A pond you can't get out of

“Why is this mountain peak deserted and so quiet?”

“But the scenery is quite good.”

After landing, Su Wenjiu looked around.

She wasn't in a hurry to take on a Disciple; after all, the person was already here, so it wasn't like he could run away.

First, she would observe her surroundings, and by scrutinizing every clue, she could gain an initial understanding of Lin Feng's Revered Master.

For example, she could deduce the owner's personality from the layout style.

Or, through some Formation facilities, she could discern the owner's strength.

This way, negotiations later would be much smoother, without any unexpected complications.

This was also because she valued Lin Feng so highly.

Otherwise, an ordinary person wouldn't be worth this much effort from her; she would simply throw out some benefits indifferently, and if you were willing to give her this Disciple, then you were willing, and if not, you still had to be willing.

“Aside from the scenery, this place seems to be useless.”

After a casual observation, Su Wenjiu couldn't help but murmur, “The owner is most likely just an ordinary Cultivator, with nothing particularly special about him.”

“Alright, then I'll just go straight to him and get to the point.”

“If it truly doesn't go smoothly, facing such a Genius Disciple, it might be unavoidable to use some force.”

Su Wenjiu made her decision and was just about to activate her Divine Thought to locate Zhong Qing, but the next moment, something deeply attracted her.

It was a small pond, no more than two zhang in length and width.

Thick snow was piled up along the edge of the pond.

The water in the pond, whether murky or for some other reason, looked pitch black and bottomless.

And in the very center of the black pond water, a snow-white lotus flower floated.

The lotus had nine petals, and against the backdrop of the dark water, it looked like the white moonlight on the fifteenth night.

And it was this white lotus flower that deeply captivated Su Wenjiu's gaze.

In the dead of winter, a white lotus floating in the center of a pond was inherently quite surprising.

And the lotus itself didn't emit any unusual Qi, as if it were just an ordinary plant.

But even so, it still made Su Wenjiu delighted at first sight, and she couldn't help but want to pluck it.

She involuntarily walked towards the edge of the pond, her jade feet enveloped in thick Profound Qi, stepping directly onto the water's surface.

As her toes touched the water, the black pond water immediately rippled in circles.

Just like that, she walked step by step across the pond towards the lotus.

However.

After taking several steps, she felt something was wrong.

The entire pond was only two zhang in length and width, and from the shore to the center of the pond was only one zhang. A distance of one zhang, even for a child, could be covered in ten steps.

Yet, she had taken several steps just now, but she hadn't gotten any closer to the lotus. On the contrary, from a visual perspective, the distance between the lotus and her looked no different from when she was on the shore.

“Hmm?”

Su Wenjiu gently frowned.

She simply tapped the water surface with her jade foot, rose into the air, and flew towards the lotus.

However.

When she landed again, she found that she was still the same distance from the lotus.

But before she could even be surprised, she suddenly realized that she couldn't see the opposite bank of the pond anymore?

Looking around again, not only the opposite bank, but also the shore she had come from behind and the shores on both sides were nowhere to be seen.

Aside from the white lotus flower that she could see but never touch, there was only a vast expanse of black water, boundless, as if she were in the middle of the ocean.

“An illusion?”

“Interesting.”

Seeing this scene, Su Wenjiu's lips curved into a playful smile.

“Let's see how I break your illusion.”

Su Wenjiu was neither arrogant nor impatient. She simply sat cross-legged on the water's surface, entering a state of calm.

Facing a general illusion, one only needs to keep one's mind undisturbed, like still water, and it will break on its own.

After briefly entering a state of self-forgetfulness, Su Wenjiu reopened her beautiful eyes.

She had expected the illusion to break upon opening her eyes, but she found herself still amidst the vast black water. Aside from the dazzling white lotus, there was no end in sight.

“This has some substance.”

Su Wenjiu's expression became slightly more serious.

“Since it couldn't be broken that way just now, then I can only use brute force.”

Su Wenjiu was very confident in her strength.

Although she was of the younger generation, she was the first person of the younger generation in the history of Morning Glow Valley, and a year ago, she was already a Moon Profound Realm expert.

“Hmph!”

With her soft cry, abundant Origin Qi swirled around her jade palm.

Then, a world-shaking palm strike slammed down onto the water's surface.

“Boom!”

In an instant, huge terrifying waves immediately surged on the water surface where she was, and the swirling ocean ripples swept for dozens of miles.

With her full-strength attack at the Moon Profound Realm.

Not to mention a small pond two zhang in length and width, even if it were ten or a hundred times larger, the water within it would be instantly evaporated.

Even the most powerful illusion, once its Foundation medium was destroyed, could not be maintained.

However.

She waited confidently for the Formation to break, but found that a long time had passed.

Even the effects of her previous attack had returned to calm, but the Formation still hadn't broken!

It was still a pitch-black ocean surface on all sides.

“What?”

“It actually can't be broken?”

Su Wenjiu's brows furrowed tightly, and the playful expression she had earlier was gone.

She looked at the only reference point in front of her, that white lotus flower.

“I refuse to believe it.”

She directly rose into the air above the water, fully exerting the speed she possessed as a Moon Profound Realm Cultivator, and flew towards the white lotus.

Sunrise and sunset.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye.

Su Wenjiu's slender figure stood on the water's surface. Although her delicate face was still beautiful, it couldn't hide the fatigue and weariness on it.

And she had long lost the calm and composure of the past two days.

Instead, there was an occasional flicker of panic in her eyes.

Because she had flown for two days at her maximum speed, exerting her full effort in the direction of the white lotus, but she still hadn't left this small pond.

Nor had she touched that white lotus flower; it remained consistently one zhang away from her in her line of sight.

“What kind of illusion is this after all!”

Su Wenjiu bit her pearly teeth tightly.

The feeling of powerlessness from being unable to escape despite trying every method made her unconsciously anxious.

She even tried to send a distress signal to her Sect using a communication Jade Slip, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea.

Just then, she suddenly felt some movement in the water beneath her feet.

Subconsciously, she shot up into the air.

When she ascended a thousand zhang and looked down at the water, her eyes instantly widened.

Because there was a colossal creature swimming in the water.

It was tens of thousands of zhang long.

It was entirely red, vaguely indistinct, resembling both a Dragon and a Flood Dragon, slowly swimming in the water.

As it swam, the water surface slowly parted, revealing its arched back, which from above looked like a continuous mountain range extending for dozens of miles.

But its enormous body was not what truly terrified Su Wenjiu.

What truly terrified her was the Qi released by that colossal creature.

The Qi was not directed at her; it was merely a faint wisp released unintentionally.

But it was precisely this faint wisp of unintentionally released Qi that made Su Wenjiu's scalp tingle. She had no doubt that if it merely exhaled, she would be Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

At the same time, she seemed to have also thought of a terrifying possibility that made her shiver upon closer thought…