CHAPTER 645: CHAPTER 641: A CHANCE ENCOUNTER IN THE VOID

The one who entered for the shortest time ended up receiving the best-hidden inheritance. All the members of the small courtyard gained something, so Jiang Yuan was in an exceptionally good mood.

"So this is what the void looks like..." Yun Mo was seeing the legendary void for the first time and looked up with curious eyes.

It’s hard to describe the scene. The surroundings were vast and empty, with nothing else visible. The overall tone was clearly night, yet there was a small sun casting some light. Looking up, the sky was filled with twinkling stars, incredibly magical and beautiful.

"The air is fresh, aside from the scarce Spiritual Energy, nothing feels unusual."

"That’s because this world remnant is still shrouded in an invisible energy layer," Hu Zhile explained patiently from personal experience. "When a world collapses, any fragment of significant size will have an energy layer like a bubble."

She gestured with her hand, "We can’t see it from inside, but from a distance, it looks like a large bubble encasing irregular fragments of land.

With this energy shield, not only is breathing smooth, but there might also be dense Spiritual Energy available for cultivation. The fragment we were on once had Spiritual Energy initially, but it quickly dissipated as it continually shrank and fractured.

When we encountered this massive object, we could sense the dense Spiritual Energy from afar, smoke-like and misty, extremely appealing! Later, when my sister and I were abandoned, we hid on a small fragment of snow mountain to survive. Without the energy shield’s protection, life was difficult; even breathing was a challenge in the void.

Luckily, we had demon beast bodies, and gritted our teeth to persist. Remembering those days... I dare not try experiencing that suffocating, searing sensation again."

Saying this, she gazed toward the fragment’s edge with a complex expression, thinking Hu Zhili must have chosen to end his life in desperation due to the backlash of the curse, suffering depleted Spiritual Power and unbearable pain even in breathing, hence lifting the curse so swiftly.

If he’d had a stronger will, as a demon beast he could have lasted a few more days before nearing death.

"Senior Hu is amazing; at that time, he still had Hu Jiu with him. Indeed, great difficulties bring blessings!" Yun Mo approached the fragment’s edge, extending a wing outward. The sudden sensation of resistance and the subsequent sharp pain from the gale impressed him greatly, leading to admiration for the two sisters.

Jiang Yuan also wanted to try, but reached only an air wall.

[Non-explorable area, unable to proceed]

Bai Yunqi and the others could extend their hands to feel the severe gale, yet he couldn’t, causing some regret.

"Sir, why can’t I feel anything?" Yun Shu half extended her body outside, her clothes fluttering in the wind, looking even more like a fairy.

"Fear the gale?" Everyone was shocked as Bai Yunqi asked, "Can you move freely in the void then?"

She wasn’t sure, but instinctively felt she could try.

Her entire being transcended the protective layer, clothes fluttering as she leaned backward, resembling a fairy from a mural. This scene reminded Jiang Yuan of a movie he watched years ago, "Myth," featuring a heroine gracefully flying.

"I think I can really fly!" Yun Shu excitedly discovered a new continent, her face full of joy yet she obediently asked, "Sir, can I give it a try?"

Receiving a positive answer, she lightly kicked off and leisurely left the world fragment, her clothes trailing as she danced freely in the void.

The small courtyard members gathered at the edge, observing the quite exquisite and wondrous scene, softly discussing how exactly she was flying.

Apart from demon cultivators who are naturally capable of flying, most cultivators require assistance from external sources, like Sword Flight or Sword Dragging Flight. As Yun Shu had a puppet body, she should also have needed an energy source to fly.

Jiang Yuan had previously wondered if she would resemble a robot with flames sprouting from her feet, but that wasn’t the case; no jets from her palms either. She floated steadily and effortlessly, flying like a fish in water!

"Sir, may I go take a look over there?" Experiencing flight for the first time, she was both novel and excited, pointing to a distant bright area and saying, "I want to see if there’s the strong light Hu mentioned in the void, and if I can replenish energy if there is."

"You may, just be careful." Jiang Yuan himself was eager to know how the puppet beauty would perform in the void, and her state was even better than expected, delighting him greatly.

Opening the interface, he confirmed the summon button was blue, indicating he could forcibly recall her at any time, and nodded his agreement, somewhat enviously watching Yun Shu fly further with her celestial grace.

The special mission progress bar showed 85%. Anyway, with nothing else to do at the moment, since everyone was here, he assigned them all to mark locations needing purification.

For smaller scattered pollutants, Jiang Yuan would use Ice Flame to purify them, while the more severely polluted would have to wait for the bluebird to resolve.

The small courtyard members were leisurely and joyfully building a void team, frequently reporting eerie remnants in deep mountains and caves, working together to strive for early complete purification.

Meanwhile, Yun Shu flew toward the bright area, with no specific markers in the void, uncertain how far she’d flown.

She paused to recall her flight path, feeling she could find her way back without needing to communicate with the sir for help. Then she continued onward, flying until she reached the bright area. Looking up, she saw what seemed like a fissure in the upper part of the void, revealing a glaring strip of light.