Dragon Origin Secret Realm.
In front of the palace, which erged from the earth.
The entire golden palace was enveloped by a layer of cyan barrier.
Chen Yuanhan from the Wind Thunder Sect, Jiang Yutang from Sword Feather Villa, and Shi Tianning from Star Cloud Sect, among others, were not in a hurry to break the barrier. They were waiting for their disciples to arrive here to break the barrier together with everyone’s strength.
Chen Yuanhan and the others had no idea that Ye Chenfeng had already entered the palace through the turbulent river beside it. To them, the palace entrance was only through the main gate, and they would never think there was a passage at the bottom of the river leading to the palace.
Chen Yuanhan, whose strength was the highest present, said, "Let’s patiently wait here for a day. After a day, no matter how many disciples have discovered the commotion and rushed here, we must take action to break the barrier."
Chen Yuanhan and the others weren’t foolish. Usually, the greater the opportunity, the greater the danger. They naturally hoped to have more loyal people around them who could also pave the way for them.
After casting the Blood Curse, Jiang Yutang, who had completely turned into an old man, had eyes occasionally flashing with anger, his mind constantly haunted by Ye Chenfeng’s image, unable to suppress the intense anger within. His withered hands clenched into fists, teeth gritted as if he would crush them.
Chen Yuanhan laughed and said, "Jiang Yutang, you completely underestimated that little beast this ti. If we had known beforehand that he had comprehended tenth-degree Sword Intent, perhaps it wouldn’t have forced you to use the Blood Curse."
Jiang Yutang, whose face was covered with wrinkles, knew that what Chen Yuanhan said was correct. After all, his strength was significantly higher than Ye Chenfeng’s. If he had fought with all his might from the start, he believed he would have the chance to defeat Ye Chenfeng.
Shi Tianning also said, "Enough, things have reached this point. The most important thing now is that palace in front of us. I bet that little troublemaker doesn’t dare co here. At most, he’ll sneak a peek from afar and then leave, unless he’s got a screw loose."
Chen Yuanhan nodded and said, "True, let’s let that little beast live a bit longer! Anyway, as long as we’re in the Dragon Origin Secret Realm, we’ll et that little beast again sooner or later. Then we’ll make him willingly kowtow and beg for life and death."
Upon hearing this, the muscles on Jiang Yutang’s wrinkled face twitched slightly, burning with even more intense anger inside him. He roared through clenched teeth, "Next eting will be the death day for that little bastard."
As Chen Yuanhan and the others believed Ye Chenfeng wouldn’t show up here.
Ye Chenfeng, having entered the stone chamber through the river passage.
He examined his surroundings and found nothing special in the stone chamber. He cautiously stepped out of the chamber.
Ye Chenfeng suspected this stone chamber was likely the ground floor of the palace. After stepping out, the originally dim environnt suddenly brightened.
Ye Chenfeng discovered he was in a place resembling a hall, with walls dotted with glowing stones.
At the end of the hall, Ye Chenfeng saw a staircase leading upward, presumably to the main hall of the palace.
This underground hall was spacious and tranquil.
The tranquility made Ye Chenfeng feel a tightness in his chest.
However, to reach the staircase, Ye Chenfeng had to cross the hall vertically.
Ye Chenfeng stepped forward, his soft footsteps and breathing were extrely noticeable, with the tiny Gold Vermin Mouse hiding in his arms.
Gold Vermin Mouse had just discovered a passage at the river bottom and sensed treasure here, so it promptly returned to Ye Chenfeng’s side, still not having explored the palace interior.
As Ye Chenfeng continued to step forward, the temperature in the underground hall suddenly rose, and several fingernail-sized round pits appeared from the ground, instantly connected by a red thread to form a red pattern.
At this mont, Ye Chenfeng was standing right in the center of this pattern.
Ye Chenfeng imdiately sensed danger and wanted to quickly cross the hall.
But it was too late.
A massive Fire Qilin appeared out of thin air, blocking Ye Chenfeng’s path.
With one look, Ye Chenfeng realized this Fire Qilin was so illusion, but the illusion was incredibly lifelike, its body wrapped in blazing flas.
After the first Fire Qilin appeared, more Qilin illusions appeared in the hall, and these illusions were filled with the aura of a real Fire Qilin.
It only took a few breaths.
The entire underground hall was filled with Qilin illusions.
Ye Chenfeng’s path was thoroughly blocked.
"Qilin Life-Death Array!"
"Little guy, looks like soone set up this formation. To reach the other end of the staircase, you must break this array. The Qilin Life-Death Array has one life and one death, and there’s only one safe path to leave it. Any misstep will trigger the phantom Qilins to attack you imdiately."
"The power of the Qilin Life-Death Array is not trivial! You can feel these illusions contain the real aura of a Fire Qilin, right? To set up the Qilin Life-Death Array, real Fire Qilin blood must be used as Array Eyes."
"As long as you remain still, these Qilin illusions won’t attack. But once you start walking, every step must be correct. One wrong step will lead to imdiate swallowing by the Qilin Life-Death Array."
Old Bai Wu Fengxian’s voice echoed leisurely in Ye Chenfeng’s mind.
As his voice faded, Old Hei Jiang Yuntian spoke up, "Boy, let the Gold Vermin Mouse down. Just follow it, anywhere with an exit in this world, with its abilities, you just follow its path."
"The Gold Vermin Mouse in your arms may be much weaker than a real ancient Vermin Mouse, but it should still have no problem finding the correct path out of the Qilin Life-Death Array."
Hearing this, Ye Chenfeng promptly placed the Gold Vermin Mouse on the ground.
The Gold Vermin Mouse sensed Ye Chenfeng’s intent and, with a "squeak!" sound, relied on its imnsely strong sense of sll and trendous ability to detect Spiritual Energy, sensing the weakest point of Spiritual Energy in the Qilin Life-Death Array.
In general, dense Spiritual Energy in formations signifies danger, but even experts can’t sense the varying density of Spiritual Energy within a formation; this ability belongs only to special creatures like the Vermin Mouse.
The Gold Vermin Mouse began to walk slowly forward, with Ye Chenfeng carefully following behind it, occasionally brushing past the Qilin illusions. Yet these Qilins remained motionless.
Apparently, Ye Chenfeng had correctly followed the Gold Vermin Mouse step by step.
Soon, Ye Chenfeng, following the Gold Vermin Mouse, crossed the hall and arrived at the staircase leading upward.
One might say the journey through the Qilin Life-Death Array was thrilling but without incident.
Just as Ye Chenfeng was about to head up the stairs with the Gold Vermin Mouse, a dangerous thought crossed his mind. His gaze fixed unwaveringly on the Qilin Life-Death Array. What he needed the most now was to enhance his strength and combat power.
Old Bai and Old Hei sensed Ye Chenfeng’s thoughts, and Old Hei Jiang Yuntian unabashedly cursed, "Boy, are you crazy? To even entertain such thoughts?"
Old Bai Wu Fengxian also spoke, "Little guy, these thoughts are insane, back in our days, even we weren’t as reckless."
But Ye Chenfeng’s eyes glead even brighter at the Qilin Life-Death Array, smiling broadly, "Old Bai, Old Hei, how do you know the result without trying? Besides, the path I’m destined to walk is hundreds of tis harder than reaching the heavens; I can’t miss any chance to enhance my strength and combat power."
"Don’t you think so?"
...(to be continued. If you enjoy this work, please support it on Qidian by voting, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.)
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