So that was what had happened!
When Ouyang Haotian grabbed Blue Ice by the shoulder, she felt her body shoot toward East Xia City with him, utterly beyond her control. Just before he reached the city's protective restrictions, blue light blazed around him, and he slammed into them. The pitch-black light barrier froze rapidly before their eyes. Then, amid a series of cracks, Ouyang Haotian slowly pushed his hand through the frozen restrictions. Within a few breaths, he had taken Blue Ice through them.
These protective restrictions were meant to repel foreign enemies or beast tides and posed little obstacle to a Spirit Communion Stage cultivator like Ouyang Haotian. Even some Nascent Soul Realm cultivators with powerful divine abilities could pass through them or force a breach. But only someone at the Spirit Communion Stage could break through as effortlessly as Ouyang Haotian without alerting anyone.
"Hey! Senior Ouyang! You can let go of me now!" As soon as they entered the city, Blue Ice protested.
"Heh!" Ouyang Haotian gave a few awkward chuckles and hurriedly released her. Looking down at the chaotic crowds, he tilted his head and listened. After a while, he said in puzzlement, "Huh? Judging from what those people are saying, this isn't a beast tide or an attack on East Xia City! They're trying to capture Li Xiaoya!"
"Yes!" Blue Ice hurriedly nodded. "Oh! Could they have discovered our two fellow cultivators?"
"They probably haven't found them! They seem to be looking for someone connected to them!" Ouyang Haotian replied.
"Then let's go to the East Xia Inn first! Senior, do you know where it is?" After a moment's thought, Blue Ice hurriedly asked him.
"I don't! Let's ask someone!" Looking at the confusion below, Ouyang Haotian flashed blue light from his hand and reached