Eternal Life: I Can Control My Essence Qi-Chapter 283 - 207: Sowing Discord?
Above Feicui Lake.
Five Golden Core Realm ancestors, riding the escape light, hovered above the lake, and shared conversations and laughter.
Among these five escape lights, besides Three Evils Daoist, Elder Yuanxu, and Bai Hong Sword Immortal, there were also two unfamiliar Golden Core cultivators.
One of them was a burly man with bristly beard and a face full of horizontal flesh, extremely tall and strong, wearing a short open-front shirt; the other was a thin, long, and expressionless young swordsman, with a sword box on his back.
"Is it actually him?"
Zhang Yao's gaze fixed on the burly man, revealing a hint of surprise:
"Man Tian Sheng..."
The Cangjiang Water Mansion battle initiated by the Du Bu Alliance took place over a hundred years ago.
But as the first legitimate Body Refining Cultivator he encountered, Zhang Yao had a deep impression of Man Tian Sheng.
Back then, during the battle at the Water Mansion, this person was defeated by Zhang Yao and fled in panic, while the battle was still ongoing, Zhang Yao couldn't manage to chase him.
"Back then, after Du Bu Daoist's defeat, the Du Bu Alliance disintegrated, and this man seemingly fled out of the Da Li territory."
"This hundred years later, who would have thought he reached the Golden Core realm, probably due to some fortuitous encounter?"
Zhang Yao thought about this, but didn't pay it much mind.
Given his current strength, even a Golden Core early stage cultivator on the path of Body Refining wouldn't garner his attention.
"Boom!" "Boom!"...
The escape lights of Zhang Yao, Haihe Ancestor, Fairy Xia Guang, and Fairy Feiyin slowly descended from the sky.
"Hmm? They're here!"
Three Evils Daoist and the others immediately stopped talking and laughed, turning their gaze uniformly towards them.
"It is indeed him! The Qingxu Lord of those days..."
Man Tian Sheng crossed his arms, his gaze blazing as he stared at Zhang Yao, and his eyes contained uncontrollable battle intent and fire.
The defeat of those years had been a thorn he could not forget.
He later gained body refining opportunities within Xu Kingdom, struggled through difficulties, and finally reached the Golden Core realm, his strength was worlds apart from those years.
After refining the Golden Core, he could consider himself a high-level Body Refining Cultivator, with advantages over cultivators of the same rank, so after learning of Zhang Yao's eminent reputation, he still nurtured thoughts of a duel to avenge his past disgrace.
"Hmm?"
Zhang Yao glanced at him, sensing his eagerness, and couldn't help but smile slightly.
"This Barbarian Bull is still as thickheaded as back then."
"That there is Elder Qingxu!"
The gaze of Three Evils Daoist and others also converged on Zhang Yao, reflecting an alertness as if facing a formidable foe.
A person's fame, much like a tree's shadow.
This Elder Qingxu, who shook the Southwest and ruled a nation, was regarded by them as the primary adversary in exploring the Jade Divine Palace, naturally drawing their attention.
"..."
No one spoke, nor was there any initial politeness, and the scene suddenly quieted down.
Secretly, both camps' members used Divine Thought to communicate, while Fairy Feiyin and Fairy Xia Guang speculated on the other's tactical arrangements.
After waiting for about half an hour:
"Rumble..."
The tranquil lake suddenly surged with huge waves, countless undercurrents swirled and rolled, and layers of waves swept across.
"It's coming!"
All the Golden Core cultivators felt reinvigorated.
Their Divine Thoughts shot downward, witnessing the lakebed churn, the lake water spreading apart, and a magnificent, exquisitely carved jade palace slowly emerging.
Through Divine Thought, they saw a palace glowing like a green jade, as if crafted from jade or cast from emerald, with ingeniously captured craftsmanship, appearing as if carved from a mountain-sized complete emerald jade stone.
"Jade Divine Palace... truly lives up to its reputation."
Zhang Yao took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart.
The images engraved on the Jade Scroll were far less captivating than witnessing it firsthand.
Unlike other Golden Core Ancestors, Zhang Yao, as an astonishingly proficient Third level Array Master, acutely sensed the operation of the array veins and the subtle spatial fluctuations.
"This Jade Divine Palace wasn't originally located beneath Feicui Lake."
Zhang Yao formed a new judgment in his heart.
After the last opening of the Jade Divine Palace, it sank back into the lakebed, disappearing, with Haihe Ancestor, Three Evils Daoist, and others attempting earth escape searches, plunging a thousand feet into the ground but finding nothing.
They believed the concealment techniques of the Jade Divine Palace were too mysterious;
But now, in Zhang Yao's view, the Jade Divine Palace isn't typically here, but manifests through remote spatial shift during specific periods.
"Such a level of spatial shift... even in ancient times, is quite astounding."
Zhang Yao's heart grew heavier while his anticipation for the rewards within the Jade Divine Palace heightened:
"It seems the background of this Jade Divine Palace is far more formidable than I imagined."
"Let's go!"
Haihe Ancestor called out, immediately leading Zhang Yao, Fairy Xia Guang, and Fairy Feiyin, breaking through the lake surface, flying towards the Jade Divine Palace beneath.
"Let's go too."
Three Evils Daoist spoke, hurriedly flying downward with Elder Yuanxu, Bai Hong Sword Immortal, followed closely by Man Tian Sheng and the young swordsman.
In just a few breaths:
Everyone traversed layers of lake water, arriving in front of the Jade Divine Palace.
In front of the Divine Palace, all the lake water was expelled, with a powerful forbidden space array forcing everyone to descend their escape light, landing on the jade platform.
Crossing the jade platform, starting on the ninety-nine emerald stairs, the grand doors of the Jade Divine Palace remained closed, but there were nine distinct hexagonal slots.
