Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
The earth's crust had once been torn by the spatial crack and was now loose and soft. But the lower one went, the harder the earth became. Even with the Abyss Ancient Sword to open up the path, Zhang Ruochen still kept slowing down.
It wasn't the rock layer anymore. It was more like jade and metal.
In the end, Zhang Ruochen stopped completely. A layer of dark gold appeared under his feet. It looked like some mineral or something formed by condensed energy.
Cutting down with his sword, the blade created a crisp sound on the ground. Sparks flew. Upon closer inspection, he saw that a thin layer of golden light had appeared on the ground. It actually forced the Abyss Ancient Sword aside.
"There's really something harder than the Abyss Ancient Sword in this world?" Zhang Ruochen shook his head. Lifting a palm, he pressed onto the ground and released his Spiritual Power.
A moment later, he found the reason. It wasn't because the ground really was so hard that the Abyss Ancient Sword couldn't split it apart, but that someone had set up an enchantment here.
The enchantment was very advanced and combined with the earth. If Zhang Ruochen's Spiritual Power wasn't close to level 50, it would be hard to discover this.
"There really is a problem."
Zhang Ruochen moved toward another direction of the earth level. However, he'd already reached 100 miles away from this area without finding an opening.
The bottom of Dragontop Mountain was completely sealed by an enchantment. He couldn't go down at all.
"The more it's like this, the more I must go in. I'm really getting more curious about what's under the enchantment."
Zhang Ruochen moved spatial power to his fingertips and waved forward. He sent out a spatial crack toward the earth.
Whoosh—
The spatial crack actually tore apart the earth. It created a 20-meter-long, three-meter-wide crack in the stone.
Zhang Ruochen made a soft noise of surprise. Usually, an enchantment would distort the s.p.a.ce to a certain extent. The more advanced an enchantment, the more distorted the s.p.a.ce around it would be.
It was actually hard to destroy a strong enchantment with the spatial crack. Zhang Ruochen had just wanted to try and didn't expect to succeed so easily.
Flas.h.i.+ng forward, he pa.s.sed through the spatial crack and broke in. A huge formation appeared before him. It was round and more than 200 meters in diameter. It was made out of saint stones and jade, radiating with vibrant colors.
"This…this is a Spatial Transfer Formation…"
Zhang Ruochen was shocked to actually find a Spatial Transfer Formation at the bottom of the Blue Dragon Void World. This formation was clearly more advanced than the basic ones set up elsewhere.
Only the Time and s.p.a.ce Descendant was able to set up a Spatial Transfer Formation. Other than Zhang Ruochen, there were only two Time and s.p.a.ce Descendants in the history of Kunlun's Field.
One was Saint Monk Xumi.
Even Zhang Ruochen didn't know who the other one was. He only knew that the man had appeared in the past and wouldn't appear in the present or future.
"It must be Saint Monk Xumi," he guessed.
But why would Saint Monk Xumi set up this Spatial Transfer Formation at the bottom of Dragontop Mountain in the past?
A beautiful blue figure flew down from the crack above and landed in the center of the Spatial Transfer Formation. She stood atop the three-meter-high saint stone.
"Senior Sister, how come you came down here?" Zhang Ruochen smiled at the beautiful figure.
"You didn't return and I was worried you'd run into danger, so I came to look."
Huang Yanchen went onto her toes and flew down from the saint stone like a light petal. "What is this formation?" she asked.
"It's a terrifying large scale Spatial Transfer Formation with 100,000 years of history."
"What?" Huang Yanchen was shocked.
Zhang Ruochen told her his discoveries and guesses. Then they started investigating together.
Zhang Ruochen found a metal remnant. It was half buried in the dirt. After checking, he confirmed that it was part of a Thousand-pattern Saint Weapon. Unfortunately, it was completely destroyed and didn't contain value anymore.
Huang Yanchen found something and immediately called, "Look what this is."
She found three strange runes in the center of the formation. They were carved at the edge of the saint stone. It was hard to discover them if one wasn't careful.
Zhang Ruochen walked over and recognized them. "If you put the three runes atop one another, it's a spatial coordinate. It might represent where another Spatial Transfer Formation is. If we activate the formation, it'll send us there."
"What place does it represent?" Huang Yanchen asked.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head. "It might be in Kunlun's Field or another star or place in the universe."
If the World Spirit wasn't about to appear, Zhang Ruochen would have really wanted to activate the formation immediately and go to the place of the coordinates.
This Spatial Transfer Formation couldn't appear at the bottom of the Blue Dragon Void World for no reason. It was too strange. Zhang Ruochen really wanted to find the reason.
"I will collect this Spatial Transfer Formation. It might be useful."
Zhang Ruochen took out the Universe Spiritual Map. He cut out the formation and the surrounding stone, putting them into the scroll world. Other cultivators couldn't take away a Spatial Transfer Formation, but it wasn't hard for Zhang Ruochen.
He and Huang Yanchen didn't return to the surface immediately. They remained in the empty underground s.p.a.ce and fell silent. They were both deep in thought.
A moment later, Zhang Ruochen said, "It's very quiet. Since the World Spirit hasn't come out yet, you can continue refining the Divine Pill and fortify your cultivation… Senior Sister, what are you…"
Huang Yanchen reached out. Her slender arms felt so gentle when she hugged Zhang Ruochen. Her delicate and snowy-white face rested against his chest. "Brother Chen," she murmured. "Do we not have any topics other than cultivation?"
Zhang Ruochen looked at her. Feeling the warmth in his chest, his eyes turned a bit dazed.
Huang Yanchen closed her eyes. Her thick lashes curled upward in a beautiful arc. "Did you think that I'm too petty and don't care about friends.h.i.+p, so Xingling was forced away? Are you blaming me?"
Zhang Ruochen didn't reply. He just reached out and placed an arm on Huang Yanchen's shoulder, hugging her.
Huang Yanchen cried softly, her small frame trembling. "Actually, I didn't want to do that to her. I wanted to keep being her friend. I know that it's hard for her to see you. She must suffer from longing. But when I saw her kiss you, I was truly jealous and bitter. I couldn't control myself at all. I just wanted her to get as far away from you as possible."
"Oh." Zhang Ruochen nodded softly. His feelings were troubled.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault. I shouldn't say these things to you." Huang Yanchen wiped her tears away and squeezed out a smile. "Actually, if you like Xingling, I can accept her. We can still live with each other happily. Really, I won't make it hard for you. I know she gave up a lot for you and loves you genuinely. If you let her down, you'll also be hurting her."
"Perhaps, the one who is truly wrong is me."
Zhang Ruochen stared into Huang Yanchen's eyes and sighed deeply. He had to admit that he couldn't handle relations.h.i.+p problems. He couldn't force himself to hurt a woman who truly treated him well.
Because of his indecisiveness, he hurt many more people.
"it's very quiet here. Are we…only going to cultivate?"
Huang Yanchen bit her red lips. She looked like a shy little girl with a moving look in her eyes. One must admit that when an ice beauty with wise almond eyes looked like a little girl, it was the biggest provocation to men.
Without realizing, masculine Qi surged out of Zhang Ruochen's gut like a ball of fire. He pressed Huang Yanchen onto the stone wall and kissed her pa.s.sionately.
His hands dipped inside Huang Yanchen's robes and rubbed gently. He did some of the most primitive actions. Like a pile of dry firewood, they were ignited immediately.
"Zhang Ruochen, nine-colored light surged out of the capital. The World Spirit should be coming out soon."
Blackie's sound wave entered Zhang Ruochen's ears.
Zhang Ruochen was annoyed. The World Spirit couldn't come sooner or later and just had to come out at this critical moment.
Right now, he and Huang Yanchen were both feeling pa.s.sionate with their limbs entangled. They hadn't even started and had to end now?
The nine-colored lights had just come out. It should be a while before the World Spirit appeared. Zhang Ruochen didn't want to care about these things. He undid Huang Yanchen's belt. Her robe opened up instantly, revealing her slender body. A portion of her snowy-white skin was half-exposed and half-hidden.
"Princess, did you run into any danger? The World Spirit is about to come out, how come you're still…ah…"
Qing Mo slipped through the crack in the ground in a dark blue streak and flew down quickly. She happened to see Zhang Ruochen's palm pressed on the round and raised part of Huang Yanchen's chest.
Seeing this, Qing Mo yelped in fear. Her little face paled as if she'd seen the most incredible thing in the world. Her eyes could barely move! Even though she knew that Huang Yanchen and Zhang Ruochen were married, it was still beyond her imagination for them to do this.
Zhang Ruochen sighed, feeling helpless.
Qing Mo had already broken in. It seemed that they really couldn't continue. Trying to keep composed, Zhang Ruochen retracted his hand. He closed Huang Yanchen's robes and helped her redo the belt.
However, the masculine Qi within Zhang Ruochen, thousands of times stronger than other men, was completely fired up. The l.u.s.t was even affecting his logical mind. He couldn't repress it so quickly.
