It was a separately created space. A newly formed space could not actually hold living beings, but Big Black Fish felt that, with San San's assistance in keeping it stable, holding Ye Chuqi for a short while should be no problem.
He could take advantage of that interval to use the spatial bluestone, open a passage through space, and transport them somewhere safe!
The idea was perfect. Putting it into practice, however, was another matter entirely.
San San was very interested in Big Black Fish's plan. "Give it a try. Even if it fails, we'll only fall out of the space. That's bound to happen sooner or later anyway."
Ye Chuqi: "..."
She felt that the worst-case scenario was not simply falling out of the space. With these spaces nested inside one another, who knew what strange crevice they might end up falling into?
Even if they had to leave the space sooner or later, she absolutely did not want to do it this way.
San San could see Ye Chuqi's concern.
The last time she had been stranded in the Space-Time Rift, she had watched, fully conscious, as the astral winds swallowed those Demonic Cultivators and tore them to pieces. Under San San's protection, Ye Chuqi had barely escaped alive, and even then, she had paid a terrible price.
Ye Chuqi did not want to go through anything like that again, and she was deeply resistant to Big Black Fish's suggestion. But she trusted San San. As she had told Xiaojiu, however worried she might be, she would still choose to trust a little more—and she trusted San San completely.
For Ye Chuqi's safety, San San decided to let Big Black Fish become more familiar with the spatial bluestone's abilities. More importantly, San San needed to familiarize itself with