Chapter 1022 - 1122: Accidentally Entering the Secret Realm

However, Ye Tianfan did breathe a sigh of relief after Ling Yuan left!

It was unexpected that Ling Yuan was really playing a cat and mouse game with him!

Luckily, he was immune to the illusion technique; otherwise, this time, he would have made a complete fool of himself. Although Ling Yuan wouldn't kill him, he definitely wouldn't go easy on him!

Ye Tianfan waited until Ling Yuan had left for a short while before he prepared to leave the Taichu Sect's territory. This time, Ye Tianfan decided to be cautious and could no longer practice so brazenly outside, after all, he had become the bane of the eyes of the Demon Sect's agents!

This time, Ye Tianfan didn't return in the direction he had come from before, lest he run into Ling Yuan again, and possibly not have the chance to flee back to the Taichu Sect's territory!

Ye Tianfan planned to train in other places, trying to reach the black market auction before it began. Anyway, there were still a few years left, even if he couldn't make it to the black market auction, it didn't matter. Survival was paramount; he couldn't let the auction place him in peril!

With this in mind, Ye Tianfan flew quickly in another direction, wrapping his body with the Xuanhuang Tower, tuning its brightness to the dimmest level possible, and minimizing his presence and lowering his aura as much as possible.

At this moment, from Ye Tianfan's appearance alone, he seemed just like an ordinary, unremarkable cultivator with nothing special about him!

Ye Tianfan was quite pleased with his current look as it could rid him of a lot of trouble.

As Ye Tianfan advanced, he noticed what appeared to be some slight fluctuations ahead, originating from spatial distortions!

Previously, Ye Tianfan might not have noticed, but now, after practicing the Vibrating Power, he could distinctly sense some spatial distortions, albeit only those that were apparent. He still couldn't detect the subtle ones!

Although Ye Tianfan's spatial awareness had become stronger, his true understanding of space was still in the beginner stages!

And just as Ye Tianfan was about to stop and detour around this area of spatial distortion, suddenly, the space in the region of spatial fluctuation ahead exploded, sending a wave of spatial energy rushing toward all directions!

Before Ye Tianfan could evade, he was caught by the surging wave!

As the space ripple passed over Ye Tianfan's body, he didn't feel anything unusual!

Ye Tianfan wondered if it was just a spatial fluctuation without any other elements involved!

Then suddenly, Ye Tianfan felt a suction force, pulling him into the area of space fluctuation he had sensed before!

What Ye Tianfan didn't know was that after the ripple passed over his body, it didn't continue far but stopped and rapidly contracted back to the explosion point!

It was during this contraction of the ripple that Ye Tianfan was brought back due to his presence within the expanded range of the spatial ripple!

Ye Tianfan immediately lost consciousness; the spatial contraction shattered the Xuanhuang Tower surrounding his body, directly draining his spiritual power!

After losing his spiritual power, Ye Tianfan felt very weak and blacked out when the force tugged him powerfully.

"Drip...drip..."

The sound of dripping water rang in Ye Tianfan's ears, and he felt some water droplets splash onto his face.

Ye Tianfan slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing the stalactite dripping water in front of him, Ye Tianfan slowly sat up, looked around, and realized he was in a cave.

Fortunately, Ye Tianfan was on the shore, not in the small lake in the middle of the cave.

If Ye Tianfan had been in the lake earlier, he might have drowned.

Ye Tianfan slowly stood up, feeling an emptiness inside. Upon inspecting his internal condition, he discovered that he had only a very small amount of spiritual power left, about one-thousandth of his usual amount.

This discovery hurried Ye Tianfan to retrieve spiritual power-restoring pills from the Xuanhuang Tower.

But Ye Tianfan found he couldn't connect to the Xuanhuang Tower.

No matter how he probed, he couldn't sense the presence of the Xuanhuang Tower within him, nor any other magical treasure, for that matter.

What's going on? Why are all the magical treasures inside my body gone?

Could it be that someone took all my treasures while I was unconscious?

No way, to take the magical treasures, they would have had to cut me open, but now, I'm unharmed, unlike someone who has been cut open.

Moreover, observing the surrounding cave, Ye Tianfan seemed to realize there was no apparent exit here; not only was the cave surrounded by rock walls, but there was also no light from above. Though the source of the cave's light was unknown, it wasn't from above, since he found stalactites overhead.

Ye Tianfan slowly got up and circled around, confirming no entrance or exit leading outside.

Most importantly, Ye Tianfan noticed his recovery speed of spiritual power was extremely slow; normally, even without meditating, just by natural recovery, he could restore it in three to five days. Sitting in meditation would speed the recovery, making it less than a day!

Ye Tianfan clearly knew how fast his natural recovery rate was!

Now, however, Ye Tianfan's natural recovery speed was over a hundred times slower than before; forget three to five days, even in a year, he wouldn't be able to recover all his abilities!

Ye Tianfan sat down cross-legged, intending to meditate and regain some spiritual power. With no known exit, he considered the place relatively safe. If there was an exit, it might be in the lake in the cave center, possibly leading outside.

For now, the place seemed pretty safe, so Ye Tianfan settled down to begin restoring his spiritual power, yet he still remained vigilant in case any demon beast lurked here, ready to respond since his current spiritual power was minimal, and his strength very low, incapable of sensing any high-level entities, only capable of sparing part of his mind for vigilance.

After meditating for a while, Ye Tianfan opened his eyes, finding that even meditating didn't quicken his recovery of spiritual power, and was even slower than the natural recovery speed outside!