Chapter 250 Azure Sky and Yellow Springs
Mu Binyi was stunned. Suddenly, the girl in front of him transformed from her previous softness into a sharp blade, exuding a chilling aura that made him feel oppressed.
After regaining his senses, he pondered for a moment before finally speaking, "The Lord of the Palace is inside, but the road is currently blocked. Stepping inside will cause one's soul to dissipate. There is no other way but to wait for the Lord of the Palace to come out."
If it weren't for those things from the Immortal Palace risking their lives to get them into this place, these people wouldn't have put the Lord of the Palace in such a dangerous situation.
"What's inside?" Mu Jianjian looked towards the distant path led by the stone path covered with dark vegetation, and slowly lowered her eyes.
“It is the place where the Three Stone Flowers grow,” Mu Binyi paused, “The Three Stone Flowers have the function of consolidating the soul, so they grow in the deepest part of the Taichu Tower Valley. There, strange arts are rampant, and there are ancient carved array eye talismans. Now the Lord of the Palace and two Immortal Palace Venerables are inside.”
Fighting two enemies at once, in places where the spirit is damaged.
This is a major move by the Celestial Palace against the young prince after suffering a great loss in the last competition, taking advantage of the Three Stone Flowers blooming incident.
Mu Jianjian nodded slightly to indicate that she understood, and without turning her head, she walked towards the stone path.
“Miss Mu, damage to the soul is never a small matter. You—” Mu Binyi raised his hand slightly, frowning as he tried to stop her.
They themselves were not strong enough to step onto the stone path. Every step forward required them to endure the tearing and burning of their souls from within their bodies. How could a woman with such low cultivation possibly do it?
Huo Jin watched the whole thing unfold without saying a word. He sat on the virtual palm, his body floating in the air. Seeing that the girl's steps did not stop despite Mu Binyi's persuasion, he recalled what Gongsun Yetong had said in the palace.
His fingers curled slightly together, and endless bitterness spread from the bottom of his heart.
Mo Yi and Mo Er, like the others, were all staring intently at the scene before them, hoping that the woman would come back to beg them after she had suffered, but they did not expect that she would firmly land on the stone path.
"despair--"
The girl stood with one foot on the stone path, holding a strange, gnawed wooden stick in her left hand and seemingly grasping a small, transparent object in her right. Her legs trembled slightly, but she was not knocked away.
"The rain falls like a ruler, without warning—"
Mu Jianjian suppressed the blood welling up in her throat, let out a delicate shout, and slowly poured her true energy into the transparent short ruler in her hand. She watched it gradually expand and lengthen, quickly covering the sky above the stone path, and then stopped moving after two loud "clangs".
The Rain Ruler is a system artifact that she obtained after her true energy was sealed. Without the attachment of true energy, it is just an ordinary measuring ruler. But now that it has been restored, she can maximize its function.
Mu Jianjian stepped onto the Rain Ruler and took a bite of pine root.
After the dizziness subsided slightly, she turned around and looked at the group of people behind her who were still stunned.
"Don't just stand there, come with me."
Seeing that the girl turned and walked on the transparent ruler after speaking, seemingly not caring whether they followed or not, Mu Binyi glanced at the group of people who were already dumbfounded and then focused his gaze on Mo Yi and Mo Er.
"When will you be able to change your temper?"
He took the lead and followed behind the girl. After he landed on the Rain Ruler, others gradually followed.
Mo Yi and Mo Er exchanged a glance, and had to admit that they were completely convinced of what had just happened.
If a cultivator with low cultivation level were to think that she had simply used a secret technique to release this transparent magical artifact, only those cultivators who actually stepped onto the stone path at the bottom of the valley would know how terrifying this place was.
If the purple mist outside the Primordial Tower is a persecution of the spirit, then the stone path here, entwined with vegetation, is a crushing shackle on the body and mind.
The stone path was inscribed with countless ancient magical techniques, designed to prevent the intrusion of outsiders. Yet, this woman had just managed to step onto it and unleash her magical artifact...
Her physical body must be incredibly strong, or her mental strength must be exceptionally powerful.
——
"Miss Mu, let me lead the way," Mu Binyi said after a moment's hesitation.
Mu Jianjian raised her hand and cut off a waterweed that attacked from the shadows. Ignoring the cut on her arm, she focused her attention to the maximum. When she heard the man behind her make a suggestion, she readily accepted.
Since it saves energy and allows us to be lazy, why not do it?
Mu Binyi switched places with Mu Jianjian. He glanced at the woman's dress, which was stained red by her new wounds, but she didn't cry out in pain or grievance. His opinion of her rose even higher.
He had initially thought that the woman, having received the protection of the Palace Master during the Immortal Palace Competition, would be a weak woman, but Mu Binyi discovered that this conclusion was completely wrong.
He recalled again the way the other person had looked at him not long ago.
Violent and cold-hearted, her low cultivation level couldn't hide her chilling aura.
"Bang! Bang!"
The surging true energy approached from the bottom of the valley. At this moment, the stone path also came to an end. The group jumped down and clearly saw the three people fighting in the vast valley and the huge cold pool.
One of the men, dressed in white stained with blood, was none other than Prince Nian Qing, whom Mu Jianjian hadn't seen for many days.
"My lord! Your subordinate is late!"
Mu Binyi and the others rushed down from the Rain Ruler and surrounded the two Celestial Palace Venerables beside them.
"How did they get in?" An old man with a white beard stared wide-eyed at the scene before him in disbelief.
"How should I know! After that stone path appeared, the road was blocked and no one could solve it. Damn it! I finally got a chance to deal with this scourge, how can I give up now!" The other man looked around, his face full of resentment.
"Things have come to this point, we can only look for another opportunity. If anyone is to blame, it's us for not seizing the opportunity to kill this brat in one fell swoop. Now we can only leave first, otherwise it would be bad to be left behind." The white-bearded old man had already decided to retreat.
"No, do you still want to show your face in front of the Emperor?" The man was dressed in a luxurious brocade robe, but his eyes revealed a sinister look that did not match his clothes. "The Cold Pool is the place where the Three Stone Flowers cultivate. There are ancient techniques passed down by powerful beings. If we can master this formation, we might be able to defeat these minions."
The white-bearded old man swallowed the words of advice he was about to say and nodded.
Nian Qing, dressed in a white robe, floated in the air. He looked down at the two celestial beings, one old and one young. Even though he was covered in bruises, it could not hide his pure and untainted aura and appearance.
Hearing the commotion outside, he looked up and his eyes met those of the girl in pink in the crowd.
He was stunned, momentarily forgetting his surroundings, his eyes fixed on only one person.
Wasn't she trying to set up a soul-transferring array to escape from him...? Why did she have to come alone?
Why look at him with such tense and worried eyes, and why do you want to leave his side?
"Watch out! There's someone behind you!" Mu Jianjian shouted until her voice was hoarse, but the man in white didn't seem to want to dodge the white-bearded old man.
She angrily glanced at the others who were being entangled by another celestial palace man, and gritted her teeth.
"The upper realm and the lower realm, the azure sky and the yellow springs—"
The fastest speed is only found in the waters of the Yellow Springs.
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