Ling Luoyi did not enter the Ling Manor, but stayed in place until dawn the next day before leaving.
Her current body was too easily discovered, and she no longer wanted to deceive the Ling family. If she were to tell them about her impending death, she didn't know if the elder who had finally found his granddaughter could bear it. Rather than let them grieve for her death, it was better to let them believe she was safe outside and simply had no time to visit them.
At the same time that Ling Luoyi disappeared, Ling Luochen, in the small world, seemed to sense something. He looked outside, his eyes filled with complex emotions. After a long while, he closed his eyes again and continued to break through the barrier.
Shuiyun Jian in Bailan Kingdom, located in the heart of the most expansive forest within Bailan Kingdom. The various cities of Bailan Kingdom were all connected to this forest. The center of Shuiyun Jian was actually a waterfall. Standing on the bank below the waterfall, Ling Luoyi truly understood what it meant to have a stream of water falling three thousand feet, as if the Milky Way were cascading from the ninth heaven.
The source of the waterfall was hidden amidst layers of clouds and mist. From a distance, the waterfall looked as if it were falling from the heavens, incredibly spectacular. The water from the waterfall converged into one place, nourishing this land through a vast network of waterways.
Ling Luoyi had no time to admire the beauty of this place because Gu Yuncheng had just told her that the Asura and Demonic races had sent people to the Ancient Spirit Continent again. It seemed that because they couldn't find the fragments of the Heavenly Star Cauldron, they had returned to search again, and she needed to race against time!
"Luoluo, let's begin."
"Mm." Ling Luoyi nodded, then began to investigate the anomalies of Shuiyun Jian.
The Divine Eye of Spirit required divine power to use. This consumption was originally nothing, but Ling Luoyi had used it for a rather long time this time, and she already felt her wounds throbbing.
Even though Ling Luoyi's expression remained unchanged, Gu Yuncheng could tell what she was going through. However, he could not stop it. This was merely a divine sense clone of his. Besides accompanying her, he could do nothing else.
"Found it!"
Ling Luoyi retracted her Divine Eye of Spirit and rushed rapidly towards a location, with Gu Yuncheng following behind her.
Upon arriving, Ling Luoyi explained, "Asu, Shuiyun Jian has several secret realms. Only five of them show signs of being entered by others. Currently, only three are still accessible. However, strangely, I did not sense President Lin's spiritual power on them."
Gu Yuncheng pondered for a moment and said, "Luoluo, perhaps it has been too long, and the spiritual power on them has dissipated. Or perhaps too many people have entered the secret realms, obscuring President Lin's spiritual power."
"Perhaps. Asu, when can I expect the records of the abandoned land of the Ancient Profound Continent?"
"They should arrive in about two days."
"If it's still two days..." Ling Luoyi looked around and said, "Asu, you should return to the Bone Jade first."
"Alright." Gu Yuncheng hesitated for a moment before agreeing.
After Ling Luoyi recalled Gu Yuncheng's divine sense clone back into the Bone Jade, she forcibly opened the entrance to this secret realm and entered.
This secret realm was a small space used for trials, filled with dangers, powerful illusionary beasts, and treacherous jungles. However, with Ling Luoyi's cultivation, these things were not worth mentioning. With her Divine Eye of Spirit activated, she meticulously searched the secret realm. Feeling that her search was too slow, Ling Luoyi also released Wei Yu, Guan Yue, and Chen Sha. She even released Jing Chen and Xin Tan, who had already woken up, allowing them to search together.
Jing Chen and Xin Tan were originally high-level immortal beasts, but they had lost all their cultivation to save her. Now, they could only slowly cultivate back from illusionary beasts. Fortunately, they had only lost their cultivation and could not transform into human form. They could still speak normally.
Ling Luoyi and the five little companions searched all three accessible secret realms in Shuiyun Jian within a day and a night, but found nothing. As for those without entrances, Ling Luoyi could do nothing.
Since nothing was found in the secret realms and the books would only arrive the next day, Ling Luoyi and the five little companions began to explore Shuiyun Jian. She wanted to know what had deprived Mei Ran and Tu Bai of their vitality.
For an ordinary person, it would take at least two days to quickly traverse Shuiyun Jian, but with Ling Luoyi's speed, she could leisurely cover it all in an hour.
North of the central waterfall in Shuiyun Jian, there was a strange cave. Ling Luoyi sensed a familiar aura from within the cave. The aura was eerie and very faint; anyone without particularly sensitive senses would not be able to detect it.
Ling Luoyi recalled that she had once asked Mei Ran about the specific places they had visited in Shuiyun Jian. Mei Ran had told her that they had entered a strange cave.
The cave's exterior was unremarkable. However, as they were about to enter, Tu Bai said he felt the cave was very eerie. But after carefully inspecting it several times, they found nothing unusual. Since it was about to rain, they entered to take shelter without thinking too much. Afterwards, the places they went were very ordinary, and others had also been there without incident. Even the two people who had entered that cave had aged.
Ling Luoyi carefully examined the cave and even sent her divine sense into the cave to scout. The cave was very deep and extended downwards. The closer Ling Luoyi's divine sense got to the ground, the colder she felt, and she even sensed danger.
Ling Luoyi retracted her divine sense and switched to her Divine Eye of Spirit to investigate. About a mile underground, there was a mass of black energy. When Ling Luoyi discovered it, she also felt that there were a pair of eyes watching her from within that mass of energy.
Upon realizing this, Ling Luoyi instinctively withdrew her Divine Eye of Spirit. After taking a few breaths to calm herself, she let out a self-mocking laugh. She had actually felt fear from the gaze of those eyes, not the eyes' fear, but her own personal fear!
The owner of those eyes was very strong!
The five little companions beside her had been watching her. Seeing her reaction, Wei Yu asked, "Master, what's wrong?"
"Nothing," Ling Luoyi forced a smile and said, "Let's go."
Ling Luoyi walked in another direction, and the other little companions followed. Except for Chen Sha, the other four little companions looked back at the cave behind them with confusion. There was a very powerful being in the cave behind them, clearly not belonging to this continent. Why didn't their master go to deal with him?
But they didn't ask, because the danger was still on them, or rather, on Ling Luoyi.
Wei Yu and Guan Yue were immortal beasts and could clearly sense a powerful being within who did not belong to the human race. Jing Chen and Xin Tan had once been immortal beasts, but now that they had lost their cultivation, their ability to sense this was purely based on their perception of danger.
Even after Ling Luoyi had walked a considerable distance, she still couldn't shake off the gaze of those eyes. She had intended to inform the Domain Lord about the situation here after moving further away. The being in the cave needed to be dealt with, but she was not its match, and her current physical condition did not support her taking action, so she could only let the Domain Lord come personally.
But now, she had no opportunity to inform the Domain Lord. Those eyes had been on her without leaving, and their owner's cultivation was higher than hers. Any formations or barriers were merely a futile attempt to conceal the truth.
After Ling Luoyi had walked two miles, the being deep within the cave's eyes still hadn't left her. Its eyes were filled with greed and an undeniable determination, and its lips curved into an evil smile.
"You already have so much, and you are still so young. You don't need it, so you shouldn't mind giving me a little, should you, you who has always been kind-hearted, human?"