642: Chapter 642 The spatial barrier in this godforsaken place is so thin!

Night fell quietly, and the branches and leaves of the Light Banyan in Qingmu Court, emitting a soft, faint glow, illuminated the entire massive three-dimensional city as if it were a dream.

"Creak—"

The wooden door was pushed open, and Ye Qing's lean figure flashed inside.

He casually formed a hand seal, sealing off any sound of wind at the door crack, before striding over to the vine sleeping couch.

When Ye Qing pushed the door open to return with a message, his expression was incredibly strange, as if he were looking at a monster.

"Su Ming, you are now a rare commodity in our Qingmu Court."

Ye Qing plopped down onto a wooden chair, grabbed a Light Fruit from the table, and took a bite, causing juices to spill everywhere.

Su Ming was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed. Upon hearing this, he slowly opened his eyes, retrieved a wooden teacup from his sleeve, poured a cup of water, and handed it over: "Oh? What other changes are happening outside?"

"There are no changes, but there is plenty of excitement."

Ye Qing took the teacup and drank it in one gulp, "Those lower-class commoners heard that you repaired the Spiritual Spring in one go and accurately diagnosed the hidden dangers of the root system Formation, so they all treat you like a Divine Being with three heads and six arms."

"This evening, several groups of little brats who had just sprouted tender leaves on their heads snuck to the outside of your tree hole to peek, only to be chased away like ducks by those heavily armored guards several times."

Su Ming smiled slightly, reached out to straighten his cyan-gray Daoist robe, and spoke in a calm tone: "It is the nature of children to be filled with curiosity about the unknown."

"However, what is the wind blowing like over at the Elder Council?"

Ye Qing lowered his voice, a glimmer of excitement flashing in his eyes: "Elder Panshi personally took a few trusted aides to investigate the periphery of the root system."

"When he returned, his face was as black as raw iron."

"Although he didn't say it explicitly, he directly ordered the sealing of three secret passage entrances in the northeast corner."

"As for Elder Qing Luo..."

Speaking of this, Ye Qing couldn't help but chuckle: "Her supple face was so gloomy that water could drip from it; she couldn't utter a single word of doubt in the council hall."

"You have completely shut her mouth this time."

Su Ming tapped his fingertips on his knee, his expression remaining as calm as an ancient well: "Taking precautions before they happen, Elder Panshi is indeed a decisive person."

"The methods of the Dark Current Sect are insidious; if not blocked in time, the future consequences would be endless."

Ye Qing leaned in closer, his gaze filled with inquiry: "However, can you really repair that root system Formation?"

"That is the clan-protecting Formation that even Elder Muxin could only watch helplessly as it decayed."

Su Ming did not answer directly; instead, he picked up the water in front of him, took a sip, and diverted the topic with another question: "Brother Ye Qing, the root system of this ten-thousand-year Light Banyan is incredibly vast; where exactly does it extend to?"

"Why is it that even a great expert like Elder Muxin cannot ensure its complete protection?"

Ye Qing scratched the green soft whiskers on top of his head, frowning slightly: "I am not entirely clear on this matter either."

"I only heard the older generation of clansmen occasionally mention that the deepest part of Qingmu Court's root system extends all the way down, seemingly touching the edge of the Gloaming Abyss."

"That is a forbidden zone where vitality and Death Qi are intertwined; usually, even the fiercest Spirit Beast dares not approach it, let alone investigate it."

Su Ming's heart stirred, and he secretly etched the two words "Gloaming Abyss" deep into his Sea of Consciousness.

"So that is how it is." Su Ming nodded, "The creation of heaven and earth involves mutual generation and mutual restraint. The decay of the Formation is not a problem that arose in a single day."

Ye Qing stood up and brushed the crumbs off his body: "Alright, I just came to give you a heads-up."

"Although the Elder Council has temporarily suppressed their hostility towards you, Elder Genxu asked me to tell you to be prepared by the hour of the Dragon tomorrow."

"Prepare for what?" Su Ming's eyes flickered slightly.

"I don't know." Ye Qing shrugged, "I dare not ask too much about the Elders' affairs."

"You should rest well tonight; those four guards outside won't even let a flying insect in."

After saying this, Ye Qing waved his hand and pushed the door open to leave.

The wooden door closed again, and the surroundings fell into extreme silence.

Su Ming sat quietly for a full half-stick of incense time, and after confirming that the four auras of Peak Soul Nourishing Stage outside the door had no intention of probing, he slowly stood up.

He retrieved the three remaining void meditation stones and a small pinch of Soul-Stabilizing Sand from his Storage Pouch.

"Shadow, go guard behind the door." Su Ming ordered softly.

The Mystic Shadow Crow lying in the shadows chirped, flapped its wings, and flew above the door lintel, its golden pupils vigilantly staring at the crack in the door.

Su Ming walked to the deepest corner of the tree hole, his hands moving rapidly like butterflies weaving through flowers.

This was a mini Formation less than a foot square, even smaller than the one laid in the crack of the Youguang Forest, intended solely for ultimate concealment.

"Activate."

Su Ming forced out a trace of Ruoshui Spiritual Power and tapped it onto the Formation eye.

"Hum—"

A faint, transparent ripple spread through the air.

The originally indestructible space seemed to turn into a layer of gauze soaked in water at this moment.

A pitch-black rift, only the size of a grain of rice, quietly tore open in the center of the Formation.

The next instant, a stream of non-attribute Void Realm Spiritual Qi, pure to the extreme, flooded into this small space like a broken levee.

The xuantian ring flashed with a faint light, and Lin Yu's soul body floated out impatiently.

His illusory eyes stared fixedly at the grain-sized rift, and the luster on the surface of his soul body instantly brightened as if it were broad daylight.

"The spatial barrier in this damn place is actually so weak!" Lin Yu's voice trembled slightly from extreme excitement, "In the Human Race territory, such a small amount of Materials would at most tear a tiny slit, but here, it is practically wide open!"

Su Ming sat cross-legged, formed hand seals, and circulated the Ruoshui Art to its limit.

The inflowing Void Realm Spiritual Qi, without any Impurities, poured crazily along his seven orifices and hundred Meridians.

His Meridians, which had been nearly thirty percent depleted due to repairing the Spiritual Spring, rapidly filled up within a short stick of incense time, just like long-awaited sweet rain after a drought.

His Spiritual Qi recovered to over eighty percent at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye.

And the activity on Lin Yu's side was even more exaggerated than Su Ming's.

In the microscopic vision of the Formation, Su Ming clearly saw that the surging gray-white Spiritual Qi mist sea was interspersed with dense silver threads, and even a few rare golden glimmers as brilliant as stars.

Lin Yu opened his illusory mouth and inhaled sharply.

Those few golden glimmers dove into his soul body like fledglings returning to the forest.

"Boom!"

A tangible, dark blue ripple undulated across the surface of Lin Yu's soul body.

His lower body, which had originally been somewhat transparent, was now so solid that it appeared to be a real flesh-and-blood body!

"Satisfying! Too satisfying!" Lin Yu closed his eyes, his whiskers trembling slightly, "These few golden glimmers are worth three years of source essence absorption for this old man in the Human Race territory!"

While guiding his Spiritual Qi back to his Golden Core, Su Ming responded in a low voice: "Master, although the space here is weak, could the commotion of the inflowing Spiritual Qi attract the attention of the guards outside?"

"Rest assured." Lin Yu burped and floated lazily in mid-air, "With the Soul Power I just recovered, I have added another layer of isolation barrier outside your Breath Concealment Formation."

"As long as it's not a Soul Transformation Stage expert listening right at the door, those wooden stumps outside will absolutely never notice a thing."