Ruoning felt something was off about the Azure Forest.
First strange occurrence: after entering the secret realm, she encountered a herd of red-eyed, maddened wild oxen. These beasts seemed agitated by something, charging through the forest in groups. Fortunately, Ruoning flew up in time - any cultivator of lower cultivation would likely have been trampled into paste right at the start.
But besides the inexplicable ox herd, another thing that disturbed Ruoning was—
"Where exactly is this device pointing?"
After the herd passed, Ruoning descended from the sky.
She lowered her head, hesitantly following the direction of the device's pointer, but felt very lost as she faced the dark, lightless path ahead—
"How strange."
"I entered the secret realm in the same batch as Yino, so we shouldn't be more than three kilometers apart."
"And this tracking device... I made it from hair I collected from Yino's bed at the Grand Tutor's Mansion..."