After spending more than ten days in the space, Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian had to admit that they probably could not be directly teleported out from the outside.

Qi Zhiheng didn't want to stay in the space any longer, so he pulled Yang Yitian out of the space. When they went in, they were in mid-air, and when they came out, they took the opportunity to leap up a few meters higher, and before they fell down, they went back into the space.

After repeating this several times, the two finally reached the top of the wall.

"Let's go." Qi Zhiheng pulled Yang Yitian, and the two jumped outside the palace together.

The crowd outside was still surging. Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian slipped into the crowd unnoticed.

Having reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, Qi Zhiheng's fear of this world lessened somewhat. In addition, he had been checking the outside situation through his spatial dimension these past few days and felt that these people were not so scary.

Seeing the items on these people, Qi Zhiheng suddenly asked, "Do you think these people can take their treasures out of the country?"

Yang Yitian looked at Qi Zhiheng, a thought forming in his mind: "You mean..."

“If these people were humans who sank with the island back then, then the things they carry might also have been left behind from that time.” Qi Zhiheng led Yang Yitian toward the outskirts of the city.

He now wondered if the treasures here could be taken out. That was easy to test; he could put them in his own space to see if they could be taken away.

With that in mind, Qi Zhiheng took Yang Yitian on a treasure hunt.

There are many things on this island, and the "people" in the city are not living people, but it is unknown whether these people will collect the spiritual items in the city.

Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian arrived at a forest in the suburbs.

From afar, one could see many medicinal herbs growing in the mountains, and judging by their age, many of them were quite old.

Judging from the age of these medicinal herbs, the people in the city should not have left the city to go to the outskirts.

Qi Zhiheng briefly shared his guess in private: "I suspect that the activities of those 'people' in the city are somewhat restricted." As he spoke, he walked towards the direction of the spiritual herbs.

These medicinal herbs are not particularly rare, but they are abundant and old, with some being thousands of years old.

He could earn some spirit stones by reselling them, but Qi Zhiheng planned to keep them for himself and not waste them for free.

"How do you know? Is it because no one has picked these medicinal herbs?" Yang Yitian also went over to help Qi Zhiheng pick the herbs.

Qi Zhiheng dug out a spiritual herb and took Yang Yitian into the space, intending to try and see if the spiritual herb could be used in the space.

After Qi Zhiheng entered the space, the first thing he did was to check the spiritual herbs in his hand. He found that the spiritual herbs were not much different from others, so he asked the moon beast to see if there was anything unusual about the spiritual herbs.

He didn't want his space to suffer any accidents because of such a strange city.

The moon beast examined the contents but found nothing amiss, so it returned the moon beast to Qi Zhiheng.

Qi Zhiheng planted these spiritual herbs in a rune array that accelerated the flow of time, to see if any abnormalities would occur after a period of time.

After a year had passed inside the talisman array, Qi Zhiheng took the spiritual herb out to check it. Finding no abnormalities in its growth, he was relieved.

The two went out to dig for spiritual herbs again, and dug up some of the older ones and put them into their own space. Here, he even found some spiritual herbs that had almost become extinct in recent years.

Qi Zhiheng wandered around outside for a while, then went back with Yang Yitian to continue cultivating for a few more days. He used the spiritual herbs he obtained to refine pills. The spiritual herbs were of high age, and after consuming them, his cultivation level increased significantly.

"Let's go back to the city and take a look." After only a short walk, Qi Zhiheng decided to go with Yang Yitian to retrieve the Boundary Stone.

Yang Yitian asked, "Then aren't you afraid, Spirit Lord?"

Qi Zhiheng hadn't been spending his time in Kongjian for nothing. After calming down, he made thorough preparations and refined some pills to temporarily boost his cultivation. These pills would cause serious side effects after twenty-four hours, leaving the person weak and powerless for four hours.

For an ordinary person, being weak for four hours would be fatal. Qi Zhiheng, who has a spatial ability, has a slight advantage over others. At least, he can spend his weakened period in his spatial ability.

The two did not conceal their presence when they returned to the city.

A hint of suspicion arose again in Qi Zhiheng's Jinrui City, so he decided to stop someone to ask for information.

"Uncle, I have a few questions to ask you." Qi Zhiheng stood nearby and asked the uncle.

Then, the middle-aged man in front of them did not react at all, as if he could not see Qi Zhiheng.

Yang Yitian was puzzled. Seeing that others were ignoring Qi Zhiheng, he couldn't help but frown: "Why are these people so rude? Are they blind?"

“As expected,” Qi Zhiheng said. “The people here may not be able to communicate with us.” He recalled the kneeling and worship of those “people” to the Spirit Lord in the palace, and then thought that perhaps these “people” only recognized that Spirit Lord.

They strolled around the city again. Qi Zhiheng carefully observed the buildings and recalled the bell tower that had remained intact for thousands of years. Only then did he realize the difference between the buildings here and the bell tower.

Qi Zhiheng walked towards the palace.

"Shall we go find that Spirit Lord now?" Yang Yitian seemed to have seen through his intention and followed behind him toward the palace.

Qi Zhiheng is now more prepared: "The sooner I get the Boundary Stone, the sooner I can go back."

Yang Yitian nodded in agreement.

There were guards outside the palace. They had been out for so long but had not sensed the aura of Dao Lingzun. Presumably, that Lingzun was either unable to come out or his sensing range was limited to inside the palace.

The two placed all the usable weapons in easily accessible locations within their spatial storage, so that they could react quickly if attacked.

Qi Zhiheng arrived at the palace gate and pushed it hard, but the gate did not budge.

He had no choice but to wait with Yang Yitian for the door to open by itself.

There weren't many people going back and forth between the palace and the outside, but after Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian had been squatting for half an hour, someone still came out.

Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian took the opportunity to crawl inside.

The door slammed shut.

At this moment, the aura of the Spirit Lord began to spread towards this side again.

Qi Zhiheng guessed that the other party was probably coming.

He didn't wait around; he and Yang Yitian walked toward the direction from which the aura was coming.

As the aura drew ever closer, Yang Yitian grew somewhat nervous.

After traveling for half an hour, Qi Zhiheng's soul power finally encountered the other party unexpectedly.

The two sides looked at each other, still two hundred meters apart, and Qi Zhiheng seemed to see the ambiguous smile in the other's eyes.

Qi Zhiheng walked over, bowed, and said, "Senior, this junior is Qi Zhiheng."

"Junior Yang Yitian." Yang Yitian bowed in return and said no more.

Seeing that Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian could speak to him so openly, the old man realized that the cat-and-mouse game they played last time couldn't continue.

"May I ask your honorable name, senior?" Qi Zhiheng asked again when he saw that the other party was looking at them without speaking.

Yang Yitian wondered to himself, "Could this guy be like everyone else here, unable to communicate?"

Qi Zhiheng, however, did not think that the entire city needed at least one controller, and it was obvious that this old man was the controller of this island.

The old man smiled kindly upon hearing Qi Zhiheng's words and said, "My name is Xundao."

"So you are the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable, senior. I have long admired your name." Qi Zhiheng had already guessed that he was the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable, so he was not too surprised to hear him say this.

The Seeking Dao Spiritual Venerable laughed and said, "You seem to have no curiosity about the current situation at all."

Qi Zhiheng said calmly, "If you are interested in telling me, that would be great."

The Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable turned around and said, "Of course, there is no problem. It has been a long time since we have had any guests here, so let me prepare a banquet to properly entertain you."

Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian followed behind him, but countless thoughts flashed through their minds: "Senior, is it true that no one has come here for a long time?"

The Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable said, "Of course it's true. I have no reason to deceive you two here."

Qi Zhiheng feigned doubt and said, "That's strange. I heard that before we came here, many people sank to the bottom of the sea along with this island. Didn't those seniors come in?"

The Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable laughed and said, "Those people came directly from the island, so naturally they couldn't have gotten in. They were probably torn to pieces by the spatial passage."

He had a smile on his face, but there was no laughter in his voice.

Qi Zhiheng then asked, "So, what does Senior mean?"

The Seeking Dao Spiritual Venerable replied, "They have to come from the Bell Tower, which depends on certain opportunities. Not everyone can come from the Bell Tower."

Qi Zhiheng felt that the other party wasn't ready to break ties yet. Although he didn't know why the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable hadn't fought them, it didn't stop him from planning his next move. He was even secretly wondering where the Guide Stone was located on the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable's body.

He secretly sized up the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable and found that he did not have any storage devices on his body. Where would the Guide Stone be kept?

"If I may ask, do I have to go through the clock tower to get out?" Qi Zhiheng's thoughts returned to this question.

The Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable laughed heartily: "Young friend, you're overthinking things. This island can only be entered; there's no way to get out. You'll probably never be able to leave in your entire lives."

Qi Zhiheng said speechlessly, "We can't go out, so why are you so happy, senior?"

The Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable wore a sincere smile: "I am naturally happy that someone can come and keep this old man company."