The Journey of Immortal Cultivation

He glanced at him coldly and suddenly said, "Haven’t you always claimed that your Heavenly Demon Illusion is far superior to reality? How could there be such a big flaw?"

"Illusion? Who said it’s an illusion?" Yin Jiu You showed a strange expression, "An illusion made by others must have flaws. To trap you, this time I didn’t use an illusion but your own memories."

Those were not illusions but memories?

He watched Changtian’s face change into a quite remarkable expression and curiously asked, "What did you recall?" Appearance reflects the heart, and demons rise from within. Even though he could evoke others’ Heart Demons, he didn’t know the specific situation.

Changtian glared at him, not uttering a word. Did all those things really happen? But why couldn’t he remember?

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Ning Xiaoxian sat on the beach, eyes closed, regulating her breathing.

The environment here was already uncomfortable for her. Thick Evil Qi drilled and dug into the Vigorous Air Layer before her, wanting to seize the opportunity to invade. Under such circumstances, she could only slow down all her bodily functions, hoping to endure longer here.

However, she still couldn’t meditate, because every half a moment, she had to check the status of the Chi Wen. Currently, this giant beast remained in a deep sleep, showing no sign of waking up.

Inside the inner palace, who knows what’s happening? Changtian had been inside for quite a while. She was anxious, curious, yet knew that if even he was helpless, she would be of no use, so she patiently waited.

Her internal energy circulated, completing another small circulation. She opened her eyes slowly again, instinctively glancing at the Chi Wen.

At that glance, a cold sweat broke out on her body.

The Chi Wen was still sound asleep, its massive mouth slightly ajar. Its mouth was so large that just a slight opening revealed the dark Teleportation Array inside.

The problem arose: its mouth was still open, but within the blood-red maw, it was completely empty—

Where was the Teleportation Array?

Greatly shocked, Ning Xiaoxian dashed over, leapt into the water, disregarding danger, reached out, and pried open the Chi Wen’s large mouth to dive inside.

This beast’s throat was like a bottomless pit; besides that, only sharp teeth and a tongue remained.

The Teleportation Array had silently closed!

This made no sense! According to her and Changtian’s deduction, the Teleportation Array would disappear when the Chi Wen was awake, and when it was asleep, the inner palace door would open. But now, although the Chi Wen was still asleep, the Teleportation Array automatically closed!

What was going on?

Ning Xiaoxian’s mind raced: there must have been an incident inside the inner palace. She didn’t know the restrictions within there, not to mention the presence of the great demon Yin Jiu You, truly full of uncertainties.

She sighed slightly, thinking with Changtian’s abilities, breaking out of space shouldn’t be too difficult, right?

Should be?

She touched the Demon Eye on her chest and called several times, but on the other side, it was quiet without the familiar voice responding.

What was happening? The last time she encountered this issue was in an illusion where spiritual power and Divine Power were isolated. Could it be Changtian was extremely far from her now? Otherwise, the Demon Eye wouldn’t fail.

She was not used to letting others solve her problems. After exiting the Chi Wen’s large mouth, she circled around the giant beast, trying to find any clue she might have missed, preferably reopening the Teleportation Array from the outside—which should be easier than Changtian breaking the boundary himself, right?

But after several rounds, she confirmed there was nothing unusual, except the Spirit Gathering Array under the Chi Wen’s belly was so complex it made her dizzy at a glance, with no clue where to start. Indeed, when knowledge is needed, one feels the lack. She rubbed her somewhat sore and swollen eyelids.

Otherwise, after the Chi Wen wakes up, knock it out again to see if the Teleportation Array can be reopened? Ning Xiaoxian considered this possibility, rubbing her chin.

Although she sympathized with this Dragon Child’s tragic fate, compared to Changtian’s safety, the importance was obvious.

She thought for a moment, retreated to the small beach, cast a Cleaning Technique on herself to rid the stench from the giant beast’s mouth, and sat down again to wait calmly—eventually, the Drunken Dragon Grass’s effect would wear off, and if Changtian couldn’t break out by then, she would try to knock out the Chi Wen again.

Ning Xiaoxian closed her eyes, forcing herself to adjust to an optimal state.

Fifteen minutes passed.

Two quarters...

A thought suddenly flashed through her divine sense sky like a meteor shooting across the long-darkened sky.

She abruptly opened her eyes: What if the closure of the Teleportation Array had no direct correlation to the Chi Wen being awake or asleep, then what?

Changtian had always been so domineering and her backbone. Since she awakened from her long sleep until now, in just a few dozen days, she had gotten used to relying on Changtian for everything, completely forgetting that the long Westward Journey before was all traveled by herself.

Now that Changtian wasn’t here, should she just sit and wait for news? On careful thought, whether her, Changtian, or Yin Jiu You, they all forgot there was a more direct way to find out everything: ask the party involved—this Chi Wen!

From start to finish, this poor creature behaved unlike an intelligent demon, let alone an esteemed Dragon Child, acting more on instinct like a common wild beast. Because of this, everyone overlooked that it could originally speak!

Although tortured by prolonged pain to the point of some mental confusion, Chi Wen was nonetheless a Dragon Child. If she managed to awaken it, would it not tell her the whole story? (To be continued. If you enjoyed this work, we welcome you to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)