The instant the green completely overtook the red, another change occurred.
Patches of black suddenly appeared across the markings that had already turned green.
Little Green's gaze chilled, and he immediately withdrew his spiritual qi.
The markings that had been filled with green were now covered in black with eerie speed.
"Demonic qi!"
At that instant, almost everyone sensed the demonic qi on the door.
"What's going on? It clearly wasn't there before!"
"Exactly. There's demonic qi in the air here, but this Palace has always felt pure and sacred to me. Why would demonic qi be hidden deep within those markings?"
"Isn't this the Palace housing the Spirit Source? Even if demonic qi appeared, the Spirit Source should purify it. How could it possibly remain hidden in markings so vital to the Palace?"
For a time, all manner of opinions flew about, and even Su Jiu's mind filled with one conjecture after another.
She had even activated her otherworldly eyes to examine the Palace earlier, yet she had found nothing.
Little Green also looked stunned, clearly having failed to detect the demonic qi hidden within the markings.
"Impossible! How could demonic qi hide inside these markings? They were constructed from the power of the laws. Nothing can invade them except the spiritual qi of us four Sacred Spirits!"
Little Green spoke with ironclad certainty, yet his expression grew increasingly bewildered.
"Could this Palace be a fake...?" someone asked quietly from the side.
Unexpectedly, Su Jiu was the first to shake her head in denial. "It isn't a fake." After all, the power of the laws covering the markings was real.
Yun Huanling nodded solemnly. "What we can be certain of now is that something has indeed gone wrong with this Palace." As for exactly what had gone wrong, they