48 Space Qi, Portals and The Unfortunate Crystal Spider (1/2)
Stopped before she could do anything to Yang Meng, Yue Wan angrily stared at him for a moment before looking at the three giant doors opening up.
The giant doors suddenly lit up after they opened up completely. Followed by this the opening of the doors turned pure black, while emitting an intangible form of qi that slowly filled their surroundings.
”W-what is this!?”
Wide eyed, Sofie stared at the black mass that formed inside the opening of all three doors. The slight qi that emitted out from the three big doors made Sofie feel supressed to an almost unbearable degree.
”It's space qi… One of the most mysterious forms of qi and also one of the hardest to train in, even our sect only has a few cultivation manuals for space qi up till the meridian opening realm. Any further than that and we have nothing…”
Yang Meng said as he was completely immersed in the strange fluctuations on the black door entrance.
”Why is there so much space qi gathering at the entrance of the doors?”
Yue Wan questioned Yang Meng with narrowed eyes.
”The space qi has gathered together at the entrance of the three doors and are forming a portal out of here with the entrance of the three doors as the centre of a portal, each door leading to a different place. From what I can see the portals will take some time to fully form. Until then, all we can do is wait…”
Finished explaining, Yang Meng sat down on the ground under the both suspicious and doubting eyes of Yue Wan, while Sofie on the other hand had gained some sort of blind faith when it came to things Yang Meng said. Especially if it was something, she knew nothing about beforehand.
This resulted in Sofie standing beside the sitting Yang Meng, just staring at the giant doors in amazement as they slowly grew darker and darker with the passage of time, while Yue Wan positioned herself behind Sofie. Cautiously watching Yang Meng's every move.
”By the way… Didn't you say that the rank 2 demon beasts would be able to activate the door and exit as well? I can't really see demon beasts passing the same trail we did…”
Interrupting the silence that had formed as they waited for the doors to finish gathering enough space qi, Yue Wan asked Yang Meng in a confused voice as she really could not imagine a demon beast walking up the altar before sitting down, cultivating and then pass the trail.
”Well… If they could really pass the trail, it would not be a problem as the doors could just recharge space qi after we passed the trail after they leave.
The problem is… Compared to the altars, which are heaven grade tools. The doors are not even mortal grade, they are only used as an object to form the portal. This also means they are not as tough as heaven grade tools, so a rank 2 demon beast should be able to destroy it.”
Looking at the doors, Yang Meng solemnly explained. Resulting in both Yue Wan and Sofie feeling a shiver down their spine.
Destroy the doors… Why would the demon beasts even do that in the first place?
”The doors are made of a material that attracts demon beasts. The demon beasts can consume it to increase their strength… Luckily for us, only rank 2 demon beasts and stronger could consume it…”
Reading both their minds, Yang Meng answered in a low voice as he looked at the giant doors. Not really understanding why they were built in such a material in the first place. Maybe it was better for gathering space qi?
”Were the ones who made the doors dumb?”
Sofie stated in a confused voice as she stared at the darkly glowing centre of the doors, she really had no idea why someone would make a pair of giant doors out of demon beast food.
Why did they do it? M-maybe they made it as an emergency food for their demon beast pets…? Or maybe they ate it themselves…
Not really believing her last thought, Sofie stared at the stone that made up the three giant doors. No matter how hungry she felt at the moment, Sofie could not imagine herself eating rocks… And even after thinking it over, Sofie still felt that whoever decide to make giant doors out of demon beast food was dumb…
”Hah… Maybe they were…”
Heaving a large sigh, Yang Meng answered Sofie's question with a slight frown appearing at the corner of his lips.