79 A Strange Place (1/2)

The three of them stepped into the stone desert and Mei Chao Bing's expression instantly changed. Gongsun Chen had been right. This wasn't just a normal desert that had been formed by nature. Maybe the stones themselves were but the rest of the desert probably wasn't. They should be forming a spirit gathering array. That type of thing … It wasn't necessarily evil but looking at the large scale of this desert, the way it was implemented definitely was.

Mei Chao Bing glanced at Yun Bei Fen to make sure that the array wasn't affecting him before he looked at the stones around them, trying to find some further clues. Even from up close, nothing about the stones gave anything away though.

The surface was rugged from the impact of the elements, the way they extended out of the ground also didn't show any signs of human intervention. Even if a cultivator had used their spiritual energy to form this desert, he couldn't imagine that they would've been able to create something like this. After all, human imagination was still limited. But the many forms the stones had taken were exceeding that limit.

Mei Chao Bing followed Kui Min's lead through the desert and continued to look around. Regardless of which stone he examined, all of them gave him the same feeling: They were natural but they were somehow used for a formation.

Since he couldn't find any more clues from the stones, Mei Chao Bing focused on the rest of the desert. The sand below their feet was fine-grained, not exactly what he had imagined. It wasn't obvious at first glance because of those small pebbles that were mixed in but looking at it closer both didn't seem to match too well.

Mei Chao Bing's eyes narrowed. Could it be that something was up with that? Wasn't it the stones that made up the array but something else instead? Maybe the array was actually below the sand?

He stopped, Yun Bei Fen immediately following suit and looking up at him questioningly.

”Kui Min, shouldn't we be looking for clues?”

Kui Min turned around and raised her brows. ”I didn't see any. Did you notice something?”

Mei Chao Bing's brows slightly furrowed. She hadn't seen anything? Well, that wasn't a wonder! They might not have been walking fast but they had still walked through the desert without stopping to take a closer look at anything. And her level wasn't as high as his so she shouldn't be able to extend her senses as far. Was she really able to find any clues if she looked for them like this?

He didn't feel that he was in a position to question her behavior though. After all, Yun Bei Fen and he were the new additions to the group and his own reputation was anything but stellar. If he started to make trouble for this group, things might just get ugly again. Then the one to suffer from that would be Yun Bei Fen.

He sighed inwardly and shook his head. ”No, that's not it. I just … Gongsun Chen made it sound as if there was something special about the way you were investigating. I was wondering when you'd show us.” That should be subtle enough not to make any trouble, shouldn't it? She could just say that now was the time or that they wanted them to wait a bit longer until they found a suitable spot.

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Maybe he had been too subtle though. Kui Min shook his head. ”Actually, there's nothing special about the way we investigated so far. We've just been going through the area we've been assigned to and then looked around for clues. If you don't see anything, it's not a problem. I mean it's not like those demonic cultivators would leave traces all over the place, is it?” She laughed, making Mei Chao Bing doubt whether the Elders had really made the right call to send the disciples out like this.