Hall Carved from a Whole Piece of White Jade

Zhang Xiaohua's thinking was not wrong. So long as one's divine abilities were sufficient, one could indeed see the origin of that incomparably fine black qi. It was only that "sufficient divine abilities" represented a realm Zhang Xiaohua could never have imagined. That black qi came from some unknown place beneath the ground and abruptly emerged above this platform. Clearly, it had not followed any ordinary underground route, nor had it passed through places Zhang Xiaohua might traverse with his usual Earth Escape. This man-high platform had blocked Zhang Xiaohua's view, and at the same time confined the direction of his thoughts.

Moreover, the strange things atop the platform had caused him to misjudge its purpose. He had thought the platform existed to block the black qi, but its true purpose was merely to raise the height so that the black bead could happen to stand in the path where the black qi surged forth!

And the place where the black qi emerged, as well as the path it traveled, was actually neither connected to the platform nor within the same space!

To trace the root of that black thread from another space required such a divine ability... tsk, tsk. Perhaps only when Zhang Xiaohua's cultivation reached an inconceivable level would he be able to see it!

Just as Zhang Xiaohua closed his Eye of Delusion Breaking, Xiaohei, who had lazily been feeding on the black mist beside him, seemed to sense something and immediately flew before him. Xiaohei imitated Zhang Xiaohua, crouching before the faint, almost imperceptible black qi. The Eye of Delusion Breaking on Xiaohei's forehead opened slightly as well. Yet unlike Zhang Xiaohua, Xiaohei's eye opened only into a tiny slit, and then a silver gleam shot forth, staring straight at the place where the black qi