Am I the old man who's always by my apprentices' side?

Chapter 381 What about my huge White Stone Immortal Sect?

Watching the disappearing light of Master Suyue and the others, Zhang Chengdao stood still, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

Seeing a world on the verge of destruction, and knowing that you happen to hold a sliver of hope, it would be a lie to say you were completely unmoved.

But as he said before, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Besides, even if all the [Kudzu Root Soup] from the members' red envelopes were given to them, it would be a drop in the ocean and would have little effect on this calamity unique to the spiritual community.

However, he was somewhat unwilling to return to the spiritual cultivation world with them as a savior.

If the demonic energy can be dealt with, that would be fine, but if it can't, then I'll be in trouble too.

Before rescuing someone, you must at least ensure your own safety.

Not to mention that there are still a group of disciples in the White Stone Realm who are eagerly awaiting his guidance, and the whole world is waiting for him to nurture them so that the spiritual energy can be restored. His friend He Yu also needs him to have a chance to go home. He simply cannot be in two places at once.

"Hopefully these kudzu seedlings can really help them..."

Zhang Chengdao muttered to himself, suppressing the complex emotions in his heart.

The most urgent task is still to find Sun Ping.

First of all, it's certain that Sun Ping is no longer in the Blue Night Realm.

But it's unlikely that he might accidentally end up in the spiritual world.

According to Su Yue Zhenren and others, there is only one teleportation array leading to the spiritual cultivation world, and it cannot be used by cultivators who are not at the Nascent Soul stage or above. Sun Ping is just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so it is impossible for him to activate the teleportation array and leave on his own.

In recent times, the only time the teleportation array was activated was when Su Yue Zhenren and others came to the Blue Night Realm, and that was a one-way trip from the Spirit Cultivation Realm to the Blue Night Realm. It's impossible for someone to travel from the Blue Night Realm to the Spirit Cultivation Realm, so Zhang Chengdao also rejected this possibility.

So, upon careful consideration, after eliminating all the impossibilities, the only remaining possibility, however absurd, must be questioned.

In other words, Sun Ping probably never came to the Blue Night Realm, but went to another place through the boundary passage!
With things having come to this point, Zhang Chengdao had no choice but to leave the Blue Night Realm first.

Without further hesitation, he flashed and headed towards the place where he had first entered the Blue Night Realm, intending to return to the White Stone Realm first and discuss the matter with He Yu before making further plans.

However, when he returned to the sealed land filled with realm gates (black holes) where he first entered the Blue Night Realm, he was shocked to find that the situation was very different from when he left!

To prevent people from accidentally entering those realm gates, Zhang Chengdao set up a concealment spell as soon as he arrived, and also used a bamboo fence to surround them, which served as a barrier.

Although it seems that no one has broken in, or even noticed, the number of the seven or eight interdimensional gates that were originally relatively stable and accessible to people has increased several times over!
Moreover, the edges of these black holes are extremely unstable, sometimes large and sometimes small, sometimes twisted, and they emit chilling fluctuations.

If Zhang Chengdao hadn't specifically enclosed the boundary gate he came from with a bamboo fence to prevent any accidents, like in the White Stone Realm where it would have been difficult to find overnight, then...

He truly never expected such a drastic change to occur!
More importantly, next to the boundary gate he had created, another boundary gate appeared. The two black holes were different sizes, making it impossible to tell which one he had entered from!

Moreover, the spiritual light around those boundary gates flickered, and the blackness was as thick as ink, which was quite strange. Zhang Chengdao felt a chill in his heart and dared not approach rashly.

Could it be... related to the so-called demonic realm that invaded the spiritual cultivation world?

Or perhaps it's because of the seal on Su Yue Zhenren and the others?

The more Zhang Chengdao thought about it, the less he dared to step into these strange realm gates. But not going back wasn't an option either. After struggling with the decision for a while, Zhang Chengdao finally made up his mind, closed his eyes, and passed through the large black hole.

After all, since even more realm gates have been torn open, shouldn't the previous realm gates also be torn open even more?

The larger one must be the dimensional gate he came through!
The familiar feeling of weightlessness returned, and soon after Zhang Chengdao calmed himself down, he saw not the sealed barrier at the bottom of the lake, but a lush mountain forest.

No, where's my lake?

Zhang Chengdao looked around blankly at the unfamiliar surroundings, then gazed blankly into the distance, confirming that he was indeed in a desolate mountain range. Moreover, the mountain peaks looked somewhat familiar, seemingly Baishi Mountain, only the version that had not yet been lifted up by Xunmu.

Wait, where's the wood I'm looking for?!

Zhang Chengdao's eyes widened suddenly. He looked up and down at the distant mountains again in disbelief, confirming the appearance of these mountains, which he had named Spirit Medicine Peak, Heavenly Craft Peak, and so on. The doubts in his heart could no longer be hidden, and he even exclaimed in surprise.

"What about my huge White Stone Immortal Sect!?"

Seeing the environment before him, both strange and familiar, even if Zhang Chengdao was stupid, he understood a bit of it.

These dimensional gates truly lead to different places!

He quickly turned around, staring at the boundary gate behind him, caught in a dilemma.

If you leave, there's no guarantee that the boundary gate won't change when you return. If you choose the wrong gate again, then facing this endless series of combinations, returning to the world you came from will be a matter of luck.

But if I don't leave and go straight back, I still won't be able to find out anything.

Although the white stone mountain on his face was very different from the one he was familiar with, there were obvious similarities. As a long-time bookworm who had immersed himself in the world of online novels for many years, Zhang Chengdao had many guesses in his mind.

Whether it's traveling to the real world or the other world, or to different periods of the same world, or even a parallel world...

In short, as long as we can find the nearby Sword Forging Manor and learn a thing or two about the situation, we will surely be able to analyze and understand what exactly happened.

But then another problem arises: if I leave, there's no guarantee the boundary gate won't change...

Got it!

Zhang Chengdao, who was so worried that he was going bald, suddenly remembered puppetry.

I used to think in a fixed way that puppets could only be used as servants or in the "beginner village" where trial formations were set up. I almost forgot that I could use puppets to keep watch here!

Thinking of this, Zhang Chengdao quickly used the spiritual materials in his backpack to make a handsome and pleasing puppet, which he then used to keep an eye on the boundary gate and guard the place to prevent people from accidentally entering.

Before leaving, Zhang Chengdao specially equipped the puppet with an iron sword so that it would have enough combat power to guard the place.

At least as long as you're not a cultivator, you probably can't beat him!
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(End of this chapter)