Book 5 Chapter 19 – A Hidden Domain

　　"What? You're saying that this domain is being hidden?" Li Yiming asked in surprise.

　　"Yes. I thought it was an open domain when I saw you. But it seems like you were also dragged into this against your own will." Sai Gao tried to decipher whether Li Yiming was feigning his shock.

　　"But how… did we get inside here without a key?" Li Yiming asked another question. He did not know about camouflagers, but he did know for certain that normal guardians like Liu Meng and Eyegla.s.ses would never be able to enter a domain without it.

　　"That's because this domain has already begun to merge with reality." Sai Gao revealed another shocking fact upon realizing that Li Yiming was not pretending.

　　"What?" Li Yiming remembered what Bai Ze said. 'Well, the people that appear and disappear, the trees, the impossible alignment of the stars… It would make sense if the domain has become interwoven with the fabric of reality…'

　　"But if the domain is about to merge with reality, then surely Heaven's Laws wouldn't ignore that…" Li Yiming what kind of catastrophe it would mean for Heaven's Laws if the domain was to completely integrate itself into reality.

　　"Remember the statue you've seen outside of the Southern gate?" Sai Go brushed his hair back with an effeminate expression, which made Li Yiming quite uncomfortable. "There are two more at the Western and the Northern gates. A Thunderbird and a Turtle."

　　"What are you trying to say?" Li Yiming remembered the pictures that National Security had shown him. 'So that giant bird…'

　　"Those aren't just statues. Their flash has been sealed into stone." Sai Gao said with a rather low mood.

　　"Sealed?" Li Yiming knew from the feeling he had when he saw the statue at the Southern gate that there was more to it.

　　"These statues are part of a formation. Someone used these three mythical beasts to hide the entirety of Lianyun city from Heaven's Laws."

　　"You mean they blocked Heaven's Laws?"

　　"I wouldn't call it blocked, but tricked, yes."

　　"For how long have you been here?" Li Yiming composed himself. 'I need to make sure that we have some common ground. At least in this domain.'

　　"Almost a month."

　　"What's your purpose in all of this?"

　　"I was simply confused at first, just like when you guardians enter a domain for the first time. But then I grew scared. I was led to this place by the aura of Teng She. I wanted to rescue him…" Sai Gao paused and stared at Li Yiming with cold eyes. "But now, I want to know the truth."