"Miss Tantai, you flatter me," Gu Sheng said.
He looked around but did not spot Shen Qingtian or Gu Ningshuang, so he turned to Miss Tantai and asked,
"Xue Li, where are Qing Tan and Ning Shuang? Haven't they arrived yet?"
Before Miss Tantai could answer, Tantai Qingyao spoke first, explaining,
"Brother Gu, Sister Qing Tan and Sister Ning Shuang entered the secret realm an hour ago!"
"They went in?"
Gu Sheng was taken aback.
"Mm!"
Tantai Qingyao nodded.
"The stability of this Kongxuan Secret Realm entrance is rather unusual. Each time, it only allows a small group to enter together, and the intervals are quite long. Sister Qing Tan and the others hold the key secret-realm token and map, so they went in first as the first group of explorers.
The rest of us belong to the second group. We need to wait here until they come out, or until the secret realm entrance reaches its next stable period, before we can enter. For now, all we can do is wait."
So that was it.
Gu Sheng understood. His gaze drifted once more into the depths of Rift Valley, where he could faintly sense waves of chaotic spatial fluctuations. It seemed that if he wanted to reunite with Shen Qingtian and Gu Ningshuang and explore this secret realm that might be connected to the Divine Craftsman Inheritance, he would need to wait patiently.
Outside Rift Valley, the gathered martial artists either conversed in low voices or sat cross-legged to regulate their breathing as they waited for the secret realm entrance to stabilize again. Miss Tantai glanced at the sky, then sensed the spatial fluctuations coming from within the valley, sometimes calm and sometimes chaotic, before turning to Gu Sheng and speaking softly.
"Brother Gu Sheng, there is no point