As they continued down, there wasn’t much that changed in the area around them.
It was a simple tunnel that led downwards, but the one thing of note was how deep it was. Even after walking for over ten minutes, they didn’t see anything that seemed like an ending to this passage.
At the same time, they could tell from how much they had walked downwards, they were quite deep in the earth at this moment.
They couldn’t help wondering just how deep they would go at this rate.
And at the same time, they couldn’t help wondering what they would find at the end of this path.
Lin Fan who knew a bit more about geology even wondered if they were heading into the core of this Minor World. But after thinking about it, he gave up that idea since he didn’t know if this Minor World was even a planet.
This Minor World was a smaller realm that was created with space laws, so it might not even follow the planet theory. In fact, this place could even follow the flat earth theory for all he knew.
Eventually though, they reached the end of this tunnel and they saw an exit waiting for them. There was a bright light that was coming from the exit that prevented them from seeing what was beyond it.
But as they came closer, they could feel the dense spiritual energy in the air.
This was even more dense than the spiritual energy that was outside in those concentrated spiritual energy areas.
As they came closer, they didn’t dare let their guards down.
For once, the cloaked figures didn’t follow behind Bi Qing, but rather came in front of her.
But the way that she reacted made it clear that this wasn’t on her command. After all, she had a displeased look as she looked at them standing in front of her.
Still, these cloaked figures didn’t move out of the way even with how she glared at them. It was as if they wouldn’t listen to her orders no matter what she said or what she did.
This was the first time that Lin Fan had seen them act like this.
He couldn’t help taking note of how serious they were acting. It was obvious that they had sensed something that he hadn’t been able to sense.
When he looked at Mu Bao Bao, he had also seen that she couldn’t sense anything.
If it wasn’t for the fact that he didn’t want to alert the other side and reveal his abilities, he would have sent the scout forward. He didn’t know what kind of abilities the other side had, so he didn’t send Greeny’s puppets to scout out the area first.
Even if they were all from the Love Sect, there were circumstances that forced him to be cautious.
In the end, Bi Qing allowed them to do what they wanted to do.
The cloaked figures were the first ones to exit the passageway and when they did, they couldn’t help standing still as soon as they came out.
Bi Qing, Lin Fan, and Mu Bao Bao were confused seeing this since they couldn’t see what was ahead of them. So they came out of the passageway in the end and they were also surprised by what they saw.
There was a giant red ball of energy that was in front of them that was releasing this bright glow. At the same time, they could feel powerful spiritual energy flowing out from this giant ball of energy.
Even a fool would be able to understand that this was what caused the concentrated spiritual energy in the air.
Even a fool would be able to understand that this was the core of the Minor World.
Lin Fan was especially surprised since he had gone against the idea of a core like this in the first place. Now that the core was in front of his face like this, he was naturally surprised to find that his guess earlier had been correct.
After coming back to their senses, they quickly looked around themselves and raised their guards.
This place was clearly the core of this Minor World, so they didn’t believe that the owner of this Minor World would leave it unguarded.
Not to mention, it was the owner of the Minor World who had invited them here in the first place. They didn’t know what would happen, but they knew that anything was possible.
After looking around for a bit, they weren’t able to find a single thing.
Bi Qing knitted her brows slightly before suddenly saying out loud, “We’re here. What did you want to talk about?”
As her voice fell, the sparrow spirit beast appeared again.
But when they looked closely, they found that the sparrow spirit beast no longer had the same talisman on its back. Instead, it flew in front of them for a few seconds before flying over to the other side of the large red ball of energy.
They couldn’t follow it with their eyes since the large red ball of energy covered up the other side of this place, so they had to go around the large ball of energy.
When they saw the other side, they couldn’t help being surprised by what they saw.
There was a throne there and atop that throne, there was a cloaked figure sitting there.
The cloaked figure had one hand raised that the sparrow spirit beast landed on.
As for their head, they were looking right at Bi Qing’s group, as if they had been waiting for them. Then as if to confirm this, this cloaked figure suddenly said, “You’re finally here, I’ve been waiting.”
Even after it was confirmed, since the same voice came from this cloaked figure as the one that came from the talisman, no one in Bi Qing’s group made a move.
They didn’t know if there were any traps here, so they didn’t dare act rashly.
After a moment of silence, Bi Qing asked, “Who are you?”
Though the way that she asked this, it wasn’t as if she was actually expecting an answer from the cloaked figure. And as expected, the cloaked figure didn’t answer this question.
The cloaked figure just looked at Bi Qing for a bit before suddenly standing up and waving their hand for Bi Qing’s group to follow.𝒪𝓋𝒍xt.𝔠𝗈𝑚
Without even making sure that Bi Qing’s group was indeed following them, the cloaked figure made their way through the room and to another door that was there. This door was much bigger than the passage that they had gone through and led to a different place that was much darker than this. With the difference in brightness, they weren’t able to see what was behind the door when the cloaked figure went through it.
The cloaked figures looked at Bi Qing while she knitted her brows to look at this door.
But in the end, she followed the cloaked figure through that door and into the next room.
When they came into the room, they found that it was completely different from anything they had seen before. This room wasn’t a throne room or a large hall, it was a simple room that looked to be a bedroom.
The cloaked figure was sitting on the luxurious bed that was inside of this room and was looking at them, as if they were waiting for them.
When the cloaked figure saw them come in, they pointed at a couch and some chairs that were on the side and said, “Sit and let’s talk.”
All of them couldn’t help revealing strange looks in the end, but they did what the cloaked figure said.
But of course, since Lin Fan and Mu Bao Bao were still hidden, they moved over to the side.
They didn’t know if the cloaked figure could see them or not, but the cloaked figure hadn’t reacted to them yet. Since that was the case, they would act like the cloaked figure couldn’t see them and hide away so that they could act freely.
After Bi Qing and her group sat down, there was a silence that lingered in the air.
Finally, Bi Qing broke the silence by asking the same question as before, “Who are you?”
The cloaked figure looked at them for a bit and instead of answering this question, they asked another question, “What is your connection with the Love Sect?”
Bi Qing was surprised to hear this question, but at the same time, she looked like she had expected this to come.
This owner of the Minor World seemed like they were very connected to the Love Sect, so when Bi Qing showed some sign of recognition of the Love Sect, they had naturally taken notice.
Bi Qing looked at the cloaked figure with narrowed eyes, but she didn’t answer this question.
After a bit of silence, the cloaked figure said, “There’s no need to answer if you feel uncomfortable, but I can say that there’s nothing else to talk about if you don’t say anything.”
The look in Bi Qing’s eyes changed a bit as she fell into thought, but in the end, she said, “I received the grace of the Love Sect before, that is all.”
The cloaked figure looked at Bi Qing as if they were trying to see through her.
But after staring at her for a bit, they suddenly gave a nod as if they understood where she was coming from.
So the cloaked figure suddenly asked, “What do you want from this place?”