Chapter 456: Soul Leaving the Body

Qin Feng's words made everyone fall silent.

If the oxygen Qin Feng spoke of was truly a necessity for human survival,

then Beigong Shang's current situation was indeed very dangerous.

Although it was also possible that it wasn't because of a lack of oxygen that the flame couldn't burn,

both possibilities existed, and as long as they existed, there was danger.

"You wouldn't be saying that I'm already dead, would you?"

"If I'm dead, how can I communicate with you?"

Beigong Yun and the others could hear it, and naturally, Beigong Shang could too.

Qin Feng's words made him feel very helpless.

It wasn't that he felt Qin Feng was making up stories to lie to them,

but he truly felt that he was unlucky enough.

Ending up in such a strange, ghostly place.

"Death is not quite the case."

"If you were dead, the Soul Chain would automatically detach from you."

"I would know by then."

"It's just that, although you are still alive now, whether you can continue to live is another question."

"Do you feel any tightness in your chest, or are you unable to catch your breath?"

Qin Feng then asked Beigong Shang about this.

Humans lacking oxygen should feel suffocated.

If he couldn't feel it, either there was no lack of oxygen at all,

or Beigong Shang's consciousness was currently affected.

He actually had these reactions, but for some reason, he was completely unaware of them.

There was another possibility, which was that Beigong Shang had already lost consciousness.

Or rather, what was wandering on that pitch-black open ground right now

was not Beigong Shang himself, but Beigong Shang's consciousness body, or soul.

Since Beigong Shang's consciousness body could wander in that place like a normal human,

and remain clear-headed,

then communicating and talking with Qin Feng and the others was not impossible.

And during the time Beigong Shang's soul was out of his body and wandering around,

it was also possible that Beigong Shang's physical body was not in a state of death for some reason.

As for whether it was alive or in a half-dead state, Qin Feng couldn't judge yet.

Although this possibility sounded quite ridiculous, it didn't mean it didn't exist.

In the eyes of others, how could a soul leave the body and still be alive?

But for Qin Feng, these were all basic operations.

After all, this was the territory of the Sunset Empire, not the Mobis Kingdom.

In this place, what conditions didn't exist?

Let alone a geographical environment that allowed a soul to leave the body and move freely,

even if there were environmental conditions where a person could be hacked into pieces and still move separately, with hands and feet jumping on their own, Qin Feng wouldn't think it was impossible.

"No, I feel refreshed now; there's no feeling of suffocation at all."

"Except for the pain from the wounds and the internal injuries."

Beigong Shang said straightforwardly, answering very quickly.

"Are your wounds still bleeding? What is the situation with your internal injuries now?"

Qin Feng did not lower his guard because Beigong Shang said he was fine; instead, he continued to ask.

"Wounds...???"

Beigong Shang was just about to say that the wounds had stopped bleeding, but suddenly stopped.

For a moment, the entire communication channel fell silent.

It was silent enough to be unsettling.

However, it was only silent for a few dozen seconds.

Just as Beigong Shang was about to lose his patience and ask again,

Beigong Shang continued.

"Logically speaking, so much time has passed."

"The wounds must have stopped bleeding."

"If they hadn't stopped bleeding, after such a long time, I would have bled dry. I should have died long ago."

"My wounds look like they have healed quite well on the surface."

"I applied medicine earlier, and the openings have closed up."

"However, I just pulled at the wound with my hand and tore it open. But it didn't bleed."

I don't know if it was a flash of inspiration,

or human intuition regarding a sense of crisis.

While Beigong Shang was looking down at the wound, thinking it was very normal and there was no problem,

he actually reached out and pulled at the wound on a whim.

He tore open the wound that had already stopped bleeding and healed.

And it was precisely because of this whim that he noticed something wrong with himself.

A mortal body, how could it not bleed?

There was definitely a problem!

"I'll take a look with the Eye of Truth. See if I can detect anything."

Now, Qin Feng's Eye of Truth was their only means.

After all, they really couldn't enter this place.

Going in would be suicide.

Qin Feng was already very proficient in using the Eye of Truth.

Therefore, he could achieve his goal without consuming much time.

With just two seconds of activation, Qin Feng basically scanned the entire Spell Range between the two peaks.

But the ever-victorious Eye of Truth failed to see Beigong Shang's figure this time.

In the scene seen by the Eye of Truth,

this black mist was as if it didn't exist.

It was indeed a canyon in front of him.

There were many corpses lying helter-skelter in the canyon.

Every single one of them had turned into white bones.

Some of the clothing had not been completely corroded, and one could still make out a little bit.

And for some, let alone clothing, even the bones had been corroded by more than half.

Only broken skeletons remained, and one didn't know if they were complete.

This proved that these white bones were likely not left behind within a hundred years.

But left behind over many hundreds of years.

Perhaps even older ones existed.

For example, the original inhabitants of the Sunset Empire.

It's just that the skeletons of those inhabitants had likely turned into ashes and were not easily seen.

But no matter how many white bones were left, there was no trace of living people inside.

Naturally, there was no trace of Beigong Shang's existence either.

Could it be that Beigong Shang was really not in the canyon in front of them?

If the Eye of Truth hadn't malfunctioned,

and the Soul Chain hadn't malfunctioned,

then the problem must lie in space.

Qin Feng had great trust in the power of the system.

A mere Sunset Empire could only be treated by the system as a small part of the main quest.

In this case, Qin Feng didn't think there could be anything in the Sunset Empire

that could deceive the detection of the system.

Then, all Qin Feng could think of was space folding or even an independent space.

But this independent space seemed to be hidden very deeply.

And the entrance and exit of the fold might not be in the area where Qin Feng and the others were.

Therefore, Qin Feng couldn't find any traces of space folding at all.

This also made Qin Feng feel troubled.

"Beigong Shang is not in the canyon in front of us."

"But the Soul Chain won't make a mistake, so there must be a hidden independent space here."

"But the entrance to the hidden independent space..."

"The Eye of Truth didn't see it from this side, which proves that there must be other entrances."

"But to find other entrances, we have to enter this canyon."

"But entering the canyon might mean dying inside."

"There are hundreds or thousands of corpses inside."

"They should all be left behind by our predecessors."

"Even if we have to go in to find him, we can't just go in like this."

Qin Feng stated his findings.

But the problem seemed even bigger.

This was more troublesome than Beigong Shang entering the pitch-black canyon in front of them.

It was so troublesome that they couldn't even find him, let alone go in to save him.

"What do we do?"

The few people connected in the Soul Chain looked at each other, and no one knew what to do.

It wasn't that they were incompetent, but that a clever woman couldn't cook without rice.

If they were powerful, like the Dean of the Mobis Academy,

they could try having someone else go in to take a look.

But in fact, Beigong Shang was the strongest among their group.

If even Beigong Shang went in and was caught without knowing it,

then the three of them going in probably wouldn't make any difference.

"If it really doesn't work, we'll go around the peaks on both sides of the canyon."

"See what's on the other side of the canyon, then make a decision."

This was the only thing they could do.

After all, their strength was indeed a bit low.

Three people, and not one of them was at the Dao Proving realm.

Moreover, Qin Feng was only at the sixth level of Dao Entering.

In the day since entering the Opening Origin Secret Realm,

Qin Feng hadn't had any time to cultivate Tong Yuan power.

So his Tong Yuan power hadn't increased at all.

"Then let's go."

Whether this method was stupid or useful,

it was the only thing they could do.

So don't waste time, hurry up.

Although this canyon was dangerous, the peaks on both sides were relatively normal.

During the process of the three of them climbing the peaks, they didn't encounter any danger.

They climbed to the top easily and then walked along the top.

Because the canyon was very long, the peaks were also very long.

They ran quickly on the peaks for two full hours before they vaguely saw the end of the peaks.

After walking down the mountain along the path, they arrived at the other side of the canyon.

The entrance on the other side of the canyon was no different from the entrance on this side.

They looked almost exactly the same.

If they hadn't run for two full hours, leaving them panting,

they would have suspected they were walking in place.

After arriving at the canyon entrance on this side, Qin Feng

didn't say a word and directly activated the Eye of Truth, looking into the mist.

But what was frustrating was that within the field of vision of the Eye of Truth,

there were still only large patches of white bones.

Other than that, there wasn't a single living thing.

In fact, there wasn't even a complete corpse; it was all white bones and broken white bones.

"No, there's still nothing. It's the same as on the other side."

Qin Feng said helplessly.

Now everyone was at a loss.

"What about the distance? Has the distance changed?"

"Could it be that we are caught in some kind of illusion, so we've been walking in circles?"