Chapter 389: The Mysterious Person

Upon careful observation, he discovered that within this layer of flower sea, there were extremely terrifying nested lingzhen.

Moreover, he couldn't understand any of these lingzhen sets at all!

This was incredible!

The number of nested lingzhen in this place was at least seven or eight layers deep, which was something no human could have done.

Lingzhen inherently went against the rules of heaven and earth, using specific lingwen to impose new rules on a space, thereby achieving the desired purpose.

Normally, seeing two or three layers of nested lingzhen was already extremely frightening.

Now, seven or eight layers?

Xu Xiaoshou felt a twinge of unease.

Could he handle this?

But his curiosity got the better of him, and he continued flying upward.

As he flew, he quickly soared beyond the coverage of the flower sea.

From his bird's-eye view, his lingnian instantly took in everything below.

"Perception" could detect all nearby objects in great detail, but it was at this moment that lingnian's true power came into play.

It was like an endless ocean; even at the limits of Xu Xiaoshou's "Perception," he still couldn't find the boundary of the flower sea.

Yet, his lingnian detected a faint trace of life force far beyond the flower sea.

That trace of life force was extremely subtle, completely sealed off by the lingzhen, so others would never notice it.

But who was Xu Xiaoshou?

He was intimately familiar with life energy, and having just comprehended the human body's "shengji vein map," he was able to see through these nested lingzhen and spot that life breath.

"Someone?"

He was startled. What kind of being could be in the flower sea?

Could this terrifying nested lingzhen be their handiwork?

However, lingnian wasn't the same as "Perception"—all he could see was a vague trace, unable to fully manifest the other person.

At this point, Xu Xiaoshou felt the urge to retreat.

Perhaps he had unwittingly trespassed into some city lord's forbidden area.

After all, along his journey, he had avoided almost everyone and all lingzhen, so naturally, no one had stopped him from heading in this direction.

"I have to leave!"

The more Xu Xiaoshou thought about it, the more wrong it felt. He glanced down at Mu Zixi, who was still struggling below.

Just as he was about to send a message, a notification suddenly popped up in his information panel:

"Received scrutiny, passive value, 1."

Damn!

Xu Xiaoshou's heart raced.

Had he been discovered?

He immediately tried to dive down from the air, but at that moment, a fierce wind swept through the flower sea, rustling the plants.

The array patterns hidden in the void suddenly appeared, interlocking like sparks that ignited the entire flower sea.

"And there are even more lingzhen?"

Xu Xiaoshou was shocked. He realized that his attention had been completely drawn to the lingzhen in the flower sea.

But this place had far more than that.

Even the void was inscribed with an astonishing number of array patterns.

At the intersection of heaven and earth, this nested lingzhen wasn't just a two-dimensional plane—it was three-dimensional!

A strong sealing aura emanated from his body, trying to suppress Xu Xiaoshou, but no matter how wildly these lingzhen stacked up, his "renxing" remained stubbornly resilient.

"Can't suppress it?!"

It seemed as if nothing in this world could make him bow his head!

Xu Xiaoshou felt a surge of joy in his heart. All the lingzhen around him were at most at the zongshi peak level—none reached the wangzuo tier.

"Why is that?"

"Someone with the ability to create such nested lingzhen would probably treat wangzuo-level lingzhen as child's play."

"So why doesn't this flower sea have a single wangzuo-level lingzhen?"

Doubts flooded his mind, but Xu Xiaoshou didn't struggle. Instead, he went with the flow of the sealing force on his body and fell back into the flower sea below.

"Xu Xiaoshou!"

Mu Zixi hurried over, her face full of worry.

The sudden change in the flower sea had truly scared her.

As soon as the array patterns lit up, the young girl felt like she had stepped into some kind of altar, as if she might be sacrificed at any moment.

"Go!"

"This place is too eerie—we can't stay!"

Xu Xiaoshou didn't hesitate. After saying that, he immediately grabbed Mu Zixi and tried to leave.

The lingzhen were powerful, but they still couldn't trap someone with the array-breaking divine ability "Perception"!

But just then, another message popped up in his information panel:

"Received suspicion, passive value, 1."

Xu Xiaoshou's body jolted. That person could still see him?

Suspicion?

What were they suspecting?

Could they have realized he was acting, and that breaking the array had no effect on him at all?

His heart grew even more panicked. The one in the flower sea was no ordinary foe.

This was a huge miscalculation!

If things went wrong, this place might not be Zhang Taiying's burial ground but could become his own grave!

"Run!"

Mu Zixi could sense Xu Xiaoshou's panic, but she knew not to wander off, so she stayed right on his heels.

It was over—the little forest and flower sea plan had been discovered...

She was still chuckling to herself about it when she didn't notice Xu Xiaoshou suddenly freeze up ahead. He forcibly pulled back the step he was about to take, stopping in mid-air.

A light circle suddenly appeared under his foot.

If Xu Xiaoshou hadn't stopped in time, he would have stepped right into it.

No one knew what the consequences would be!

Even though Mu Zixi instinctively tried to hold back, she couldn't stop herself.

The two were too close, practically toe-to-heel to avoid getting separated.

As soon as Xu Xiaoshou stopped, the young girl bumped into him.

Fortunately, with her previous experience, Mu Zixi had her lingyuan protective barrier active, so she wasn't flung away.

But the impact still made her step back.

"Watch out!"

Xu Xiaoshou quickly turned and reached out to pull Mu Zixi back.

Too late!

As soon as the young girl stepped back, a light circle appeared right under her foot, and she vanished with a cry of "Ah!"

Xu Xiaoshou: "!!!"

Teleportation?

He was stunned! What level of lingzhen was this?

Could a zongshi lingzhen achieve teleportation?

This was completely unscientific!

His heart sank, and he couldn't even think about where Mu Zixi had been sent.

He wasn't foolish enough to follow right after his shimei and get teleported himself.

Not to mention whether their destinations would be the same...

Just the outcome—better to lose one than two, right?

Wait, no.

At least if one got out, they could go find Fu Hang for help!

Xu Xiaoshou glanced back at his information panel. He was certain the person in the flower sea was controlling all this, and that individual had definitely noticed something odd about him!

"Received scheming, passive value, 1."

"Received suspicion, passive value, 1."

The first message was what made Xu Xiaoshou stop in his tracks, and the second was the other person's immediate response after he halted.

Unfortunately, none of this could be relayed to Mu Zixi in time.

Otherwise, the young girl probably wouldn't have met such a tragic end...

"Want to mess with me?"

Xu Xiaoshou's expression turned strange. He turned back and stared far into the distance at the unknown figure.

He couldn't see the person, but clearly, the other could see him.

"Received scrutiny, passive value, 1."

Xu Xiaoshou took a deep breath and looked back at the distance to the flower sea's boundary.

It was only a few zhang away, but maybe with that ghostly teleportation, he really wouldn't make it out tonight.

Since that was the case...

He steadied himself, slowly turned around, and behind him, hundreds of ling needles suddenly lit up.

In that instant, the colorful flower sea rustled.

The wind howled, and the flowers bowed as if in submission, evoking a sense of storm clouds gathering.

Even though he couldn't see the person opposite him, Xu Xiaoshou still felt their mocking intent, as if they were ridiculing his overconfidence.

"Received mockery, passive value, 1."