341: Space gap

Between the mountains.

A spirit boat landed with a roar.

It stopped several feet above the peak of a mountain.

From its deck,

four figures leaped down.

"It was on that day, right here. I was just passing by, but unexpectedly, in a daze, the world changed completely."

Chang Yuanshan led the three forward, following the location in his memory.

"This place..."

Zhou Xiangyu's Divine Sense spread out.

Even with his current Mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, which was a step further than before, he didn't detect anything unusual.

Elsewhere,

Zhou Xiangxu and Chang Yuanshan simulated the events of that day.

But they also gained nothing.

Zhou Xiangyu instinctively looked at his waist.

However, there was nothing else on his waist.

"Haha~"

Zhou Xiangyu shook his head and chuckled. He had forgotten that his two Masters had stayed on Qingyu Peak and had not come with them.

"Ning Chan, have you found anything?"

The four of them investigated the vicinity.

Chang Yuanshan sighed inwardly, feeling a little disappointed.

Although this was within expectations, after all, he had tried many methods at the time but had not been able to enter that strange place again.

Coming back today, he had come with a glimmer of hope.

Now that there was no result, although he was disappointed, it was not unexpected.

Jiang Ningchan shook her head.

She also had no gains.

"I can try again."

Jiang Ningchan's heart stirred, thinking of something.

She then took down the fuling divine sword hanging from her waist.

The sword spirit of the fuling divine sword had been suppressed by the clan-guarding divine stele for over ten years.

Even Jiang Ningchan could not sense that evil aura.

Perhaps in a few more years, the sword spirit's consciousness would be completely suppressed and erased.

A new consciousness would then be re-nurtured.

By then, this fifth-rank divine sword would be completely under Jiang Ningchan's control.

It was just that this process would inevitably go through a period of weakness like the present.

However, it was a fifth-rank divine sword after all; though its power was reduced, its essence had not receded.

"Om~"

Jiang Ningchan immersed her mind into the fuling divine sword floating before her.

The fuling divine sword trembled slightly.

With the fuling divine sword's aid,

Jiang Ningchan's perception spread out.

Slowly probing the surroundings.

With the fuling divine sword's assistance,

everything around seemed to change.

Distorted, folded, illusory, and invisibly interwoven lines vaguely appeared within Jiang Ningchan's perception.

This was the concretization of space.

Only a fifth-rank essence could detect it.

Even with the aid of the fuling divine sword, Jiang Ningchan could only vaguely perceive a little.

"Om~"

The fuling divine sword moved again, emitting invisible fluctuations.

"Found it!"

Jiang Ningchan's heart stirred. The power emitted by the fuling divine sword just now had agitated the surrounding space.

A weak spot was thus revealed.

"Slash!"

Jiang Ningchan opened her eyes, gripped the fuling divine sword suspended before her, suddenly drew it, and slashed towards a spot in the Void Realm about a dozen feet away.

"Whoosh~"

Something seemed to be sliced open.

Fifteen feet away,

a pitch-black opening, human-height, appeared.

An aura different from this place emanated from the opening.

Jiang Ningchan sheathed her sword.

"If my guess is correct, you must have accidentally fallen into it when this spatial rift was unstable that day."

Afterward, the space re-healed, and Chang Yuanshan could no longer enter.

Jiang Ningchan explained briefly.

She didn't care if the others understood or not.

This was already beyond the comprehension of Chang Yuanshan and Zhou Xiangxu, two Late Qi Refining Cultivators.

Chang Yuanshan seemed to understand, yet not fully.

But he understood one thing.

That was, they would not have to return empty-handed.

"Ning Chan, you are truly amazing."

Zhou Xiangyu praised sincerely, his face filled with admiration.

Praised by Zhou Xiangyu, Jiang Ningchan pouted slightly, glancing at Zhou Xiangyu.

Beside them, Zhou Xiangxu found it strange. So this was how the two of them interacted.

Why hadn't he noticed it before?

Zhou Xiangxu wondered.

"I'll go first."

Jiang Ningchan said to the three of them.

Zhou Xiangyu thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Although his cultivation had advanced, he was still no match for Jiang Ningchan.

He probably wouldn't be Jiang Ningchan's match for a long time to come.

Seeing that Zhou Xiangyu didn't object,

Zhou Xiangxu didn't say much either.

Chang Yuanshan also had no opinion.

Since Jiang Ningchan discovered the entrance, it was naturally up to Jiang Ningchan to decide.

Seeing their agreement,

Jiang Ningchan gripped her sword sheath, ready to strike.

She stepped forward, arriving before the pitch-black entrance, and was about to take a step forward.

"Boom~"

Just as Jiang Ningchan was about to enter, she found that the pitch-black, human-height entrance began to shake violently.

It seemed as if it would collapse at any moment.

Jiang Ningchan was startled.

She retreated rapidly.

After Jiang Ningchan withdrew,

the entrance slowly stabilized.

"I can't go in."

Jiang Ningchan had some guesses in her heart and exchanged glances with Zhou Xiangyu.

"I'll scout ahead."

The two had a telepathic connection; Zhou Xiangyu also had the same guess as Jiang Ningchan.

So he circulated all his magical power.

Golden and black interwoven light slowly emanated from Zhou Xiangyu's body, appearing like a Buddha and a demon.

Zhou Xiangyu slowly took a step forward.

"Om~"

The entrance trembled slightly, and after a while, it slowly calmed down.

"It's possible..."

Zhou Xiangyu's heart stirred, but he wasn't in a hurry to enter. Instead, he turned and looked at the three people behind him.

"Be careful."

Jiang Ningchan cautioned.

Having received Jiang Ningchan's instruction, he then nodded to Zhou Xiangxu and Chang Yuanshan.

Only then did his entire body slowly merge into it, disappearing from sight.

"We're going in too."

Zhou Xiangxu and Chang Yuanshan bowed to Jiang Ningchan.

"Go ahead. I will act as your Protector here."

Jiang Ningchan nodded.

Zhou Xiangxu and the other person exchanged glances, then entered one after another.

After all three had entered,

Jiang Ningchan sat down cross-legged, the fuling divine sword resting across her lap.

After some time, the entrance became a bit unstable.

The fuling divine sword on her knees trembled slightly, restabilizing the slight instability.

On the other side.

Inside the pitch-black entrance.

Two figures appeared out of thin air, one after another.

In front, stood Zhou Xiangyu, who had entered a step earlier.

"Is there any difference?"

Zhou Xiangyu asked Chang Yuanshan when he saw the two enter.

Around the three, as far as the eye could see,

was a vast yellow desert.

Rolling yellow winds swept through the distant depths, emanating a power that even made Zhou Xiangyu, who was there, feel a little startled.

"Indeed."

"It was the same back then, but be careful, there's a kind of earthy yellow Scorpion Beast in this desert, extremely terrifying."

Chang Yuanshan's face showed joy; this was exactly the scene he had seen when he first entered.

He then added a reminder.

However, this information had already been told to Zhou Xiangyu and the other person beforehand.

"Let's leave a marker here first."

Zhou Xiangyu nodded.

He then took out an abstruse small flag emitting a faint blue light from his Storage Pouch at his waist.

This was a directional sensing Formation Flag he had exchanged for in the Clan before setting off.

A set had a total of five flags.

It was created by Zhou Liyue and then refined by the Formation Hall Cultivators of the Zhou Family.

Within a certain area, those holding the flags could sense each other's positions.

Each of the four had a Formation Flag.

When they entered, Zhou Xiangyu had already tried it; the flag on Jiang Ningchan's body only had a faint, blurry sensation, unable to determine her exact position.

Hence, he took this action.

Zhou Xiangyu formed a hand seal.

The faint blue Formation Flag before him sank into the yellow sand beneath their feet, going quite deep, its light no longer visible.