When Li Yan quietly descended to the spot his Divine Sense had detected earlier, he could not help but stare in astonishment.
For below this point, even if his Divine Sense continued extending another hundred li, there was still nothing but empty space—an endless abyss.
This isn't the bottom of the abyss. They suddenly changed direction... did they discover me?
Li Yan hovered in the darkness, his expression turning uncertain. Just the concealment technique Yan Qingchen had displayed was already enough to alarm him.
Now, the surroundings were nearly identical in every direction. Even with Li Yan's meticulous nature, he could find nothing unusual.
If it had been him, without discovering someone following from above, what would he have relied on to judge where to choose a new direction here?
Yet before reaching the bottom of the abyss, the others had abruptly turned and flown straight sideways toward somewhere else.
For a time, Li Yan did not follow them. Instead, he remained suspended where he was and began carefully examining the surrounding environment...
Yan Qingchen was now flying shoulder to shoulder with Liu Siyu. After he slowed down slightly, the people behind them soon caught up.
"Senior Brother, are we almost there?"
Liu Siyu asked softly.
She was puzzled as well. The surroundings were pitch-black, with only the nearby cliff face on one side and the bone-chilling cold air rising from below.
During their descent, everyone had investigated their surroundings for their own safety, yet they had found no obvious markers.
Why had Senior Brother Yan suddenly changed direction while descending?
"Yes, we should not be far away!"
Yan Qingchen had already slowed considerably, as though constantly confirming their location. Within one hand concealed in his wide sleeve, he held an object the size of a copper coin.
Within the