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After setting Qing Luo up, Yu Chen continued his journey through the Southern Barbarian Lands.

But this time, Yu Chen had not traveled far before someone blocked his path. Clouds and mist gathered from every direction high above the nine heavens. The next moment, amid flashing lightning and rolling thunder, torrential rain came pouring down.

Though this was rain from the heavens, Yu Chen could tell that someone was using magic to prevent him from going any farther.

Yu Chen smiled and raised a hand, using witchcraft to calculate. Thread after thread of clear qi rose up, guiding him to the edge of a bamboo grove. The moment Yu Chen stepped forward, mist gathered around him again. By the time he reacted, he had arrived somewhere else.

Looking around, Yu Chen saw a babbling stream running through a tranquil bamboo grove. Yet the stream had neither source nor end; all its water came from dew gathered atop the bamboo, infused with the radiance of the sun and moon.

On closer inspection, one could see faint crimson speckles scattered across the bamboo stalks.

A gentle breeze passed through, rustling the bamboo leaves and leaving one refreshed and at ease.

Yu Chen continued inward and saw a plain, rudimentary bamboo pavilion. Fruits were laid out within it, and a goddess sat inside. Her aura harmonized with the entire bamboo grove. Clearly, this goddess was the mistress of this place, the ruler of this bamboo forest.

Seeing Yu Chen arrive, the goddess invited him, "True Person, please take a seat."

Yu Chen did not explain much. He revealed his true form, sat before the Bamboo Grove Goddess, and asked, "May I ask, Goddess, why have you blocked my path?"

Yu Chen could tell that the power this goddess possessed was roughly equal to