Translator: Silavin
“One Spirit Seed was completely consumed ahead of schedule…” The Feng Family Elder explained the situation to Feng Wentian.
“How could this happen!? Didn’t you check it before using it!?” Feng Wentian rebuked with a dark expression.
“I did check. Perhaps the problem wasn’t with the Spirit Seed itself, but rather something unexpected occurred that interrupted this transportation…”
The Feng Family Elder wiped his sweat, answering cautiously.
He too was puzzled. This kind of thing should not have happened.
The Spirit Seed being consumed ahead of schedule indicated that the transportation had encountered enormous resistance.
But what could possibly interrupt it!?
Hearing their conversation, the six powerful individuals from the Imperial Dynasties immediately changed expressions.
They had brought the strongest members of their Imperial Dynasties’ younger generation. Even if they had not achieved brilliant accomplishments at the Imperial Dynasties Assembly, they would still become pillars supporting their Imperial Dynasty in the future.
If something had happened to these people…
Particularly Long Zexiao, whose heart clenched tight.
If something had happened to Long Qingyao, how would he explain it to the Emperor when he returned?!
“How much of the Spirit Seeds remained at the time?”
Feng Wentian quickly calmed down and inquired in detail.
“About one-tenth…”
“One-tenth – that means they should have already been transmitted to the ‘Heart Trial Territory’.” Feng Wentian breathed a slight sigh of relief, though his eyes still carried a trace of hidden worry.
The Heart Trial Territory was where the Imperial Dynasties Assembly was held.
However, the Heart Trial Territory was vast, far exceeding the territories of the Six Imperial Dynasties. Where exactly these youths had landed remained unknown.
Moreover, what worried Feng Wentian more was: what had interrupted the transportation?
Worrying seemed meaningless. He could only pray that Qin Yichen would survive.
“If there’s any news, I’ll pass it to you. This matter must not be leaked for now!” Leaving these words, Feng Wentian departed hastily.
This matter absolutely could not be told to Feng Qianxue… She would not be able to endure such horrendous news.
…
A meteor descended from outer space, trailing a long tail as it streaked across the sky. Wherever it passed, space rippled with visible waves.
When it fell to a certain altitude, it suddenly and unnaturally stalled for half a second, then changed trajectory and plummeted straight down.
This tiny change brought catastrophic disaster to Qin Yichen and his companions!
Within dimensional space, a seven points Array travelled at high speed. However, at this moment, the space ahead of the Array began violently fluctuating. Wave after wave of ripples rolled forth, impacting the seven points Arrays.
*Bang!* Instantly, one point out of the seven cracked, then all seven points exploded simultaneously.
“This is bad!” Qin Yichen, who had been meditating with closed eyes, sensed the abnormality immediately. Then he saw the fluctuating spatial traces pressing toward them.
Almost instinctively, he summoned his small Pill Furnace, holding it above his head.
*Ziii!*
In almost an instant, several Imperial Dynasty prodigies not far ahead of him were affected. They did not even have time to scream before being directly crushed by the Space Turbulence.
“Save me!” Long Qingyao opened her eyes to see those people being crushed. Her survival instinct drove her to cry for help.
“Come!” Qin Yichen gritted his teeth and pulled her along.
*Clang! Clang! Clang!…*
The next moment, the small Pill Furnace was struck by wave after wave of Space Turbulence, producing intense reverberations as if heavy hammers were pounding it violently.
Even under the small Pill Furnace’s protection, Qin Yichen’s palms went numb from the shockwaves, and he nearly lost his grip.
“Clang!…”
Then, with a resonating crash, Qin Yichen and Long Qingyao were thrown from dimensional space, falling toward the ground.
*Bang! Bang!* Landing on the ground, both rolled for a considerable distance before finally stopping.
“Ah!” Just as Qin Yichen tried to stand and look for Long Qingyao, burning pain radiated throughout his body, causing him to collapse again.
Fortunately, he had prepared Pills. After taking several, he managed to stand up after a moment.
Looking at the small Pill Furnace in his hand, its lustre once again dimmed, Qin Yichen could only smile bitterly.
Last time, to repair the small Pill Furnace, he had already invested numerous Medicine King Grade herbs. Now it seemed to have returned to square one.
[But still, you have saved my life once again.]
Storing the small Pill Furnace in his ring, Qin Yichen began searching for Long Qingyao.
After a moment, he found the unconscious Long Qingyao a hundred metres away.
Her injuries were far more severe than Qin Yichen’s. There were obvious purplish bruises on her forehead. Clearly, she had struck some rock when falling.
“Princess Qingyao, Princess Qingyao, wake up…” After he gave Long Qingyao several Healing Pills, she gradually regained consciousness.
“Am I… still alive?” She had clearly seen people right beside her being directly crushed by the Space Turbulence. Why was she still alive?
“It’s you? You saved me?” Then, she saw Qin Yichen beside her and immediately struggled to stand up.
“Don’t move!” Qin Yichen stopped her.
“Qin Yichen, they… are they already…”
“Yeah.” Under her gaze, Qin Yichen nodded with difficulty.
Though he had saved Long Qingyao, he could not save the other five.
Of the seven-person group, only they two had survived!
If Qin Yichen had not had the small Pill Furnace’s protection, even they might have been obliterated by those Space Turbulence.
The impact of Space Turbulence was not something they could currently withstand.
“Hmm?” Suddenly, Qin Yichen sensed many powerful auras approaching their location.
“Let’s go, this place isn’t safe!”
Seeing that Long Qingyao had difficulty walking, he did not hesitate. He scooped her up and, after several leaps, disappeared into the forest.
Before long, even more powerful auras appeared in this region…
Qin Yichen and Long Qingyao hid in a tree hollow, holding their breath. However, Qin Yichen soon discovered that these powerful auras did not seem to be coming for them.
[What happened? Where is this place?] Many questions arose in Qin Yichen’s mind, but remained unanswered.
The tree hollow was not large. The two barely squeezed together with no gap between them.
Qin Yichen’s heavy breathing hit her face, making Long Qingyao’s cheeks burn as she turned away.
Only then did Qin Yichen realise their current position was far too intimate.
“*Ahem…* Stay here, I’ll go take a look outside.” He coughed lightly, gave Long Qingyao instructions, and left her several Healing Pills before carefully extracting himself from the tree hollow.