Ruoshui smiled and said, “Compared to me, you are actually much safer in there. The ancestor once said that the Chaos Azure Qi is the key to this place. Possessing the key reduces the danger in the Divine Palace several times over.”
“Is that really the case?” Ye Chu was somewhat doubtful. Back then, obtaining the Chaos Azure Essence was already a stroke of luck. Could it be that he had obtained the key just like that? Could it be that the black iron was so powerful that even the key to a forbidden zone could be obtained so easily?
Ruoshui did not speak. She channelled the Chaos Azure Qi obtained from Ye Chu into the Bagua diagram, and the originally closed stone door began to open slowly.
Seeing that the Chaos Azure Qi could truly serve as a key, Ye Chu stood there in a daze and muttered, “What exactly is that black iron?”
“What black iron?” Hearing Ye Chu murmuring, Ruoshui asked, “Let us go, hurry inside!”
Ye Chu and Ruoshui walked in. What met their eyes were skeletons, but these were not what caught Ye Chu’s attention. What left Ye Chu and Ruoshui stunned was a massive wall in the vast space. A painting was carved on the wall.
This painting shook one’s mind. It depicted a man holding a sword, with countless corpses beneath him. The tip of the sword was dripping with blood. The entire painting was blood red. The sky was bloody, and the earth was a river of blood and corpses. This man stood on a mountain of piled corpses, under a bloody sky, radiating infinite bloodlust.
This was a painting that could completely make one lose their mind in its bloodlust. Just one glance would cause one’s mind to be lost in such slaughter and cruelty. If Ruoshui did not have the Chaos Azure Qi imparted to her by Ye Chu, her mind would have been lost in the slaughter and bloodlust within it.
But Ye Chu and Ruoshui were not surprised by the bloodlust and slaughter. What was surprising was that the person in the painting looked exactly like the Old Madman.
“It is him again!” Ye Chu’s heart shook. “Old Madman, who exactly are you? Why do the paintings in the Divine Palace all look like you? Are these thousands of people beneath your feet killed by you? Is this a painting, or is it reality?”
Ruoshui also took a deep breath, stepping out of the artistic conception of the painting. Looking at the blood dripping painting, she took a deep breath and said, “He definitely has a profound relationship with the Divine Palace. You must absolutely not let him come to the Divine Palace, otherwise no one knows what will happen.”
Ye Chu nodded, also faintly feeling that if the Old Madman came here, there would definitely be a change. If it changed for the better, that would be fine, but if the situation worsened, then…
Ye Chu shivered and made up his mind to notify Shui Gu and the others later, absolutely not allowing the Old Madman to come here easily.
Looking at the man standing on the mountain of corpses like a demon god, Ye Chu’s heart could not calm down for a long time.
Ruoshui let go of Ye Chu’s hand, but her gaze fell on those skeletons, looking at them. Ruoshui’s arm suddenly waved. As she waved, bead like objects fell out from the skeletons, and each bead carried the aura of laws.
Seeing this, Ye Chu was stunned and instantly recognised them, “Law Origin Spirit Essences!”
This shook Ye Chu’s mind. Origin Spirit Essences were extraordinary, representing the essence of a cultivator’s entire life. But they were also extremely difficult to condense and rarely appeared. He had not expected so many to appear here. Every skeleton produced one Origin Spirit Essence.
Ye Chu took a deep breath, looked at Ruoshui and said, “Were these all condensed by those dead Law experts?”
Ruoshui nodded and said, “This is a special environment. After every Law expert dies, they can condense a Law Origin Spirit Essence. We came this time precisely for these things.”
Having said that, Ruoshui collected all these things. The Origin Spirit Essences fell into her hands, totalling forty or fifty of them. This made Ye Chu click his tongue in amazement. This represented forty or fifty Law experts.
Forty or fifty Law experts actually died here. No wonder it was called a forbidden zone.
After taking these Origin Spirit Essences, Ruoshui glanced at the wall with rivers of blood again, and then said to Ye Chu, “Let us go!”
Ye Chu nodded and prepared to walk out of the Divine Palace side by side with Ruoshui.
The way back to the Divine Palace had already disappeared. Looking at the walls all around, Ye Chu could not help but frown and ask, “Rumour has it that there is no way out of the Divine Palace. How do we get out? Do we have to keep going deeper?”
Ruoshui smiled at Ye Chu and held his hand, “Use the Chaos Azure Qi to protect the two of us, and follow me.”
Ruoshui had the ancient texts left by her ancestors, so she was not too worried. She could avoid those dangerous places and find a path most suitable for them to exit.
Ye Chu held Ruoshui’s hand and truly continued to walk deeper into the Divine Palace. It was just that this time it was different from the place Ye Chu had walked last time, taking quick steps time and time again. Avoiding danger after danger, Ye Chu did not even know how deep into the Divine Palace they had gone.
They did not know how many days they had stayed in there. It was a bloody mess everywhere, making it impossible to track the days and months. With the help of Ruoshui’s strength and the Chaos Azure Qi, the two of them went through a thrilling but safe journey and finally arrived at a palace.
This palace was very similar to the palace Ye Chu had been to before, but Ye Chu knew the two palaces were not the same. Upon arriving at this palace, Ruoshui was overjoyed. The Chaos Azure Qi shot towards the Bagua diagram in the centre of the palace. Landing on the Bagua diagram, a vortex immediately appeared in the palace, sweeping Ye Chu and Ruoshui inside.
In the next instant, the two of them appeared outside the Divine Palace. Looking at the trembling Divine Palace, Ruoshui could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
“It is a good thing we had the experience left by our ancestors, otherwise we really would not have been able to get out this time,” Ruoshui said with some relief.
Ye Chu smiled, thinking that besides this, the fact that the two of them had no other ulterior motives was also the key to their survival. They were only after the Origin Spirit Essences of the Law experts and had no designs on anything else they saw. Otherwise, it would be hard to say if they could have got out.
“We should enter this Divine Palace less often in the future. Even with the Chaos Azure Qi and your strength, it was full of dangers. If we truly stepped into its secret areas, who knows how dangerous it would be,” Ye Chu exhaled lightly.
Ruoshui nodded and suddenly waved her arm. A jade box appeared in her hand, filled with Origin Spirit Essences. Looking at these Origin Spirit Essences, a smile appeared on the corners of Ruoshui’s mouth, a smile that could topple cities.
Although the Floating Life Palace was extraordinary, it was still hard to find so many Origin Spirit Essences. Being able to obtain so many Origin Spirit Essences now could cultivate quite a few experts. This trip was truly worth it!
“Follow me!” Ruoshui said to Ye Chu.
“Where are we going now?” Ye Chu asked.
“The Seventy Two Caves!” Ruoshui answered.
These words made Ye Chu pause. He was no stranger to the Seventy Two Caves. Back then, he had broken in once with that group of dandy disciples from the Imperial Palace, causing a massive uproar in the Seventy Two Caves. He just did not expect to have the chance to go again.
“Let us go!” Ruoshui took Ye Chu and soared into the air. Without explaining too much to Ye Chu, she took him and shot towards the direction of the Seventy Two Caves, her speed as fast as a howling wind.
Ye Chu did not understand what Ruoshui wanted to do, but since they had already come to the Divine Palace, he naturally did not mind taking a trip to the Seventy Two Caves.