Chu Nian had previously discovered in the original owner's memories that Hua Yinghai and the other two had fallen into the Cliff of No Return and disappeared. She still held onto the idea that the three of them might still be alive, but now it seems that she was being too optimistic.
Given the miasma barrier of Hopeless Cliff, which can easily erode even Mahayana-level robes, Hua Yinghai and his two companions, no matter how strong they are, probably wouldn't be able to get through.
The only way to pass is to possess a celestial body from the upper realm.
Chu Nian had already summoned one of the original owner's spatial artifacts, hiding the Void within it. Unexpectedly, that artifact was also eroded and dissolved. Fortunately, the original owner had collected many such artifacts before his tribulation. Chu Nian kept summoning them, and after a pile of artifacts were dissolved, Chu Nian noticed that the miasma was beginning to weaken and could no longer dissolve these artifacts. He was immediately overjoyed—this miasma barrier also had a certain thickness.
A moment later, she discovered that the miasma outside had disappeared. She flashed out of the Soul Ruins and cautiously looked around.
About a thousand feet above his head was a thick, impenetrable miasma. Based on his descent speed and time, Chu Nian judged that it must be at least several hundred meters thick.
She was initially a little annoyed; with such a thickness, she figured that the spatial artifacts and robes she had on the cliff top wouldn't be enough to melt it. However, she soon discovered many strange and unusual things on the ground.
One of the items was very familiar to Chu Nian: the original owner remembered it; it was a seemingly ordinary jade hairpin. It belonged to the original owner's father, Hua Yinghai, and was said to have been Hua Nian's mother's possession. Presumably, its original owner was Yin Tianxiu.
Why did this seemingly ordinary jade hairpin manage to pass through the miasma unscathed without being corroded or melted?
Chu Nian picked up the jade hairpin and examined it. After a moment of contemplation, she picked up a stone from the ground that had no spiritual energy and threw it at the miasma.
The stone melted away instantly after being thrown in, leaving not even a speck of dust. So, it's not because it lacks spiritual energy?!
Chu Nian picked up the hairpin again and examined it closely.
There were also some things on the ground that she couldn't sense any spiritual energy from, such as swords, daggers, and gauze robes, which should all be the relics of the cultivators who fell off the Cliff of No Hope.
The reason they haven't dissolved is likely because they possess the ability to resist the corrosive power of miasma. However, Chu Nian's current abilities are limited, and he cannot detect their abnormality.
To be honest, in the past few days, Chu Nian has traveled to various sects, libraries, and treasure pavilions, and with the protection of auspicious clouds, she has traveled to several places and collected quite a few treasures. However, she feels that these treasures may not be able to compare with those on the ground.
The Nebula Sect has a long history, and countless cultivators have fallen into this Hopeless Cliff. They were probably all high-ranking cultivators, as the ground is covered with all sorts of cultivator relics.
These remaining items must be extraordinary. Chu Nian picked them up as she walked, deciding to study them carefully when she got back.
The Soul Ruins are such a high-end facility, it's really great. In the past, no matter how precious something was, Chu Nian would have no use for it because she couldn't take it with her! Now it's great, she sent everything she picked up into the Soul Ruins, who knows when she might need it in the future.
Chu Nian wandered around here for several days and found that the bottom of the cliff was just a flat area of a few hundred square meters, with no holes or pits and nothing to hide. Having found nothing further, she decided to leave.
She found a personal space, which she believed would allow her to safely pass through the miasma barrier.
However, many personal spaces can only hold objects or spiritual plants; if demonic beasts or humans are put inside, they will die. Therefore, Chu Nian had to first enter his own Soul Ruins, then store the Ruins into his personal space, and then use this space to fly upwards. As a result, as soon as he emerged from the thick miasma barrier, he discovered that there was a cultivator guarding the cliff top.
Chu Nian couldn't discern the other party's cultivation level, indicating that their strength was likely above hers. She had no choice but to remain hidden in the ruins, using this special personal space to accelerate rapidly, and in a flash, she passed right in front of the cultivator.
The cultivator paused for a moment, his gaze following the direction the light had flashed. He stared at it for a while, then turned back to stare at the cliff.
This shows that this personal space can actually shield against the detection of Mahayana cultivators. That's amazing!
In fact, based on the fact that it could pass through the miasma barrier of Hopeless Cliff, Chu Nian had already guessed that it might be something from the Immortal Realm, and now this idea was further confirmed.
However, Chu Nian is currently only a Mahayana cultivator, so how did he successfully establish a blood oath with these celestial artifacts? Isn't it said that establishing an oath with these artifacts requires a corresponding level of mastery? For example, a Mahayana cultivator can only establish an oath with artifacts below the Mahayana level.
She pondered that although the recognition of a master's artifact involved dripping blood, it might also be related to the strength of the soul. Her soul had always been powerful; in any case, having traversed so many worlds, she had never encountered a stronger being with a soul more powerful than hers.
With the protection of this treasure, Chu Nian decided to continue her journey through the Nebula Sect.
Because of the female demon's intrusion, all disciples below the Nascent Soul stage in the Nebula Sect had been expelled. So, she wandered around for most of the day without encountering a single person. It wasn't until evening that she finally saw the Mahayana Daoist Venerable who had been guarding the top of Hopeless Cliff talking with another Mahayana Daoist Venerable on a mountain called Muyun Peak.
The Daoist looked worried, clearly concerned about something.
Daoist Wuwangya asked, "Junior Brother Lin, judging from your expression, could it be that Tianling's injury is...?"
Tian Ling? Chu Nian's heart skipped a beat. Could it be Hua Tian Ling? In the original owner's memories, Hua Tian Ling seemed to have once studied under Lin Zhao, the Daoist Master of the Xingyun Sect. Now it seems that this "Junior Brother Lin" might be Lin Zhao.
Chu Nian felt that Hua Tianling still had some affection for the original owner, so she listened attentively.
Then Lin Zhao sighed, "I'm afraid... I'm going to be... ruined like this."
"Huh?" Chu Nian was utterly shocked. She'd only been wandering around the bottom of Hopeless Cliff for a few days, and Hua Tianling had gone from a Nascent Soul cultivator to a cripple? What happened?
Daoist Wuwangya roared, "That female demon is too ruthless. Tianling is, after all, from the same Hua family as her..."
Chu Nian was increasingly shocked: Judging from what the Daoist of Hopeless Cliff was saying, could it be that Hua Tianling was actually injured by her?
But before, she was afraid that Hua Tianling would be punished by the sect for giving her the token, so she only knocked him unconscious. How did Hua Tianling get crippled?
Chu Nian was always very confident in the severity of her actions. She felt there was only one possibility: someone else had attacked Hua Tianling after she fainted.
Based on this reasoning, when they arrived at the library, the five Dao Venerables of the Five Star Cloud Sects came from five different directions, and the one who arrived first should be the most suspicious.
However, she had some doubts about this deduction: a supreme Mahayana cultivator would not need any conspiracy to eliminate Hua Tianling, a Nascent Soul cultivator; or perhaps the other party had a grudge against Hua Nian and wanted to frame Hua Nian.
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