In a dim haze, Ye Ying felt only an invisible giant hand seize her body, wrenching both soul and flesh away into the void.
In an instant, her body lost all support.
It was as though the ground beneath her feet had vanished, and she had fallen straight into an abyss.
She instinctively reached out, grasping at her surroundings, but all she caught was cold emptiness.
Then, she felt a powerful arm seize her shoulder, giving her body something to lean on.
Her frantic, chaotic mind briefly settled.
Next, she felt her feet land on something hard, and her unsupported body found a foothold.
The hand gripping her shoulder slowly released her, and a warm breeze brushed across her cheek.
Swish—swish—
The sound of surging seawater passing through reefs and striking the sand reached her ears.
"Teacher?" Ye Ying opened her eyes and looked ahead. "Where are we?"
A vast, tranquil ocean appeared before her. Rolling waves swept through the reefs with a howling roar, crashing against the beach beneath her feet.
"A hidden area."
A gentle whisper sounded beside her ear.
He Ao raised his head and glanced at the vast sea, then turned to look behind them.
Behind them stood towering Stone Tablets dozens of meters tall, scattered in dense rows along the edge of the sea like a deep, shadowy forest of stone.
"Ah?" Hearing He Ao's words, Ye Ying turned blankly to look at him.
"Do you feel anything unusual right now?"
He Ao turned and looked at Ye Ying beside him.
He vaguely sensed that Ye Ying did not seem entirely compatible with this world. It differed somewhat from his original estimate.
"Feel?" Ye Ying paused, then narrowed her eyes slightly and said with an odd expression, "It feels a little... unfamiliar."
"Unfamiliar?" This time,