"You picked a nice place, Senior." Lu Yin stretched and breathed in the fresh air. The surging star energy made him want to cultivate, but it would soon dissipate outside.
Elder Jiu Shen frowned as he looked into the distance. "Something's not right."
"What is it?" Lu Yin asked.
Elder Jiu Shen replied gravely, "I can't put it into words. I just have a very bad feeling. I haven't felt this way in a very, very long time." His expression turned solemn. "We'd better get out of here."
Lu Yin's expression grew serious. Elder Jiu Shen had already entered, and had shown plenty of anticipation for the chance to break through to the Half-Ancestor realm, yet he still wanted to leave. He clearly wasn't afraid of dying; he must have genuinely sensed something.
Just as Lu Yin was about to speak, something stirred inside his chest. Death energy? No. He was startled. It was Fate-Playing Quick Sand. The quicksand trembled, and then a force pulled Lu Yin in a certain direction—or, more precisely, it wasn't pulling him, but the Fate-Playing Quick Sand inside him.
Something here had triggered a response from the quicksand. The sensation was so strong that it even drew Lu Yin along, carrying him unconsciously in that direction.
Elder Jiu Shen hurried after him.
Before long, they arrived at the foot of a mountain. A gray figure rushed toward them.
Lu Yin's expression changed. Someone was here? Then why couldn't he see their Rune Dao Numbers?
He was about to attack when Elder Jiu Shen pressed a hand to his shoulder. "It's a remnant of Essence, Qi, and Spirit."
A remnant of Essence, Qi, and Spirit? Lu Yin remembered. "Something from the Shanhai Realm, in the Monument World?"
Elder Jiu Shen nodded.
The Star Tower competition had