"Sure enough, it was different." Shen Luo came back to his senses and exclaimed in admiration.
"The changes were not too great. We could still see the platform where we set off over there, so our orientation had not changed." Nie Caizhu stood on tiptoe and looked toward the mountainside below.
Shen Luo turned back to look at the main hall and discovered that the doors they had opened had somehow closed on their own. If not for the Restriction on the doors having vanished, they would almost have thought this was an unexplored hall.
At this thought, Shen Luo hesitated over whether to continue marking this hall. After all, if Che Qingtian or Wu Luo saw it, it would also help them eliminate a wrong option.
However, he quickly made up his mind. With a wave of his hand, a Pure Yang Flying Sword shot from his sleeve and carved a deep sword mark into the side wall of the hall, leaving a thread of sword qi within it.
Then Shen Luo looked into the distance toward another hall nearest to their current location...
"Next, let's head over there first."
The Enlightened Heavenly Beast followed his gaze and looked in that direction. After pondering briefly, it shook its head. "That would not be appropriate."
"Why? That place is clearly closest to us." Nie Caizhu asked in confusion.
"It does appear closest in a straight line, but there is no direct road connecting it to this side. The forests and mountains here are unlike those elsewhere; they cannot be crossed at will. If we rashly enter them, we risk getting lost. We must take a detour and travel farther, to the hall on that ridge." As it explained, the Enlightened Heavenly Beast raised a hand and pointed.
Shen Luo looked