At first, when the young cultivator before him planned to enter this area alone—a place listed as forbidden ground for cultivators in the Yuanfeng Empire—Rong Qing had been deeply worried. But after enduring the infusion of sinister energy from several bizarre Heavenly Tribulations, he no longer felt the slightest concern.
Yet when he heard that the young cultivator still intended to fly onward, that thread of worry inevitably resurfaced in his heart.
However, under Qin Fengming's resolute gaze, Rong Qing obediently returned to the Divine Machine Mansion.
By now, Qin Fengming completely understood why this area had been designated forbidden ground for cultivators. With such immense sinister energy pouring into the body, even an Integration stage cultivator, let alone beings of a higher cultivation level, would have difficulty resisting it.
Although Qin Fengming felt somewhat hesitant, the strange sensation that ultimately arose within him made him choose to continue searching ahead.
That feeling was as though something farther ahead were calling out to him. For him to sense it with his current cultivation, there was no doubt that something extraordinary lay ahead.
After successfully advancing to the mid Core Formation stage, Qin Fengming meditated in cultivation for only a day before once again taking flight, wrapping Bing'er within his escape light as he sped forward.
Five days later, after enduring three more powerful sinister-energy Heavenly Tribulations, Qin Fengming found a mountain range covered in lush, towering trees before him. In this peculiar region, where bare rocks lay exposed everywhere, the sudden appearance of land blanketed in vegetation seemed exceedingly strange.
Standing outside the forest-covered region, Qin Fengming did not rashly enter.
He released his spiritual sense and swept it across the area. After a moment, he discovered no unusual occurrences. His spiritual sense was not suppressed within the region. Aside