"Azure Dragon Movement Technique."
At that moment, he attempted to execute the Azure Dragon Movement Technique.
And this time, he actually succeeded. After executing the technique, Chu Feng stood upon the Azure Dragon and swiftly flew back the way he had come.
Chu Feng's mood was extraordinarily cheerful. After spending a full year and two months, he had finally succeeded. That feeling was something only he could understand.
Rumble— Yet just as Chu Feng was basking in his joy, strange rumbling sounds began to echo from every direction, flooding into his ears.
"This is bad — this place is about to collapse. I need to get out before it does!"
Sensing the gravity of the situation, Chu Feng gritted his teeth and channeled every ounce of his power into the Azure Dragon Movement Technique, pushing himself to leave at maximum speed.
This place was an independent space. Though he had no idea who had created it, Chu Feng knew that its creator had been extraordinarily powerful.
More critically, if he failed to escape before the space collapsed, the destructive force of that collapse could annihilate him. And the stronger the space's creator had been, the greater that destructive force would be. Forget injuries — it was entirely possible that Chu Feng could die.
But through sheer effort, he finally caught sight of the gate through which he had originally entered.
Seeing that gate again, Chu Feng felt a complicated mix of emotions. How he had missed it.
Without a shred of hesitation, he burst through in a single breath.
The moment Chu Feng escaped from that space and felt the familiar surroundings, saw the familiar faces, a wave of relief washed over him.
"Chu Feng, are you all right?"
Seeing Chu Feng emerge, Baili Xuankong, Nangong Longjian, and the others turned pale with alarm and rushed over, scrutinizing him with looks of deep concern. Even Elder Liang Hua handed him a healing pill.
However, as Chu Feng looked at the group of familiar people before him, he froze.
A full year and two months had passed — how was it that none of them had changed in the slightest? They looked exactly as they had before he had stepped through that gate.
Even the surroundings were utterly unchanged. But a year and two months was no short time. How could there be no change at all?
No — something was wrong. During that year and two months, Chu Feng had grown a beard, and his hair had become quite disheveled.
His hair was still messy now, but when he touched his chin, the beard was gone.
He had grown that beard, and he had never shaved it. How could it simply vanish?
Something was definitely wrong. Could it be that everything he had experienced was nothing but an illusion?
"How long was I gone?" Chu Feng asked the group, sensing something was off.
"Huh?" At his question, Nangong Longjian and the others exchanged bewildered glances, clearly not understanding.
"Don't bother asking. You weren't gone long at all — just an instant," said Long Lin.
"An instant?" Chu Feng was stunned.
He looked at Long Lin and was startled once more. From the outside, Long Lin appeared unchanged. But his gaze, his emotions, and the aura radiating from within — everything about him was different.
Chu Feng could sense it now — the presence of that figure from within the space now resided in Long Lin.
He understood. The two Dragon Scales had become one.
More precisely, the Long Lin before him now was the complete Long Lin — the true Long Lin.
"I see." Chu Feng smiled. He truly understood.