Coming to the small woods not far from Shen Cangsheng's sect, the Tianhe Sword Sect, Mu Jinyu began to move and arrange the surroundings.
"Buzz!"
In no time, the void slowly twisted open, revealing a passageway of light.
Seeing this portal leading back to Huaxia once again, Mu Jinyu's heart was filled with mixed emotions.
When he entered the Kunlun Ruins through this portal, his cultivation was just at the Sixth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm. Now, more than a year later, he has reached the Fourth Layer of the Unity Realm Stage!
If he had been cultivating at Yinlong Mountain, he would never have achieved this.
Because his current cultivation was entirely earned through risking his life, having survived dozens of near-death experiences, it couldn't have been achieved through peaceful cultivation.
Of course, after attaining near-invincible strength in the Kunlun Ruins, he also harbored some worries and didn't dare to be the first to step into this portal.
"Little Yanzi, you go back first."
Mu Jinyu pondered for a moment, then turned around and said to Jian Ruyan.
Jian Ruyan, hearing Mu Jinyu's words, was slightly stunned, but understood his intention. She blinked a few times before finally nodding and stepping towards the swirling portal of light, her figure disappearing from everyone's sight.
Wen Rou instinctively prepared to go in second, but Mu Jinyu stopped her, shaking his head. "You don't need to rush in, let me go first."
Having said this, he began to approach the portal of light to test, with his Unity Realm cultivation, if stepping into this portal would cause it to collapse.
Mu Jinyu let Jian Ruyan return to Huaxia first, not to test the safety of the portal.
All three of them were at the Divine Transformation Realm when they arrived, able to easily travel between Huaxia and the Kunlun Ruins. Now, although Jian Ruyan was at the Ninth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm, she was still in that realm, and returning would probably be safe.
He was more concerned that his strength far exceeded the Divine Transformation Realm, and stepping into this portal might cause an accident, making it impossible for them to return to Huaxia.
Nai Mucha, Little Phoenix, and the Divine Silkworm Princess didn't matter, as they originally lived in the Kunlun Ruins and couldn't go to Huaxia, so it didn't matter to them.
Wen Rou had no relatives left in Huaxia and was as close as sisters with Gu Xiyan and others. Even if she couldn't go back, she wouldn't have many regrets. On the contrary, her mother was still in the Kunlun Ruins, and if unable to return, she'd regret it more if she were stuck in Huaxia.
Jian Ruyan and he were different, with their relatives on the other side in Huaxia, and Xiang Mantang was still suppressing the demons, waiting for a day she could completely control the ghostly demons and see the light of day again.
Therefore, they had to return to Huaxia, and failing to go back would regret them for life.
If Mu Jinyu tried to return first and caused the portal to collapse, it would all be over.
By letting Jian Ruyan go first, even if an accident occurred, she'd at least be back in Huaxia and have a chance to rescue Xiang Mantang.
This was the reason Mu Jinyu hesitated and let Jian Ruyan take the lead.
Slowly reaching the twisting and trembling portal of light, Mu Jinyu was a bit nervous. After taking a deep breath, he reached out his hand toward the mercurial-looking light!
"Buzz!!"
As soon as his fingertip lightly touched the portal, instead of remaining stable like when Jian Ruyan entered, the portal twisted violently, creating a big commotion!
It was as if cold water suddenly started boiling, about to overflow the pot.
Mu Jinyu quickly withdrew his finger, frowning tightly, thinking to himself that there indeed would be trouble...
Wen Rou also realized why Mu Jinyu let Jian Ruyan return to Huaxia first, furrowing her delicate brows and saying worriedly; "What should we do, Little Mu? Can't we go back?"
Wen Rou didn't really care if she stayed in Huaxia or the Kunlun Ruins. As long as Mu Jinyu was around, she could adapt to any harsh environment.
But she knew Mu Jinyu couldn't leave his friends and family in Huaxia behind, so when faced with the possibility of not returning, she didn't feel any happiness about having Mu Jinyu all to herself and instead worried about him not being able to go back.
"Don't worry, there will be a way." Mu Jinyu said calmly, without any panic.
He suppressed his anxiety, constantly thinking there had to be a way back...
Then he thought of his mentor, and suddenly, all his anxiety disappeared, and he relaxed a lot.
His mentor couldn't have advanced from the Divine Transformation Realm to the Void Breaking Realm in just a few years, so since he could enter the Kunlun Ruins with a Void Breaking Realm cultivation, there had to be a way back.
It's just that when he expressed his intention to return, the old man never mentioned it.
He must have been maliciously getting back at him or merely amusing himself by training him!
"That old man is really bad..."
Mu Jinyu muttered to himself and didn't use the Heavenly Palace Token to contact Mu Shao'ai, asking him how to return.
Since the other party had already stated he wouldn't help, Mu Jinyu wasn't willing to bow to his teacher until he had no other options.
"Try using that array plate."
The Divine Silkworm Princess suddenly suggested.
"Huh? Hmm!"
Upon hearing the suggestion, Mu Jinyu responded instinctively and then realized this was indeed a solution. Quickly flipping his hand, he took out the Divine Formation Disc he had retrieved from the Wuji Sect Leader.
A heaven-reaching spiritual treasure is so precious that Mu Jinyu wouldn't have given the Divine Formation Disc and Purple Gold Divine Thunder Hammer to them without doing the great merit. So after deciding to leave the Kunlun Ruins, Mu Jinyu took back both items, leaving only the Bronze Halberd. Considering Wen Rou's sake, he gave it as a betrothal gift to the Chen Family Ancestor and didn't reclaim it.
Thus, with the Divine Silkworm Princess's reminder, Mu Jinyu didn't have to specifically go to the Wuji Sect for the Divine Formation Disc, wasting time.
"Activate!"
Mu Jinyu channeled his True Yuan, infusing it into the Divine Formation Disc, then adjusted the endless formations and restrictions within, prioritizing those that stabilized the void, and tried again with one hand holding the disc and the other reaching into the portal.
"Buzz!"
This time, when Mu Jinyu's fingertip touched the portal, there was still resistance, but it wasn't as intense as the first time.
"It's working."
Mu Jinyu and Wen Rou's eyes both lit up.
Afterwards, Mu Jinyu kept adjusting the formations and restrictions activated by the Divine Formation Disc and finally, after two hours, he managed to achieve an effect that stabilized the portal.
"Alright, it finally succeeded."
Mu Jinyu withdrew his probing finger and exchanged a glance with Wen Rou, both breaking into bright smiles of excitement and joy.
"Let's go home."
Mu Jinyu let Wen Rou hold Little Phoenix, allowed the Divine Silkworm Princess to nestle back into his embrace, then took Wen Rou's hand with one hand and clutched the Divine Formation Disc with the other, tucking the resigned Nai Mucha under his arm as they stepped into the portal.
This time, no accidents occurred, and their figures disappeared from that seldom-visited small wood.
"Ah, they've rolled off again... time to go finish up for him..."
Hidden in the void, Mu Shao'ai, who had been watching Mu Jinyu's actions, seeing them all leave, also averted his gaze, giving a faint sigh before stepping forward to vanish from this secluded small forest.