167: Set off for the Azure Sky Realm

Over the next half a month or so.

Lu Yi and Shen Yueyao went into full "seclusion maniac" mode.

The thrill of their cultivation levels skyrocketing like a rocket was simply intoxicating!

Every time the spiritual energy in their bodies completed a cycle, it grew a bit stronger.

More importantly, under the "Physique Resonance," the deep merging of their Souls felt like two Souls comforting each other, providing an ultimate sense of pleasure.

It left them unable to stop, as if they were addicted.

"This is amazing... once more!"

Just as Lu Yi was immersed in this wonderful feeling, nearly forgetting the passage of time...

...the Jade Slip Gu Changsheng had given him began to vibrate in his robes.

Lu Yi snapped his eyes open, startled out of his meditative state.

He glanced out the window; though he couldn't tell if it was day or night, a quick calculation sent a cold sweat down his back.

"Yueyao! Stop cultivating, quickly!"

Lu Yi patted Shen Yueyao, who was still immersed in that profound Realm, to wake her.

"We're going to be late!!"

"Huh?"

Shen Yueyao opened her eyes dizzily, and once she realized the situation, her face paled in alarm.

If they missed this Opportunity, it would truly be a case of losing the watermelon for a sesame seed—there would be nowhere to go to cry over it!

The two didn't even have time to tidy up the bed and room, which had become messy due to the surging spiritual energy.

They didn't even have time to smooth out their wrinkled clothes.

"Let's go!"

After a quick grooming, they turned into two urgent streaks of light, rushing out of the guest room and leaving the Shen Family estate in a hurry.

Once outside the Shen Family's territory, Lu Yi pulled out the tattered map made of special material that Gu Changsheng had left behind.

Following the guidance of the stellar positions on the map, they sped eastward like lightning.

Finally, just before the sun dipped below the horizon, they reached the destination marked on the map.

This was a remote, ancient forest with towering trees and few signs of human life.

There were no miraculous phenomena of treasure light piercing the sky, nor any immortal air of Auspicious Beasts bringing good omens.

There was only a dilapidated ancient temple that had been abandoned for years, with crumbling walls and a plaque that was half-fallen.

The howling mountain wind whistled through the broken window frames, sounding particularly eerie and desolate in the twilight.

"This is it?"

After landing, they stepped over the withered leaves covering the ground and entered the main hall of the ruined temple.

There was no need to bother looking for hidden mechanisms or secret passages here.

Because the entrance was far too obvious.

Standing in the center of the temple's main hall, Lu Yi pointed at the spot, the corner of his mouth twitching uncontrollably.

Right in front of the altar where a divine statue should have been...

...stood an octagonal dry well covered in moss, looking extremely out of place.

"This... is way too obvious..."

Lu Yi couldn't help but complain:

"What kind of sane person digs a well right in the middle of a temple's main hall?"

Complaints aside...

...the map's destination marker was indeed this well.

The two walked to the edge of the well and peered down.

The bottom of the well was pitch black and bottomless, as if it could swallow light itself.

Not only that, but a strange, distorted, and heart-palpitating spatial fluctuation could be faintly felt slowly seeping out from the bottom.

"..."

Lu Yi turned his head to look at Shen Yueyao beside him.

Before he could even ask "Are you ready?" or "Are you afraid?"

Shen Yueyao had already turned to look at him with a telepathic understanding.

After nearly a month of cultivation, their current level of rapport had reached a terrifying degree.

Just a single exchange of glances—or even without them.

If Lu Yi's eyebrow twitched slightly, Shen Yueyao knew what mischievous idea he was thinking of.

If Shen Yueyao's breath hitched slightly, Lu Yi knew exactly what she was worried about.

At this moment, silence spoke louder than words.

Shen Yueyao gave Lu Yi a slight smile; there was no fear in it, only determination.

The two nodded simultaneously.

"Let's go!"

With a low shout from Lu Yi, the two didn't hesitate for a second. Holding hands, they leaped.

Whoosh—

Their movements synchronized like two birds as they flipped and dove straight into the dry well, which looked terrifyingly like the gaping maw of an abyss!

Buzz—!

Upon entering the well, the surroundings were still a deathly silent darkness.

But after falling for only a few breaths, the sense of weightlessness suddenly intensified!

The surrounding darkness began to distort violently, turning into countless bizarre and colorful streaks of light that rushed backward frantically.

A powerful spatial tearing force struck them, as if they had been tossed into a washing machine running at full speed; their internal organs were churning.

Hiss...

As they traversed this chaotic spatial tunnel...

...the surrounding temperature began to drop sharply!

The previously mild spatial turbulence was now mixed with traces of bone-chilling frost and cold energy.

Frost even began to form on their eyebrows.

This was clearly influenced by the domain Laws of Beicang Prefecture at the other end of the connection tunnel.

Feeling the chill capable of freezing one's Soul approaching...

...Lu Yi instinctively reached out, grabbing Shen Yueyao's hand with unerring precision amidst the chaotic light and shadow.

"Don't be afraid."

Shen Yueyao's fingers were slightly cool, but the moment they touched Lu Yi's burning palm, she immediately gripped back tightly.

Buzz—

Their Physiques resonated faintly once again.

A faint silver glow, interwoven with starlight and moonlight, instantly enveloped them, forming a warm shield that resisted the bone-chilling cold energy and the nauseating dizziness from outside.

In this bizarre tunnel...

...an unknown amount of time passed—perhaps a moment, perhaps the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

In the bottomless, Chaos-filled darkness below, a pin-sized, dazzling white spot of light appeared.

The light expanded at an astonishing speed; in just a blink of an eye, the blinding white light filled their entire vision!

"We're here! Hold tight!"

Lu Yi shouted loudly.

Boom—!!

Accompanied by a spatial vibration so violent it felt like their bones would fall apart...

...the two seemed to break through an invisible membrane, passing through the final Boundary Wall.

In the next moment, carried by their momentum, they fell heavily into a brand-new world.

In their ears, it was no longer the whistling of spatial turbulence.

But instead, a biting wind as sharp as a knife and heavy, goose-feather snow fluttering across the sky!