But at this very moment, a change happened. Jing Luo flipped in mid air and pulled out multiple talismans. He then threw half of them at Little Shrubby and half he used on himself.
The talismans all activated and a strong wind was created by them. The wind surrounded Little Shrubby and Jing Luo, creating a vortex around them. This vortex was spinning in an opposite direction and thus slowed down the speed of their fall.
But by the time they were a hundred meters from the ground, they could already manage their fall. Little Shrubby managed to snap out of the frozen state as well and broke his fall using his own ability.
Flames burst from his paws and propelled him upwards, automatically slowing him down even further.
The two of them landed safely on the ground next to Lin Mu and looked at him.
Lin Mu took a breath of relief and felt much better than before. But he still couldn’t help but feel a strange sensation at the back of his head.
"Are you guys okay?" Lin Mu questioned, feeling concerned.
"I’m good." Little Shrubby said through his link.
"I’m fine. Didn’t think I would need to use the wind vortex talismans so soon. Even used up my entire supply." Jing Luo replied.
"Thankfully you had them, or I don’t think both of you would have been able to come out of this unharmed." Lin Mu stated.
"That’s true. I never expected to be frozen like that in the lesser void... at least now I can say proudly that I survived the void." Jing Luo said with a chuckle.
"Wait, did you see anything in the void?" Lin Mu asked.
"No, once I was frozen, everything went black for me. I could not feel anything, nor could I hear anything. It was a strange feeling and very uncomfortable. I don’t think I want to experience that again." Jing Luo said with a shake of his head.
Jing Luo then looked at the large crater to the side and the Lin Mu sized hole that was created in the center of it.
"Seems like someone had a rather rough landing..." Jing Luo said.
"It could have been better yes, but it was not." Lin Mu replied, remembering the feeling of the crash again.
Little Shrubby let out a low growl and lifted his paw.
"I can’t fly," He stated.
"What’s he saying?" Jing Luo questioned.
"That he can’t fly... or rather, I think none of us can fly here. Not even the spirit weapons work here and can only be wielded normally using hands." Lin Mu answered.
Jing Luo furrowed his brows in response and tried to fly on his own, realizing that he truly could not fly.
"There are restrictions here." Lin Mu stated.
"Looks like it. But... why are we still here? The Sacred Grounds should have expelled us by now." Jing Luo stated.
"Oh yes! I was wondering about it too. Are the formation arrays not working?" Lin Mu wondered.
He closed his eyes and spread his spirit sense around, trying to sense any formation that might be set up here. The overall formation array of the sacred ground was too big and Lin Mu would not be able to see it unless it was at the very center or at a node.
"It won’t work. We will need to get close to one of the nodes to even be able to sense a formation array . Plus, the true location of those formations might be deep underground. Since the minor plane we were in was part of this world, then I’m sure the formation arrays are set up underground.
Only by doing that would they be able to freely harness the spirit Qi from the spirit stone mines that are hidden deep beneath the ground." Jing Luo spoke.
"Hmm... does this mean we will be able to stay here in the Sacred grounds?" Lin Mu said as his eyes lit up.
Thousands of runes suddenly appeared in the sky as they formed into a formation array.
"I spoke too soon..." Lin Mu said with a wry smile.
The spirit Qi in the air started to stir as the formation array fully activated. Lin Mu, Jing Luo and Little Shrubby all three of them felt a force pushing them into themselves. The force started to get stronger and in a few seconds, they disappeared into thin air.
Lin Mu was able to perceive all that was happening and knew that it was the space opening up and using the gate of the sacred grounds to send them back. He could even see the lesser void for a fraction of second again, but was moved to the ejection site pretty quickly. Since he was still able to move, Lin Mu took this opportunity to put on a mask from his ring.
In a certain area of the Ripple mist sect, several disciples were working on their tasks. There were even some Nascent Soul realm elders among them that were doing the more complex and difficult tasks.
"We need to be quick and find out the reason behind all these abnormalities. The Sect patriarch has ordered us to strictly check for any discrepancy!" The Elder who was the supervisor here, announced.
"Yes, elder!" The disciples responded.
Thousand of runes could be seen floating around in a formation array as disciples worked on them. There were several runes that were fluctuating abnormally, and those were the ones that the disciples focused on.
But then all of a sudden, a loud whirring sound was heard.
"What’s happening?" The disciples said out loud.
They did not know what this was as it was not done by them.
"The gate! It’s opening!" The Elder Pointed to the center of the area.
The sound of three people hitting the ground was heard as everyone nearby turned to look at them.