Chapter 815: Twelve Yuanchen Treasure Pillars

This was a hall whose end could not be seen by the naked eye; it was a full thousand meters high. Only after Li Zhangsheng used the Heavenly Vision and Earthly Hearing Secret Technique to carefully examine it did he discover that this was, in fact, a hall.

Compared to this palace, let alone Flame King Di Zhiyi's Fire Crystal Palace, even the Baisheng King Palace paled in comparison; the gap was simply too vast.

The materials of the palace were extremely luxurious. The floor was paved with Mysterious Yellow Glazed Bricks, a type of brick embedded with wisps of Mysterious Yellow Qi. It was a fine material for artifact refining, and a small piece cost over a hundred Soul Crystals on the market.

Given the massive area of this hall, the value of these Mysterious Yellow Glazed Bricks alone was an astronomical figure.

Besides the Mysterious Yellow Glazed Bricks, there were many, many other precious materials.

In other words, the construction cost of this palace alone was such that even if a Double-Character King were to exhaust their entire fortune, they likely could not produce even one-tenth of it.

Some Emperors and Sovereigns without deep foundations might not necessarily have such capital either.

Terrifying indeed!

It was unknown whether this hall was created by the Heavenly Dao itself or built by someone else. If it were the latter, one could only imagine how powerful its owner must have been while alive.

Under the Heavenly Vision and Earthly Hearing Secret Technique, everything in the hall was completely encompassed.

The hall was very spacious; apart from the twelve pillars made entirely of Seeking Dao Jade, there was nothing else.

Each of these twelve pillars was over ten meters in diameter, and each was carved with a different animal pattern.

Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig!

These were the Twelve Yuanchen. The Twelve Yuanchen were related to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and thus also corresponded to the Twelve Zodiacs, governing the twelve months while each person corresponded to two solar terms.

Each pillar was semi-transparent, and one could vaguely see various treasures suspended within them.

Li Zhangsheng could not help but feel familiar with such a scene, because didn't the Fire Crystal Palace in Flame King Di Zhiyi's Secret Realm have a similar layout? It was just that the scale was far inferior to this palace, and the configuration was only thirty-six Tiangang Guiyuanzhu.

Li Zhangsheng had only absorbed a portion of Flame King Di Zhiyi's memories, and there was not much regarding the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm; he only knew that Flame King Di Zhiyi had also come here in his early years, but as for his experiences in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, he knew nothing.

However, judging from the layout of the Fire Crystal Palace and this palace, Flame King Di Zhiyi had very likely been here; otherwise, the layout of the Fire Crystal Palace could not have been so similar to this one.

In addition to these, Li Zhangsheng also saw four sealed portals, corresponding to the east, south, west, and north gates, though he did not know where they led.

Furthermore, Li Zhangsheng was surprised to discover that he could project his Mental Power here, but when he used his Mental Power to scan the nearest Twelve Yuanchen Treasure Pillar, he could not penetrate it.

Clearly, the Twelve Yuanchen Treasure Pillar possessed an inherent function to block Mental Power.

Li Zhangsheng did not feel disappointed; at worst, he would wait for himself or his opponents to break the Twelve Yuanchen Treasure Pillar, or wait for the Twelve Yuanchen Treasure Pillar to open automatically. He believed his special abilities would then have a place to be used.

If nothing unexpected happened, Li Zhangsheng felt that the rules here should be similar to those of the Fire Crystal Palace.

Just as Li Zhangsheng was preparing to test the treasure pillar, intense spatial ripples emerged not far away, and two figures entered the hall simultaneously.

The two were Ning Bizhen and Yan Wanling. This did not exceed Li Zhangsheng's expectations; Yan Wanling was the only King to enter the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm this time, and as long as she did not intentionally give up, it was inevitable that she would come here.

There was no need to elaborate on Ning Bizhen's strength. With Li Zhangsheng's help, she possessed five Demon Beast-level Demon Pets, two of which were Half-Step Epic Quality Demi-God Beasts; her strength was enough to contend with a King for a short while.

If Li Zhangsheng was at the very peak of the Pseudo-Kings, then Ning Bizhen was in the stage just below, so it was likewise not surprising that she had arrived here.

Ning Bizhen immediately brought her Demon Pets to Li Zhangsheng's side. Yan Wanling and another Top-tier Pseudo-King named Wen Zetao were both clear about the relationship between them.

Because of this, even if Ning Bizhen had the heart to hide it and appear as a stranger to Li Zhangsheng on the surface, it was simply impossible to do so.

However, Wen Zetao did not stand on Yan Wanling's side, but rather stood on the other side, because in his view, the greatest threat was always Yan Wanling.

In the third round of trials just now, all of Wen Zetao's energy had been focused on the Demon King-level Spirit Beast, and he had absolutely no spare energy to observe Li Zhangsheng; otherwise, he might have made a different choice.

The four people were temporarily divided into three camps, eyeing each other.

Just at this moment, an inexplicable piece of information instantly flooded into the minds of the four.

This information was naturally related to the Twelve Yuanchen Treasure Pillars in this hall. From now on, Li Zhangsheng and the other three had ten minutes to forcibly break the Twelve Yuanchen Treasure Pillars.

After ten minutes passed, the Restriction outside the Twelve Yuanchen Treasure Pillars would automatically dissipate, and the treasures stored inside would automatically detach from the pillars; at that time, it would be up to the contestants to use their own means.

Additionally, if no one blocked them, these treasures would fly into the four portals, and it would then be impossible to collect any more treasures.

These four portals appeared sealed, but in reality, they did not guard against these treasures.

Simply put, they guarded against people, not treasures.

In addition to these rules, there were also rules attached regarding advancing to the core area.

There was only one spot, and the condition for advancement was related to the quantity of treasures seized; the person who seized the most treasures would obtain the advancement spot.

If multiple people seized the same and largest quantity of treasures, then they would have to rely on themselves to make a decision. Since there was only one spot, it would likely still be settled through force.

"Sure enough, Flame King Di Zhiyi copied the rules of this hall!"

Li Zhangsheng was somewhat speechless; apart from the advancement rules, everything else was exactly the same as the Fire Crystal Palace.

At this time, Yan Wanling and the other Top-tier Pseudo-King named Wen Zetao immediately took action, impatiently commanding their Demon Pets to attack the nearest Twelve Yuanchen Treasure Pillar.

Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen exchanged a glance. They did not act immediately, but instead, as if by tacit agreement, took out a Luck Incense Candle.

When they lit the Luck Incense Candles, Yan Wanling and Wen Zetao, who were constantly watching them, were both stunned for a moment, completely unable to fathom their actions.

After Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen each poured a wisp of Mental Power into them, the Luck Incense Candles transformed into the shape of arrows and began to take effect.

Li Zhangsheng's Luck Incense Candle pointed to the north, while Ning Bizhen's pointed to the east.

In these two directions, there were three Twelve Yuanchen Treasure Pillars each, though the distances were different.

Seeing the Luck Incense Candles take effect, both of them felt a surge of joy and immediately took action.

Time was limited; they had to collect more treasures as quickly as possible to obtain the only spot.

(End of chapter)