Chapter 1589: Chapter 1588: Awaiting News
The crowd turned their heads to look.
Xu Zhaopei could be of Ordinary Blood, there’s no doubt about that. Everyone almost knew she was of Ordinary Blood.
But does her Ordinary Blood work against the Divine Race? Moreover, the Divine Race’s technological civilization is very advanced, and their weapons must be very developed; dealing with your ordinary attributes should be no problem. Going in like this is simply courting death.
Before Principal Ding could speak to stop her, Xu Zhaopei said, "I know what you’re thinking; you think my chances of survival are very low going in there. Who says I’m going to see those Divine Race members? I just plan to survey the passage a bit, blaze a trail."
"Miss Xu, I understand you want to help Mr. Fang, but now is not the time to be recklessly brave. Take my advice and let others go."
"I’ve made up my mind, none of you should stop me. Besides, can any of you really stop me?"
As she spoke, Xu Zhaopei shot them a glare.
This was Ordinary Blood; if she wanted to target the cultivators, she could kill one in an instant. Who could stop her? No one could.
At this moment, Xu Zhaopei stepped into the swirl gate.
When she entered the swirl gate, it was as if she was crossing through time. The surrounding scenes changed; all the scenes of the Huaxia World disappeared, replaced by a vast expanse of whiteness.
Ahead was like an arched passage, nothing could be seen, it vaguely felt like a secret realm’s passage.
And no one knew where this passage led; if it weren’t for learning from Ye Wenjun beforehand, Xu Zhaopei really wouldn’t know what this was.
Xu Zhaopei began to walk forward.
As she walked forward, a bizarre scene occurred.
The surrounding primordial qi molecules suddenly retreated.
Turning into ordinary air.
"Could it be the effect of Ordinary Blood?"
Indeed, it was the effect of Ordinary Blood, allowing her to see the degree of primordial qi fluctuations around her, which in Huaxia Time was far more intense, thus deducing the secret realm passage had extremely dense primordial qi.
Far surpassing Huaxia.
No wonder Ye Wenjun chose to cultivate here.
This was indeed a perfect place for cultivation, with no distractions, nothing to interfere, incredibly quiet.
Not just Ye Wenjun.
If other cultivators knew of this place, they would certainly rush to enter the secret realm passage for cultivation.
But as Xu Zhaopei slowly entered.
The surrounding primordial qi continued to disperse.
Gradually thinning.
It was due to Xu Zhaopei’s Ordinary Blood effect; all around, so-called eye-blocking techniques, arrays, had no effect on her.
A very peculiar scene.
No one had expected it would be like this; the previously abundant world of spiritual energy met the Ordinary Blood as if scatteringly retreating soldiers.
The existing arrays here also vanished, restored to their original look.
"So the entrance to the Heavenly Ladder looks like this."
Xu Zhaopei saw the passage ahead; in her view, the passage was dark red, not the vibrant colors described. Through passage lens, one could see the dilapidated stairs, resembling ordinary household stairs covered in moss.
"Is this the so-called Heavenly Stepping Ladder?"
Xu Zhaopei felt like laughing. All spoke of a higher technological civilization, but now it seemed like a poverty-stricken place.
The wonders of Ordinary Blood were like this.
All surface phenomena would be stripped away, revealing the true appearance.
This moss-covered Heavenly Ladder, without the supplement of primordial qi, reverted to its original state.
And just as Xu Zhaopei intended to advance.
A warning tone sounded.
"Energy deficit, energy deficit! Warning, warning, energy deficit! Message sent to headquarters for warning."
"Energy deficit, energy deficit, warning, warning!"
This bizarre warning.
Caused many to feel uneasy, instinctively looking around, but not seeing anyone appear.
Xu Zhao Hui suddenly remembered, Red County Star Domain’s technological civilization is exceedingly advanced; in such an important place at the Heavenly Ladder’s entrance, it’s impossible to have no technological monitoring equipment.
Then came the problem; she possessed Ordinary Blood capable of dispersing primordial qi but could not disperse technological civilization.
Xu Zhaopei realized the seriousness of the problem; she knew she might have been exposed, and immediately chose to withdraw.
Immediately turned around and left.
The primordial qi quickly scattered and fled.
With a swish.
Xu Zhaopei leaped out of the swirl gate, returning to the Huaxia World.
Everyone looked at the leaping-out Xu Zhaopei with faces full of amazement.
Principal Ding wore an expression of concern.
Xu Sisi approached, supporting her.
"Miss Xu, are you alright?" Xu Sisi saw Xu Zhaopei’s complexion was somewhat pale, full of concern.
Upon jumping out, Xu Zhaopei swayed a bit, struggling to stand stably.
"I think I might have been exposed."
Xu Zhaopei then recounted what she saw and heard at the Heavenly Ladder’s entrance.
Everyone felt surprised after listening.
"Sister Wenjun mentioned, the spiritual energy in the passage is very abundant; Miss Xu’s body contains Ordinary Blood, making it difficult to detect primordial qi; once primordial qi scattered, everything reverted to its original appearance. That’s why this situation occurred. However, the alert sound Miss Xu heard should be their technology; we’ve always overlooked their technological development."
Upon hearing this, Chen Daotian spoke.
"So, do we have to give up?"
Giving up the journey to Red County Star Domain is something none of them are willing to do. But in facing strong foes, do we really have to go to our deaths?
"That’s right, it’s a matter that needs further consideration. Miss Xu’s expedition to the Heavenly Ladder isn’t without gain; though exposed, at least it indicates we still have some gaps with them. Right now, we need to buy time. If Divine Race from other counties take advantage of this chance to launch a large-scale invasion on Earth, we’ll be in big trouble."
"Principal Ding, what does this mean?"
"Clearly, they are preparing to invade Earth. Since the passage reopened, this is obviously their left path and I have a hunch, in not too long, they’ll come."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone showed surprise and worry.
"So what do we do now?"
"First, return. Notify the three major human territories, unite all human strengths and cultivators, and prepare to defend against external invasion."
"But aren’t we going to save Mr. Fang?"
The ladies present were evidently worried about Fang Yu.
Fang Yu’s brothers were equally concerned about him.
But Ding Chunqiu, the eldest and most experienced among them, had to steady them at this moment.
"Now is not the time to talk about this. I believe Mr. Fang will be fine; you all follow me back and don’t act recklessly."
