Yuan Shu raised her hand to block the sunlight and gazed into the distance.
After a moment, her eyes landed on a small dirt mound not far away, and she walked over to it.
Gathering spiritual energy in both hands, she began to form hand seals.
Transparent, colorless spiritual energy appeared between her fingertips. As she moved her hands rapidly, it formed a star-shaped spiritual pattern in the air.
With a flick of her finger, the spiritual pattern sank into the ground beneath her feet, drawing a wisp of Yuan Shu's divine consciousness and radiating it in all directions.
Since Yuan Shu had claimed she could find that ancient dark-element mystic realm, she naturally had her reasons!
The Divine Acacia Tree was an ancient divine artifact that had a special resonance with such ancient mystic realms; it was just usually concealed and undetectable.
As long as she formed seals to trigger it, she could perceive the special energy fluctuations.
A moment later, Yuan Shu opened her eyes, her gaze falling on a small pool of water not far away.
"Found it. Call your people over."
Yuan Shu waved to Zhai Shuo, who was standing to the side.
Zhai Shuo raised an eyebrow and walked over. "What did you say? You found it?"
She just gestured a couple of times and found it?
"What? You don't believe me?" Yuan Shu raised an eyebrow in return and pointed at the small pool.
"Clear it out."
Zhai Shuo glanced at her, stepped forward with a cold expression, and examined the pool she pointed at, his brows furrowing tightly.
In the end, he didn't voice his doubts right away. With a wave of his hand, he materialized his usual black broadsword.
"Step back!"
Zhai Shuo warned Yuan Shu, turning around and gripping the broadsword with both hands. Dark red fire-element energy surged around his body, rapidly gathering toward the blade!
Once it had condensed to a certain point, Zhai Shuo raised his arms and slashed forcefully at the small pool!
The violent, dark red fire element surged out like a spiritual energy cannonball. With a loud boom, it split the small pool right down the middle.
The splashing water rapidly evaporated, turning into mist and vanishing.
A moment later, all that remained in its place was a dried-up pond bed.
Yuan Shu raised an eyebrow, looking at Zhai Shuo in surprise. "Second Senior Brother, your skills are quite impressive! You are... definitely above the Demonic Core Realm, aren't you?"
Zhai Shuo ignored Yuan Shu's surprise and waved for his subordinates to go down and take a look.
Two subordinates immediately jumped down to the bottom of the pool and searched around.
A moment later, someone at the bottom exclaimed, "Found it!"
Zhai Shuo's expression shifted slightly. He led the others forward and immediately jumped down into the pool.
Sure enough, at the bottom of the dried-up pool, they found a mystic realm boundary stele!
This was a boundary stele that only large-scale mystic realms possessed; its appearance meant they had found the right place.
This was the entrance to the mystic realm!
"She actually found it!"
Before Zhai Shuo could speak, a middle-aged demon following him voiced his shock.
He was Zhai Shuo's Royal Uncle, who usually enjoyed studying things like mystic realms and formations. This time, he had specifically come along to help.
However, despite searching the vicinity for days, he hadn't been able to find the true entrance to the mystic realm.
When he heard the conversation between Zhai Shuo and Yuan Shu just now, he had thought this human cultivator was just playing around.
He had shaken his head and paid her no mind.
He never expected that she would just close her eyes to sense things for a few breaths of time, and upon opening them, point out this exact location.
And she was actually right!
At this moment, the gaze he directed at Yuan Shu was filled with astonishment.
A flash of surprise also swept past Zhai Shuo's eyes.
He had thought Yuan Shu was playing tricks, most likely looking for an opportunity to escape.
Who would have thought she would actually help him find the mystic realm?
This woman... what exactly was she trying to do?
"I've already helped you find the entrance. However, the spiritual power of this ancient mystic realm's boundary is formidable. Figuring out how to get inside is up to you now!"
