Beside a cliff that rose almost straight up, a stone house built of black rock stood.
It had originally been Si Hong Duo's residence, but he had passed the Heart-Mirror Lake test and left Du'e Abyss. The stone house now stood temporarily empty.
Suddenly, an Escape Light flashed past, and Pei Ling appeared inside the stone house.
He was still wearing Wu Xunan's appearance. His brows were furrowed, and his expression was gloomy.
He casually removed the Shackles of Suppression from his wrists and ankles and put them into his Storage Pouch. Then he swept his robe aside, sat cross-legged on the stone cushion, and pondered.
How strange!
Si Hong Duo had passed the test, so how could he have failed?
It had to be that his luck was bad and he had run into the hardest trial in Heart-Mirror Lake.
Thinking this, Pei Ling shook his head. What was done was done; there was no use dwelling on it. The most important thing now was to find another way to leave Du'e Abyss as soon as possible!
"The rules in the 'Xuan' District must be stricter than those in the 'Huang' District..." He considered what had just happened, thinking to himself.
He hadn't wanted to waste time earlier, so he hadn't listened to Fei Su explain the rules of the "Xuan" District.
After all, Pei Ling had thought he would be leaving Du'e Abyss right away. Knowing the rules of the "Xuan" District would have been meaningless to him.
"Since my luck was bad and I couldn't pass the Heart-Mirror Lake test to leave Du'e Abyss, I'll use the system's automatic cultivation!"
"The system's automatic cultivation can avoid being interrupted by external forces, so it should naturally be able to bypass the rules of Du'e Abyss."
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