Bai Shengyi didn't understand why she had returned to the Green Glory minor world.
If, according to the Reincarnation Brush, the fate disk starry river contained individual small spaces, then why...
"Lord Bai!" Li Ya looked at the woman who had suddenly appeared before her with surprise and exclaimed excitedly, "My lord, have you come specifically to participate in our Winter Moon Festival this time?"
Bai Shengyi scrutinized the person in front of her. She was so real, even her enthusiastic smile was exactly the same as the girl in her memory.
But this was wrong.
Bai Shengyi was absolutely certain that she shouldn't be in the true Green Glory minor world.
She was in the fate disk starry river, the fate disk starry river was within the Nether River Gate, and the Nether River Gate was within the Universal Secret Realm. The Universal Secret Realm was not in Green Glory at all!
Unless the Universal Secret Realm had an exit connected to Green Glory.
As soon as she thought this, she heard Li Ya say, "We're holding this year's Winter Moon Festival on Wangyang Mountain. Wangyang Mountain is a peak that fell from the sky last year. The spiritual energy on the mountain is much denser than in our other areas. We're also planning to move the Central Domain Divine Temple to Wangyang Mountain!"
Bai Shengyi's expression remained unchanged. She asked, "As far as I know, the Central Domain Divine Temple hasn't moved for hundreds or thousands of years. Won't this cause widespread objection?"
Li Ya's smile faltered slightly. "No, it won't. Everyone agrees."
"Never mind that. Lord Bai, let me take you to rest."
Li Ya's smile returned.
"It's rare for you to return. We must entertain you well. If you hadn't exposed Cheng Yuzhi's scheme back then, and made the West Divine Lord and others change the evil practice of sacrificing female slaves, we wouldn't have the good life we have today. I'm already a Divine Maiden of the Central Domain Divine Temple!"
Li Ya was very happy.
Bai Shengyi thought that if the real Li Ya could reach the position of Divine Maiden step by step, she would also be this happy.
She smiled and said, "Congratulations! But I want to visit Wangyang Mountain first. Can you lead the way?"
Li Ya's lips curved upwards, her smile almost sinister. "Lord Bai, are you sure?"
"Of course," Bai Shengyi replied with a faint smile.
Li Ya said no more and led Bai Shengyi forward. Although they could have chosen to fly on swords or ride spirit beast carriages, neither of them spoke up to suggest it, and instead walked on foot.
After walking for a while, Bai Shengyi suddenly said, "Is this Anyang Village?"
She had stayed in the Green Glory minor world for quite some time, but she had visited very few places. At most, she had only been to Anyang Village, and spent more time in the Central Domain Divine Temple and the city where it was located. If this small space was intended to keep her here, it would surely choose the place that had left the deepest impression on her memory.
Yes, Bai Shengyi had already confirmed that this Green Glory minor world was fake, and the lively and enthusiastic Li Ya in front of her was also fake.
Li Ya said, "Lord Bai really remembers us. This is indeed Anyang Village."
But it was very different from the Anyang Village in Bai Shengyi's memory. The continuous mountain range had been replaced by a plain, and the road in front of the village was blocked by a large mountain.
"Does Lord wonder why this place has become like this?" Li Ya said faintly. "It's all because the array you activated when you left destroyed our entire back mountain! Later, another female cultivator came and insisted that our village harbored you, almost slaughtering everyone in our village. Lord, does your heart ache?"
Bai Shengyi was silent for a moment, then asked instead of answering, pointing to the mountain ahead, "Is that Wangyang Mountain?"
"Yes."
Bai Shengyi walked towards it and surprisingly felt the same aura as the Universal Secret Realm.
She frowned. Just as she was about to continue up the mountain, she heard Li Ya stop her, "Wait!"
"What is it?" Bai Shengyi asked Li Ya with a smile. "Li Ya, you said I was your savior. Am I not even allowed to climb a mountain?"
Li Ya's "no climbing the mountain" was stuck in her throat. Her face darkened uncomfortably, but after a while, she resumed her smile.
"Lord Bai, you don't know, but there's a barrier on Wangyang Mountain, and it's only opened during the Winter Moon Festival," Li Ya said with a smile. "It's really not that I'm blocking you."
Bai Shengyi frowned. She took two steps up the mountain and indeed, her body was blocked by something tangible, preventing her from moving forward.
"Then take me to rest."
Seeing Bai Shengyi turn away so readily, Li Ya became suspicious. "Lord Bai, aren't you going to visit the village? My parents still want to thank you for taking care of me back then."
"I won't," Bai Shengyi said.
Seeing this, Li Ya's face sank.
This cultivator is not easy to deal with.
Li Ya arranged Bai Shengyi's accommodation in a town outside Wangyang Mountain. This town seemed to have sprung up because of the sudden appearance of Wangyang Mountain and the holding of the Winter Moon Festival. It was bustling with people, and even at night, it was still lively outside.
So when Bai Shengyi slipped out of her lodging in the dark of night, she quickly merged into the crowd and left the town.
She walked all the way towards Wangyang Mountain. When she passed Anyang Village, Bai Shengyi's footsteps paused slightly.
The woman following behind Bai Shengyi also stopped, her expression cold. Then she saw Bai Shengyi continue towards Wangyang Mountain.
Li Ya's lips curled up with satisfaction, her smile sinister. "Prey must follow the trap woven by the hunter."
She relaxed her whole body. "It seems this cultivator isn't that clever. She was fooled by such simple means. Once I devour this cultivator, I can escape from the fate disk starry river!"
In a good mood, Li Ya skipped along behind Bai Shengyi.
If the conditions allowed, she would have even happily whistled.
But soon, she couldn't smile anymore.
Li Ya stared at the figure that suddenly disappeared before the barrier, stunned for a moment before realizing what had happened. Her face instantly contorted into a grimace, and she roared, "Liar! This isn't her real body!"
Li Ya immediately turned and ran back to Anyang Village.
At the same time, Bai Shengyi's spiritual power covered the entire Anyang Village. Every blade of grass, every tree, every house in Anyang Village was clearly reflected in her mind.
There was no one in this village at all.
Bai Shengyi, with a grim expression, searched the entire village again. Her gaze suddenly sharpened. "This is... the aura of divine fire?"
She felt the divine fire within her stir.
"The Green Glory minor world itself does not have divine fire. This divine fire..." Bai Shengyi mused.
She suspected that the fate disk starry river was actually connected to the entire Universal Secret Realm, and the location of the divine fire should be her exit.
Bai Shengyi rushed to the place where the divine fire's aura was strongest and found that it was underground. As soon as she struck out with her palm, another gust of wind forcefully blew away her attack.
"You can't get out!" Li Ya, whom she had shaken off earlier, appeared before her, her face filled with malice, and said through gritted teeth, "I knew it, you weren't fooled by this world at all!"