Inch-Gold

The Qi Refinement Way.

Outside the Palace of Vast Cold.

With a thought from Fang Qing, the Dao-Born Pearl spun, borrowing the authority of [Temporal Light] from the Spirit Realm.

Rumble!

The wind and snow filling the sky parted, and a palace rose from the ground.

The entire palace was cast from a kind of mysterious gold, yet carried a hazy sense of shifting time. Golden steps extended one after another toward its entrance, its style somewhat at odds with the Palace of Vast Cold.

Above the entrance were two divine beasts that resembled neither dragons nor snakes, each with a human head and a single eye, holding a jade ring in its mouth.

On the plaque, the words "Inch-Gold Hall" shimmered with brilliance, bearing a certain dreamlike air of flowing time.

"Inch-Gold Hall. An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, yet an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time..."

Fang Qing sighed softly. "The nurturing of the Lunar Yin Scions must be accelerated... Before long, every one of them must possess a Divine Ability!"

"As you decree..."

Xu the Immortal Official kowtowed respectfully. By the time he raised his head again, the sovereign's figure had already vanished.

Only Inch-Gold Hall stood towering there, as though it had occupied that spot since time immemorial.

"Inch-Gold Hall..."

Xu the Immortal Official stepped forward. Holding an immortal office in the Palace of Vast Cold, he naturally possessed a measure of authority over this hall as well.

With a thought, he had the two Candle Dragon-like divine beasts open the doors, revealing the vast, empty hall within.

The hall was utterly quiet and exceedingly spacious... Yet its furnishings were extremely plain, consisting of only a handful of meditation cushions.

"This hall... can actually exchange lifespan for cultivation time?