After Lin Mu and Lady Kang had finished listening to Daoist Chu's explanation of all that had happened to them, they realized that the trials would indeed be quite variable.

The Frozen Wasteland added a difficulty that might have bothered them as well if they were there.

'Perhaps the Volcanic area was an easier option.' Lin Mu thought to himself.

'There are still others who haven't arrived and are taking their trials. Perhaps they might be in an even greater trouble than Daoist Chu and Min Ju.' Lady Kang thought.

Whatever it might be, they knew that there was nothing they could do other than to wait.

~groan~

It was around this time, that another groan was heard before a head rose up.

"Min Ju,

" Lady Kang spoke.

"L-lady Kang…

" Min Ju was also disoriented like Daoist Chu, but she was quickly brought up to speed by Lady Kang.

Once she knew that they were safe and fine, she took a breath of relief and the stress that had been clouding her mind faded away as well. The two had been walking on the edge of a sharp sword, that could cut them the moment they lost their focus.

As such, now that it was all over, they were incredibly relaxed.

Though it was hard to say how long this would last for, as this was merely the second trial and there was more to come.

"So it's just us four that have finished the second trial?

" Min Ju asked.

"We'll do that.

" Daoist Chu nodded and cupped his hands.

"I thank you once more for healing us, Lady Kang.

" He said again.

"It was merely what needed to be done.

" Lady Kang said calmly before returning to sit on her cultivation mat.

Min Ju accompanied her and sat next to her on what seemed like a pillow made out of beast skin of some kind.

It was also an Immortal tool, but it was not as strong as Lady Kang's.

Daoist Chu didn't take out a cultivation mat through but instead set a pillow and sat down to read through some books. He seemed to be fully focused on it and it seemed to be quite important, from what Lin Mu could tell.

'Time to return…' Lin Mu internally muttered and sat down some distance away with his back turned to them.

~SHUA~

More Earth elemental materials came out of his ring and started being broken down by the Omnicore Ascendancy technique.

Hour after hour passed as Lin Mu grew the size of the Earth Core inside his spleen, unaware to all the others.

He didn't know how long it would take for others to arrive, thus was trying to be faster than usual. 'If I manage to bring at least five cores unto the immortal level, it'll make things more streamlined for later.' Lin Mu thought to himself.

About two days passed, as Lin Mu finished, bringing the Earth core to the Immortal level.

'Time to switch,' Lin Mu decided to go with the Metal Core now as it was the next element that he had tons of resources for.

He had mountains' worth of ore and other metal elemental items that could be used for it. As such, he wanted to get it out of the way first.

But only a day had passed before Lin Mu was interrupted.

~HUALA~