Upon entering the barrier, the four found themselves in a celestial realm.
This place was the cultivation abode of the Elder Bai.
It was also a palace.
The palace was surrounded by immortal cranes, celestial herbs, and immortal fruits.
"Where is this place?"
Song Wu never came to such a place before. Seeing these, he couldn't help but be shocked.
As for Gu Yefeng and Duan Xifeng beside him, they had never seen such a beautiful place either and were naturally shocked.
Baili Jingxuan, following behind Song Wuji, was unable to speak and was completely unaffected by the beauty before him.
"I don't know. I've never been to a place like this."
Gu Yefeng glanced around and noticed that there was another layer inside the palace.
He turned to look at Duan Xifeng, who nodded at him.
Although both of them remained silent, they understood the meaning in each other's eyes.
Then, they walked inside together.
Song Wuji and Baili Jingxuan followed closely behind.
Further inside, the group surprisingly saw another barrier.
Within the barrier, they saw Nangong Mo.
Nangong Mo sat cross-legged, his eyes closed. Opposite him sat his master, Elder Bai.
"It's Nangong Mo, it's him!"
Inside the barrier, Nangong Mo's back was to them.
After Gu Yefeng and the others entered, they could only see Nangong Mo's back.
But from this back alone, Gu Yefeng recognized Nangong Mo.
Duan Xifeng and Song Wuji also followed Gu Yefeng's gaze.
"What are they doing?"
Elder Bai and Nangong Mo sat facing each other, their hands joined.
White light emanated from both of them.
Nangong Mo's eyes were tightly shut, and sweat beaded on his forehead, making him appear to be in great pain.
On the other side of the barrier, on a celestial pillar, a person was bound. The person was dressed in white, with white hair, and his handsome face was already covered in blood.
The white robe he wore was also stained with blood.
His limbs were shackled to the celestial pillar, and his eyes were closed, his condition unknown, whether alive or dead.
Seeing this person's state, Gu Yefeng, Duan Xifeng, and Song Wuji were all startled.
"Who is this person..."
Gu Yefeng and Song Wuji could not recognize the bound person.
However, Duan Xifeng recognized him at first glance.
"It's Du Chun, it's him, it's Du Chun!"
Saying this.
Duan Xifeng drew his sword and flew forward.
Swinging his long sword, he intended to rescue Du Chun.
However... a beam of white light suddenly appeared. Before he could get close to Du Chun, he was struck by a powerful spiritual force.
He was sent flying backward several meters.
Just as he was about to crash into another celestial pillar, Gu Yefeng intervened.
He leaped up, using his lightness skill, and caught Duan Xifeng.
A moment later, they landed steadily.
"What is that?"
It could actually injure Duan Xifeng to the point of spitting blood.
Blood spread across Duan Xifeng's lips.
It was evident that he was seriously injured.
The sword in Duan Xifeng's hand was also shattered in an instant.
Sword fragments fell to the ground, and his hand was also injured.
Duan Xifeng stopped, raised his head, and looked towards Du Chun.
He shook his head: "The spiritual energy is too strong. I can't get close to Du Chun at all."
Duan Xifeng had been cultivating with Gu Qianying for a few days and had also cultivated in the Yi Jing Pavilion with Ouyang Qinglin, Meng Qinghua, and others for many years.
He possessed some spiritual energy within him, but even so, he could not rescue Du Chun.
Gu Yefeng, on the other hand, had no spiritual energy within him. He could only follow them here after swallowing a spiritual pill.
Song Wuji finally saw clearly that the person tied to the pillar was indeed Du Chun, Young Master Du.
"What happened here? Who injured Young Master Du to this extent?"
Song Wuji looked around. There was no one around. He could only see Nangong Mo and Elder Bai within the barrier.
As he asked this, he also leaped forward, intending to rescue Du Chun.
However... he was also injured by the powerful spiritual force.
Fortunately, Song Wuji reacted quickly. Although he had no spiritual energy, his lightness skill was not inferior to Duan Xifeng's. He had seen how Duan Xifeng was injured earlier.
Therefore, as he turned, he dodged very promptly.
It was this promptness that resulted in him only sustaining minor injuries.
Song Wuji stood to the left of Duan Xifeng.
After landing, he looked at Duan Xifeng and Gu Yefeng.
"This place is filled with spiritual energy. We can't save Young Master Du. What should we do?"
Gu Yefeng and Duan Xifeng simultaneously looked towards the barrier.
Among them, Gu Yefeng spoke first: "Since that's the case, let's first wake up Nangong Mo and have him save Young Master Du."
Duan Xifeng agreed with Gu Yefeng: "This is the only way."
With that, Song Wuji, Gu Yefeng, and Duan Xifeng nodded in unison.
The three of them joined forces, two holding long swords, and one taking out a spare short sword from his person.
The three leaped up and attacked the glowing barrier.
Gu Yefeng and Song Wuji swung their swords simultaneously, while Duan Xifeng wielded his short sword.
However... the barrier around Nangong Mo and Elder Bai was as hard as iron.
It was not something that Gu Yefeng and the others could break.
With a bang.
All three were repelled by the powerful spiritual force.
As the three landed, a voice echoed in the place.
"I wondered who it was. So it's you three incompetent mortals, hahaha..."
The voice was extremely familiar.
Duan Xifeng, Gu Yefeng, and Song Wuji all turned their heads in unison towards the source of the voice.
Baili Jingxuan, behind Song Wuji, was like a mindless puppet.
"It's her?
It's Lan Ling Nu!
Lan Ling Nu appeared from nowhere and walked over slowly.
She looked at Gu Yefeng and the other three, her eyes filled with disdain.
"What? Did you come here to save your friend, that squinty-eyed one? Or... do you want to accompany him to the grave? Hahaha..."
Before Gu Yefeng and the others could speak.
Lan Ling Nu turned her gaze towards Nangong Mo and Elder Bai, who were cultivating within the barrier.
Then, turning back, she smiled and said, "If you came here wanting to persuade your close friend Nangong Mo to change his mind, then you've come to the wrong place. He is my junior brother, and more importantly, the Lotus Emperor of the Celestial Realm. You see, he is cultivating with my master. Oh, I also forgot to tell you."
"Your other close friend, Young Master Du, why he is tied up here and suffering is because... he offended my master, and he also offended my junior brother. My junior brother said he wants him to die slowly here."
"Impossible! Nangong Mo is not that kind of person, you're lying!"
Duan Xifeng did not believe what Lan Ling Nu said.
Gu Yefeng also didn't believe her, but he did not speak.
"Haha, you actually don't believe me? It's no wonder my junior brother often tells me that you mortals are simply a bunch of fools, and the most pathetic fools at that. It is precisely because of your foolishness over the years that my junior brother can calmly carry out his plans."
"It is also because of your foolishness that my junior brother has so many scapegoats. Oh, no, I misspoke. You are not scapegoats. You are my junior brother's playthings, playthings he toys with when he is bored!"