"That's it?"
A Xin frowned, but her expression soon relaxed.
Although Youming said it was over, she was still somewhat annoyed at being woken up. But she soon thought it through.
Youming's advancement couldn't wait.
Youming had made its meaning clear. It was currently at the sequence seven tier, but absorbing that anomaly's black qi would let it reach the sequence six tier.
An advancement of such magnitude should naturally happen as soon as possible.
Delaying it by one night probably wouldn't cause any danger, but there was always a chance something might happen.
As A Xin considered this, she willed the barrier enveloping the Floating Island to flicker for a moment, changing from translucent to illusory.
Then she lay back down on her bed and said, "The barrier is still there. For the next half hour, it will only wear away life force. It won't stop anything else from entering or leaving."
"All right," Youming replied, and the room fell silent.
But only a few seconds later, A Xin's eyes flew open as she lay in bed.
Her desire to sleep had completely vanished.
It would have been fine if she hadn't known Youming was about to advance. But now that she knew, she couldn't sleep at all.
She rolled out of bed, put on the coat beside it, and walked straight outside. "Youming, where are Chu Sheng and the others?"
Youming didn't speak, but the ground ahead of A Xin stirred slightly, instantly forming a guidance arrow. Ten meters farther in the direction it pointed, there was another.
A guidance arrow marked the way every ten meters.
Seeing this, A Xin immediately followed the arrows toward the three men.
The Floating Island was higher in the middle and lower around its edges, sloping like a pot lid, though