This method of silently merging with another's Divine Sense was not the first time Gu Qingfeng had done it.
Back in the Nine Nethers, in order to track a peerless female demon, he had spent a long time comprehending this kind of undetectable technique.
Even that Nine Nethers female demon couldn't perceive such a method, let alone others. As that night-moon-like Divine Sense left the mysterious space, Gu Qingfeng's Divine Sense followed along. Detecting that the other's Divine Sense was about to return to its physical body, Gu Qingfeng quickly and silently detached himself from it, only then beginning his observation.
This seemed to be a hot spring, within which a woman was soaking in the water.
The woman's appearance was stunningly beautiful, poetic and picturesque like a celestial fairy. Her long, flowing hair naturally draped into the spring water, rippling slightly. Her graceful figure was also faintly discernible. At this moment, soaking in the spring with her eyes gently closed, she seemed to be resting her spirit.
It had to be said, this scene was truly a feast for the eyes.
Gu Qingfeng couldn't help but take a couple more glances, but only a couple. Although this woman's beauty could topple cities and kingdoms, Gu Qingfeng had cultivated for five hundred years in total and had seen far too many beauties, big and small. Forget celestial maidens, even the heavenly maidens from the Nine Heavens above he had seen—not only seen, but even fought with.
Therefore, seeing such a peerless beauty soaking naked in a hot spring, he only took a couple of polite glances.
Compared to this woman, what attracted him more was the turbid crystal ore beside her.
This crystal ore was about the size of a fist, its surface smooth, but its interior was multicolored, very similar to the turbid crystal ore in his hand.
Clearly, this woman should also have entered the mysterious space through such a crystal ore.
If she did it this way, then the other woman in the mysterious space should also have entered via a crystal ore, and that Divine Sense that had been lying dormant inside was also likely to have entered through one.
Who knows what this thing is, or how many of them exist.
Without thinking too much, Gu Qingfeng observed the woman soaking in the hot spring.
This woman seemed quite extraordinary. The spiritual auras on her body were incredibly complex: there was the aura of reincarnation, the aura of bloodline, the aura of a treasure body, the aura of an immortal lineage, and even an aura that Gu Qingfeng dared not probe deeply. What surprised him even more was that this woman actually possessed over twenty layers of natural auras.
Who knows who she really is. Her luck is too good, the heavens are really favoring her!
Gu Qingfeng continued his investigation. This place seemed like a cave dwelling, and a cave dwelling as beautiful and wondrous as a fairyland at that. There were also quite a few spirit pills, magical treasures, and various resources.
Unfortunately, he was now just a wisp of Divine Sense. Apart from being able to investigate, he could do nothing else. After investigating for a while, he found it rather uninteresting and prepared to leave.
To leave, he had to pass through this mixed-color crystal ore, and once he touched this crystal ore, he would definitely be detected by the other party.
Of course, Gu Qingfeng wasn't afraid. Although his Divine Sense was somewhat weak now, it had after all been tempered by the Nine Nethers Ancestral Fire. Even after enduring the Heavenly Judgment, it was still not something an ordinary person could handle. Even though this woman didn't seem like an ordinary character, he was confident he could leave. Otherwise, he wouldn't have followed in the first place.
Sure enough, the moment his Divine Sense just touched the turbid crystal ore, the woman who had been resting with her eyes closed in the hot spring suddenly paled with shock.
"Who's there!"
As her voice fell, the woman abruptly stood up. The hot spring instantly formed a whirlpool, swirling around her graceful figure. With a leap, she beckoned, and a piece of light gauze flew over, which she draped over herself. She released her Divine Sense to sweep the area and immediately discovered a flame-like Divine Sense entering the mysterious space.
"It's him!"
This flame-like Divine Sense was all too familiar to the woman. It was exactly that strange man who had suddenly barged into the mysterious space and absorbed the Judgment aura.
"How did he..." The woman couldn't figure out at all how the other party had come here. She also had no time to think much. Ignoring the shock in her heart, she immediately released her Divine Sense and also entered the mysterious space. But by the time she followed in, Gu Qingfeng had long since vanished without a trace.
"Damnable bastard!"
Withdrawing her consciousness and returning to the cave dwelling, the woman was so angry her beautiful face lost its color, gnashing her teeth in fury, her chest heaving unevenly. Taking a deep breath to suppress the anger in her heart, she looked again at the mixed-color crystal ore in her hand, her beautiful eyes filled with lingering fear.
How on earth did that bastard follow me here? How did I not detect it at all?
The woman frowned deeply, thinking hard, but she couldn't figure it out, couldn't understand it. Even racking her brains, she found it utterly bewildering.
And the anger she had just managed to calm down grew stronger the more she pondered, her stunningly beautiful face now filled with shame and fury.
"Elder Sister Su, what happened?"
At that moment, a small emerald-green bird flew over. This bird, who knows what it was, could actually speak human language. It landed on the woman's shoulder and asked curiously, "Elder Sister Su, who were you talking to just now?"
"No one..." The woman addressed as Elder Sister Su by the little bird shook her head slightly, not revealing what had just happened.
"Huh?"
The little bird tilted its head and said, "But I clearly heard you talking just now."
"You heard wrong..." The woman let out a deep breath and said, "Little Yi'er, I want to be alone for a while. Go out and play first."
"Alright..." The little bird spread its wings, about to leave, then suddenly remembered something and asked, "Oh, right, Elder Sister Su, when are we going to the Nine-Hua Alliance... Didn't you say we would go a couple of days ago?"
"At the end of the year."
After what had just happened, the woman was in no mood to soak in any hot spring. She felt she had to get to the bottom of this matter, otherwise she wouldn't be able to eat or sleep in peace.
"The end of the year... That's still one or two months away, hmm... Elder Sister Su, can't we go earlier? I haven't seen Ye Ye for a long time, hmm, and Little Jin'er too, I miss them so much... I really want to see them soon..."
"Wait a little longer. I still have some things to do. After I finish them, I'll take you to see Ye Ye and Little Jin'er."
"Mhm, mhm..." The little bird happily flew away.
After putting on her clothes, the woman looked again at the turbid crystal ore. The more she looked, the angrier she became. She released her Divine Sense and entered the mysterious space again.
Unfortunately, she found nothing.
"Damnable bastard, don't let me catch you!"
The woman was seething with anger. Not only had she never suffered such humiliation since reincarnating, even before reincarnation, she had never been peeped on like this.
"What are you looking for?"
A Divine Sense appeared out of thin air. This Divine Sense was like mist, like rain, like wind—invisible to the naked eye, just a feeling.
"Did you notice that person!"
"Which person?"
"That guy who absorbed the Judgment aura!"
"You mean that guy... What about him?"
"Nothing."
The woman similarly did not reveal what had just happened. Although the two had known each other for a long time, they had never met and didn't know each other's identities. As for who the other party was, she didn't know.
That mist-like, rain-like, wind-like Divine Sense asked, "Did you notice anything unusual here just now?"
"Just now? Unusual?"
"Not exactly just now, some time has passed. At the time, I suddenly noticed a hint of crimson glowing here, very strange... like a Demon."
"Demon?"
"Probably. I'm not too sure either. Like a Demon, yet like a Buddha; not a Demon, yet not a Buddha... very chaotic..."
...
Yunxia Sect, Spirit Seclusion Garden in the back mountain.
By the time Gu Qingfeng's Divine Sense returned, the sun outside was just beginning to rise. Getting out of bed and stretching, he prepared to go ask what was going on.
Because just a moment ago, he seemed to have heard a solemn and majestic bell toll from Yunxia Sect. In his memory, if the sect's bell tolled, it definitely meant a major event. Opening the door, Fei Kui was standing there with a bowed posture. Seeing Gu Qingfeng come out, Fei Kui hurriedly handed over a basin of clear water.
"What was that bell toll just now?"
"I heard it's because the three Grand Elders have emerged from seclusion."
"Oh?"
Gu Qingfeng let out a light sound of surprise. He knew the three Grand Elders Fei Kui mentioned were Elder Huode's three martial uncles. But hadn't Elder Huode said these three old men wouldn't emerge until the end of the year? Why had they come out one or two months before the year's end?
Upon inquiry, Fei Kui shook his head in response. "This humble one isn't too clear either. Just now, the old master and the others have already rushed over."