When Mu Chen and the other two stepped into the deep cyan-coloured door, rays of light seemed to condense before their eyes. When they focused their gazes once again, a simple and unadorned palace with a majestic aura appeared in their line of sight.
The interior of the hall was paved with bluestone, and many stone pillars that seemed to be engraved with storms stood erect, as if they were supporting the entire hall. At the center of the hall, there was a quiet pond, and there were water lilies growing in the pond. At this moment, there was green smoke rising from the pond, and it filled the entire hall.
When Mu Chen and the rest inhaled a little of the smoke, the three of them narrowed their eyes and their expressions changed. That's because they realised that the smoke contained extremely pure and boundless Spiritual Energy.
"That pond water …" Mu Chen's eyes flickered with light as he looked at the pond water and couldn't help licking his lips.
"That's the pond water formed from Sovereign Spiritual Liquid!"
Jiu You couldn't help exclaiming with astonishment in her eyes. She was clearly a little shocked by the wealth of the Wind Mansion. To use Sovereign Spiritual Liquid to form such a pure pond water, it would require at least a hundred million drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.
Although the pond water before them was much thinner, if it was refined into Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, it wouldn't be less than fifty million … Even for the current Great Heaven Domain, it wasn't a small amount.
"Truly worthy of being one of the Nine Mansions, how rich."
Mu Chen exclaimed. However, he wasn't in a hurry to collect the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid. Instead, he raised his head and swept his gaze around the palace.
Sweeping his gaze, he immediately focused on the depths of the palace. There were two extremely thick stone pillars with a lustre blossoming at the top of the pillars. Within the lustre, there were two items.
An azure feathered fan and an azure jade scroll.
Mu Chen's gaze immediately focused on the azure feathered fan and he couldn't help narrowing his eyes as he exclaimed in shock, "That's … a Saint Artifact?!"
Although the fan was extremely quiet, Mu Chen could sense a heart-palpitating fluctuation coming from it. It wasn't something that a Quasi-Saint Artifact could possess.
Therefore, it must be a genuine Saint Artifact!
Moreover, that green jade scroll was definitely not an ordinary object. Otherwise, it wouldn't be placed side by side with the feathered fan.
"The Ancient Haven Palace is truly worthy of its reputation."
Jiu You sighed. The Wind Mansion Lord was only a Lesser Earth Sovereign when he was alive, but he possessed a genuine Saint Artifact. Just this alone was enough to make the eyes of those pinnacle forces in the Northern Region turn red. After all, even Mandala had obtained a Saint Artifact left behind by the Fourth Palace Master because of Mu Chen.
"Looks like our harvest this time isn't small." Lin Jing's eyes beamed as she chuckled.
"Although the treasure is good, I'm afraid that it won't be easy to obtain it."
However, Mu Chen shook his head as he pointed towards the back of the Spiritual Pool. There were layers of stone stairs that led upwards. On the two sides of the stone stairs, there were many seats. On those seats, there were many figures standing on the left and right of those seats.
Those silhouettes had all sorts of runes engraved on their robes. Some of them were Azure Jiaos, some were Golden Jiaos, there were even two White Dragons and one Azure Dragon …
Evidently, they were all experts of the Wind Mansion, with the highest amongst them being an Azure Dragon Disciple. Judging from his position, his position in the Wind Mansion wasn't low.
Their bodies were preserved in a much more complete state than the skeletons outside. In fact, even their flesh and blood could be seen. However, there was still a frozen expression on their faces that seemed to be filled with fear.
When the Fiend Clans appeared, torrential evil aura surged in and they had clearly sensed it. But before they could put up any defences, the evil aura had already taken away their lives.
"They're just corpses without any vitality."
Lin Jing wasn't bothered about it as she waved her hand and a gale of Spiritual Energy swept out.
As the gale swept out, those silhouettes were instantly reduced to dust and dissipated.
In just a few breaths' time, the hall had become empty.
However, the faces of Mu Chen's group gradually turned grave as they looked at the end of the stairs. Unknowingly, a silhouette had appeared on the stone seat.
He wore an azure robe and looked to be a middle-aged man with a dignified expression on his face. Vaguely, there was a powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuation that slowly spread out from his body.
When Mu Chen's group of three looked at the azure-robed middle-aged man, the corner of their eyes uncontrollably twitched. Judging from his position and bearing, the identity of this person was self-evident … he must be the Mansion Lord of this Wind Mansion.
The hall was silent and Mu Chen's group of three did not move as they fixed their eyes on the Wind Mansion Lord. That's because they weren't sure if this was a corpse or … a demonic being that had been infected by the demonic aura.
Under their gazes, the Wind Mansion Lord's body trembled a long time later before his eyes, which had been shut for tens of thousands of years, slowly opened.
His pupils were pitch-black with a faint trace of crimson, looking extremely evil.
"Pfft." Lin Jing couldn't help rolling her eyes.
Mu Chen and Jiu You sourly glanced at her. "You're really a jinx."
Before entering this place, Lin Jing had casually mentioned that the Wind Mansion Lord shouldn't be infected by the evil aura. She never expected that her words would come true.
"Then, should we run?" Lin Jing pouted her lips.
Mu Chen briefly pondered before he said, "Let's give it a try?"
He cast a glance at the Spiritual Pool that was filled with Spiritual Energy, as well as the azure Saint Artifact Fan and the scroll. He couldn't help licking his lips.
Even a genuine Earth Sovereign would be tempted by those treasures, not to mention him.
Didn't they enter the Ancient Haven Palace to search for opportunities to strengthen themselves? Since the opportunity was right before them, they wouldn't be willing to give it up so easily.
"Hehe, let's give it a try, then!"
When Lin Jing heard his words, her eyes flashed with eagerness. Clearly, with her character, she didn't want to be frightened and leave.
Jiu You gently nodded his head. Since no one was willing to leave, then they could join hands and give it a try. He hoped that the strength of the Wind Mansion Lord had already weakened the Earth Sovereign Realm.
When the three of them came to an agreement, the Wind Mansion Lord's pitch-black eyes fixed onto Mu Chen before he raised his feet and stomped down.
Boom!
A black gale abruptly burst out from beneath his feet, tearing space apart as it swept towards Mu Chen's group of three at lightning speed. In the path of the gale, space had collapsed.
Rustle!
Just when the storm was about to reach Mu Chen's group of three, a cold lustre suddenly appeared. Lin Jing's Spiritual Frost Puppet had made a move first. It stood before the storm and slashed down with an icy longsword.
A hundred-foot cold aura soared like a python and clashed with the black storm.
Boom!
Space seemed to have exploded apart as a powerful shockwave that was visible to the naked eye swept out, causing the fluctuating space to continuously emit muffled thunder like sounds.
Rumble!
The Spiritual Frost Puppet's body trembled violently at this moment, and it was blasted away by the terrifying counterforce. It slammed into a huge stone pillar, and the stone pillar was instantly shattered into powder.
It was just a single move and the Spiritual Frost Puppet, whose strength was comparable to a Perfected Ninth Grade Sovereign, was in a disadvantageous position.
Looking at this scene, the faces of Mu Chen's group of three uncontrollably changed. Evidently, the strength of the Wind Mansion Lord had exceeded their expectations.
According to their estimations, although the Wind Mansion Lord had preserved his body due to the corrosion of the evil aura, his strength had fallen after tens of thousands of years. But they never expected that even after being weakened, the strength of the Wind Mansion Lord still exceeded ordinary Perfected Ninth Grade Sovereigns.
Huff.
Mu Chen deeply inhaled a mouthful of air as a cold light shot out from his eyes. He clenched his fist as a brilliance surged and a scarlet armour appeared in his hand. On his body, a sinister scarlet armour appeared with a scarlet dragon coiling on it.
It was the Crimson Dragon Spear and Crimson Dragon Armour that Mu Chen had obtained from Xia Hong. It was a set of Quasi-Saint Artifacts with powerful might. At the same time, it was also the first time that Mu Chen had brought them out after obtaining them.
Boom!
With the battle armour covering him and the spear pointing out, the boundless Spiritual Energy around Mu Chen surged. The powerful Spiritual Energy pressure was something that even a Perfected Ninth Grade Sovereign would be fearful of.
The Spiritual Frost Puppet slowly rose into the sky and pointed its icy longsword at the Wind Mansion Lord.
Transparent crystal-like flames surged around Jiu You, causing the temperature in the entire hall to soar. It was so much so that even space had distorted from the high temperature.
Lin Jing's face had also turned more serious at this moment. Her slender hand emanated a lustrous white lustre that gathered on her palm, forming into ancient runes that vaguely emanated a heart-palpitating fluctuation.
The three of them and the Spiritual Frost Puppet had unleashed a powerful pressure at this moment. The pressure that was being emitted from the Wind Mansion Lord had also dissipated.
Roar!
Facing this formation, even if the Wind Mansion Lord didn't have any intellect, he could still sense danger. Thus, he unleashed a deep roar and the demonic aura on his body grew even more vigorous.
Sensing the boundless energy surging in his body, Mu Chen's eyes flashed with fighting intent and he no longer hesitated. He stomped his foot and his silhouette burst out.
"Get him!"
At the same time, his roar rumbled like thunder that resounded throughout the hall.