Chen Tong helplessly shook his head and spread his five fingers, waiting for the Jade Pure Bottle to fall into his hand. But after several moments, it remained completely motionless.
"Hmm...?"
Chen Tong found it strange. He hadn't simply held out his hand—he'd infused it with divine power, yet he still couldn't make the Jade Pure Bottle move at all. How... how could such a thing exist in this world?
"Well? I told you this place wasn't so simple!" Jiu'er watched him with a radiant smile, as if saying, Come on, come and ask me! Ask me, and I'll tell you.
Chen Tong ignored her expression and walked up to the Jade Pure Bottle. He reached out with his left hand, but the moment he touched it, his hand passed right through. He tried several more times, unwilling to give up, but finally had to relent. He was a Saint now—why was he running into obstacles everywhere he went in this place?
"Jiu'er, what's going on?" Chen Tong was in a foul mood, and it showed in his voice.
"Hee-hee, silly Brother Tong, haven't you realized this is a world of nothingness?" Jiu'er said with a smile.
"A world of nothingness?" Chen Tong nodded. "I know that, but what does that have to do with... with all this?"
"Of course it has something to do with it," Jiu'er replied. "Everything here becomes nothingness—including you and me."
"No, that can't be right!" Chen Tong still couldn't accept it. "The fundamental power of nothingness is nonexistence and illusion. How could tangible things also become nothingness?"
"If you don't believe me, you can touch me! Go on, touch me!" Jiu'er straightened her graceful figure and looked at Chen Tong as if inviting him to touch her wherever he liked.
Chen Tong instinctively reached