The pleasantries soon ended, and the three stepped out of the temporary palace. Mo Yu stood among the mountains with her hands behind her back.
Yun Zhen stepped forward and said with a smile:
"Sorry for the wait, True Person."
"No matter. It was merely the flick of a finger."
Mo Yu seemed entirely unconcerned. She waved a hand and said:
"Your Highness, may we leave now?"
"Then sorry for the trouble, True Person."
Yun Zhen replied with a slight nod.
At that, Mo Yu swept her sleeve, drawing all three to her side, then casually tore open the Great Void and slipped inside.
Jiang Yang's vision blurred, and the world changed. Dusky darkness surrounded them, accompanied by the rushing sound of water as they traveled through the Great Void.
Heavy Mountains abounded in steep ridges. The spirit vigor here was plentiful, rising and falling within the Great Void, so Mo Yu traveled extremely swiftly, crossing a mountaintop in barely two or three steps.
After several rises and dips, they had crossed a thousand mountains and ten thousand miles in less than an incense stick's time, arriving south of Jianqi Pool.
This had originally been a lush river valley called Heqibo. Its spirit vigor was unremarkable, and ordinarily only minor demons without powerful backers roamed here. Aside from them, people were seldom seen.
Yet just a few years earlier, the valley's clear stream had flowed backward and abruptly dried up. Stones as large as bushel measures rained from the sky, becoming peaks where they landed. White blossoms cascaded across the ground like waterfalls, circling and dancing without cease for three months.
These strange phenomena terrified the birds and beasts, leaving them dead, injured, or fleeing. Not a soul remained within a hundred miles, and no living creature dared approach, leaving