"Shi Lan is still young and full of vitality, but beneath the Yellow Springs, she can hold out for at most two months."
Meng pondered for a long while before finally making his decision:
"Wait another half month. If there's still no news, I'll enter the Yellow Springs of the Lingyang Realm and investigate. While I'm there, I'll see where Shi Jie is now."
With the upheaval in the Lingyang Realm and the Heavenly Dao's authority changing hands, Shi Jie should have been free by now, by all rights. Yet when Fan Xi summoned him, he hadn't responded at all. Clearly, something had gone terribly wrong.
The far shore of the Yellow Springs was shrouded in mystery, and the Lingyang region was especially so. Even Meng couldn't be sure what was happening there now.
Shi Jie was the foremost figure of Buddhism in the Great Cosmos. He couldn't simply vanish without a trace. If someone of his stature met with an accident, it would be a devastating blow to Buddhism as a whole.
"Why did Fan Xi suddenly return to Tianyuan? Shouldn't he have gone to the Yellow Springs to find Shi Jie first?"
Hearing Shi Jie's name, Lingyun's expression shifted with confusion.
Shi Jie's importance to Buddhism went without saying. With him in trouble, Fan Xi hadn't investigated what happened, but had instead chosen to return directly to Tianyuan. It was highly unusual.
"Buddhism has always excelled in reincarnation. Fan Xi's incarnations span the river of time and space. He may have made a new discovery during the battle. That could also be why he suddenly targeted Shi Lan..."
Before he finished speaking, Meng suddenly looked up, his gaze descending toward the Boundless Sea. Lingyun beside him sensed it too. A hint of shock appeared in his eyes.
"There