The hall was, of course, the Exchange Hall within the Soul Token.
After returning to his courtyard in the Outer Domain, Chen Cang immediately directed his mind into it.
Soon, his consciousness separated from his body once more and entered the spacious hall shrouded in boundless white mist.
As Chen Cang looked around, the white mist suddenly stirred and parted to either side, revealing a narrow path leading somewhere unknown.
The meaning could not have been clearer. Chen Cang hesitated for a moment, then followed the path inside.
He walked for ten minutes or so before the boundless white mist abruptly vanished. Sunlight streamed down, and the view before him opened wide.
Chen Cang surveyed his surroundings and discovered that he had actually arrived on a mountain peak. Looking down, he could see buildings rising in tightly packed rows across the open land in the distance, forming a bustling city of unprecedented scale.
From his vantage point, he could faintly make out figures moving through the city in orderly fashion.
What seemed strange, however, was that none of these people appeared particularly strong. It looked more like a great city populated by ordinary people.
"Do you know where this is?"
A voice rang out without warning, and Chen Cang abruptly raised his head.
On the mountaintop, which had been empty just a moment earlier, a black-robed figure had eerily appeared. He stood with his back to Chen Cang and his hands clasped behind him, his robes fluttering despite the absence of wind.
Combined with his imposing stature, the scene gave him even more of an air of grandeur than Gu Yuan had possessed during his appearance back then.
"I cannot be certain, but I have a few guesses." Chen Cang stepped forward until he stood behind the black-robed man.
"This