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The next morning, after Chen Yuan practiced his mist-making skills in the courtyard for half an hour, Tang San walked into the courtyard with the new replacement leaf and handed it to Chen Yuan: "Your previous leaf was a bit deformed. Try this new one."

Chen Yuan reached out and took it, unscrewed the old replacement blade from the top of the weathervane, installed the new one, tightened it, and then held it up and shook it.

The leaf at the top swayed slightly with his movement, then returned to stillness.

He stood there for a while, taking in the sensation: "It's a bit thicker than the previous one, but it can still react to the wind."

Tang San said, "If it's a little thicker, it won't deform easily, but if it's too thick, it will affect the sensitivity."

I tried three times before I got the thickness right.

Chen Yuan nodded: "Then I'll try it out for a few days first, and I'll come back to you if there are any adjustments needed."

Jin Chen stood by the stone table: "That young man from Haifeng City sent a letter over last night."

Chapter 372 The entrance to the secret realm

He took out a letter, opened it, and glanced at it: "He said that he got back into the zone yesterday evening, and the boundary was thinner than before."

He tried to touch the boundary with his hand, and his fingertips touched a surface that was constantly thinning. He felt no pain and was not bounced away.

Then he felt a continuous pull coming from inside the boundary, as if something was drawing him closer.

Ling Feng said, "That means that node is gradually opening up."

He may have more in-depth contact in the near future.

Qian Renxue asked, "Should we send someone else over?"

Ling Feng thought for a moment: "Not for now."

After he crosses that boundary himself, we'll decide on the next step based on his description.

Ning Rongrong made a few notes in the notebook: "His progress is faster than expected."

If he could cross that boundary himself, his perception might be much clearer than it is now.

Chen Yuan stood in the corner, the mist in his hand slowly swirling.

He listened to the discussion without interrupting, but the mist in his hand maintained a stable shape, as if he was confirming in his own way that he was indeed moving forward.

In the evening, Tang San came over again.

He didn't bring any iron tools. He just sat down on the stone bench, sat for a while, and then said, "If this replacement blade of Chen Yuan's also deforms, I'll forge another one that's even thicker."

Ling Feng said, "Then we should prepare more tablets in the future."

Tang San said, "It's all ready. I've made three pieces of different thicknesses."

Once Chen Yuan finds the most suitable thickness, we'll use that standard for future production.

Chen Yuan cleared the fog and said, "The current thickness is already very close to the optimal state. We should be able to determine it after a few more days of testing."

Tang San nodded: "Then let's use it for now."

That night, Ling Feng and Qian Renxue sat under the eaves for a while.

Qian Renxue said, "If that boy from Haifeng City successfully crosses that boundary, what he sees may be beyond his current comprehension."

Ling Feng said, "Then someone will need to guide him and let him know which phenomena are normal and which ones need to be guarded against."

Qian Renxue said, "Jin Chen has already been there once and is quite familiar with the situation there."

Ling Feng said, "We'll decide based on the situation after he crosses the border himself."

The night breeze swept through the courtyard, turning the withered leaf over once more.

Qian Renxue turned her head and glanced at Ling Feng: "Lin Mu came by this afternoon and said that the bluish-gray leaf will stay bright for longer today."

Ling Feng said, "Then he's moving forward too."

Qian Renxue said, "Yes, he is walking more and more steadily."

The sound of changing guards could be heard from the distant city wall, very rhythmic, like a beat being repeatedly confirmed.

Ling Feng and Qian Renxue sat on the veranda, the night wind passing through the courtyard and then circling out from the corner of the wall.

After a while, Ling Feng stood up and walked into the house.

Qian Renxue also stood up and followed behind him. The wooden door closed with a very soft sound.

Moonlight fell on the branches and leaves of the old locust tree, casting a patch of dappled shadows on the ground. Those shadows moved slowly, as if confirming in their own way that the things that were growing had indeed finished receiving the day's light.

The news from Sea Breeze City arrived on the evening of the seventh day.

As Jin Chen walked into the courtyard with the letter, dusk was slowly sliding down from the eaves on the west side.

He sat down on the stone bench, opened the envelope, pulled out a piece of paper covered with writing, quickly scanned the paper with his eyes, and then looked up: "The boy crossed that boundary."

He went in by himself the night before last.

Ling Feng sat on the veranda: "What exactly did he see?"

Jin Chen looked down at the letter again: "He said that after he crossed that boundary, he found himself standing inside that hexagonal structure."

He said it was much bigger inside than it appeared from the outside, like stepping into a completely different space, unlike anything he had seen before.

There is a passageway inside, with semi-transparent walls through which you can see the light flowing outside.

At the end of the passage was a continuously rotating ball of light, without a fixed shape, constantly changing its form.

Ling Feng didn't respond immediately, as if he was reconstructing the scene in his mind.

After a moment of silence, he spoke: "Did he try to get closer to that light?"

Jin Chen said, "He tried it."

He said he walked along the passage for a while, and the closer he got to the light, the lower the temperature became, until he could no longer go any further.

He stood there for a while, then left.

After leaving, he found himself still on the beach, the sky unchanged, as if time had stood still.

Qian Renxue came out of the house: "That means the flow of time inside that space is not the same as the flow outside."

Jin Chen said, "That's what he speculated about himself."

Ning Rongrong walked out of the offering hall and sat down at the stone table: "Can he control his own entry and exit from that structure now?"

Jin Chen said, "He said he tried it twice."

The first time, he withdrew immediately after entering. The second time, he tried again and said it went much more smoothly.

Ling Feng said, "That means the structure is accepting him."

Jin Chen folded the letter and put it away: "Should we send someone over again?"

Ling Feng thought for a moment: "Let's wait a few more days."

We'll approach him again once he's more stable in and out of that structure.

Going there now might interrupt his adjustment process.

Chen Yuan walked over from the corner of the courtyard, the wisp of mist in his hand already put away: "Is that structure related to the terrain near Sea Breeze City?"

Ling Feng turned his head to look at him: "Why do you ask that?"

Chen Yuan said, "The boy said he got into character at the beach."

If the structure's location remains fixed, then it's likely fixed in place by the terrain near Sea Breeze City.

Ling Feng thought for a moment: "Possibly."

Topography influences how spiritual energy converges. If that structure is indeed fixed in a certain location, it indicates that there might be some special underground structure in that area. After the spiritual energy from the divine realm seeps into the lower realm, it will form convergence points in certain specific geological strata, and those convergence points happen to be located near Sea Breeze City.

Chen Yuan nodded and didn't ask any further questions.

The trees arrived the next morning.

He stood in the yard, raised his hand and stretched out the branch; the bluish-gray leaf lit up even faster than before.

It maintained a stable brightness for a longer period than before, about ten breaths for an average person, before the brightness began to slowly decrease and then dimmed.

He lowered his hand and gathered the branches: "I managed to hold on a little longer today than yesterday."

Ling Feng asked, "Have you found any new methods?"

Lin Mu thought for a moment: "I tried to focus my attention on the back of the leaf instead of the front."

Yesterday I discovered that if I focus on the back of the leaves first, the light on the front is actually more easily stabilized.

Ling Feng nodded: "Then we can continue to use this new method."

Chapter 373 News from Sea Breeze City

Tang San came over in the morning and sat down on the stone bench: "That boy from Haifeng City, after he crossed the border, did he say what the walls of that space were like?"

Ling Feng said, "He said the walls are semi-transparent, and you can see the light flowing outside through them."

After listening, Tang San seemed to be reconstructing the scene in his mind: "A semi-transparent wall, where you can see light coming in from the outside, that might be a spatial structure that is forming."

Ling Feng said, "That's what we speculated too."

The second letter from Haifeng City arrived three days later.

Jin Chen walked into the courtyard with the letter, sat down on the stone bench, opened the envelope, and took out the paper inside: "He said that he has been able to enter and exit that structure steadily these past few days."

Each time he entered, he would walk along the passage for a distance until he could no longer proceed, then stop and observe for a while.

He said the shape of that ray of light changes every day.

It was spherical the day before yesterday, became a long and thin shape yesterday, and is now flat today.

Its shape changes without any obvious pattern, but its position remains fixed at the end of the passage, never moving.

Ling Feng said, "That ray of light is constantly changing."

Its shape changes, but its position remains the same.

Qian Renxue asked, "Did he try to touch that light?"

Jin Chen said, "He tried it."

The first time he tried to touch it, he felt as if he were touching a flowing surface; the sensation was unlike anything he had ever touched before.