Fairy Hongxia had already told Xiao Hua that when Huanhua Sect disciples went out, they had to report at the palace by the mountain gate, just as Thunder Control Sect disciples had to report at their respective thunder palaces before leaving. That was why Fairy Hongxia had worried that Xiao Hua might not be able to leave the Huanhua Sect smoothly.
Fairy Hongxia had naturally instructed him many times on the details of reporting, and Xiao Hua understood them perfectly. But since someone was willing to demonstrate before him, Xiao Hua could only let him go first!
Once inside the palace, Xiao Hua secretly looked around. The palace was extraordinarily magnificent. Its walls were painted with countless handsome men and beautiful women, each figure acting out one beautiful tale after another. Some tales were of the mortal world, some of cultivation, and some even involved immortals. Faint ripples of spiritual power and flowing radiance shimmered across those paintings. Strange talismans covered both the ceiling and floor of the palace. Not only could they block divine sense, but after staring at them for too long, even one's naked eyes would grow dazed and lost!
"Just the palace at the mountain gate is this extravagant and this tightly guarded. The rest of the Huanhua Sect must be layered with restrictions as well. If I don't leave through the mountain gate and try to force my way out, it simply won't work!" Xiao Hua naturally knew how tightly a cultivation sect protected its own grounds. The sect-protecting grand formation was not something cultivators of the Golden Core stage or below could even dream of challenging. With his current strength, he likely could not manage it.
"Name, destination, whose official business..." From outside the distant palace gate came an emotionless voice asking calmly, followed