With the Obsidian Black Jyun stone removed, although the Heavenly, Earthly, and Human formations remained, the affected area was contained to the smallest possible extent. Particularly, each location was guarded by personnel from the Divine Enlightenment Academy’s Pill Refining Peak and the Alchemist Association.
Inside the Sanghai Secret Realm, Zheng Xiaoguang was on guard. The moment he saw Bai Shengyi, his eyes lit up!
“Alchemist Bai! You’re unharmed? That’s truly wonderful!” Zheng Xiaoguang said urgently, “Dean Qin asked me to give this to you if you returned.”
He then handed a box to Bai Shengyi.
Bai Shengyi accepted it and opened it. Inside was a stack of sealing talismans, their cultivation grade unknown, but containing immense power. In addition, there were two Earth-grade top-tier spirit artifacts and a storage bag. The spirit artifacts were a piece of armor and a jade pendant. The storage bag contained countless top-grade spirit stones and a immortal-staying ship…
In short, Qin Si, perhaps worried that Bai Shengyi did not carry enough items, had thoughtfully and comprehensively prepared everything for her, whether for defense, offense, or daily use.
Bai Shengyi couldn't help but curve her lips, her eyes involuntarily filled with a smile.
This feeling of being cared for and looked after was truly wonderful!
Hmm, she suddenly missed A’Si very much.
“This is the route map to the Outer Continent. Install it on the immortal-staying ship, and it will travel to the destination according to the route.”
However, Bai Shengyi did not rush to leave the Sanghai Secret Realm.
“What about the other two Obsidian Black Jyun stones?”
“For some reasons, Dean Qin took them with him,” Zheng Xiaoguang, clearly instructed by Qin Si, answered every question. “Alchemist Bai, the Sanghai Secret Realm is extremely unstable now. You should leave quickly. This is a spatial escape talisman left for you by Dean Qin.”
A spatial escape talisman differed from a spatial teleportation talisman; the former could lock onto a return point, while the latter was a random teleportation.
Zheng Xiaoguang, having lived for over a hundred years, had never seen such a thing. His hands had trembled when he received the items from Qin Si!
Dean Qin trusted him too much! Wasn't he afraid he would embezzle the items?
Of course, he wouldn't.
Zheng Xiaoguang hoped that Bai Shengyi would truly not linger here for too long, lest any accident disrupt her matters with Dean Qin.
In just the past two days, their group, who had sworn to defend the secret realm’s formations, had been pulled into various spiritual abodes by the chaotic spatial rifts within the secret realm five times! Not to mention the many mutated demonic beasts within the secret realm!
In general, the Sanghai Secret Realm was extremely unsafe. Zheng Xiaoguang and the others even suspected that the secret realm was already destroyed and about to be permanently closed?
If not for the excessively sinister nature of the formations, Zheng Xiaoguang and the others would not have stayed to guard them.
“What about you all?” Bai Shengyi looked around. The approximately five people remaining to guard the formations, besides Zheng Xiaoguang, were all at the late Golden Core stage.
Zheng Xiaoguang replied, “It’s alright. We still have four spatial escape talismans. If the secret realm collapses, we will leave in time.”
Bai Shengyi frowned, took out several spatial stabilization star pearls she had previously placed in her storage bag, and stabilized the most turbulent spaces within the secret realm.
“The space will collapse within a year at the latest. Remember to leave the secret realm in advance.”
When Bai Shengyi emerged from the Divine Realm, she learned about the function of the Heavenly Machine Sword from the Reincarnation Brush.
The Heavenly Machine Sword was the formation guide used by Xuanjizi in the past to divide the great formation between the Divine Enlightenment Continent and the Outer Continent. It was precisely because of this formation’s existence that the Divine Enlightenment Continent had its dimensional barrier.
The location of the Sanghai Secret Realm was very cleverly situated, precisely at the junction between the Divine Enlightenment Continent and the Outer Continent, which was also where the dimensional barrier formed. Because of this, the time rules and space within the secret realm were extremely chaotic, leading to the flow of time and the formation of spiritual abodes.
Now that the artifact spirit had perished, although Bai Shengyi had placed the divine artifact in the time channel before leaving to stabilize the dimensional barrier, without the spirit, it could only last for about a year at most.
After briefing Zheng Xiaoguang and the others, Bai Shengyi exited the secret realm and used a communication talisman to report her safety to Qin Si, her senior sister, and her friends. However, perhaps due to the distance between continents, she only received replies from her senior sister and Luo Feihua; she did not receive any from the others.
Learning that her senior sister and Feihua were both out on business, and that the Crescent Moon Cat was temporarily housed in the Beast Taming Peak, Bai Shengyi returned to the academy to retrieve the Crescent Moon Cat. She then summoned the immortal-staying ship and, with a heart full of urgency, rushed towards the Outer Continent.
Little did she know that just as she left the academy, a surprised cry erupted from the Meditation Cliff of the academy shortly after.
“Quick! Quickly inform Venerable Qianying and Elder Wen! Yun Youyue has absorbed the spiritual energy of her father, Yun Kai, killed the disciples guarding the cliff, and escaped!”
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Bai Shengyi’s journey took more than half a month.
She traveled from Jincheng, where the Sanghai Secret Realm was located, across most of the Divine Enlightenment Continent, passing through the Golden Sparrow Kingdom and the Boundless Cloud Sea, all the way to the end of the Qianlian Sea. From a stable spatial fissure, she crossed the continental barrier and arrived at the Outer Continent.
“Shengyi, how much longer until we reach our destination?”
After sitting on the ship for so long, the Reincarnation Brush was even more restless than the Crescent Moon Cat, scurrying about the ship’s cabin.
Fortunately, the immortal-staying ship was very large, allowing the Reincarnation Brush to frolic to its heart’s content.
The Dream-Binding Vine gave Er Gou roasted fish: “Boss, you ask the Master. The Master has never been to the Outer Continent before, how could she know?”
The Reincarnation Brush did not want to bother with this calculating vine, snorting, “Then do you know?”
“Little Vine Leaf doesn’t know either,” the Dream-Binding Vine replied obediently.
The Reincarnation Brush felt a blockage in its throat, unable to go up or down! If it weren't for the fact that this vine was truly loyal to the Master, it would truly want to cripple it!
However, the Reincarnation Brush still couldn't hold back and directly unleashed some of its anger at the Dream-Binding Vine!
The Dream-Binding Vine’s tendrils dodged with the Crescent Moon Cat, then placed the roasted fish over the fire, making the fish meat even more fragrant!
The Reincarnation Brush became even more enraged!
Bai Shengyi couldn't help but laugh, “Little Reincarnation, you know very well that the Dream-Binding Vine is not afraid of your flames now, yet you still try to burn it. Are you being silly?”
“You’re the silly one! Your whole family is silly! Brushbrush is ignoring you!” the Reincarnation Brush roared furiously.
Perhaps because the Outer Continent had abundant spiritual energy, and it had found its brush tip last time, it had not fallen into slumber along the way, which was precisely why it felt bored.
Seeing that she had provoked it, Bai Shengyi quickly went to comfort it. Just then, the immortal-staying ship suddenly shook violently with a "bang."
It was as if it had been hit by something!
“Stop the ship ahead! Stop it quickly! Didn’t you hear our young lady’s command?” a cultivator, riding a magical artifact, flew past the immortal-staying ship and blocked its path, shouting sternly.
Bai Shengyi’s smile slightly faded. She retracted the ship and landed on the ground with her sword: “Oh?”
“Huh? I’ve never seen you before. Which sect do you belong to?” a female voice followed. She paused, then said, “Never mind, that’s not important. I’m in a hurry to travel. I’m willing to use ten thousand top-grade spirit stones to borrow your immortal ship.”
As her voice fell, she tossed a storage bag towards Bai Shengyi, as if she was certain Bai Shengyi would agree.
“Here, these are spirit stones. Take them quickly and hand over control of the immortal ship to my subordinate.”