Chapter 538 - Seclusion
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Suddenly, a scream resounded above the desert.
Feng Ming, Lu Chen and the Grandma Zhang who were standing on the Gobi Desert outside the oasis were all shocked by his shout. It was obviously Shan Shan"s voice, could it be that something had happened over there? The three of them quickly exchanged glances and subconsciously dashed towards the source of the voice.
But after rus.h.i.+ng for only a few dozen meters, Shan Shan"s figure flew over from the opposite side, and the distance between the two rapidly shortened.
"Grandfather Lu, Grandma Zhang, let"s go!" Shan Shan"s cheeks were flushed red, and her watery eyes shone with an unconcealable anger and embarra.s.sment. As she spoke, her footsteps continuously flew past the three of them. By the time her voice fell, she was already tens of meters away.
"Whoos.h.!.+" "Whiz!"
Lu Chen and the Grandma Zhang looked at each other in dismay before they hurriedly chased after him, leaving only Feng Ming, whose head was filled with mist, behind. After Shan Shan, Lu Chen and Grandma Zhang disappeared into the sand dunes, Feng Ming blinked his eyes in doubt and continued forward.
Not long after, Feng Ming saw an ashen-faced Tang Huan.
"Tang Huan, what were you doing just now?" Feng Ming looked around curiously.
"Nothing..."
Tang Huan laughed dryly.
He had only kissed Shan Shan once, but what he got instead was a flurry of punches and kicks from Shan Shan"s embarra.s.sment and anger. He was too rash in doing this, there was no foreshadowing, Shan Shan was caught off guard, and having such an intense reaction was not surprising. It was hilarious that their first kiss had ended in such a state, but Tang Huan had a premonition that his relations.h.i.+p with Shan Shan had grown closer by a lot.
After Shan Shan left, Tang Huan did not chase after him.
Even though the actions just now were reckless, it allowed Shan Shan to understand what he was thinking. Right now, after separating for a period of time, it would be better to let her calm down. However, what made Tang Huan feel at a loss was, after this separation, he did not know how long he would have to wait to see her again.
As for what exactly Shan Shan was looking for after he entered the s.p.a.ce Aircraft, Tang Huan did not ask, but he could tell that Shan Shan had already fulfilled his wish. Since she took the risk to come here, that thing should help her greatly in raising her strength. If she met her again, perhaps she would also be a Martial Saint of the Peak Stage Nine.
"Really?" Feng Ming had a face of disbelief.
"Why are you asking so much?"
Tang Huan unhappily flicked his fingers on her forehead, and in that instant, he had already refocused his mind, condensing a pair of wings on his back and rising into the air.
"Where are we going?" Feng Ming rubbed his forehead in frustration. After a moment, he had also condensed two wings, which were as red as fire.
"Star Stone Continent."
"..."
… ….
a small oasis, a picturesque landscape,
A stone inside the cave in the northern part of the oasis was so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard. Tang Huan was sitting cross-legged on a praying mat, not moving at all.
This was already the fifteenth day since Tang Huan and Feng Ming had arrived at Star Stone Continent.
On that day, after he returned from the Demon Area, Tang Huan spent a lot of effort to enter the oasis which was surrounded by countless huge rocks through the natural spirit formation.
Tang Huan"s appearance caused Cang Mo and the others to be dumbstruck. They simply could not believe their eyes.
After seeing Tang Huan being sucked into the Demon Area with their own eyes, Cang Mo thought that he was definitely going to die. After revealing the information, everyone who had lived in seclusion for dozens of years unanimously decided to set up a memorial grave beside the graves of General Feng Wu Ye and the others.
Of course, although it was called a tomb, Tang Huan"s clothes were not inside, it was just an empty grave.
But no one had expected that not only was Tang Huan not dead, he had even successfully left the "Demon Area" where it was said that no one had ever walked out of alive.
After being stunned for a long while, Cang Mo and the rest finally believed that it was true. When they found out that Tang Huan wanted to go into closed door cultivation in Star Stone Continent, Cang Mo and the rest did not hesitate at all, and immediately arranged for him to stay in this cave.
On that day, Xiao Budian who had fully recovered from the arrow wound on his wing, woke up with tears in his eyes. By Tang Huan"s side, there were no more Heaven Ranked Gems, and even more so, there were no high Ranked Gems.
After continuously eating twenty drops of the Saint Grade Gem"s juice, Xiao Budian once again fell into a deep slumber. Tang Huan reckoned that Xiao Budian was probably undergoing a new transformation, and did not disturb it. Instead, he calmed his mind and continued to focus on comprehending the spatial Spirit Map.
After spending a few more days of time to thoroughly study the spatial Spirit Map, Tang Huan finally took out the magic book and began to focus on studying spatial magic.
Spatial magic was very different from the five elements magic.
This kind of magic could make various forms of changes to s.p.a.ce, and could even open up an independent s.p.a.ce that was separate from the existing s.p.a.ce. However, in order to do this, one needed to have a soul that far surpa.s.sed the average person, as well as a Mind Power.
Of course, before that, one had to have an extremely thorough understanding of s.p.a.ce, especially the ability to capture the fluctuations of its auras.
In this world, everything had auras and undulations, including the plants, the fish, birds, and beasts.
The stronger one was, the more powerful the Qi fluctuations they would emit, just like Stage Nine Rankers, if one did not intentionally hide it, the Qi undulations emitted by their bodies would be extremely intense, while the plants on the ground, although there were Qi undulations, the kind of undulations that would be difficult for most people to sense.
Compared to plants and vegetation, the fluctuations in the air were even more elusive and difficult to fathom.
Only when one could feel the aura fluctuations in s.p.a.ce constantly would one be able to activate the Mind Power and manipulate it. Only then would the Mind Power be able to merge with s.p.a.ce and change the flow of s.p.a.ce.
"Swish …"
A light sound suddenly broke the silence in the cave, and it was actually Tang Huan"s ten fingers that drew in front of him at an astonis.h.i.+ng speed, strands of Mind Power flowed out from his fingers, and continuously fused into the air. After a while, Tang Huan"s figure actually started to fade little by little.
"Pah!" Beside Tang Huan"s body, s.p.a.ce suddenly distorted and fluctuated. A split second later, Tang Huan"s figure had regained its clarity, and the ten fingers on his hands had also suddenly stopped in mid-air.
"We failed!"
Tang Huan muttered to himself, then slowly closed his eyes. What he had just tested was the spatial spell, "s.p.a.ce Moving." To cast this spell, the Mind Power would need to condense into a spatial tunnel, and after pa.s.sing through, he would be able to instantly travel dozens of meters in the air.
Unfortunately, Tang Huan"s first attempt ended in failure.
However, Tang Huan was not discouraged at all. Each and every move that he had made just now, was repeatedly played in his mind, attempting to find any flaws.
Time flew. Tang Huan tried again and again, failed again and again, and learned the lessons again and again.
In the blink of an eye, another 15 days pa.s.sed.
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