Chu Yu stepped forward, touched the barrier, and felt the spiritual energy fluctuating within it.
Chu Yu secretly channeled his power into the barrier, but his power was invisibly neutralized upon impact.
His palm strike felt like hitting cotton, soft and ineffective, causing no harm whatsoever.
Hua noticed Chu Yu's unusual behavior and asked softly, "Chu Yu, what's wrong?"
Chu Yu frowned slightly and tried again, but it was still the same. This barrier was a bit strange.
Chu Yu then seemed to have thought of something, looked at the flower and said, "Liao Liao, you give it a try."
Hua pointed at herself in surprise and asked Chu Yu for confirmation, "Me?"
Chu Yu looked at the flower with certainty: "That's right, it's you, Liao Liao."
Hua was somewhat flattered; could she really open the barrier that even Chu Yu couldn't?
But since Chu Yu said so, she decided to give it a try.
Hua extended her right hand, adorned with the Heart-Controlling Bell, and placed it on the barrier in front of them.
A miraculous scene unfolded: the barrier surrounding the Guanyin Temple rapidly disintegrated after the flower's hand touched it.
Tu Er reached her hand in surprise, "Huh, what's going on?"
As Tu Er spoke, he went in and out of the barrier. He asked in great confusion, "What happened? How come the barrier disappeared as soon as I touched it?"
The barrier was so solid just now, how come it disappeared with the slightest touch? This is really too strange.
The others also looked at Hua in surprise. Mo Qi noticed the Heart-Controlling Bell on Hua's wrist and hesitated, "My lord, is it because of the Heart-Controlling Bell on Hua's wrist?"
Upon hearing Mo Qi's guess, Tu Er and the others simultaneously turned their gaze to the Heart-Controlling Bell on Hua's wrist.
Tu Er recalled that they were able to reach Lanzhou City safely because they had used the Imperial Heart Bell in their hands.
At that time, Chu Yu and the others mentioned that the Imperial Heart Bell seemed to belong to Lan Jiao.
Lan Jiao is Luo Yi's master, and also the lover he has gone to great lengths and resorted to any means to revive.
So, does this mean that the Guanyin Temple is also related to Lan Jiao?
Chu Yu said, "I was just guessing before, but there are Guanyin temples in all the places we know that are related to Lan Jiao, so I think that Lan Jiao may have some kind of connection with these Guanyin temples."
Chu Yu paused for a moment and continued, "Lan Jiao was originally a princess of the Demon Clan. She had absolutely no connection with Guanyin Bodhisattva. However, the connection of so many coincidences can only mean that this Guanyin statue is definitely an important part of Lan Jiao's resurrection."
That's why he let the flower with the Imperial Heart Bell try it out; more importantly, the Imperial Heart Bell had already recognized the flower as its master.
If his deduction is correct, then in the future, they will be able to enter and exit almost any place related to Lan Jiao without much difficulty, if not with complete freedom.
The group went inside together. The place was clean and peaceful, a stark contrast to the bloodbath in Biluo City.
They went straight to the main hall as soon as they entered, as they had some guesses they wanted to verify.
Hua frowned slightly when they saw the Guanyin statue. Gu Xi had never been to Lanzhou with them before, so she didn't know why they had such expressions.
But after Tu Er explained it to him, he understood.
Tu Er looked up at the huge Guanyin statue and wondered, "Why is Luo Yi building so many Guanyin temples? Is he just bored?"
Hua also asked curiously, "Moreover, every Guanyin statue has a compassionate look on its face, as if it is crying."
Several Guanyin statues they had seen related to Lan Jiao were in the same condition, which made them suspicious.
As Hua spoke, she kept her eyes fixed on the Guanyin statue. Before Chu Yu and the others could answer, she suddenly said, "Don't you think these Guanyin statues seem to be trying to tell us something?"
"Hmm? Liao Liao, did you discover something?"
Wan Ke asked the flowers softly.
Hua tilted her head and thought for a moment before saying, "Sister Wanke, I can't explain why I think this way, but it just feels like that's how it should be."
This kind of thing, done without any basis and based entirely on intuition, seems absurd to me, but it just seems to be the way it should be.
Chu Yu had always trusted Hua, and sometimes Hua's intuition was surprisingly accurate, so he dared not be careless.
Chu Yu stared intently at the Guanyin statue, having made up his mind. He said in a deep voice, "You all stay here and guard the place. Be careful that Luo Yi doesn't turn back. I'll go in with him."
Tu Er stared at Chu Yu with wide eyes and said, "Where are you going? I don't see any secret passages here."
Chu Yu, having formed an inseparable bond with both him and Hua, ignored Tu Er. Gu Xi, seeing Chu Yu's expression, quickly understood and explained to Tu Er and the others, "It's a Guanyin statue."
"A Guanyin statue? What happened to the Guanyin statue?"
Before Tu Er could finish speaking, Chu Yu entered the Guanyin statue with the flowers.
Just as Chu Yu had predicted, the Guanyin statue contained a hidden secret. This Guanyin statue itself was also an illusion, but unlike the previous illusions, once Hua entered, he could sense that the owner of the illusion had no ill intentions towards them.
They even extended a gesture of goodwill.
Finally, Hua and Chu stopped falling. They were now on a sheet of ice, and a giant orchid was reflected beneath the thick, crystal-clear ice.
The orchid was accompanied by several large-leaved orchid plants.
Hua and Chu Yu exchanged a glance, somewhat confused about the situation. Chu Yu held Hua's small hand tightly in his large hand, protecting her behind him.
He dared not be careless for a moment before he knew where he was or whether there was any danger, even though he could sense that the soul of the master of this illusion was already very weak.
However, the years he had lost the flower had taught him that he absolutely could not bear the pain of losing the flower again.
At this moment, a faint female voice rang out in this space: "Don't worry, I won't hurt you."
Before they could finish speaking, a phantom appeared before them—a woman of stunning beauty who looked incredibly gentle.
But the more they looked at the flowers, the more familiar they seemed, as if they had been seen somewhere before.
Then Hua suddenly remembered and exclaimed in surprise, "You are Senior Lan Jiao?!"
The woman's illusory figure seemed to say nostalgically, "I never thought anyone would still remember me."
Hua looked at her seriously and said, "Senior Lan Jiao, your merit in creating the Heart-Controlling Bell to purify the six realms was immeasurable. Not only do I remember you, but everyone in the six realms remembers you."
"Little one, stop trying to comfort me. My time is running out, so I'll just ask you directly: you should have already seen the illusion left by the God of Mi'e in the ice chamber, right?"
"An illusion left behind by the God of Mi'e? Could it be that the past between you and Luo Yi in the ice chamber was an illusion created by the God of Mi'e, and not by Luo Yi?"
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