"Cold..." Green Ivy shivered. It was really cold, so cold that she was trembling. She hid behind Black Dog and Li Ming, tilting her head as she walked inside.

Li Ming used his divine power to protect himself, blocking the howling cold wind coming from the doorway, and his divine sense quickly penetrated inside.

Unexpectedly, his divine sense could not penetrate the palace. It was blocked after penetrating less than ten meters. The palace seemed to have some kind of restriction, which impacted his divine power and prevented his divine sense from spreading.

"There are restrictions in the palace, and we don't know what's inside. We should be careful." Li Ming felt that there was something strange about the palace.

Stepping into the palace, a chilling aura enveloped me; thankfully, I used my divine power to protect myself, otherwise, I would have been in real trouble.

A chilling aura swirled around us, as if we had entered a palace forged from millennia-old ice. It was incredibly oppressive, eerie, and exuded an aura of evil, coldness, and helplessness.

The chilling air formed chains that seemed to travel from afar. According to feng shui principles, this palace was filled with malevolent energy, a very strong killing intent swirling around it. It felt like there was something incredibly powerful inside.

Unfortunately, one's divine sense cannot extend too far.

The palace was spacious and expansive, like a world unto itself. Just as you stepped into the entrance, you saw two stone lion statues, which were carved to be lifelike and even had a pair of wings.

The lion statue's eyes are sunken, no, to be precise, there are no eyes at all; the eye sockets are empty, as if something had ripped them out. If you look closely, it's actually quite frightening, as if something had simply ripped them off.

For some reason, Li Ming suddenly had a strange feeling that if he painted eyes on the lion, the lion could come back to life and even soar into the sky.

The more closely you look at it, the more it seems like a real lion, its eyes gouged out and sealed here.

"Brother, stop looking, let's go." Green Ivy pushed Li Ming inside. What's so interesting about the lions outside? Watching monkeys is better than watching lions.

"Don't rush, wait a little longer." The black dog's eyes gleamed as it circled the lion, wagging its restless tail. No one knew what it was doing, but it stretched out its mouth to bite the lion.

It's completely impossible to bite into; it's too hard.

He poked and prodded at the statues, trying to move them after a few attempts, but he couldn't move them at all. In desperation, he just kept spitting at the lion statue.

"Woof woof woof woof..."

"Let's go. This thing can't be moved. This stone statue isn't anything special, so what's the point of keeping it?" Green Ivy couldn't understand, so she kicked the black dog. "If you don't leave, I'll eat you."

"Woof woof woof..." The black dog didn't care at all. Even if Green Ivy had the guts, she didn't have the strength. However, she still agreed with him on the surface, after all, Li Ming was standing next to her.

The black dog was reluctant to leave, took a few more bites of the stones, and then followed Li Ming into the palace.

The further they went in, the colder it became, causing the black dog to shiver as it moved forward. It said, "What is the origin of this palace? It seems a bit out of place in the Divine Ruins. There must be treasures inside."

Black Dog suddenly didn't want to split the spoils with Li Ming anymore; he wanted to take it all for himself, so he quickly ran ahead.

Swish swish swish...

Keep running.

It was incredibly fast, and its massive body forced Li Ming to the side. Li Ming stared speechlessly at the dog, which was running ahead of him as if it were worried that he would try to take something from it. He was speechless. Was it that kind of person?

Excuse me.

That's true.

If he were to actually go and snatch it, the black dog wouldn't be a match for him. So the black dog's actions were just pointless worrying; even if there were good things, they would be his.

"Woof woof woof..." The black dog ran wildly ahead, glancing back at Li Ming every now and then, afraid of running too far and not being able to see Li Ming anymore, and worried that if it got too close, Li Ming would steal its things.

The black dog is clearly a combination of two contradictions.

Helpless, Li Ming and Green Ivy strolled leisurely forward, arriving at a corridor with carved beams and painted rafters, the corridor adorned with various murals.

He had originally planned to admire it, but the black dog ran too fast, making it impossible for him to appreciate it.

He had no choice but to speed up, walk through the corridor, and arrive at the central hall. The central hall was locked, and there seemed to be some kind of locking sound coming from inside.

The black dog stopped there, pressed its ear against the wall, and listened intently inside, where it could hear bursts of barking.

"There seems to be something extremely powerful in here." The black dog pressed its ear against the wall, trying to hear what was inside, but could only hear bursts of roars.

"How about we unlock it and take a look?" Black Dog suggested, looking at Li Ming.