Then the view in the illusory image before everyone abruptly shifted, as though it knew their thoughts, settling on the high lintel above the two Bronze Gates.
But they immediately discovered that there was indeed an inscribed plaque above the gates, though a thick layer of dust covered it, making its words impossible to discern.
Fortunately, Xu Taiping, who stood before the Bronze Gates, raised his hand and lightly struck his palm toward the Door Plaque from a distance.
Boom!
A fierce gust of palm force swept all the thick dust off the plaque.
Several ancient, unadorned seal-script characters then appeared on the Door Plaque.
Inside the Spring Rain Pavilion, Little Commandery Princess Chu Xiaoxiao immediately read aloud from the plaque:
"Southern... Heavenly..."
After reading those two words, Chu Xiaoxiao suddenly froze, then said in disbelief:
"The Southern Heavenly Gate?!"
"That Secret Realm is the Southern Heavenly Gate?!"
At that moment, Zhang Moyan, looking equally stunned, discovered a line of small writing beside the large characters on the plaque-
"This is the entrance in the Lower Realm to the Southern Heavenly Gate, a remnant of the Ancient Heavenly Court."
After making out that line, everyone inside the Spring Rain Pavilion froze.
Not just them-the entire spectator seating area was silent as a flock of crows and sparrows struck dumb.
Only after a long while did a cultivator cry out:
"This is the Southern Heavenly Gate? This really is the Southern Heavenly Gate, one of the remnants of the Ancient Heavenly Court? Surely not! They actually found a Secret Realm that only ever appeared in ancient scrolls and legends this easily?"
At those words, the previously silent spectator seats erupted like a boiling pot.
The clamor of discussion and doubt flooded this entire expanse of heaven and earth like a tide.