Chapter 99 Fragments of the Space Within the Stone Tablet, the Primordial Spirit-Continuing Pearl
"The one who ate the Heavenly Spirit Fruit is yourself, so how can you blame me?"
After recovering from her injuries, Han Wuyue said, "Let's go back."
Song Yin turned her head to the side; several disciples of the Heavenly Stems Sect were lying on the ground.
"We don't want the Heavenly Spirit Fruit anymore, please let us go. We're not sword cultivators, we don't have the backbone of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's sword cultivators." The girl on the ground clasped her hands together above her head, closed her eyes, and begged Song Yin.
After not hearing Song Yin speak for a while, she quietly opened one eye, only to find that Song Yin and the others had vanished.
The formation needs spiritual energy to maintain itself. Before leaving, Shi Heming took out several spirit stones and placed them in the designated location. Once the spiritual energy of the spirit stones was exhausted, the formation would naturally dissipate.
Actually, there is another way to maintain the formation in the long term: put a Spirit Gathering Array on top of the Myriad Annihilation Array. The Spirit Gathering Array absorbs all the spiritual energy in the surrounding area, and the spiritual energy is then continuously supplied to the Myriad Annihilation Array.
Everyone else, including Song Yin, rejected the proposal. After all, these were four elders of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and if things got out of hand, it wouldn't do the Immortal Cloud Sect any good.
Song Yin: "With spirit stones present, how long can the formation last?"
Shi Heming: "At least one hour."
Song Yin: "We have enough time. Let's hurry back to Yujing City and find the teleportation array to return to our sect. I'm afraid they'll wreak havoc once they leave the formation."
Han Wuyue: "Slaughtering all around?"
Song Yin: "Yes, one hour is enough for the enhanced medicine to take effect and cause the inner demons of each of them to erupt."
"Although the formation can last for at least an hour, if they find out that I was lying when I said that I could cut the threads when I was in the Integration Stage, we'll have to fight them again."
The upright and honest sword cultivators: "Liar...liar?"
Shi Heming: "If one's cultivation is sufficient, one day the formation may truly reach the level you described."
Lu Ziya gasped, still reeling from the outburst of his inner demons: "So you really caused that person's inner demon outburst just now?"
"To put it bluntly, he was the one with his own inner demons. At most, I just made them more active." Song Yin repeatedly instructed them, "When you get back, remember to explain to the sect leader that it was the Wanjian Sect who attacked us first, and Shi Heming and I had no choice but to resort to underhanded tactics. Besides, I'm just an innocent alchemist with weak combat power."
Huang Chong ripped open: "Was that a petty trick? It was clearly a major underhanded move! But that move just now really scared all of us. How did you manage to activate and unleash your inner demons?"
"Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed; this is a secret." Song Yin emphasized the last two words, reminding Xiao Daiheng and Wu Jue not to say what they shouldn't.
Huang Chong then asked Xiao Daiheng and the others, "You and Wu Jue didn't seem surprised at all back then. Do you know Song Yin's methods?"
Xiao Daiheng: "We fought together, so I trust her."
Huang Chong: Do you know what method she used?
Seeing this, Wu Jue helped Xiao Daiheng deflect the question, saying, "Senior Brother Huang is being too secretive. Everyone has a few secrets. Since Senior Sister Song won't say, then we won't ask."
Huang Chong realized his mistake and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Look at my mouth. I'm a cultivator, and when faced with all sorts of strange and unusual tricks, I can't help but want to ask questions."
Song Yin took out the remaining Heavenly Spirit Fruit and gave it to Han Wuyue, saying, "Senior Sister Han said we should aim for second place and strive for third. Now we're returning the two remaining fruits to Senior Sister Han."
Han Wuyue: "Junior Sister Song can just take it; there's no need to give it to me separately."
Song Yin forcefully shoved the object into Han Wuyue's hand: "You guys hurry back later."
Upon hearing this, Shi Heming asked, "Aren't you going back?"
Song Yin said happily, "I'll go to the restaurant to get some food to go."
Eat, eat, eat! All you ever do is eat! Gan Zhirou and Wang Miao were exasperated.
The group flew over the mountaintop, and a red light flashed at the entrance of the cave below.
No one noticed.
A ground squirrel darted out of its hole and charged precisely at Han Wuyue.
With its keen sense of smell, it detected the Heavenly Spirit Fruit on this person and bit Han Wuyue's sleeve with its sharp teeth.
Han Wuyue was wearing a magic robe, but the hem was torn by a ground rat that suddenly appeared.
A ground squirrel darted out, and she aimed her sword at its head, but its tough fur blocked the attack.
"A Nascent Soul stage demon beast?!" Han Wuyue exclaimed in surprise.
This is terrible, how come it's another Nascent Soul stage again!
"Prepare for battle!"
Song Yin glared as if struck by lightning. Why was he going to hit her again?
"Senior Sister Han, we've already got the item. The right thing to do is to run back to the sect as soon as possible. Why fight a Nascent Soul stage demon beast?"
Han Wuyue raised her sword: "In the life of a sword cultivator, there is no such word as 'escape'."
The other sword cultivators: "That's right!"
Song Yin felt a headache coming on. She held her buzzing head with her hand and looked weakly at the other sword cultivators.
I'm telling you, you sword cultivators are really going too far! Stop playing out stereotypes, okay?!
The two simpletons from Wujian Peak were already fired up, and Xiao Daiheng and Wu Jue had already charged towards the Earth Rat.
Looking at Huang Chong again, he didn't rush out, but instead persuaded Han Wuyue to retreat.
Thank goodness, finally someone knows how to run away.
The ground rat, having failed to obtain the Heavenly Spirit Fruit from Han Wuyue, twitched its nose and smelled the Heavenly Spirit Fruit scent on Song Yin. Dodging attacks from multiple opponents, it charged straight at Song Yin through the rain of swords.
Seeing this, Wang Miao and Gan Zhirou immediately controlled their spirit swords to block the earth rat's attack, but the earth rat nimbly dodged it.
It was about to strike Song Yin—
Song Yin reacted instantly, unleashing a sword strike brimming with killing intent. The sound of air being torn apart rang in everyone's ears, the sword's edge carrying a terrifying killing intent as it ripped through the surrounding air!
Because the spirit sword "Wait" was of a high grade, coupled with Song Yin's skillful and ruthless swordsmanship, it directly left wounds on the ground rat.
Shi Heming made a move, drawing a talisman in the air and striking the earthworm rat. Immediately afterward, the earthworm rat fell from the sky and crashed headfirst into the cave.
"..."
Silence once again enveloped everyone.
Lu Ziya swallowed hard: "Wait, what happened to the saying that alchemists are weak in combat?"
Gan Zhirou recalled her spirit sword. "Heh, Song Yin's combat strength is weak. I'll write my name backwards." Sometimes she would envy and be jealous of Song Yin's talent in swordsmanship.
"Cough, what an accident! Let's hurry back." Song Yin touched her nose; danger was imminent, and she reacted too quickly in her subconscious.
But as everyone prepared to fly back, a tremendous gravitational force held them back.
Lu Ziya misjudged his sword, swaying from side to side, and was the first to fall off his flying sword and crash to the ground. Huang Chong swooped down, scooped up Lu Ziya, and helped him stand back on his own flying sword.
Everything happened so suddenly that by the time they realized it, they were already unable to leave the area above the mountain.
The ground rat constantly uses its control skills. It's difficult to fight these people when they're flying in the air, so it drags them all down to the ground and steals the Heavenly Spirit Fruit that it has been guarding for years.
Elder Mo had previously set up a prisoner-trapping beast formation, trapping all the high-level demonic beasts in the area, including the Earth Rat. When all the demonic beasts were unable to escape the formation, the Earth Rat, using its innate talent, quickly dug a tunnel and escaped.
The area above and around Wohu Ridge is the territory of many Snow-Treading Flame Tigers, while the crisscrossing underground tunnels are the territory of Earth Rat Rats. The two groups of monsters do not interfere with each other, coexisting and taking root in Wohu Ridge and its surroundings.
The strength of the Earth Rat at the Nascent Soul stage should not be underestimated. Not long after Huang Chong helped Lü Ziya stand firm, everyone fell down, including Huang Chong himself.
All nine people fell to the ground, but Song Yin was unlucky and fell headfirst into the hole of a ground squirrel.
After landing and regaining his footing, Shi Heming didn't hesitate. He left a message for everyone and immediately jumped into the cave.
"I'll go find someone; I'll leave it to you from above."
If Song Yin hadn't displayed that swordsmanship in the air, Han Wuyue would have immediately jumped in to find her. However, knowing Song Yin's true combat strength, they tacitly agreed not to jump down, but instead remained on high alert, ready to dart out at any moment.
After falling into the cave, Song Yin landed gracefully, kneeling on one knee while tossing her hair.
"As expected of me, handsome."
As the shadow fell overhead, she looked up and saw Shi Heming jump down as well. She quickly somersaulted on the ground to avoid the falling Shi Heming.
"You came down so fast, you almost hit me on the head."
Shi Heming patted the dust off his clothes and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I was afraid there were other ground rats in the cave."
The cave is quite deep, and there are other passages around it.
"I forgive you." Song Yin looked at the five passages in front of her, each leading to an unknown destination. "Could the earth rats have hollowed out Wohu Ridge and the surrounding area?"
Each passageway is spacious enough for an adult to stand and walk through.
The cave was pitch black inside, with the only light coming from the cave entrance above.
Gan Zhirou was still worried about Song Yin, so she slipped to the cave entrance and looked down. She saw that Song Yin and Shi Heming were standing safely at the bottom of the cave, with no intention of coming up.
Gan Zhirou instantly didn't want to take care of this unlucky thing anymore. Whatever! She didn't care even if Senior Brother Shen scolded her when she got back!
Qi Zibo was unaware that someone else was also having a headache over this unfortunate situation.
There is no true empathy in the world, unless it is Qi Zibo and Gan Zhirou facing Song Yin.
Song Yin pricked up her ears; the sounds of fighting were constant above, as they were all battling the ground rats.
Song Yin took a few steps into the darkness, then, unconcerned about the dirt, plopped down on the ground. "Let's go up later. I'll hide here and have some peace and quiet."
Faced with danger, Song Yin once again shielded everyone in front of her, just as she had once shielded her master in front of her.
"Do you want to sit down and rest? Or do you want to go up and help?" Song Yin asked Shi Heming.
A Nascent Soul stage demon beast is weaker than the four elders of the Myriad Swords Sect, and the group above can easily handle it.
Shi Heming sat silently next to Song Yin.
Song Yin leaned back, gazing at the only light coming from the cave entrance. Suddenly, she felt something hard against her back. She reached down and touched her back, finding it to be a smooth stone surface.
With her palms facing upwards, she summoned the Purple Sun Spirit Fire, which instantly illuminated the small area.
All she could see was a stone tablet that she bumped against with her back.
"How strange, how come there's a stone tablet at the bottom of the cave?" Song Yin leaned closer to look at the words on the stone tablet.
Over time, the text on it has worn away and become illegible.
Shi Heming placed his right hand on the stone tablet to check if there was anything wrong with it.
"It's just an ordinary stone tablet, probably moved in by ground squirrels—" Shi Heming's voice suddenly disappeared midway through his sentence.
"Shi Heming?"
"Shi Heming?"
Living people vanished without a trace right before their eyes.
Song Yin used her divine sense to search, but found no one.
Helpless, she placed her hand on the spot where he had just touched her.
Song Yin felt a sudden burst of light before her eyes. She squinted instinctively, and only slowly opened her eyes after they adjusted to the bright light.
A brand new and unfamiliar sea of flowers came into view.
She didn't even know if there was any danger here.
Everything happened too suddenly.
Shi Heming appeared behind Song Yin and grabbed her wrist, saying, "This place is unusual, be careful."
Song Yin: "Could it be a secret realm? But it doesn't look like one."
This unfamiliar space is predominantly cool in color, giving it a chilly, quiet, and desolate feel. Above the center of the boundless sea of flowers, a giant petal sphere floats, constantly rolling, with all the flower petals in the sea of flowers drifting over their heads towards the petal sphere.
The scene was shocking and spectacular, but Song Yin felt uneasy.
"Find the exit first."
The two separated to search for an exit, but dared not stray too far apart, as the sea of flowers was too vast and they feared they would get separated if they strayed too far.
They searched round and round, but still couldn't find an exit. The entire flower sea was nothing but flowers, not even a tiny insect. The only unusual thing was the giant petal ball that kept spinning in the air, but neither of them dared to gamble on what might be inside.
The group that fought the ground rat finally succeeded in killing it.
They put the ground squirrel's carcass into their storage bag; it was excellent material for refining weapons.
Gan Zhirou went to the cave entrance to call Song Yin and Shi Heming up. She stood at the cave entrance and looked down, but the two were nowhere to be seen.
"Song Yin?"
"Song Yin!"
"Shi Heming? Song Yin?"
"Stop slacking off, it's time to head back to Yujing City after the battle."
After receiving no response for a while, Gan Zhirou's eyelids twitched. She used her divine sense to explore the cave below, continuously expanding her divine sense until it reached its limit.
Gan Zhirou's face was completely drained of color. She said to Han Wuyue in a panic, "Song Yin and Shi Heming are missing. We can't find them in the cave below."
Han Wuyue: "Don't worry, my divine sense is stronger. Let me find it."
A few minutes later, Gan Zhirou asked, "How is it?"
Han Wuyue shook her head: "There is no trace of it."
Huang Chong: "I'll fly further away to look for them. Ground rats are the best at digging tunnels. Maybe they've wandered around in their burrows and gotten themselves far away."
The group split up to search. Time passed slowly, and as the formation trapping the four members of the Myriad Swords Sect was about to fail, they still hadn't found them.
"We are in a very dangerous situation now. We should return to our sect and seek help from them," Han Wuyue decided.
Wang Miao and Gan Zhirou looked anxious and flustered. "But..."
Huang Chong: "No buts. If we don't leave now, the elders of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect will come after us. Not to mention we won't be able to protect the Heavenly Spirit Fruit, the anger of three Nascent Soul stage sword cultivators and one Nascent Soul stage array cultivator will be enough to give each of us a hard time."
Huang Chong is right.
The eight dared not delay. Upon arriving in Yujing City, they immediately used the teleportation array to return to Xianxiao City, and then flew back to the sect's main peak as quickly as possible.
"Sect Master, something terrible has happened. On our way back, we encountered a Nascent Soul stage demon beast. After the battle, Song Yin and Shi Heming went missing."
Sect Leader Yan looked up from a pile of books. "Missing?"
After recounting the whole story in detail, Han Wuyue and the others anxiously awaited the sect leader's orders.
Damn it, of all times! The jade pen in Sect Leader Yan's hand almost broke.
Almost all the elders went out to search for the Primordial Spirit Pearl, leaving only the ancestors to guard the sect, and they could not easily leave the sect themselves.
Song Yin and Shi Heming were both people she had personally written on her roster, and she had to find them no matter what.
The roster lists all the core disciples that the sect is focusing on cultivating. If anything happens to these disciples, the sect can ask the patriarch of the forbidden area to intervene.
Sect Leader Yan calmly said, "I understand. You all go back and rest first. I will send people to search for you."
"Sect Master, can we go with them?" Gan Zhirou asked the Sect Master.
Sect Leader Yan: "No, you can wait peacefully at the sect."
Sect Master Yan had something he didn't say aloud: these disciples going with him would only hold the patriarch back; it would be better for them not to go and to wait for the outcome at the sect.
Sect Master Yan: "You have brought back two Heavenly Spirit Fruits for the sect. Each person's contribution points will be recorded."
Han Wuyue: "Sect Master, Song Yin and Shi Heming deserve great credit for bringing back two Heavenly Spirit Fruits this time. I implore you to find them."
Sect Leader Yan: "I've seen the person alive or dead, you may all step back."
After Gan Zhirou and Wang Miao returned to Wujian Peak, Gan Zhirou stayed indoors, unsure of how to tell her senior brother about Song Yin's disappearance.
Inside Wujian Peak, Wang Miao knocked on the door and approached Gan Zhirou.
Wang Miao: "Let's go find our senior brother."
Gan Zhirou: "What if our senior brother blames us for not taking good care of Song Yin?"
Wang Miao: "If we don't tell our senior brother, the situation will get even worse. We've already contacted the sect leader, and he said he'll send people to search. As for whether they'll find them..."
Wang Miao, in a fit of despair, said, "It all depends on their luck."
Gan Zhirou: "But—"
"No buts!" Wang Miao interrupted Gan Zhirou, his dark emotions taking over. "It's not our fault they're missing. Besides, isn't it better that she disappeared? Admit it, we're all jealous of Song Yin. Which of the 108 ordinary disciples of Wujian Peak isn't jealous of her to some extent?"
By uttering the word "jealousy," Wang Miao felt as if he were laying his heart bare under the sunlight for others to judge.
"Even though she's not a disciple of Wujian Peak, Elder Wen treats her extremely well, and our senior brother is very caring towards her. He even sparrs with her every day. We don't get that kind of treatment. It's all because she's a direct disciple of Danque Peak!"
"And then there's her talent in swordsmanship. She can easily rival those of us who have cultivated for hundreds of years after just a few years of learning. Who wouldn't be jealous?"
Snap!
Gan Zhirou slapped Wang Miao across the face, her gaze complex and filled with tears, yet she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
"Yes, sometimes I'm jealous of her, but I also hope she does well. I've watched her grow up since she came to Wujian Peak as a tiny little girl. Her talent in swordsmanship does make us feel unbalanced, but that's her own ability. If anyone's to blame, it's that our talent and comprehension are not as good as hers!"
"The matter is still unresolved, and telling my senior brother now would only cause him unnecessary worry. I just wanted to tell him once there's a result, regardless of whether the result is good or bad!"
Gan Zhirou turned around and quietly wiped away her tears. "Although the sect leader forbids us from going, I will secretly go find someone. Do you want to make your own decision?" After saying that, she walked out the door.
That's just how people are; they're neither absolutely good nor absolutely bad.
Wang Miao sat in the room for more than ten minutes before chasing after Gan Zhirou with his small face.
"Song Yin is so annoying! I'm going to give her a good scolding when I find her!" He cursed as he walked, but he was willing to disobey the sect leader's orders and risk danger to find Song Yin.
After his disciples withdrew, Sect Master Yan went directly to the forbidden area to invite the patriarch, because since Song Yin was a disciple of Danque Peak, seeking out Patriarch Lou would be more effective.
"Yanxi requests that Elder Lou leave the forbidden area."
Lou Shuhe, who was inside, heard this and immediately used her spiritual energy to open the door. Without looking up, she continued studying the pill formula and asked, "What is it?"
Sect Leader Yan did not step into the house, but continued from outside: "Song Yin and Shi Heming disappeared at Crouching Tiger Ridge in Jade Capital City..."
Lou Shuhe listened to everything and then raised her hand to calculate.
"No need to look for them, they won't die. Just wait for them to return at the sect. Song Yin is a lucky girl, she'll bring you a surprise when she comes back."
Sect Leader Yan: "This..."
Lou Shuhe: "At least two disciples went to find Song Yin and the others. You can send someone to bring them back, but they'll just cause trouble and fall into the hands of those people from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect."
After thinking it over, Sect Leader Yan decided to listen to Elder Lou.
Even their own master isn't worried, so why should she be?
Following Master Lou's instructions, Gan Zhirou and Wang Miao were quickly brought back.
Neither of them understood why the sect leader knew they had run away and, upon their return, ordered them to be confined to Wujian Peak, forbidden from leaving until Song Yin returned.
After Sect Leader Yan returned, Lou Shuhe left the forbidden area and went to Danque Peak. Qi Zibo and Song Yin were not there; only two ordinary disciples were refining pills.
She entered the hall where the soul lamps were placed and saw that Song Yin's soul lamp was still bright, showing signs of burning even brighter.
Lou Shuhe did not leave, but sat down to meditate beside the soul lamp, keeping her divine sense focused on Song Yin's soul lamp.
Unable to find an exit in the sea of flowers, Song Yin simply gave up searching for one.
It would be a lie to say I wasn't worried, but I still clearly remembered what Sister Yuan had said back then: don't overcomplicate things.
Song Yin pursed her lips. "Shi Heming, I'm planning to fly towards the petal ball to take a look. You stay here and keep an eye on things. If I'm in danger, remember to rescue me."
"I'll go."
"It's not like it's delicious, why are you arguing? You know a lot of talismans, if all else fails you can stop the spinning petal ball."
Shi Heming turned around: "It's too risky. I'll go look for an exit again."
Song Yin pulled him back, "Alright, just do as I say."
Song Yin didn't give him a chance to react and flew directly towards the petal ball.
The closer Song Yin got to this behemoth, the purer and richer the spiritual energy became, as if she were at the center of a large spirit-gathering array.
As she approached, an invisible, transparent wall blocked her way.
With a bang, Song Yin crashed into the wall because she was moving too fast.
Song Yin: ...
Song Yin: Damn it, what a disgrace to my lifelong reputation!
Shi Heming was wondering why she had stopped, and was about to throw the talisman at the flower petal ball when Song Yin turned around, her forehead flushed red. For a moment, he didn't know whether to feel sorry for her or laugh.
Just as he flew over to take a look, Song Yin drew her sword and slashed at the invisible wall.
The wall surface rippled out like water, then quickly closed again.
A few seconds were enough for Song Yin to see what was inside the petal ball, and she froze on the spot the moment she saw it.
The sword strike not only cleaved through the obstruction but also split the petal sphere into a huge gap, with a rolled-up fragment at its center.
Song Yin was certain that this fragment was made of the same material as the fragment she obtained from the Floating Dream Secret Realm.
“There’s an invisible wall blocking the way. I don’t know if it’s due to the formation or the magic artifact.” Song Yin flew back to the ground. “Moreover, there are fragments inside, just like those in the Floating Dream Secret Realm. I need to get them. Today’s events can be considered a blessing in disguise.”
"I'll help, but why do you insist on having a fragment?"
"Don't you think it's interesting to collect all the scattered, mysterious fragments? I bet the fragments will surprise me in the future." She had plenty of reference materials in her past life.
As for which reference materials, don't ask.
They searched around but couldn't find the exit, and now searching again for clues to open the petal ball is still futile.
Flying around, they were getting tired. Most secret realms have simulated the changing of the sun and moon, but this flower sea space didn't, so they couldn't even tell how much time had passed since they entered.
Shi Heming: "You just cleaved a gap with your sword, why don't you try a direct attack?"
Song Yin flexed her wrist. "Stand further away."
Spiritual energy converged at the sword's edge, and Song Yin unleashed a full-force attack.
The crack in the petal ball widened, and this time it closed again after half a minute.
Song Yin calculated the approximate time outside, "This amount of time is only enough to go in, and it will be difficult to come out. If Senior Sister Han were here, that would be great. She is in the Nascent Soul stage, and the power of her strongest sword strike would definitely be greater than mine."
Shi Heming: "I'll try using an offensive talisman."
Song Yin went around to the side to watch Shi Heming attack.
The talisman on the fingertip turned crimson with fire, the cinnabar runes lit up, and multiple golden rays flew along the trajectory of the petals toward the target. The petals touched the golden light and instantly turned into ashes, falling down in a flurry.
The golden light pierced through the barrier, creating several large holes in it, and the opening time remained at about half a minute.
Song Yin: "Try focusing your attack on one point so that the opening can accommodate one person to pass through."
Shi Heming tried again according to Song Yin's instructions.
The hole, as tall as a person, remained open for more than half a minute, but less than sixty seconds.
Song Yin: "That's about it. I'll open the crack and go in first. Once I get the stuff, you can make a hole outside and I'll rush out."
Shi Heming: "Attacks that pass through the barrier may accidentally injure you."
"It's okay, just avoid it. Do as I say."
Shi Heming nodded, watching Song Yin swing her sword again, and as the crack opened, she timed her move perfectly to slip into the petal ball.
He couldn't help but feel worried for Song Yin, and his palms became sweaty.
Song Yin crawled into the petal ball, which was hollow inside, and went straight to get the fragment without saying a word.
I got my hands on the fragment, and the texture felt very strange; it seemed to contain something inside.
She opened it and saw a smooth, multicolored bead. She put both the fragment and the bead into her spatial storage. Without a doubt, the bead was something valuable.
The entrance was sealed, and Song Yin tried to break through from inside, but unsurprisingly, her sword strikes yielded no results.
The thick petals allowed her to move freely through them. Song Yin waved to Shi Heming through the petals, signaling that he could attack.
Shi Heming launched an attack at the side of Song Yin, opening the cave entrance. Song Yin swiftly flew out of the barrier.
"Did you get the item?"
Song Yin took out the fragment and the bead from her spatial storage and said happily, "I got them. There's also a bead. I don't know what it's for, but it seems like a good thing. I'll take it back and study it slowly."
Shi Heming laughed along with Song Yin. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the petal ball spinning faster behind them, so he patted Song Yin on the shoulder and gestured for her to look over as well.
The rapidly spinning petal ball stirred up a whirlwind in the sea of flowers. Song Yin and Shi Heming erected a spiritual energy barrier to resist the whirlwind, but all the petals were swept up into it. Soon, all the flowers on the ground were gone, leaving not a single flower on the ground.
Song Yin shielded herself with her arm, watching the petal sphere change in the fierce wind. She and Shi Heming tacitly took out their defensive magical artifacts, wary of the giant petal sphere exploding.
The moment the defensive artifact was activated, the petal ball exploded. The intense fluctuation of spiritual energy caused cracks in the defensive artifact, and some spiritual energy rushed in through the cracks.
The golden cores in their dantian were uncontrollably absorbing the pure and vast spiritual energy. Before they knew it, Song Yin's cultivation had reached its limit, and she felt pain in her meridians.
Because of her years of cultivation and solid foundation, the spiritual energy directly helped her break through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.
The space was filled with intense light, and the two instinctively closed their eyes.
When I opened my eyes again, it was pitch black all around.
The whistling wind disappeared from my ears, and silence returned.
Song Yin opened her eyes to complete darkness. She summoned the Purple Sun Spirit Fire and looked around. "We're... back?"
This is not just any place, but the bottom of the cave, and the stone tablets beside it are still there.
Song Yin dared not touch the stone tablet with her hands again, and used her spiritual energy to slowly tap the stone tablet.
To the astonishment of the two, the stone tablet turned into powder and fell to the ground as a pile.
"This..." Song Yin was somewhat incredulous, because apart from the last bit of strong wind, they had not been harmed inside the flower sea space.
It seems the two of them went in just to give Song Yin the fragment and an unknown bead.
"Never mind, let's go up and see if Xiao Daiheng and the others are there. If they're not, we'll go straight back to the sect."
Meanwhile, in different places in the Eastern Continent, spiritual energy is abundant.
Several elders of the Immortal Cloud Sect continued to search for the whereabouts of the Primordial Spirit-Continuing Pearl.
Qi Zibo searched all the way to the territory of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Since he couldn't enter other sects' territory, he could only search in the surrounding area.
The four who escaped from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect dragged their injured bodies and encountered Qi Zibo near the only road back to the sect. Feeling somewhat guilty, they didn't say a word and immediately rode back to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect at full speed.
Qi Zibo also noticed the four of them and was worried that they would come over and ask him why he was near the Wanjian Sect. However, the four of them ignored him and flew away.
Qi Zibo: "That's good, we don't need to make excuses for them. But where exactly is the Primordial Spirit Pearl?"
The thought of finding a tiny bead in the vast Eastern Continent gave Qi Zibo a headache.
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Author's Note: Song Yin: I have a ton of reference materials, so I believe that every accident or danger is an opportunity for progress [glasses]
Reporter: What reference materials did you use?
Song Yin: ...[glasses]
Silently, he kicked a box of novels about the protagonists of "Dragon Pride" and "Phoenix Pride" deeper under the bed.
Over 7,000 words, Xiao Rui is exhausted!!! [Please!] Today is Xiao Rui's day of diligence [three-colored cat emoji]
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