"It's changed direction. This way..."
"It changed again..."
"It's still changing..."
Following the crow's guidance, Lin Bai ran east and west through the Mist Marsh for two or three days, but the scenery around him barely changed, as though he were walking in place.
Lin Bai had wanted to ask the crow what exactly "the direction has changed" meant, but when he saw the crow deep in thought, he ultimately decided not to interrupt him.
Following the crow's guidance, Lin Bai continued weaving through the Mist Marsh, searching for the place the crow wanted to find.
Another nine days passed.
A sudden gleam shot from the crow's bewildered eyes, and a smile spread across his birdlike face.
"Found it."
Lin Bai advanced and cleaved apart the rotten wood blocking his way with a single sword strike. Beyond it lay a range of lush green mountains.
Sunlight streamed down from the sky, while little brooks murmured through the mountain forest.
Cheerful birds and beasts sang from the branches, and beneath the trees, a wild fox lay dozing.
Lin Bai felt as though he had stepped into another world, arriving in a secluded paradise.
"What exactly is this place? It actually uses the 'Heaven's Will Limitless Union Formation' to isolate itself from the world?" The crow also stared at the scene ahead in confusion. He flew up from Lin Bai's shoulder, flapping his wings toward the sky.
But suddenly, when the crow reached a certain altitude, the heavens changed in an instant, and a bolt of divine lightning struck him.
Ah...
The crow let out a miserable shriek and plummeted from midair.
Lin Bai reacted with lightning speed, catching the crow and leaping dozens of yards backward. He stared warily at the sky.
From that bolt of divine lightning, he had sensed