Ancient Spirit Forbidden Ground

The silver moon and stars quietly faded away. The first ray of sunlight rose from the east, streaking the purple sky with touches of red.

A massive figure burst from the forest. Its huge white form swept past, its white scales gleaming beneath the rising sun.

Xiao Yi Xian stood atop Chi Han, the fresh air drifting high above...

"Roar!"

Chi Han let out a comfortable morning roar toward the distance, his enormous white wings flickering in and out of view amid the sky.

A trace of violet light flashed through Xiao Yi Xian's eyes. The energy contained within yesterday's flesh and blood had been far too abundant; she had now reached the two-star Da Dou Shi realm.

Without realizing it, she had already become a Da Dou Shi. Her progress felt a little too fast, and she did not know what effect it would have on her foundation.

Although the Calamity Poison Body could rapidly raise her cultivation, she really had broken through far too quickly lately. She feared that her foundation might become unstable.

Liu Yan meditated behind her. Soul power was indispensable for refining medicine, and ordinary training was useful as well.

A figure swiftly tore through the air, flying toward the Tagor Desert...

In the distance, Black Rock City also welcomed a black-robed figure carrying a black object that resembled a coffin on his back.

"Master, what exactly are we here to do?" Beneath his black robe, Xiao Yan looked at the bustling city before him, his eyes gleaming with a peculiar light.

"Ahem. First, take the Medicine Master assessment. Then find the medicinal ingredients needed to refine pills after consuming a Heavenly Flame, and finally head to the Tagor Desert!" Yao Chen's voice entered Xiao Yan's mind.

Xiao Yan nodded and walked into the Alchemist Guild...

At that moment, Chi Han suddenly stopped flying. He felt that he had lost his sense of direction, as though they had already passed through this place just now.

"Hm? What's wrong, Chi Han?"

Noticing Chi Han's abnormality, Xiao Yi Xian interrupted her meditation. Holding the still-drowsy Little Spirit, she stood up.

Liu Yan also sensed that something was wrong. As the person present with the strongest soul power, he frowned at the fog ahead and said calmly, "Could this be an illusion?"

Xiao Yi Xian looked at the mist before them in confusion. They had been flying in a straight line all along. Could Black Rock City's flying mounts have taken a different route from theirs?

Could there be some Forbidden Ground here?

"Let's go down and take a look first. There isn't anything we can do while staying up here!"

Xiao Yi Xian frowned. She had never expected that even taking a flight would lead to trouble. What rotten luck.

A moment later.

Xiao Yi Xian and Liu Yan kept trying to move forward, while the mark on her right hand gave off faint glimmers of light.

"Miss, my soul power is completely restricted here. I can't even perceive as far as I can see with my eyes!" Liu Yan said solemnly as he warily scanned their surroundings.

Xiao Yi Xian nodded. This place truly was strange. None of this ghostly nonsense had happened in the original work.

The world was vast beyond measure. The original work had only described a tiny part of it, and it had written even less about the other continents.

Everywhere they looked, there was nothing but swirling white mist. If they were careless, they might even crash into trees hidden within the fog.

The white fog before them only allowed them to see within one meter. Beyond that, there was nothing but blank whiteness. This was freaking ridiculous.

"Master, I can sense an unfamiliar aura lingering ahead," Chi Yan said, quietly poking his tiny head out from her sleeve.

"Mm."

Xiao Yi Xian nodded and walked forward with Liu Yan. Having some news was better than having none.

Two pitch-black figures advanced step by step through the mist, with the sound of footsteps occasionally echoing ahead of them.

After an unknown amount of time, a different scene suddenly appeared before them. Seeing the enormous shadow, Xiao Yi Xian frowned and said cautiously, "There's something there..."

"Hm?"

Hearing this, Liu Yan behind her became vigilant as well. White mist surrounded them, so what was this thing that had suddenly appeared?

Very soon, Xiao Yi Xian and Liu Yan approached it. Before them lay a pile of rocks and several sturdy ancient trees.

Several old vines as thick as water buckets clung to the massive, weathered bronze tree. Amid the tangled vines lay half of a broken stone stele, and the traces of artificial polishing upon it were obvious.

The two quickly walked over, pulled aside the dead vines, and brushed away the withered branches and leaves covering the broken stele. An ancient aura immediately washed over them.

Three ancient characters were carved upon it. Their strokes were bold and solemn, vigorous like dragons, carrying the breath of countless years. No one knew how long they had existed.

"What does this say?" Xiao Yi Xian looked at the three characters, but no matter how she studied them, she could not recognize them. They were completely unlike the current script.

Liu Yan carefully examined the three ancient characters beside her, then shook his head. "I don't recognize them either."

Just as the two were troubled over the characters, the mark on Xiao Yi Xian's right hand emitted a white glow.

Little Spirit walked out of the spatial storage and stared at the three characters for a long while. Still somewhat uncertain, she said, "They seem to be the three characters for 'Ancient Spirit Forbidden.'"

"Ancient Spirit Forbidden? What does that mean? It doesn't make any sense together." Liu Yan could not decipher its meaning. He did not even recognize the characters, so how could this little brat know?

"This is a broken stone stele. There should be more characters underneath, but after the stele shattered, there was no way to restore it." Xiao Yi Xian pulled aside the vines and removed the weeds, discovering many fragments of stone there, as though they had been shattered by a single bolt of lightning.

"Those three ancient characters should be the name of this abyss or mountain." Xiao Yi Xian revealed a thoughtful expression. "But there aren't many characters or words that can follow 'Forbidden.' The most likely one is the character 'Ground.'"

"Wouldn't that make it 'Ancient Spirit Forbidden Ground'?" Liu Yan connected the four characters. The moment he read them aloud, his expression changed drastically.

Xiao Yi Xian's brows furrowed tightly as she looked at the words before her. There was actually a Forbidden Ground here?

Was this a joke?

It seemed that things which had not happened in the original work truly were terrifying beyond belief...

Chi Han poked out his sharply angular snake head and looked around. This was his first time seeing a Forbidden Ground as well.

Little Spirit gazed curiously at the three characters and reached out to touch them. The uneven carvings seemed to etch themselves deeply into her mind.

Suddenly, light burst from the stone stele, and a white radiance instantly swept over them.

Xiao Yi Xian, Liu Yan, Little Spirit, and the beast seemed to enter some strange spatial tunnel. The world spun around them, leaving them dizzy and disoriented.

When they finally regained their senses, the three stood in the center of a palace. A person sat atop the silver-white palace, while people dressed in gold-and-white garments stood everywhere around them.

"Uh..."

Xiao Yi Xian felt completely bewildered by the scene around her. What exactly had happened?

Little Spirit looked around with immense curiosity, as though the Dou Emperor-level pressure weighing on her body had vanished.

Behind them, Liu Yan felt wave after wave of powerful pressure locking onto him. Cold sweat filled his forehead, and even his legs began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Who are you, and why have you trespassed into our domain!"