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The wooden structure of the main hall had been coated in bronze-colored lacquer. Despite the passage of countless years, it remained smooth and gleaming, as though it had just been painted. The roof tiles shone brightly, forged from precious materials. Crouching at the four corners of the roof were four Thunderfire Beasts, their heads held high. Brilliant Lightning Arcs linked the bolts of lightning in their mouths with those all around them.
The entire hall was enveloped in a layer of electric light. Bolts of lightning shot across its surface, flickering in and out as arcs intertwined, making it impossible to tell whether they were Spirit Pattern restrictions or flashes of lightning from the surroundings.
Looking at the lofty hall before him, with its carved beams and painted rafters clearly constructed by master craftsmen, Qin Fengming distinctly felt a mighty pressure permeating it.
It was as if the lofty hall were an ancient, ferocious beast coiled up in slumber. Once awakened, it would split the rocks and shatter the heavens, shaking the vast universe.
As Dai Chen cast his incantation, the closed doors of the hall slowly opened.
The main hall was spacious. Apart from several thick pillars, there was a stone platform more than a dozen zhang wide in the center, making the several-dozen-zhang-wide hall seem especially empty.
Qin Fengming fixed his gaze on the Giant Cauldron atop the stone platform, and blue light immediately glittered in his eyes.
The Giant Cauldron was square and supported by three legs. It was sturdy and towering, its entire body a deep blue-green. Its surface was covered in patterns, with winding silver lines embedded throughout it. Soul energy radiated from all around the Giant Cauldron, giving it a strange appearance.
Dense blue-black soul mist billowed from the cauldron mouth above the