Chapter 380: Looking for Little Sister Xue'er

Lin Chuan was at a loss.

"Is my reputation really that big? It even reached your Spirit Clan."

"Good for you, Lin Chuan."

The Spirit Turtle girl wanted to cry but had no tears, "I told you we were trapped here and couldn't get out; turns out it was your destiny affecting us."

"That makes me so angry!!"

"Damn, damn, too damn!"

"It's all your fault!"

The Spirit Turtle girl ranted wildly, chattering nonstop, yet she showed no real malice.

"It really has nothing to do with me," Lin Chuan said helplessly.

"But…"

The Spirit Turtle girl thought, "I can't find any other reason. Rather than blaming myself for being weak, I think pinning it on you makes me feel a bit better."

Good fellow! It's the mental‑victory trick, right?

Don't call me weak.

Anyway, it's your problem.

After enduring so much heaviness, Lin Chuan found all this still rather fun.

"I think perhaps there's a way to get out."

"What method?" the Spirit Turtle girl replied weakly, no longer hopeful.

"Perhaps we're trapped in a special, constantly shifting space; if we can discern its movement pattern, we might be able to get out."

Lin Chuan kept observing.

For him, noticing some patterns was simple.

"Like this?"

Seeing Lin Chuan's earnest demeanor, the Spirit Turtle girl acquiesced, "Then what should we do?"

"Do you trust me?" Lin Chuan asked.

"To be honest… not really."

The Spirit Turtle girl was frank, "I am a Mortal Dust Seventh Realm Saint, you are a Fifth Realm Divine Soul Realm; although what you say makes sense, your realm lacks persuasiveness."

Lin Chuan: "..."

"But…" the Spirit Turtle girl changed tone, "Treating a dead horse as a living one, I don't care anymore, I'll do as you say."

"Alright."

Lin Chuan nodded, "From now on, you follow my command, act at full speed, and don't get distracted; a single mistake could cause us to miss the chance to get out."

"Okay," the Spirit Turtle girl nodded seriously.

"Follow me!"

Lin Chuan suddenly accelerated, sprinting forward.

The Spirit Turtle girl's eyes flickered, quite shocked, "Such a fast speed, completely beyond the scope of the Divine Soul Realm; I'm afraid the mastery over the Physical Body has reached its extreme."

A youth whose fame could reach the Spirit Clan was indeed extraordinary.

What delighted her even more was that there was hope of getting out.

The Spirit Turtle girl followed Lin Chuan and flew out.

At this moment, Lin Chuan's soul power already spanned an extremely wide area; the instant he sensed a fluctuation in the Shikong law, he instantly changed direction.

"What is this for?"

The Spirit Turtle girl was completely baffled, unable to understand at all.

Lin Chuan gave no answer; she could only grit her teeth and follow.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

What followed was continuous movement; Lin Chuan's method was simple, even though the Shikong law kept shifting his region toward the desert's center.

But each time he managed to stand at the region's edge, and when the Shikong law activated, it always centered on him, delineating a circle.

Thus, each move brought him half a circle's distance closer to some exit.

Repeating this, he could always get out.

The Spirit Turtle girl was already dizzy, having wanted to give up many times, but seeing Lin Chuan's extremely serious demeanor, she gritted her teeth and persisted.

She didn't know how many times they moved.

The surrounding temperature suddenly dropped, the air was no longer scorching but humid, and before their eyes lay a vast forest.

"Hm?"

"Did we get out?"

The Spirit Turtle girl widened her eyes in disbelief, "So that's how we get out? Haven't I been running back and forth in place all this time?"

"Exactly how did we get out?"

At that moment, the Spirit Turtle girl was completely humbled, looking at Lin Chuan, no longer daring to look down on the seemingly youthful boy.

"Lin Chuan! You're amazing!"

"How did you discover the solution?"

The Spirit Turtle girl's eyes were filled with curiosity.

"Um..."

Lin Chuan thought that even if he explained she wouldn't understand, so he pretended to be exhausted and said weakly, "Let's first replenish our spirit power here."

"There might still be danger waiting for us."

"Seizing the ultimate treasure isn't that easy."

"Indeed." The spirit turtle girl became alert; deep within the Ancient Forest, faint roars of demonic beasts could be heard, indicating this was an extremely dangerous place.

"It seems the four zones are each completely separated by some mysterious force; perhaps we must traverse all four zones and break all seals before we can reach the treasure," Lin Chuan analyzed.

"Too difficult."

The spirit turtle girl, dejected, "Just a single desert almost trapped me to death; having to go through all three other places as well, I'd rather just die."

Lin Chuan: "..."

If you die, how am I supposed to go find my sister Xue'er?

"Gui Zi, you should also have a sensor, right? The kind that can sense companions within a certain range."

"Yes." The spirit turtle girl took out a Jade Talisman, "That's the one."

"As long as other members of the Spirit Clan appear within a certain range, I can sense them, but after walking so long in the desert, I haven't seen it react."

"Maybe it has already failed."

The spirit turtle girl no longer held much hope.

Lin Chuan smiled, "It's different; in the desert, the peculiar spatial effect disabled it, but here it certainly won't."

"The Ancient Forest's seal should differ from the desert's."

"It requires a different method to unlock."

Buzz—!

At that moment, the Jade Talisman in the spirit turtle girl's hand trembled, "Huh! It really worked; a companion of the Spirit Clan has arrived."

"Shall we rendezvous?"

"Wait."

The spirit turtle girl, realizing belatedly, "You're a Cloud Kingdom cultivator; what if they attack you when we meet? Not all of our Spirit Clan are as easygoing as I am."

"It's fine."

Lin Chuan smiled, "You just need to bring me to Ye Xue."

"Alright, I believe you now."

Having endured the desert journey, the spirit turtle girl completely believed Lin Chuan; this guy might truly know sister Xue'er.

"Even if I resort to scheming, it's fine; if I truly meet sister Xue'er, lying would only get me beaten to death."

She believes Lin Chuan wouldn't seek death without cause.

Under the spirit turtle girl's lead, the two rushed toward that area, and soon they saw a tall, imposing man.

The man's forehead bore a king character; his limbs were stout, and his arms were covered with thick black-and-yellow hair.

"Hu Zi, it's you!"

The spirit turtle girl was delighted.

"Gui Zi?"

Hu Zi first was delighted, then upon seeing Lin Chuan, a terrifying aura instantly erupted, "Cloud Kingdom cultivator?"

"Gui Zi, why are you with a Cloud Kingdom cultivator?"

"Listen to my explanation first," Gui Zi hurriedly grabbed Hu Zi, who was about to act, "Isn't this person an ordinary Cloud Kingdom cultivator?"

Hu Zi frowned, "What is that? A traitor of the Cloud Kingdom?"

"... not exactly."

Gui Zi paused, "Those don't matter; you only need to know that he is a friend of sister Xue'er."