SHEW!
In the next moment, his figure appeared in front of the gate to the stone pavilion where the inter-domain teleportation portal was located.
He seemed vigorous and energetic, and his eyes glittered brightly, giving him an ethereal look, as if he were an immortal who had descended to this world.
Countless spatial blades constantly entered and exited the Voidspirit Pagoda that floated over his head.
The Voidspirit Pagoda was only the size of a hand, yet it seemed to be able to rip open a spatial rift at any time.
Nie Tian’s expression flickered with excitement as he exclaimed, “Have you made your breakthrough?”
Delight and anticipation also filled Duan Shihu and Jing Rou’s eyes.
As far as they saw it, Zhao Shanling from the Domain of the Falling Stars was quite a character.
He had managed to break through into the middle Void domain within the very short period of time he had spent in the Realm of Maelstrom. Then, he had eliminated the obstacles that stood between the Realm of Maelstrom and the Realm of Split Void, and vested that teleportation portal with the function to teleport between domains.
Even for many spatial power experts in the Domain of Heaven Python, such an ability was desirable, and yet unreachable.
Zhao Shanling sighed. “It turned out to be a lot harder to make that breakthrough. I misestimated it. I thought I would be able to make the breakthrough within a short time, but after I got down to it, I gradually realized that my accumulation was still not enough. I cultivated for quite some time, but all I did was recover strength and derive enlightenment of the profound mysteries of spatial power. As hard as I tried, I couldn’t find an opportunity to make the breakthrough.”
“So no breakthrough...” Duan Shihu went blank briefly before asking, “Then what about Xing Lifeng?”
Xing Lifeng was at the late Void domain. Even though Zhao Shanling had the mighty Voidspirit Pagoda at his disposal, it was unrealistic for him to kill him when he was only at the early Void domain.
“I don’t have to enter the middle Void domain to kill Xing Lifeng,” Zhao Shanling said arrogantly. “I’ve already come up with a plan to kill him!
“But before that, I need to take you back to the Realm of Split Void first.”
Looking confused, Nie Tian said, “I’ll be able to teleport back to the Realm of Split Void just fine. You don’t have to go with me.”
Zhao Shanling snorted. “You’re wrong.”
SHEW!
The Voidspirit Pagoda that floated over his head suddenly flew into the stone pavilion, and the teleportation portal he had set up.
Numerous spatial blades flew out of the Voidspirit Pagoda. Like small knives, they carved out new details to the spell formation that connected to the details Pei Qiqi had added seamlessly.
Nie Tian was puzzled. “Senior Zhao, you...”
Eyes narrowed, Zhao Shanling stared at the bottom of the portal and said, “I wonder how that kid practiced cultivation that allowed her understanding of spatial power to rise to such a high level. Her attainments in spatial spell formations are simply shocking. I only saw through the profound changes she made to this spell formation thanks to the enlightenment I recently came to.”
“What do you mean?' Nie Tian asked curiously.
“She wanted you to return to the Domain of the Falling Stars, but at the same time, she didn’t want you to come back again,” Zhao Shanling explained.
Nie Tian still didn’t understand what she had done.
Zhao Shanling let out a snort and said, “It’s a complicated matter to set up inter-domain teleportation portals. I set up this teleportation portal, as well as the one in the Realm of Split Void. Qiqi only adjusted the spell formation of this teleportation portal, but not the one in the Realm of Split Void, so the changes are one-way.”
Nie Tian instantly realized what he meant. “You mean people can only teleport from the Realm of Maelstrom to the Realm of Split Void, but not the other way around?”
Zhao Shanling nodded. “Exactly. Only if she made adjustments to the spell formation of the other teleportation portal would they work both ways.
“Besides, this teleportation portal has been set to be unstable, and it has changed through time without you knowing it.
“That means if I didn’t adjust it just now, you wouldn’t be able to teleport back to the Realm of Split Void through it.”
Nie Tian was taken aback.
Zhao Shanling went on and explained, “This was how she intended it. She made such changes so that you’d be able to return to the Realm of Split Void, but wouldn’t be able to return to the Domain of Heaven Python anytime soon. She didn’t want you to be involved in the turmoils in the Domain of Heaven Python.
“Furthermore, she was worried that if this teleportation portal stayed operable for a long period of time, people from the Domain of Heaven Python or outsider invaders might also swarm into the Realm of Split Void.”
Only now did Nie Tian fully understand what was going on, and thus muttered, “So that’s how it is.”
Pei Qiqi had made such an arrangement because she hadn’t wanted the calamity in the Domain of Heaven Python to spread to the Domain of the Falling Stars.
She had intended for Nie Tian and the others to make a one-way trip back to the Domain of the Falling Stars, but for people from the Domain of Heaven Python to be unable to enter the Domain of the Falling Stars through the same teleportation portal.
If the Domain of Heaven Python fell, the human Qi warriors would definitely look for places to evacuate to.
By that time, the Divine Seal Sect and the Golden Vast Sect would most likely set their minds on the teleportation portal that connected to the Domain of the Falling Stars.
In fact, some from the Divine Seal Sect, who had learned that the teleportation portal was working again, were already considering this.
If the joint army of Demons and Phantasms actually sacked the Divine Seal Sect’s headquarters, it would be a nice way out to hide out this calamity in the Domain of the Falling Stars.
Zhao Shanling shot Duan Shihu a sideways glance and said coldly, “I’ll take Nie Tian back first, but you’d better guard this teleportation portal well while I’m gone. If anyone from the Divine Seal Sect or the Golden Vast Sect, or any outsiders enter the Domain of the Falling Stars through it, I’ll destroy the teleportation portal on the other side to cut off our connection!”
Duan Shihu’s expression flickered slightly as he said nervously, “I will.”
“Rest assured, senior,” Jing Rou chimed in. “We won’t allow anyone to enter it while you’re gone.”
Zhao Shanling nodded, looking satisfied. Only then did he enter the spell formation with Nie Tian.
Immediately afterwards, the spell formation was activated.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
In the dazzling light, Nie Tian and Zhao Shanling’s figures gradually grew blurry, and then vanished into thin air.
In the Realm of Split Void...
Nie Tian and Zhao Shanling appeared in the teleportation portal beside the grand palace, the gate to which only Nie Tian could open.
Li Langfeng was sitting not far from the portal.
He sprang to his feet upon seeing them, his expression flickering. “Nie Tian! You’re finally back!”
Nie Tian was happy to see Li Langfeng as well. With a hearty smile, he asked, “How’s the situation in the Domain of the Falling Stars?”
“Not much has changed since you left,” Li Langfeng said in a respectful manner. “Not so long ago, Mr. Hua Mu, Zong Zheng from the Ice Pavilion Sect, and Qi Bailu from the Tool Sect returned through this very teleportation portal. Just a few days ago, he sent people over to ask me about your whereabouts. In fact, soon after their return, they decided to go back to the Realm of Maelstrom through this teleportation portal. However, they tried many times, but the spell formation just wouldn’t activate. So they told me to inform them as soon as I receive word of your current situation.”
“I see,” Nie Tian said.
He had wondered why Zong Zheng, Hua Mu, and the others had vanished after returning to the Domain of the Falling Stars.
However, Zhao Shanling’s previous explanation and Li Langfeng’s words made him understand that it wasn’t that they didn’t want to come to his aid, but they simply couldn’t.
“What about Fan Kai and Zhao Luofeng? They should be back by now, right?” Nie Tian asked.
Li Langfeng shook his head. “No, they’re not. Mr. Hua asked me about them too, but they haven’t shown up till now. And they haven’t returned through the teleportation portal the Lei Clan set up.”
Nie Tian frowned. “How is that possible?”
Duan Shihu had long since arranged for Fan Kai and the others from the Heaven Palace Sect to teleport to a realm that was the closest to the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries through the Golden Vast Sect’s teleportation portal, the same way Patriarch Pure Heaven and his people had returned to the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries.
Judging by the time, they should have been back long ago, if there hadn’t been any mishaps.
“Could it be that something happened to them when they were on their way to the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries?” Nie Tian pondered briefly before asking, “Did you talk to the Lei Clan lately? Did Yue Yanxi and Patriarch Pure Heaven return to the Divine Flame Sect?”
“Yue Yanxi has long since returned to the Divine Flame Sect,” Li Langfeng said. “He even told the Lei Clan to inform them as soon as they received word of you.”
Zhao Shanling was also taken aback. “Yue Yanxi has long since returned to the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries, but Fan Kai and Zhao Luofeng haven’t?”
However, he rapidly recovered, and said to Nie Tian, “I’m not going to make any changes to the spell formation of this teleportation portal just yet. I’ll stay in the Domain of the Falling Stars for a little while to gather the spiritual materials I need to forge the tools I’ll use to kill Xing Lifeng.
“Once I’m finished, I’ll come back here to find you, and we’ll return to the Realm of Maelstrom together.
“In the meantime, you should have people guard the teleportation portal. If outsiders or people from the Domain of Heaven Python come through it, slay the arrivals and destroy the teleportation portal.”
With these words, Zhao Shanling opened a spatial rift and vanished into it.
Clearly, all those crooked human sects have schemed with the outsiders to set us up.” With a grim face, Huang Jinnan said, “We’re only seeing what’s happening at realm number nine. I suspect the same thing is happening at the other realms.” “I’m afraid that an outsider grand monarch will show up soon,” Pei Qiqi.
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Thump! Thump! Thump! Hua Mu knocked gently on the wooden gate under dim moonlight.
A short while later, the gate opened, and a teenage girl in a long, ocean-blue dress and a ponytail appeared.
The moment Nie Tian saw the girl, he felt as if the entire Shatter City had been lit up.
He had never seen a face so beautiful. Her beauty overshadowed every girl he had ever seen, including Jiang Lingzhu, An Shiyi, and Su Lin.
The girl’s eyes were as pure as crystal, and not even the least impurity could be found within them. It was as if she could make any man alive fall for her with one glance.
Nie Tian was deeply captivated by her eyes; as a matter of fact, since the moment he saw her, his gaze never moved away from them, as if they had captured his soul and were pulling it away from him.
“Long time no see, Mr. Hua.” The girl sounded neither warm nor cold.
Only then did Nie Tian suddenly snap out of his daze and realize that he had been staring at her the whole time.
He immediately averted his gaze from her, fearing that he would lose Hua Mu’s face and the girl would think less of him.
Hua Mu had long since taken note of Nie Tian’s reactions. He chuckled and patted his shoulder, saying, “No need to feel embarrassed. Everyone who sees her for the first time reacts the exact same way as you did.”
Before Nie Tian could explain, Hua Mu turned to the girl and introduced, “This is my nephew, Hua Tian. This is his first time in the Realm of Split Void. He wants to temper himself, so I plan to leave him here with you and your master for a while. Also, since he knows nothing of this realm, I hope you can help enlighten him.
“You can throw any chore his way and pay him accordingly. No need to give me face and overpay him.
“I see.' Pei Qiqi looked Nie Tian up and down with a measuring gaze before saying with a frown, “His cultivation base is quite low. Does he know anything about equipment forging?”
“No, he doesn’t,” Hua Mu answered on Nie Tian’s behalf.
“If that’s the case, he won’t get paid very well.” Pei Qiqi’s tone was indifferent, and she didn’t take Nie Tian’s ego into consideration, even though she knew that Nie Tian was Hua Mu’s nephew.
Nie Tian, who had just recovered a clear mind, heard her words and realized that she didn’t have a high opinion of him, but he didn’t utter a word.
“It’s alright. I’m no stranger to your master’s rules.” Then, Hua Mu smiled as he turned to Nie Tian and said, “This is Pei Qiqi. You’ll listen to her from now on. If you want to earn spirit stones, then you’ll need to prove yourself worthy. Qiqi won’t treat you better just because you’re my nephew.”
“I understand,” Nie Tian replied, nodding.
“Okay, this is it. I still have some urgent matters to tend to. Please excuse me.” Hua Mu turned around and prepared to leave.
“Mister Hua,” Pei Qiqi called out softly.
Hua Mu turned back and, looking at her confused face, he asked, “Yes?”
“Now that you’re here, don’t you want to meet my master?” Pei Qiqi asked. “After all, it’s been a long time since you were here, and it’s hard to say when you’ll get the chance to meet again.”
A hint of panic appeared in Hua Mu’s eyes as he shook his head and said, “Maybe next time. I’m really in a hurry.”
With these words, he rapidly walked away without looking back, as if he were afraid that the longer he stayed, the less he would have the heart to leave.
Watching Hua Mu leave hastily, Nie Tian wondered that it might be the first time that he had seen Hua Mu so flustered.
Watching Hua Mu leave, Pei Qiqi sighed, as if she were pitying something.
Nie Tian discovered that her mind seemed to have drifted away, so he quietly formed a Heaven Eye with the power from the fragmentary stars in his soul and used it to examine her cultivation base.
However, when he did, he found that he couldn’t sense a single thing, as if she were in another dimension, even though she was standing right in front of his eyes.
Nie Tian had never had such strange feelings before.
Ever since he had learned how to form the Heaven Eyes and use them to examine another’s cultivation base, he had only failed once, which was when he had used it on the outsider commander Caro. Caro had glanced at his approaching Heaven Eye, and it had immediately exploded.
Other than that, he had never failed, but Pei Qiqi was an exception. He believed that, considering her age, she couldn’t have reached Caro’s cultivation stage.
The reason he sensed a special anomaly on her must be because she was not ordinary.
“What are you doing?” Pei Qiqi seemed to have sensed the anomaly. She let out a cold harrumph and said with an unpleasant tone, “You’re quite daring for someone with such a low cultivation base!”
Nie Tian smiled embarrassedly. “Well... Sorry. It’s my habit.”
It seemed that he had yet to recover his ability to have proper conversations with a girl so beautiful.
“Your habit?” Pei Qiqi put on a long face as she turned around and stepped into the courtyard. “Follow me.”
Nie Tian did as he was bid.
“Senior Martial Sister Pei.” As soon as she entered the courtyard, a short, fat young man that looked like a barrel approached her and asked, smiling, “Who was that? And who’s this?”
“His name is Hua Tian, Mr. Hua’s nephew. He’ll stay with us for some time. It was Mr. Hua that I talked to just now.” It seemed that Pei Qiqi felt relieved that she could dump Nie Tian on the fat young man. “You’ll be responsible for him from now on. This is his first time in the Realm of Split Void. You’ll tell him about this realm and find him something to do first thing tomorrow.”
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“No problem. Hua Tian, is it? You’ll report to me from now on.” The fat young man said casually.
Nie Tian was at a loss for words.
Hua Mu had assigned him to Pei Qiqi just now, and Pei Qiqi had promised Hua Mu to take care of him.
He had never expected that so soon after Hua Mu left, Pei Qiqi would assign him to this fat boy. He wasn’t sure whether it was because he had offended her by examining her with his Heaven Eye or that she just attached no importance to him.
“What are you waiting for? Let’s go. What? Are you upset that you can’t work under Senior Martial Sister Pei?” The fat young man twitched his mouth and said with an unpleasant tone, “Forget about it. Senior Martial Sister Pei doesn’t take those who come here because of their relationship with my master. You should consider yourself lucky now that I’m willing to take you with me.”
He grabbed Nie Tian by his hand and forcibly dragged him away from Pei Qiqi.
After the two of them were gone, Pei Qiqi frowned and muttered to herself, “Mr. Hua has always lived by himself. How come he’s all of a sudden shown up with this nephew? Another strange thing is that when that guy used his psychic awareness to examine me, my spatial field suddenly began to operate by itself.”