Chen Lin stared at the pool for a while.
He dearly wanted to dig her out and throw her away, or simply discard the Jade Pendant. Keeping a task like this hanging over him left too much room for uncertainty. After weighing his options, however, he buried the thought.
She was unfathomably mysterious. He might not be able to get rid of her.
He might even suffer a backlash.
Besides, keeping a legendary expert like her close at hand offered plenty of benefits. Even if she could not help him fight, she could provide secret information and guidance in cultivation.
She might even help him leave the Seven-Star Realm.
However.
Judging by her attitude, he would have to complete her task before receiving any help.
A trip to the Star Gate was unavoidable.
He hesitated no longer.
Chen Lin used Spatial Leap to travel toward the nearest major city, then took an ultra-long-range Teleportation Formation straight toward the Star Gate.
Over ten days later.
After several consecutive transfers, he finally arrived nearby.
The closer he came, the stronger the pressure grew. Low-level cultivators could not remain even a million li away, and the area within a hundred thousand li was already forbidden ground for anyone below the true realm. Fortunately, no planets existed nearby, or all low-level living beings would have been annihilated.
Chen Lin sensed it from afar.
Only after confirming that the inexplicable attraction had vanished did he continue approaching. To his surprise, once he reached a certain distance, the Light Gate actually began growing smaller and smaller.
When he reached it, he discovered something.
The entire Light Gate was only a little over ten feet high and five feet wide, no different from an ordinary doorway.
That alone.
Was enough to prove how extraordinary it was.
Chen