Only after the sun had fully set did Su Jiu realize that, within Poison Valley, it was not just the woods where the stars overhead were obscured. They were just as impossible to make out in the village.
In short, as long as one remained within Poison Valley, one could never clearly see the starry sky above.
Su Jiu and Chu Luohen moved swiftly.
Before long, they had concealed their figures and auras and stopped a short distance directly above the Chieftain's Household.
Su Jiu frowned at the thin layer of barrier beneath them and could not help asking, "Is there really no way through this barrier?"
Chu Luohen said nothing, merely taking out a pen-shaped magic treasure.
Su Jiu watched him flick the pen a few times over the barrier, and a hole melted open in it on its own.
After the two of them entered, the barrier gradually closed again, as though nothing had ever changed.
Su Jiu recognized this magic treasure, too. It was the Boundary-Pausing Pen, which could silently open a passage through someone else's barrier.
Of course, there were restrictions on its use. After all, if something so heaven-defying had no limitations, there would probably be nowhere in heaven or earth its owner could not go.
The Boundary-Pausing Pen was a middle-tier spirit treasure. It could open barriers but not break them, and it could only be used on barriers laid by someone whose cultivation was no more than one minor stage above the user's. Otherwise, not only would it fail, it could also alert the other person to their presence.
Su Jiu glanced at Chu Luohen, a trace of curiosity in her eyes. "How did you know the person who laid this barrier wasn't above the Nascent Soul late stage?"
"An innate gift."
Su