The Tiger Chariot Jade Carriage Hidden Wheel raced ever faster, crushing straight through the Three Origins Secret Array. In little more than half an hour, it had arrived above Lotus Pond.
From afar, Yu Ci saw Qizhen's pale, bluish face. She still sat upright on the carriage frame, and he could not help but smile.
"Everything happened so suddenly. It was no easy feat for you to get on board."
For Qizhen to have scrambled aboard at the instant the change arose was already no simple matter. Startled all the way by the tigers' roars, her entire body had gone limp by now. She could only force a smile. "This servant merely did her duty faithfully."
Those words were pleasant to hear, and Yu Ci smiled again before stepping directly into the carriage.
During the time their auras had communicated across the air, Yu Ci had already guessed seven or eight parts out of ten why the Tiger Chariot Jade Carriage Hidden Wheel had reacted so violently. Now, he only needed to verify it further.
At this moment, deep beneath the lake a thousand li below, Zhao Xiangshan's aura was growing increasingly indistinct, like incense on the verge of going out, ready at any moment to become a wisp of clear smoke and vanish without a trace.
Yet when Yu Ci sat inside the carriage and connected that vague sensation with the formation restrictions within, the wondrous interface he had once encountered—one capable of searching for and locking onto disciples of his sect—reappeared in the lake of his heart.
Only, it was somewhat different from last time.
No longer was it the magnificent sight of a pure starry sky set against a vast river. Instead, it was a boundless haze, constantly spewing turbid currents, as though everything were inside some