Chapter 501 - 222: Fog Beast Attack - Cracking the Traveling Palace (4)
Chapter 501: Chapter 222: Fog Beast Attack - Cracking the Traveling Palace (4)
Although it hadn’t been tended to for a long time and the Spirit Plants within were a bit of a mess, their growth was contained by the flowerbeds, so it still looked quite good overall.
Looking into the distance, they could also see a wide avenue to their front-left, leading straight to the core area.
Ma Wenbo secretly wiped away a cold sweat.
’I thought survival lay just ahead, but I never imagined it would be this far.’
’Thank goodness Xiao Chen is here. Otherwise, we’d probably be in the belly of a Demon Beast by now.’
"Holy shit, there are two White Jade Cloud Ganodermas over there!"
Cao Mingjie looked toward the front of the Traveling Palace to the right and exclaimed, "They actually used Tier Three Spirit Medicine as decoration! This Traveling Palace must have some good stuff inside!"
Ma Wenbo was also overjoyed. "This is great! These two Spirit Medicines alone should be worth forty thousand Spirit Stones."
"It’s a good thing we got here early. We wouldn’t have found such a great opportunity otherwise."
Cao Mingjie excitedly pointed to another Traveling Palace about ten li away. "There are three Jade Sea Vines on the wall over there! I remember a single one sells for fifteen thousand Spirit Stones."
"I’ll go pick them first, then come back to help break into the Traveling Palace."
A few lone stalks of Spirit Grass wouldn’t normally make them this happy.
But the thought that there might be several hundred stalks here was enough to make even Golden Core Cultivators unable to contain their excitement.
Xiao Chen was the exception. After all, he had already seen far more Spirit Medicines in the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm.
’I can’t believe a White Jade Cloud Ganoderma sells for twenty thousand Spirit Stones each. I’ve got a hundred of them lying in my Jade Box right now.’
’And as for Jade Sea Vines, I have a full one hundred and sixty of those.’
To be honest, all the Spirit Grass on Celestial Star Island combined probably wouldn’t amount to what he had in his Storage Ring.
Then again, this wasn’t a Spirit Medicine Garden to begin with, so there was no point in comparing.
"What complex Restrictions. Was this really necessary?"
Qiu Fanghui was already standing at the entrance to the Traveling Palace, trying to open its gates.
However, the Traveling Palace before them was fortified with a full three layers of Restrictions, each with nine tiers of variations.
"This is too strange. Why would you need to set up so many Restrictions on your own Traveling Palace?"
Qiu Fanghui couldn’t help but quip, "Anyone who didn’t know better would think they were locking up a Demon Beast in there."
Of course, that was absolutely impossible.
Demon Beasts from the outside might be able to survive and reproduce on the island, but even if one had been locked inside the Traveling Palace, after so many years, it would have either starved or died of old age.
Even if some Demon Beasts had long lifespans, up to ten times that of a Human Race Cultivator, they would still be insignificant in the face of a time span reaching hundreds of thousands or even millions of years.
Yu Zhenyang had long been prepared for the possibility of encountering hard-to-break Restrictions in the Relic.
He had specifically brought a Yin Yang Separation Forbidden Array set, designed for this very problem.
Following the Array Map, he placed the eight Array Plates in sequence and embedded Spirit Stones to activate them.
Yu Zhenyang formed a sword sign with his fingers and guided his True Essence into the Traveling Palace. "Yin and Yang unite, and can also be divided."
His Array had another benefit: the other Golden Core Cultivators could also help.
Moreover, they didn’t need any knowledge of arrays. They only had to inject their own True Essence into the Array, and it would guide their power to speed up the cracking process.
The situation Xiao Chen had witnessed outside the Yellow Springs Traveling Palace operated on a similar principle.
The only difference was that the Southern Domain didn’t have Portable Array Plates, so at least one person had to genuinely understand arrays to be able to set one up.
However, even with the help of the Yin Yang Separation Forbidden Array, it still took a full hour to break the Traveling Palace’s Restrictions.
"Finally, it’s done."
Yu Zhenyang collected the Array Plates, but he stopped at the entrance, turned back with a smile, and said, "Golden Light Taoist, after you!"
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Xiao Chen didn’t bother with false pleasantries and took the lead, walking inside.
Unexpectedly, however, the massive Traveling Palace was quite empty inside.
That’s not to say it was devoid of items. There were all sorts of bottles and jars, screens, and hanging scrolls—everything one could imagine—and none of them were of low quality.
But there were no Spiritual Objects that could be used for cultivation.
Nor were there any proper Spiritual Artifacts that could be used for combat.
In the main bedroom at the very back, there was a square table.
In the center of the table was a Spiritual Artifact-grade tray, on which rested a smooth, round Treasure Pearl.
"What is this?"
Xiao Chen picked up the Treasure Pearl to inspect it.
’It’s neither a Spiritual Artifact nor a Spirit Pearl. I can’t tell what purpose it serves.’