Before long, they arrived at the platform in the middle of the lake.
The entire platform was pale gold, roughly twenty meters in diameter. Thirteen circular spaces, each about one meter across, were evenly arranged around its edge.
Looking up at the top of the head, they saw the radiance of a golden sun and silver moon. All around them was a hazy blur of light and shadow; apart from this platform, nothing else could be seen.
At this moment, all thirteen positions on the round platform were occupied. They were Tang Wulin and his companions from Shrek.
Just then, the golden platform beneath their feet began to emit misty light. Suddenly, a long, narrow beam of golden light shot out from the center of the platform and swiftly rotated around it. The end of the beam pointed toward the thirteen smaller platforms around it.
"Heaven and Earth Ask Love, True Heart Adventure begins."
A voice that sounded exceptionally calm yet impossible to identify as male or female rang in the ears of all thirteen of them almost simultaneously. Everyone immediately fell silent, astonished to find that a curtain of gold and silver light now stood before their eyes, blocking them from seeing their former companions.
Immediately afterward, the beam at the center of the platform began spinning rapidly, repeatedly sweeping past the bubbles surrounding each person. The instant it passed a bubble, that bubble would light up, returning to normal once the beam moved on.
Suddenly, the golden light stopped. The beam pointed directly at one of the small platforms, where Wu Feng stood.
Wu Feng was slightly stunned when the golden light selected her. The bubble around her lit up completely, then vanished. A beam of golden light rose from the platform beneath her feet and enveloped her