Chapter 339: Chapter 339: Reaching the True Depths of the Sky Abyss!

The prohibitions deep within Tianyuan would open every few years, each time lasting about a month.

Since the opening, more than half a month had already passed for Lu Chen.

If he could not find Li Qingyao and Qin Yaotiao within this half month, he would have no choice but to exit Tianyuan.

Saying there wasn’t much time left was true, but actually, it was also enough.

He was now at the Foundation Establishment stage and could fully control artifacts for flight.

However, wary of Yan Zhiyi’s existence, Lu Chen could only use Spiritual Power at his legs and run wildly after getting some distance from the first heaven.

As for the Elemental Missing Array, he was not worried about the youngsters, like Xiao Hei and others.

When leaving, Lu Chen had also left behind the Breath Soil.

Even if those youths were only martial artists and hadn’t reached the Fasting stage yet, with Breath Soil to grow Spiritual Medicine, they wouldn’t starve to death.

Under such circumstances, Lu Chen’s heart was free of distractions; at worst, he would wait until the next opening of Tianyuan to find them.

He believed that by then, they would all be fine.

Lu Chen was totally focused, holding the jade fish token in his hand while his figure nimbly weaved through the dense forests of Tianyuan.

He wasn’t familiar with this path, and although his movements were nimble, they were far from being as exquisite as a cultivator’s movement technique.

Lu Chen appeared strong, but he was still lacking in methods.

"If I really can’t find anyone, I’ll just have to think of a way to join some sects..."

Lu Chen muttered to himself, looking forward to where the woodland gradually sloped downwards, indicating he was approaching the depths of Tianyuan.

He glanced at the jade fish token, but its eyeballs did not light up, showing that Li Qingyao was not nearby.

At the same time.

Yan Zhiyi came up empty-handed.

Through his Spiritual Sense, he saw the messy footprints on the ground, and on the other side of the valley, the soil of the medicine garden was churned up, clearly, they had taken precautions, packed up everything, and left, leaving only the empty huts.

And it was just the huts, with nothing inside—not a single bed, table, or chair remained!

"That Foundation Establishment stage has some brains," Yan Zhiyi frowned, killing people was secondary, but getting nothing for himself left him very dissatisfied, "But what can a Foundation Establishment cultivator leading a bunch of martial artist youths do? Where can they run?"

Putting aside his thoughts, Yan Zhiyi walked out of the valley and stood at the entrance of the first heaven; he used his Spiritual Sense to carefully search the ground.

Soon, he found a series of footprints leading into the depths of Tianyuan.

"A cunning rabbit has three burrows. It’s not surprising that this Foundation Establishment cultivator has another hiding place! However... I am at the Core Formation stage; where can you all flee to?"

Yan Zhiyi’s expression turned cold, and he locked onto the traces on the ground with his Spiritual Sense, then performed Void Stepping, hovering more than half a zhang above the ground, before chasing straight after them.

Ultimately, he would definitely pursue them to the Elemental Missing Array, but with the Night Spirit Pearl taken by Lu Chen, it would be hard for him to enter!

This was Lu Chen’s first time truly entering deep into Tianyuan.

Aside from the darkness intensifying, ancient trees, shrubs, and weeds also grew much denser.

This forced Lu Chen to slow down his pace.

"That Core Formation stage, I don’t know where he is! Could he also have entered the depths in pursuit?"

Lu Chen couldn’t help but worry a bit and didn’t dare to control artifacts to travel.

He gripped the long spear tightly in his hand, using it as an ordinary stick to clear the way, and tried as much as possible to avoid making noise.

Fortunately, no matter how dark the depths of Tianyuan got, it didn’t affect his vision.

Eventually, Lu Chen came to flat ground.

Before him, the scenery opened up unexpectedly, unlike the rugged terrain he had encountered along the way.

At this moment, the eye of the jade fish token suddenly emitted a faint glow, exceedingly conspicuous in the darkness!

Lu Chen was overjoyed in his heart, "Mother?"

He quickly looked straight ahead; after a slight moment of contemplation, he took two steps forward!

At once, the fish’s eye lit up a little more.

Lu Chen was elated, "It’s this direction!"

At the same time, deep in the pit, Li Qingyao suddenly lifted her head to look toward the sky.

"Qing Yao, what is it?"

Lu Tianren noticed something amiss and immediately asked.

"It seems... Xiao Mu has come!"

Li Qingyao’s elegant brows knitted together, unaware that Mu Xiao had given the jade fish token to Lu Chen!

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