Chapter 550 I will find a way

When viewed from outside the barrier, this Tianchi Lake looks as pure as a pearl.

After entering the barrier, the scene in the barrier space was reflected. It was originally a gloomy and eerie scene with phantoms wandering around.

After Yun Qingqing cast several runes into the lake, the reflection on the lake surface seemed like a piece of paper being burned in the middle, gradually revealing a completely different scene underneath. It was scarlet, with densely packed dead souls crowded and entangled, like a pool of blood hell.

Yun Qingqing's eyes turned fierce, he drew his sword and leaped, falling straight into the center of the lake.

Xiao Changheng was startled at first when he saw the scene in the lake, but when he saw Yun Qingqing had already taken action, he immediately followed without hesitation.

The two people fell into the center of the lake one after the other, but did not create any splashes. The surface of the lake did not even ripple at all, as if the two people were not falling into water.

But after the two figures sank into the lake, the window that had expanded before gradually closed again and returned to its original appearance.

Xiao Changheng followed Yun Qingqing and fell to the bottom of the lake. He felt the scenery in front of him flash, and they found themselves in a narrow stone cave.

The stone cave was filled with blood and the walls were covered with dark red runes in strange and enchanting shapes, emitting a depressing aura. There was a hole right in front, but no one knew where it led to.

Xiao Changheng frowned and was about to take a step when Yun Qingqing grabbed him:

"Don't move!"

He was stunned for a moment, and stood there as he was told. He saw Yun Qingqing's eyes were cold. She raised her hand and took out a blank piece of talisman paper. She lightly scratched the sword with her fingertips and drew a talisman with blood.

Xiao Changheng frowned slightly and his expression became more serious.

A clear light flashed in Yun Qingqing's eyes. She glanced around, her eyes moved, and she flicked her hand to stick the talisman in a certain position.

Suddenly, there was a slight cracking sound in the air, as if a thin piece of jade was shattered. Then the dark red runes on the four walls made a crackling sound, and one by one they turned into ashes and disappeared.

The cave then became completely dark, and it was pitch dark. Although it was dark, the suffocating blood and oppressive atmosphere just now disappeared.

After a moment, Yun Qingqing took out a night pearl from the space, and the cave was illuminated by a faint light again, but it was enough for the two people with extremely sharp vision.

"Okay, let's go."

She put the night pearl into Xiao Changheng's hand, turned around and walked towards the cave entrance in front.

Xiao Changheng followed her and embarked on an unknown journey.

After walking for a while, he found that this place seemed to be an underground maze. The caves were complicated, sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, with forks in the road every few steps.

But Yun Qingqing calculated the way as she walked, and hardly hesitated. The two of them walked for nearly half an hour. With her guidance, they never walked into a dead end, nor did they encounter a situation where they were trapped in a maze and kept turning around in circles.

The surroundings were extremely quiet, with only the echoes of the two people's breathing and footsteps.

Xiao Changheng suddenly spoke in a low voice:

"This maze is so huge, what did we see on the lake before?"

Yun Qingqing paused slightly, then continued walking forward, but did not answer immediately, as if she was lost in thought.

Just when Xiao Changheng thought she would not answer, Yun Qingqing spoke softly:

"That is the core of the small world."

"Nuclear?" Xiao Changheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

He had seen the small world once before, when his senior sisters were abducted to the Leihuo Sect and he went to rescue them. His master and others were trapped in the small world, and it was Yun Qingqing who rescued them.

Thinking of that dangerous incident, Xiao Changheng's heart became more and more heavy, and this "core" obviously did not sound like a good thing.

Yun Qingqing seemed to sense his thoughts and explained calmly:

“When a practitioner reaches a certain level, he or she can comprehend the great trend of heaven and earth, and then extend it to the outside and inside, and comprehend the true mystery of one flower, one universe, one leaf, one world.”

"Those who have reached this level can build their own small world based on their own energy. In this world, the practitioners are equivalent to gods and can control everything."

"If an outsider enters a cultivator's small world, he will be suppressed by the laws of this small world. The weaker ones may even be directly swallowed and assimilated... Of course, whether this will happen depends on the will of the owner of the small world."

Xiao Changheng was silent for a moment:

"Doesn't that mean that if the owner of this small world is still alive, he would have been discovered when we first stepped in?"

Yun Qingqing glanced at him and shook her head slightly:

"That's true, but this little world... is a little different."

Xiao Changheng was stunned:

"What do you mean?"

Yun Qingqing pondered for a moment, then said carefully:

"It's hard to explain, but one thing is certain: this little world is a little weird. It wasn't built by one person."

"Not built by humans?" Xiao Changheng was more and more surprised.

He pondered for a moment and suddenly asked:

"If this is not a small world created by practitioners, then it was formed by the heaven and earth itself? But if this is the case, shouldn't it be called a secret realm? Why do you say this is a small world?"

Yun Qingqing glanced at him with some surprise:

"Do you know how the secret realm was formed?"

Xiao Changheng nodded:

"I saw some fragments of information in the Seven Star Hall's books before. When I returned to Shimen last time, I asked my master for some files and read them. I have a better understanding of it."

Yun Qingqing's expression paused slightly, she turned her head to look at him again, and continued on her way.

She was silent for a long time, neither speaking nor answering his question.

Xiao Changheng didn't know why she suddenly fell silent, and his eyes darkened slightly.

Yun Qingqing suddenly spoke again:

"Are you... still thinking about practicing?"

Xiao Changheng paused and said nothing. This time it was his turn to be silent.

He had indeed been trying to find a way to practice, and had already started to put it into action... but he had never revealed a single word about this to Yun Qingqing, because he knew it would be useless even if he told her.

Yun Qingqing would never approve of a person like him who has no foundation doing such useless work...

"I'll find a way." Yun Qingqing suddenly spoke in silence, interrupting Xiao Changheng's thoughts.

"What did you say?" Xiao Changheng was stunned after he realized what she said.

Yun Qingqing suddenly stopped, and Xiao Changheng subconsciously stopped with her.

Under the soft and cold light of the Night Pearl, the girl looked at him with her usual serious eyes and spoke calmly:

"Don't you want to practice? I'll help you find a way."

Xiao Changheng's breathing stagnated slightly, and something seemed to bloom in his heart. He looked at her and was speechless for a moment.

Yun Qingqing met the little light in his dark eyes, pursed her lips slightly, turned her head away and coughed, changing the subject:

"Aren't you asking what this small world is? The reason why I call it a small world rather than a secret realm is because there are traces of man-made laws everywhere in this place."

As she spoke, she continued walking forward:

"The laws were made by people, but not the same people... This damn place was created by some practitioners who have not reached the realm, using forbidden techniques."