"Only half of the Nascent Soul celestial phenomenon?" Mo Tiange and Qin Xi looked at each other with confusion on their faces.
Neither of them had thought about the Nascent Soul celestial phenomenon.
Mo Tiange had the experience of forming her Gold Core in the Virtual Sky World, and Qin Xi also formed his Nascent Soul there. The Virtual Sky World was a closed space that couldn't attract the spiritual aura of heaven and earth, so it was impossible for celestial phenomena to occur inside.
As for the outside world, the Immortal Palace was torn open, so it was also a closed space. They also didn't expect celestial phenomena to occur.
"What happened?" Qin Xi asked.
Jing Xingzhi said, "You don't know?
Just now, there was a spiritual light around your cave, so I knew you should've come out.
But the sound of wind and thunder didn't appear, and the spiritual light dispersed. The whole process took less than an hour. "
It was indeed only an hour since they came out of the Virtual Sky World.
Seeing that the two of them were deep in thought, Jing Xingzhi couldn't help but ask, "What's going on? Tell me!"
Qin Xi asked, "Tell me, why did the Nascent Soul celestial phenomenon appear?"
"Of course it's because of advancing to the Nascent Soul realm and using one's own strength to trigger the spiritual aura of heaven and earth …" Jing Xingzhi answered halfway and paused, seeming to have understood something.
"You also realized it, right?
Spiritual aura of heaven and earth — how much spiritual aura can there be in a closed space?
How could it trigger the Nascent Soul celestial phenomenon? "
"…" Jing Xingzhi was silent, thinking about what Mo Tiange said.
It was common knowledge in the cultivation world that celestial phenomena would occur when a cultivator advanced to the Gold Core realm.
It was also known why celestial phenomena were born.
When a cultivator advanced to the Gold Core realm, heaven and earth sensed the cultivator's powerful strength, triggering the fluctuation of spiritual aura and thus celestial phenomena.
For cultivators, the so-called spiritual aura of heaven and earth was the spiritual aura existing between heaven and earth. This kind of spiritual aura was different from the spiritual aura produced by spirit veins; it was the original primordial energy existing between heaven and earth. Therefore, even in places without spirit veins, cultivators could still cultivate.
This was a problem for an enclosed space.
Without spirit veins, there wouldn't be too much spiritual aura. In other words, the spiritual aura of heaven and earth was too little to trigger celestial phenomena.
"I see."
Jing Xingzhi understood. "The spiritual aura of heaven and earth in this Immortal Palace wasn't enough to trigger the Nascent Soul celestial phenomenon, so the spiritual light dispersed so quickly?"
"Not only that."
Qin Xi said, "What I also want to say is, how big is the entire Immortal Palace? Excluding the spiritual aura produced by the spirit veins and these high grade spirit stones, how much spiritual aura can there be?
Even a half-completed Celestial Phenomenon Ascendant wouldn't be able to withstand it, right? "
"This …" Jing Xingzhi reacted quickly and immediately said, "You're saying that this immortal palace isn't sealed?
Or should I say, it's not fully enclosed? "
Qin Xi nodded. "You're right. If half of the celestial phenomenon really appeared, it means there's a lot of spiritual aura there. At the very least, it should include the spiritual aura on the spiritual mountain outside!"
The meaning of these words, Jing Xingzhi was all too clear.
If the barrier between the Mystical Palace and the Mystical Mountain was cracked to begin with, it would be much easier for them to destroy the barrier.
The entrance that connected Spirited Mountain to the outside world was created by the Five Saints using the space-tearing technique from the Immortal Palace. It was very stable and could be used to exit directly.
"If I can find the crack in the restriction between the Immortal Palace and the Spirited Mountain …"
Mo Tiange looked at the delighted Jing Xingzhi and said, "Fellow Daoist Jing, don't be too happy too early. The restrictions in this Immortal Palace are far beyond our realm. Besides, the Immortal Palace is so big; how could it be easy to find the crack?"
Jing Xingzhi waved his hand indifferently and said, "You're right, but there's more hope than before, isn't there?
That's a good thing. "
"… Alright, you're right."
If they could really find the crack in the space, the Xuanxu Cloud-Connecting Formation would have a higher chance of success.
The three of them talked for a while more before Jing Xingzhi took his leave.
The restrictions in the Immortal Palace were so brilliant that finding the crack wasn't something that could be done overnight.
Soon after, Mo Tiange and Jing Xingzhi went back to the underground palace to see Yang Chengji.
Yang Chengji was very happy to see her successfully advancing to the Nascent Soul realm.
The four of them were now grasshoppers on a rope. Mo Tiange successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul realm, which meant she was one step closer to their goal.
However, this also urged him to seize the time.
Only three Nascent Soul cultivators weren't enough. Using the Xuanxu Cloud-Connecting Formation required five mediums. Him advancing to the Nascent Soul realm was just one more, so he had to think of another way.
After leaving the underground palace, the two of them were about to return to their Immortal's Cave when Feifei, who had been crouching on Mo Tiange's shoulder, said, "Wait, I'll take you to a place."
"Huh?
What place? "Could there be a good place in this Immortal Palace that Feifei took a fancy to?
"Just follow me," Feifei said, jumped down from Mo Tiange's shoulder, turned around, and ran.
The two of them glanced at each other then followed.
Feifei was very sensitive to the aura of spiritual treasures, so it must've found some kind of treasure.
After Yang Chengji practiced the Primordial Devil Art, the aura of the Primordial Devil in the Immortal Palace basically disappeared, and the Deification refined corpses were trapped in the valley. Now, there were only some refined corpses and demonic beasts with low cultivation levels in this Immortal Palace, so the danger was greatly reduced.
Although Feifei was a spiritual beast and didn't have any offensive spells, it was very brave. Presumably, in the past twenty years, it had searched every corner of the Immortal Palace.
Two people and one beast went further and further away from the buildings of the Immortal Palace, deep into the back mountain.
This Immortal Palace occupied a very vast area, even including part of the mountain range.
Back then, Fu Yao Zi said that the depths of the back mountain was the real interior of the Immortal Palace. From what he saw, it might be the location of the Immortal's Cave of the cultivator with the highest cultivation level in this Ice Palace. However, he and the other four people couldn't enter because of time constraints and their low cultivation levels.
When she entered the Immortal Palace that year, Mo Tiange didn't think about entering the back mountain. They also didn't have much time, and their divine abilities and wisdom were inferior to the Five Saints, so it would be a waste of time to come.
Later, when she was trapped in the Immortal Palace, leaving the Immortal Palace became her biggest goal, so she naturally didn't think about it.
Since even Fu Yao Zi didn't recommend her to come and explore, it meant that the possibility of her entering was almost zero, so why should she waste time?
Besides, she had already obtained great benefits from the Immortal Palace, so being too greedy wasn't a good thing.
She followed Feifei until they reached a dense forest. She saw Feifei darting in and out of the forest, seemingly following some kind of pattern.
The more Mo Tiange followed, the more baffled she became. In the end, she suddenly remembered something. "Is this a formation?"
Feifei stopped and turned to look at her. "Your reaction isn't slow at all!"
Ignoring its tone, Mo Tiange asked, "What's going on?
This formation is very clever; I can't see any clues at all. How did you know how to break it? "
"This isn't the way to break it," Feifei said.
"This is the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation that was widely spread in the Distant Past era. This formation doesn't have any lethality, and it's mainly used to prevent others from entering. As long as you understand the footwork, you can enter.
This formation is a simplified version of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation. Presumably, many of its mysteries have been lost since the Distant Past era. "
"I see …" She felt strange. Feifei had no interest in formations, so how could it suddenly understand ancient formations? "Then, do you know how to break it?"
Feifei glanced at her. "I know how to walk. I don't know how to set it up."
"…"
As they spoke, their vision suddenly brightened. They were already out of the dense forest.
"This is …" Upon seeing the scene in front of them, both Mo Tiange and Qin Xi were dumbfounded.
In front of them was a small valley with luxuriant grass, strange rocks, waterfalls, and clear blue pond water.
In terms of scenery, this small valley could be regarded as quiet and elegant — it was an excellent place to stay. However, no matter how beautiful the scenery was, it was nothing in the cultivation world. Their cultivation group's encampment was a celestial mountain, and there were many places with beautiful scenery.
However, there was an extremely clever blocking formation outside this small valley, and Feifei was so cautious. Could it be that there was something special about this place?
With this thought in mind, the two of them glanced at the scenery in front of them one by one.
After looking for a long time, they didn't find anything unusual.
The spiritual aura … was quite dense, but it was only a little bit denser than the immortal palace outside. It was nothing compared to the Virtual Sky World.
There were also some spiritual plants, but they weren't any special species.
Moreover, there didn't seem to be any mineral deposits.
After looking for a long time, Mo Tiange was still very confused, so she asked directly, "Feifei, why did you bring us here?
Are there any treasures here? "
Feifei was squatting by the pond to wash its claws. After it finished washing, it began to comb its golden fur.
"The treasures are right in front of us!" it said lazily.
"Right in front of us?" Qin Xi's eyes moved. He suddenly approached the pond and squatted down. "Could it be this water?"
Feifei rolled on a big rock by the pond. "You have a good eye!" It was obviously a compliment, but when it came out of its mouth, it felt awkward.
However, the two of them were used to it, so they both ignored its tone.
Mo Tiange walked closer, scooped up a handful of water, and looked at it carefully for a while. She felt it was no different from ordinary spiritual water, and the spiritual aura inside was very weak, not even comparable to the famous spiritual springs in the Celestial Pole.
As for what was special … it seemed to be very clean, so clean that there were almost no impurities, which was very rare in spiritual springs.
"This is Spirit-Tempering Water."
Feifei didn't let them be confused for too long. "It's the cleanest water in the world; it can wash away all impurities."
"Ah!"
Mo Tiange was a little surprised. She once wanted to get rid of the remaining devil aura on the Fusheng Sword, but she couldn't find a suitable method. Feifei told her there used to be a kind of treasure in this world called Spirit-Tempering Water, which was the nemesis of devil aura.
Unfortunately, this thing had long disappeared from the world, and she couldn't find any clues to find it.
Later, Fu Yaozi woke up. He wasn't afraid of the devil aura on the Fusheng Sword at all, so Mo Tiange didn't worry about it anymore. She didn't expect to see Spirit-Tempering Water here.
"Whether it's concocting pills or refining tools, adding Spirit-Tempering Water can greatly improve the success rate.
If you can refine it into a magic weapon, it'll be even better. This thing is the nemesis of devil aura, so it'll be very easy to deal with devil cultivators. "
Mo Tiange finally understood.
No wonder there was a strange formation outside this valley; it turned out there was such a treasure inside. During the war between the righteous and the devil, this Spirit-Tempering Water showed its effect.
Without hesitation, she took out the Fusheng Sword from her Qiankun Ring and dipped the sword into the pond.
With a "chi" sound, the Fusheng Sword emitted a light smoke, and the devil aura attached to the sword dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye.