Ye Qiu felt increasingly uneasy.
If it is true that ten days have passed in the underground palace while only one hour has passed in the outside world, then he could take advantage of this and cultivate in the underground palace for three years before coming out, when only about three days would have passed in the outside world.
By the same token, if one were to cultivate diligently inside for thirty years, not much time would have passed in the outside world.
This is practically cheat code; by using this ability, one can easily accomplish goals that others would struggle to achieve in decades.
Thinking of this, Ye Qiu couldn't contain his excitement: "You guys keep working, I'll go down and take another look."
Before Wu Changhua could respond, Ye Qiu turned and disappeared into the underground palace.
A moment later, Ye Qiu returned to the altar.
The four mysterious stone statues on the altar were all astonished to see Ye Qiu return.
"Hey kid, what brings you here again? Haven't you had enough fun yet?"
The basalt statue spoke first.
"Senior, is the flow of time here different from that in the outside world?" Ye Qiu asked.
“It must be different.” The Xuanwu stone statue said, “This underground palace has existed for 100,000 years. If it hadn’t been isolated from the outside world, how could it have been done?”
However, now that the passage has been opened, the time isolation here probably won't last much longer; it's estimated to collapse in about a year.
"When you say 'a year,' do you mean a year within this place, or a year outside?" Ye Qiu asked.
“Of course, it’s a year in the outside world,” the Xuanwu statue said.
"That's enough," Ye Qiu said. "One year outside is equivalent to twenty-four years inside?"
"Don't study this yet. You can stay in here for so long? Aren't you afraid that goddess down there will catch you and play with you for twenty-four years?" the Azure Dragon statue said quietly.
Before he could finish speaking, a dazzling white light shot up from below.
The Azure Dragon statue glowed and blocked the attack, but although it was blocked, it shook violently a few times.
Ye Qiu turned his head and glanced at the ancient palace below, his Adam's apple bobbing.
"Kid, you'd better leave now, don't drag us down with you."
The white tiger stone statue urged them on.
"I'm not leaving."
Ye Qiu sat cross-legged on the altar and began cultivating on the spot.
Upon seeing this, the four stone statues all turned their heads and stared at Ye Qiu.
"Boy, you can't cultivate on this altar. Get out of here quickly," the Azure Dragon statue said in a deep voice.
"Walk."
A voice, like that of a girl, followed; it was Suzaku's voice.
Ye Qiu remained unmoved, stubbornly persisting.
Just as the four stone statues were about to forcibly drive them away, a cold voice came from the ancient palace below: "He can cultivate wherever he wants. If any of you four dare to stop him, I will smash you all to pieces."
The four stone statues were speechless and dared not speak again.
They were all very wary of the woman below and dared not challenge her at all.
Ye Qiu glanced gratefully at the palace below, then focused his mind and seized the time to comprehend the Dao Spirit Realm, attempting to condense the Dao Spirit.
"Kid, condensing Dao Spirit is actually very simple, let me tell you..."
The basalt statue began to instruct Ye Qiu.
The other three stone statues would occasionally utter a couple of insightful words.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Ye Qiu has spent ten days at the altar.
Under the guidance of the four stone statues, Ye Qiu discovered the mystery and cultivated all five Dao Spirits—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—in one go.
At this point, the Xuanwu statue said, "Alright, kid, you should stop now. You can't continue."
"Why can't we cultivate on the altar? Is there some mystery behind it?" Ye Qiu asked, puzzled.
“There is a great mystery.” The Xuanwu stone statue said, “Beneath this altar, there is a demonic well being suppressed. The altar’s power is becoming increasingly strained to supply the four of us. If you continue to absorb the altar’s power, once the altar’s seal is broken, the altar will leave this world. At that time, the demonic well will erupt, and the consequences will be unimaginable.”
"I see." Ye Qiu frowned. "Then the goddess down there should know this, but she doesn't seem afraid. Could it be that you lied?"
"She... was originally the Demon Empress..."
The basalt statue muttered.
hiss.
Ye Qiu gasped.
It turns out that the person in the bronze coffin had such a terrifying identity.
"So the person who most wants the Demon Well to erupt is actually her?" Ye Qiu asked.
The four stone statues did not respond, falling into a deathly silence.
Clearly, they dared not answer.
Ye Qiu's expression was strange!
An altar suppresses the Demon Well, while below, in an ancient palace, resides the Demon Empress.
It's strange that two people from different camps can coexist peacefully in this place.
"Ye Qiu, if you're bored, come down and keep me company. Stop asking questions that have nothing to do with you."
The demon empress inside the bronze coffin spoke in a faint voice.
Ye Qiu was startled. He couldn't withstand the Empress's ferocity and immediately got up and left.
Back outside, Ye Qiu stretched and felt completely refreshed.
In the ten days below, only about ten hours have passed in the outside world.
But he has already cultivated five Dao Spirits in succession.
With the addition of the Reincarnation Dao Spirit in the Reincarnation Cave, there are now a total of six Dao Spirits, which can be described as a rapid advancement.
Looking at the darkening sky, Ye Qiu smiled at Wu Changhua, who had been guarding the entrance to the passage, and said, "Let everyone rest. We can get back to work tomorrow."
"yes."
Wu Changhua immediately turned and left.
Ye Qiu turned around, looked at an old man not far away, and waved and called out, "Old Zhou, come here for a moment."
Upon hearing Ye Qiu's voice, the elderly man surnamed Zhou immediately jogged over to Ye Qiu: "Palace Master, what are your orders?"
"The Ancestral Dragon Hall needs to be moved here and built around this passage. That's my idea. There's no need to rebuild it here; that would be too troublesome. Tomorrow, we'll mobilize all our resources to move the halls here one by one," Ye Qiu said with a smile.
hiss.
Zhou Tong gasped in shock: "This...this can't be moved?"
“Yes,” Ye Qiu said. “With 100,000 people like us, we can uproot a mountain and move it. What are a few grand halls? Go and inform everyone that we will take action first thing tomorrow morning.”
"All right."
Zhou Tong gave a wry smile.
He guessed that Ye Qiu wanted to move the entire Ancestral Dragon Palace here because he had his eye on what lay beneath the mysterious passage; he estimated that there was a world-shaking secret hidden underground.
But Ye Qiu didn't say anything, and Zhou Tong didn't dare to ask any more questions.
...
At the same time, in the Dragon Capital Imperial Palace of the Dragon Dynasty, Lin Xuanye finally received news from the Transformation Realm.
Upon seeing Ye Qiu occupy a hundred miles of land outside the border and establish Zulong City, Lin Xuanye was so angry that he slapped the table and chairs in front of him to pieces.
"He's incredibly audacious, so blatantly encroaching on my Dragon Dynasty's territory, completely disregarding me," Lin Xuanye gritted his teeth.
"Your Majesty, Ye Xian... uh, Ye Qiu dares to do this, he must have the support of the Fire Dynasty behind him, otherwise he would never dare to do this. Things are probably getting a bit complicated." The little eunuch bowed and said.
"No matter who supports him, I must raze his Ancestral Dragon City to the ground."
Lin Xuanye clenched his fists, his killing intent palpable.
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