Bai Shengyi did not know how long she had been walking in this passage.
She did not know much about formations, and the only reason she could activate the formation in the back mountain of Anyang Village was because the manual given to her by the West God Lord contained relevant records.
Coupled with the fact that she had long memorized the "Tianfu Tongyang Lu" in her mind, she had activated the formation by chance.
She had originally thought that she only needed to enter the passage and wait for a while to return to Shenqi, but she did not expect that the passage would spread out to form a narrow golden corridor that could only accommodate one person walking.
The golden corridor was somewhat similar to the river of time she had walked through before, but it was distinctly different. There were no time fragments around, nor did it make people lose their way, always leading forward.
However, there were spatial vortexes in the corridor from time to time, and one could be swallowed by them if not careful.
At first, Bai Shengyi did not know, and almost got pulled in. It was Qin Sanxiang behind her who reacted quickly and grabbed her.
"Ayi, the gold is fading, are we about to arrive?" Qin Sanxiang asked.
She, along with Xi Men Hongchun, had no intact skin left on their bodies. Their clothes were tattered and hanging on them, and their footsteps were unsteady.
The three of them did not know how long they had walked, only that they had gone through spatial vortexes, spatial cracks, and temporal turbulence, and had almost died nine times to get here.
There were countless times in between when they thought they were going to die in this unknown place.
The injuries on their bodies now were caused by the wind blades of temporal turbulence.
If it weren't for the obsession of returning home, they would have given up long ago.
Bai Shengyi was not much better than the two of them, especially since she had just turned around and walked a few steps to save Xi Men Hongchun, and her left hand had been shattered by the temporal turbulence.
Fortunately, the body of a cultivator was extremely strong, and she herself had a wood elemental spiritual root, so it was not difficult to grow another hand, but this left hand could not be used for the time being.
"I feel like we are almost there."
Although she was not proficient in the way of space, time and space were one. She could clearly feel that in the advancing corridor, the flow of time was gradually becoming calm and consistent.
However...
"What's wrong?" Xi Men Hongchun saw Bai Shengyi suddenly frown and immediately became vigilant. "Is there something else in this corridor?"
"No," Bai Shengyi shook her head. "I suddenly sensed a very annoying aura ahead, but..."
As she looked up again, she saw that the golden passage had turned into the usual grayish sky color, and in that sky, an ominous giant arrow carrying monstrous demonic energy was shooting towards them!
Bai Shengyi did not even think, and subconsciously summoned the Tianji Sword and threw it out fiercely!
Why was there demonic energy here?
The sword light collided with the arrow, creating a huge humming sound and emitting a dazzling light. Bai Shengyi closed her eyes slightly, and when she opened them again, she found herself in a completely unfamiliar place.
"Qin Sanxiang, Xi Men Hongchun—" she turned to call the other two to see where they were, but as she turned, she bumped into a pair of bloodshot phoenix eyes.
In those phoenix eyes, light and shadow flickered, like an ultimate fireworks display, dazzling and piercing.
"Ayi..."
The red-clothed cultivator looked at the person in front of her, his mouth opening and closing, finally uttering only these two words.
On the city wall, the banner of Donghui City fell with a roar. A gentle breeze blew, and in a moment, it was as if many years had passed.
"A'si?"
Bai Shengyi's voice rose, and she looked at this face with surprise and bitterness, suddenly not knowing what to say.
He seemed to have grown taller again, and seemed to have become more mature, but they had only been apart for a few years. Why were his eyes looking at her with so much hesitation? Even sadness?
At that moment, Bai Shengyi suddenly understood something.
Separating the small world of Shenqi from the small world of Lurong were not only the vast spaces but also the long years of time.
The next moment, Bai Shengyi was tightly embraced by Qin Si. He wanted to use all his strength, as if he wanted to knead her into his bones, but when he touched her waist, he was afraid of hurting her, and was extremely careful.
Qin Si's body was tense, holding Bai Shengyi, but Bai Shengyi did not feel any discomfort.
"A'si!"
The touch of skin against skin was so real that it pulled Bai Shengyi's thoughts back.
It was real!
She had really returned!
She had also seen Qin Si!
Bai Shengyi's lips curved into a wild and unrestrained smile, openly and directly expressing her joy and happiness, and she hugged Qin Si back tightly.
"I miss you so much."
So fervent.
So blatant, as if wanting to tell everyone, my longing for you, Qin Si.
"Hey, you two, can you pull Qin Sanxiang and me up first?"
Qin Sanxiang and Xi Men Hongchun were a step behind when they came out and stumbled to the ground. When they looked up again, they saw Li Shiqing and Sun Ling staring blankly at Bai Shengyi. She smiled and interrupted their gaze, extending her hand.
Li Shiqing was actually in pain all over. She could guess how many injuries she had without even looking, but none of this could stop the joy in her heart.
She quickly pulled Qin Sanxiang up and asked excitedly, "Fairy Qin Sanxiang, why are you with Shengyi?"
At that time, Qin Sanxiang, Xi Men Hongchun, Chu Tianle, and Feng Wuya had disappeared in the mustard seed layer. Shenqi Mountain had sent thirteen waves of people to search, but except for Feng Wuya, who had accidentally broken out of the mustard seed layer, the others had not been found. If it weren't for the fact that the soul lamps of these people in the academy had been well, the academy would have thought they had died unfortunately.
"It's a long story, we'll talk about it later," Qin Sanxiang patted her hands and said solemnly, "Junior Sister Li, tell me about the current situation."
The demonic energy and the smell of blood everywhere made her feel very uncomfortable.
Qin Sanxiang keenly sensed that the situation was not right.
"Who is that?"
The ancient divine beast Shu'er returned to Li Tingyun's side and extended her slender tongue to lick the black blood on her hand—the arrow had just been cut off, and it had also caused a severe backlash to Li Tingyun.
Li Tingyun's face was uglier and more sinister than Shu'er had ever seen. The smell of blood lingering around seemed to turn into substance and boil.
He coldly spat out three words: "Bai, Sheng, Yi."
It was this woman who, with her own strength, had ruined countless of his great plans.
"Bai Shengyi?" The ancient divine beast repeated the name and said faintly, "She smells so good, master, can I eat her first?"
For some reason, this female cultivator had an inexplicable attraction to her.
Li Tingyun could not have asked for more, and he hooked his lips, "Of course."
"Roar!"
The ancient divine beast spewed out a seductive black light from its mouth, which turned into a huge black net and quickly pounced down towards Qin Si and Bai Shengyi.
The black net had a great decomposing ability. Where it touched the city wall, it corroded the city wall. Where it touched the ground, it dissolved the ground, which was very strange.
"Then let me use my hunting net to catch her," the ancient divine beast said, with greedy desire in its eyes.