The three entered, finding an entirely different world within the hall.
Strictly speaking, they had probably entered a side hall, yet its scenery and furnishings still far exceeded Jiang Yang's expectations.
Before the hall stood a hundred white jade steps, flanked on either side by lapis lazuli pillars carved with coiling dragons. Gilded chains wound around the pillars, octagonal bronze bells dangling from them. The doorway rose fifty feet high, with reliefs of "The Golden Crow Chasing the Sun" and "The Jade Toad Swallowing the Moon" on either side, expounding the imagery of Taiyin and Taiyang. Its door rings were made of mystic ice cold iron held in Chi heads, gleaming with waves of cold light.
A constellation chart spread overhead, its scattered stars resembling the night sky. At the center, within the Grand Tenuity Enclosure, hung a moon-soul crystal the size of a bushel, refracting rainbow light like the celestial river spilling down.
White mist flowed across the floor beneath their feet. Surging spirit vigor seeped from the tiles, so dense it was almost liquid; a casual scoop would yield a measure of pure qi.
Jiang Yang had never encountered such a rich concentration of spirit vigor before. Neither the sect's Ancestral Court nor Fushu Peak could compare with this place.
Just then, a faint rumbling came from outside. A slight tremor rose through the soles of his feet, snapping Jiang Yang out of his reverie.
Tai Pei'er lifted her head slightly, then turned back and said:
"The people outside must already be breaking through the formation. We need to hurry."
Having finally seized a little head start, she was unwilling to waste it, so she spoke quickly.
"Mm."
Jiang Yang nodded. There was no telling how long breaking the formation would take—it could be quick or slow. They