1418 A Familiar Place
Now that no banished souls dared to approach him, Yuan found traveling the Shadow Realm much more relaxed. However, it didn't mean it was a leisure journey, as he had to focus on controlling the amount of soul strength he exuded. freewēbnoveℓ.com
If he exuded too much, it might hurt the banished souls, causing them to rampage, but if it's too weak, it would not keep them away. Moreover, he had to be careful with such an act entirely, as it could easily backfire and damage his soul.
Fortunately for him, his soul cultivation technique Heaven's Indomitable Soul constantly recovered his soul strength, or else he wouldn't have been able to use such a method.
Several days later, Yuan still wandered the Shadow Realm without any clue as to his location.
However, he noticed the banished souls growing stronger and stronger, requiring him to use more soul strength to keep them away.
'At the rate their strength is growing, I won't be able to keep up in another week or so…' Yuan thought to himself.
Three days later, Yuan noticed another city in the distance. He immediately approached it.
Upon entering the city, none of the banished souls dared to follow him past the city walls, almost as though they were forbidden from doing so.
Yet, Yuan was unable to sense anything odd around the city—
nothing that could explain why the banished souls refused to enter the city.
He thought there was a formation around the city that kept the banished souls away, but he couldn't sense anything like that. Even if it was a powerful level 9 formation, he should still be able to sense it to a certain extent.
Since he didn't have to worry about the banished souls appearing in the city, Yuan took this time to recover his soul strength and take a break.
Once he fully recovered, Yuan did not immediately continue his journey and flew into the air to examine the city.
"This city isn't the same as the previous city, but it bears some resemblance, almost as though it's from the same city, just separated…" Yuan muttered.
He decided to look around the city to see if there were any more clues.
As he strolled throughout the city, he felt a sense of nostalgia, almost as if he'd been to this place before—before it turned to such a sorry state.
'But where have I seen this place?'
He looked at the stores and such, hoping it'd trigger something within him.
"Golden Dumplings."
"House of Starlight."
"Lao's Perfect Noodle."
Unfortunately, the place was too small, and seeing the store names only further strengthened the feeling that he had been to this place before.
'If this is only a part of the whole city, there should be other similar places in the Shadow Realm. Perhaps I will find my answer once I visit enough of them.'
With this thought in mind, Yuan immediately left the city to find the next one.
Even though he didn't know where he was going, Yuan moved with a sense of purpose without feeling hopeless or lost, as though he instinctively knew the layout of the Shadow Realm.
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