Grandma has some good food here."

When Funi returned to her Cerberus form, she received a great welcome from the old ladies of the Town of Abyss, who all crowded around to pet her.

"So, the old dean is that Tianwu from the Zhenyuan Division?"

After learning about the main structure of Zhenyuan Division, Kui Jiuling led Chen Mo, Song Bin, and Cheng Fei and her brother into the reception room.

"This house hasn't had any guests for many years."

Kui Jiuling took out four enamel mugs and threw them in front of Chen Mo and the others. He then personally boiled a pot of water and poured it into the mugs.

"This place is quite barren, there's not much good food to eat."

"Even a grandmaster would starve to death in a place like this, because his vital energy and blood cannot be replenished."

"This is why only the Human Martial Arts, Earth Martial Arts, and Heaven Martial Arts can guard this place year after year."

Kui Jiuling took a sip from the kettle spout, showing absolutely no airs of superiority.

"Chen Mo, why aren't you staying upstairs? What are you doing here in this godforsaken place?"

"Could it be that they're trying to balance things out because the average age here is too high?"

"Also, there's been no news from up there for so long. Tell us if there's been any change."

Kui Jiuling's last seclusion lasted for over a hundred years, which caused him to miss this rapidly changing new world.

He even suspected that changes outside in a year or two would make him recognize nothing.

"Nothing much, the only thing that's a little bit of a concern is that the abyss rift in Xishan Province has suddenly widened."

"Also, a cave system very similar to the shallow abyss has appeared in the western frontier, leading to suspicions that the abyss's erosion of Blue Star has intensified..."

Chen Mo also recounted some of the things that had happened up there during this period, and Kui Jiuling's expression grew increasingly grim as he listened.

By the end, I didn't even feel like drinking water anymore.

"Damn it, without the dragon vein as a communication tool, this is really useless..."

"We didn't know about such a big thing. We need to tell the old man right away. The situation is probably going to be bad."

Kui Jiuling pinched the bridge of his nose, and the abyss rift suddenly expanded several times over, which was not a good omen.

"uncle?"

Chen Mo roughly guessed who the "old man" Kui Jiuling was talking about was.

Who else but the old dean could be called "Grandpa" by a powerful Earth Martial Realm expert?

"Yes, Uncle Ying."

Kui Jiuling nodded, sighed, and raised his head again.

"You've been too busy with my own affairs. Kid, you must have come to the Land of Ruins because of something you can't handle yourself, right?"

"Also, tell me why you came to the Deep Abyss."

"What could possibly make you take such a huge risk to cross the road of no return?"

"I want to obtain the life essence and heart of the Mother Tree of the Abyss."

Chen Mo stated his purpose directly, causing Kui Jiuling, who had just drunk the boiled water, to spit it out.

"What did you say, kid?"

"You want the heart of the Abyss Mother Tree and the essence of life?"

Kui Jiuling immediately concluded that Chen Mo had gone mad. Even Grandpa Qin was unwilling to approach that big guy easily, let alone take the tree heart and the source of life.

"Do you know how risky this is? It could be fatal if you're not careful."

"Judging from this, there's still potential?"

Chen Mo completely ignored the possibility of things going wrong and focused solely on doing things well.

"Are you deaf? That thing's strength starts at the Heavenly Martial Realm. You, a mere Demon Subduing Realm cultivator, shouldn't even think about courting death."

Kui Jiuling clearly refused Chen Mo, as the risk of this matter was too great and completely uncontrollable.

"Would you believe me if I said I could break through to the Martial Grandmaster level at any time?"

Chen Mo raised an eyebrow. Was this old man underestimating him?

"I believe your three cores are slowly merging, but you are suppressing this process."

Kui Jiuling pressed her fingers on Chen Mo's brow, feeling the core of his heart, pulse, and brain that Chen Mo was suppressing.

"Why? What are you planning to do?"

"I have a new idea: the unification of three cores does not necessarily require the condensation of a life core."

Chen Mo did not elaborate on the matter of the Wheel of Fate; it was too far-fetched to be discussed openly.

"you..."

Kui Jiuling frowned; he had a bad feeling about this.

"Since Elder Kui is unwilling to help me obtain the heartwood and life essence of the Abyss Mother Tree, could you at least do me a favor?"

Chen Mo didn't give Kui Jiuling a chance to ask further, directly interrupting him.

"Tell me, what do you want to do?"

After holding it in for a long time, Kui Jiuling finally sighed and asked.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he had a feeling that Zhenyuan Department might be in big trouble after Chen Mo arrived.

"Crush me!"

Chen Mo uttered those three words without hesitation.