Evan Yang easily avoided the crowd’s attention and slipped in among the masses. Most of these people had entered from different entrances, so naturally, many didn’t know each other. Only those who came from the same place would chat for a bit.
Seeing the sea of people inside, Evan was secretly shocked. "So there are this many tenth-layer Qi-Refining cultivators in the entire Eastern Continent." Actually, Evan had only guessed part of it. Many people couldn’t endure hardship or lacked determination, so they relied on Foundation-Building Pills and wouldn’t choose to come here. If you counted them all, the number of tenth-layer Qi-Refining cultivators in the Eastern Continent was countless, but only a handful could successfully build their foundation here—even across the whole continent, only a few would make it.
Besides that, Evan also admired whoever created this space. To set so many entrances across the Eastern Continent, and have them all converge at the same location—with synchronized opening and closing times—this ability was already beyond Evan’s current understanding.
All these tenth-layer disciples were amazed after entering. Once people started leaving to find places to attempt Foundation-Building, the group clustered together gradually dispersed, heading off in different directions.
Evan noticed that this space was enormous—he couldn’t see the boundaries at all. Only the central area had a dozen passageways leading out, which connected to the outside world.
“Those two guys really are something.” Evan glanced around and happened to spot Gavin Bai and Victor Howe following behind Tara Chu, all heading in the same direction.
Afraid Tara Chu might suffer, Evan quickly followed after them. With so many people and such a vast space, as Evan ventured deeper, he noticed something odd about the spiritual energy here—it felt similar to the outside world, yet somehow different.
“Could this spiritual energy be the key to Foundation-Building?” Evan, always curious about why this space enabled successful breakthroughs, wondered in confusion.
It wasn’t just Evan—many scattered cultivators were like him, lacking sects or family backing, so they could only explore blindly in this space. Those with clan or sect ancestors who’d been here before had much more experience and could easily find suitable spots to sit and cultivate.
“Brother Bai, where do you think Miss Chu is heading?” After walking for a while, Victor Howe grew impatient and asked Gavin Bai.
Gavin Bai was also feeling quite frustrated. He’d finally managed to catch up to Tara Chu, but Victor Howe had followed along as well. Hearing Victor’s complaint, Gavin secretly chuckled to himself, but outwardly he grumbled, "She’s definitely trying to avoid us. I think we should stick to our original plan and focus on cultivating ourselves."
"We only have ten days. Once we’ve built our foundations, we can go find her and have some fun." Victor Howe said with a sly smile after thinking it over.
Gavin Bai nodded in agreement. Only after Victor Howe left did Gavin secretly curse, "I thought you were some upright gentleman, but you’re after my woman too."
Only Evan, hiding off to the side, noticed Gavin Bai’s sinister expression.
Gavin Bai didn’t realize the little beggar, Evan Yang, was hiding just behind him. Instead, he went off in his own direction to carry out his plan.
As for Evan, he naturally followed Tara Chu, wanting to see what she was up to. But to his disappointment, when he found her, she was already meditating in a strange rocky recess, a faint glow radiating around her.
Not only Tara Chu—Evan noticed that many cultivators emitted a faint white glow while cultivating. “Is it because of this space?”
Another thing that made Evan curious: everyone who entered was a tenth-layer cultivator, and all were urgently cultivating, afraid to waste any of these ten days.
“Whew, I should find a place to cultivate too.” Evan looked around and climbed up onto a large boulder, where he could just see Tara Chu cultivating below. Unless someone looked up, no one could see Evan on the rock, since the area was full of boulders, each with people cultivating beneath. What intrigued Evan even more was a glowing barrier about a hundred feet away.
“Does this space have boundaries?” Evan wondered, gazing down from above at the glowing area.