Chapter 563: Out-of-Domain Space

Ye Liuyun frowned. "It seems that unless I give this girl a bit of hardship, she won't answer my question properly."

He is now eager to get the answer, to quickly grasp the situation inside this Secret Realm, and then go find Liang Xue. But if this girl keeps entangling him and chats endlessly, it would waste too much time.

Thinking of that, Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil flashed, and he directly unleashed Nether Ghost Fire, scorching Qu Ling'er's Soul.

"Ah! I'm wrong! I'll answer your question!" Qu Ling'er only then became truly frightened. Her Soul was already weak, and if the Nether Ghost Fire burned her at full force, she would be doomed in no time.

Ye Liuyun withdrew the Nether Ghost Fire and coldly ordered, "Answer my question."

Qu Ling'er paused, looked at Ye Liuyun fearfully, and honestly replied, "This is the Qingxiao Secret Realm. Like our San Yuan Sect, it is in the Qingxiao Domain. The Sect's Elder opened a Teleportation Array and sent us in for training."

"Qingxiao Domain? How far is it from the Cangyun Continent?" Ye Liuyun heard the name Qingxiao Domain for the first time and didn't know where it was.

"Cangyun Continent?" Qu Ling'er evidently had never heard of it either. Hearing Ye Liuyun say it, she was startled and looked at him skeptically.

"You've never heard of it?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"I only know that this world has a single Central Continent; larger places are called Domains, like our Qingxiao Domain. Smaller places we call islands. Our Qingxiao Domain includes countless islands. I've never heard of any Cangyun Continent. Where is that?"

Qu Ling'er's curiosity was indeed strong. After saying a couple of sentences, she tossed the danger aside again.

"How big is this Qingxiao Domain you're in? How big are the smaller islands?"

Ye Liuyun stopped asking about location. It was clear that Qu Ling'er didn't know where the Cangyun Continent was. He could only compare by area.

But Qu Ling'er's answer surprised Ye Liuyun.

"I don't know the exact size of the Qingxiao Domain. I only know that without a Flying Boat, a Martial Cultivator of my level would need about two or three years to fly out of the Qingxiao Domain. As for those islands, the larger ones take about two months, the smaller ones at least ten days or so!"

Qu Ling'er also didn't know how big the entire Qingxiao Domain was; she could only gauge it by her own flying speed.

Ye Liuyun's heart raced. "At her level, flying across the whole Cangyun Continent would probably take just a month or two. Could the Cangyun Continent be a small island? Where on earth have I arrived?"

Seeing Ye Liuyun's puzzled expression, Qu Ling'er said cautiously, "It is said that some Martial Cultivators from those islands originally referred to those islands as 'continents'…"

After she finished, she glanced at Ye Liuyun; seeing he wasn't angry, she continued, "That's because they've never been to the Qingxiao Domain, nor to the Central Continent, so they call them that. In fact, those islands are fragments that fell when the world shattered."

She spoke while watching Ye Liuyun's expression; seeing he was listening intently, she went on, "The world is huge. From our Qingxiao Domain, even if you ride a Flying Boat to the Central Continent on a smooth route, it still takes several years!"

"Out-of-Domain Space!" Ye Liuyun suddenly realized he might have been taken by this Secret Realm into Out-of-Domain Space. His current location should already be some unknown spot within Out-of-Domain Space.

"Now how to get back becomes a big problem!" Ye Liuyun couldn't help but worry.

"I… may I go now?" Qu Ling'er saw his brows knit and, since he didn't continue questioning, evidently deep in thought, she mustered courage and asked.

"How many of you entered, and what are your strengths?" Ye Liuyun's thoughts were interrupted by Qu Ling'er, and he asked again.

"The people who came in this time, besides our San Yuan Sect, also include the Night Demon Sect and the Ice Fire Sect. Each Sect sent fifty disciples. The highest realm is the third level of the Yin-Yang Realm. My senior brother Wen Feng is at the Yin Yang Yi Chong level. Our senior sister Xiao Mingyue is at the third level of the Yin-Yang Realm. If you hurt me, they'll avenge me. Senior sister cares for me a lot…"

"Do you have a map of this Secret Realm?" Ye Liuyun, too lazy to listen to her ramble, cut her off.

"No, this is also our first time entering this Secret Realm. Previously it was sealed; we could never get in. This time, the Elder of our Sect, together with the Elders of the other two Sects, jointly broke open the Secret Realm and sent us in to explore," Qu Ling'er explained to Ye Liuyun.

"Why didn't the Elders of your Sect go in themselves?" Ye Liuyun asked offhand.

"They can't get in. It is said that Martial Cultivators of too high a realm are repelled by this Secret Realm. That's why they sent us disciples," Qu Ling'er replied.

"How long have you been inside? What have you discovered?" Ye Liuyun continued.

"We've only been in for a day and haven't explored much! There are plenty of treasures here, but the trees, ferocious beasts, and their sizes are all huge, and their realms are very high…"

Qu Ling'er was very cooperative; basically, for each question Ye Liuyun asked, she could answer several sentences.

After a few more questions, Ye Liuyun also found that Qu Ling'er didn't know much about the situation inside the Secret Realm.

"It seems that to find Xue'er, I'll have to rely on myself."

Ye Liuyun prayed in his heart. At the same time he instructed Qu Ling'er, "You may go."

He also pointed a direction for her, fearing she'd get lost. "Your senior brothers are in that direction, twenty thousand li away."

"Ah? That far!" Qu Ling'er had been about to turn and leave, but hearing the distance, she stopped, looking pitifully at Ye Liuyun.

"What's the matter? A distance of twenty thousand li, you'll be back before long!" Ye Liuyun asked, puzzled.

"But my realm is low; I can't fly in the air. If I weave through the Mi Lin, I'm afraid I'll encounter danger…" Qu Ling'er said, on the verge of tears.

Ye Liuyun was at a loss with the girl and sighed.

"Fine, I'll escort you for a stretch then!"

This time, he also didn't place Qu Ling'er into a Storage Ring. He simply led her back through the Mi Lin, while also scouting the surroundings.

Halfway along, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense detected that Qu Ling'er's fellow senior brothers had already arrived.

He immediately stopped, told Qu Ling'er the direction so she could return on her own, and then, while she turned, he slipped into the void and rushed toward the spot where they had just fought the Brown-tailed Scorpion.