Over the next few days, Ao Yue familiarized himself with the Azure Sword Sect while secretly cultivating the Sword Spirit Art.
He discovered that the Sword Spirit Art cultivated extremely quickly. In just a few days, he had already touched the threshold of the first layer.
However, his meridians still could not withstand the impact of sword qi.
It seems I have to find another way. Ao Yue mused inwardly.
He recalled the black stone he had obtained in Yinwu Valley. The stone could absorb spiritual energy, so perhaps it could be used to strengthen his meridians.
With that thought, Ao Yue immediately returned to his residence and took the black stone out of his Storage Bag.
The stone felt cold in his hand, and a faint black glow radiated from its surface.
Ao Yue placed the stone in his palm, circulated his true qi, and tried to absorb the spiritual energy within it.
To his surprise, however, he discovered that the spiritual energy inside the stone could not be absorbed!
"What's going on?" Ao Yue asked, frowning slightly.
He examined the stone carefully and discovered that its surface was actually carved with some strange runes.
Could these runes... be some kind of restriction?
Ao Yue's heart stirred, and he tried probing the runes with his spiritual sense.
At that moment, something unexpected happened!
The runes on the stone suddenly lit up, releasing a powerful suction force that pulled Ao Yue's spiritual sense inside!
Ao Yue's vision went black, and he lost consciousness...
When he awoke again, he found himself in a completely unfamiliar space!
The space was vast and boundless. Thick spiritual energy filled the surroundings, several times denser than the spiritual energy in the Azure Sword Sect!
"W-where is this?"
Ao Yue was filled with uncertainty.
At that