Time zipped by. Soon, five years had passed.
Lord Li and the others were eager to explore, but the Rhinoceros Race had sent some patriarchs to the Ancient Rhinoceros Realm. Once Lord Li and the others went in, they would be hunted down by the Rhinoceros Race.
The Rhinoceros Race had sent many scouts to track them down. They had to run or else they would all be killed.
Lu Li had been cultivating over the years. He could not go out anyway, so he had been cultivating quietly in there.
He had been making rapid progress in the laws inside the Gong Huangding. He thought he might as well cultivate until he was done.
Blood Fairy had been studying Divine Glyphs in the Gong Huangding. She did not disturb Lu Li when he was cultivating.
Lu Li had made some progress with the laws inside the Gong Huangding. Over the years, his progress was even faster. He was only half a step away from complete mastery.
The reason why he could learn the laws so quickly was because of the spiritual connection between him and the Gong Huangding.
The Gong Huangding was a supreme weapon, a relic with intelligence. Through the Gong Huangding, Lu Li could have a clearer understanding of the laws inside.
This strange world was quiet as well. It was eerily quiet. There was no sound.
The coldness here was horrifying. It would come out from the main hall at all times. If it were not for the fact that Lu Li's State of Dharma was operating all the time to absorb the coldness, he would have been frozen into a popsicle.
The coldness in Lu Li's State of Dharma had gathered. The clouds had turned into a sea of clouds.
Some of the coldness had been condensed by the State of Dharma into some pure white coldness that was similar to Divine Liquid. As for the power, Lu Li did not know. He would have to experiment to find out.
Time zipped by. Soon, three years had passed!
Finally, Lu Li woke up. He had learned all the rules in the Gong Huang Ding. He was exhausted after several years of closed-door cultivation. He didn't even have the time to check around. Instead, he dashed into the Dharma Realm.
He fell asleep inside the Dharma Realm. After sleeping for a few days, his body flashed out of the Dharma Realm.
The strange ruins looked the same. Nothing had changed. After a while, Lu Li said to Blood Fairy, "Blood Fairy, I think it has been many years.
How is it? "
Blood Fairy transmitted her voice over. "Master, I've improved tremendously in the field of Divine Inscriptions. The Divine Inscriptions here are too strong, far beyond my understanding.
Hmm … Many of the divine inscriptions in the two halls near the main hall are broken. I've already deciphered a small part of them and found a few safe paths. Do you want to come in and take a look?
There seems to be some wonderful places inside. "
"Oh?"
Of course, Lu Li was interested. He said at once, "Quick, show me the way. Show me around!"
Blood Fairy dashed out and led Lu Li into the hall. In front of the main hall, there were many broken Divine Glyphs. Many of the Divine Glyphs were horrifying. Lu Li could not afford to take one wrong step. One wrong step could lead him into a bottomless abyss.
He carefully walked around the plaza in front of him. There were many collapsed stone pillars in front of the plaza, as well as many sculptures. Most of them were broken and collapsed. One of the corners of the plaza was even shattered, and he could still see the densely packed Divine Runes inside.
Lu Li went around the plaza and entered the main hall. The front of the main hall had collapsed. Half of the main hall was covered up. Lu Li could not see inside.
Lu Li followed Blood Fairy to a corner. Inside, he could see many places were covered in mist. Many parts of the main hall were covered up. Lu Li could not see anything. He could not even use psychic power.
"Those are Divine Glyphs. Do not touch them. You can trigger formations of destruction!"
Blood Fairy explained. Then, she led Lu Li in.
Since Blood Fairy knew the way, she knew it. Lu Li followed her. Then, they came to a side door. Lu Li was surprised. "Are we not going to the main hall?"
He had entered the main hall. Unfortunately, most of the main hall was covered in mist. He could not see inside. He could not sense anything even with the Trace of Dao. All he could sense was a blur.
Lu Li had thought that Blood Fairy would bring him to the main hall. Unexpectedly, they went to a side hall.
"Main hall …"
After a pause, Blood Fairy said, "The Divine Glyphs in the main hall are too strong. I cannot solve them even if I study here for hundreds of years. I am only able to come here because many Divine Glyphs have been destroyed. Otherwise, you would not be able to come in."
"Oh, I see!"
Lu Li was disappointed. The main hall was the largest, with a radius of three hundred miles. Only half of the main hall had collapsed. The other half was still intact.
There must be something valuable in the main hall. The cold air must have come from the main hall. It was a pity that there was no way to go in.
Lu Li followed Blood Fairy into a corridor on the side. After a few more miles, they arrived at a side hall. Over half of the side hall had been destroyed. Only a small part of it was still intact.
On one of the collapsed walls, Lu Li saw the words "Ice Cloud Shop".
The words were written in an ancient style. Lu Li could understand them. There was something special about the three words that could not be detected with psychic power. When Lu Li looked at the three words, he was touched.
Blood Fairy stared at the three words for a while. She became confused.
Seeing that Lu Li seemed to have understood something, Blood Fairy did not disturb him. Instead, she began to study the Divine Glyphs nearby.
Lu Li stood there for a whole day. He opened his eyes, but he was still confused. He did not see through the meaning of the three characters. He did not sense any laws or Dao from them. He just felt there was something miraculous about it, as if it contained the truth of heaven and earth. Yet, he could not sense anything when he tried to pursue it.
He didn't waste any more time and slowly walked inside. After avoiding a few clouds of mist, he entered the well-preserved part of the side hall. He also found something very interesting.
Was this side hall a study?
There was a square table made of white jade with writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table. Perhaps, due to the passage of time, the paper had been weathered, the brushes were broken, and the ink was dried. But the inkstone was well preserved.
Lu Li took a look at the table and then at the wall on the left. There was a piece of calligraphy left on the wall. Since the calligraphy was carved with a weapon, it was well preserved. The handwriting was graceful and lively. Clearly, it was the work of a lady.
There was a poem written on it, but Lu Li's attention wasn't on how well it was written. Instead, he was paying attention to the signature – Ice Queen.
Lu Li tried to recall the warriors at the absolute completion in history. He once read about some famous warriors in the Grim Reaper, for example, the warriors of the eight galaxies and the Immortal Region. But Ice Queen's name was not mentioned.
Theoretically speaking, this Ice Queen must be a very famous and powerful warrior at the absolute completion since she had such a strong palace and such a strong cold air. Not even the master of the Rhinoceros Ape Race dared to come in rashly.
"Maybe I'm just ignorant?
I can look into it when I have the chance. "
Lu Li nodded. He looked at the graceful and lively words. He could sense a mysterious Daoist rhythm in the words. The Daoist rhythm was one hundred times stronger than the one on the plaque outside.