Chapter 1085: Chapter 732: Reunion with an Old Friend (2)
Xiang Beifei looked at Li Qianluo, and what puzzled him was that there was still no system information regarding any Dao embryo above Li Qianluo’s head.
Last time in the Great Wilderness Boundary, Li Qianluo was already in the Heavenly Connection stage, yet Xiang Beifei couldn’t discern what Heavenly Dao Li Qianluo was cultivating. But now, even in the Cliff’s Edge Space, he still found himself unable to see Li Qianluo’s Dao embryo.
This was clearly different from any race in the Cliff’s Edge Space.
Xiang Beifei also noticed one thing: Li Qianluo’s cultivation level seemed not to be below his. Earlier, when he made a move, Li Qianluo could react, indicating that this girl’s cultivation was at least at the Inquiring Dao stage!
What on earth is her background?
"Last time in the Great Wilderness Boundary, you were only at the Heavenly Connection stage, and in less than two years, your cultivation has reached the Inquiring Dao stage?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Not really. You should know that people from the Cliff’s Edge Space can’t directly head to the Great Wilderness Boundary in their true form. They have to use special methods and must suppress their strength when they get there; otherwise, it could lead to trouble. At that time, I was in such a situation, sneaking over with my cultivation suppressed just to have some fun, and happened to run into you."
Li Qianluo explained candidly and animatedly.
Xiang Beifei had indeed heard about this. Last time, during a conversation with the old Giant Spirit, he immediately recognized that Li Qianluo was from the Cliff’s Edge Space.
"By the way, you mustn’t go to that defense point. I just figured you might come here, and I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. Luckily, you’ve arrived now." Li Qianluo waved the piece of breath soil in her hand.
This piece of breath soil was taken from Xiang Beifei by Li Qianluo when she was leaving last time. She gave Xiang Beifei a fragment of a brick in exchange for the breath soil, saying it was as a keepsake to find him next time.
Xiang Beifei never thought that this girl actually used it to search for him.
"Are you that sure I would come here?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Because you are also Human, last time I thought you might be from the Cliff’s Edge Space too, sneaking to the Great Wilderness Boundary for fun like me. Later, I realized you were born and raised in the Great Wilderness Boundary, and currently, you’re seeking those secretly hiding from the Cliff’s Edge Space, aren’t you?" Li Qianluo said with a giggle.
Xiang Beifei frowned.
Yet Li Qianluo quickly explained: "I figured you would definitely come. If only I hadn’t stayed so long in the Great Wilderness Boundary at that time, I would have accompanied and guided you all the way."
She complained: "I thought you might follow the defense points to find people, so perhaps the first stop would bring you here. I’ve been waiting for almost two years; you are really slow in coming."
"Just getting here, I needed time to understand the situation in the Cliff’s Edge Space."
"That’s fair, all right, I forgive you." Li Qianluo huffed.
After a while, she lowered her voice, looking a bit more serious, and said, "Luckily, you didn’t go directly to Wu Hou. I worry your cultivation isn’t enough—rushing to that volcano would be troublesome! You mustn’t go to that volcano."
Though Xiang Beifei already knew the reason, he still pretended not to understand, asking: "Why?"
"Because Wu Tuohai, one of the thirty-six protectors of the Dao Palace, is stationed here, specifically waiting for humans to come! This used to be a significant human point." Li Qianluo stated.
"A point?"
"The Dao Palace has been pursuing humans in the Cliff’s Edge Space, forcing humans to hide. Previously, this was an extremely important living point. Unfortunately, it was inadvertently discovered by the Dao Palace more than a decade ago, conquered with heavy casualties, forcing humans to relocate."
"How do you know so much about this? Are you also human?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Last time in the Great Wilderness Boundary, didn’t I tell you, I’m from the Tree Li Race." Li Qianluo said with a giggle.
"I’ve never heard of the Tree Li Race in the Cliff’s Edge Space."
Xiang Beifei now had a rough understanding of the Cliff’s Edge Space, he had heard of many races, but the Tree Li Race left no impression.
"That’s because our Tree Li Race is an ancient race! Basically, no one knows about it, just like... hmm, the Broken Dao Race! Haven’t many in the Cliff’s Edge Space also never heard of the Broken Dao Race before?" Li Qianluo pointed out.
Skepticism still lingered in Xiang Beifei’s eyes.
The Broken Dao Race wasn’t an ancient race but one he had concocted to trouble the Dao Palace.
But does this Tree Li Race really exist?
Until now, there was still no information about any Dao embryo above Li Qianluo’s head.
Could it be this girl is also a virtual consciousness?
Xiang Beifei abruptly seized Li Qianluo’s wrist, channeling spiritual power swiftly into her body.
If she were a virtual consciousness, he could detect it this way.
But soon, he discovered that Li Qianluo was a living person, not a virtual consciousness!
This only made Xiang Beifei more perplexed!
"I’m real, really real!"
It seemed Li Qianluo knew what Xiang Beifei intended to do, she didn’t make a fuss and allowed Xiang Beifei to test her wrist.
This, in turn, made Xiang Beifei hesitate.
"Sorry, I was just worried you might also be with the Dao Palace." Xiang Beifei quickly released his grip.
"Dao Palace people are easy to recognize; they carry a kind of inviting-beating aura, you can smell it right away." Li Qianluo said nonchalantly, not minding Xiang Beifei’s rudeness.
But Xiang Beifei’s doubts remained unresolved.
"Let’s go, we can’t stay here; if we disturb Wu Tuohai, things could get tricky; that guy is something else, I’m not confident I could beat him, better take you to find the humans first." Li Qianluo grabbed Xiang Beifei’s hand, flying out with him.
Xiang Beifei was dragged along by Li Qianluo, not refusing, but asking: "Do you know where the humans are hiding now?"
"From the Extreme Abyss! Didn’t I tell you our first meeting? I initially thought you too were a human, suppressing your strength to sneak away from the Extreme Abyss to play in the Great Wilderness Boundary!"
Li Qianluo had no defenses against Xiang Beifei, speaking openly and seemingly trusting him.
Xiang Beifei, on the other hand, was very surprised!
From the Extreme Abyss!
This name was all too familiar to him!
Even many connections seemed to relate to this place.
The first time he heard about from the Extreme Abyss was at Jiuzhou’s Unrestrained Base, near Zi Hou, when the Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage sealed off the area near Zi Hou, and Zhao Ruizhong of the Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company decided to storm the Unrestrained Base to destroy the modified desolate beasts to atone for his mistakes.
Back then, it was a mysterious woman in black who took Zhao Ruizhong inside, and she effortlessly broke the blockade of Unrestrained. At that moment, the mysterious woman, wearing a veil, approached, took a sniff, and said something Xiang Beifei still remembers clearly:
"I can feel your warmth, just like the warm fire from the Extreme Abyss, such warmth brings peace."
Xiang Beifei thought at the time that the mysterious woman was being quite inappropriate, way too far!
Smelling was one thing, but she even said: "You emit the fragrance of Mustard Seed in Palm."
It wasn’t until he unlocked the chamber constellation from his grandfather’s Spirit Gathering Book, revealing something bizarre called Mustard Seed in Palm, that he realized something was amiss.
Soon after, he saw some fragmented lines on his grandfather’s system interface:
"[...survivor from the Extreme Abyss...seeking Mustard Seed in Palm...]"
Could it be that the mysterious woman was also someone who, like Li Qianluo, made her way from the Cliff’s Edge Space to the Great Wilderness Boundary using special means, eventually reaching Jiuzhou?
Xiang Beifei became more and more astonished with his thoughts!
His grandfather, Xiang Qingde, was a mysterious person with immeasurable skills. Although he had known about the defense point, even with his amnesia, he surely knew its existence and perhaps was aware that it had been overrun by the Dao Palace years ago.
Now, matters seemed to slowly be revealing themselves amidst a veil of mystery.
Xiang Beifei could already begin to piece together the events of the past!