Beneath Supreme City lay another world, a place filled with darkness and icy cold.
This place was dim and lightless. Though cut off from the outside world, chilling gusts seemed to blow from every direction.
Chen Xiao shivered all over, goosebumps rising uncontrollably across her skin. She hid behind Future Self, clutching tightly at his robes and repeatedly saying that she was scared.
Future Self looked around and grumbled, "Damn, this is the Cultivation Ground?"
"Cultivate what? Nether gloom? Ghostly darkness?"
After complaining for quite a while, Future Self began examining the surroundings, with Chen Xiao clutching him as she followed closely behind.
Complaints aside, since the Self-Cultivation System called this a Cultivation Ground, it had to have its reasons.
After walking for an unknown length of time, they were blocked by a solid stone wall. Future Self stepped forward and knocked on it.
He discovered an echo coming from within.
An echo meant there was space behind it. He frowned, pondered for a moment, then struck the stone wall with his palm.
Boom! The entire underground space began to shake violently. Then the stone wall started cracking, chunks of rock tumbling down in a clatter.
Future Self hurriedly dodged, but Chen Xiao remained frozen in place, unable to move her feet.
"...Women really are troublesome." Seeing this, Future Self gave a bitter smile.
In a flash, he returned to the wall, wrapped an arm around the stunned Chen Xiao, and dodged several times to get away from the falling rocks.
Having recovered her senses, Chen Xiao leaned against Future Self with a blissful, gratified expression. "I knew Ten Mao wouldn't abandon me."
"..." Future Self was speechless. He released Chen Xiao, but she pouted and wrapped herself around his arm again.
After a while, the shaking ceased and the