The myna bird looked at the Heavenly Dragon Pearl and said to Fang Chen, "Fang Chen, it looks as though the Heavenly Dragon Pearl was placed here specifically to block that golden light falling from the sky. It must be the same golden light we saw shoot into the Universe Cauldron in the Tianluo Secret Realm! When the Heavenly Dragon Pearl blocked it just now, it split into nine beams that shot off in different directions. The one that entered the Universe Cauldron was only one of them!"
"Mm!"
Fang Chen nodded slightly. He could also sense that the golden light they had seen in the Tianluo Secret Realm was the same as the light they had just witnessed.
The golden dragon shadows around the Heavenly Dragon Pearl faded. The golden runes on its surface gradually dimmed, and when their glow vanished completely, the pearl disappeared as well.
Fang Chen frowned. "Who put the Heavenly Dragon Pearl here?"
The myna bird said, "The Tianluo Secret Realm was created in the era of the Ancient Heavenly Court to nurture talent. The Heavenly Dragon Pearl must be here to scatter that beam of golden light!"
Fang Chen looked up at the sky. "Then where do you think the golden light came from?"
The myna bird shook its head slightly. "I don't know either!"
"All right!"
Little Crane nodded, then turned into a streak of light and flew toward the direction the golden light had come from. In the blink of an eye, she vanished from Fang Chen's sight.
A little while later, Little Crane returned, looking somewhat listless. "Master, it's no use. I flew for a while, but a powerful force blocked me. I couldn't fly any farther!"
"A powerful force blocked you?"
Fang Chen's gaze sharpened. He hadn't expected that.
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