Chapter 1514: Life and Death Castle

Flame Lion is not a qualified master; he does not teach disciples.

But Ye Liuyun is a good student.

He directly reads Flame Lion's understanding and feeling of space from his Sea of Consciousness, then tries to experience it himself.

With a ready-made path for reference, his learning progresses much faster.

At first, he still needed Flame Lion to bring him to the Ninth Layer Void, but after a few times Ye Liuyun could try on his own to break through the barrier of the Ninth Layer Void.

But initially, the time he could stay in the Ninth Layer Void was not long enough; he was always squeezed out by the immense spatial pressure, and still needed Flame Lion to accompany him to ensure his safety.

If it weren't for his strong physical body, he probably couldn't enter the Ninth Layer Void.

But once he had a start, everything afterward became much simpler.

Ye Liuyun, who had not broken through his spatial power for a long time, advanced another layer and was very delighted.

He spent the whole day busy cultivating his spatial power.

Flame Lion also therefore enjoyed abundant resources inside the Xuan Kong Shi, and by taking Ye Liuyun into the Ninth Layer Void several times a day, he began to condense his True Essence.

A few days later, Luo Yun and Guo Da each completed their own refining tasks, distributing the pills and armor to everyone.

Ya also returned the crocodile armor borrowed from Ye Liuyun to Ye Liuyun.

Everyone changed into armor made from Giant Lizard scales, except Ye Liuyun, who wore no armor.

He mainly still wanted to train his physical body more.

Even if he had to wear armor, the crocodile armor was already sufficient for him; there was no need yet to use Giant Lizard armor.

He also took out the resources found in the Giant Lizard's nest and wanted to distribute them to everyone, but everyone stopped him.

"You've already given us enough! These are all you risked to obtain; giving us more would be unreasonable!"

Meng Zhangxing advised.

Luo Yun also said: "Yes! We've already taken quite a bit of advantage from you.

If you keep giving us resources like this, we'll feel guilty in our hearts."

Everyone urged Ye Liuyun to take the things back; Ye Liuyun, helpless, had to collect those resources and let Liang Xue take whatever she could use.

"During these few days we've stopped, what's the situation with Luo Tianming?"

Guo Da asked about Luo Tianming.

"They are still two days' journey away from us!"

Ye Liuyun told everyone.

Hearing that, everyone also felt a bit panicked, immediately wanting to continue the journey and increase the distance.

Ye Liuyun put away his Heavenly Travel Boots, mounted Flame Lion, and together with everyone continued advancing deep into the Sunset Mountain Range.

They rushed at full speed, stopping nowhere along the way, and increased their distance from Luo Tianming by another day.

But Ye Liuyun's divination plate suddenly indicated that there was a large amount of energy resources not far ahead.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense also discovered that ahead was a stone-built castle; although rough, traces of human work could be seen.

"Such an obvious stone castle—if there were treasures inside, they should have been taken long ago!"

Meng Zhangxing felt strange.

"Yeah! Could it be because it's too dangerous inside?"

Guo Da also felt strange.

At that moment, Flame Lion told Ye Liuyun that the castle contained the living dead, who were very strong, so no one dared to enter.

Even the Giant Lizard had tried before, but the result was also being driven out.

Ye Liuyun also immediately conveyed this information to everyone.

"Living dead?

Zombies?"

Meng Zhangxing asked Ye Liuyun.

As for the exact situation inside, Flame Lion didn't know either; he only heard it secondhand, so Ye Liuyun couldn't answer this question.

"I'm worried it might be a Corpse Demon, so I want to go check it out.

If you're worried, just wait here for me!"

Ye Liuyun said to everyone.

"Or let's go together; maybe we can also help!"

Guo Da said: "Worst case, we'll just stay inside the formation and not come out."

"All right! Then let's go!"

Ye Liuyun also thought they had a formation, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

So they headed straight for the stone city.

Upon approaching, they saw that the castle had no gate, and there were actually characters above the doorway.

"Life and Death Fortress!"

Meng Zhangxing read the name aloud and couldn't help laughing: "This name is really low-quality!"

Ye Liuyun then carefully sensed it and found no evil aura; on the contrary, he felt a holy power attracting him.

"The power here is somewhat strange.

But it's definitely not a Corpse Demon!"

Ye Liuyun said to everyone.

"How is it strange?"

Luo Yun asked.

"It's like a relatively holy power!"

Ye Liuyun also couldn't tell.

"Not bad! I have this feeling too!"

A Ya suddenly spoke up, and her feeling was actually the same as Ye Liuyun's.

Meng Zhangxing heard that, frowned in puzzlement, and looked at the words on the city gate: "Uh... at least from this name, I can't tell!"

"I, on the other hand, don't have any scary feeling!"

Luo Yun also said.

"Then let's go in together and have a look!"

Guo Da said, urging his golden tiger beneath him to enter the castle.

Everyone rode on the ferocious beasts, slowly entering the city.

With high-level ferocious beasts present, their courage also grew a bit.

The castle's interior isn't large; the ground is paved with blue stone.

As soon as Ye Liuyun entered the castle, he heard Buddhist chants rising from within, the Buddha's voice drifting through the empty castle.

But seeing that no one else mentioned it, he asked a question.

However, aside from A Ya, everyone else heard nothing.

"What I heard is a very profound spell!"

A Ya said, "I thought you all heard it too!"

At that, several people were all stunned on the spot.

Ye Liuyun checked the Ten Thousand Gods Command, but there was no reaction.

That shows what he heard is definitely real, not an illusion.

"But why can't the others hear it?

"And why is what A Ya heard different from what I heard?"

Ye Liuyun was also doubtful in his heart.

As everyone was puzzled, the Buddhist chant Ye Liuyun heard seemed to grow stronger, turning into a multi-person chorus and beginning to speed up.

He suddenly felt that those who couldn't hear the Buddhist chant should not stay here.

"I suggest that I and A Ya stay behind to investigate, while everyone else withdraws outside to wait for us!"

Ye Liuyun proposed.

The other three also felt this place was indeed somewhat strange, so they all agreed, immediately withdrew outside the castle, set up a formation, and waited for Ye Liuyun.

As soon as they withdrew, the Buddhist chant Ye Liuyun heard became soft and gentle again.

"As soon as they left, the sound got smaller!"

A Ya felt the same.

Although they heard different sounds, it was obvious that they all sensed the change in sound after everyone left.

At this moment, the Flame Lion also told Ye Liuyun that it wanted to return to the Xuan Kong Shi to cultivate.

Then Ye Liuyun and A Ya also gathered up the ferocious beasts, and the two walked on foot toward the center of the castle.