281: Dangerous road

The spatial barrier was swiftly pierced in an instant.

The entire small spirit boat rushed through, as if entering another darkness from one darkness.

This spatial barrier was like a wall, separating the two passages.

Jiang Ning's eyes widened as he looked at the surrounding scenery.

Just as he looked over, a spirit boat quickly brushed past the spirit boat he was on.

“Holy shit!”

Jiang Ning instinctively cried out.

It wasn't that he lacked composure, but rather sheer terror; this was the Void Realm! Once something went wrong, unless he burrowed into a Small World, there would be no hope of survival.

Not only him, even the Vermilion Bird, without life-saving means, would not be able to retreat unscathed.

But looking at the Vermilion Bird, she still stood straight on the deck, as if indifferent to what had just happened.

Hearing Jiang Ning's “Holy shit,” the Vermilion Bird seemed to find some amusement in her otherwise boring day.

Her tone carried a hint of a smile.

“You don’t need to be afraid. This is in the Void Realm, where space and time are unpredictable. You see it very close to you, or about to touch you, but in reality, it is still very far away in the Void Realm.

Each of us is on a major route, maintaining our own small trajectory. Under normal circumstances, collisions will not occur.

This is also why I said before that there’s no need to pay special attention.”

Jiang Ning suddenly understood.

He let out a sigh of relief.

The Vermilion Bird’s words might be difficult to understand, but simply put, it’s like in a 3D movie theater, you see a shark opening its bloody maw to bite you, but in reality, that shark is still on the screen, very far away from you.

This is vision deceiving the brain.

After passing through.

Jiang Ning looked at the surrounding scenery.

On both sides, it was no longer a deep darkness, but rather like a night sky, with some “stars” dotted within the darkness.

These “stars” were sparsely scattered spirit boats.

There were some in front, behind, left, and right.

Jiang Ning was a bit surprised. Those who could ride a spatial spirit boat usually had some Family wealth, as this was not a small expense.

“Poor” was relative to the people on the spirit boat.

Jiang Ning noticed a gaze directed at him. He followed the gaze and saw a young man on a spirit boat adorned with a water pattern.

The Vermilion Bird said from the side: “spirit boats with such patterns are all Family spirit boats. The disciples on them are also considered prominent Family scions in their local area.

An ordinary Family would not have the strength to commission such a spatial spirit boat.”

Jiang Ning smiled and asked, “Then, Senior Vermilion Bird, since she alone possesses a spatial spirit boat, doesn't that mean she alone can rival an entire aristocratic Family?”

The Vermilion Bird let out a noncommittal hum.

She was at the Early Stage of Soul Transformation; if she were in a local prefecture, she could indeed rival an entire aristocratic Family by herself.

But the wealth created by one person could not compare to the wealth created by an entire aristocratic Family.

The Vermilion Bird said seriously, “This spirit boat of mine was not commissioned by me personally, but rather awarded to me by Young Miss.”

At this point, the Vermilion Bird did not continue speaking, leaving Jiang Ning to ponder the implications himself.

Jiang Ning: ...Although he was surprised by Mu Mian霜’s financial power, he felt that the Vermilion Bird was also extremely loyal to Mu Mian霜!

Even now, she didn't forget to help Mu Mian霜 win him over, letting him know how many benefits there would be from following Mu Mian霜.

Jiang Ning gave a thumbs up, “Young Miss Mu is truly a rich woman!”

Rich woman?

The Vermilion Bird didn't understand what this meant, but she probably knew it meant a very wealthy woman.

Regarding Jiang Ning’s attitude, the Vermilion Bird didn’t overthink it. Young Miss had said that a forced melon is not sweet.

After this topic was finished.

Jiang Ning suddenly saw that where they had just “pierced” the spatial barrier, space was “twisting” and “collapsing”!

He hadn't been able to see this phenomenon when he was experiencing it earlier.

Now, seeing the barrier breaking, Jiang Ning couldn't help but be drawn to it.

A white light seemed to be breaking free from the darkness.

Gradually, a huge curved bow of a ship emerged.

Immediately after, came its massive half-hull!

“This is... that giant spirit boat from Yunhai Prefecture!”

Jiang Ning watched it pass through.

Due to its large size, its speed couldn't be as fast as this small spirit boat, but its “horsepower” was formidable.

It forcefully “enlarged” a “Breakthrough point” and then squeezed through!

After this giant spirit boat passed, Jiang Ning saw the spatial barrier rapidly repair itself almost simultaneously with the spirit boat’s passage.

He withdrew his gaze.

Jiang Ning returned to his small room and began Alchemy.

Days passed one by one.

Initially, Jiang Ning would calculate how many days he had traveled.

Later, Jiang Ning was too lazy to count.

In this deep darkness, the passage of time was imperceptible.

During this period, the spirit boat vibrated several times.

Jiang Ning put away the Medicinal Pills from this batch, and the spirit boat trembled again.

“How many times has this been? It seems even space has its unstable moments.”

Jiang Ning sighed with emotion.

But this time, it didn't seem so simple.

The duration of this tremor grew longer, and the amplitude of the shaking became larger.

Jiang Ning frowned.

He went out.

He found the Vermilion Bird standing on the deck again, exuding a solemn aura.

“Senior Vermilion Bird?”

“It seems we’ve encountered Void Weevils.”

“Void Weevils?”

Jiang Ning was stunned. Is this thing really that amazing? He hadn't heard of it in novels before!

However, the dangers written in novels were only for the protagonist. In this vast Cultivation World, there were tens of thousands of dangerous things... The Vermilion Bird nodded.

“Void Weevils are a type of insect that specifically grows in the Void Realm. Their grade isn't high, but they feed on space. In themselves, these insects have no relevance to Cultivators.

But Cultivators have created spatial passages, and Void Weevils can make these spatial passages extremely unstable.

In severe cases, they can even cause an entire spatial passage to collapse.”

Saying this, the Vermilion Bird pointed to the darkness on her left, and said in a low voice:

“Look, that is the Void Weevil!”