"Back already? How did it go? You didn't run into any danger, did you?"
Seeing Ye Lin return from afar, Shen Junxue immediately rose to her feet and hurried excitedly before him.
"Not bad. I ran into a few interesting things, but no danger."
Ye Lin smiled faintly as he entered the shelter and handed the Calamity-Transcending Stone he had exchanged to their leader, Jade Rose.
"Thank you."
Jade Rose accepted the Calamity-Transcending Stone and thanked him, her face full of gratitude.
That gratitude was utterly genuine. If not for Ye Lin, then this time, they likely would have...
Meanwhile, Shen Junxue stood blankly where she was in the rain.
He smiled at me. So he can smile too?
Shen Junxue murmured inwardly. That had been the first time Ye Lin had smiled at her. So even someone whose heart was like stone could smile.
"Your crisis has been temporarily resolved. What I need now is a thorough understanding of this continent, as well as the entire Water Moon Grotto-Heaven, so I can find a way out."
Ye Lin sat opposite the three women and spoke in a low voice.
"This is Mirror Moon Land, a continent without end. We are currently deep within Mirror Moon Forest."
"Besides Mirror Moon Forest, there are seven other places."
"They are Blazing Fire Prairie, Withered Silent Forest, Hundred Thousand Mountains, Heaven-Withered Forbidden Land, Divine Sword Mountain Range, Ice Snow Holy Mountain, and the strangest place of all—the Land of Desire."
Before Jade Ruyi could speak, Jade Rose began explaining on her own.
"And you have already seen what is strange about Mirror Moon Forest. It is like a mirror—any object you see is exactly the same, without the slightest difference, as though reflected in one."
"Blazing Fire Prairie is a sea of flames