"Weiwei, can't we really cultivate here?"
Feng Ming sighed, sitting dejectedly on the flying artifact, looking at the distant high mountains with worry.
"Yes, remember, no matter what happens, you must not draw the spiritual energy here into your bodies." Even without that male cultivator's words, Chu Lingwei would not let them improve their cultivation here.
"Could it be that the great cultivators outside need the spiritual energy here?" Phantom Cat frowned, looking at Weiwei, "The spiritual energy here is clearly problematic, they can't not know."
Chu Lingwei chuckled, "The Profound Heaven Continent has had no ascensions for tens of thousands of years. Some people don't want to die of old age, and if they have a chance, they will want to try."
Phantom Cat fell silent, thinking that if it were his lifespan nearing its end, he might also consider such an idea.
"They're so stupid. They can cultivate through their own efforts, but they have to take the wrong path." Feng Ming snorted lightly, those great cultivators were nothing special.
"Alright, let's not discuss them for now. Besides the newly arrived cultivators, there might also be cultivators who entered this spiritual domain before and haven't left," Chu Lingwei ended the topic. Discussing these matters here was of no significance to them.
"What?!"
Feng Ming stood up, his entire body suddenly growing larger. "Weiwei, the spiritual energy here is very dense. If they didn't die here, how strong must they be?"
"Perhaps stronger than the great cultivators outside," Chu Lingwei thought of the male cultivator who saved her last night. His cultivation was only at the Spirit Wheel realm, yet he could fight a ninth-tier spirit beast without getting injured.
With such ability, outside, he would undoubtedly be a supreme great cultivator.
"Will they help us?" Feng Ming's eyes were filled with joy. If they met those cultivators, they might be able to uncover the secrets of this place.
"You think too much," Phantom Cat glanced at Feng Ming, she was truly naive.
"They won't. As long as they don't kill us, we should be grateful," Chu Lingwei felt that the male cultivator she met yesterday hadn't lied to her.
Feng Ming's body suddenly shrank and fell into Chu Lingwei's arms. "Why?"
"They are likely trapped here and cannot leave." Even now, Chu Lingwei's mind was filled with the face of that male cultivator and his every action. Why did she have a sense of familiarity?
She always felt like she had seen that person somewhere, yet she was sure she had never seen his face before.
"Is it that scary?" Feng Ming shivered and jumped to Phantom Cat's side. "Catty, I don't want to be separated from Weiwei. You have to protect us."
Phantom Cat scoffed but did not retort. Of course, he would protect the two of them.
"Weiwei, why did the male cultivator you met yesterday help you?" Phantom Cat's face was furrowed. Chu Lingwei had just said that those people couldn't leave, and they might harbor some hostility towards cultivators like them who were entering.
"Not everyone's heart is filled with hatred," Chu Lingwei thought of a reason and warned them, "However, here, we cannot trust anyone, do you understand?"
"Yes, besides Weiwei, I trust no one," Feng Ming nodded vigorously. In this world, she only trusted Weiwei.
As for Phantom Cat beside her, she could only trust him halfway.
Soon, their flying artifact entered a high mountain. Chu Lingwei sensed people ahead, so she retracted the artifact, and the person and two beasts slowly moved forward, pretending to be searching for spiritual herbs.
"Senior Sister."
Sensing the cultivator's aura getting closer, Chu Lingwei stopped and waited for them to approach. A surprised voice called out.
Chu Lingwei looked up and saw Ye Xuan, dressed as a disciple of the Spirit Cultivation Academy, walking quickly towards her.
"..." How careless could one be to wear their academy's disciple uniform.
"Senior Sister, I finally found you." Ye Xuan quickly walked to Chu Lingwei's side, greatly relieved.
"Why aren't you here diligently seeking your own fortune, and looking for me?" Chu Lingwei glanced at the few people walking with Ye Xuan. They were all disciples from different sects, and without exception, they were wearing their sect's clothes.
Ye Xuan: "..." How was he supposed to answer this.
"Senior Sister, it's quite dangerous here, so we wanted to travel together," Ye Xuan explained the situation with some embarrassment. Seeing Chu Lingwei's lack of reaction, he quickly added, "Senior Sister, the spirit beasts here are all very powerful. If we acted alone, we wouldn't survive."
Those who could enter here did not want others to take their opportunities, but after encountering spirit beasts much stronger than themselves, they no longer thought so.
Here, survival was paramount.
"But why are you all wearing academy clothes? Change them quickly." Chu Lingwei looked at Ye Xuan wearing their academy's clothes. If they encountered cultivators who hadn't left here, wouldn't this be a clear signal to them to come and seek revenge?
"Senior Sister, we are wearing the academy's disciple uniforms out of necessity," Ye Xuan said helplessly.
"What's going on?" Chu Lingwei was curious, what had these people gone through.
Ye Xuan himself couldn't explain clearly, "Actually, I'm not too sure. We met some cultivators, and they were all wearing their own sect's disciple uniforms, saying it could save their lives..."
Chu Lingwei's eyes showed suspicion, and she no longer insisted they change out of their disciple uniforms. However, she would certainly not wear one.
"Where are you going now?" Chu Lingwei saw they were coming from the west. "Did you encounter any danger?"
"We sensed that the spiritual energy in the north was quite dense, so we wanted to go and see," Ye Xuan said truthfully.
"I'm going west." Since they weren't going the same way, there was no need to stay together.
However, Ye Xuan was a disciple of their Spirit Cultivation Academy, and Chu Lingwei still wanted to remind him.
The cultivators who came with Ye Xuan all hesitated upon hearing Chu Lingwei's words. They had painstakingly come from the west and found nothing.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, we just came from the west, there's nothing there," a female disciple from the Joyful Union Sect said with a serious expression that couldn't hide her flirtatious charm.
This made Chu Lingwei think of the sisters Mei Ji and Mei Yao, who had not appeared in this century's grand competition.
"I want to go and see, I'm afraid I can't travel with you," Chu Lingwei smiled slightly at the Joyful Union Sect disciple and looked at Ye Xuan, "Ye Xuan, are you going with me, or are you going to seek your own fortune?"
She threw the question to Ye Xuan, letting him decide for himself.
Ye Xuan was stunned. The west indeed had nothing, but Chu Lingwei was the personal disciple of their sect leader, and he had to protect her here.