As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Nian shot upward, swiftly climbing to a height of five hundred zhang. There, he could see the top—and clusters of precious medicine, each bearing a red, fist-sized, heart-shaped fruit.
His heart leaped with joy, and he released his divine sense to probe toward the precious medicine.
Unexpectedly, the moment his divine sense entered within fifty zhang of the cliff face, it felt as if it had plunged into something viscous. He had fallen into the Mind Pool.
He strained with all his might, but could push his divine sense only three zhang farther through the Mind Pool before it could go no farther.
Xu Nian felt as though a sea of paste lay before him, layer upon layer, nearly choking off his breath.
Driven to the brink, Xu Nian abruptly opened his spiritual aperture and withdrew his divine sense. The feeling of obstruction immediately eased, and he hastily used his True Essence to cast a spell and steady himself.
He reasoned that the Mind Pool obstructed divine sense, but might not hinder True Essence spells.
Unexpectedly, the moment he released his True Essence spell, the cliff face absorbed the abundant water-element spiritual energy. His body was left unsupported, and he plummeted through the air.
Xu Nian tried to release his divine sense to support himself, but the Mind Pool impeded it. Before it could reach him, he had already fallen nearly a hundred zhang.
The immense impact had already built up, and his divine sense, slowed by the Mind Pool, was nowhere near strong enough to keep him aloft.
With a crash, he slammed into the ground, leaving a massive crater.
In the crater, Xu Nian looked utterly wretched, a great cloud of blood mist rising around him.
Dongfang Tuo hurriedly rescued him