Chapter 600: The Collapse Begins

The Spirit Qi soon turned into a storm as it rushed at the mountain peak. It influenced the weather of the minor plane and soon dark clouds started to form and strong winds started to blow.

~Rumble~

A few minutes later, the sky was hidden in the dark clouds and the sound of thunder could be heard. Flashes of lightning could also be seen from time to time as it arced across the clouds.

At the mountain peak, spirit Qi kept on pouring into the boulder where Lin Mu was sleeping. If one looked at the boulder now, one would see that multiple small holes had been created all over it.

These were all created due to the continued movement of spirit Qi through the boulder. Even though Lin Mu had made a large entrance in the boulder, it had still ended up like this due to the enormous amount of spirit Qi that was rushing in all the time.

The spirit Qi entered Lin Mu's body through his nose as he breathed it in and also through his pores. His robes had long since become tattered due to the same effect as that on the boulder.

The robes Lin Mu wore were just normal clothes and were not made from any spirit materials nor were they spirit clothes. Since the robes of the Ripple Mist disciple that Lin Mu was wearing before were destroyed in the battle with Jing Luo early on, Lin Mu had switched to the other set of robes he had in the ring.

The more spirit Qi that poured into Lin Mu's body, the stronger his aura became. The process lasted for about thirty minutes during which the concentration of spirit Qi in the environment kept on falling until it reached a devastatingly low level.

The moment this happened, the spirit Qi infusion stopped and Lin Mu's eyes opened.

~SHUA~

Massive waves of spirit Qi were released from his body as the entire boulder that he was in trembled. 

~Crumble~

The boulder was unable to maintain its structural integrity anymore and finally broken apart under the effect of the spirit Qi waves. But the fragments of the boulder did not fall upon Lin Mu, rather they were all sent flying out due to the continually emitting spirit Qi.

Lin Mu rose up from the bed as he stretched his slightly stiff neck. In reality, his body was in top notch condition and would not become stiff or sore like that. This was just a psychological compulsion that Lin Mu still had.

But as he stood up from the bed, his robes fell apart.

~Sigh~

"Another pair of good robes gone…" Lin Mu muttered before taking out another set of robes and wearing them.

He then stored the Soft white bolster and the bed in his ring before looking around and the destroyed boulder.

"Looks like this place changed a lot in this time… why did this boulder break apart like this, though?" Lin Mu wondered, but then pushed it to the back of his mind when he heard the sound of something moving fast.

~WHOOSH~

Strong winds blew as a red blur appeared in front of Lin Mu.

"Little Shrubby!" Lin Mu called out with joy.

~purr~

Little Shrubby immediately switched to his gentle mode as he nuzzled Lin Mu as he got some head rubs and head pats.

"You woke up." Little Shrubby said.

"Yes. Seems like we can leave soon now." Lin Mu replied as he looked up at the sky.

His eyes narrowed and his perception extended beyond the dark clouds that covered the sky. He could see the spatial fluctuations that were arising there. 

"The border of the minor place is close to its limit." Lin Mu spoke.

"You should gather the things that are still left here quick. This world will collapse any moment now." Xukong urged.

"Right," Lin Mu replied before flying down the mountain with Little Shrubby following behind him.

The two of them soon saw a man floating right near the entrance of the residence.

"You really did breakthrough to the Child stage of the Nascent Soul realm… no wait, the Adolescent Stage!?" Jing Luo said, finding it hard to believe.

"Yes, I did." Lin Mu responded as he took a look at Jing Luo.

"And it seems like it's not just me who did, you are in the Adolescent stage of the Nascent Soul ream now too." Lin Mu stated.

"Ahaha, yeah. I broke through six months ago by luck." Jing Luo replied.

Lin Mu nodded in acknowledgment and spread his spirit sense around.

"Is everything ready now? We'll need to leave at any moment." Lin Mu asked.

"Of course! The moment I felt the spirit Qi falling, I gathered everything in one place. Now you just need to store them. Little Shrubby also fished hunting down all of the beasts of the forest and I'm done with all materials too." Jing Luo answered.

"Perfect." Lin Mu shortly said before rushing into the residence.

There he saw that it had changed its look now. There were no more tables and things strewn about and instead a large pile of items was lying in the center. The items ranged from metal ingots, ores, crystals, gems, rocks, formation plates, weapons, armors, spirit tools, beast meat, and beast materials.

Lin Mu nodded his head and quickly stored everything in the ring. And just as he did, he felt the residence quake.

~Rumble~

"It's happening again," Jing Luo spoke.

"Hmm, the minor plane is already collapsing from the bottom. We should see it in the sky soon as well." Lin Mu informed.

He had already learned from senior Xukong about what would most likely happen to the Minor plane. If the minor plane started to quake first, then it meant that it was collapsing from the ground. 

Lin Mu would need to wait till the sky started to tear apart before being able to leave. That was the point when the borders of the minor plane were weak enough to escape it. Plus, this also meant that the minor plane was getting closer to the Sacred Grounds of the Ripple mist sect.