Chapter 1869

"Let's go, we should also leave Cangzhou now. This place is too dangerous; staying here will only endanger your safety." Chen Chuyang said lightly, stepping onto the transmission array platform first. Xiao Li Yu naturally had no doubts—however they came, that's how they should return; there's no need to worry about problems with the transmission array.

After many verifications, this transmission array is indeed very safe, with no problems at all. Ao Hei hesitated a moment, stood on the ground, did not immediately go up onto the array platform. Xiao Li Yu mocked, saying: "Ao Hei, you don't dare? After all, your personality is rather timid; you would indeed worry about problems with this transmission array. How about this: you stay here, don't go back with us—this way you're good, I'm good, everyone's good."

This is best; if Ao Hei doesn't go to that world, her enemies won't go there either; their world can continue to be preserved, and they can live their originally relaxed, happy lives without anxiety.

Xiao Li Yu didn't want Ao Hei to come back with them; letting this woman retreat knowing the difficulty is the best choice. Upon hearing this, Ao Hei stubbornly said: "What's there to fear? I'm not afraid of you; I was just thinking things over, not afraid that the transmission array has a problem."

"Tch, if you're scared, just admit it; with your little thoughts, don't embarrass yourself, okay?" Xiao Li Yu mercilessly mocked, giving her no face at all.

When it's time to expose you, expose you, leaving you speechless.

Ao Hei steeled herself and walked up, standing on the transmission array platform, feeling nervous and restless. After a while, she asked: "Where are we going? Fellow Daoist Chen Chuyang."

Chen Chuyang smiled and said: "Don't ask so many questions; just follow me. That place is guaranteed safe, and guaranteed that no one can find you—not even the Kunpeng Guardian could likely find you."

"Oh." Ao Hei nodded, not asking further, since asking wouldn't yield an answer.

She knew they wouldn't tell her, so she could only wait. The array activated, and the three figures vanished from Cangzhou, reappearing at the summit of Longshe Shan. Chen Chuyang returned home, looking at everything familiar; that feeling was truly very comfortable.

Still, home is best; the outside world is ultimately outside, unable to relax, unable to… be free and at ease. Stepping off the array platform, breathing the thin spiritual qi of this place, Chen Chuyang spread his arms and said: "Welcome to my home, Ao Hei. How is this place? Do you like it?"

Ao Hei looked around, her eyes taking in the unfamiliar surroundings. Xiao Li Yu took Chen Chuyang's hand and said: "No need to look; here you can release everything you have. No one can find you, and no one will cause you trouble—this world is absolutely safe."

"What Kunpeng Guardian, what Myriad Demon Hall—impossible to find this place."

Ao Hei released a bit of her divine sense to probe the surroundings, slowly seeping out into Longshe Shan. Then she was astonished to discover that the spiritual qi of heaven and earth here is thin; moreover, this small world is quite extraordinary—though it appears to be a small world with scant spiritual qi, the heavenly Dao principles here are very complete.

Everywhere is filled with Dao resonance; this small world is undergoing transformation, gradually becoming complete. This situation is something she has never encountered before.

Ao Hei understood what was happening; as someone well-informed and knowledgeable, she naturally knew what this signified.

"This place is very special; this small world is also very special."

Ao Hei couldn't help but sigh: staying here, no one would detect her presence—more hidden than her Blackwater Dragon Palace cave abode, completely sealed off from the outside; the heavenly-earth array in the sky is a formation laid down based on this world's heavenly Dao as its foundation, and nothing from outside can enter.

Whether Strong Ones or their agents, none can break into this place; moreover, she felt her power being suppressed, that suppressive force terrifying—even if the Kunpeng Guardian entered this world, they would be suppressed; the heavenly-earth suppression prevents them from… breaking through this world's limits, and from exerting greater combat strength.

Ordinary people wouldn't enter this place; being too restricted in cultivation, they can only muster the peak of True Realm power, Dao Realm is not allowed to exist. Chen Chuyang realized her thought and explained: "This place has changed greatly; before, at most one could only exert True Realm strength, but now one can exert the peak of True Realm strength—whoever enters this world will have their cultivation and power suppressed."

"Even Tianwai Strong Ones dare not enter this place; no matter how great their supernatural powers, upon arriving here they would be… suppressed, becoming beings at the mercy of others."

"So, this place is very safe; I believe you feel the same, right?"

Ao Hei nodded; her cultivation and power were suppressed, even her True Dragon bloodline was also Protector, unable to manifest Dao Realm strength.

Such suppressive force is all-encompassing, suppressing her completely and preventing breakthrough.

Unless she could directly destroy this world—obviously impossible—the small world that Chen Chuyang oversees has ever-increasing limits; previously, perhaps it could not accommodate Ao Hei's existence, but now it's different.

No matter how small this world is, it's still a small world.

It's not an ordinary small world, not something just anyone can destroy.

"Is this place your small world?" Ao Hei asked.

"No, but one could also say this is my territory, or my small world; however, this small world wasn't created by me—it has always existed, and I merely became its master."

"Here, I am the sovereign; anyone who enters this world becomes my lamb, to be slaughtered at my will."

Ao Hei exhaled and said: "Looks like I came to the right place; this is indeed safe. In the future, I will live here until my cultivation recovers—I won't leave."

Xiao Li Yu gave her a contemptuous glance and said: "Alright, hurry up and catch up; otherwise, if you get caught in those formations, you won't die but you'll lose a layer of skin."

At this moment, Ao Hei was like a country bumpkin entering the city, looking around everywhere.

The three descended the mountain, passed through the formation, and arrived at Chen Chuyang's residence. Xiao Li Yu said nothing, went straight back to the fish pond to stay and continue cultivating; this trip to Tianwai awakened her memories, as she wandered along the fish pond and then entered the depths of the spirit veins to cultivate.

Cultivating with the spiritual qi of Longshe Shan's spirit veins, Ao Hei watched her departing figure, brows furrowed.

Only after she saw Shang Hongxue and Shang Hongchen did she understand why Xiao Li Yu had left so quickly—especially Shang Hongxue, this woman who looked alluring, her eyes scanning her as if she could see through everything; despite Ao Hei's cultivation and strength surpassing Shang Hongxue's, under that gaze she still felt a sense of guilt.

That sense of guilt had no reason to arise; Ao Hei lowered her head unnaturally.

"Who is this younger sister?" Shang Hongxue asked with a smile, her gaze seeming to pierce Ao Hei's inner heart.

Chen Chuyang introduced: "This is Princess Ao Hei, the Black Water True Dragon Princess, who has come here to take refuge."

"Oh?" Shang Hongxue became even more interested.