Su Qi looked at Jingyue curiously. "What did you see this time, Jingyue?"

Jingyue smiled. "It’s a Saintess’s secret. I can’t tell you for now."

That line was particularly effective. No one asked any more questions.

"Then how do we get inside?" Zi Feng asked.

Jingyue casually snapped her fingers, and the surrounding scenery instantly changed.

"I have the authority to come and go as I please," Jingyue said with an air of confidence.

Zi Feng frowned as he looked around. "Where are we?"

Jingyue shook her head. "I don’t know. But this place is huge. There should be a mountain in the center, with the area around it divided into four courtyards: East, West, North, and South.

I don’t know if there’s anything valuable here, but one thing is for sure—there are no dangers originating from the cave mansion itself.

However..."

Lan Yue asked curiously, "However what?"

Jingyue pointed to the ground. "There seems to be a colossal threat down below. If it wakes up, we should leave immediately. I don’t know what it is, exactly."

Zi Feng thought for a moment. "Let’s split up. I know you all probably have other business to attend to. These are temporary Communication Talismans. Just contact us if you run into any trouble."

After handing the Communication Talismans to Jingyue’s group, Zi Feng left with Lan Yue.

Since there was no immediate danger, it didn’t matter which cultivation levels stuck together.

After Zi Feng’s group departed, Jingyue turned to Su Qi and the others. "I’m going to go on my own for a bit, so don’t follow me, okay?"

With that, Jingyue headed straight for the mountain in the center. She had a clear objective and knew what part of this place drew her in the most.

Watching Jingyue leave, Su Qi shrugged. "And there goes our Senior Sister."

Qing Lian asked, "Did we just get ditched?"

Su Qi shook her head. "It’s a Saintess’s secret. Lately, Jingyue has been coming into contact with these secrets a lot. Most of the time, she sees visions of certain events or people."

"How would she know?" Qing Lian asked, curious.

"Because I saw one once, too," Su Qi said, looking at the buildings ahead. "Come on. Let’s go see if we can find anything good."

Before long, Su Qi and Qing Lian arrived before a large courtyard. Though it was called a courtyard, it wasn’t enclosed by walls. Instead, it was a collection of houses, palaces, and pavilions nestled within a large forest.

In front of the forest stood a stone stele, upon which were inscribed two words: East Courtyard.

Qing Lian was curious. "Why would they call a forest the East Courtyard? Does that mean there are also West, North, and South Courtyards?"

"Who knows what the ancients were thinking? But it’s very likely there are West, North, and South Courtyards. Jingyue did just say this place was divided into four," Su Qi said as she led the way.

******

Meanwhile, Ximen Chuihuo was looking at a stone stele. "West Courtyard? Looks like this place is huge."

"Should we go check outside?" Li Ya asked from beside him.

Ximen Chuihuo shook his head. "Let’s see what we can find in here first. We can decide whether to go out later."

With that, they turned back and headed into the West Courtyard.

At that moment, Jiang Zuo walked into a pavilion. It was very large and emanated a powerful aura, clearly different from the other structures.

Upon entering, Jiang Zuo saw four stone walls covered in numerous murals.

The moment he saw the murals, Jiang Zuo froze. He had spotted a mural of a leaf. While not an exact match, it looked remarkably similar to the Ten Thousand Leaves Immortal Spirit.

Beside the mural was a line of two words: Initial Form.

The next moment, Jiang Zuo immediately moved to the next mural, but it only depicted three people sitting in a gazebo.

The one after that showed two people playing a board game.

And the one after that, a man and a woman chatting by a shore.

After examining all the murals, Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but frown.

’Nothing. Besides the first mural, none of the others have anything to do with the Ten Thousand Leaves Immortal Spirit.’

’I’d thought the owner of this place might be closely connected to the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion, but now I’m not so sure.’

As Jiang Zuo was pondering, Duan Qiao crawled out of his Storage Space. "Your phone is ringing," it said to Jiang Zuo.

The signal had disappeared after he arrived, so Jiang Zuo could only keep his phone in his Storage Ring.

’It just goes to show, a portable signal tower is an absolute must-have for away missions.’

Jiang Zuo took out his phone and saw it was a call from the Black-robed Demon Cultivator. His brow furrowed instantly.

’Su Qi must be in trouble.’

He answered immediately. "Did something happen to them?"

"Well, it’s not that something *happened*," the Black-robed Demon Cultivator said, sounding completely helpless. "Here’s what went down..."

After listening to the Black-robed Demon Cultivator’s full account, Jiang Zuo asked, "They just vanished? Without any warning?"

The Black-robed Demon Cultivator explained, "Not exactly. I should say, Saintess Jingyue snapped her fingers right before they disappeared."

’They vanished with just a snap of her fingers.’ The Black-robed Demon Cultivator didn’t want to put it that way, but he truly hadn’t seen anything else.

’If I don’t give him something, losing the business would be the least of my worries. Getting on his bad side would be a disaster.’

’As expected, taking jobs from Po Xiao is a bad idea.’

Just then, something occurred to Jiang Zuo. "I see," he said. "If that’s what happened, then it’s fine. I’ll pay you when the time comes."

The Black-robed Demon Cultivator hung up, overjoyed. ’I didn’t get on his bad side, and I didn’t lose the job. This is actually pretty great!’

Jiang Zuo, of course, paid no mind to any of that. As for Su Qi and the others suddenly vanishing, there was only one likely possibility.

’They’ve come here, too.’

’Jingyue could get in with a snap of her fingers. It seems the connection between this place and the Holy Land runs deep.’

Jiang Zuo looked at the leaf mural again. After a moment of thought, he took out the Array Stone engraved with the Ten Thousand Leaves Immortal Spirit.

’In theory, if a Saintess can enter this place so easily, she must have some kind of special authority.’

’And if the Saintess has authority... could I, a Candidacy Saintess, also be able to see certain specific things?’

With that thought, Jiang Zuo tried to activate the mark.

As the mark activated, a smile finally touched the corners of Jiang Zuo’s lips.

He could sense something special in this place.

Then, Jiang Zuo’s vision changed. The scene before his eyes was no longer what he had seen just moments ago.

’Another memory stream? Is this one meant for the Holy Land Saintess?’

Jiang Zuo suddenly understood why all the locations recorded by the Holy Land had to be visited by a Saintess or a Candidacy Saintess.

’With a Saintess present, she can see these things.’

’If the Saintess isn’t around, the Candidacy Saintess can see them instead.’

’But what was the point of it all?’ That, Jiang Zuo didn’t know.

At that moment, the vision sharpened.

He was still in the pavilion, but now the four walls were lined with countless books instead of murals. In the only spot that still had a mural, two people were standing.

He couldn’t see their faces clearly, but he could tell at a glance that they were no ordinary individuals.

Of the two, one was dressed in white and had an extraordinary air about him, while the other appeared very calm and steady.

The man in white was busy working on the mural. He was in the process of painting the very same leaf mural that Jiang Zuo had just seen.

The steady-looking man, watching him work on the mural, asked curiously, "What are you painting?"

The man in white replied, "A concept that came to me recently. I call it ’The Source.’"