Chapter 674: A Bad Premonition

Swish!

Within the Inner Heaven and Earth, Yin Qi's spiritual projection slowly condensed.

At this moment, the Inner Heaven and Earth was still an independent small world; even he himself could not enter with his physical body, and he still needed to open up a passage between the Inner Heaven and Earth and the Great World.

Since he could not even enter with his true body now, it was naturally impossible to forcibly shatter the Chaos.

What remained was only to absorb Spirit Qi.

The speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was too slow, so Yin Qi's consciousness returned, and he poured an entire bottle of True Essence Pill into his mouth.

Boom!

Ten True Essence Pills erupted simultaneously, and True Qi surged like a torrent.

Under Yin Qi's guidance, these True Qi torrents poured into the Inner Heaven and Earth one after another. He saw the Chaos surrounding the Inner Heaven and Earth shattering one after another; the clear rose and the turbid sank, evolving into sky and earth.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, the Inner Heaven and Earth was expanding rapidly.

The sky grew higher and higher.

The earth grew wider and wider.

At the same time, the vast yellow sand actually evolved into soil, and some green even appeared.

Those were blades of lush green grass.

Yin Qi marveled; this Inner Heaven and Earth was truly miraculous, actually able to autonomously evolve life.

"Eh, this is..."

Suddenly, Yin Qi felt a strange fluctuation from the depths of the Chaos rift.

It seemed to be the aura of the Great World.

So he used his divine sense to unleash Daoist Arts to attack the Chaos rift. Following a rumbling sound, the Chaos rift shattered and transformed into a huge passage.

Through this passage exit, he saw the scenery inside the courtyard.

The Inner Heaven and Earth was connected to the Great World.

Yin Qi was overjoyed, and then his body disappeared from where he stood.

In the Inner Heaven and Earth, Yin Qi looked around. He had a very strange feeling that he could completely control everything here; it seemed he was the master of this place, and the laws were his to trample upon at will.

"Inner Heaven and Earth, truly profound."

Yin Qi marveled.

If the Inner Heaven and Earth grew into a Great World with countless people living within it, then he would be the Heavenly Dao of this world.

In the Shenmu World, there had long been such madmen who attempted to use their own Inner Heaven and Earth to replace the Great World and become the master of all living beings, but the result was naturally a tragedy.

The growth of the Inner Heaven and Earth required the absorption of nutrients.

Yin Qi took out all his Treasure Medicine and Magic Crystal Cores. As his thoughts stirred, these Treasure Medicines and Magic Crystal Cores turned into powder one after another, simultaneously erupting with waves of energy that swept in all directions.

Rumbling!

The surrounding Chaos continued to shatter, the sky grew higher, the earth grew wider, and finally, dots of green also spread rapidly, soon covering the entire Inner Heaven and Earth.

Even butterflies appeared, dancing on many wildflowers.

In the end, the Inner Heaven and Earth expanded to a diameter of three kilometers and a height of about one hundred meters.

After exiting the Inner Heaven and Earth, the morning sun had already risen high.

Thinking of his appointment with Nalan Ruoshui, Yin Qi dismantled the Mihuan Array and left the Qishi Mansion.

Half an hour later.

He arrived at the Nalan Mansion.

After stating his identity and the purpose of his visit, the guard at the gate said, "I'm sorry, Master Yin, my young lady is not at the mansion. She went on a long journey a few days ago and may not return for some time."

"A long journey?"

Yin Qi frowned and asked, "Do you know where she went and when she will return?"

The guard replied, "Master, we are just gatekeepers; how could we know the young lady's whereabouts, let alone the date of her return? Why don't you go inside and ask the Madam? The Madam is at home."

"Forget it then."

Yin Qi shook his head.

Going to ask Nalan Ruoshui's mother was not as good as asking Chu Yue directly. He did not return to the Qishi Mansion either, but instead strolled through Pingyang City, purchasing on a large scale, clearing out all the spirit herbs from over a dozen large merchant firms, and additionally buying quite a few high-grade materials for Artifact Refining.

Yin Qi did not buy these spirit herbs for Alchemy, but to expand the Inner Heaven and Earth.

Although Magic Crystal Cores also worked, the price of Magic Crystal Cores was too high, and their cost-effectiveness was far inferior to spirit herbs. In fact, the Spirit Qi contained in a Mid-grade Spirit Herb was not inferior to a First-tier Magic Crystal Core.

Yet their prices differed by more than ten times.

After keeping some spirit herbs needed for Alchemy, the other spirit herbs were all crushed after being brought into the Inner Heaven and Earth, turning into surging Spirit Qi that swept in all directions, causing the surrounding Chaos to shatter once more and evolve the heaven and earth.

In the end, the Inner Heaven and Earth expanded to a diameter of thirty kilometers and a height of three hundred meters, truly living up to the name of a small world.

Not only that, the Inner Heaven and Earth also evolved large areas of trees.

Noon.

Yin Qi entered a restaurant and ordered a few signature dishes.

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He had originally come just to relax and experience life, but he did not expect that the surrounding diners were all discussing Chen Nan. Only then did Yin Qi learn that during his two months of seclusion, Chen Nan had greatly distinguished himself.

Come to think of it, this matter was still related to him.

More than a month ago, the son of General Sima Changfeng, Sima Lingkong, returned from the Western Continent after completing his studies, riding a flying Dragon over thirty meters long; it was very imposing and attracted the attention of countless people.

Sima Lingkong admired Nalan Ruoshui, so he showed off in front of her, but Nalan Ruoshui already had Yin Qi in her heart and naturally did not want to pay attention to Sima Lingkong, turning to leave first, but the other party pestered her incessantly.

Chen Nan happened to be there too, so he naturally would not stand idly by.

Yin Qi and Nalan Ruoshui are a talented man and a beautiful woman, mutually in love; why are you, a muscle-head, interfering?

Consequently, the two sides didn't say more than two sentences before they started fighting.

Sima Lingkong's cultivation is not weak, at the late Second Order, and coupled with riding a Second Order flying Dragon, his comprehensive strength reaches Second-Tier Peak; let alone in the Chu Kingdom, even looking across the Tianyuan Continent, he can be called a young expert.

But unfortunately, he ran into Chen Nan.

Chen Nan had already cultivated to the Third Order and pinned Sima Lingkong to the ground to rub him into the dirt in a head-on fight, so Sima Lingkong hurriedly flew into the Heaven, using the advantage of flight to harass Chen Nan.

As a result, Chen Nan grabbed a long spear to use as a javelin and shot the flying Dragon dead, and Sima Lingkong also fell and was heavily injured.

In this battle, Chen Nan became famous in one fight.

Furthermore, as the Chu Emperor's sixtieth birthday approached, envoys from various countries arrived one after another in Pingyang City, accompanied by young experts from their respective nations; having heard that Chen Nan was formidable, they came to challenge him one after another.

Chen Nan did not refuse anyone who came, wanting to use these people as whetstones to hone himself, and as a result, he fought over twenty battles in a row, winning every single one.

Nowadays, Chen Nan has already been hailed as the number one young expert of the Chu Kingdom.

"As expected, this is the real Chen Nan."

Yin Qi sighed inwardly.

The Chen Nan in the original work was a natural-born disaster star who fought wherever he went.

However, he still had to be grateful for what Chen Nan had done.

Wait.

Yin Qi's eyes suddenly narrowed.

He suddenly thought, did Nalan Ruoshui going on a long journey have anything to do with this matter?

One must know that with the Chu Emperor's birthday approaching, as Chu Yue's best friend, she should not have left at this time.

Thinking of this, Yin Qi no longer had the heart to eat.

………

Imperial Palace.

Yin Qi met Chu Yue.

Chu Yue was still beautiful and moving, with a cold and elegant temperament; she took out a letter, handed it to Yin Qi, and said, "Ruoshui knew you would come to find me, so she entrusted me to pass this letter to you."

Yin Qi frowned, a bad premonition in his heart.

This plot point looks somewhat familiar.

He took the envelope, tore it open, took out the letter paper inside, and finished reading it quickly at a glance. (End of this chapter)