Lu Qingshan and Mo Yan walked to the edge of the sea of clouds.
Just as Mo Yan was about to step into the sea of clouds, he halted, gazing at the ethereal Milky Way within, and suddenly asked, "Young Master Lu, do you now regret entering the Fla Spirit Realm?"
"Before I acted, I had no hesitation; after I had acted, there was even less reason for regret." Lu Qingshan spoke very calmly, dispelled the clouds, and was the first to step into the Longevity River.
He was very rational, always considering everything carefully before acting, but this did not an his blood was cold.
As he had said to Qin Yitian, there were things he wanted to do and so he simply did them.
Even if he said, the Fla Spirit Realm ant nothing to him.
Mo Yan stood rooted to the spot for a mont, then suddenly laughed, watching Lu Qingshan’s figure disappearing into the sea of clouds and quickly followed, "Brother Lu, wait for ."
This ti, he called him Brother Lu.
...
In the Longevity River.
There was none of the danger they had anticipated.
A rich vitality surrounded them, and with just a light breath, Lu Qingshan felt refreshed and much lighter.
The Starry Radiance was brilliant around him. Lu Qingshan reached out a fingertip to lightly touch a star, but it seed only an illusion as it passed right through his finger, falling behind him.
An almost imperceptible force of repulsion from all directions surged, pushing Lu Qingshan towards the outside of the Longevity River.
The deeper into the Longevity River he went, the stronger this repulsive force beca.
This place was as beautiful as a heavenly landscape.
Yet, it seed that so invincible will had isolated all the Spiritual Power in this realm, even preventing Lu Qingshan from activating the Spiritual Power within his Dantian.
At this ti, Mo Yan too entered this river of stars.
"It seems that this place is very likely the exit," Mo Yan made a judgnt as soon as he felt the pushing force upon entering the Longevity River.
Not otherwise, this scene was all too familiar.
It resembled the Spiritual Abyss.
Only, the Spiritual Abyss was an irresistible pull, whereas the Longevity River was a force hindering their advancent.
"According to the situation in the Spiritual Abyss, if we go deeper into this Longevity River, the repelling force will beco irresistible," Lu Qingshan tried advancing a few more steps into the depths of the Longevity River using the strength of his physical body.
Only a short distance was covered before the force of expulsion in the Longevity River had increased to the point that he could barely maintain his stance.
Indeed, even when they could use Spiritual Power, they could not resist the pull at the depths of the Spiritual Abyss.
Now caught in a Spirit-Nullifying state, having lost the source of a Cultivator’s strength and unable to use Spiritual Power, how could they go against this pushing force and proceed along the Longevity River to leave the Fla Spirit Realm?
"Let’s go back," seeing that they could no longer continue forward, Lu Qingshan turned back and called out.
Mo Yan nodded in agreent.
The two were pushed back by the force from the Longevity River and returned outside the sea of clouds.
Waiting outside, Xue Zhuyong saw that Lu Qingshan and Mo Yan had returned after only a mont within the Longevity River and a bad premonition arose in him, so he quickly asked, "Is the situation inside not optimistic?"
Mo Yan and Xue Zhuyong elaborated on the scene inside.
"Has Young Master Lu already thought of a way to escape?" Qin Yitian suddenly asked.
For she noticed that Lu Qingshan, who should have shown at least so disappointnt, had a slight smile on his lips,
"To leave the Fla Spirit Realm, indeed, it’s not an impossibility," Lu Qingshan nodded.
"Do you still rember that the Spiritual Abyss erupts periodically?" facing the puzzled look from Xue Zhuyong, Lu Qingshan hinted.
It was rely a sentence, yet imdiately everyone understood.
"When the Spiritual Abyss erupts and the heavens fill with water mist, that is when the Longevity Whale breathes, and at that ti the devouring strength within the Spiritual Abyss vanishes.
Accordingly, the repelling force in the Longevity River will also disappear.
We can wait for the next eruption of the Spiritual Abyss and take that opportunity to leave the Fla Spirit Realm," Mo Yan explained, a point he and Lu Qingshan had realized almost simultaneously.
"We can go back!" Xue Zhuyong exclaid, unable to contain his joy.
"Yes," Mo Yan nodded gravely, "Everything is ready, we just need an east wind; all we need to do now is quietly wait for the next eruption of the Spiritual Abyss."
Whirr! Whirr! Whirr!
Suddenly, a continuous strange sound erupted.
The Fla Spirit Clan, floating beside the magma waterfall, heard their conversation and, suddenly excited, started uttering unintelligible words, flying around them, constantly circling.
"What does this an?" Mo Yan could not understand the sudden behavior of the Fla Spirit Clan and hastily summoned the Fla of Life from within his body.
"Drip?" Fla floated in front of Mo Yan, calling out in confusion.
Mo Yan pointed at the excited red Fla Spirits encircling them.
"Drip-drip," Fla began to communicate with the Fla Spirits.
After a long while, Fla started explaining to Mo Yan.
"Brother Lu, the Fla Spirit Clan wants us to take them with us when we leave the Fla Spirit Realm," Mo Yan’s expression gradually turned solemn, he turned to Lu Qingshan, stating, "The Fla Spirits feel that the will of this world does not welco them, and if they do not leave this realm, with the expanding of the Wood Spirit Clan, a thousand years from now, they will be completely extinct."
"Further, since Fla has acknowledged as its master after becoming one of the sources of strength in the Fire Domain, the strength of the Fire Domain has been depleting faster than before. The Fla Spirit Clan might not even last a thousand years now."
"So that’s how it is," Xue Zhuyong realized with a start.
Fla naturally took the side of the Fla Spirit Clan, and so did Mo Yan.
They both wanted to be able to take the Fla Spirits away from this place of doom.
The biggest problem was just one.
The Fla Spirits, being inherently ethereal, could not enter the Spirit-Nullifying Longevity River.
Mo Yan understood this dilemma too, his brows furrowed tightly, "Brother Lu, do you have a way?"
Lu Qingshan fell silent.
Was there a way?
At least for now, there was no solution; he had no leads.
Their strength was too weak; they simply couldn’t break the Spirit-Nullifying power of the Longevity River.
"If it really can’t be done, perhaps the only solution is to wait until we are powerful enough to break this Spirit-Nullifying power, only then we might have a chance to save the Fla Spirit Clan," Mo Yan also knew it was unrealistic to solve this problem now, he sighed, "But I don’t know if the Fla Spirit Clan can last until then."
"I’ll go in again and see," Lu Qingshan suddenly said, and then entered the Longevity River once more.
He wanted to observe again, to understand where exactly this Spirit-Nullifying power ca from and whether there was any way to remove it.
Qin Yitian’s eyes flickered slightly, thinking sothing unknown, he too suddenly flashed into the Longevity River.
Lu Qingshan stood in the midst of the river, motionless.
Countless specks of stars, with long trails of light, passed over Lu Qingshan’s body.
"Why did you co in too?" Seeing Qin Yitian enter, Lu Qingshan asked.
Qin Yitian did not answer Lu Qingshan’s question but instead asked him, "Young Master Lu, do you intend to save the fate of the Fla Spirit Clan and take them out of the Fla Spirit Realm?"
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