"Amitabha, even I had become obsessed. Let's go... Even if a Buddha's shadow came, that old dragon of the Western Sea would know. There was no reason to let him find even a shred of the truth! And that shred would be enough for him to follow the vine and dig up the melon!"
In truth, the voice had been so faint—who could have noticed it? Even that suddenly appearing Buddha's shadow had vanished in a flash. Even if someone had truly been near the Sea Eye, they likely would not have seen it.
Yet after that tiny voice, there was no further sound at all. Within the Sea Eye, there remained only the roaring waves and the strange whimpering from the abyss.
Xiao Hua never imagined that his journey into the Sea Eye of the West Sea would draw so much attention! Still less did he know that, in the eyes of those great experts, he was almost nowhere to hide. Fortunately, the cultivator wrapped within the Yin Yang Illustrated Manual had made some arrangements for his own safety. Otherwise, Xiao Hua would have suffered another miserable fate like the one he had endured upon arriving in Xiaoyu Continent.
At this moment, Xiao Hua was not thinking so much. He only felt as though his head were splitting apart, while his entire body was unbearably heavy. He could not even move a finger! When he opened his eyes, all he saw was pitch-black darkness. There was not the slightest sound by his ears either, as though he were inside a space of absolute silence!
"Eh? This feels strangely familiar!" Xiao Hua endured an inexplicable terror as he thought to himself. When he tried to send out his divine sense, although his Niwan Palace was protected by an Innate Divine