Chapter 4564 — Exploring the Space
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
What was more, after its great surge in strength, the spirit bird was now more than ten times faster than before. Its other innate talents might not be much, but even among flying spirit beasts the bird's speed ranked among the finest, and it was not to be underestimated. Unless something locked onto them with spiritual sense and descended directly, as the Old Sect of the Western Mountains had done, ordinary beings had little hope of catching it.
With such layers of protection, Wei Zhao felt both tense and assured as the man and the bird slowly picked their way forward through this vast and mysterious space. Yet after walking for two whole days, from beginning to end they encountered no living creature whatsoever. Not to speak of frightening beings like a flood dragon, they did not see so much as a single insect.
The spiritual energy in this space was dense beyond anything rarely seen in the world. Anywhere else, such a place would surely draw clouds of spirit beasts, with rare treasures visible everywhere. Yet because of the Five Poisons Swamp, the place had unexpectedly become a dead land: no spirit beasts, no wild animals, not even a single blade of grass.
After two full days of exploration, what Wei Zhao saw from beginning to end was the same scene. Apart from towering stone pillars and high platforms visible everywhere, the place was nothing but an empty desert, utterly vacant, with nothing at all.
Faced with this result, Wei Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, yet could not help feeling somewhat disappointed. He was not a greedy man, but this place was, after all, a treasure ground made by heaven itself, and he had originally rather hoped for some unexpected harvest—otherwise he would not have risked coming out to explore. But judging by the current state of things, there was no chance of any harvest at all. At best he could console himself with the absence of danger.
Since it was plainly an empty desert, should he keep exploring? Wei Zhao began to hesitate. He did not want to do something so obviously a waste of time, yet he could not simply give up halfway either. What he had seen these two days was a monotonous wasteland, but who was to say other parts were the same? What if they were not?
"One more day of exploring, and if it's still like this, then forget it. Better to save the time and cultivate properly." Wei Zhao finally made up his mind. If three whole days passed with not the slightest change, then there would be no point in continuing. Even if some stroke of fortune truly lay hidden here, then it could only be said that fate was not with him. One cannot force such things, and there was nothing to be done about letting it slip away.
With that, Wei Zhao leaped onto the spirit bird's back. For the past two days he had walked on the ground out of caution, but now he had a rough understanding of this space, and he planned to explore only one more day. He had no intention of continuing to dawdle on foot. At the spirit bird's speed in the air, one day of exploration could cover a hundred or a thousand times the area of before. If there really was anything at all in this space, Wei Zhao believed one day would be plenty.
The spirit bird had always seemed carefree, but this time, even without Wei Zhao's instructions, it consciously held its speed in check. In a safer place it would have been itching to test its limits, but here it did not dare. If it truly flew at full speed, it might well fly straight into a trap and smack right into the mouth of some horrifying being… (To be continued)