Arrival

"Are you sure you want to stay here?" Spirit Turtle gazed intently at Gu Qingshan.

"Yes. This is my only chance. I have to find the Heaven Sword," Gu Qingshan said.

"For the Earth Sword?" Spirit Turtle asked.

"Yes," Gu Qingshan replied.

Spirit Turtle shook its head.

"Suit yourself, but your chances of surviving are slim."

It gave Gu Qingshan one last look, then vanished.

It was gone.

It was the guardian of the Ancient Era. It could only tell Gu Qingshan what was happening; it couldn't make the decision for him.

Gu Qingshan fell silent for a moment.

Mountain Girl tried to comfort him. "It's all right, Young Master. You've still got hundreds of chances, anyway."

Gu Qingshan shook his head. "We can't think that way, Mountain Girl. We can't afford even the slightest carelessness. We have to tread on thin ice, because before we met the Darkness Light Being, I had no idea it had such an incredible ability. And just as with that being, since this other existence could sneak back into the Ancient Era from the future and enter the Era Reflection directly, none of us knows what else it can do."

He thought for a moment, then murmured, "What if... it doesn't kill me, but simply restrains me, then uses some other method we can't even imagine to deal with my soul? What could we do then?"

Mountain Girl shuddered. "Young Master, surely not."

"I suspect that's about right. Since it entered the Ancient Era Reflection and its target is me, it must know I'm here."

Gu Qingshan continued, "It went to so much trouble to come here, so it must have prepared thoroughly. Learning about me would be the bare minimum. That means there's a good chance it knows I can start over hundreds