The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 951: To the Bottomless Abyss

"Senior Brother, you had better watch how you act. Do not touch Meilan with your hands." Rei said fiercely.

The moment the people behind Luyan heard this, they showed their fury, and one of the women shouted at Rei.

"You bitch! How dare you—"

"I don't want to hear any words from you, bitch from the Rasminov family," Rei said coldly. She then looked at the others behind Luyan. "And all of you." Her gaze was cold, showing nothing like how she normally acted toward Meilan. The easygoing Rei was nowhere to be seen.

The woman slightly flinched under Rei's gaze and felt humiliated that she was actually deterred by her aura and eyes.

Rei's background, coming from one of the most prominent noble families, was also one of the reasons many did not dare to offend her. The woman from the Rasminov family also came from a noble family, but her family's status was lacking compared to Rei's.

However, the woman believed in Luyan's background, trusting that he would be her backing. She was his supporter, along with a few people who were following him now. They all came from noble backgrounds, but the true behemoths in this place were the backgrounds of Rei, Luyan, and Meilan.

The woman gritted her teeth. "You—" She then stopped as a chill ran through her body when Meilan suddenly looked at her with a cold gaze. That gaze seemed to say that if she did not shut up, she would fuck her up.

She swallowed her words and even turned her head away. Meilan's gaze was truly terrifying to her, and she did not dare to look at her directly. Her fury and humiliation were suddenly forgotten, even if only for a moment, and the others who wanted to chime in also hesitated.

"Alright, alright, stop it. I apologize for Lara's behavior, and I also apologize for my sudden movement when I touched your wrist. I only wanted to talk with you for a moment, junior sister," Luyan said to Meilan.

"I don't think we have anything in common to talk about, and you are not even close to me." Meilan replied before she turned her back and walked away.

Rei followed her, but not before giving Luyan and his group one last cold gaze.

Luyan and his group could only silently look at their backs without doing anything. Luyan's followers felt humiliated, but they could not unleash it on the source of that humiliation.

However, Luyan kept his smile as he looked at Meilan's figure. It was as if he did not care about what had just happened.

"Young master, what are we going to do now? Do we still want to meet Aldrian the Great?" one of his male followers asked.

"No, not anymore. Just like Meilan said, it is not good to meet Aldrian the Great at this time. Let us go back for now. Maybe we can meet him tomorrow," Luyan replied before he walked back the way he came from.

"I have already achieved my purpose, so there is no need to push further for now. Meilan, oh Meilan, if only you had obeyed me and become mine long ago, I would not have needed to do this," he thought.

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The next day, Aldrian, Meilan, and Rei were already outside the sect, having begun their journey to the Bottomless Abyss. Rei's presence was actually not needed, and Meilan had said that she should just stay behind. However, Rei insisted on following them, so Meilan relented and allowed her friend to go with them.

There was no one else accompanying them on this journey, as all matters related to guiding Aldrian the Great during his time in this world had already been entrusted to Meilan by the sect master.

They simply did not think that Aldrian the Great would choose to visit a dangerous place, so it was acceptable to let Meilan handle everything.

Well, too bad for them, as that was exactly what Aldrian wanted to do.

Aldrian and the two ladies were already wearing white robes that covered their entire bodies and heads to avoid attracting attention. To reach the Bottomless Abyss, they had to pass through a few cities using warp gates and then head toward the town nearest to the abyss region.

After that, they would need to reach the abyss itself by flying or walking toward it. The challenge came even before they reached the abyss, as they would face a strange, thick fog that had already caused countless cultivators to disappear.

After one hour of travel from the Celestial Lotus Sect, they finally reached the town and, without wasting any time, flew toward the abyss.

A few minutes after they departed, two figures came out of the warp gate and then walked in the direction Aldrian and his group had taken. They were the same people who had wanted to visit the Celestial Lotus Sect yesterday, the ones who intended to assassinate Aldrian.

They blended into the crowd after exiting the warp gate, and the skinny man released a small blue bird. After a few moments, the bird came back to him, and after a few seconds, the skinny man reported,

'This direction… they seemed goes to the Bottomless Abyss.' he said to the burly man through voice transmission.

Hearing this, the burly man looked surprised.

'Why the hell are they going to such a dangerous place? Is that bastard already out of his mind? Even if he is strong, this is the mysterious Bottomless Abyss we are talking about. Why would he want to visit that place?' the skinny man asked in confusion.

The burly man was also confused. Was there something Aldrian the Great knew about that place, or did Aldrian the Great simply want to visit it out of curiosity? Was he seeking some kind of challenge?

'Whatever the case, I think this will be a good chance for us to ambush him. Even if we cannot do anything to him, there is still the sword maiden and the young miss of the Si family. It is a rare chance for them to be alone in such a place. We can take advantage of that,' the burly man said, a smile forming on his face.

'That kid from the Bai family is interested in the sword maiden. We can take advantage of that and even create conflict between families to weaken the power of this world if our mission to assassinate Aldrian the Great fails.'

The skinny man nodded in agreement.

'Tell the others to be ready. We will follow them. We need to make sure first that they really are going to the abyss,' the burly man added as they continued walking normally among the crowded streets.

While some people were already planning their next step to assassinate Aldrian, the man himself was still flying toward the abyss.

Aldrian could already see the white fog on the horizon. His mind could not help but think that the fog itself was another trick created by his follower to conceal the abyss, where the hidden faith-gathering place was located.

This was his purpose in visiting the most dangerous place in this world: to search for the faith gathering place. Although adding one more world to his domain no longer greatly boosted his cultivation, it still granted him more power and wealth.

There was also the matter of faith energy, which became much stronger inside his domain.

Any effort that could make him stronger was something he would pursue. There was no harm in it anyway.

They flew above the forest region for about forty five minutes before finally arriving at the edge of the white fog. The fog engulfed the forest, and Aldrian landed at the area right before they entered it.

"We are here, Your Majesty. From what I have heard, if you enter the fog and keep moving straight, then you should be able to reach the abyss," Meilan said.

Aldrian nodded and closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again. He stayed still for a few moments before a slight smile appeared on his face.

'It seems to be the right place. The faith energy moves in that direction,' he thought. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

He then closed his eyes once more when suddenly the ground beneath them shone with light, and many symbols appeared, causing Meilan and Rei to be astonished. They thought they had fallen into some kind of trap, but then the light and symbols disappeared.

Nothing happened afterward, which only left them confused. Then they heard Aldrian speak.

"I will enter now, Miss Meilan and Miss Rei. You should stay here and not move from this area. It is for your safety. I am afraid we are being followed by devils who have already set their target on us. I have already built a strong illusion and concealment formation surrounding this area to hide you."

"With this formation, even peak pseudo immortal stage devils will have difficulty locating both of you as long as you do not move more than three meters from your positions. As long as you stay within this range, even if peak pseudo immortal stage devils stand nearby, they will not detect or see you."

Hearing this, both ladies were shocked. They had not sensed anyone or anything that made them feel they were being tailed by devils.

"The devils are tailing us? How is that possible? How could the devils know about our journey when we departed from the sect without many people knowing?" Rei asked in astonishment.

"Well, I believe we have a traitor in the sect. The devils might have been following us through you, Miss Meilan. Your right wrist has been marked with a kind of invisible substance that leaves a trace. The devils are using a trained blue sparrow to track it."