"Whoosh, whoosh..."
An invisible wind suddenly rose, and the gray haze before their eyes scattered without a trace in an instant, like clouds parting and mist dispersing.
Their view abruptly opened up, revealing an extraordinarily vast underground space before them.
Within the space, countless reclaimed fields lay scattered like stars across the sky. Among the fields, innumerable Night Clan mortals toiled in the darkness, cultivating all manner of crops imbued with spiritual energy.
Roads of every size crisscrossed one another, ultimately converging toward the same place.
Their gazes swept over the surroundings before they turned to look behind them.
A towering, enormous city of peculiar design stood within this underground space.
The instant they saw the city, Su Shi'er and Ren Ze exchanged a quick glance, strange expressions flashing through both their eyes.
With just one look, they could already feel an incomparably abundant wave of spiritual energy rushing toward them.
Though secretly astonished, neither revealed it.
As their eyes swept onward, they soon spotted Bai Zhuling standing not far away.
Bai Zhuling was currently looking back at them, several traces of puzzlement on her slightly youthful face.
"Grandpa Ren, Senior Su, what... are you looking at?"
Ren Ze hurriedly asked, "Zhuling, were you walking in front of us the whole time just now?"
"Yes! Is something wrong?" Bai Zhuling nodded, even more puzzled.
"No, nothing. Which way do we go next?" Ren Ze shook his head and continued.
As he spoke, he glanced sidelong at Su Shi'er, making no effort to conceal the astonishment in his eyes.
Bai Zhuling's reaction was enough to show that she knew nothing of what the two of them had encountered in the passage. It also proved that Su Shi'er had been right.
That gray, hazy passage was very likely a test the Night