Song Wanning’s robes were woven from thousand-year-old colored silk, impervious to ordinary water and fire.
But just a single touch from these specks of mud instantly created multiple holes in her robes, and so even burned her skin directly.
A prickling pain spread across her body.
Song Wanning whipped her head around, only to see another wave of it splashing toward them.
With enemies in front and behind, they were caught in a pincer attack.
The black mud was drawing closer. Song Wanning’s expression darkened as she threw out an Array Plate, attempting to block its advance.
However, the black mud actually passed through the Array and charged straight at them again.
She had tried every thod she could think of, but all were ineffective against the black mud. Now, even Song Wanning was completely baffled, desperate to figure out what this substance was.
In the blink of an eye, the specks of black mud attacked them again. Left with no choice, they could only break through in the opposite direction, deciding to get away from this stuff first and investigate later.
She moved in a flash, but despite her incredible speed, she was still burned.
If she was in such a state, Bai Yang was even worse off. Over a short distance of just over ten ters, his entire body was singed with small holes, and he was even starting to give off the sll of cooked at.
’Master isn’t helping . This must be a test.’ Bai Yang gritted his teeth and dodged the black mud’s attacks at full speed.
"Bai Yang, find a way to hold it back."
At Song Wanning’s sharp command, Bai Yang, who had been about to flee, froze. He then turned and ran in a different direction.
’It’s rare for Master to ask sothing of . I can’t refuse.’
Watching him run off without a second thought, a mocking smile touched Song Wanning’s lips as she quickly retreated.
The black mud seed to hesitate for a mont, then it all rushed toward Bai Yang.
Safe for the mont, she watched the distant black mud and quickly took out the danger markers Luo Hantian had given her.
After reading through the information, her attention was drawn to one particular entry. It described a type of cave containing a white mud that would corrode skin.
But the mud before them was black.
With no ti to ponder why, Song Wanning checked the notes. The only way to escape was to enter the cave.
Safety lay in the heart of danger.
In a flash, she arrived at the mouth of the cave that had previously pulled at Bai Yang.
The cave opening was tiny, and the space below was pitch-black. Half of it was even blocked by Bai Yang’s shoe, obscuring the view.
Shrinking her body slightly, she peered down into the opening.
Sensing a powerful force coming from below, Song Wanning’s heart tightened. She shouted to Bai Yang, "Get down here, quick!"
The mont the words left her mouth, she was pulled straight down.
"Master?"
Bai Yang jumped in fright. Watching helplessly as his master fell into the small hole, he scrambled toward it.
To catch up to his master, he ignored the black mud’s attacks, rushed to the edge of the dark opening, and leaped in.
He even dragged the shoe down with him.
SPLAT—
Bai Yang landed right in front of Song Wanning.
His skin was now riddled with dark pockmarks, a horrifying sight. There were even a few small, corroded pits on his face. Fortunately, the injuries didn’t spread, or his skin would have been completely destroyed.
With a cool expression, Song Wanning took out an Elixir Pill for him to take before changing her own robes.
Receiving an Elixir Pill from his master again after more than two years, Bai Yang felt a peculiar surge of excitent.
His eyes began to sting, and a hundred different emotions washed over him.
"What are you gawking at?"
Song Wanning’s impatient voice cut in. She had no ti to play along with Bai Yang’s little lodrama of regret.
"It’s nothing."
Bai Yang quickly popped the Elixir Pill into his mouth, the gloom from the black mud incident vanishing completely.
’Looks like my performance earlier was good enough. Master’s attitude toward is getting better. I need to keep up the good work.’
He took out a change of robes, and by the ti he was done, he saw that his master was already searching the area.
’So much ti has passed; so things have changed. The original secret spot has vanished without a trace, and I don’t even know if it can be triggered anymore.’
Her gaze flickered to Bai Yang. ’I hope he doesn’t disappoint .’
The ceiling of the cave before them was covered in hanging stalactites of Spiritual Marrow, shimring with iridescent colors in a dreamlike display.
Spiritual Marrow is ford when Spiritual Energy becos so dense that it solidifies. The amount of Spiritual Power it contains is astonishing.
It was perfect for cultivation.
Naturally, Song Wanning wasn’t going to miss this opportunity. She quickly took out a jade vial and began collecting it.
Seeing this, Bai Yang hurried over to help. In just a few monts, all the Spiritual Marrow in the cave had been collected into the vial.
He eagerly presented the vial to Song Wanning.
If one had to describe him at that mont, he was undoubtedly a dog wagging its tail, begging to be petted.
Song Wanning’s expression was heavy. She felt not a shred of joy, only irritation toward Bai Yang.
This belated affection was cheaper than dirt, and she had no need for it.
’It would be perfect if I could use this opportunity to push Bai Yang to the brink.’
’But Bai Yang’s character is far more resolute than Lu Nanfeng’s, and his Dao heart is relatively stable. It probably won’t be easy...’
With a flicker in her eyes, Song Wanning suddenly smiled and reached out to take the vial.
After collecting the Spiritual Marrow, the two of them relied on Bai Yang’s good fortune to pass smoothly through several more areas of the cave system.
By the ti they arrived in a whole new world, more than half a month had passed.
It was a place akin to a hidden paradise. Streams murmured, a hundred flowers blood, and the air was filled with the songs of birds and the scent of blossoms as animals frolicked playfully.
The two even spotted several demon beasts, long thought to be extinct, galloping freely across the grasslands.
Everything was so idyllic.
Song Wanning’s heart gave a sudden, powerful lurch, her pulse quickening for no apparent reason.
The vegetation here was clearly far more lush and verdant than in the outside world. The leaves seed to brim with dense Spiritual Energy, and their growth was incredibly vigorous.
The grass was a brilliant erald green, without a single withered patch.
’Could this be the place where the Xirang is located?’
’I’ve been searching for so long, and now I finally have a lead.’
"Co on, let’s look around."
Song Wanning stuck close to Bai Yang. Over the past few days together, she had finally gotten a taste of the treatnt reserved for a true "Heavenly Dao’s Son."
It made her first hundred years of life seem like a joke.
’Even her own rapid progress was all due to snatching the opportunities ant for Ye Chuxue and Bai Yang...’
’No wonder those two advanced at divine speed in her past life. With the Heavenly Dao showing them so much favor, they would have been utter trash not to succeed.’
’But what was the reason for the Heavenly Dao’s excessive favoritism?’
’Doesn’t it say that the Great Dao is ruthless and the Heavenly Dao is unjust?’
’Why did it show such singular favoritism toward just the two of them?’
’Was it all just to rge the two worlds into one?’
Song Wanning couldn’t help but feel a flicker of doubt. Many things that had happened recently had shattered her previous understanding, occasionally forcing her to contemplate.
’What, truly, is the Dao?’
Song Wanning quickly cut off this deeper line of thought, lest it affect her Dao heart.
The pair walked into the hidden paradise.
The instant their feet touched the ground, every animal in the vicinity turned to look at them in unison.
An unceasing cacophony of howls and cries erupted imdiately after.
It all happened in a flash!
A glowing mass, shimring with a hazy, precious light, burst up from the ground.
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