Chapter 267: Opening Heaven Spirit Source Valley

Seeing that the two had mostly recovered, Ding Huan finally asked:

"How did you two end up in this place?"

Actually, this was the question that had been puzzling Ding Huan. The Fourth Sea was boundless, with no knowing how vast it was.

Why everyone ended up in the same place in the end was bizarre.

Hu Wuxin shook his head:

"Honestly, I don't know why we ended up here either. After we entered the Fourth Sea, we wandered around inside like headless flies for a few months, and before we knew it we had arrived at the Fourth Sea Canyon.

At first I thought we had stumbled in by accident, but later we saw many people inside.

When we learned there was a cultivators' settlement even deeper in, we understood we hadn't come here by accident."

Mo Zheng also said: "I always felt there was some force, or something else, drawing us here. I believe the rest of the people had the same experience as us, which is why they came here."

A thought suddenly struck Ding Huan—could it be because of the cultivation method?

Strictly speaking, what he cultivated was not a technique from the Triple Heaven Star Land, but a self-created Grand Cosmos Art derived from insights gained in the cosmic vortex.

There was another question—even if drawn here, why enter the canyon?

Since they had entered the canyon, Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng's strength somehow hadn't gotten them killed by the fall. Yet those who tried to escape were killed by the fall instead. That wasn't very logical.

"Old Hu, Old Mo, this isn't a place to stay long. Let's go first."

Ding Huan very much wanted to know the answers to these questions, but he had a feeling this wasn't a place to linger.

"We can't get out. We've been walking for half a year. Once you enter this Fourth Sea, there's no way out. In the end, we might even end up at the bottom of that canyon…"

After the initial excitement, Hu Wuxin felt dejection again.

He and Mo Zheng had wandered around the Fourth Sea for several months with no sense of direction at all; the only place they could reach was this canyon.

"Just follow me." As he spoke, Ding Huan sped up and left the canyon.

He had a sense of crisis; he had to get far away from here as soon as possible. His current strength was still a bit too low.

Perhaps only when he had cultivated to roughly the level of a Human Immortal would he have the confidence to come here.

Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng followed Ding Huan closely. The three walked for about half a day before Ding Huan stopped.

Seeing Ding Huan take out a teleportation talisman, Hu Wuxin hurriedly said: "Teleportation is useless here. We might even get teleported to the bottom of that canyon…"

This wasn't Hu Wuxin talking nonsense; he and Mo Zheng had used teleportation talismans before, and they had been utterly useless.

The Fourth Sea Canyon was bizarre—if one were teleported inside, it wasn't impossible.

"Stop wasting words, hurry over here." Ding Huan said urgently.

Every extra breath spent here added another fraction of danger to him.

The moment Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng reached Ding Huan's side, Ding Huan activated the teleportation talisman and grabbed Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng with each hand at the same time.

A faint teleportation light swept over, and the next instant Ding Huan vanished from where he stood.

When Ding Huan reappeared, he had already landed on a teleportation array by the edge of the Fourth Sea.

Dropping the two onto the ground, Ding Huan finally let out a breath of relief.

"Ding Huan, you didn't really get us out of the Fourth Sea, did you?" Looking at the Fourth Sea not far away, Hu Wuxin's voice was trembling.

"We really did get out. Back then, did we enter from here?" Mo Zheng was equally overwhelmed with emotion.

"Yes, we're out. I have a teleportation array I set up here. I was worried about going in and not getting out, so I set up a teleportation array. I didn't expect it to actually work."

Ding Huan breathed a sigh of relief.

What he had worried about was that a Grade Six teleportation array talisman might not be able to teleport him out. Now it seemed he had worried too much.

As for this teleportation array, should he dismantle it?

After a moment's hesitation, Ding Huan decided to keep the teleportation array.

The most precious part of this teleportation array was a flag refined from void sand; void sand he could find again.

In case he accidentally entered the Fourth Sea again, leaving a teleportation array here would also leave himself a way out.

"Let's go, we'll leave here first and talk later." Ding Huan called out to Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng, who were still caught up in their excitement.

……

Several days later, Ding Huan brought Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng to the place where he had once cultivated, and pointing at the lone Shanfeng, said:

"I'll set up a teleportation array right here. Whenever you run into danger, you can teleport here at any time.

Also, if you enter that Fourth Sea again, be sure to teleport out in time."

After saying that, Ding Huan gave each of them a stack of teleportation talismans.

Hu Wuxin took the teleportation talismans excitedly:

"Ding Huan, befriending you is truly the best decision I've ever made in my life. Thinking back on how I once even schemed against you, I feel truly ashamed."

Mo Zheng was also utterly ashamed. To tell the truth, before befriending Ding Huan, it was more out of fear of Ding Huan, and partly because he had the idea of leveraging Ding Huan's strength to venture through the Opening Heaven Battlefield.

Only now did he understand that in the world of cultivation, there really were people as loyal as Ding Huan.

Ding Huan patted Hu Wuxin:

"Old Hu, the most important thing for a person is to have a clear conscience; only then can one's own great Dao also be true to the heart."

"I've learned a great lesson." Hu Wuxin nodded solemnly.

Having been in contact with Ding Huan for so long, he suspected Ding Huan's cultivation was lower than his, but Ding Huan's understanding of the great Dao definitely surpassed those so-called Human Immortals.

After Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng left, Ding Huan immediately set up a Grade Seven teleportation array here.

After finishing the teleportation array, Ding Huan once again stepped onto the Void Stairs and vanished from where he stood, entering the Starry Sky Hall where he had previously been in closed-door cultivation.

Two mid-grade Starry Sky Spirit Veins were implanted into the hall by Ding Huan. He decided to raise his cultivation to the perfection of the Star Realm here.

That is, to split out all twelve planets in his Knowledge Sea.

……

No matter which corner of the Triple Heaven Star Land, as long as the Opening Heaven Battlefield is mentioned, the impression it conjures is inevitably one of death, desolation, and utter lifelessness.

But in the Opening Heaven Battlefield, there was one such place where soul weapons rarely came, and the heavenly and earthly spiritual energy was extremely abundant.

The reason was that one hundred and eight superior spiritual veins were arranged here.

This place was called the Opening Heaven Spiritual Source Valley.

The first person to find it was a woman named Gu Xiqian; she entered the Opening Heaven Battlefield and discovered that although this place offered great benefits, dangers lurked everywhere.

The most terrifying were the organized squads of soul weapons—once surrounded, death was inevitable.

Due to her cultivation technique, she carefully evaded squad after squad of soul weapons and somehow found this wonderful place.

No green mountains or clear waters didn't matter—here there were spiritual veins.

As long as cultivation was possible.

At first, Gu Xiqian worried that soul weapons might come here.

After cultivating here for a while, she learned that soul weapons never came here at all, which greatly relieved her, and she sent messages to her companions.

Gu Xiqian dared to call her companions here because she knew the spiritual veins could not be taken away.

She tried every method imaginable but could not break through the protective array of the spiritual veins.

So she simply invited her companions to cultivate here together.

When her companions arrived, their first instinct was to take the spiritual veins; after much effort, they could only stare helplessly, just like Gu Xiqian.

Thus, companions called companions, and more and more cultivators came to this Spiritual Source Valley.

Some were not called by companions—they came because many others had flooded here, and upon discovering it, they too rushed to this place.

Yan Mei, Mo Huaping, and Lao Liu came here simply because they saw others arriving.

Lao Liu had changed his cultivation technique and finally succeeded in condensing the Star Clouds. In its early stage, it was still limited by its talent and now lagged behind Mo Huaping and Yan Mei.

Fortunately, it knew many things; though its talent was slightly inferior, it could barely compensate.

"Little Yan, I'm going to die—how come there are so many spiritual veins here? And they're superior grade!"

The moment Lao Liu entered, its eyes widened as it stared at the one hundred and eight spiritual veins, saliva nearly dripping.

Some cultivators already in the valley looked at Lao Liu with contempt—what was so impressive about a talking beast?

If these spiritual veins could be taken, would they still be here waiting for you?

"Senior Lao Liu, don't cause trouble—quickly find a spot to cultivate. The spiritual energy here is too abundant; we'll definitely succeed in Star Nurturing here."

Mo Huaping hurriedly whispered a reminder to Lao Liu.

She had the highest talent and had long since condensed twelve Star Clouds, now only waiting for Star Nurturing.

With the dense spiritual energy here, Star Nurturing was certain for her.

"Yes, first find a place to cultivate."

Yan Mei's eyes lit up—he had now condensed eleven Star Clouds and was not far from Star Nurturing.

The worst off was Lao Liu, who had only condensed six Star Clouds so far.

Lao Liu didn't care at all.

It knew best that its future self would surpass Yan Mei and Mo Huaping in talent.

Ding Huan had instructed it to forge new meridians and acupoints on its own; now it cultivated slowly only because it had not yet opened many meridians.

Once it opened enough meridians, its talent would surpass even its past life.

"Go to that patch of green stone—the spiritual energy there is dense and the space is spacious; the three of us each take one corner."

Lao Liu's eyes were sharp—it spotted the best spot at first glance.

It truly was an excellent location: a massive green stone sat directly beneath the one hundred and eight superior spiritual veins; the stone was triangular, with the shortest distance between any two points exceeding ten zhang.

Cultivating on that green stone was like having the one hundred and eight superior spiritual veins pour spiritual energy down upon you.

Even without activating any technique, your cultivation would surely surge upward here.

Those around heard Lao Liu's words and cast another glance of contempt.

Is the best spot visible only to you? Are everyone else blind?