"If we're heading in the right direction, then Xu Fu's palace should be right here!"

In this world where directions are completely indistinguishable, a man and a woman stopped three meters apart.

"Where is the palace?" Jiang Yuan looked around, but did not find the palace that Yu Tu had mentioned.

"Oh dear, where's the palace?" Yu Tu feigned surprise.

Jiang Yuan frowned slightly and said coldly, "Don't try anything funny. You've seen my methods along the way, and you know it won't take me long to kill you!"

"You can't even take a joke, I really wonder how you found a girlfriend!"

Yu Tu stopped pretending and slowly walked to a flat area. After confirming her location, she said, "The palace is indeed here, but many of the items in the ruins are very similar to those that appeared on Penglai Island. They appeared at specific times and in specific ways!"

"I only care about the results, not the process!" Jiang Yuan activated his Heavenly Eye, wanting to investigate the unusual nature of this place.

"Hmph, didn't you say I owe you a lot of money?" Yu Tu suddenly said.

"Isn't that right?" Jiang Yuan frowned and continued, "I took you away from the Holy Spirit Pavilion, then brought you into the ruins, and now I've healed your injuries. Shouldn't you owe me something?"

"It's not that I want to renege on my debt, it's just that I want to repay it in another way! After all, talking about money can hurt feelings!" Yu Tu smiled and stared straight at Jiang Yuan with her peach blossom eyes.

"If it's for sale..."

"Hey, stop!"

Seeing Jiang Yuan's displeasure, Yu Tu immediately interrupted him, then continued with a grin, "Look at you, how can your thoughts be so impure! The other way of repaying me I mentioned is helping you open the palace."

"You should know that the palace in the ruins is a small space of its own. To enter the palace, you need powerful spiritual energy to push open the door, and this spiritual energy must be obtained using the Holy Spirit Stone!"

"Look, I'm all ready!"

As Yu Tu finished speaking, a pile of ninth-tier Holy Spirit Stones appeared on the ground. At a rough glance, there were at least three or four hundred of them. "You said you only care about the result and not the process. This time, I'm really prepared to pay you back!"

"Go open it!" Jiang Yuan ordered, pursing his lips.

"Fine, I'll go ahead, but I have to correct you on one thing!" Yu Tu said, abandoning her usual seductive demeanor, "I'm really not a casual person!"

"That would be best, otherwise you'll be sucked dry sooner or later!" Jiang Yuan sneered with a smirk.

"You're cursing me!" Yu Tu was furious when she heard this and realized that Jiang Yuan was insulting her.

"If your physique isn't fully under control, every time you have sex, your body's energy will leak out!" Jiang Yuan casually reminded him.

"What do you mean?"

Jiang Yuan didn't continue explaining, but said, "Let's open the palace door first. If you want my answer, I need to see your value!"

"What a charade!" Yu Tu shook his hand unhappily and went to activate the Holy Spirit Stone to make the final arrangements for opening the temple door.

Jiang Yuan watched from the side the whole time, memorizing every move Yu Tu made.

Yu Tu wasn't lying; the palace was indeed located there. However, the palace was enveloped by a barrier, and a massive amount of spiritual energy could create a spiritual energy surge that could break through the barrier, creating a small opening that could exist for a short time—that is, pushing open the palace door.

As the Holy Spirit Stones were continuously consumed, the uncontrollable spiritual power in the hands of the Desire Rabbit grew increasingly concentrated. After ten minutes of preparation, the irregular energy gathered from more than three hundred ninth-tier Holy Spirit Stones erupted in the air.

Boom! A gap was torn open in the void by spiritual power, a gap just big enough for one person to enter.

"Hurry, the entrance only lasts for three seconds!" Yu Tu seemed to have been prepared, and leaped into the crevice.

Without much thought, Jiang Yuan used the same action to enter the opening in the void. The entrance closed the moment he entered, as if the energy from those Holy Spirit Stones could only be used by two people.

Are you alright?

Just as Jiang Yuan was about to compose himself and observe his surroundings, Yu Tu came over impetuously and asked him what was wrong.

"What could be wrong with me!" Jiang Yuan turned around, a hint of curiosity on his face, and said, "But you, weren't you injured? How come you're still so agile!"

Yu Tu looked slightly embarrassed. She gently touched her temples and changed her tone, adopting a coquettish manner, "Yes, I'm still injured, why don't you even bother to check on me!"

Jiang Yuan was not surprised that he did not get an answer. None of the people who were able to live a successful life after the catastrophe were simple people, and it was perfectly normal for them to hold back their strength.

"Is this the palace of Xu Fu you were talking about?"

Jiang Yuan's gaze was drawn to the magnificent architecture before him. The well-arranged buildings, with a building every five steps and a pavilion every ten, exuded a grand and imposing atmosphere.

"The corridors wind and turn, the eaves soar high; aren't you amazed!" Yu Tu, acting like a host, was now looking on with a smug expression, waiting to see Jiang Yuan's surprised expression.

"You've been here before?" Jiang Yuan keenly grasped the meaning behind Yu Tu's words. Even if Yu Tu hadn't been here, this woman must know important information about this place.

Yu Tu realized he had misspoke and quickly corrected himself, saying, "How could I have been here before? This is my first time here!"

Realizing that his words lacked credibility, Yu Tu added, "Although I've never been here before, I've researched some things about Xu Fu. Take this palace in front of us, for example. Don't you notice that it looks very similar to a certain building in the historical records?"

"You mean..." Jiang Yuan pondered for a moment, then finally voiced his guess, "The Epang Palace?"

"You may be a bit inhuman, but you still have a brain!" Yu Tu snapped his fingers, his expression slightly reproachful.

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