Pavilions Amidst Emerald Waters
I groggily awoke from the shock of the teleportation, and my eyes fell upon a vermilion, upturned-corner ceiling.
Xu Yuan didn't get up immediately, but stared blankly at what he had just seen.
The Saint's Remnant Soul
Yantian Art
The description of this Old Man Luo in Cangyuan is not very detailed.
As is customary, when the protagonist asks about the Saint's Remnant Soul's past identity or realm, Old Biteng begins to play the riddle-maker.
[He's just a third-rank Grandmaster]
Knowing too much is not good for you right now.
Back in the day, the holy maidens of those major sects were incredibly beautiful.
He never mentions how great he is, yet every word he utters claims he's amazing.
The Heavenly Oversight Pavilion.
No wonder this Old Man Luo seemed so familiar with the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion.
Xu Yuan asked softly:
"Old Man Luo, were you the head of the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion before?"
"What kind of ' Heavenly Oversight Pavilion Master ' is he? He's just Saint Venerable
Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan was stunned for a moment.
The Saint Venerable of the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion?
It sounds like it's even more terrifying than the Pavilion Master.
But before he could think it through, he heard the voice of the Saint's Remnant Soul come again:
"Young Xu, how did you know that the boundary of this secret realm is a teleportation array?"
Xu Yuan thought for a moment, then answered in a low voice:
"I once read an ancient book, and it recorded this."
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Quietly count your breaths.
The Saint's Remnant Soul spoke in a low, eerie tone. "Young Xu, do you perhaps think this old man is a fool?"
Xu Yuan smiled upon hearing this, slowly stood up, and asked in return:
"Old Man Luo, didn't you say before that even Saint Venerable was not allowed to study the Yantian Art? How did you learn the Yantian Art?"
The Saint's Remnant Soul smiled upon hearing this:
"The Saint Venerable truly forbids access, but why should I tell you the reason?"
This old man is at it again, posing riddles.
Xu Yuan chuckled lightly, completely unconcerned:
"If that's the case, why did I tell you the answer to the question I asked earlier? Old Man Luo, knowing too much about some things is actually not good for you."
"..." The Saint's Remnant Soul.
Xu Yuan didn't stop talking; he sat on the ground, propping his knees up and rubbing his forehead.
"I can roughly guess why you know the Yantian Art. According to the rules, you are not allowed to consult it, but rules are rigid, but people are flexible. Moreover, you are a Supreme Saint. You either steal it or you rob it. There are only two options."
He paused for a moment,
Xu Yuan raised his eyes and said to himself:
"However, if that's the case, we can reach a cooperation agreement. As a Saint Venerable, you stole the Pavilion Master's inheritance, and since the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion hasn't been completely destroyed, shouldn't this be a capital offense?"
The Saint's Remnant Soul listened carefully, then chuckled:
"Ha, don't even think about tricking me into telling you anything."
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Seeing that the other party was not fooled, Xu Yuan sighed slightly, stood up from the ground, and said no more.
He looked around.
This is a vast lake, with a network of vermilion corridors built across its surface, leading to the boundless distance. Lotus leaves and pink lotus flowers dot the water, and in the very center of this enormous lake, a giant cherry tree is in full bloom, its magnificent blossoms scattering in the breeze as petals, shimmering with an unusual light, drift down.
A timeless tranquility and beauty.
After glancing around, Xu Yuan roughly understood which map he was on.
You're lucky.
He was teleported directly to the central hub of this Dome Palace, and the intricate corridors built on the lake provided access to any part of this celestial palace.
Following Xu Yuan's gaze, the Saint's Remnant Soul floated out from the Soul Realm and said softly:
"There's Chaos Lineage Array around here."
The Chaos Lineage Array by disrupting the Will Soul or Source Qi of a region, thereby shielding it from all perception.
In short, it's a full-channel jamming interference.
Xu Yuan glanced at him and chuckled softly:
"This Dome Palace is still relatively intact, and it naturally has array formations and the like."
"Is this secret realm, the Dome Palace, the Dao Palace of the Qionghua Sect from ten thousand years ago?" The Saint's Remnant Soul stared at Xu Yuan with a strange look in his eyes.
Xu Yuan chuckled and shrugged.
"Never mind what you're called, Old Man Luo, even with your soul power you can't break the restriction?"
The Saint's Remnant Soul snorted coldly:
"This place is a bit strange. If we blindly break through the formation, who knows if it will trigger other formations?"
"That makes sense." Xu Yuan nodded and walked forward along the corridor.
As a gentle breeze blows, the lake's environment is serene and beautiful, reminiscent of the water towns of Jiangnan. The intricate vermilion corridors and the lotus leaves and flowers on the boundless lake surface set off the huge cherry tree in the center.
The autumn waters blend seamlessly with the Changtian.
After walking for a while, the Saint's Remnant Soul suddenly spoke again:
"Young Xu, where are you going?"
Xu Yuan pointed to the hundred-meter-tall cherry tree a kilometer away:
"Of course, we'll go there."
"There? Do you need me to fly you there?" the Saint's Remnant Soul asked tentatively with a low laugh.
Xu Yuan smiled slightly but remained silent.
He took out the corpse of a wolf demon, which he had stored as provisions, from his Sumeru Ring and casually tossed it far into the calm pond.
The sage concentrated his mind.
While the wolf demon's corpse was still flying through the air.
A moment of silence,
Several leech-like creatures suddenly shot out from beneath the lake surface, but they were a hundred times larger than ordinary leeches.
They extended their mouthparts in mid-air and inserted them into the wolf demon's corpse. Within moments, the wolf demon's body rapidly shriveled, and the corpse, clinging to it, fell heavily into the water.
What is this?
The Saint's Remnant Soul spoke with a hint of doubt, "It looks somewhat like Huang Water Leech, and somewhat like Blood Spirit Leech."
He paused, then shook his head and said, "However, the strength of these leeches is roughly equivalent to that of an eighth-rank cultivator."
"What's your rush?" Xu Yuan.
"Oh?"
The Saint's Remnant Soul was not annoyed at being interrupted; it simply let out a soft question and quietly gazed at the lake.
The corridor fell silent for a moment, the ripples caused by the wolf carcass entering the water gradually subsided, but just as the lake was about to become completely still...
As the view drew nearer, the entire lake surface seemed to boil as if it were being cooked.
In a short while,
Countless enormous leeches emerged towards the lake surface, densely packed together in layers, their disgusting and enormous mouthparts covering the entire lake surface as far as the eye could see.
After surfacing, the leeches stopped moving, and the giant leeches from all directions silently watched the two with their eyeless mouthparts.
Eerie and tranquil.
The scene in Cangyuan came to life before his eyes, and Xu Yuan felt a chill run down his spine.
There are two ways to get to that cherry tree.
The first is to navigate a maze along these corridors.
The second option is to fly there directly.
However, if you fly directly into the pool, you will encounter a monster called a "leech".
It doesn't have any fancy name; the monster in this pool is simply called a leech.
But that's not the key point.
Most importantly, this thing doesn't display a health bar.
If you want to fly over, you can only passively take hits and rely on your health to survive until you get close to that huge cherry tree, where a giant leech that takes up half the screen will appear and the real BOSS battle will begin.
The boss's name was also quite casual; it was simply called the Water Leech King.
However, although the underwater area is fraught with danger, the walkway on the surface of the lake is extremely safe.
The leeches will automatically stop attacking once the player retreats back into the corridor.
Now that it has become a reality, it is no different from what happened in Cangyuan.