Chapter 264: 264. Chapter 261: The Dried-Up Sea

264. Chapter 261: The Dried-Up Sea

The moment Ding Huan began cultivating, he completely lost track of time.

He didn't even notice the communication bead beside him light up several times.

At this moment, his entire mind was on the vast cosmos steadily expanding within his Sea of Consciousness.

His awareness and perception roamed freely through this wildly growing universe—this was his territory.

A year later, when the seventh planet split off from the main star of his Sea of Consciousness, Ding Huan suddenly realized he seemed to have been cultivating for a very long time.

Those profound cosmic auras had pulled him completely into a frenzy of rapid cultivation advancement.

Ding Huan didn't know what technique the previous person who had been in closed-door cultivation here had practiced, but he was certain it was related to a cosmic cultivation method.

Practicing the Grand Cosmos Art in this place was simply a perfect match.

Ding Huan decided to continue his seclusion, but before that he wanted to check if there was any news from Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng.

After all, they had come as a team; if anything needed his help, he still had to look into it.

Checking the communication bead on his wrist, Ding Huan finally noticed that Hu Wuxin had sent a message.

"We found a very vast sea, going in to take a look now…"

The message was only one sentence.

From the looks of it, Mo Zheng and Hu Wuxin were together.

Ding Huan sent a message back, but half a day passed with no reply.

What's going on? Ding Huan felt something was off.

Ding Huan sent another message to Mo Zheng—still no response.

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Something must have gone wrong; Ding Huan did not continue cultivating.

No matter what, they had come as a team—if Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng ran into trouble, he had to go check.

This was a good place for cultivation; if he stayed here long enough, he could always come back to cultivate again later.

For now he had to temporarily leave these two mid-grade Starry Sky Spirit Veins behind; he couldn't just abandon them here.

These two mid-grade Starry Sky Spirit Veins were more than enough for him to break through from the Star Realm and step into an even higher level.

Stowing the two Starry Sky Spirit Veins into his ring, Ding Huan stepped onto the stairs and returned to the spot where he had entered.

His divine sense couldn't find an exit—only the walls of the great hall.

Without the Great Wasteland Eye, once you came in you probably could never get out again, unless you had the ability to tear apart the spatial barrier here.

Even breaking through the wall probably wouldn't be an exit; besides, these walls probably couldn't be broken.

Ding Huan carefully searched his current location. Half an hour later, with the help of the Grand Cosmos Art, he finally saw another faint staircase.

Without a second thought, Ding Huan stepped onto it in a single stride.

The next moment, Ding Huan appeared at the foot of the mountain peak he had arrived at before.

The instant he came out, Ding Huan sent separate messages to Mo Zheng and Hu Wuxin.

Half a day later, still no reply.

Ding Huan could only carefully sense whether his teleportation talismans had been triggered. Whether it was Mo Zheng or Hu Wuxin, if they encountered danger, they would definitely trigger their teleportation talismans.

The teleportation talismans were crafted by him; as long as they had been triggered, he would be able to sense it.

Sure enough, Ding Huan sensed that his teleportation talisman had been triggered—the activation distance was extremely far.

Ding Huan immediately hurried over.

Two days later, Ding Huan stopped. Before him was indeed an endless sea.

Only there wasn't a single drop of water in this sea.

This was a sea that had dried up who knows how many years ago.

Once a sea loses its water, it looks like a deep black hole—and that black hole has no edge.

Divine sense was clearly suppressed here. Even with Ding Huan's extremely powerful divine sense, he could only see things within a radius of ten miles.

Ding Huan estimated that when Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng arrived here, being able to see a hundred meters around with divine sense would already be considered good.

Within the reach of his divine sense, there still remained some fossils of sea creatures, as well as some deep gullies.

Within these gullies, one could clearly see sections of fractured rock strata.

Ding Huan's gaze fell on the deeper reaches of the black hole—there too lingered the aura of Starry Sky Spirit Veins.

Just to be safe, Ding Huan still set up a teleportation array.

Thinking that Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng had very likely run into trouble in this dried-up sea, Ding Huan didn't dare be careless in the slightest.

Not only did he set up a teleportation array base here, he also used Void Sand to lay down a Grade Seven teleportation array.

If any uncontrollable problem arose, he could activate his teleportation talisman and传送 out.

Having a teleportation array base versus not having one was an entirely different matter.

Without a teleportation array base, activating his teleportation talisman might very well send him to some unknown place.

With a designated teleportation array base, after teleporting he would definitely return to the edge of this dried-up sea.

Because this teleportation array had cost a fair bit to set up, Ding Huan also laid down a concealment array to hide the teleportation array.

He was worried that someone might come here and dismantle his teleportation array.

After completing all preparations, Ding Huan finally stepped into this dried-up sea.

The instant Ding Huan stepped into this sea, a vortex of force swept over him.

Not good—Ding Huan sensed the problem and immediately tried to rush back out.

But that force swept in extremely fast; in the span of a single breath, it carried Ding Huan deep into the seabed.

Before he even landed, Ding Huan had already summoned his Parting Spear.

Fortunately, he wasn't caught in a sneak attack.

Ding Huan let out a slight breath of relief; he was certain the edge space of this dried-up sea had formed a natural teleportation rule.

The moment one set foot in this sea, one would be teleported to its depths.

Once one entered this sea, getting back out would likely be very difficult.

Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng must have had the same encounter as him, and then the two of them tried to leave through teleportation symbols.

It's just that the teleportation symbols he gave them were both Grade Six teleportation symbols, and they were a kind of random teleportation symbol.

This kind of teleportation symbol clearly couldn't carry the two of them out of this sea.

Moreover, once entering here, Ding Huan's divine sense was suppressed once again; now it only had a range of a thousand meters.

Ding Huan cultivated the Grand Cosmos Art and was extremely confident in his divine sense, yet even his divine sense had been suppressed to this extent.

He estimated that once Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng came in, their divine sense would be nearly gone, and at most they could only take things out from their storage rings.

Fortunately, he had set up a Grade Seven teleportation array; he just didn't know if it could be used.

Whether it could be used or not, Ding Huan decided to try it again.

A gentleman also has to look after himself; if his teleportation array couldn't be used, then he wouldn't need to look for Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng now, but rather find his own way out.

He took out a teleportation symbol, the symbol activated, and the next moment Ding Huan was swept away by a spatial force, then easily landed at the edge of the sea.

Very good, his teleportation array worked very well, which greatly settled Ding Huan's mind.

He had a pile of Grade Six teleportation symbols in his ring, but unfortunately he had no materials left; if he had materials, refining a few Grade Seven teleportation array symbols would be even more secure.

After all, the moment he was teleported away, he was teleported back.

What if the place he walked to at the bottom of the sea was farther, and the Grade Six teleportation symbols became useless?

This possibility wasn't great, but it definitely existed.

Feeling very worried in his heart, Ding Huan still stepped into this dried-up sea once again.

As before, the moment Ding Huan entered the range of this dried-up sea, he was swept away again.

When he landed on the ground, Ding Huan was certain this location was different from the first teleportation spot.

Just as Ding Huan was about to set up a simple teleportation array here as well, he saw two Battle Soul Crystals.

Grade Nine materials, these were good stuff.

These two Battle Soul Crystals were twice as large as the ones Mo Zheng had picked up before.

Ding Huan picked up these two Battle Soul Crystals and put them into his ring.

As for the teleportation array, he wouldn't set one up either; anything could happen in here, and if his Grade Seven teleportation array couldn't take him out, then no matter how many teleportation arrays he set up in here, it would be useless.

Ding Huan carefully sensed the activation direction of the teleportation symbol he had given Hu Wuxin, then carefully遁ed over.

Along the way, Ding Huan not only picked up another three Battle Soul Crystals, but also harvested a piece of Hundred Million Year Sea Marrow.

This was the essence of the great sea; needless to say refining pills, just a tiny grain could bring the dead back to life and grow flesh on bare bones.

Its value was even higher than the Void True Marrow he had harvested before.

The harvest of the Hundred Million Year Sea Marrow made Ding Huan even more careful along the way; he had come here certainly to find Star Sky Spirit Veins to raise his strength, but such treasures were naturally the more the better.

Over the next few days, Ding Huan didn't harvest any heaven-defying treasures like the Hundred Million Year Sea Marrow, but he did pick up a few more Battle Soul Crystals.

It had been almost a year since Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng came in, and Ding Huan estimated that if the two had gotten into trouble, they would have gotten into trouble long ago.

So Ding Huan was no longer as anxious as before, but instead more cautiously sensed his way along while searching.

A full half month later, Ding Huan stopped at the edge of a massive rift.

In this dried-up seabed, who knew how many such massive canyons there were.

A divine sense with a range of a thousand meters, penetrating inside simply couldn't see the bottom.

But Ding Huan sensed that his teleportation array symbol had been activated inside this canyon, indicating that Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng had entered this seabed canyon.

Not only that, Ding Huan also sensed the aura of Star Sky Spirit Veins in this seabed canyon.

It had to be said that the jade slip Hu Wuxin gave was very accurate; two Star Sky Spirit Veins lay in his ring, and now he sensed the aura of Star Sky Spirit Veins again.

This indicated that the Star Sky Spirit Veins here weren't just this simple, but very numerous.

Going down into the canyon was definitely necessary; as for exactly how to go down, a relatively稳妥 method had to be chosen.

It was true he had divine sense, but his divine sense only had a range of a thousand meters; what if after going down his divine sense couldn't be used, was he supposed to be smashed to death?

Thinking of this, Ding Huan very decisively took out his materials; he was going to refine a parachute, just in case.