Xue Fuyao paused. Since her cultivation had not been suppressed, she had not noticed, but Gu Nian and Chu Yunzhe, whose cultivation had been suppressed, had sensed something unusual the instant their cultivation was unsealed.
"But how long have we even been walking? Besides, the spiritual energy here is nowhere near what the Cultivation Realm should have. It's only a teeny, tiny, tiny, tiny bit better than the Mortal Realm."
As she spoke, Xue Fuyao held up two fingers to demonstrate. It really was only a tiny bit better.
"I think I know where we are," Gu Nian said. "I once heard Master mention that there's a Dead Sea in the Cultivation Realm. The spiritual energy there is sparse, and no living creatures dwell there. It's a forbidden zone for cultivators."
With Gu Nian's reminder, Xue Fuyao and Chu Yunzhe remembered as well. There was indeed such a place in the Cultivation Realm.
Xue Fuyao looked at Chu Yunzhe and asked, "Senior Brother, are you sure you didn't get the scent wrong?"
Chu Yunzhe shook his head. "No, but the scent disappeared once it reached here, as though someone deliberately erased it. Besides, this place definitely isn't a forbidden zone for cultivators, or even all living creatures, as the legends claim. There were a lot of people here not long ago."
"Can you track them?" Gu Nian asked.
"Yes. Follow me."
Now that they had reached the Cultivation Realm, contacting the Sect would be simple.
Yet when Gu Nian tried to contact the Sect, she discovered that she could not reach them at all.
Seeing this, Xue Fuyao and Chu Yunzhe took out their Communication Talismans as well.
"Senior Sister, Master left me a message saying he was going to reinforce the barrier, so he won't be reachable for a