"This place was getting more and more sinister! It wasn't this serious last time..."
As she spoke, Suzuki Yukiko hurriedly pulled the necklace she had kept inside her clothes... It was a jade Laughing Buddha strung on a red cord.
But unlike an ordinary jade Laughing Buddha, it radiated spiritual energy. It was no mundane object... and Seele could not help but glance at it a few more times.
It seemed... Suzuki Yukiko was a second-generation cultivator. She carried so many treasures on her... This was another spiritual artifact. Unlike the magatama Seele had casually created, it was something considered precious even in the eyes of cultivators.
"Senior Suzuki, Sister Seele, what should we do now?" Asou Yuna looked around and could not help gripping the Demon Blade in her hand even tighter. Though they had reached their destination, other than these strange negative emotions and influences, they had found nothing else.
"Suzuki, do you have any suggestions...?"
Seele also looked at Suzuki Yukiko as if asking for her opinion. Suzuki Yukiko knew more about the situation here, and Seele wanted to hear what she had to say.
However... Black Seele's words kept resurfacing in Seele's mind. This entire cliff was a world unto itself...
Could it mean this place was isolated from everywhere else? Or perhaps... its space existed independently?
"Let's wait a little longer. If it still doesn't appear, we may need to go down and take a look. There might be clues below, but... there will be even more danger."
Suzuki Yukiko pointed beneath the cliff. It was several dozen meters down. Though it was not terribly high, it looked quite frightening—equivalent to several stories.
"Then we can only do that for now!"
Seeing Suzuki Yukiko say so, Seele did not say anything more.
Looking down from