Out of the eight elements, only water and fire were missing. It was hard not to overthink.
Water and fire were opposites. If it were any other element, it would be fine, but these two elements were missing. Furthermore, Lu An had the water droplet item. Without the heavenly water, it meant that there was no door to the water element, and there was no groove to place the water droplet item.
This meant that the water droplet item was not the key to open the six doors, but had other uses. However, this was a huge blow to Lu An. He stood there, not knowing what to do. Should he go to the six palaces to look for something, or should he stay in the central hall and think of a way to open the door?
Lu An first stood in front of the huge Deep Ice Door, thinking. The Deep Ice kept releasing bone-chilling cold air, but it had no effect on Lu An. He raised his hand to touch the Deep Ice. It was different from the city gates outside. The doors here were very smooth, and there were no patterns at all. It was as if they were clearly telling him that there was no other way except to place the item accurately into the groove.
Lu An took the opportunity to release the Deep Ice to fill the entire groove, but … it was useless.
Lu An frowned and turned to look at the Deep Ice behind him. After searching for the secret to open the door to no avail, Lu An had no choice but to go to the Ice Palace buildings. After all, he had the Deep Ice in his body. No matter what, it was safer than going to the other buildings, and the possibility of finding the secret was also higher.
Since he had made up his mind, Lu An did not hesitate and immediately moved forward. His figure flitted across the square. The distance of five thousand feet was too short, and he immediately arrived in front of the Ice Palace buildings.
Cold air blew against his face. Lu An stood in front of an alley and looked at the Ice Palaces on both sides. He began to carefully observe and search.
Like the buildings he had encountered before, this Ice Palace had no door, and he could not see what was inside from the outside. It was as if it was filled with fog, and it was less transparent than normal Deep Ice. Lu An raised his hand to touch the wall and even knocked on it. The power of this ice wall was definitely not something he could break. It must have come from someone of a higher realm.
If he couldn't break the ice wall, it meant that he had gained nothing. However, Lu An did not give up so easily. After all, this was only the outer layer of the building. He had yet to observe the inner structure. Lu An was very clear that there was a huge difference between the inside and the outside. It was not something that could be determined just by looking at the outside.
Thus, he set off once again, quickly shuttling through the numerous ice palaces. As he advanced deeper, he observed the characteristics of each ice palace, especially if there was a door.
Very quickly, Lu An arrived at the center of the ice palaces. What disappointed him was that none of the ice palaces had doors, nor did they have any obvious special features. If he were to examine the shape of each ice palace, he would find that it was a huge project. Furthermore, these ice palaces could not be moved, nor did they have any energy surging. It was very difficult to determine if they were formations.
After not reaping any rewards along the way, Lu An finally arrived at the centre of the ice palaces, in front of the towering ice pillar!
Lu An could only raise his head to look at the gigantic ice pillar that was tens of thousands of feet tall and over six thousand feet in diameter. Even so, he couldn't see the end of it. This ice pillar's surface was as smooth as a mirror, without any engravings or carvings. It was the same as the other pillars. Even so, Lu An believed that these six pillars definitely had a huge significance. If not, they definitely wouldn't spend so much effort to do such a thing.
Opening the door to the central grand hall, could it be related to this ice pillar?
There was a plaza surrounding the ice pillar, but it was much smaller than the plaza surrounding the central grand hall. The distance to the ice palace was less than a hundred meters. Compared to this towering ice pillar, it wasn't much. Lu An arrived before the ice pillar. After pondering for a moment, he still raised his hand and extended it towards the ice pillar.
Lu An had always liked to experiment, and not just rely on guessing the possibilities of things. Even though there was no reaction from the ice palaces, he still touched this ice pillar.
Bang.
Lu An's hand lightly pressed against the ice pillar. The ice pillar emitted a response, causing Lu An's eyes to narrow.
No reaction?
Lu An's brows furrowed, his heart somewhat disappointed. But he didn't give up. He prepared to withdraw his hand and continue searching for other secrets.
However, just as Lu An was about to raise his hand, the icicle suddenly lit up!
Buzz!!!
A sound suddenly rang out, causing Lu An's body to shake violently. His body, which was about to move, immediately froze, and his hand, which was about to withdraw, also stopped!
Lu An immediately turned back to look at the ice pillar, only to see that the place where his hand was connected to the ice pillar was emitting a light. This light wasn't blinding, because it came from within the ice pillar!
Lu An immediately dismissed the idea of leaving. Instead, he firmly pressed his hand against the ice pillar, and even placed his other hand on it!
Immediately, the range of the light within the ice pillar became even larger! This was a kind of white light, but just looking at it would cause one to feel a bone-piercing cold.
However, although the range of the light was large, it was only when compared to Lu An's height. The length and width of the light were only about a hundred meters. Compared to the entire ice pillar, the area that lit up was pathetically small, even negligible.
But even so, this little bit of light was a rare change for Lu An. Lu An's sea of consciousness quickly analyzed the possibilities. The biggest possibility was that the power within the ice pillar had formed a connection with his own Deep Ice, causing the light to appear. Lu An also realized that the Deep Ice in his body was being sucked away by the ice pillar bit by bit. It should be known that there was no way to recover one's strength here. After the battle just now, Lu An only had about 70% of his strength left. Any less and it would have a very obvious impact on his body.
After a full ten breaths, the ice pillar only emitted a light, but that was it. There were no other changes. There was no mechanism, and there were no other hints. Lu An couldn't let the ice pillar absorb all of his strength. He couldn't gamble. Otherwise, he would lose the strength to face any situation, and he wouldn't be able to leave this place.
Whoosh!
Lu An withdrew his hands and took two steps back. He took a deep breath and panted slightly as he looked at the ice pillar. In just ten breaths, 10% of his strength had been sucked away. Now, only about 60% of his strength was left. This caused Lu An's pressure to increase sharply.
Lu An withdrew his strength, and the light within the ice pillar also quickly disappeared, returning to its original state. Lu An calmed his breathing and frowned even more. If this ice pillar didn't give him any hints, he really didn't know what to do.
Looking around, Lu An walked to an ice palace, touched the ice wall, and sat down. The ice walls were the same everywhere. Was there no mechanism or array here, or did he miss something?
Lu An frowned. This place was different from the city gate just now. The city gate was only a few hundred meters wide, and he could still forcefully release his strength to envelop the entire city gate and sense it. However, this building complex was incomparably huge. He couldn't sense it all, so he couldn't know the overall layout.
It was a dead end.
Lu An frowned. Sitting on the steps of the ice palace, he tried to think if he had missed anything. He was the only person in this huge ice palace with a diameter of more than one thousand and three hundred meters. It was small and lonely.
Lu An sat at the foot of the ice palace and thought hard. He was focused on thinking, and his perception was greatly limited here, so he couldn't detect the changes in his surroundings in time.
Lu An's line of thought wasn't wrong. With his strength, it was indeed not enough to affect the balance of power in this ice palace. There was an immeasurable gap between his strength and this space. However, Lu An was thinking about the power inside the ice palace, which was compared to the six buildings, the central hall, and the ground beneath his feet. However, he neglected his own existence. This space was originally constant, and his appearance had broken this balance.
This was an extremely important place to the Hachiko clan. Otherwise, Fu Meng wouldn't have said that giving the Tianshui Writ to Lu An would likely infuriate the God of Heaven. And for such an important place, other than the powerful defense of this special ice palace, how could it not have other means of protection?
Whoosh!
Lu An, who was concentrating on his thoughts, suddenly struck out. His fist, which was imbued with the power of Profound Ice, blasted towards his right!
Bang!
Lu An's body was immediately sent flying, crashing into the ice palace in the distance!
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