Su Jiu followed "Zheng Qilong" up the mountain. Half an hour later, however, the figure of Zheng Qilong drifting ahead of her abruptly vanished.
Su Jiu quickened her pace and reached the spot where "Zheng Qilong" had disappeared, then surveyed her surroundings.
She seemed to have encountered the same situation as before. She was certain that if she kept walking forward like this, she would soon return to where she had started.
Just what was stopping her from continuing up the mountain, and what connection did it have to Zheng Qilong?
Su Jiu stopped wandering aimlessly and began trying every method she could think of, one after another.
She started with her divine sense, but soon discovered that it, too, seemed to circle within a fixed area, unable to break through.
The path downhill remained clear, while the path uphill was indistinct. Clearly, this invisible, intangible force was meant to keep outsiders from climbing the mountain.
The mist filling the air was probably only the first smokescreen.
Formation arts and barriers were useless now, as were explorations using divine sense and spiritual power.
After pacing around twice, Su Jiu crouched down and sank into thought.
She was like a trapped beast, inexplicably confined to this spot and unable to advance.
Other than a cultivator whose talent far surpassed hers, only the Heavenly Dao could put her in such a predicament.
After all, the Azure Realm's false Heavenly Dao had been putting genuine effort into making trouble for her. Was this connected to the Azure Realm again?
Su Jiu could not be certain, but she suspected she was not far off the mark.
Beyond that, what occupied her thoughts most was the Heavenly Dao's audacity. When the Heavenly Dao first established the laws, it allowed all things to change in their