Zhang Qingshan looked through the gaping hole smashed in the Metal Gate. Inside, metal walls enclosed a pool roughly ten feet across. It was filled with black liquid that gave off a potent medicinal fragrance, unmistakably some kind of medicinal liquid.
Just breathing in that fragrance made Zhang Qingshan's qi and blood surge. His Blood Refining Art actually began circulating slowly on its own, filling him with indescribable comfort.
Zhang Qingshan was an absolute expert in Body Tempering. He immediately understood and exclaimed in delight, "This stuff is tremendously beneficial for Body Tempering."
With that thought, he reined in his cultivation art, returned to his normal size, and climbed through the hole.
Only once inside did he see that all the walls, including the ceiling, were made of the same material as the Metal Gate. Their edges fitted together perfectly, without the slightest gap, sealing the chamber tight.
In other words, this pool had been enclosed within these metal walls all along.
Why would someone do that?
Zhang Qingshan was puzzled, but when he looked back toward the door, he noticed wisps of white mist visibly rising from the black medicinal liquid in the pool. The mist kept drifting out through the opening...
At the sight, Zhang Qingshan immediately understood. These metal walls sealed the pool inside this metal chamber to prevent the spiritual energy and medicinal potency released by the liquid from escaping.
With that in mind, Zhang Qingshan immediately picked up the Metal Block he had blasted off and put it back in place...
Then he used his spell power to seal the gaps...
But the spell power he released could not seal them at all. The white mist rising from the medicinal liquid corroded his barrier of spell power in an instant.
Zhang Qingshan's expression darkened. The