Lin Yan did not stand on ceremony with it. After greeting Zi Che Shao Hao, Lin Yan entered the space again.
However, upon entering this time, Lin Yan noticed a difference.
She could feel the passage of time, not like before where it was a direct leap, but a true flow of time.
This was the power of the "Zhou" (Cosmos) seal. A small world had truly formed here, though everything within this miniature world was under its consciousness's control.
Lin Yan understood why the Main God wanted her to bring back this seal at all costs. Given time, this could truly become a real world.
Lin Yan spent a long time in the space this time, offering it many suggestions. But after coming out, not much time had passed.
This was an excellent place for training. Her disciples could train here for over ten years, and only a few days might have passed outside.
"Why did you come out so soon?" Zi Che Shao Hao asked, his eyes on Lin Yan as she opened hers, concern evident in his voice.
Lin Yan had just said she was going into the seal's space. Based on the previous experience, he thought it would take several days. He hadn't expected her to be out after he'd only just finished a cup of tea.
"After fusing with the 'Zhou' seal, the time flow inside changed, so I came out earlier." Lin Yan didn't want Zi Che Shao Hao to experience it with her, but when her consciousness entered, her body would fall into a deep sleep.
She needed Zi Che Shao Hao to guard her side and ensure her safety. If she sent his consciousness in while she was awake, Zi Che Shao Hao's cultivation was too high; his consumption would be too great, and she wouldn't be able to sustain it.
"This is good," Zi Che Shao Hao said, though he didn't voice his unspoken thought: he also wasn't entirely at ease with Lin Yan entering that seal space.
Even knowing that the seal had recognized Lin Yan as its master, he couldn't forget how weak Lin Yan had looked.
After communicating with the consciousness of the "Universe" seal, she asked if it could freeze cultivators at the Tribulation Stage.
"Yes, but the consumption is extremely high. You can probably only sustain it for two breaths now, or even less." It understood what Lin Yan meant and wanted to help, but the difference in strength between Lin Yan and a Tribulation Stage cultivator was too vast.
"That's enough." Lin Yan hadn't expected to be able to sustain it for even two breaths. With this prerequisite, she could plan her next steps.
Lin Yan became busy. Zi Che Shao Hao watched her work, silently offering all the help he could, spirit stones, magic artifacts.
Zi Che Shao Hao very much wanted to tell Lin Yan that he could help her more, but Lin Yan simply wouldn't accept it.
Zi Che Shao Hao still contacted his family and asked his father to send a group of guards. As the young master of the Zi Che family, he had a retinue of guards.
These guards were not the Golden Core stage cultivators Lin Yan had seen before, but higher-level cultivators.
Upon receiving Zi Che Shao Hao's message, the Zi Che Patriarch sent over the guards who rightfully belonged to him, and along with them came one of the Patriarch's own guards.
This was a guest elder at the Tribulation Stage.
Zi Che Shao Hao was very respectful upon meeting this guest elder; this was someone who had watched him grow up.
"Uncle Ting Xue, you've come too."
"Your father was worried about you, so he sent me to check on you. I haven't met your fiancée yet, so this is a good opportunity to see her." When Lin Yan went to the Central Continent before, he had been in seclusion, so this was his first time meeting Lin Yan.
"Then I'll have Yan Yan come and meet you." Zi Che Shao Hao, upon hearing this, prepared to call Lin Yan.
"No rush," Ting Xue stopped Zi Che Shao Hao. "Let's talk about the situation here first. You are not someone who easily asks for help. What exactly has happened?"