Wait a minute, where is my master?

As it turned out,

the efficiency of having three approaches was also not up to par.

A quarter of an hour had passed.

Shiqi's face, fluttering in the wind, had turned red, but they still hadn't found any traces or signs of living creatures in this vast desert.

"Temple master, could it be that this small world is like the Spirit Realm, devoid of any living beings?"

Little White tucked her head back inside the Golden Spiritual Power Light Shield, sticking out her tongue, and sniffled as she spoke.

Although the young Taoist had already considerably slowed down the Flying Escape Skill, her Nascent Soul Realm body cultivation was still somewhat unable to endure.

Upon hearing this, Jin Xu shook his head and said, "Perhaps it is due to the harsh climate and the lack of anything valuable that no living creatures have set foot here.

"Like this, Little White, you rest for a while.

"My Spiritual Sense has already spread to a Stone Forest, maybe there will be some discoveries there."

Hearing her temple master tell her to rest, Little White immediately retracted her protruding tongue and said,

"It's fine, temple master, I can endure it!"

As she spoke, she was about to extend her head out of the hole on top of the Spiritual Power Shield again.

However, coincidentally, just as the young Taoist hooked his finger, the opening on the Spiritual Power Shield closed instantly. Following a 'thud', similar to the sound of hitting a wooden fish,

Shiqi, clutching his head, grimaced in pain and squatted down.

"...Little Yu, healing."

Jin Xu, with an expression of helplessness, called out to Yu Yaoer, and then his attractive eyebrows suddenly arched.

"Young master, what's wrong?"

Noticing the change in the young Taoist's expression, Yu Yaoer, while patting the Water system Healing Skill onto Little White's head, blinked curiously and asked.

"There's something, in the Stone Forest, definitely not formed naturally."

Before his words had finished, Jin Xu had already activated an Escape Technique, the Golden Spiritual Power Light Ball under his feet shot out towards the distance like a golden football that had been forcefully kicked.

...

Outside the vast desert,

in the middle of a Stone Forest that under normal circumstances, should not exist in such a place,

a rhomboid object about a hundred meters tall and fifty meters wide was steadily floating about three meters above the ground.

This rhomboid object was completely black, appearing to be an amalgamation of all things. On its surface, gold and silver threads outlined dense and intricate inscriptions.

The intricate inscriptions seemed to contain some kind of power. Besides that, the surface of the rhomboid object was also covered with marks of heavy hacking and cutting, arrow and crossbow impacts. Obviously, although the object was now quietly floating there, just from this it seemed to have been used in some kind of struggle.

"The thing I was just talking about is this one, and also, I saw a few acquaintances inside."

Above the Stone Forest, Jin Xu, who had flown here, pointed diagonally downward, then controlled the Spiritual Power Light Ball to gently descend.

"Acquaintances, young master, did you see the Elder Master inside?"

During the descent, Yu Yaoer asked curiously.

The young Taoist, however, shook his head and said, "No, Little Yu, do you remember what I told you about those cultivators who originally existed in the Spirit Realm?

"They are the ones inside."

Indeed, the 'acquaintances' Jin Xu had seen inside this rhomboid object were none other than Nan Wubo and others who had appeared in the Spirit Realm projection before.

As the words fell, the Golden Spiritual Power Shield also landed at the same position as the black rhomboid object.

After instructing the Spiritual Woman to wait in place, Jin Xu stepped forward, ready to transmit his voice to declare his identity.

However, the intricate patterns on the diamond-shaped object suddenly flashed.

Immediately after!

Dozens of tiny holes unexpectedly appeared on the seemingly unified jet-black surface of the diamond-shaped object.

"Fire!"

The moment a rough voice sounded, dozens of primitively shaped arrows shot out from those newly appeared holes, rapidly heading towards the little Taoist.

"Hmm? I didn't expect this kind of welcome gift."

Jin Xu looked at the incoming arrows with a strange expression and muttered under his breath.

Then, holding out his left hand, clusters of flames suddenly appeared out of nowhere right in front of each arrow flying towards him.

"Hiss~"

"Hiss~"

"Hiss~"

"..."

After several faint sounds of vaporization, the sky full of arrow rain vanished, leaving only a bit of floating ash slowly descending to the ground.

"Gentlemen, I am from the Nine... crap!"

Having dealt with the 'welcoming gift,' the little Taoist was afraid of causing any more misunderstandings and immediately raised his voice to announce his identity.

However, to his surprise, the jet-black diamond-shaped object, upon failing to hit him, didn't hesitate at all. The complex symbols on its surface flashed, and it shot towards the horizon with a whoosh.

You hit and run, huh!?

Jin Xu's expression turned odd as the corner of his mouth twitched, standing still, directly using the Spiritual Sense that had already infiltrated the inside of the diamond-shaped object to start sending a message to the people inside.

"Gentlemen, I am Jin Xu, a disciple of the Nine Provinces Xuanxu Temple, acquaintance of the Elder Master from Kunlun Immortal Palace, Chidao, as well as the seniors from the Four Great Immortal Sects... all of whom are my friends despite our age differences. My presence in this realm today is twofold: to find my master, Tianxing Taoist, and also to uncover the secrets of this realm.

"Moreover, I have seen your faces before. Is there a senior among you named Nan Wubo?"

Trying to quickly clarify his identity and to persuade the Cultivators inside the diamond-shaped object of his good intentions, the little Taoist could only briefly and swiftly introduce his social connections, and he even mentioned the name Nan Wubo.

However...

After Jin Xu sent this message, the jet-black diamond-shaped object, now soaring toward the horizon, neither paused nor responded.

The speed of its escape seemed even faster than before.

"... Fuck, since we can't communicate with words, I, the poor Taoist, am also somewhat skilled in physical combat!"

Watching the diamond-shaped object fly farther away, this thought flashed through the little Taoist's mind.

Of course, he didn't intend to physically purify the others; he simply wanted to corroborate his words with strength. After all, people tend to believe that someone with much higher cultivation and strength would neither deceive nor need to deceive you.

Activating the Escape Technique!

Jin Xu's figure almost instantly caught up with the jet-black diamond-shaped object, which was attempting to flee towards the sky, and he successfully wrapped the massive artifact in a golden Spiritual Power.

Once wrapped, the complex symbols on the surface of the diamond-shaped object flickered a few times, as if trying to break free from its bindings.

But this attempt was destined to be in vain.

Seeing that the other party could no longer flee, the little Taoist raised his right hand.

In an instant, golden Thunder Arcs appeared coiling around his arm, and a terrifying aura began to diffuse into the air.

While holding the Hand Palm Thunder, Jin Xu frowned and said menacingly,

"Why the fuck are you running? I'm from the Nine Provinces, one of our own. Everyone, get the hell out here!"