???: Senior Feng!
Feng: I hear you!
A long-haired girl in her twenties who is wearing a mixture of light blue and dark blue silk robe spoke after turning around to face another girl who is wearing a light pink silk robe.
???: I thought you will be lost in your thoughts again
Feng: Xin Caisun, is that the way you speak to your senior?
Xin: I am sorry, Senior Feng.
Feng: Hmph
Feng Lanlian turns back to the original direction and continues walking ahead.
Xin: Senior Feng, shouldn't we just wait in one place for other sect members to come and find us?
Xin spoke as she continues to follow her senior from behind.
Feng: Xin, you still don't get it, do you?
Xin: Huh?
Feng: Do you remember what I have said?
Xin: You said that this white fog is abnormal.
Feng: And?
Xin: This forest area is used for sect member training and there is no white fog mentioned after the sect members returned from training.
Feng And then?
Xin: We are unable to advance further into the forest for seven days and the white fog has not disappeared.
Feng: And what does that mean?
Xin: This white fog is either created by our sect to prevent us from advancing further or by someone else who is preventing us from advancing.
Feng: I take back what I said.
Feng stopped in her tracks.
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Xin: Eh? What's wrong?
Feng: Until now, I have not detected any abnormal objects that indicate we are in an illusion formation.
Feng: And don't forget. Our sect skills focus mainly on sword styles and sword formation. There is no way our sect could come up with an illusion formation like this.
Xin: So does that mean there is...
Xin's mouth was covered by one of Feng's hands.
Feng: Skies have eyes and trees have ears. Be careful with your words, Got it?
Xin nodded her head, with her mouth still covered.
Feng: Good.
Feng removed her hand and Xin began to speak.
Xin: Senior, Wouldn't other sects know about this?
Feng: Our sect's sword formations...
Feng: Who's there!?
Feng quickly looked around her surroundings and could only see the white fog and shades of trees.
Xin: What happen?
Feng: I thought I feel someone eavesdropping on us. We should stop talking now and find ways to advance.
Xin: Okay.
???: Scary, this woman's intuition is scary.
A man who is in his twenties is watching the conversation between two women from a screen that has thin transparent gray border around it.
Nicholas Huangfu, also known as Huangfu Meng is a thirty-year-old mountaineer and loves climbing mountains, especially snow mountains. He also owned a small business that sold mountain gear at common places where mountaineers gather.
Meng was climbing one of his favorite snow mountains before he falls over from a slippery edge into a snow hole. The safety rope that he has attached saved him from having broken limbs but before he even touches the bottom of the snow hole, he was transported into a black vortex.
When Meng woke from his another world transportation, he found himself in another person's body. His modern clothing and mountaineer gears are replaced by brown robes and straw shoes which are worn by farmers in ancient Chinese dynasties.
Meng himself also noticed his long hair is bundled on top of his head with a straw rope.
Before he could undress and check the condition of his body, a transparent gray window with black Chinese letters appears before him.
Core: Revival operation is successful.
Core: No abnormalities detected after core merging.
Core: Innate ability "Master and Core as One" has been added.
Meng's thoughts: Master and Core as One? what does that do?
Answering his thoughts, another window brought up the ability description.
Core: Ability Name: Master and Core as One
Core: Ability Type: Innate
Core: Ability Description: The Labyrinth disappears into the Master if the Master exits the Labyrinth. Should the Master returns, the location that the Master disappear from will become a Labyrinth Gate. The design of the Labyrinth Gate will change according to the surrounding environment and climate.
Meng's thoughts: So this is the legendary system which is often written in fictions. I guess I have to live with this.
Meng's thoughts: I wonder If I can check the body condition using the system?
Answering his thoughts again, another window brought up his status window.
Core: Name: Huangfu Meng, Nicholas
Core: Health: 100% / Level: 1
Core: Race: Labyrinth Master / Race Type: New
Core: Occupation: Merchant, Mountaineer
Core: Abilities: Master and Core as One (Lv 1)
Meng's thoughts: THAT's ALL!? I was hoping for more.
Meng retorts in his mind.
Returning from his recollection, Meng is still staring at the screen.
Meng: Should I welcome them?