Chapter 622

Of course, at this stage, saying these things is still premature.

"We'll try again later," Xu Xing said. "We can fine-tune it further—this aura's effect might even provide some auxiliary benefit to the Joyful Sect's charm cultivators."

The Joyful Sect's charm cultivators have gone to great lengths to maintain their own heat.

While the Daoist cultivators of the Supreme Dao Sect shun this "presence" aura like venomous snakes and scorpions, the charm cultivators are desperate to obtain it.

Many charm cultivators have gone to great lengths to inquire about how to acquire the "presence" aura.

After all, exposure brings heat, heat brings traffic, and traffic raises one's cultivation.

"Mm."

Master Mei Zu gazed at the towering statue of the Xiang Jianzong.

"Before I came to the Xiang Jianzong, I seem to have heard Ji Yin Xue mention that among the youngsters who returned after completing their mission, a few were even willing to trade their Ascension Points for the aura's effect."

She usually didn't pay attention to such trivial matters within the sect.

But since Ji Yin Xue returned, she comes to report her work to me every single day.

Such a nuisance!

"Forget about all this."

Master Mei Zu voluntarily ended the topic.

Auras and such…

Even if they were truly to be issued as rewards, it would only be after the Grand Xuan Immortal Web is fully deployed.

"By the way, I recall that Ning Sister Sister Sister Wan Zhu and Ming Yu volunteered to handle the expansion and deployment of the Immortal Web?"

She was present at the Xiang Jianzong when this was discussed.

But she hadn't paid much attention to what happened afterward.

"How's the progress now?"

Since the aura rewards just mentioned relate to the Grand Xuan Immortal Web, she asked casually.

"It's already completed."

"So efficient?"

Master Mei Zu was somewhat surprised.

After all, Ning Sister Sister Sister Wan Zhu and Ming Yu were only Tongxuan-level; their own Dao paths were not well suited to handling the myriad complexities of the Chaos Sea.

"With the Immortal Web's assistance, and since this nearby realm is one we've previously visited, establishing the Immortal Web's connection nodes is relatively easier," Xu Xing explained.

If it were a completely unfamiliar realm, the process of establishing nodes would not be so simple.

"Oh." Master Mei Zu nodded slightly.

Then she turned and faced the distance alongside Xu Xing.

After a long while…

"Xuan really has no taste," Master Mei Zu suddenly said.

"Hm?"

"Among those who fell out of the Grand Xuan Realm together, I should have been one of them."

Xu Xing: "..."

I thought you were going to say something important.

…

…

The Chaos Sea, Second · Xun Yuan Realm.

A world marked by the Grand Xuan Immortal Web as "Yuan Liu · First World," with an energy level reaching Fanxu, and already possessing the potential for an energy-level ascent.

Within the scope of the 【Second · Xun Yuan Realm】, apart from the Heda-level Yuanzhen Realm and the Tongxuan-level Taiping Realm, this one is the strongest.

Precisely because of this, Yuan originally brought Yin Ling here, hoping to find suitable spiritual objects to forge a foundation for Yin Ling.

But after he entered this world with Yin Ling…

He discovered that the spiritual objects within were still insufficient—even after scouring all spiritual matter in heaven and earth, none could form a physical foundation capable of housing a Tongxuan-level "spirit-born artifact."

Only if the entire world were used as material might a physical foundation be forged capable of temporarily housing Yin Ling.

Yuan would never, of course, disregard the lives of an entire realm for this.

So he merely rested briefly within the world with Yin Ling before leaving with her.

Of course, this is also the true reason why Ning Sister Sister Sister Wan Zhu and Ming Yu's use of the "World Search Function" yielded only those few seconds of key information.

At this moment, within the world…

Dawn breaks faintly; the distant sky is hazy.

A towering, steep cliff is wreathed in mist, cold winds howling, piercing to the bone…

"If he's seeking high-quality spiritual objects, why not return to the Taiping Realm?"

Ming Yu sat where Yuan had once held Yin Ling, gazing into the distance, her eyes distant.

Ning Sister Sister Sister Wan Zhu stood behind Ming Yu.

The cold wind stirred their robes and hair, making their figures appear frail.

To be honest, both women's hearts were deeply complex at this moment.

Hearing Ming Yu's words, Ning Sister Sister Sister Wan Zhu paused, then softly said:

"His path is different from ours—he never knew of the Taiping Realm's existence."

She had noticed this before, and confirmed it after querying the Grand Xuan Immortal Web.

The Grand Xuan Immortal Web, using the "spatiotemporal realm coordinate inference equation" left by Yuan, deduced the result—

If their path here was a straight line leading to Yuan's lost homeland, then Yuan's path was winding and circuitous.

Often, after going around a great big circle, he would only get a little bit closer to the hometown he was searching for.

Moreover, along the way, apart from the Immortal Realm — that extremely special world — every path deduced through the "Spacetime Realm Coordinate Deduction Equation" would deliberately steer clear of any great worlds at the Dao Merging tier or above.

Or one could also say that those great worlds at the Dao Merging tier or above deliberately concealed themselves for self-preservation.

Ordinary methods simply could not deduce their locations; only beings like True Immortals — super-spec, existing on a level that transcended worlds — could ignore this point.

Yuan didn't even know of the existence of the Tai Ping Realm or the Yuan Zhen Realm, so naturally it was impossible for him to go back and search again.

As she spoke, Ning Sister Sister Sister Wan Zhu also forwarded a copy of the inquiry results she had obtained earlier to Ming Yu.

"…" Ming Yu fell silent after seeing it.

After a while, she finally said softly, "You're still this thoughtful."

It was like this before, and it was the same now.

Ning Sister Sister Sister Wan Zhu pressed her lips together.

"He should already be outside this realm's range by now."

In other words, if they wanted to keep searching for Yuan, they would have to leave the 【Second · Yuan-Seeking Realm】 and head toward the unknown realms further on.

Hearing this, Ming Yu paused, then asked a rather baffling question:

"What do you think he would do?"

"What?"

"What would he do, for the sake of Yin Ling?"

Ming Yu looked at the inquiry results Ning Sister Sister Sister Wan Zhu had forwarded in her personal interface.

"Great worlds above Dao Merging all have the characteristic of concealing themselves; the 'Spacetime Realm Coordinate Deduction Equation' Yuan deduced simply cannot find them…"

At this point, Ming Yu said no more, but Ning Sister Sister Sister Wan Zhu had already understood.

Worlds below Dao Merging simply couldn't give birth to spiritual materials that met Yuan's requirements, yet great worlds at the Dao Merging tier or above — Yuan couldn't find them…

If the 'Spacetime Realm Coordinate Deduction Equation' still failed to break through this limitation going forward…

"Once the small bit of spiritual material he's carrying runs out, do you think he would watch Yin Ling's spirituality drain away, or would he choose to take an entire world as the main material and forge a physical foundation?"

"No." Ning Sister Sister Sister Wan Zhu, however, shook her head. "Actually, there's still one more possibility…"

"…" Ming Yu rose from the steep cliff and sighed, "Looks like we have to find him as soon as possible."

She certainly knew what "possibility" Ning Sister Sister Sister Wan Zhu was referring to —

Retracing the path they had come by, returning to the Tai Xuan Realm, there would naturally be enough spiritual material to forge a physical foundation.

But if it came to that, all his years of effort would be completely wasted.

From the moment Yuan arrived at the Tai Xuan Realm, he had been thinking of going home.

With both parents still alive, he truly couldn't set his mind at ease.

But people are not grass and trees — who can be without feelings? Over a thousand years had given him far, far too many people and things he couldn't bear to part with.

When he first made his decision, he had said so himself.