Amidst the "sea of learning".
Beneath the Book Mountain Basin, Taishi Wuwei floated in mid-air to protect everyone, while Shen Qian, Tantai Qin, and others sat cross-legged below, each recovering their damaged soul power.
Although the recovery of soul power is extremely slow, and elixirs cannot be taken in the "Sea of Learning," it has its own unique features. The fragmented knowledge that fills the seawater is actually the best nourishment for the soul. Although it cannot keep up with the losses in battle, the recovery speed is still much faster than in the outside world.
Taishi Wuwei didn't really feel that he needed to protect anything. With his prestige before the sinking, he was no less than Jiang Huan back then, and might even have surpassed him.
After all, Jiang Huan had no record of killing kings and nobles in the past.
If others saw the sinking, they would be lucky not to run away; who would dare to get close?
At least during the time that Taishi Wuwei was observing, the area within a radius of ten thousand feet was not only empty, but also deserted. Most martial artists had tacitly moved away from the Book Mountain Basin. Even though there were still two more opportunities to refine in the Book Mountain, no one wanted to try it. It seemed that everyone had tacitly agreed that this was already their "private reserve" before the sinking.
At a certain moment, Shen Qian, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them, stood up, walked to a hilltop, and stared blankly at the vast sky above the sea of learning.
The people sitting cross-legged nearby were startled awake and looked over in confusion.
"Shen Qian?" Tantai Qin called out.
Shen Qian turned around in a daze, startling everyone, because Shen Qian was already in tears.
"You... did you sense something?" Tantai Qin knew about Shen Qian's previous worries, and in this world, there are very few things that can make a martial artist of Shen Qian's level shed tears, so Tantai Qin immediately guessed that it might be related to Marquis Jingcheng.
"I don't know... it just feels like a piece of my heart has suddenly been missing, it hurts so much..."
Shen Qian, who had just fought fiercely against the six kings and marquises, now had red eyes and was crying uncontrollably, looking as vulnerable as a child.
Tantai Qin hugged him tightly.
He buried his head in Tantai Qin's chest, and although he did not sob, he remained motionless for a long time.
Everyone looked at each other, wondering what had happened.
"Perhaps...it's not what you think. You don't understand the ways of fate, so you shouldn't have any premonitions..." Tantai Qin comforted her softly.
"But the teacher understands."
Shen Qian replied in a muffled voice, and Tantai Qin immediately fell silent.
Indeed, if something were to happen to someone of the Marquis of Jingcheng's level, those whose fates are intertwined with his would be affected to some extent.
The underwater mountain range fell silent for a moment. Tantai Qin held Shen Qian in her arms, and no one spoke, waiting for Shen Qian to calm down on his own.
"who!"
Just then, Taishi Wuwei, who was on alert in the sky, suddenly sensed something and his eyes snapped to a certain direction.
In that void, a martial artist appeared, his face filled with panic and a hint of wariness.
"Who are you?" Taishi Wuwei saw that the other party was only at the initial stage of the Mountain and Sea realm and did not show any intention to attack.
“I…I am from Jiangzhong Military…I want to see Shen Qian,” the martial artist said.
“He is indeed our classmate.” At this moment, Niu Ziguo and Feng Manlin walked over. They both recognized each other. Niu Ziguo asked in surprise, “Manhu, what brings you here?”
Speaking of this person, he was one of the acquaintances from before the sinking.
When I first entered the military academy before the sinking, I was challenged by a senior student in the square. The person who made the move was Man Hu.
Seeing Niu Ziguo and Feng Manlin, I felt a bit emotional. Back then, Man Hu's ranking in Jiangzhong Military Academy was not high, but it was because of the battle with Shen Qian that he learned from his shame and became brave. Now he has become one of the few students in Jiangzhong Military Academy who has broken through the mountain and sea.
Most of the geniuses who were stronger than him in the past have been left behind by him, and even Feng Manlin was a step slower than him when she broke through.
"I have urgent business with Shen Qian!" Although Man Hu did not participate in the attack on Shen Qian, he witnessed the whole process and was quite reserved at this moment.
"He's not available right now, but you can tell us whatever you need to know."
Qu Bai glanced at Shen Qian not far away, walked over and spoke first.
“Something has changed at ‘Xuehai’.” Upon seeing Qu Bai, Man Hu said, “We… can’t get out.”
What do you mean by "can't get out"?
Qu Bai was taken aback, and the others were also confused.
The "Sea of Learning" will be open for ten days, with ten kings and nobles stationed outside. They are connected to Earth by the Qiankun Cauldron. During these ten days, as long as there is no interference, they can activate the marks on their hands and leave the "Sea of Learning" at any time.
Therefore, they couldn't quite understand what Manhu was saying.
“I have obtained a ‘Wenwei’ and thought I had gained enough, but when I activated the mark on the back of my hand, I found that the mark was invalid and I could not sense my own body at all.”
Manhu said helplessly, "Then I discovered that I wasn't the only one experiencing this."
As Man Hu spoke, he pointed to the distance. Following his gaze, everyone discovered that some martial artists had gathered around the Shushan Basin and were staring in their direction.
The group looked at each other and shook their heads slightly, clearly none of them had ever heard of such a situation occurring at "Xuehai".
"Could it be that only a certain area was affected?"
Qu Bai tried to analyze, "Have you tried going to other places, such as breaking away from 'Zhonghai'?"
"There is simply no way out. No matter how we go around in circles, we are always within the 'Zhonghai' area. We have tried in every direction, but it is still no use."
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