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Xiyue Immortal Venerable was observing the expression on Lu Chen's face, trying to gauge what kind of reaction he would have upon learning that his strength would increase after obtaining the Beast Core.

At this moment, Lu Chen seemed to be contemplating something. After a few breaths of time, he finally spoke:

"This Small World is so vast, it might not be easy to find the Beast Core."

Although this place is called a "Small World," its size is anything but small—it's even larger than the surface area of the sun in the Solar System.

Size is one thing, but the main issue is that this Small World is filled with various Formations, and quite a few Immortal King Level fierce beasts as well.

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Xiyue Immortal Venerable felt that Lu Chen seemed to be having second thoughts.

In such an expansive Small World, finding an inconspicuous Beast Core, especially given the dangers that pervade this place, it's understandable that Lu Chen would be reluctant.

Just as Xiyue Immortal Venerable thought Lu Chen no longer wished to search for the Beast Core with her, Lu Chen asked: "You belong to the Demon Race, do you have a particular sense for the Beast Cores of your race?"

Xiyue Immortal Venerable replied: "If the Beast Core is relatively close to me, I might be able to detect its Demon Qi."

Lu Chen said: "If that's the case, it might take centuries to find the Beast Core."

"However, with so many Immortals sent by various forces, perhaps someone among them will discover the location of the Beast Core first."

Lu Chen said: "In that case, let's begin our action. The sooner we find the Beast Core, the sooner we can leave this Small World."

There weren't any treasures in this Small World, and Lu Chen wasn't particularly interested. If it weren't for the fact that he had multiple Clones, he would want to leave this place immediately.

With so many Clones, leaving one behind to accompany Xiyue Immortal Venerable in exploring this Small World wasn't out of the question.

Seeing that Lu Chen had not mentioned leaving, Xiyue Immortal Venerable was slightly surprised. She thought he would want to leave this Small World at the mere lack of profit.

The fact is, Lu Chen agreeing to explore this Small World wasn't because he planned to gain any benefits from it.

After all, he had a System. Whatever Immortal Law or Magic Treasure he wanted, as long as he could reproduce, the System could provide it for him, so it didn't matter whether there were treasures in this Small World.

But Xiyue Immortal Venerable didn't know this. In her view, Lu Chen agreed to enter this Small World with her in hopes of finding treasures and opportunities.

Upon learning that opportunities were absent in this Small World, he might have wanted to leave.

Now it seemed she was clearly mistaken.

At this moment, Lu Chen sorted through Fen Xiao's memory once more, searching for any clue about the Beast Core.

But after combing through Fen Xiao's memory several times, he found no recollection regarding the Beast Core.

This made Lu Chen suddenly have a thought.

He said: "What I just refined was merely a residual soul, and its memory is limited. Is it possible that there are indeed many treasures or opportunities in this Small World, but its residual soul didn't know about them?"

This...

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Xiyue Immortal Venerable furrowed her brows slightly. She had just thought that this guy was staying to help her find the Beast Core, and for a moment, her heart was touched.

However, upon further reflection, Lu Chen's guess wasn't without reason. After all, if the residual soul didn't even know where the Beast Core—crucial to it—was, then it might indeed not remember those treasures or legacies.

If that were truly the case, then their trip wouldn't be in vain.

At that moment, Lu Chen looked up and surveyed the entire grand hall.

The entire hall was resplendently built from Xianjin. Without even considering other treasures or legacies, the Xianjin palace alone was worth the trip.

More than one palace stood on this cloud; the palace complexes formed a continuous stretch, with the Xianjin used far exceeding what a domineering force like the Mysterious Moon Palace employed in their palace construction.

Xianjin could be used to create Magic Treasures, or even warships.

In his mind, Lu Chen was already contemplating how to take away this entire palace.

Given such a large complex of palaces, it wouldn't fit into a Storage Ring, and his System Space couldn't hold something so massive either.

Moreover, his inner Small World was still left in the Chaotic Sea, beyond his sensory reach, making it impossible to stash this palace away in his internal world.

Xiyue Immortal Venerable reminded him: "Let's think about treasures and opportunities later; for now, we need to figure out how to leave this place."

There was Rule Power present here, making flight impossible, and the palace was in the high skies.

If they fell, with their Immortal bodies, it's unlikely they'd die, but below there were fierce beasts waiting to feast.

If they descended, they could end up being devoured, leaving no bones behind in a matter of moments.

Hearing Xiyue Immortal Venerable's reminder, Lu Chen came to his senses and then said: "Leaving this place isn't hard. We just need to destroy the Formation in this palace to lift the restrictions."

Xiyue Immortal Venerable immediately thought about how they had initially been able to fly when entering the valley until the fierce beasts appeared afterward.

Thinking in this way, that restriction was likely triggered by the residual soul later on, meant to force them all onto the Heavenly Ladder and weaken their Divine Souls.

Xiyue Immortal Venerable said: "Alright, let's split up to find the Formation and break it as soon as possible."

Lu Chen said: "No need, I know where the Formation is."

Having just read Fen Xiao's memory, Lu Chen had some understanding of this Cloud City and knew where the Formations existed.

Once Lu Chen finished speaking, he took Xiyue Immortal Venerable and left the palace in front of them, heading deeper into Cloud City.

Their pace was quick, but even so, it took them several days to reach the core area of Cloud City.

In the core area of Cloud City, there was a massive lake, teeming with evaporating blood water. When the blood water evaporated into the air, it transformed into what the Tianyan Immortal Domain called Immortal Aura.

In front of this lake, the Immortal Aura was exceptionally dense. Just upon reaching the lakeside, Lu Chen and Xiyue Immortal Venerable felt the Immortal Aura madly pouring into their bodies.

After absorbing so much Immortal Aura, their bodies felt somewhat swollen. If it weren't imperative to destroy the Formation and break the no-flying prohibition, Xiyue Immortal Venerable would have wanted to sit down and cultivate.

Xiyue Immortal Venerable glanced at the Blood Lake, whose opposite shore couldn't be seen, and asked: "Where is the Formation?"

Lu Chen answered: "It's under the Blood Lake."