Yuan Fang said, "If Daoye knew about this, why didn't he set up this array in our hut? Wouldn't we be able to sleep peacefully in the future?"
Niu Youdao said, "I don't know how to set up arrays. I'm a complete layman."
Yuan Fang was surprised. "How is that possible? Daoye must be joking. "
Niu Youdao said, "Seeing and doing are two different things. It was like building a house. You knew where the door was, you knew the layout, you knew where to enter the house, and you knew where to go up and down the stairs. However, it didn't mean that anyone could build such a good house like a craftsman. It's easy to see and talk, but it's definitely not easy to do it. Especially the person who set up this array. He can move mountains and set up water, which is not something an ordinary person can do. He can also borrow the power of the stars for his own use. He's not simple. He's a real array expert. I can't even compare to him, so I don't dare to be arrogant! "
"At least you have some self-awareness." Guan Fangyi said sarcastically, but in her heart, she was secretly clicking her tongue.
She originally thought that Niu Youdao was only good at tricks, but she didn't expect him to have some real skills. The reason was very simple. If this place could really be seen through so easily, Niu Youdao wouldn't have come here to stroll leisurely. It couldn't be explained with the word 'luck'. If an opportunity came knocking on one's door and one didn't have the ability to control it, how could luck come about?
Yun Ji, who had been following them, witnessed everything and was secretly surprised. She asked, "Are we going out or where are we going?"
Yuan Fang turned around and chuckled. "To find the sun."
"The sun?" Yun Ji was stunned. She thought she heard wrong.
Guan Fangyi explained calmly, "It's the eye of the array. Only by finding the eye of the array can we open the Life Gate and leave."
"Oh!" Yun Ji nodded. She understood.
The moment they walked out of the canyon, the scene in front of them changed again. A magnificent palace appeared in front of them, catching them off guard. The canyon behind them had disappeared without a trace, and when they looked back, there was only a forest.
The palace had basically been covered by the passage of time. Glowing moss covered it, glowing vines entangled it, half-exposed walls, and upturned eaves. The outline of the palace was obvious, it was magnificent.
It was completely silent. Only the occasional glowing butterflies could be seen. Not even a single Rakshasa Butterfly could be seen.
Everyone stared blankly for a while before Yun Ji suddenly exclaimed: "Could this be the legendary Wu Dynasty Emperor Shang Song's temporary imperial residence?"
Guan Fangyi clicked her tongue and said, "I'm afraid there won't be a second one."
Yuan Fang looked around for a while. "Where's the sun?"
Yuan Gang looked at Niu Youdao and asked, "Is this palace the sun?"
Niu Youdao nodded his head slightly. He himself did not expect that the hidden Dunjia, the supreme of the Ten Stems, the hidden sun of the Seven Luminaries was actually this palace.
But thinking about it, it was understandable. If it was really Shang Song or Li Ge who had set up the formation, it would be normal for them to place their palaces in the Supreme Seat.
In other words, this palace was the eye of the entire formation.
"What do we do?" Guan Fangyi turned around to ask Niu Youdao what to do next.
Niu Youdao did not say anything else. After carefully inspecting the surroundings, his figure flashed, and with a few leaps, he directly landed outside the majestic palace gates.
The others followed him and followed him into the palace gate. It was completely silent, only the sound of their footsteps could be heard.
The palace's glory had been covered by the passage of time. It was bleak and desolate, but one could still feel its former grandeur.
"Aren't there many people who are looking for this palace? Since we're here, aren't we going to take a good look around? "
Niu Youdao teased with a smile when he saw everyone following closely behind him cautiously.
Guan Fangyi spat, "Is your life more important or the view more important? Stop fooling around. We don't have much time left. We need to leave this damned place before the Illusion Realm closes and find the eye of the formation to open the life door. "
Niu Youdao chuckled. His gaze fell on the tall palace in front of him and he led the group to the main hall of the palace.
Without climbing the steps, Niu Youdao flew up and landed on the roof, which was the highest point of the entire palace.
After looking around and calculating for a while, Niu Youdao's gaze finally fell on the center of the palace. There was a cylindrical palace there. He waved his hand and pointed. "If I'm not wrong, that's where the eye of the formation is."
He took the lead and the group followed.
One after another, they landed outside the cylindrical palace. However, they realized that there was more than one door in the palace. It seemed strange and no one dared to barge in.
This palace was obviously different from the other masonry buildings. It seemed to be made of metal.
Niu Youdao led the group around and realized that there were eight doors. The steps leading to the eight doors were also carefully arranged. Each door was tightly shut and there seemed to be no windows.
"Eight Trigrams!" Yuan Gang looked at Niu Youdao and said.
Niu Youdao nodded slightly and stood up in a flash. He landed on the top of the umbrella-shaped palace and slowly looked around. He pinched his fingers to calculate his position and flew down from the other side.
The group hurriedly ran to the other side and followed closely behind Niu Youdao. They did not dare to run around. They still clearly remembered the scene when the person who was following them suddenly disappeared.
"Heaven and Earth Reversal!" Niu Youdao pointed at the door lock pattern on the steps and said.
Yuan Gang immediately jumped up the steps and came to the door. He stared at the door lock pattern and carefully studied it. He pressed his five fingers on it and tried to turn it. There was a clicking sound from the door lock. After confirming that it could be turned, Yuan Gang did not hesitate and turned the pattern on the door lock.
After turning the door lock pattern and rearranging it neatly, the entire door frame seemed to shake with a "clang" and the entire door sunk in a little.
Yuan Gang pushed the door with both hands and the heavy metal door slowly opened with a dull whimper.
Yuan Gang took a step inside and looked around before turning back to nod at Niu Youdao who was waiting at the bottom of the steps.
Niu Youdao walked up the steps and the rest hurriedly followed. They carefully explored the palace.
There were no windows in the palace from the outside, but it was not as dark as they imagined it to be. There seemed to be spots of starlight seeping in. There were many crystals embedded in the roof which refracted the starlight onto the eight bronze pillars in the palace. It made the eight bronze pillars which were covered in veins exude a sense of eeriness and mystery.
Clang! When Niu Youdao's sword hit the ground, it made a crisp sound. He looked down and saw that it was a metal floor with veins on it.
His thoughts instantly returned to the ancient tomb where he was killed. This scene felt vaguely familiar.
"Why are you in a daze?" Guan Fangyi said.
Niu Youdao came back to his senses and looked around. He discovered that the hall was empty and had almost nothing else. There were only eight bronze pillars and a sealed octagonal pavilion sitting between the eight pillars. He didn't know what was stored inside.
As he walked, the sword in his hand also made a clanging sound. He could hear the actual situation under the metal floor.
After walking around the eight bronze pillars, he found that the octagonal pavilion in the middle also had eight patterned wheel locks facing eight directions.
When he walked around the eight bronze pillars for the second time, Niu Youdao pinched his fingers to calculate his position. Finally, he stopped at a position and stared at the pattern on the lock for a while. Slowly, he said, "Qian Kun Return!"
Yuan Gang immediately walked towards the lock and started to turn the pattern wheel. When he finished turning the pattern, the entire octagonal pavilion suddenly made a "ga ga" sound and started to turn, causing Yuan Gang to quickly retreat.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on it.
The octagonal pavilion turned one round at a moderate speed and stopped. Suddenly, a few cracks appeared. The entire octagonal pavilion was like a lotus flower blooming. Slowly, it flipped backwards.
Whoosh! A strong gust of wind leaked out from the cracked pavilion, causing the entire palace to feel as if a gale was howling. Everyone retreated cautiously.
Boom! The entire palace sank and shook. Everyone suddenly felt a surging force of the underworld spreading out.
The inside of the palace was still fine, but the outside of the palace was like a tsunami. The rumbling sound spread out like ripples in all directions, giving everyone the feeling that the world was turning upside down.
Everyone immediately went to the door to see what was happening outside. They saw all kinds of glowing plants being torn to pieces, flying in the air in a cloud of dust. The billowing dust rushed in all directions.
Not knowing why such a strange phenomenon had occurred, Niu Youdao flashed out and quickly flew to a higher roof to observe. The others also flew over to take a look.
Looking into the distance, one would know that the place they were at was like the center of an explosion. The circular clouds of dust mixed with the torn glowing plants spread out like a shockwave from the explosion. Wherever the shockwave passed, the moss and vines that covered the palace were swept away.
The entire palace seemed to have undergone a thorough cleansing. Wherever the shockwave passed, the palace was instantly restored to its original appearance. Everything attached to it was washed away, returning the palace to its original appearance.
Not only that, the shockwave rushed out of the palace and continued to cleanse the mountains, as if it wanted to tear apart all the disguises. Wherever the shockwave and dust passed, the mountains changed. The towering forest disappeared, and mountains appeared out of thin air on the originally flat land.
The smoke and dust gradually disappeared, and the loud rumbling sound also gradually subsided.
The surroundings returned to peace. However, the landscape of the mountains outside had completely changed. It was completely different from the terrain they had seen before.
Looking at the palace that had been cleansed, and then looking at the landscape outside the palace that had changed, everyone was speechless.
After a long while, Guan Fangyi asked in a daze, "What happened?"
Slowly, Niu Youdao frowned and said, "The array has been broken! It should have restored the original terrain that was changed by the array. The Life Gate should have opened, and we should be able to leave. "
Yun Ji exhaled a long breath and said, "Then let's try and see if we can get out."
Right at this moment, a faint and lazy 'moan' faintly sounded out. Even though the sound wasn't loud, everyone could still hear it clearly in the quietness of this place.
They all turned to look at the cylindrical palace. The sound seemed to be coming from there, and it seemed to be a human's voice.
However, everyone seemed to be there, and no one was missing. Yuan Gang suddenly asked Yuan Fang, "Where's Chao Shenghuai?"
Yuan Fang was stunned for a moment, then pointed at the cylindrical palace. "I was just passing by, so I put him down."
Yuan Gang said, "Bring him along."
Yuan Fang nodded and immediately flew off the roof, heading straight for the cylindrical palace.
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