What does the barrier of the continent look like?
This question, I'm afraid, even Mahayana cultivators cannot answer definitively.
For cultivators in the cultivation world, cultivation is an act against the heavens. Because of this, many years ago, brave individuals ventured alone into the mustard seed layer to seek opportunities, such as the legendary boundary wall lone flower.
Legend has it that the boundary wall lone flower blooms deep within the most rugged mountain streams of the boundary wall, gathering the luck and spiritual essence of heaven and earth. It is a necessary material for refining the Mahayana Stage-breaking Pill. In other words, with the boundary wall lone flower, one can refine the Mahayana Stage-breaking Pill, allowing a Mahayana cultivator to ascend to immortality immediately.
However, after so many years, countless Mahayana cultivators have sent people into the mustard seed layer to search for this flower, yet none have succeeded.
At this moment, in the darkest part of the mustard seed layer, the darkness was so dense it seemed as if it could drip.
A male cultivator in green robes sat cross-legged in the darkness, forming hand seals while continuously consuming pills. With the movements of his fingers, the darkness seemed to recede slightly, but soon, new darkness swept in again.
"Qingjiang, continuing like this is useless. Let's go out first and find someone to help." A small beast poked its head out of the darkness and nuzzled the green-robed male cultivator's leg dependently.
If anyone were present, they would undoubtedly be astonished.
Because this small beast was a Void Beast!
Someone had actually subdued a Void Beast!
Even if this was a young beast, it didn't change the fact that it had recognized a master!
One must know that Void Beasts are one of the purest spirit beasts. This means that if they are captured by humans, they will die rather than submit. To this day, there has been no word of anyone whose contracted spirit beast was a Void Beast.
Moreover, judging by its appearance, this small beast had already gained sentience, meaning it was a demon beast with a high probability of transforming into a human form in the future.
The green-robed male cultivator who was being advised by the small Void Beast looked up. His handsome face bore a three-point resemblance to Bai Shengyi. This person was none other than Bai Qingjiang, Bai Shengyi's nominal father, who insisted on going to the outer continent on the Path of Desolation.
Bai Qingjiang was stubbled, and his eyes were bloodshot, but his movements did not stop. He merely said, "Xiao Ye, do you think I don't want to go out? But if I move, this Penglai thread will break."
As he moved his hand, illuminated by the Void Beast's glow, a slender thread could be seen winding from his wrist, extending into the endless darkness. The other end was not visible, but Bai Qingjiang's face was solemn.
The small Void Beast didn't understand much. It only knew that Bai Qingjiang had rejected its suggestion. Just as it was about to persuade Bai Qingjiang again, there was a movement in the silent darkness.
The sound of tinkling pendants.
"Who is it?" Bai Qingjiang let out a cold shout, his hand that was taking pills now pointing forward!
A flame as thick as a thumb instantly ignited in the space, illuminating a person's proud and beautiful face and eyes that were coldly fixed on Bai Qingjiang.
It was a female cultivator!
Bai Qingjiang didn't recognize her and asked again, "Who are you? If you haven't entered this place intentionally, please leave quickly!"
However, the other party recognized him.
"Bai Qingjiang?" Yun Youyue smiled playfully.
Heaven truly favored her!
In the blink of an eye, she was swept into the mustard seed layer by spatial turbulence, and here she was, encountering Bai Shengyi's father!
Because of Bai Shengyi's sudden emergence, even though she cultivated the Dao of Alchemy, which was different from Yun Youyue's Dao of Artifact Refinement, Yun Youyue still felt immensely wary of Bai Shengyi. Therefore, she had secretly had people investigate Bai Shengyi thoroughly.
Yun Youyue was born proud. Upon learning that Bai Shengyi was merely from a small Bai family in the Great Ning Dynasty, and that the entire Bai family only had Bai Qingjiang who was worth mentioning, she hadn't paid much attention to Bai Shengyi. Who would have thought that it was this person she had previously overlooked who had caused her the greatest setback in over twenty years!
Does Bai Shengyi know her father is here?
Yun Youyue revealed a smile full of malice, her hatred surging. My father is gone, why should Bai Shengyi's father still be alive?
"You know me?" A flicker of suspicion crossed Bai Qingjiang's eyes. Although his hands did not stop, his entire body was on high alert.
The young female cultivator before him was already at the mid-stage of Nascent Soul. She was definitely not as simple as she appeared.
Bai Qingjiang stepped aside to shield the small Void Beast.
Yun Youyue approached him step by step, smiling with great familiarity and kindness, "Of course. Shengyi and I are very good friends."
"You know Ah Yi?"
"Yes, Shengyi has achieved great things this year, becoming a seed of the academy to participate in the Divine Enlightenment Assembly, and—" Before she could finish, Yun Youyue struck out with her palm!
The spiritual energy roared. Bai Qingjiang was preparing to retaliate when he felt the tug of the Penglai thread.
"Shuxin?"
Bai Qingjiang exclaimed, instantly daring not to move. Then, the palm strike came, and he took the blow head-on.
"Moo!" The small Void Beast leaped out from behind Bai Qingjiang and pounced at Yun Youyue.
Yun Youyue's expression shifted slightly in surprise, but she didn't panic. With a wave of her hand, a Heavenly Rank mid-grade profound whip fell into her hand. She swung it fiercely, and the whip emitted a dark blue glow, sending the Void Beast tumbling onto its back, covered in blood!
"Xiao Ye, hurry and leave!" Bai Qingjiang's eyes ached, and he commanded urgently.
The small Void Beast was no match for this female cultivator!
Moreover, this female cultivator was certainly not Ah Yi's friend; rather, she seemed to be an enemy of Ah Yi!
He himself could not leave, but he could not let Xiao Ye perish here.
"I didn't expect Void Beasts could also be contracted," Yun Youyue said with a cold laugh. "When I make you reunite with my father, I'll contract this little beast. Now, it's your turn!"
Saying that, she swung her whip!
Bai Qingjiang had already voluntarily severed his contract with Xiao Ye. Xiao Ye was unwilling to leave but was pushed far away by Bai Qingjiang using a magical artifact. Facing Yun Youyue's attack, Bai Qingjiang could only passively defend. In no time, he could no longer hold on.
However, the hand seal formation on his left hand had not stopped. The Penglai thread on his wrist was being pulled steadily. Blood was flowing profusely from his body, hands, legs, and face, his spiritual energy leaking out. In a short while, he was merely holding on by a thread.
"You've been staying here without moving. Is it because there's something good here?" Yun Youyue's gaze shifted, and her eyes narrowed. The whip swung towards Bai Qingjiang's head!
No matter what good thing it was, it would be hers once Bai Qingjiang died!
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Yun Youyue's face, but before the smile could fully form, it froze in mid-air.
"Get lost!"
A brush emitting a verdant ripple, imbued with overwhelming killing intent, directly shattered her whip!
Shattered!
Yun Youyue's pupils constricted sharply!
"Yun Youyue, you're seeking death!"
Bai Shengyi spun the Samsara Brush, stepping onto the ground covered in frost and snow, and slowly approached.