Shennong Dao Master-Chapter 1187 - 15: Ancient Hill, Qingyu Boundary Star
Zhao Xing could see Chen Ju continuously retrieving the flying black spheres.
The spheres neither emitted nor reflected light.
They could only be seen by the soul vision when one opened the Heavenly Eye.
One by one, the black spheres merged into his body, and Chen Ju then supplemented the map on the Earth Realm, drawing the full view of the entire ruins.
The data he collected served as an important reference for constructing the array above.
After all, the glacier underground was vast; a slight oversight could allow the enemy to slip in from another direction.
"Mr. Chen." Zhao Xing cupped his hands in respect; both he and Chen Ju were Second-Rank Officials, not very familiar with each other, and there had been some conflicts over a past marriage competition, so he couldn’t use his name directly.
"Mr. Zhao." Chen Ju returned the salute, his attitude somewhat enthusiastic, showing no sign of dwelling on past matters. "This is the latest map, please take a look."
"Thank you." Zhao Xing glanced at the map, noticing that there were seven gray blocks on it, while the rest emitted light.
"Gray indicates unexplorable areas, whose appearance cannot even be seen, covered by a barrier, likely important locations."
"The bright areas indicate they’re explorable, but they vary in difficulty."
Zhao Xing nodded.
The black spheres Chen Ju had just retrieved were of two types: Eight-direction Palace Shifter and Boundary Ruler.
Though small, they could penetrate most barriers and mechanical arrays.
Of course, just because the Eight-direction Palace Shifter and Boundary Ruler could go in didn’t mean people could.
Hence, exploration difficulty was categorized into levels.
"Thank you for your efforts, Mr. Chen."
Zhao Xing memorized the map and returned it to Chen Ju.
He then turned toward the Three Gods Square and the ancient temple.
"What’s the situation here?"
Chen Ju shook his head and said, "It’s peculiar."
"Everyone can enter the temple and see the murals you mentioned, Mr. Zhao."
"We’ve also found the Tian Qi Soul Device Map and the Void Divine Prison murals."
"However, the nine people who went in experienced three different situations."
Zhao Xing listened silently.
"First, with the Purple Light Divine Order, the holder can remember the learned murals but cannot imprint the others that have not been learned."
"Those brought in by the Purple Light Divine Order forget everything once they leave, remembering only what they learned but not how they learned it, entered, or left."
"Second, without the Purple Light Divine Order, three murals appear in the temple, with a time limit for viewing."
"Any of the three murals follows a rule of being consumed after viewing; the person can see and learn, but cannot articulate what it is."
"The three who went in all had experiences of creating their own Secret Techniques."
"But why they created Secret Techniques inside, or if they encountered any rule, is unknown." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
"Moreover, they automatically appeared outside once time was up."
"The third situation is for those with the Purple Light Divine Order; they do not forget their experiences inside and have no time limit for comprehension, but they also cannot disclose anything about what happened inside."
"Furthermore, we have preliminarily discovered a method to enter without the Purple Light Divine Order."
Chen Ju continued, "That’s the Storm Sea Eye beneath the glacier, randomly appearing in the sea above the corresponding ancient city, pulling people in."
"Of course, not all Storm Sea Eyes can be entered; only those that manifest the ’Death Ice Pillar’ phenomenon can directly reach the underground ancient city."
King Shenluo questioned, "Doesn’t that mean there’s no need to build arrays above?"
The area was already large, and building arrays and stationing troops required significant manpower, resources, and financial input.
Now, with random Storm Sea Eyes capable of teleporting people in, it seems even harder to defend.
"Indeed." Chen Ju said, "The creator surely foresaw this; otherwise, without the Purple Light Order, how did the first person obtain it?"
"We originally only needed to guard the glaciers twenty-thousand miles down; the area would be much smaller."
"Now, guarding random Sea Eyes corresponds to a much larger sea area."
Zhao Xing was thoughtful.
It seems Li Boqian accidentally entered here back then.
However, he might not have passed a certain test and was sent out, forgetting the experiences inside.
Of course, he remembered and comprehended the murals he created, including his own ’Yuan Feng.’
The creator of the Purple Light Divine Relics in the underground ancient city is likely conducting a selection.
"Since it’s a selection, it wouldn’t allow any single power to block the path and monopolize the benefits."
"The advantage of the Great Zhou is possessing the Purple Light Divine Order for repeated entry," Zhao Xing mused.
Even if one failed the first selection, they could be brought in again by the Purple Light Divine Order after being sent out.
If one doesn’t have the Purple Light Divine Order, even if they enter, they only get one chance.
"I’ll go in and take a look," Zhao Xing said.
"Be careful," Chen Ju cautioned, though those sent out only forgot everything here, who knows what other rules there might be.
Everything here was filled with mystery to them.
Based on their exploration so far, apart from low-value ordinary living areas, they still saw no hope of cracking the protection of the core zone.
...
Heavenly Realm, the world’s end.
A terrifying cyclone appeared on the edge of the Heavenly Realm; four immense cyclones thousands of miles high suddenly emerged in the gray void.
The speed of the cyclones was incredibly fast, swallowing up a massive part of the northern Heavenly Realm in the blink of an eye.
"Swish, swish, swish~"
Dozens of figures appeared north of the Heavenly Realm, distantly watching the cyclones.
