The Inner Landscape Grounds.
Jiang Ning had returned here once more.
The moment he opened his eyes, surprise flashed across his face.
Compared with when he had left just moments ago, the Inner Landscape Grounds had grown larger, and a raised mountain range had appeared along its border.
He moved, crossing more than half the Inner Landscape Grounds in an instant and appearing atop the mountains.
"So this land really did just expand!" He touched the hard rock beneath his feet, then looked toward the boundless world shrouded in mist ahead.
Beyond the white mist lay more mist, still rolling without end.
After watching for a while, he lost interest.
The unchanging white mist held no appeal for him.
He could enter that vast white mist from the Inner Landscape Grounds and explore the world within it.
But knowing the dangers it held, he had no intention of doing so.
He only wanted to tend his own little patch of ground and grow stronger in silence.
Only when he had grown strong enough would he be qualified to explore more unknown realms and new worlds.
The next moment,
he drew his gaze away from the mist, crossed the distance in a few strides, and reached the boundary wall of the Inner Landscape Grounds. Bending down, he picked up an unidentified animal bone from the ground.
Hefting the bone in his hand, he gauged its weight.
"A full tael!" Surprise flashed through his eyes, and he instinctively looked toward the rolling white mist ahead.
In an instant,
an inexplicable chill crept up from the depths of his heart.
"Something's moving behind the mist!" His eyes narrowed as he stared ahead, his expression grave.
Thump, thump, thump—
Though he was only a spirit body without physical substance, he seemed to hear his