The Peerless Emperor

"Your Majesty, within this underground world, the space is extremely chaotic, and it's utterly impossible to accurately pinpoint the locations of Fang, Zhou, and Yang. Therefore, we can only know the situation they are in, but not their precise locations," Zhuge Ming's words made Lin Qian's brows furrow tightly.

This situation had become troublesome. Originally, he had thought that by coming to this subterranean space, he would figure out the cause of the eerie situation in the Southern Nine Provinces of the Southern Domain and resolve it as part of his self-cultivation process.

However, for the sake of caution, he had the three elders accompany him to this subterranean space, so that if anything happened, at least there would be mutual support.

But now, he had lost the three elders, and Lin Qian had no way to know their whereabouts.

"At least they are followers of my grandfather, and can be considered three brothers who have shared life and death. And now, because of me, they've been lost..." Lin Qian rubbed his forehead, feeling rather embarrassed.

According to Zhuge Ming's subsequent explanation, this situation might have something to do with the slightly disordered space beneath this subterranean realm.

Because this underground space is not a Small World, yet it has its own space and is attached to the depths of the Soul Martial Continent, the spatial conditions are thus very peculiar.

Based on Zhuge Min's conjecture, the passage that enters the underground space would result in a random emergence at any location throughout the subterranean realm.

It could also be possible that the spatial fluctuations contained in that space channel change over time.

It might be that Lin Qian left the channel during that segment of time, hence he arrived in this Ancient Forest World below the ground, while the three elders left the channel slightly later, therefore ending up in another area.

Nevertheless, Zhuge Ming could confirm that Lin Qian's current location was directly beneath the Southern Nine Provinces of the Southern Domain, but where the three elders were, that was unknown.

In Lin Qian's mind, the voice of self-reproach kept ringing out: "If I had anticipated this possibility earlier, I should have had Your Majesty stay a while longer after that passage, to carefully observe and then proceed to this subterranean space."

"That way, Your Majesty wouldn't need to worry about these issues!"

"Alright, the fault doesn't lie with you, there's no need for such self-blame, if the three elders have indeed... been lost, we'll just have to find a way to retrieve them," Lin Qian spoke in consolation to the continuously self-reproaching Zhuge Ming, unable to bear it any longer.

He had no choice, as the one responsible, Lin Qian could only explain the situation of the elders as it now stood.

Upon receiving the message within the golden Communication Token, Fang Shuiwen was amazed: "The young master's methods are truly remarkable, to be able to observe the environment around through this token, even comparing the concentration of Spiritual Energy."

"I think, this must be something magical created by the young master's Heavenly Art Department!" Beside him, Zhou Yi An chuckled as if remembering something amusing.

Yang Guixiang, who stood to one side, naturally understood what his old friend found amusing.

Initially, they thought that since Lin Qian had such frightening talent, why not nurture him into a versatile talent?

Therefore, Fang Shuiwen and Yang Guixiang intended to join hands to teach Lin Qian, who, along with Zhou Yi An— one skilled in Artifact Refining, one in Alchemy, and another extremely skilled in Arrays.

However, after they proposed this idea, knowing Lin Qian's terrifying talent in these three areas, Zhou Yi An couldn't help but laugh and say that it was impossible for the former to become the all-around talent the other two mentioned.

Nonetheless, Fang Shuiwen and Yang Guixiang didn't believe it and went to find Lin Qian, who promptly claimed he had no talent in these three areas and couldn't learn.

But to their words, they simply would not believe it.

According to their understanding, if Lin Qian had such a frightening talent in the Cultivation Realm, then Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and Arrays shouldn't be weak, could they?

At the persistent coaxing from Fang Shuiwen and Yang Guixiang, Lin Qian could only helplessly agree to learn from them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the end, after a series of continuous explosions, Fang Shuiwen and Yang Guixiang gave up on the idea of training Lin Qian into an all-around talent amidst Zhou Yi An's unrestrained laughter.

They were genuinely afraid that if they forcefully continued teaching, one day Lin Qian might blow himself up.

Fang Shuiwen and Yang Guixiang really didn't understand; with Lin Qian's cultivation talent being so outrageously strong, why was he so foolish in Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and Arrays...

They had seen many talents in the Central Domain who not only had notable cultivation realms but also dabbled in Artifact Refining, Alchemy, or Arrays and had notable achievements in these fields.

However, compared to Lin Qian, they still felt that his cultivation talent was too terrifying.

"It seems, no one is perfect; the young master's cultivation strength is against the heavens, but he has a big deficiency in this area, thinking about it, this seems fair," Fang Shuiwen finally gave up completely and came to terms with it.

Lin Qian's cultivation talent was already so horrifyingly strong; if his talent in these three areas was also outstanding, then that would be too astonishing.

"Now, what should we do?" Among the three elders, Yang Guixiang looked to his two old friends, hoping to hear a solution.

Fang Shuiwen put away the Communication Token in front of him and, looking into the distance said, "What else can be done? We just have to take one step at a time."

"Speaking of which, it's been quite a long time since the three of us had an adventure, has it not?" Suddenly, Zhou Yi An also looked toward the distance, and speaking to Fang Shuiwen and Yang Guixiang said, "What do you say, in this unknown underground world, shall we have a long-overdue test of our skills?"

Zhou Yi An's words brought a spark of blood-red light to Yang Guixiang's eyes, his face filled with excitement as he looked at the two of them: "Indeed, this is a wonderful idea, we have more or less visited places worth going to in the Southern Domain. Now, an unknown land has been presented to us, it'd truly be a pity to not explore it."

Fang Shuiwen also smiled and nodded in agreement, thinking this suggestion was very good.

"However, for the sake of caution, it's still better to leave something behind," Yang Guixiang said, looking at the two in front of him, "This is a good habit we've cultivated while following the master, we can't lose it; what do you think we should leave?"

After Yang Guixiang finished speaking, Zhou Yi An's face revealed a smile, then he suddenly stamped on the ground, causing dirt to scatter and creating a pit.

Then, Zhou Yi An tossed the Communication Token given by Lin Qian into this pit, and with a flow of Soul Power, he covered the dirt properly, completely erasing any trace, making it indiscernible.

In this way, if they encountered any mishaps, Lin Qian could still accurately locate them through the Communication Token.

After that, the three elders flew off into the distance, disappearing into the region.