Chapter 1292

Everyone was pleasantly surprised to see Zi Chen. They all stepped forward and asked with concern.

"Where's Huan Long?" Zi Chen asked again.

"He said he couldn't wait for you, so he went in to investigate first," Man Shi said.

"He couldn't wait. It's only been a short while." Zi Chen frowned.

The three of them looked at Zi Chen strangely. Then, Shangguan Hong walked out and explained, "He's been recuperating. He doesn't know how much time has passed."

In fact, Zi Chen had been unconscious the whole time. After waking up, he seemed to be a little restless and did not sense the time.

The three of them nodded. This time, Wu Xie said, "Two days have passed."

"Two days."

Zi Chen was stunned when he heard this. He had only had two dreams, and two days had already passed.

"Huan Long waited for you for a day, but you still didn't come out. He decided to go in and investigate first. By the way, this is the reward he specially gave you. Tsk tsk, one million reality fragments. He's really generous."

Wu Xie took out a spirit ring with an envious expression.

One million reality fragments were equivalent to ten billion. This was the same amount of resources as Zi Chen had used to break through.

Back then, this was an astronomical figure in Zi Chen's eyes.

However, in just a few months, Zi Chen had sold more than ten billion items. Not to mention other things, just the sword and shield combination alone was a sky-high price.

Apart from some major forces, Huan Long was probably the only person in the entire Huping City who could give out ten billion worth of wealth so casually.

Zi Chen took the spirit ring and released his spiritual senses to investigate.

These reality fragments were not tampered with, so Zi Chen could use them without worry.

"Are we going now?" Wu Xie asked after seeing Zi Chen put away the resources.

"Did Huan Long leave any news or clues?" Zi Chen asked.

The three of them shook their heads.

"Since he didn't leave anything, we'll wait a little longer. My injuries haven't fully recovered yet, so I can use this time to heal."

Over the past few days, they had become accustomed to following Zi Chen's arrangements. Even if they felt that it was inappropriate at this moment, no one raised any objections.

Moreover, Zi Chen's battle prowess and fearlessness were exactly what they needed. More importantly, Zi Chen's ability to command was crucial.

Zi Chen began to treat his wounds while everyone waited patiently.

Following this, Zi Chen's injuries healed very quickly. Many resources entered the Illusory Space and started to stabilize it.

During this time, Zi Chen did not dream anymore.

"Where did Huan Long go? Why isn't he back yet?"

During this time, Wu Xie and Man Shi would also whisper to each other.

It had to be said that everyone had changed a lot after coming out to train this time.

Especially when they were with Zi Chen, they knew what a real battle was. Just like the battle with the black-robed man, no one thought that they could kill the black-robed man, but Zi Chen did.

Zi Chen's injuries were completely healed, and during this time, the dreamscape did not disturb him again.

After opening his eyes, Zi Chen asked, "Is Huan Long back?"

Wu Xie and Man Shi shook their heads.

"We're not waiting anymore. Let's move on," Zi Chen said after getting up.

"Let's go. I can't wait any longer." Wu Xie seemed very excited.

"Wait."

Zi Chen stopped everyone. When everyone's attention was on him, he said, "For the sake of your safety, I hope that you can listen to my commands."

Man Shi scratched his head and said in confusion, "We've been listening to you all this time."

Zi Chen shook his head slowly and said, "What I mean is that no matter what happens next, you have to listen to my commands. Without my instructions, I hope that you won't run off."

Zi Chen spoke very seriously, and everyone nodded seriously.

"I might not have made it clear. Now, let me give you an example. For example, if we arrive at a secret place and suddenly see a stretch of Void Trees or infinite Thunder Droplets of Life not far ahead, even if that happens, you must not go alone without my instructions."

Zi Chen's example was very strange, but they thought that it would not happen, so they nodded again.

"We can go now."

Zi Chen took out his long saber and walked in front.

There was no guidance for the rest of the journey. Huan Long did not even leave behind a mark.

However, the danger was no longer there, and everyone could move on smoothly.

After leaving this area, they saw a passage. At first, they were very careful, but later they found that there was no danger here.

This was a man-made spatial passage. Outside the spatial passage, they could occasionally see light beams flying past. These were destructive light beams that contained powerful destructive power.

"Which Array Grandmaster is it? How could he be so generous as to break through the natural restriction?"

Similar exclamations came from everyone's mouths one after another.

As they walked in the transparent passage, colorful lights floated above their heads from time to time. These colorful lights were very powerful and could easily kill ordinary Domain Realm experts.

This feeling was very exciting.

During this time, Man Shi suddenly asked, "Is our mission considered complete?"

"What do you mean?" Zi Chen, who was walking in front, asked without looking back.

"Our main mission was to escort Huan Long. Now, we've passed by three powerful existences. Based on what Huan Long said, it seems that there are no more dangers ahead," Man Shi added.

"Just tell us what you mean," Zi Chen said.

Man Shi scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "I mean, if we gain anything later, can we keep it?"

The others could not help but laugh when they saw Man Shi's expression. Zi Chen also turned around and looked at Man Shi with a strange gaze.

From Man Shi's expression, he thought of an acquaintance who was greedy for money.

However, he did not know if they would have a chance to meet again in this world.

The strange look in Zi Chen's eyes quickly disappeared, and he joked, "Are you going to hand over the reward that Huan Long gave you earlier?"

The others laughed.

"That's not what I mean. I mean, what if we gain something big?" Man Shi waved his hand repeatedly.

Everyone started laughing, and their laughter echoed in the passage. Zi Chen smiled and said, "We might gain something big, but before that, I think we'll be in trouble."

"What trouble?" Everyone looked at Zi Chen in confusion.

Zi Chen continued to lead the way. "I don't know the details, but I have a bad feeling. Maybe … maybe … we'll die."

"What? We'll die? Is there still danger?" Wu Xie seemed very excited. He had been overreacting to the word "death" recently.

"What's going on? Didn't you say that there's no danger?" Dong Qing rarely spoke. She had been silent for a long time along the way.

Zi Chen, who was walking forward, stopped again and looked at the four of them seriously. Along the way, although everyone had their own opinions about each other, everyone had done their best during the mission.

Even Wu Xie had done his best. It was just that he was a little talkative, which inevitably annoyed people. However, he had contributed greatly to this journey.

"Do you remember what I said before? Once we reach the place, you have to listen to everything I say," Zi Chen said.

Everyone stopped and nodded along with Zi Chen.

"The reason why I'm saying this is not to defend my position as the commander, or to say that I want to get a bigger share of the rewards, but … I know this place." Zi Chen thought about it seriously and decided to tell the truth.

"What's so strange about that? We also know this place. It's the Hengduan Mountain Range," Wu Xie said.

"What I mean is, I already knew about this place before I knew about the Hengduan Mountain Range. To be more specific, I saw the treasure map in Huan Long's hand."

Everyone's expression changed when they heard this.

Shangguan Hong seemed to have thought of something and blurted out, "Could it be Wang Jun and Zhou Chong?"

The others did not know about the two of them, nor did they know them.

"Yes, it's the two of them. I saw a map from them that was more than 35% similar to the one in Huan Long's hand. Both maps pointed to the same place."

"There's nothing strange about that. Maybe the route is different," Wu Xie said doubtfully.

"Of course there's nothing strange about that. However, they said that the Void Tree would be in the place the map pointed to, but Huan Long said that the map pointed to a place with the Thunder Drop of Life."

"Huan Long didn't say there was, but he said there might be. You're just too sensitive," Wu Xie said again.

Zi Chen smiled and said, "I don't dare to say anything else, but something like the Thunder Drop of Life definitely wouldn't appear here. It's obvious that Huan Long was lying. Also, after entering this place, don't you think it's strange that he didn't make a move? Besides the black-robed beast tamer, the other two powerful existences ignored him."

"What does that mean? Or rather, what are you trying to say?" Wu Xie asked. Everyone could tell that there was a deeper meaning in Zi Chen's words.

"He wants to say that there's something wrong with Huan Long. He wants us to be careful and not act rashly. He wants us to listen to his orders."

This time, it was Shangguan Hong who said, "Along the way, I've been observing Huan Long and found that he was indeed a little strange. I also have a feeling that Huan Long is very strange."

Zi Chen wasn't sure what he would see next. He didn't expect everyone to believe him when he said that there was something wrong with Huan Long, but it was fine as long as there was a grudge in their hearts.

The rest of the journey was indeed not dangerous. They walked straight to the end of the passage and arrived at their destination.

As the crowd stepped out one after another, they arrived at another space.

"This is."

As soon as they entered, everyone subconsciously closed their eyes because of the gorgeous light of this world.

As they closed their eyes, the long saber in Zi Chen's hand began to emit light. The weapon's soul automatically appeared on it, indicating that Zi Chen had entered battle mode.

However, there was no danger.

After a few breaths, everyone opened their eyes and saw a strange space.

It was a huge space, but it was made up of six smaller spaces.

There was a large space in the middle that emitted a golden light.

Around the large space were five smaller spaces.

The six spaces emitted six different colors, rendering this huge space colorful.

"You're finally here. I've been waiting for you for a long time."