Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

Chapter 237 Soul Jade Message

Time passes quietly like the sand in an hourglass, minute by minute.

The time data inside the Youfeng clearly showed that they had been flying continuously in this mysterious and dazzling world of light for three whole days.

Although the spaceship's speed has not yet truly reached the astonishing limit of the speed of light, it is already very close.

For three long days, the outside world was constantly enveloped in a dazzling, dreamlike light.

There was nothing around the spaceship except for the ever-changing, dazzling beams of light.

If it weren't for the constantly changing and updating data on the Youfeng's display screen, Mo Yuming would occasionally have doubts: Could it be that he had actually been staying in the same place all along without moving an inch?

Time continued to flow slowly, and several more hours passed. Mo Yuming, who was immersed in deep thought, suddenly felt a stirring in his heart. An indescribable and subtle feeling welled up in his mind—he keenly sensed that there seemed to be a faint and elusive sensation in his sea of ​​consciousness undergoing a subtle change.

In his initial moments, Mo Yuming subconsciously assumed that this unusual movement originated from the Soul Sword he carried with him. After all, that Soul Sword had repeatedly demonstrated astonishing power and spirituality.

However, when he focused his attention and investigated carefully, he was surprised to find that this was not the case.

After a thorough internal examination and exploration, Mo Yuming finally found the source of this strange movement—it was the Soul Jade that had been dormant for a long time!

At this moment, it is emitting a faint light in an extremely weak and imperceptible way, as if it is gradually awakening from a deep sleep.

Besides the Soul Sword, Mo Yuming's sea of ​​consciousness only contained this Soul Jade used for communication. He had assumed that since they were no longer in the same universe, the Soul Jade should have lost contact. Unexpectedly, it was now responding.

Mo Yuming was so excited he almost jumped up. The reaction meant there was a connection between the two Soul Jade pieces. Besides sending and receiving messages, this Soul Jade also had a rarely used directional function, though it had been somewhat useless before and hadn't been given much attention. Now, it was practically a life-saving compass.

Mo Yuming quickly stopped the crystal brain from moving forward, then summoned the Soul Jade and placed it into the Soul Pillar of the Youfeng. He then ordered the crystal brain to adjust the spaceship's flight direction, flying in the direction indicated by the red light in the Soul Jade.

While monitoring the changes in the Soul Jade, Mo Yuming directed the crystal brain to operate the spaceship. Sure enough, after flying for an hour, the direction indicated by the red dot in the Soul Jade became clearer and clearer.

The light, which had been faint, gradually became a tiny red dot, and then became much brighter.

Two hours later, the red dot had grown to the size of a grain of rice and was much brighter. It had changed from a light red to a dark red, and the dot was much clearer.

……

Five hours later, the red dot on the Soul Jade changed from dark red to bright red. Closer! Really close! Mo Yuming was speechless with excitement.

"The dazzling light ahead has faded, and the air resistance has decreased significantly, allowing us to accelerate to the speed of light!"

At this moment, the crystal brain transmitted a message to Mo Yuming.

"Then let's fly at the speed of light!"

Mo Yuming immediately gave the order. Of course, it would be best to fly faster. Right now, Mo Yuming couldn't be happier than to fly faster.

Three more hours later.

"The spacecraft is blocked ahead and cannot move forward."

The crystal brain suddenly told Mo Yuming that the spaceship was blocked.

The dazzling array of colors ahead had vanished, replaced by a vast expanse of white. An invisible barrier seemed to be blocking the spaceship's path. The fact that it could stop a spaceship traveling at the speed of light demonstrated just how sturdy this barrier was.

Is this some kind of spatial barrier?

Mo Yuming used his mental senses to probe the barrier in front of him, only to find that even his mental power could hardly penetrate it. Mental probing was like wading through a quagmire, extremely slow and subject to interference.

However, the Soul Jade's sensitivity had increased considerably, and it could even display the messages sent by the other party. After identifying them, Mo Yuming discovered that it was mainly Lord Long and some other people calling him. It seemed that they already knew that his soul had left his body, so the messages they sent were all telling him to come back quickly.

Mo Yuming also tried to pass on some messages to them, saying that he was returning, but had encountered a barrier blocking his way, and was now trying to find a way to get through.

After waiting for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they replied, telling Mo Yuming that Master Ji had returned, that the method of summoning the soul was his idea, and that they wanted Mo Yuming to tell him the specific situation he was facing so that the old man could think of a solution.

The fact that the Soul Jade's transmission of information has a delay equivalent to the time it takes for an incense stick to burn indicates that this barrier is indeed difficult to overcome.

After exchanging information, Mo Yuming confirmed that the mother jade of his Soul Jade had been brought to the mining area. Twelve hours ago, everyone used the method taught by Elder Ji to communicate with him through the Soul Jade.

Through everyone's efforts, the Soul Jade's communication capabilities have increased several times over. This explains why Mo Yuming sensed the changes in the Soul Jade earlier. Now, everyone is working together again to channel their energy into the Mother Jade, striving to establish a smooth communication channel so that Mo Yuming's soul can return to his body through this channel.

The idea was good, but Mo Yuming knew it might not work, because he had another big thing he wanted to bring back. Souls are intangible and formless; as long as there's a direction, they can naturally return. But the spaceship wasn't just a realistic model; it was a massive object.

"Can we activate wormhole mode?"

Mo Yuming asked the crystal brain.

"After calculation, the environment here is abnormal, and wormhole mode cannot be activated," the crystal brain replied.

"What about faster than light?"

"Faster-than-light travel requires a vacuum environment, which contains dense, unknown matter, making it impossible to initiate."

"Surely the super cannon can be fired?"

"Yes, but for safety reasons, I suggest we wait 100,000 kilometers before firing."

"If the super cannon blasts open the barrier, will it affect the world on the other side?"

Mo Yuming was somewhat afraid. What if the cannon shot, after breaking through the spatial barrier, destroyed the Tianxuan Continent with the excess energy? Mo Yuming would be devastated.

"We can't know for sure; we don't have any data on that. However, the power of the super cannon can be adjusted, so we can try it at the lowest possible power," the crystal brain replied truthfully.

"That's the only way. We'll retreat 100,000 kilometers and then try again."

While ordering the crystal brain to maneuver the spaceship backward, Mo Yuming sent a message to Lord Long to take his Soul Jade to a secluded place thousands of miles away, place it there, and then leave.

"What is Ming'er doing? Why is he putting the Soul Jade in a place where there is no one for tens of thousands of miles around? Is he...?"

Even the most knowledgeable Ji Xianlin was bewildered by Mo Yuming's strange suggestion, not understanding why Mo Yuming was doing this.

However, after repeated communication, it was confirmed that Mo Yuming was not lying, and that he was very certain that he did this for safety reasons. He also urged everyone to be prepared and ready to respond to any emergencies.

Within a radius of ten thousand miles, the only uninhabited lands are the desert and the Monster Mountain Range, and the Great Xia Empire is not even ten thousand miles in size yet. The largest desert on the Tianxuan Continent is far away in the Liang Kingdom; even if Lord Long flew without eating or drinking, it would still take him half a month to reach it.

So the desert is out of the question. That leaves the Monster Mountains as the only option.