The old man sat on the wooden bed, gazing at the dozen or so memorial tablets on the table, and let out a quiet sigh.
"Now that there's no spiritual qi, my divination skills have declined considerably.
"I wonder whether the stars I read this time gave me nothing more than a false sign, just like they did a hundred years ago."
Su Jiu had no idea how long she had been unconscious before she finally regained awareness.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw the azure sky above and the glaring sun.
Instinctively, Su Jiu tried to raise a hand to shield her eyes from the dazzling light, but the slightest movement sent searing pain through every limb and bone.
Enduring the pain, she struggled to lift her hand, only to discover that even such a simple movement drained all her strength.
At the same time, she realized that she seemed to be lying on a stretch of yellow sand.
Su Jiu's mind was sluggish. Was this... a desert?
She steadied herself and tried to draw in the surrounding spiritual qi to regulate her breathing and energy, only to snap her eyes open again.
There was no spiritual qi here! Not a single trace! It was as though this were the Spiritless Land!
Su Jiu was a cultivator. Opening her Storage Bag, summoning a Magic Treasure, casting techniques, regulating her breathing and energy-almost everything she did required spiritual qi.
She smiled bitterly. Just where had she been transported, that she couldn't even perform basic healing?
Not only could she not regulate her energy, she could not even open an ordinary Storage Bag.
She tried to inspect her Sea of Consciousness, but discovered that even it had been sealed shut.
Su Jiu endured the pain wracking her