Jadewater Pavilion

After ending the call with Gao Moumou, Song Shuhang opened Yu Jiaojiao's account again. He wanted to confirm with Jiaojiao once more what the 'author' she was going to arrest looked like, where he lived, and whether he was male or female.

Although Gao Moumou claimed he wasn't the 'author' and sent a photo of a pretty female netizen named 'Yu Jiaojiao'... out of caution, Shuhang still wanted to confirm with Yu Jiaojiao again, just in case.

However, when Song Shuhang opened Yu Jiaojiao's chat account, a red exclamation mark suddenly appeared at the top of the chat software interface on his phone: [The greatest distance in the world is without internet. Please check your network settings. (Smiley face emoji attached.)]

"Huh, the internet's down?" Song Shuhang swiped back to the home screen of his phone and saw that his phone had no signal.

It's actually quite unscientific that cell phones can still have signals in space.

However, this phone is a modified version by Senior White... Even if it suddenly transforms into a 'Jedi Knight' lightsaber, Song Shuhang wouldn't be surprised.

"No signal. Looks like we're too far from Earth. Even Senior White's modified phone can't connect to the signal," Song Shuhang.

He had no choice but to put his phone away, and would have to wait until he was almost back on Earth to confirm this with Yu Jiaojiao.

There shouldn't be any problems, right?

Song Shuhang continued to drift in space.

Inside the space capsule beside her, Chu Chu held Li Yinzhu, her whole body trembling slightly.

The chill emanating from Li Yinzhu was growing increasingly intense, on the verge of erupting again. This chill was so strong that even the Fifth-Grade Household Patriarch Chu would be injured, let alone Chu Chu, who was at the Second-Stage True Master level.

"Can you hold on?" Song Shuhang asked Secret Voice Transmission.

Chu Chu nodded silently, but did not reply.

She was currently using all her internal energy to resist the chill emanating from Li Yinzhu, and had no way to focus on using Secret Voice Transmission with Song Shuhang.

Song Shuhang sighed. It seemed he should find a place to rest first.

As he was thinking this, he saw a palace-like building on a meteorite several kilometers away. The building was protected by an array, and only cultivators could see it.

After thinking for a moment, Song Shuhang decisively activated the array on his spacesuit, propelling his body away from the palace!

On a meteorite, there's such a strange palace; just seeing it gives you a feeling that 'trouble is coming.'

Without knowing whether the world in the universe is friend or foe, he cannot rashly go there.

Therefore, it's best to avoid it and see how things develop.

Just as Song Shuhang was thinking this, the palace-like building in front of him suddenly opened its doors.

A handsome young man and a beautiful young woman emerged from the gate; their lips were red and their teeth were white. They stood by the gate and immediately spotted Song Shuhang.

The young couple were very polite, bowing respectfully towards Song Shuhang's location from afar.

After thinking for a moment, Song Shuhang, through his thick spacesuit, returned the greeting to the golden couple.

The boy and girl burst into laughter, and even from this distance, their smiling faces were clearly visible.

The next moment, Song Shuhang felt as if his body was being attracted by a powerful magnet, and he floated straight toward the palace building.

It just won't stop!

[Oh no, I was tricked just by bowing?]

Is it like that Purple-Gold Gourd, 'Monkey head, if I call your name, will you dare to answer?', and once you answer, you'll be drawn inside?

Was it that my return greeting that triggered the palace's attraction, drawing me in?

Regardless, since we've already been drawn there, let's go check it out and be prepared.

With such methods at their disposal, Song Shuhang, a mere Second-Grade cultivator, had no power to resist. He couldn't escape, so he had to face it.

As he was pondering this, Song Shuhang suddenly felt his eyelids begin to feel heavy.

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July 31st, Wednesday. Today's Daoist name is 'Wood Daoist'. Because I am in the universe, I do not know the weather on Earth.

Yesterday, after Song Shuhang returned the greeting to the golden boy and jade girl from afar, he was absorbed into the palace gate. At that time, he was prepared and ready to react to any situation.

However, a sudden wave of drowsiness washed over him, and he lost consciousness.

Before we knew it, it was the next day.

The last day of July, the 31st.

When Song Shuhang opened his eyes, he found himself lying on an enormous arched bridge.

There are two lampposts at each end of the arched bridge, from which bright white light illuminates the bridge. He is now in the very center of the bridge.

"Where is this place?" Song Shuhang looked around. The arched bridge was comparable to a modern cross-sea bridge. It was very long, and he could only vaguely see the lampposts at the end.

He looked at himself again, still wearing the thick spacesuit. In the spacecraft beside him, Chu Chu and Li Yinzhu were still asleep.

All his belongings were still there, nothing was missing. Shuhang took out his phone to check the time, but a whole day had already passed. Moreover, there was no signal here, so he couldn't contact the outside world.

He turned his head and looked around again, but he could not see the golden couple from yesterday.

"It looks like we're no longer in 'space' here," Song Shuhang thought to himself.

Below the bridge stretches an endless sea of clouds, unfathomable in its depths. Looking up, one can see a blue sky, dotted with auspicious clouds, though it appears somewhat dim.

After trying to open the helmet of his spacesuit, he discovered that the air around him was fresher than that on Earth. When he took a breath, he felt pure spiritual energy being drawn into his body along with the air, making him feel refreshed and invigorated.

With such high purity of spiritual energy, could the palace gate from yesterday have been the entrance to a Grotto-Heaven?

"Is anyone there? Is anyone there?" Song Shuhang called out.

However, there was no reaction from the surroundings.

After thinking for a moment, Song Shuhang picked up the space capsule and walked towards the end of the arched bridge.

Because he was in the middle of the bridge, he randomly chose a direction...

After traveling approximately five kilometers, Song Shuhang finally reached the end of the bridge.

Before him stood a two-story pavilion in the ancient China style.

This pavilion stood in the way of the only road leading to the bridge, blocking Song Shuhang's path like a city gate.

A plaque hangs on the pavilion, bearing the three characters "Jadewater Pavilion" (Bishui Pavilion).

"Jadewater Pavilion, that sounds like the name of a sect?" Song Shuhang arrived at the pavilion's entrance and knocked on the door.

Squeak~~

The massive doors opened, and the golden couple from yesterday reappeared before Shuhang's eyes.

The Jade Maiden blinked. "Welcome, cultivator who has traveled from afar."

Golden Lad chuckled, "I knew it! Fellow Daoist, we're destined to meet. You'll definitely choose to enter the 'Jadewater Pavilion'."

That arched bridge is a small test of fate. One end of the bridge leads to the 'Jadewater Pavilion', and the other end leads directly to the exit.