The eight large characters flashed before Ye Tian's eyes for only an instant before vanishing. At the very moment they disappeared, a powerful suction force pulled Ye Tian inside.
After a stretch of darkness, a landscape of breathtaking beauty filled his vision. The scent of flowers wafted into his nose and mouth, birds circled overhead, and beneath his feet, green grass spread everywhere amid blooming wildflowers and tirelessly busy bees.
Gazing at the beauty before him, Ye Tian stood there for a long while. He could not help taking a deep breath. His released divine sense detected nothing unusual, and the vigilance in his heart loosened without him noticing.
"Big brother, big brother, help me catch a butterfly." A little girl, delicate as if carved from pink jade, called out in a childish voice from afar.
Seeing the little girl running toward him, a rare trace of a smile appeared on Ye Tian's face. He lowered his head, caught a flower butterfly with one hand, and handed it to her.
Holding the butterfly, the little girl skipped away into the distance, giggling brightly.
"Mommy, big brother caught me a butterfly. It's so pretty." The little girl waved the butterfly in her hand.
Yet Ye Tian frowned. There was no one in the direction the little girl had run, and not a single person appeared there even within his divine sense—including the little girl from moments ago.
Then, from all directions at almost the same time, came the sounds of conversation. They were the most ordinary conversations imaginable, yet to Ye Tian's ears, they were anything but ordinary, because there was not a single person anywhere in sight.
He released his divine sense again, but still discovered nothing.
Divine sense interference! The moment that thought surfaced in Ye Tian's mind, he