Three days later, just as dawn broke.
Nü Tu appeared in the Azurewood Sect's main hall. "My Lord, we may proceed to the Dragon-Seeking Secret Realm."
"Let's go."
Xu Changqing nodded slightly. "I, too, wish to see what the gathering place of the Heavenly Origin Realm's foremost array masters is truly like."
Nü Tu said no more. She raised a hand and formed an ancient hand seal. Yellow spiritual light glimmered at her fingertips, and an array gate concealed within the void emerged.
The array gate had not been formed from any ordinary artifact. Instead, it was pieced together from countless tiny Earth Vein Crystals. Its surface was carved with dense array patterns, each one flowing with the heavy breath of the earth. Faintly, one could even hear the pulse of the underground Spirit Veins.
The two words "Dragon-Seeking" appeared above the array gate.
They had not been written in ink, but condensed from Earth Qi.
Nü Tu explained softly, "This is the Dragon-Seeking Lineage's Earth-Vein Array Gate. It connects to the core region of the Dragon-Seeking Secret Realm. Only members of the Dragon-Seeking Lineage and invited guests may pass through it."
With that, she stepped into the array gate first, and Xu Changqing immediately followed.
The instant he entered, a wave of pure Earth Qi washed over him.
Warm and heavy, it seeped into his body through every pore, making him feel utterly at ease.
After passing through the array gate, the sight before him made Xu Changqing's heart jolt.
This Dragon-Seeking Secret Realm was actually an Earth Vein valley hidden deep within the Heavenly Origin Realm.
It was rooted deep in the heart of the earth, tightly connected to the Heavenly Origin Realm's main veins.
Beneath their feet was not ordinary soil, but vast stretches of fine, warm