The only unusual thing about the palace was the area at its very center. There stood a translucent yellow crystal as tall as three people, while the floor around it was equally transparent, engraved with all manner of black patterns.
Given your current knowledge, you understood quite a bit about Artifact Patterns, formation patterns, and runes alike. Yet the black inscriptions before you belonged to none of the categories in your mind. They were like a cluster of sprites, constantly "dancing" as though alive, but you could not see through what these inscriptions were operating.
Reviewing Liu Xiangan's memories from many lifetimes, you found nothing similar to these dancing inscriptions. With no point of comparison, this unknown information made you even more wary. You did not dare act rashly. For some reason, a voice in your mind seemed to be constantly tempting you to leave, yet your True Heart wanted to steel your resolve. You were unwilling to leave just like that.
Just as you were about to once again use Insight beyond its limits to investigate the situation and gather information, a scene surfaced in your mind ahead of time. It was the Double Pupils' Lifebound ability activating first...
The scene corresponded to your current situation. You had already entered the palace beneath the rocky cave, and your eyes trembled as though you were concentrating. Doing so would help sharpen your senses.
Lu Wushuang stood beside you. He made a new move, intending, just as he had done all along the way, to control the Four Absolute Formless Puppets and carefully approach the transparent yellow crystal. He wanted to first test whether the black inscriptions posed any danger.
But the instant the Four Absolute Formless Puppets in the scene stepped into the range of the black inscriptions, the puppets