Chapter 327 Holy crap, we're surrounded by enemy forces!
The situation regarding rosewood is indeed not optimistic.
She glanced at the two bodyguards on her left and right.
On the left is the serious-looking, unsmiling chief disciple of the Fu Sect. On the right is the sickly-looking, yet more agile and swift-witted young master of Linfeng County.
The further the three of them went, the more monsters they encountered, but Huali didn't need to worry about it at all.
Because any monsters, spirits, or even foolish poisonous vines that dare to show their faces are simply beyond her reach.
The two of them were like competitors, each moving faster and using more precise and efficient methods than the last. It was as if an invisible, absolute defensive circle had been drawn around her.
But Huali couldn't be happy at all!
Well, how should I put it?
If she had just transmigrated and was still weak, she would have been extremely grateful for this treatment.
But now... she doesn't need it at all.
This feeling of being forced into being a "spectator" when you could have easily dominated the battlefield made Pear King a little unhappy.
Especially when those two bodyguards swiped around twice and looked at her with an air of "it's nothing, no need to thank me"... tsk.
Huali: "...I miss Luochuan so much."
"I miss Lian Zhuo, I miss Wen Jin, I miss the little bird, I miss the young master."
There is no harm without comparison.
*
After a day of rapid travel, the three finally passed through the floating ferns and arrived at a huge ruin that looked as if it were covered by glass.
The ruins and broken walls stand in rows, with an ancient style.
The rubble and broken statues all possess an eerie, slowly flowing liquid-like texture.
Xiaota secretly transmitted a message to Huali: "I sensed a tiny bit of power inside; it might hold the whereabouts of the Luoshen Book."
Fu Yan frowned slightly and analyzed as usual: "The spatial structure here is abnormal, with extremely strong residual power of the composite barrier, but it is also the necessary passage to enter the center, and we cannot go around it."
"Then force your way in?" Huali asked.
“Forced entry would likely trigger unpredictable turbulence,” Fu Yan shook his head. “We need to find the key point and safely break through it before we can pass.”
As he spoke, he took a step forward, and pale golden spiritual energy runes began to condense at his fingertips. Upon seeing this, Huali immediately retreated.
He paused slightly in his movement as he held the inkstone.
In the past, when I collaborated with Ranran, she would always suggest that we try it together, just like she did before outside the Starfall Ruins.
But now...
He tilted his head to the side, holding the inkstone.
Huali had naturally stepped back to the back, giving him maximum room to maneuver, and tilted her head to ask, "Are you going to make a lot of noise later? Should I put up a barrier?"
There was no worry, no desire to get involved, and not even a mention of "let's try it together." All they had in their eyes was trust and belief in him, the chief disciple of the Fu Sect.
Fu Yan's lips curved upwards in an extremely subtle way.
"It's alright, no need."
He joined his fingers like a brush, gathering pure, pale golden spiritual energy, and carved in mid-air.
Countless intricate and complex runes were transformed into meticulously ordered sequences in the young man's hands, precisely affixed to the barrier's light screen as if they were alive.
This was Huali's first time truly witnessing the Fu Sect's spellcasting. However, unlike what she saw in TV dramas, where a single talisman could solve the problem, the Fu Sect's ten fingers moved like butterflies, so fast that only afterimages remained.
The entire process of Fu Yan was carried out without any violent impact, yet the internal, unified structure of laws was quietly peeled away and dismantled.
In just a short while, the mental exhaustion had already covered his forehead with beads of sweat, but Fu Yan's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Hua Li and Ao Bai exchanged a glance. "They've appeared! The light of academic genius!"
Buzz—the next moment.
The inscription attached to the barrier lit up simultaneously, as if an incredibly precise key had been inserted into a lock.
The barrier rippled outwards like water, then silently opened a passage with stable edges, allowing only one person to pass at a time.
Fu Yan was slightly out of breath when he turned around and met Hua Li's unreserved praise, "Wow, you're awesome, boss!"
He paused slightly, a faint smile flashing in his eyes. "Go in quickly."
The three filed in.
On the other side of the secret realm, Luo Chuan suddenly stopped. As if sensing something, he turned his head to look in the direction of the spatial fluctuations.
The Chaos Beast sensed its master's thoughts, let out a low roar, and transformed into a stream of light.
*
In the instant the light and shadow twisted and changed, the three of them had already stepped into the realm on solid ground.
The moment I stood firm, the surrounding noise rushed into my ears all at once.
They were in a bustling old street.
Shops lined both sides of the cobblestone street, their aroma of alcohol filling the air, making it seem like just an ordinary, bustling town.
"An illusion?" Huali looked around. "It really is a timeless trope in the cultivation world."
Fu Yan subconsciously adjusted the talisman pouch at his waist to make it the same length before speaking, "No matter how real the illusion is, it is still an illusion. The core rules must be hidden in the anomaly."
"But I've never heard of such an illusion in the Starfall Ruins, and the reason for this entrance is also quite strange." Mu Feng frowned.
Ao Bai, perched on Hua Li's shoulder, suddenly sniffed hard. "Eh? This smells so familiar."
Karin tilted her head. "For example?"
Ao Bai closed his eyes, seemingly trying to capture those sensations. "I don't know... it's just very familiar, yet very annoying. Some jumbled images flashed through my mind, but I couldn't see them clearly..."
"Chief Steward Ao, how much do you remember about headquarters?" Hua Li asked suspiciously. "Or rather... are you really part of headquarters' system?"
Ao Bai shook his head, "But as far back as I can remember, it's all been communication with headquarters."
Huali tilted her head: "So, headquarters made you choose me?"
"I forgot this part," Ao Bai said innocently.
It opened its big, bright eyes and looked around at the familiar streets, then suddenly paused, "Host! I know! There's a key here!"
"Huh? The key?"
"To be precise, they are the hidden keys. I have a feeling that if I find these two keys, I will remember something very important."
key?
"Rosewood? Rosewood?" Mu Feng coughed lightly and asked with concern, "Have you discovered something amiss?"
Fu Yan's gaze also fell on her face.
Huali snapped out of her reverie and waved her hand. "Oh, it's nothing. I was just thinking that if it's a secret realm, based on past experience, we should need to find the corresponding key."
A look of doubt flashed in Mu Feng's eyes, "The key?"
Just as Huali was about to continue speaking, she suddenly sensed two very strong gazes coming from across the street, piercing through the crowd, and landing on her.
Karin subconsciously looked up—
Under the eaves of the teahouse across the street, one sat and one stood.
When Wen Tingyun looked up at her, his eyes were like spring water breaking through ice, carrying a hint of surprise.
Li Yuan, however, kept her firmly rooted to the spot with his burning gaze.
Karin: "???"
Karin: "!!!"
Holy crap, we've entered enemy territory?!
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