"This..." Zhang Xiaohua landed on the ground, his face dark. "Don't tell me... it won't let anyone enter!"
Zhang Xiaohua extended his divine sense. Sure enough, the jade passage was covered in exceedingly profound fluctuations of Primordial Qi. Those fluctuations differed from anything Zhang Xiaohua had seen before, utterly beyond his understanding. He tested several more places, but each time the jade passage bounced him back. Zhang Xiaohua could not help growing anxious.
He knew perfectly well that he had only been drawn into this... Haotian Immortal Manor because he had obtained the Haotian Mirror. Once the immortal-path seniors battling outside Mount Yao—those from Great Forest Temple, the Incense-Passing Cult, and Shuiyunjian—reached a consensus, any one of them who entered could kill him with ease. If he could not get ahead of them, find the treasures above, and flee, his end would likely be exceedingly miserable!
What Zhang Xiaohua feared most was that, in the radiance emitted by the Haotian Mirror, he had already exposed his true appearance before Abbess Jingyi and the others. In the future, the identity of Ren Xiaoyao... would likely bring him even more trouble!
Rubbing his chin, Zhang Xiaohua gave a bitter smile.
"Right, if the jade passage... can't be crossed, what about the open ground beside it?" Zhang Xiaohua's heart stirred. Without hesitation, he ran to the right, then tried the Misty Steps. To his surprise, martial arts lightness skills could actually be used here!
Sure enough, a hundred zhang away, the purple jade passage disappeared. Yet beside it was not open ground, but a gently flowing river. Its water was emerald green and exceptionally clear, yet despite that clarity, its bottom could not be seen. There were no fish in the water, nor was there anything else at all.
Zhang Xiaohua cautiously sent