Capítulo 2045: Chapter 88: Fairy Palace
The so-called Fairy Palace does not lie in high mountains, nor in deep waters, nor in magnificent buildings, nor in profound mysteries.
Amidst the swirling mist, one can vaguely see a courtyard with a small four-sided ventilated building, three houses built in a pin arrangement, a shallow pond next to the small building, and a rockery beside the pond. Walking along the pebble path by the rockery, there are three to five unknown Spirit Plants, and deeper in lies a pavilion.
It can’t be described as exquisite, and even when viewed from the nearby mountaintop, it doesn’t reveal much of a splendid view.
Yet, the lingering immortal mist naturally gives a feeling of Immortal Energy lingering timelessly.
It evokes feelings of vastness and grand magnificence, hence it is called ‘Palace’.
This is how ordinary cultivators see it, but it is not what he saw.
He only saw an ‘abyss’ completely interwoven with black and white, countless times more complex than the rules inside the Little Cang World!
An ocean of rules, ceaselessly exhaling and inhaling from this abyss to the surrounding.
It was a place that made his Primordial Spirit shudder.
After a long time, he finally withdrew his gaze and let out a long breath.
He felt that here he couldn’t rise from the ground, just like other cultivators, he was restricted by the rules here.
Slight regret crept in.
His gaze shifted slightly, and he found that to enter this Fairy Palace, one must descend a hundred or so steps from the mountaintop along the stone steps before entering.
At this moment, the stone steps leading down and the path leading to the courtyard’s front door were already crowded with the silhouettes of cultivators.
They were shoulder to shoulder, with barely any room to stand.
However, around him, all the cultivators cautiously moved aside, leaving a small circle of space for him alone.
Wang Ba quickly noticed that all the cultivators here were gathering towards the courtyard gate, eyes wide open, peering inside, clearly, the courtyard’s gate was wide open, yet no one dared to enter.
“Mountain Lord…”
The Corpse-digging Ghost King and others looked at Wang Ba.
The Outer World Cultivators around were also watching him cautiously, even though it was extremely crowded, no one dared to make a sound.
Wang Ba mused for a moment, glanced at Chen Xuan, and after seeing Chen Xuan’s signal, nodded slightly:
“Let’s go over there!”
As soon as these words were spoken, the Outer World Cultivators around hurriedly made way for a path.
Wang Ba was slightly startled, glanced at the surrounding cultivators, most of whom were relatively low in cultivation base, Immortal Ascension, Void Refining… considered as the backbone of the Little Cang World, but in this Sea of Chaos Realm with countless intersecting forces, it was still somewhat inadequate.
A hint of sigh arose in his heart.
If Little Cang World’s cultivators were here, perhaps they would be like the cultivators here, unable to obtain any benefits but only watch from afar.
He silently mused to himself:
“Let’s end this trip early, and after returning, recuperate well. Unless some Unification cultists are cultivated, we will not easily venture out.”
These thoughts flashed through his mind swiftly.
He nodded slightly at the surrounding cultivators, said no more, and strode down the path the crowd had made for him.
Yu Wuheng and others closely followed.
Before long, the group smoothly arrived at the entrance.
Li Zhongping and Lu Shifu both had eyes full of excitement and anticipation, also filled with awe, as they looked into the depths of the courtyard, occasionally frowning as if unable to make a decision.
Noticing Wang Ba’s arrival, Li Zhongping and Lu Shifu’s eyes both brightened.
Li Zhongping said joyfully:
“Taoist Friend Taiyi is here, now there’s a way.”
Lu Shifu glared at Li Zhongping for grabbing his words but had no time to complain more, turning to Wang Ba with joy on his face:
“Taoist Friend Taiyi, you’ve finally come.”
“You two Taoist Friends are too kind.”
Wang Ba appeared calm and steady, looking through the gate inside, yet it was blurred, seeing nothing, he was slightly puzzled:
“What’s going on? Why not go in?”
Lu Shifu hurriedly stepped forward:
“It’s like this, when we got here and saw the open gate, someone rushed in immediately, but just as they entered, a ray of light flashed, and that cultivator turned into flying ashes… We suspect there’s a prohibition set at the entrance, but no matter how we look, we can’t find a way to break it.”
Li Zhongping didn’t lose composure like Lu Shifu, and said in a low voice:
“Someone once lived here. Following common practice, there would be a barricade set at the entrance to prevent intruders. However, once inside, maybe then…”
He didn’t finish the sentence, but Wang Ba already understood his meaning.
It was nothing but drawing a pie, hoping he would contribute to breaking the prohibition.
He didn’t mind such hints, only raised his head again to look at the courtyard gate.
Under the eaves above the gate, he quickly noticed an inconspicuous plaque.
Two large characters were majestically written on it.
Although he didn’t recognize the words, True Intent was convey through them.
Clearly, it was ‘Lu Garden’.
“Lu Garden?”
Wang Ba’s heart stirred slightly.
Did a cultivator with the surname Lu once live here?
Or… an immortal?
He wasn’t quite sure, but vaguely guessed that the cultivator living here, even if not an immortal, was at least a Tribulation-Transcending Realm existence.
However, according to widely-known sayings in the Sea of Chaos Realm, it’s been unknown how many tens of thousands of years since a Tribulation Crossing Practitioner was seen in the Sea of Chaos Realm…
“No, this is Sea Market, not the Sea of Chaos Realm; it’s not strange that a Tribulation Crossing Practitioner once existed here.”