"How did you escape from the Red Dust Palace?" Monk Da Zhi asked with puzzlent.
"My mother sent out," the woman replied.
"She wanted to stay away from this place and live on my own.
But I hadn’t been away from the Red Dust Palace for long before these people caught ."
"Do you still know the way to the Red Dust Palace?" Xu Zii inquired.
"I do," the woman nodded ekly and said.
"Then you should co with us," Monk Da Zhi said.
"After all, we saved you, so it could be seen as repaying a debt."
"Why are you going to the Red Dust Palace? My mother doesn’t want to go back," the woman questioned.
"You just have to take us there, you don’t need to go inside," Xu Zii responded.
"Alright then," the woman contemplated for a mont and then nodded her head.
"My na is Gu Yue," she said.
After exchanging nas, they walked towards the south side of the village.
The south side of the village was close to a river, where several large sailing ships were docked.
However, because there were only three of them, Xu Zii chose a small flat boat.
The three sat in the flat boat, propelling it with spiritual energy, heading towards the distant Endless Heaven Sea.
...…
The sea was murky, but this tributary was sowhat clear.
The water glimred, and because of the ice and snow, a thin layer of ice covered the surface.
As the flat boat passed, the ice cracked and gradually lted into the water.
"Can you tell us about the situation inside the Red Dust Palace?" Xu Zii asked.
"I’m not very clear on it myself," Gu Yue shook her head and said.
"Although I grew up in the Red Dust Palace, I’ve lived alone since childhood, unable to leave because of the seal."
"I see," Xu Zii nodded slightly.
"I can only take you inside. My mother said it’s dangerous there, and she’s forbidden from wandering around since I was young," Gu Yue explained.
"Monk, how much do you know about the Red Dust Palace?" Xu Zii turned to Monk Da Zhi and inquired.
"The Red Dust Palace has Dust Envoys who are in charge of managing it. This is what my patriarch ntioned before," Monk Da Zhi answered.
"Beyond that, I don’t know much; I’ve never been there before."
As the three conversed, after more than three days of travel.
Under the guidance of Gu Yue, who helped them avoid many detours, they finally arrived in the Endless Heaven Sea.
Being one of the Ten Great Forbidden Lands, the Red Dust Palace was vast, covering nearly half of the Endless Heaven Sea.
No matter which continent one ca from, in fact, it was possible to enter the Endless Heaven Sea.
Standing on the boundless sea, the cold wind howled, turning the entire sea’s surface a pure white.
"Let’s dive in," Gu Yue said.
Since the Red Dust Palace was in another world beneath the water, the three of them jumped straight off the flat boat.
The winter sea was particularly cold, bone-chillingly so, causing an involuntary shiver.
They continued to swim downwards, following the seawater.
Entering the Red Dust Palace required a formation, which was not uncommon and was widely known across the continent.
It’s just that no one wanted to co here because once inside, one could never leave again for the rest of their lives.
When the three reached the bottom of the Endless Heaven Sea, the sense of oppression was imnse.
Those with lower cultivation might have their blood vessels burst directly under the pressure and die from their body exploding.
"Let’s look for the Red Dust Stone," Gu Yue said.
The three nodded and started searching for the Red Dust Stones at the sea bottom.
The formation needed to enter the Red Dust Palace must be constructed with Red Dust Stones.
The sea bed of the Endless Heaven Sea had sunk a great number of Red Dust Stones, all prepared for those who wished to enter this place.
After searching the sea floor for half the day, the three gathered hundreds of stones.
Surrounding Xu Zii, spiritual energy surged, and with a wave of his hands, the Red Dust Stones began to orbit around him.
Xu Zii had seen the formation of the Red Dust Palace in the Scripture Pavillion of the True Martial Holy Sect, so it wasn’t particularly difficult for him.
He ford seals with his right hand, and with each seal he made, a Red Dust Stone entered into the void.
After all the Red Dust Stones had disappeared into the void, Xu Zii beckoned with both hands.
A vast radiance spread from around him.
The Red Dust Stones converged, linking into a formation.
"Do you want to go in?" Xu Zii asked Gu Yue.
"Although my mother forbade from entering again, I still want to see them," Gu Yue hesitated briefly before ultimately replying.
"Then let’s go in together," Xu Zii said, stepping into the formation, the other two quickly followed.
...…
With a tidal wave of darkness engulfing the skies, Xu Zii felt as if his body had been swallowed by so kind of suction force.
His whole body lacked the strength to resist.
After passing through layers of spatial walls, at so mont much later, the space in front of him seed to return to tranquility.
Xu Zii found himself within a city.
Around him were people like himself, one by one erging from the Teleportation Array.
There were burly n, listless-eyed won, and swordsn with their sleeves full of longswords.
...
Among the crowd, Xu Zii saw Da Zhi and Gu Yue.
He waved to them, and they hurried over.
"So many people co to the Red Dust Palace, have all these people seen through the red dust?" Da Zhi wondered aloud in astonishnt.
"Who knows," Xu Zii said with a smile.
He observed the surroundings, not too large for a city; fewer than a hundred people ca out of the array, and then the flow gradually slowed down.
Then two n in long red robes and masks approached the crowd.
"We are Dust Envoys, here to guide newcors to the Red Dust Palace," said the Dust Envoy on the left.
"Follow us. There may be no rules in the Red Dust Palace, but there are so things we still need to explain to you."
The three followed the crowd, led by the two Dust Envoys to a spacious square.
"Find a place to sit," the two Dust Envoys commanded from the highest seats, addressing the few hundred people before them.
Once everyone settled down, the Dust Envoy began to speak.
Xu Zii listened for a while and understood that no evil was allowed to occur here.
In the territory of the Red Dust Palace, greed, foolishness, lust, and wickedness were not permitted.
The people tended to be self-sufficient, leading independent lives.
After the Dust Envoy finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Now you are free to go.
Rember, do not violate what I have just ntioned, for the World-weary Divine Girl is watching over you."
After the Dust Envoy left, Da Zhi muttered, "Living like this, what’s the difference from being a living dead?"
"You don’t understand; so people like it this way, or else they wouldn’t co to the Red Dust Palace in a mont of madness," Xu Zii chuckled.
"I’m a bit hungry," Gu Yue said, touching her stomach and speaking sowhat sheepishly.
"Then let’s find an inn," Xu Zii suggested.
"There are no inns here. Since there are no monetary transactions, the people here live alone," Gu Yue reminded.
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