Is that a Wisp?
chapter-503

Just as Krune expected, Fie and Feifei still slept for a few more hours. In the afternoon, the two finally woke up, though. Feifei was the first one.

"Hm?"

Feifei still had a sleepy face as she looked at Lala.

"Ah! Sorry, did I sleep too much?"

Lala shook her head.

"It's okay. I woke up just a while ago too."

Feifei nodded and got up. She then went beside Krune, who was cultivating and laid one him a little. It seemed like she had no fear what so ever to leave Fie sleeping with her.

A few minutes later, Fie also woke up but didn't seem like she wanted to leave Lala's side.

"You woke up, uh? Good! Time for training."

Fie's sleepy face instantly changed into a terrified one.

"Can't you give just a little bit more time?"

"No can do, you slept for almost an entire day, that's enough."

Little Arty began to float while pulling Fie with the necklace chain.

"Lala, help me!"

Lala looked away and pretended to not hear anything. Still, he found that necklace to be quite weird. It could talk and looked like it had a life of its own.

'Oh well, that's not my problem.'

As Little Arty began the daily training for Fie, Krune gathered with Feifei, Laex, and Heavin. Light Spirit was obviously there as well, it's just that Lala didn't know about his existence.

"What will we do now? Should we wait for the others to go up as well?"

Laex shook his head.

"The whole point in staying in the Holy Land is so that we can train, right? In that case, you should keep going up where there is more Godly Energy."

Krune looked at Laex before asking.

"What about you?"

Laex just laughed, though.

"I will stay here to wait for Liriu. I doubt he will really spend his 10 years on the lower floors now that I saw Fie's rate of improvement. He has the Dracophoenix Bloodline, after all. Even without Little Arty's help, he shouldn't be so behind Fie."

Feifei couldn't help but narrow her eyes.

"Is that really okay? What if you need help with Liriu later?"

Heavin shook his head, though.

"In theory, Tiane and Ruik would arrive in this place way before Liriu. I doubt they would go up without him either, so I guess it is okay."

Laex nodded.

"You probably are thinking about the fact that the Holy Land will come with Little Arty, right? But it is not the same with its cultivators and demon beasts. This is a very good place to get some combat experience."

They then began to discuss this issue when suddenly, the dimensional realm began to tremble.

"What is this?!"

It wasn't only around Krune's group. From the 1st to the 50th floors, all the dimensional realms were experiencing the same thing.

Krune and Feifei disappeared from their spot and reappeared beside Fie almost instantly.

"Little Arty, what is happening here?"

"I'm checking it now, give me some time."

Krune nodded as everyone gathered.

Finally, Little Arty found the answer.

"Oh! The floors are connecting themselves. I see... so that's what Master planned in the end."

"What do you mean?"

Little Arty organized his thoughts and began to explain.

"As you know, the 2nd to the 9th floors have several different dimensional realms in each one of them. However, those dimensional realms are now connecting to each other. That means each floor will only have a single Dimensional Realm from now on, just like the 10th floor and higher."

"Also, it seems like the blockage between floors is being lifted."

Krune and the others got puzzled.

"What do you mean?"

Little Arty then continued.

"Simply put, you will now have free passage between the 1st and 50th floors. The Light Pillar Tests are still there, but you can choose to not take them. It will all depend on whether you can resist the Godly Energy of higher levels or not."

Laex's eyes immediately lit up.

"Doesn't that mean I can go down as well? That's perfect! Little Arty, can you check where is Liriu at the moment?"

Little Ary immediately replied.

"I told you before, didn't I? I've lost control over the formations for the time being. They are switching owners at the moment, so there is nothing I can do. The only reason I could tell what is happening is that I'm connected to the Holy Land as a whole. Unfortunately, any kind of monitoring formation is out of my reach."

Laex narrowed his eyes. Even if he goes down, how exactly would he find where Liriu is? That would be way too hard.

However, Feifei smiled before saying.

"It won't be a problem. As long as we are inside the same dimensional realm, I can use my Destiny Major Divine Soul and divination abilities to find the right direction. After all, Liriu's cultivation is a lot lower than mine. Not to mention that the more information I have, the easier it becomes. I doubt that there are many others out there that know more about him than me."

Laex and the others were happy to hear that.

"Doesn't that mean we can gather everyone else as well?"

Feifei nodded.

"As long as their cultivation isn't too high, I should be able to at least tell their general direction."

With that, there was no need to think anymore.

"Then it is decided, let's first gather everyone back together. After that, we can go in our separate ways with the right groups this time."

However, Little Arty immediately stopped them.

"Not too fast. The connection between realms and floors has just started. It will still take at least a month to be over."

Everyone sighed after hearing that.

"Well, we can just wait then."

Although a lot had been said, it was also done through Divine Sense, so it only took a few seconds. Because of that, Lala didn't hear anything.

"Do you guys know what is happening?"

Krune looked at Lala and nodded.

"More or less. You don't need to worry, this situation will only last a month at most. There is no danger, so let's just go back to cultivate."

Lala was taken aback. They were quite alarmed just a few moments ago, but they seem to be fine now as if nothing was happening.

"Then tell me what is happening."

Krune pondered a bit and decided to give an answer anyway. Of course, he left out critical parts like Little Arty's real identity, and so on.

"The floors and dimensional realms are connecting? This... how do you know that?"

Krune smiled at Lala.

"That's a secret."

"Hmph!"

Lala wasn't pleased with the answer, but Krune didn't have an obligation to answer her either. If anything, at least she knows what is happening. The other cultivators and demon beasts didn't even have that much.

She then noticed that Krune and the others returned to their own things as if all the Holy Land changes didn't matter at all.

Yet, a few moments later, Feifei came to Lala's side to talk.

"Sorry about that. Krune is being very cautious about our time here in the Holy Land. Trust me, he really doesn't have anything against you. Well, maybe the fact that you put me at risk before, but he will forget that eventually."

Lala was a little surprised that Feifei came to her just to say that.

"It's... okay. Krune already said a lot anyway. The other demon beasts and cultivators probably don't even know what is happening, so I'm already quite lucky."

Feifei smiled while giving Lala another hug. Lala was already helpless with this behavior of Feifei's, so she just sighed.

It was then that Feifei offered.

"In a month's time, we are going down to look for a few of our friends. It will probably take a few weeks before we are back to the tenth floor. Do you want to come too? If you want, I can help you to find your friends as well."

"This..."

The offer was excellent since she knew that Feifei has a Destiny Major Divine Soul. However, Lala didn't have any companions in this place to start with. So in a certain way, it didn't have much of a use for her.

'But if I don't say that, at least I can stay with them for a little longer.'

Lala looked at Feifei and nodded.

"Okay."

Feifei was happy to hear that.

"Great! I will go cultivate and focus on recovering my Soul Power. If you need anything, let me know."

Lala nodded, but just as Feifei was leaving...

"Ah!"

Feifei looked back with a puzzled face.

"Is there anything?"

Lala immediately shook her head.

"No... it's nothing."

Feifei nodded and finally left.

As for Lala, she finally noticed what she had just done. She didn't have any companions to be found in the Holy Land, then just why did she keep it a secret? Lala could have said that she didn't have anyone and left straight away, but she didn't. Of course, deep down, Lala knew why she did that.

'Do I really want to stay with them this much?'

By the end of the day, Fie came back from her training. She then collapsed beside Lala once more to rest.

"Lala, Little Arty's training is too hard."

"Hmph! There will come a day when you will thank me for that."

Lala couldn't help but laugh while patting Fie's head.

"He is right, even I can tell that his teachings are excellent."

Fie sulked a bit but nodded in the end. At least, Lala's warm body was a relief for her soul after an entire day of hard work.

Later on, Krune made food for everyone again before they returned to their cultivation time. Fie and Feifei already slept a lot, so they probably wouldn't sleep again for quite some time.

Just like that, a month quickly went by.