Chapter 258: Chapter 258: The Changing Mine

"Long time no see!"

Like a little monkey, the Formation Spirit jumped onto Lu Chen and chattered nonstop; Lu Chen also greeted it with a laugh, and the tension that had been on his face suddenly vanished without a trace.

"Chitter chitter chitter—"

The Formation Spirit turned halfway around in Lu Chen’s arms and pointed in the direction halfway up the mountain.

"Do you want me to go over there?"

Lu Chen looked up and saw that above the mountain waist, the cloud path still stretched out endlessly, with the peak nowhere in sight, all shrouded in swirling mist.

But when he looked toward the middle of the mountain, the scene had changed from his first visit; the countless mine tunnels were gone.

There was only a gaping hole like a giant beast’s maw.

Just by looking up from the foot of the mountain, Lu Chen felt as if the abyssal hole was staring at him, so he quickly averted his gaze.

"You want me to go there?"

"Chit!"

The Formation Spirit nodded eagerly. Lu Chen furrowed his brow; deep down, he didn’t think the Formation Spirit would deceive him.

But after all, this was inside the Abyss, within this forbidden area of the Abyss!

After thinking it over, he still set down the Formation Spirit and said, "Let’s go over first and then talk."

Recalling the Xuanji Sect Master who was in hot pursuit, Lu Chen dared not delay.

The thought of the Core Formation Stage cultivator, who had attacked without warning, still gave him heart palpitations.

The Formation Spirit led the way, stopping every three steps to look back, as if terrified that Lu Chen would suddenly change his mind and not follow.

But with no way to retreat, Lu Chen had no choice but to keep going.

And so they went on for several hours.

By the time he arrived at the mouth of the cave, the Xuanji Sect Master had also reached the foot of the mountain.

She was very weak.

Although she had hurried out this time, she usually carried some medicinal pills with her. For her current injuries, they were still somewhat like a drop in the bucket, but they were better than nothing and allowed her to regain some capacity for battle.

"That woman... so arrogant, she doesn’t even regard Qingyun Sect with respect!"

"And Lu Chen, fleeing so decisively quickly, he must have some doubts about me too!"

"As for Qin Yaotiao, she is nowhere to be found! I guess Lu Chen might have already encountered Qin Yaotiao and doesn’t want her to return to Xuanji Sect, so naturally, he doesn’t want to come with me to Xuanji Sect either!"

As the Xuanji Sect Master thought thus, she looked up towards the mountain.

Because Lu Chen had taken the Spiritual Fire, this was a formation eye missing the fire element, causing the Illusion Array of this mine to be affected.

Not only did Lu Chen see a different mine tunnel, but the same was true for the Xuanji Sect Master.

However, since the formation was not completely destroyed, the Xuanji Sect Master couldn’t see Lu Chen and the Formation Spirit who had already reached halfway up the mountain.

"This mountain is clearly different. If I recover a bit, should anything unexpected happen, I’ll have some ability to protect myself!"

She had thought that being at the later stage of Core Formation, she would be invincible here, even if there was an element missing in the Five Elements Formation, she hadn’t taken it seriously.

But she had never expected that within the Abyss, there would be someone like Li Qingyao, far stronger than herself!

This undoubtedly made the Xuanji Sect Master increase her vigilance for the journey ahead.

She sat down cross-legged at the foot of the mountain, took out another medicinal pill, swallowed it, and then closed her eyes to start recovering her Spiritual Power.

Meanwhile, Lu Chen stood before the abyss-like cave entrance, took a deep breath, and then used the Hateful Heaven Pupil Technique to look inside.

In theory, his gaze should leave nothing obscured.

But Lu Chen found that even when using the Hateful Heaven Pupil Technique, in front of this abyss, his Spiritual Power could only slowly penetrate deeper into the cave.

Where his Spiritual Power reached, there was what he could see, not at all like before when he could see the core of an entire Five Elements Formation at a glance!

A doubt arose in his heart; was there something different here, or was there...

Some mystery hidden within this cave?

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