The junior disciple who asked Liu Yunqing the question was only at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and in terms of age, he might not be much younger than Liu Yunqing.

But this kind of mindless naiveté is something even Liu Yunqing, a Qi Refining stage cultivator, cannot match.

Before Liu Yunqing could decide whether to answer the question or ask a question in return, the cautious junior disciple next to him had already changed his expression.

He pulled away the person who had spoken to Liu Yunqing and hurriedly apologized to Liu Yunqing:

"We were just passing by. My friend isn't very good at speaking, so please forgive us for bothering you, senior."

After saying this, he glared at the junior disciple who had spoken to him, dragged him to bow to Liu Yunqing, and turned to leave in a hurry.

Liu Yunqing had originally intended to question someone, so upon seeing this, he simply called out to the group to stop.

"Wait a moment."

As soon as Liu Yunqing spoke, even the junior disciple who had been bravely speaking up before finally changed his expression.

No one usually comes to the Soul-Gathering Ravine. The group of them were just passing by when they happened to witness the strange occurrences in the ravine, so they mustered their courage and came to take a look.

There was no one around except this young and imposing senior, yet he still foolishly went up to ask questions, which was tantamount to courting death.

After all, they thought they were just passing by in a daze, but they might have stumbled upon someone else's secret.

Or perhaps it was a senior whose cultivation was far superior to theirs, someone who could crush them with a single finger.

Liu Yunqing was naturally aloof, with a cold face and a cold voice when she wasn't pretending. In addition, she had been refining those wandering souls and resentful spirits for a long time and hadn't spoken for who knows how long.

Her voice was exceptionally cold and hoarse when she spoke. Without revealing even a trace of her aura, she had already terrified the junior disciples, making them tremble all over.

"Senior, please spare us! I...we really didn't see anything, we were just...just passing by!"

The cautious junior disciple said this, and the other bolder junior disciples nodded repeatedly, fearing that they would be annihilated in the next instant.

Those in positions of power often find it difficult to sense the fear of those in lower positions, even if the superiors themselves have no malicious intent.

Liu Yunqing felt his throat was a little hoarse, thinking that he hadn't explained clearly, but he didn't understand why those junior disciples looked so frightened.

Liu Yunqing frowned, cleared his throat, and said:

"Why are you begging for mercy? I just want to ask you two questions."

Seeing that Liu Yunqing's expression wasn't pleasant, but he clearly wasn't about to make a move, the trembling disciples finally calmed down a bit.

It was that cautious young disciple who, after calming himself down, carefully spoke:

"Please ask me anything, senior. I will answer to the best of my knowledge."

Liu Yunqing suddenly understood the reason for their trepidation, but didn't explain further, only asking the questions she wanted to know.

"What happened to the Soul-Gathering Valley? It wasn't like this before, was it?"

Upon hearing Liu Yunqing's words, the group exchanged glances and realized they had guessed wrong; it turned out this person was just passing by.

Although there were still some illogical points in their minds, they thought that the other party was probably more powerful and faster, and was indeed farther away than them, so they convinced themselves.

“Senior is right. Although we have never been down into the Soul-Gathering Ravine, it certainly didn’t look like this from the outside.”

"We don't know exactly what happened, but when we were far away, we saw the ground shaking and the airflow was unusually turbulent, so we thought we'd come and take a look."

Obviously, this is the scene that greets you upon arrival.

The earth shook violently?

Liu Yunqing did not feel any earth-shaking sensation while in the Soul-Gathering Ravine. Upon hearing this, he turned his gaze to the Soul-Gathering Ravine and spread his divine sense to examine it again.

Upon closer inspection, Liu Yunqing also noticed something was amiss.

The area of ​​the Soul-Gathering Valley is slowly shrinking!

Liu Yunqing didn't know whether this change was good or bad. Just as she was about to go back to check, her heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously stopped in her tracks.

Without a second thought, Liu Yunqing gently pushed with his palm, and several junior disciples fainted. Then, without hesitation, Liu Yunqing threw them into his spatial dimension and fled far away like lightning.

A gust of wind swept by, carrying away even the last trace of her scent.

The moment the wind swept away the aura, powerful auras began to approach from the horizon.

In just a few breaths, the powerful figures who were rarely seen had already settled down in front of the Soul-Staying Stream.

The first to arrive were the great masters of Fanyin Temple.

Seeing the Soul-Gathering Abyss still slowly shrinking, the powerful being's face flashed with an "I knew it" expression. He quickly made a move, subtly striking something into the ground beneath the Soul-Gathering Abyss.

As soon as he stopped, someone laughed and greeted him as he landed.

"Old man Zhikong, you've arrived quite quickly. Have you discovered anything?"

The Buddha Zhikong didn't even turn his head, and showed no kindness to the newcomer, saying in a cold and indifferent tone:

"The Soul-Gathering Valley is disappearing."

The newcomer didn't care about the attitude of the Buddha Zhikong. He exchanged casual pleasantries while his gaze was already fixed on the Soul-Staying Gorge, where he noticed that the area of ​​the gorge was indeed slowly shrinking.

At the same time, it was also discovered that not only was the Soul-Staying Gorge shrinking, but the wandering souls and resentful spirits that had accumulated in the gorge over the years had also disappeared without a trace.

"Where did those wandering, vengeful spirits go? Is that why the Soul-Hosting Valley shrank?"

The man asked the Buddha Zhikong, who replied expressionlessly:

"You're asking me? Who should I ask?"

"Tsk," the newcomer finally grew impatient, raising his chin and looking at the Venerable Zhikong with displeasure:

"Why are you so vengeful? Can't you have a little more of the demeanor of a virtuous monk?"

The Buddha Zhikong sneered, glancing at the newcomer, and said:

"That depends on whether some people have the virtues of a Sword Master."

Just as the two were about to start arguing again, more people arrived and interrupted their conversation, bringing up the important matter at hand.

The people alerted today are not ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators, but ancestral figures who are among the most knowledgeable about the situation in the Sun Realm.

Even if they didn't know the situation inside the Earth's core, or that the Soul-Gathering Ravine could connect to the Earth's core, their understanding of the Soul-Gathering Ravine was clearly not that of an ordinary person as a useless training ground.

The matter has been shelved because the purpose of the Soul-Gathering Ravine and its impact on the Sun Realm have remained undiscovered.

But despite the postponement, no one denies the importance of the Soul-Staying Stream.

Now that the wandering spirits and vengeful souls have disappeared, the shrinking of the Soul-Gathering Valley may also result in its disappearance.

So, how do wandering spirits and vengeful souls disappear?

If it was done by humans, who could so arrogantly collect those wandering souls and vengeful spirits right under their noses?

If it was an unexpected change, where did those wandering spirits and vengeful souls go? Was this change good or bad?

No one can answer this question.

Those who could answer this question disdain to do so.

Oh, there were originally a few more children who could have helped them find clues, but unfortunately they were taken away by the person involved.