After a period of retreat, the Profound Qi of the five people of s.h.i.+Yan’s groups had reached their peaks. Each of them was refreshed and full of vitality. "Let’s go. We can enter that exotic land now." s.h.i.+Yan came out first, looking at the others and told them, "You should be very careful. Do not spread out. During this long journey, we have experienced a lot of hards.h.i.+ps and have begun to have a wholehearted cooperation. I hope this time when we enter that exotic land, everyone can have a great harvest."
The four of them nodded altogether.
"Brother, when we are in that exotic land, we will need to rely on you. NingZe is definitely in there as well, so if we reencounter him, we need your gray tornado." LaoLi laughed and said.
Along the way, at the crucial point of time, s.h.i.+Yan’s Gravitational Field had played an important role with its huge power. In LaoLi’s eyes, the Gravitational Field s.h.i.+Yan cast out was simply a murderous whirlpool. No one could be strong enough to avoid death inside that whirlpool.
Entering the exotic land meant that they would encounter outstanding warriors from everywhere in the Divine Land. That made LaoLi a little bit worried, and thus, he wanted to rely on s.h.i.+Yan.
"I will try my best. As long as you trust me and do not secretly mess with me, I will also protect you guys." s.h.i.+Yan looked at AiYa and CaiYi and grinned, "If you have any wicked actions while I am in danger, don’t blame me for not having mercy."
AiYa and CaiYi grunted but didn’t say anything.
"Let’s go," s.h.i.+Yan said nothing further as he revealed a faint smile. He was the first one to jump into that foggy area with caution.
However, as soon as he fell into the area where the gray smoke was concentrated, he realized that big, long, purple pythons were quickly das.h.i.+ng toward him as if they just saw their prey.
"Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt!"
s.h.i.+Yan couldn’t help but strangely howl and shudder. He was aware of the Earth-shaking, destructive aura and immediately retreated.
The purple pythons then restored their normal status. After s.h.i.+Yan had left, they no longer aimed at him but retreated as if they were only coming out for him.
"Why are they coming for me?" s.h.i.+Yan’s face became cold. He emotionlessly looked at AiYa and CaiYi, "You intentionally want to harm me? You have said that this Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt only aims for the host souls of the Three G.o.ds Sect’s warriors. I am only in the Nirvana Realm, so why is this Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt still against me?"
He couldn’t help but doubt. If it weren’t because he had urged both the Star Light and the Electric s.h.i.+ft to get out like using teleport, that Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt would probably have hit him and destroyed his host soul.
If his host soul was destroyed, it meant that he would completely disappear from time.
"It’s impossible." CaiYi’s beautiful face changed. Seeing s.h.i.+Yan getting angry, she hurriedly explained. "I have heard from my predecessors that Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt around this exotic land only aims for the Three G.o.ds Sect’s warriors. My elders definitely didn’t deceive me. How can you be impacted by that Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt? This is absolutely impossible."
LaoLi also nodded and suspiciously said, "s.h.i.+Yan brother, we will never deceive you about this Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt. Before I entered the Dark Magnetic Noxious Mist, my elders had also told me that although this Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt’s intimidation is very powerful, it only influences the Three G.o.ds Sect’s warriors. How can you also be affected?"
"I didn’t lie to you." AiYa coldly hummed and said, "Before we got out of the exotic land, you play a very important role. We can’t just ignore the whole situation to harm you."
After talking, AiYa carefully entered that gray, foggy area. Those big, long, purple pythons twisted and emitted horrible lights as if they could destroy all souls.
However, when AiYa fell into that area, the Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt didn’t attack her but instead, stayed in front of her meandering.
AiYa came out, looked at s.h.i.+Yan and said indifferently, "I went in, but why didn’t I encounter the same event as you did?"
s.h.i.+Yan’s face became sullen and kept changing.
When AiYa had gone in and out, Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt had no reaction, which meant that this Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt apparently didn’t aim for warriors who didn’t belong to the Three G.o.ds Sect. It proved that what these people of AiYa’s group had said was not a lie.
So, why had he just entered that place, and the Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt instantly reacted?
s.h.i.+Yan frowned but couldn’t think of any reason.
"Brother, are you a Sky Realm warrior?" LaoLi quietly mumbled, looking at s.h.i.+Yan with unbelievable, s.h.i.+ning eyes.
AiYa’s and CaiYi’s beautiful faces suddenly changed. Their eyes brightened, looked at him with a strange expression.
"If I were a Sky Realm warrior, don’t you think you could have had a chance to bully me along the way?" s.h.i.+Yan didn’t know if he should smile or cry. "If I had that high realm, I wouldn’t have stayed here with you guys and would have tempted to break in that exotic land even though I don’t know anything about it." Listening to s.h.i.+Yan’s explanation, AiYa and CaiYi carefully thought for a while and also knew that their suspicions were ridiculous. They secretly let out of sigh of relief.
"If you are not in the Sky Realm, your host soul is obviously like an ordinary person. Is it so?" CaiYi hesitated a little bit while her beautiful eyes were full of strange lights. "I am sure that your host soul and ours are not the same."
AiYa and the other three people looked at him.
s.h.i.+Yan was stunned while his eyes flickered. He instantly remembered the Nine Serenities Soul Devouring Flame and his host soul had fused together. This Nine Serenities Soul Devouring Flame was the Heaven Flame which had a devilish power to burn up souls. Is it somehow related?
As he didn’t speak up, AiYa’s group was even more certain about this and looked at him with terrified eyes.
After a long while, s.h.i.+Yan nodded, sprinkled with a smile and said, "Maybe you are right. My host soul was a bit unusual indeed. Hmm, I should have wronged you. This is my own problem. Alright, you guys go ahead, I will find you guys later."
"Once you enter, that Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt will not spare you. So, how will you come in?"
"No worries, I have my own way." s.h.i.+Yan confidently looked at that smoky gray area. "None of the barriers of the fearful land could trap me, so how can this Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt? As long as I can cross the outskirts of the exotic land and go deeper to the center of that place, I will no longer be affected by that Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt."
The people of AiYa’s group immediately remembered how marvelous s.h.i.+ Yan was.
Every time in the fearful land, s.h.i.+Yan could easily escape without any difficulties. Right now, listening to what he said, AiYa’s group understood immediately.
"No one knows how the situation in the exotic land is. How can you be certain that you can find us in there?" AiYa thought for a while and asked suspiciously.
"Don’t worry. I have my way," s.h.i.+Yan looked at CaiYi.
He had left a barrier inside CaiYi’s host soul. Within a certain range, he could detect CaiYi’s location through that barrier. Therefore, he was confident that it would not be difficult to find the four of them."
"Humm," CaiYi knew what he meant. Her face looked a little odd.
CaiYi then went into that gray, foggy area without looking at s.h.i.+Yan as if she was in a rage.
The other three people were bewildered, looking at CaiYi with astonishment. They vaguely guessed that the reason s.h.i.+Yan was that confident might be related to CaiYi. The three of them didn’t ask about it anyway. After CaiYi had left, they also entered that place and slowly disappeared into the foggy area.
s.h.i.+Yan was not in a hurry. He waited for a long while after the three of them had disappeared before taking out the Sky-breaking Shuttle and then tried to communicate with it. "Bring me through that barrier in front of us, avoid those destroying souls’ thunderbolts, and go straight to the center. How much Profound Qi do I need to spend?"
"One-third."
"Ok. I will inject the Profound Qi into you, and then you will bring me in there."
"Possible."
The Sky-breaking Shuttle broke through a gorgeous silver channel and brought s.h.i.+Yan into that place. When s.h.i.+Yan penetrated that area, the Soul Peris.h.i.+ng Thunderbolt around that silver channel didn’t have any reaction because the Sky-breaking Shuttle had formed a channel to cover him. It helplessly let him continue ahead.
The shaking halo rippled out. s.h.i.+Yan’s body was like lightning drilling into the area in just one blink.
After re-appearing, s.h.i.+Yan realized that he was in a magnificent old city center. There were hundred-meter-high ancient buildings with ancient stones together with dozens of these building which looked like small mountains. The roads in the ancient city extended in all directions. They were all smooth and made of hard, green stones.
There were four enormous mountains at the four sides of the ancient city. These four mountains formed into the Four Symbols, respectively showing the postures of a bowing Black Turtle, meandering Azure Dragon, dancing Vermillion Bird, and the patrolling White Tiger. The four mountains were huge and vaguely surrounded the ancient city.
Two vast rivers flowed meanderingly, hanging in the sky above the ancient city. The two rivers intertwined, emitting beautiful dazzling lights.
The two galaxies hanging in the sky were immense. Bursts of volatility came up from the two rivers. Floating corpses in the water of the Milky Way could be faintly seen. People could also see G.o.d lights zooming over in the galaxy as if there was some secret treasure that had a spirit and was operating in the galaxy.
The ancient city, the four mountains, and the galaxies suspending in the sky all const.i.tuted this magnificent but strange place.
After emerging, s.h.i.+Yan instantly looked at the two galaxies that were hanging above his head as well as the gorgeous weaving beam of lights.
He could feel a violent shaking power transmitted from that weaving point. That energy was extremely intimidating and seemingly endless.
The four long-ranged mountains surrounded the ancient city, forming the four postures of the bowing Black Turtle, meandering Azure Dragon, dancing Vermillion Bird, and the patrolling White Tiger, which brought along the meaning of wealth and fortune. This meant this land was a blessed land, very rare on Earth and sky, as it was blessed and protected by the four ancient sacred creatures.
In this imposing ancient city, some figures could be seen from time to time in those buildings. They were all outstanding warriors who could enter the exotic land. Those warriors wore cold faces, sometimes raised their heads looking at the sky, and watched around all four mountains as they seemied to be aware of something.
s.h.i.+Yan stood on an ancient road and quickly identified CaiYi’s location through the barrier he had planted inside her host soul.
Taking a deep breath, s.h.i.+Yan temporarily ignored this exotic land and instantly urged the Star Light, turning into a bunch of lights that dashed toward the four people of CaiYi’s group.