The other man's deep, shadowed eyes fixed on the young Li Qing, his gaze full of vigilance.
Young Li Qing smiled faintly and cupped his hands. "Greetings, Fellow Daoist. I represent the Lord of Civilization and have come to contact the actual controller of this spacetime node."
"As fellow members of heretic sequences, we need to join forces."
The mysterious man in blue robes stirred inwardly. The moment he heard those words, he knew this was no longer something he could decide on his own.
Someone had already discovered their hidden spacetime, and they seemed to have come in goodwill.
He immediately sent out a message, while young Li Qing surveyed his surroundings.
This was a world crisscrossed by countless rivers.
The place where he stood appeared to be a source of water. From here, the waters spread outward, dividing into at least five separate tributaries that flowed in different directions.
The logic here formed a system of its own, distinctly different from that of the outside world.
Way of Changes continuously gathered information and had already deduced quite a few things about this spacetime node.
The blue-robed man looked at young Li Qing. "I've informed those above. Someone will come to see you soon."
"Follow me."
With that, he led young Li Qing toward a temple on the riverbank.
Young Li Qing said nothing further and swiftly followed the blue-robed man into the temple.
The temple was neither crude nor lavish—merely proper and conventional.
At a glance, the entire temple seemed to have been carved from a special kind of stone. Its interior was solemn and dignified, with a golden statue seated upon the divine altar.
A hazy ripple passed through the air, and the two entered the divine realm within the temple.
There stood a palace that was