Chapter 397: 396, Divine Sense Tempering Chapter 397: 396, Divine Sense Tempering The designated time soon arrived, but everyone noticed that there were significantly fewer people this time, unsure whether they couldn’t make it back in time or had already perished.
The elderly man walked up to the group, glanced over everyone, and said, “Congratulations to all of you for completing this task. The top one hundred who advanced will proceed to the next level with me. Please take out your Jade Tokens now.”
The crowd took out their Jade Tokens, and seeing their rankings displayed, some cheered excitedly while others looked dejected.
Song Yan Ning felt a lightness under her feet, and when she felt solid ground again, she realized she had arrived at a new place.
“Congratulations to all of you for advancing to the fourth level, the final layer of the Spiritual Realm. You will have one month here, and after that, the Spiritual Realm will close. I wish you all fruitful gains,” said the elderly man before he vanished in front of the crowd.
“Let’s go that way,” suggested Song Yan Ning, seeing Qin Yushen and Wei Lingfeng looking at her. Like the third level, there were many paths here too, though they all looked quite similar.
“Okay!” Qin Yushen and Wei Lingfeng nodded and followed Song Yan Ning down the chosen path.
The moment they stepped on the path, they felt a strong force pushing them, nearly knocking them off.
Qin Yushen tightly grasped Song Yan Ning’s hand, pulling her back to his side, “Release your Divine Sense.” He was too familiar with similar secret realms from his past lives.
Song Yan Ning nodded and quickly released her Divine Sense. She had stormed the Linglong Tower in the Demon World, whose staircases had a similar pushing force. She was initially caught off-guard, which nearly got her pushed off. This type of force was very beneficial for refining Divine Sense.
Hearing Qin Yushen’s words, Wei Lingfeng also hurriedly released his Divine Sense.
No sooner had Song Yan Ning released her Divine Sense than she felt a tearing pain through it. She gritted her teeth, enduring the pain and striving to counter the force with her Divine Sense, laboriously taking one step at a time forward.
As the force on the Divine Sense grew stronger, Song Yan Ning kept struggling but soon found a way to counter it, lessening the excruciating pain and easing her steps.
She tried extending her Divine Sense further ahead, one meter, two meters… ten meters… until it could extend no further.
“Are you feeling better?” Qin Yushen asked via a soul transmission. He had been watching Song Yan Ning’s expressions and, seeing her complexion return to normal, knew she had adapted to the force and felt relieved.
“I’ve found a way to counter the pressure,” Song Yan Ning happily communicated back.
Qin Yushen reached out and ruffled Song Yan Ning’s hair, “My little Ning is the best.”
Song Yan Ning smiled faintly.
Wei Lingfeng watched Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen enviously. If only I had a Taoist couple too.
The three of them slowly progressed, and after what felt like a long time, they suddenly felt lighter as the mighty force completely disappeared. In front of them appeared a dark, seemingly endless cave.
“Should we go in?” Wei Lingfeng hesitated, sensing a deathly aura emanating from inside the cave.
“Since we’re already here, naturally we should go in,” said Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen, who had already entered the cave. They too sensed the aura of death, but retreat was never in their nature.
As they just entered the cave, Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen felt a bone-chilling coldness, followed immediately by a Wind Blade attacking them.
Qin Yushen picked up Song Yan Ning and quickly dodged the Wind Blade.
“That was close!” Song Yan Ning felt a lingering fear. The speed of these Wind Blades was incredibly fast, so much so that even Divine Sense struggled to capture them.
“Xiao Ning, get on my back,” Qin Yushen said, putting Song Yan Ning down.
“Mhm.” Song Yan Ning quickly walked behind Qin Yushen and lay onto his back; his broad and powerful back gave her a feeling of security.
“Wei Lingfeng, follow us and watch my steps carefully. Make sure not to make any mistakes,” Qin Yushen said as he moved his feet in a mysterious pattern and walked forward.
Wei Lingfeng, hearing Qin Yushen’s words, hurriedly followed. The Wind Blades here were too fierce; several cuts had already been made on his body.
Song Yan Ning, using her Divine Sense to pay attention to their surroundings, noticed that Qin Yushen could dodge the attacks of the Wind Blades every time, and she couldn’t help but admire him. He was truly outstanding!
“There is a Stone Gate ahead,” Qin Yushen said.
Immediately, Song Yan Ning extended her Divine Sense and indeed saw a Stone Gate, and her face instantly showed surprise when she noticed two keyholes on it, “There are keyholes on the Stone Gate; this must be the place we are looking for.” She didn’t expect their luck to be this good.
“Mhm,” Qin Yushen nodded in agreement. He had also seen those two keyholes.
“This is great! I’ve finally found it,” Wei Lingfeng laughed heartily. The Wei Family had paid a great price to find this door, a fact known only to their family.
The three of them approached the Stone Gate cautiously. They couldn’t afford to be careless here.
“Be careful!” The moment they got close to the Stone Gate, countless fierce Wind Blades swept through.
Qin Yushen’s movements were like lightning as he dodged the Wind Blades’ attacks while carrying Song Yan Ning on his back.
Wei Lingfeng was not so lucky; though there was no threat to his life, his face and body were covered with blood marks from the Wind Blades.
“Qin Yushen, put me down,” Song Yan Ning gently tapped Qin Yushen’s shoulder.
“It’s too dangerous here,” Qin Yushen said worriedly.
“I won’t let anything happen to me, don’t worry,” Song Yan Ning assured. She had many things to do and couldn’t afford to get hurt.
Qin Yushen hesitated for a moment, then let Song Yan Ning down from his back, “Be very careful.”
“Mhm.” Just as Song Yan Ning got off Qin Yushen’s back, several Wind Blades enveloped her; she moved her feet to dodge the Wind Blades while simultaneously throwing out several Array Flags. She had just realized, this place contained a natural Concealing Array. This Concealing Array was extremely hidden; if not for the enhancement of her Divine Sense, she would have never discovered it.
With the Array Flags placed, the rampaging Wind Blades that had been rampant around them disappeared in an instant.
“You know Array?” Wei Lingfeng was surprised looking at Song Yan Ning. Seeing how well Qin Yushen protected Song Yan Ning, he had thought her ability to reach this point depended solely on Qin Yushen, but now he realized Song Yan Ning’s strength was not weak; she was not a woman who needed protection.