Hai Tang is ultimately in the Constellation Realm. Although there are many strong cultivators in Mount Fangcun, a Constellation Realm cultivator is not someone who can be casually abandoned. Moreover, there are other reasons that make Mount Fangcun unable to easily abandon her. Noticing she hasn't returned, Mount Fangcun stopped at this position. Perhaps there are strong cultivators from Mount Fangcun searching for her traces all around, but they couldn't find Hai Tang, and it led to misfortune for Nian Yuexian. Lu Ye couldn't determine exactly how things had developed, but he imagined this should be the process. Currently, it's highly likely that Nian Yuexian is trapped inside Mount Fangcun. Hence, he must go over to check, but soon he realizes a problem: "Senior Sister Hai Tang, if your Mount Fangcun has such a rule, then if I were to enter..." Hai Tang smiled: "That rule applies to intruders. You are my invited guest, so naturally, it doesn't apply. Junior Brother, do not worry. If your Senior Sister is indeed at Mount Fangcun, once I go back, I'll ask Master to mediate so you can take her out." "Thank you then, Senior Sister." Hai Tang said, "You saved my life and helped me escape from hardship. I honestly don't know how to repay you. I'm very glad to help. No need to be polite with me, Junior Brother." Lu Ye didn't say any more, and Hai Tang earnestly performed a secret technique of the Dwarf Race, searching for traces that others couldn't see. Originally, he planned to take Hai Tang back to the Nine Provinces to consult her about the information in stellar space. Now, it seems that plan is in vain. It's also something unavoidable; plans often can't keep up with changes. Lu Ye received the communication from Number Nine and hurried to the location where Nian Yuexian disappeared. He spent a month, in other words, a month ago, Mount Fangcun should still be at that location, so it shouldn't have moved too far. However, pursuing a drifting domain in stellar space isn't too easy, especially since Hai Tang needs to regularly stop to discern the direction Mount Fangcun is moving. Sometimes she even goes the wrong way, which wastes time. After two whole months, Hai Tang excitedly said, "It should be not far away; these traces are very clear. It should only take a few days to get home." Sure enough, a few days later, a small mountain-like thing suddenly entered Lu Ye's view. He initially didn't pay much attention because stellar space has all kinds of drifting meteorites, floating lands, and he had seen many oddly shaped things before. But what he didn't expect was when Hai Tang saw this mountain-like star body, she was elated: "Finally found it!" Lu Ye was dumbfounded: "Is this Mount Fangcun?" "Uh-huh!" Hai Tang nodded heavily. Lu Ye's eye twitched. He wanted to ask if she was mistaken, but then he thought it was pointless to ask. Hai Tang is from the Dwarf Race; she can't possibly mistake her own domain. But... does this count as a domain? The small mountain in view isn't large. In stellar space, it's not exactly everywhere, but it's not hard to see. It's just a small mountain-shaped meteorite. Though the mountains are continuous, the tallest mountain is only a few dozen meters high. Even if the Dwarf Race is really small, living in such a place would feel cramped, right? Besides, Lu Ye couldn't sense any living spirit from it. Hai Tang seemed to notice his confusion and explained, "Mount Fangcun is mysterious and unpredictable, naturally having the effect of camouflage and delusion, so you can't see much from the outside." The implication is that Mount Fangcun has a world within. Lu Ye laughed: "Then I must take a good look." But soon, Lu Ye noticed something amiss: "Your Mount Fangcun... isn't complete?" One side of the mountain star body has obvious traces of fracture, and it's unclear how it happened. Hai Tang nodded: "Mount Fangcun is indeed incomplete. It broke into three parts many years ago. We belong to the East part of Mount Fangcun, and there are also South and West parts. In the future, Junior Brother, if you encounter the other two parts of Mount Fangcun in stellar space, don't rush in recklessly." Lu Ye nodded: "I understand." As they spoke, the two drew closer to Mount Fangcun and soon reached the perimeter of the mountain star body. Hai Tang said, "Junior Brother, don't resist!" Saying this, she urged her spirit force, enveloping Lu Ye, and headed toward the mountain star body. Just as they were about to collide, Lu Ye suddenly had the illusion of entering a thin film. Immediately, the brightness before him exploded. Looking up, his expression was surprised because in front of him was a big sun suspended in mid-air. It appeared so abruptly, without any sign beforehand. Lu Ye immediately understood that Mount Fangcun looks one way from outside and another from inside, truly another world. A powerful Mental Consciousness suddenly swept across. Lu Ye's body involuntarily tensed because this consciousness was so strong, he only felt it in Yueh Xin, Yang Qing, and Fong Rumo, among a few others. It was evidently because Hai Tang brought him into Mount Fangcun, drawing the attention of the Sun Blaze Realm's strong cultivator guarding the border. In an instant, that Mental Consciousness disappeared, undoubtedly having confirmed Hai Tang's identity. Lu Ye steadied his mind and continued to observe the interior of Mount Fangcun. The light of the big sun was obscured by the clouds, and at this moment, he and Hai Tang were rapidly descending below. He took a gentle breath, feeling the long-lost scent of the air. Passing through the clouds, the land below came into view. Vast and continuous, with many undulating mountains lying like dragons across the land, grand and magnificent. This is what a domain should look like. "Junior Brother, how is the interior of Mount Fangcun?" Beside him, Hai Tang asked with a smile. "The atmosphere is extraordinary!" Lu Ye could feel that the level of Mount Fangcun was much higher than that of the Nine Provinces. This was definitely a top-tier domain. Googlα΄ search π«π¬π³π’π©βΆπππ§πβΆπππ₯ Outside, he could see Mount Fangcun's full view at a glance, but once inside, even if he spread his Mental Consciousness completely, he could only explore a minuscule area of Mount Fangcun. Suddenly realizing something was off, he turned to look at Hai Tang beside him, dumbfounded: "Senior Sister Hai Tang, you've... grown larger!" At this moment, Hai Tang was no longer the palm-sized little figure, but a normal human race size, as when he saw her on the Ghost Ship. Hai Tang pursed her lips into a smile: "It's not that I've grown larger, it's that you've become smaller. This is the law of Mount Fangcun. It is said that the complete Mount Fangcun is a stellar space supreme treasure. Although it is now divided into three parts, the laws within still operate, causing any cultivator entering this place to become smaller." Lu Ye hadn't noticed it at all. He slightly activated his spirit force without any obstruction. His storage ring and storage space also weren't affected. Even the Boulder Mountain Saber remained a size suitable for his use! What a wondrous law this was? Hai Tang continued, "First, I'll take you back to our peak to see the master, then we'll think of ways to gather some information about your Senior Sister. If she truly is trapped here, I'll ask the master to help save her so you can reunite." Her arrangements were appropriate, and Lu Ye naturally had no objections. Flying along the way, Lu Ye found that there were no such things as cities inside Mount Fangcun, and the number of the Dwarf Race seemed not too many, certainly not as numerous as the human race in the Nine Provinces, visible everywhere. All the Dwarf Race gathered together with each spirit mountaintop as a foundation. Some spirit mountaintops had many people, others had few. When he asked about this, Hai Tang did not hide it: "Junior Brother is correct. Our Dwarf Race indeed gathers based on spirit mountaintops. Each spirit mountaintop is equivalent to a sect of your human race. Within Mount Fangcun, there are a thousand spirit mountaintops, equating to over a thousand sects." Although this number wasn't small, compared to the Nine Provinces, it paled in comparison. The Nine Provinces had tens of thousands of sects combined, probably over ten thousand. This undoubtedly relates to the population base of the Dwarf Race. Among these thousand spirit mountaintops, three stand out the most: Misty Peak, Cloud Sea Peak, and Immortal Spirit Peak, all hosted by Sun Blaze Realm strong cultivators. Previously, when Hai Tang brought Lu Ye into Mount Fangcun, the Mental Consciousness that swept over them belonged to the Peak Master of Cloud Sea Peak, Chen Xuanhai, who was on duty recently, guarding this domain. The spirit mountaintop Hai Tang was from was one of the three major spirit mountaintops, Immortal Spirit Peak, and her master was the Peak Master of Immortal Spirit Peak, Su Yuqing, also one of the only three Sun Blaze Realm individuals at Mount Fangcun. If it weren't for such a relationship, after Hai Tang went missing, Mount Fangcun wouldn't have stopped to wait for her, much less for a missing Constellation with no strong background. It showed that Hai Tang was quite favored by her master. The territory within Mount Fangcun wasn't very wide, roughly equivalent to three provinces of the Nine Provinces, but it's essential to know that this side of Mount Fangcun was only a portion of the whole. The complete Mount Fangcun, in terms of size, would certainly not be inferior to the Nine Provinces. The flight speed of a Constellation Realm cultivator was fast, and even if the entry position into the domain was not quite right, it only took less than an hour to reach Immortal Spirit Peak. From outside Mount Fangcun, Lu Ye only saw the tallest peak as being a few dozen zhang high, but inside, it was different; Immortal Spirit Peak was thousands of zhang high. Within the spirit mountaintop, spirit force flourished, and beside the spirit mountaintop, mountain ranges undulated. The area of a hundred thousand miles around was considered the territory of Immortal Spirit Peak. Hai Tang led Lu Ye to a valley at the foot of Immortal Spirit Peak and settled him in the visitors hall within the valley, with a slight apology: "Junior Brother Lu, there are some rules on Master's side. Without her permission, outsiders are not allowed to step foot on Immortal Spirit Peak. Please wait here for now. I'll go and meet Master to report the matter of your Senior Sister." "Thank you, Senior Sister Hai Tang." Hai Tang left, and Lu Ye quietly sat in the visitors hall waiting. He had attempted to explore the battlefield marking upon entering Mount Fangcun, but to no avail, already beyond the coverage of Nine Provinces Heaven's Augury. So, he couldn't detect anything useful. He also thought of exploring with Mental Consciousness, but being a guest here, it was a bit inappropriate. Thus, he had to leave the matter to Hai Tang to handle. Hopefully, there would be a good outcome.
