Chapter 484: Spring Eye Pearl

"Boom~"

Hua Changxi's timing in appearing at the array eye platform was also coincidental, as she happened to encounter the vibration of the array eye seal.

Then the entire stone platform suddenly began to tremble violently, as if thousands of ferocious beasts deep underground were madly charging, determined to break through the shackles.

On the stone platform, array patterns and runes lit up together, sending out rings of light waves in an attempt to suppress the shaking platform. Unfortunately, even so, they could barely stop wisps of black demonic aura from seeping out.

Fortunately, before these demonic auras could spread in the air, they were directly absorbed by the black-green alchemy furnace suspended mid-air.

The vibration continued for about a quarter of an hour before gradually subsiding.

After this bout of vibration, the already deep black-green alchemy furnace became even darker in color. At the same time, several more cracks appeared out of nowhere on the surface of the eighteen human-shaped stone carvings on the array platform.

Watching this scene, Hua Changxi felt that the array eye platform was like the cork of a giant bottle buried deep underground; the demonic aura inside the bottle swelled and wanted to escape, but it was only by the desperate block of this 'bottle cork' that the gas was barely prevented from gushing out.

However, this bottle cork was already covered in cracks; how much longer could it hold?

Hua Changxi stared at the array eye platform, her brows furrowed tightly.

After the spiritual energy began to recover, most of the seals in the entire Four Spirit Realm, including the realm walls, started to loosen.

The loosening of the seals had both good and bad aspects.

The good: relics and secret realms appeared one after another.

The bad: externally, the loosening of the realm walls would attract the covetous gazes of cultivators from other realms; internally, the loosening of evil-suppressing seals such as the Demon Prison would cause demonic aura to escape and pollute the human world.

The array eye platform of the Dan Sheng Hall was slightly more stable than that of the Qi Sheng Palace.

At least, the human-shaped stone carvings on the array eye platform had not been destroyed.

Hua Changxi looked at the black-green alchemy furnace floating in the center of the array eye platform, lost in thought.

The original color of the alchemy furnace should have been emerald green; it had turned black-green because it had absorbed a large amount of demonic aura.

However, everything has its limits. She thought that once the furnace turned completely black, it would probably no longer be able to continue absorbing demonic aura.

The Southern Bright Li Fire could burn away evil aura. If she could temper the furnace with Li Fire, perhaps she could incinerate the absorbed demonic aura and restore the furnace to its original color.

Thinking this, Hua Changxi lightly tapped her toes and was about to fly up onto the platform, but she keenly sensed a faint fluctuation of spiritual power east of the array eye platform.

She immediately restrained her spiritual power, landed lightly, and instead cautiously walked toward the east side of the array eye platform.

"Oh no, has Hua Changxi discovered us?"

To the east of the array eye platform, an invisible transparent light curtain hung in the air.

Behind the light curtain, seven or eight middle-aged cultivators in green robes were staring intently outside the light curtain.

These people were all core inheritance elders of the Dan Sheng Hall. At this moment, their gazes slowly followed the figure that was approaching step by step.

"That can't be. We haven't done anything."

"I think she must be too perceptive and noticed something."

Seeing that Hua Changxi had approached the light curtain, the people behind the light barrier immediately fell silent, each holding their breath and staring at that figure with slight tension.

On the other side of the light curtain, after being stopped by the invisible barrier ahead, Hua Changxi was momentarily stunned, then a clump of crimson flame suddenly condensed at her fingertip, and she casually threw it out.

"Whoosh~"

The flame struck the invisible wall, instantly sending sparks flying, and at the same time, layers of visible ripples spread through the air.

"A barrier..."

A glint flashed in Hua Changxi's eyes, and she immediately thought of the forbidden area of the Qi Sheng Palace.

Watching the ripples in the air gradually calm, she understood in her heart—behind the barrier must be the forbidden area of the Dan Sheng Hall.

That group of Dan Sheng Hall disciples who had been hiding all along should be concealed inside.

Thinking of this, Hua Changxi no longer had any desire to investigate. She curled her lips in a smile at the invisible barrier in the air, then shook her head and turned away.

When she returned to the array eye platform, she had already given up the idea of using the Southern Bright Li Fire to burn the furnace.

The Dan Sheng Hall disciples were surely watching the array eye platform. If she used the Southern Bright Li Fire at this moment, it would be tantamount to revealing her trump card and directly announcing to them that she was the Lingguang Hall Master.

For now, the array eye was still stable and the furnace could still hold up, so why should she bring unnecessary trouble to herself?

Having made up her mind, Hua Changxi did not linger any longer and quickly walked away.

Inside the forbidden ground, the elders of the Dan Saint Hall who had witnessed the entire scene through the light screen watched the retreating figure with varied expressions.

"Hua Changxi was about to step onto the Array Eye Platform earlier, wasn't she? Why did she stop?"

"She must have discovered us."

To be honest, the elders of the Dan Saint Hall were all very surprised by Hua Changxi's sudden appearance at Dan Spring.

There are two ways to enter Dan Spring.

One is to enter through Zhenmen Pass and Genmen Pass, but to get in through that route, one must first pass the checkpoints of the Demon Suppression Guard. It's not impossible, but it's definitely very difficult.

At least no one could sneak in silently. They didn't hear any sound at all, so it was clear Hua Changxi did not take that route.

The second is to enter Dan Spring through the sacred land's forbidden ground, but that requires their consent.

But as of now, Hua Changxi had not formally met them yet.

"How exactly did Hua Changxi enter Dan Spring?"

"Didn't Junior Brother Wen send a message earlier, saying that Hua Changxi entered the Old Courtyard and even closed the courtyard door? Have you all forgotten? The Old Courtyard is a critical area of the Saint Lord's main hall, directly connected to the Sacred Tree Habitat."

"Are you saying that Hua Changxi entered through the Sacred Tree Space?"

"Ten out of ten, it's most likely."

"But how did she get into the Sacred Tree Space?"

"Yes, how did she get in?"

The Sacred Tree Habitat—even if the Dan Saint Hall were fully revived, not just anyone could enter it. Let alone now that the sacred land has not yet fully revived.

After leaving the Array Eye Platform, Hua Changxi returned to the stone tablet and carefully explored the spring shore around it.

She thought, since Tang Valley could nurture a seven-colored strange fire, then Dan Spring, which is also a land where the sacred trees take root, might it have also nurtured treasures of heaven and earth similar to strange fire?

After circling the shore several times, aside from various rare flowers and herbs of no mean grade, she found nothing else.

Frowning, Hua Changxi looked at the spiritual flower in her hand. Although its grade was very high, compared to strange fire, it was still somewhat inadequate.

"Dan Spring can't possibly be inferior to Tang Valley, can it?"

Hua Changxi suddenly shifted her gaze, moving her line of sight from the shore to the shimmering spiritual spring.

The spiritual energy dispersed by the spiritual spring has already nourished various high-grade rare flowers and herbs; could the depths, where the spring water is so dense it cannot be broken apart, have nurtured even more powerful treasures?

Thinking of this, she hesitated no longer. Spiritual power surged around her, coalescing into a pale red protective light shield. With a leap, she plunged into the spring.

The moment she entered the water, instead of a chill assailing her, a coolness as warm and smooth as jade enveloped her entire body.

Immediately after, the scenery around her abruptly changed—the originally emerald spring water shed its mundane colors at that moment, transforming into a world of crystalline green glass.

The water current was no longer simple water, but a green radiant river woven from countless dazzling green light patterns.

Passing through strips of light rivers, Hua Changxi slowly sank down until her feet touched solid ground.

What met her eyes was not ordinary sand or mud, but a bed of emerald crystals spreading to the end of her vision.

Those were not ordinary crystals, but the essence condensed by Dan Spring over endless years.

The crystals seemed to breathe; liquid vitality flowed within them, and a vigorous life force rose and fell like the tides, illuminating the entire spring bed like a dream of jadeite.

Within this emerald crystal sea at the spring's bottom, several points of light were particularly striking. There, green radiance surged like tides, blazing so fiercely it seemed about to burst through the water curtain.

Hua Changxi's eyes brightened. Her form turned into a streak of light, and in an instant, she flashed to the nearest ball of light.

When she saw clearly the object at the center of that ball of light, her breath caught in her throat.

Above the crystal bed, a fist-sized emerald pearl floated in the air, performing a breathtaking spectacle of inhaling and exhaling.

Whenever it contracted inward, the surging light rivers around it were like a hundred rivers flowing to the sea, forcibly torn apart by an overbearing suction and all drawn into the pearl; when it expanded outward, the vast life essence burst forth like a breached flood, instantly swelling the already brilliant light rivers, brimming with vitality.

One inhale, one exhale; light and shadow interlaced, with measured tension and relaxation—it seemed to possess an independent breath and life, like a beating, lively heart!

"This is..."

Hua Changxi's pupils abruptly contracted, and three words instantly leaped into her mind—Spring Eye Pearl!