Soft grass lay beneath his feet. In the distance, rolling hills stretched away, covered in towering ancient trees and lush greenery.
A clear river wound down from the mountains, its surface shimmering with a faint silver glow.
There was no sun in the sky, yet it was bright and gentle, suffused with a hazy white light.
Chen Lin closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Boom!
Spiritual energy of unimaginable density poured through his nose and mouth straight into his internal organs.
The Azure Origin Sword Art within him began circulating furiously without him even having to activate it.
The concentration of spiritual energy here was downright outrageous!
If the spiritual energy in the Song-Style Courtyard House, enhanced by the Dual Spirit-Gathering Formation, was wisps of thin mist, then the spiritual energy inside the Mountains and Rivers Painting was a viscous liquid!
Every breath was like swallowing a Qi Gathering Pill.
"This environment..." Chen Lin opened his eyes and could not help swearing. "Holy shit. Even a pig tossed in here could become a Nascent Soul greater demon just by living long enough!"
He rose into the air, riding the wind as he hovered above and surveyed this world.
The space inside the Mountains and Rivers Painting spanned roughly three kilometers, about the same size as Chen Family Village outside.
It was not particularly large, but for a portable magic treasure, it was already beyond incredible.
Chen Lin extended his divine sense underground, trying to discover the source of this terrifying spiritual energy.
His divine sense penetrated the soil and descended a hundred meters underground.
Suddenly, Chen Lin shuddered.
Within his divine sense, an enormous "dragon" emitting dazzling white light lay dormant beneath the ground!
It was an earth vein formed from spiritual energy so pure it had almost