feiniaonovel Chapter 317 - 176: Yellow Springs Traveling Palace Opens
Chapter 317 - 176: Yellow Springs Traveling Palace Opens
Then, figures jumped into the river one after another and sank.
Finally, a single person walked out of the river, knelt by the bank, and kowtowed.
’If I’m not mistaken, this river must be the legendary Yellow Springs.’
"They had a perfectly good written language, but no, they had to imitate the ancients and draw pictures."
Xiao Chen couldn’t help but snark, "My verdict: they drank too much Yellow Springs Water."
He continued onward for a while before rounding a corner and entering a spacious stone hall.
The ceiling here abruptly soared to a height of over one hundred feet.
A colossal statue stood there, so tall it seemed to touch the ceiling. It wore a beaded imperial crown, a black robe, and a reddish-yellow skirt.
The figure was familiar to Xiao Chen; it was a statue of the Yellow Springs True Monarch.
But strangely, just like with the Yellow Springs Secret Techniques, the head of the statue was completely blank.
It wasn’t an unfinished piece, either. The blank face had been polished until it was perfectly smooth.
’What’s that supposed to mean? Too ashamed to show his face?’
Xiao Chen circled the statue, his initial assessment being that it probably wouldn’t move.
But after his experience with the Cold Wind Sand, he remained wary. He didn’t get too close, choosing to bypass it instead.
However, nothing unusual happened, even as he left the stone hall.
It was as if the person who had designed the Traveling Palace simply wanted to use this space to tell the story of the Yellow Springs Dao.
Leaving the stone hall, he finally came upon a corridor paved with pure white marble.
Jade pillars supported the structure, with curtains of strung pearls, screens of coral, and a roof of glazed tiles covering eaves inlaid with Luminous Pearls.
It was finally starting to look like a proper Traveling Palace.
As Xiao Chen advanced along the corridor, the path widened, and numerous Spirit Fields gradually came into view on either side.
The Spirit Fields contained many Spirit Medicines, all of which were rare varieties. Some were even Ancient Spirit Plants that had long been considered extinct in the outside world.
’White Treasure Vine, Dark Spirit Grass, Purple Immortal Flower...’
He quickly recognized many rare Spirit Grasses, and the further he went, the higher their quality became.
Soon, Tier Three Spirit Grasses began to appear, along with rare treasures he had only ever read about in ancient texts.
’How can there be so many Spirit Grasses here?’
Although Xiao Chen was curious, he didn’t stop to pick any. He merely glanced at them and kept walking.
’After his experience with the Cold Wind Sand, he was almost certain there was a catch with these Spirit Grasses.’
Sure enough, after walking a short distance, he saw a few scattered Meteorite Gold Crystals beside one of the Spirit Fields.
Meteorite Gold Crystal was an exceedingly rare Spirit Ore used to craft Top Grade Defense Magic Robes.
Inlaying just a few of these crystals could drastically increase a Magic Robe’s Defense Ability.
This treasure hailed from the Eastern Domain and was specifically recorded in the book *Traveling Hezhou: A Memoir of Wondrous Treasures*.
Yet when Xiao Chen looked over, he saw that the Meteorite Gold Crystals had already more than half-melted.
’In another day or two, they’ll probably disappear completely.’
’Some cultivator must have been unable to resist the temptation, relying on the protection of a Top Grade Magic Robe to try and harvest the Spirit Grass.’
’It looks like they ended up as fertilizer for the Spirit Field.’
Further on, he even began to see many plants that appeared to be Tier Four Spirit Grasses.
A vibrantly colored fruit tree stood there, its branches heavy with fruit that was Vibrant with Life.
Even though he didn’t recognize the species, an inexplicable impulse told him that eating a single one of its fruits would extend his life by a hundred years.
Waves of fragrance wafted from the fruit, and the impulse grew stronger, urging him to pluck them all and gorge himself.
His Divine Protection Veil didn’t activate, which meant the tree and its fruit were all real.
The problem was, when Xiao Chen activated his Eye of Truth to scan the area, he couldn’t find anything amiss.
For a moment, he was even tempted to go down and try to retrieve the fruit.
’Worst case scenario,’ he thought, ’I still have the Blade of Night to save my life. There’s no way I’d fall here.’
’No, calm down.’
Xiao Chen bit down hard on the tip of his tongue, the sharp pain helping him clear his head.
’I came here to find Evil Qi. I can’t waste a crucial trump card in a place like this.’
’Forming a Golden Core will naturally grant me a five-hundred-year lifespan. That is the true path to longevity.’
’Anything that doesn’t help me with Core Formation is irrelevant.’
’I have to stay focused on my primary objective. I can’t let myself be tempted by these things.’
Having cleared his thoughts, Xiao Chen pulled his gaze away without a shred of reluctance and strode quickly away from the area.