“Ugh!!”
Qin Mu could feel his body continuously falling. Although he currently possessed Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, here, both Space Power and Spirit Energy were extremely chaotic.
Plop—
Just moments ago, there was only Void before his eyes, then the next instant, a stone slab appeared in front of him.
And so Qin Mu obediently went for a Dog Head Landing. At least it wasn’t dirt, or else he’d have ended up with a mouthful of soil.
“Ptoo, ptoo, ptoo!”
Even though Qin Mu didn’t get a mouthful of dirt, he still inhaled a large cloud of dust.
Before Qin Mu could stand up, another figure came falling down.
“Ouch!”
Before Qin Mu could get up, someone sat right down on him with their butt.
That familiar weight, that familiar softness—Aunt Lu!
“Mu… Mu’er!”
Lu Qian thought she would land disgracefully, but instead, the thing beneath her was like a cushion. She looked down and saw that the “cushion” she was sitting on was actually Mu’er!
Lu Qian quickly got up, wanting to help Mu’er rise, but the next moment, another Shadowy Figure came falling down.
Just as he was about to stand up again, Qin Mu looked up and had yet another figure crash into him.
“I…”
Before his beautiful hometown expletive could even leave his mouth, Qin Mu’s cheek once again kissed the earth.
This time, it was a feeling of unfamiliarity. It should be Senior Chu.
Chu Jiujiu, just like Lu Qian, had a look of surprise on her face. What was beneath her was warm and soft. She looked down.
“Young Master Qin!”
Chu Jiujiu quickly got up, a faint blush spreading across her cheeks. After all, as an elder, landing in such a posture on a younger generation’s body was quite embarrassing.
Surely no one else was going to fall now, right?
Qin Mu finally stood up. Before him was a forest, and he was on a path paved with stone slabs that extended directly into the depths of the forest.
Another unfamiliar Little World. But at least this one was much better than the one he’d fallen into earlier with Senior Chu.
Because the air was filled with Spirit Energy. With Spirit Energy, and with Aunt Lu and Senior Chu by his side, what did he have to fear!
In an instant, Qin Mu felt fully confident.
“Mu’er, are you alright?”
Lu Qian asked with concern while stepping forward to check Mu’er’s condition. Fortunately, there were no internal injuries.
“Aunt Lu, I’m fine.”
Aside from the fleshy impact from Aunt Lu and Senior Chu, Qin Mu hadn’t suffered any other harm.
Since Qin Mu was fine, everyone turned their gaze forward. Besides a vast forest, as their eyes peered further into the distance, a great Mountain came into view. There was even a beam of light shooting from the mountaintop into the heavens.
“High Priest, do you have any impression of this place?”
Lu Qian asked Chu Jiujiu. After all, as a native of the Wildlands, she should be far more familiar with this place than Lu Qian, who came from the Eastern Region.
However, the reality was that Chu Jiujiu really didn’t know this place.
“This is my first time knowing about this place as well. Besides, there are too many Little Worlds within the Void.”
Chu Jiujiu’s words weren’t false. Once one’s cultivation reached the Heavenly Unity Stage, they could attempt to open up a Little World. However, this Little World was still too small; calling it a Dongfu would be more fitting. Those at the Tribulation Stage could open up even larger spaces, and those at the Great Ascension Realm could form a Little World within their very bodies.
Although experts above the Heavenly Unity Stage were extremely rare, throughout ancient and modern times, when counted together, there were many at the Heavenly Unity Stage. When these experts fell, the locations of the Little Worlds they had opened became unknown, waiting for a fated person to discover them and bring them back into the light.
Next, the three of them advanced along the path.
Along the way, everything Qin Mu saw was nothing but trees. The road beneath his feet seemed endless—they had been walking for so long, yet there was still so much ahead.
The reason they didn’t fly was that they’d tried before, but the result…
Once they flew up, the trees began to grow crazily, growing as high as they flew. Even if a Tribulation Stage cultivator destroyed them with one strike, they would regenerate at an extremely fast speed.
Only by obediently walking on the path would the forest behave itself.
One could say this forest was definitely strange. As for how to get out?
Lu Qian and Senior Chu had tried that question. A casual attack that would normally shatter space couldn’t even cause a ripple here. The space here was extremely sturdy.
In the end, the only option was to head toward the Mountain and take a look. Perhaps the answer lay within that beam of light.
But they had been walking for so long, and the road seemed to have no end. After all this time, there was still no end in sight.
***
“Pfft—”
Wan Gu spat out a mouthful of blood, his aura somewhat wilted.
“How is this possible? How could someone have destroyed it?”
Even Wan Gu himself, without the Demon Clan’s Secret Technique, wouldn’t be able to see the Crimson Vortex, let alone destroy it.
He had taken on this assignment from the clan this time, planning to reverse the Wildlands’ Spirit Vein and then devour the original, incomplete Wildlands Spirit Vein. If that happened, he would have hope of advancing to the Great Ascension Realm!
But before he could be happy for long, his painstakingly designed plan was destroyed by someone.
This nearly broke him. Ever since that great battle in the Ancient Era, he had been injured—a Dao Injury at that. Because of this Dao Injury, he had never had the chance to advance to the Great Ascension Realm.
Over the years, he survived by Blood Qi Devouring. But Blood Qi Devouring also had its limits. If he couldn’t break through to the Great Ascension Realm, then in a hundred years, he too would turn into a pile of dust.
“Whoever you are, this Lord will grind your bones to dust!”
The next moment, Wan Gu’s figure vanished from where he stood.
***
“Huff—huff—”
Qin Mu wiped the sweat from his forehead. Why was it getting hotter and hotter the further they walked!
Just a moment ago, he had been shivering from the cold at the mountaintop, and now Qin Mu was drenched in sweat from the heat. Taking Pills didn’t help either.
He asked Divine Dragon Senior, who said it was due to the Spirit Energy—the Spirit Energy here contained searing heat within it.
If he weren’t concerned about appearances, Qin Mu would have long since torn his clothes off like those KFC grandpas.
Wow, Ice and Fire Duality, huh.
Ahead of Qin Mu, Aunt Lu and Senior Chu walked, while he chose to follow behind.
The two in front would occasionally glance back to make sure Qin Mu was keeping up.
But…
Suddenly, Qin Mu whipped his head around. As the surroundings grew hotter, he suddenly felt like something was following behind him.
“Divine Dragon Senior, have you noticed anything unusual?”
This feeling was like walking alone through a cornfield.
“Kid, your perception is pretty good. There is indeed something following behind us.”
“Then… should I tell Aunt Lu?”
Qin Mu looked at Aunt Lu’s figure ahead. She didn’t seem to have noticed anything unusual.
That shouldn’t be right. If he could sense it, how could Aunt Lu not have noticed it?
“Don’t panic, kid. What’s following us is no ordinary thing. For now, let’s just wait and see.”
Qin Mu could sense a kind of readiness in Divine Dragon Senior’s tone.
“Gulp.”
Qin Mu’s throat bobbed. Please don’t let it be something particularly troublesome. Come on, he was just a weakling. Logically speaking, he shouldn’t have to face enemies far above his level. But not only had he encountered them, he encountered them on a regular basis.