Yang Hong's expression turned grim after a careful examination.
The barrier erected by Bodhisattva Puji was a powerful sealing formation.
Not only could no one escape, but even his divine sense could barely penetrate it. His divine sense could only traverse ninety-nine zhang within the barrier, and could move objects weighing no more than ninety-nine jin.
Furthermore, items inside and outside the barrier could not be exchanged, and even the spiritual energy only diffused outward without being absorbed.
This was a malicious barrier designed with the sole purpose of trapping and killing people!
"Husband, that person is truly wicked," Li Lizhi said, touching the invisible wall, unable to help but complain again.
"Heh heh~ I suspect Puji, that old nun, is insatiable," Yang Hong shouted unreservedly.
"..."
Li Lizhi and the others looked at the sky with surprise and a touch of fear.
Yang Hong, however, looked at the sky with a hint of anticipation.
But after waiting for a long time, he heard no response from Bodhisattva Puji.
"Puji, you old hag, come out, you're biting the hand that feeds you."
"Puji, old nun, get out here."
"Puji, bald ass..."
Impatient, Yang Hong resorted to shouting insults, hoping to provoke Bodhisattva Puji into appearing so he could negotiate.
However, Puji had already been expelled from the Taiyuan Continent by the rules of the Heavenly Dao.
Overpowering a world with too much force could never exist in a low-level world.
This was the most fundamental rule of all worlds.
Bodhisattva Puji had descended using a secret technique and had attacked Yang Hong multiple times, naturally leading to her expulsion from this world by the rules.
She didn't even know where she had thrown Yang Hong to in the end. She had merely opened a spatial rift and tossed the sealing barrier containing Yang Hong into it before being forced to ascend.
After half a day of no response, Yang Hong turned to Li Lizhi and the others, shrugging with a helpless smile.
"It seems that bald donkey has ascended. You can curse to your heart's content now."
"Alas, what's there to curse about? We are imprisoned within now," Li Lizhi pouted, looking displeased.
The others also wore sorrowful expressions.
Yang Hong, however, looked relaxed.
"Alright, it's just being sealed. It's fine. As long as our family is safe, that's all that matters."
Yang Hong, with his otaku tendencies, didn't particularly dislike being confined.
What truly bothered him was Puji's ingratitude.
For the somewhat reclusive Yang Hong, a place where he could cultivate and improve his cultivation with peace of mind was something he could remain in for thousands of years.
However, being forced to stay and choosing to stay were two entirely different concepts, and Yang Hong certainly held some resentment.
Still, being able to escape from the dangerous Bodhisattva Puji had lifted a great weight from Yang Hong's heart.
"Alright, alright, curse a few more times, and then we'll stop."
Seeing his wives continuously spewing insults and curses at Bodhisattva Puji, Yang Hong called out to stop them with a smile.
"Heh heh, we've cursed enough. I just wonder if she can hear us?"
"Probably."
"Should be able to. I just wonder when she'll descend again?"
Listening to Li Lizhi and the others' discussion, Yang Hong was also calculating in his heart.
His intuition told him that he would definitely meet Bodhisattva Puji again, but it would be a very long time from now.
"Husband, what do we do next? The space is only two li wide. It might be enough for survival, but cultivating will be very difficult, right?" Zhu Yuyan steered the conversation back to the present after a while.
"Cultivating isn't a big problem. Don't forget, I have a scale space with plenty of spirit plants. The biggest trouble is our imprisonment and lack of freedom. In such an environment for a long time, our cultivation is very prone to going berserk," Yang Hong's expression was somewhat grave.
Cultivating immortals wasn't just about closing oneself off to improve cultivation; one had to constantly experience trials and improve one's state of mind to truly advance.
For instance, Li Lizhi and the others, though they had now reached the sixth-tier Nascent Soul stage, were only at the first level of Nascent Soul.
Moreover, due to insufficient foundation and state of mind, they wouldn't be able to advance their cultivation for a long time.
But if they were to venture out and temper their minds, it was entirely possible for them to achieve rapid progress through sudden enlightenment.
However, now they couldn't leave, and the spiritual energy within the seal was still dissipating. The primary concern was to prevent the spiritual energy within the seal from being depleted.
With a thought, he brought out eighty-one Grade Nine spirit plants and seven hundred and twenty-nine Grade Eight spirit plants, forming a spirit gathering array. In the future, the spiritual energy within the seal would be provided by these spirit plants.
However, the snowflakes outside the barrier were not ordinary Grade One snowflakes; they were at least Grade Four Blue Radiant Snow. The soil, having been covered and nourished by spiritual energy for a long time, had reached Grade Four.
"Husband, why don't you set up a formation outside to attract other cultivators? Perhaps there might be a way to break the barrier," Zhu Yuyan suggested softly, pulling on Yang Hong's arm.
"I had that idea too, but it will be a bit troublesome," Yang Hong nodded, beginning to design a formation based on the current environment and resources.
First, he spent a full six days continuously tossing the snowflakes within the ninety-nine zhang space outside the barrier, beyond the ninety-nine zhang limit. Due to the limitations of the sealing barrier, Yang Hong could only clear a very small amount of snow at a time.
Then came the even more troublesome ice. After Yang Hong's divine sense identified it, the ice was at least Grade Five Thousand-Year Cold Ice, and the deeper layers were actually Grade Seven Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Crystals! Reaching the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Crystal layer, Yang Hong tried for three days and then gave up on clearing it. Instead, he used Grade Six Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice to gradually forge a house from the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Crystal layer.
In the following time, Yang Hong turned his attention to studying a refining manual titled "Divine Refining of Treasures." "Divine Refining of Treasures" was a refining technique specifically for forging magical artifacts using divine sense. This technique did not require true fire, true water, or true qi, nor did it involve hammering. As long as one continuously modified the properties and structure of the refining materials with divine sense, magical artifacts could be created. However, the profundities within were extremely mystical. Even with Yang Hong's powerful divine sense and extraordinary comprehension, he could not learn it quickly and could only study and comprehend it slowly.
...
In the southeastern sea region of the Great Sui Dynasty, a snow mountain ten thousand zhang high appeared during a great cosmic change. After decades of fusion, the snow mountain was about to become an ordinary mountain. However, at some point, the snow mountain underwent a mutation and began to continuously grow colder. The previously melting snow became even thicker. This snow mountain, situated by the sea, began to yield rare treasures that could only be found in extremely cold regions. Gradually, cultivators from the Great Sui and the Five Regions began to gather there, seeking treasure and adventure. As various treasures emerged, the Buddhist sect also extended its influence, establishing a branch sect on the coast of Lingnan in the Great Sui. When the elders of the immortal sects saw the Buddhist sect's actions, they knew there was profit to be made and also dispatched their disciples to seek treasures in this great snow mountain.
In the third year of Li Sen's sealing, cultivators finally discovered a void region with a diameter of five kilometers at the summit of the main peak of the great snow mountain. This area was invisible, inaudible, and untouchable. This miraculous phenomenon attracted even more cultivators to investigate, and the great snow mountain gradually became a new mecca for adventure. However, no matter how these cultivators investigated, they would never have imagined that this was a seal left by a true immortal.