41. The Plan Is Set
By the time Yan Chuyue had put the retractable incense burner into her Universe Bag and chuckled at Gong Yiling, Miss Gong had already coughed lightly and said to Murong Jing,
“Since it’s a misunderstanding, then what about the matter of the divine palace, Your Excellency?”
Hearing this “senior” bring up the matter of the divine palace again, Murong Jing finally let out a sigh of relief.
For the preliminary survey and research of the divine palace, this Emperor was truly dedicated to the extreme.
What others didn’t know was that he had actually already tried the seemingly enchanting operation of digging a hole directly from the ground.
As for whether this operation was effective… it basically confirmed that the people of the ancient era were definitely not fools.
They had dug an incredibly huge deep hole in the depths of the earth. The scale of this hole might even exceed that of the capital city by several times or even more than ten times.
The second thing they did after digging the pit was to build a huge dome with a special meteorite iron on the periphery of this hole.
The reason he could judge this was basically because the pits that Murong Jing had dug down had all hit the same material every time, and the closer he got to this dome, the more his true essence, nascent soul power, and even other types of talismans and magic tools would become ineffective.
In other words, it was impossible to sneak in. The only way to enter that place was to use the key to open the gate.
“This is the location where I ordered the hole to be opened. This is a small piece of meteorite iron that I had my men take down.”
As he spoke, Murong Jing had a eunuch place the piece of meteorite iron on the table beside Gong Yiling and Yan Chuyue.
This was a very small piece of meteorite iron, about the size of a fingernail.
The moment she touched it, Gong Yiling felt that her own nascent soul and spiritual energy were greatly affected. Specifically, she couldn’t use a single bit of her power.
It seemed that it wasn’t some special talisman space, but—this meteorite iron was the real key to making it impossible for people to use their nascent soul and spiritual energy.
“System, can I know the information about this thing now?”
As soon as she finished speaking, a message appeared in her mind.
“Name: Immeasurable Meteorite Iron.
Item Description: This item naturally has the effect of sealing the meridians. No matter what it is made into, this effect can be activated.
Remark 1: The effect of this item can be activated on any cultivator below the Heavenly Venerable realm and any item below the Divine grade, and there is no way to break it. Even if a large piece of meteorite iron is broken into small pieces, this item still has the same effect.
Remark 2: This item does not seem to be naturally born, but man-made. It may contain a special spiritual energy to have this effect. According to legend, it was accidentally discovered by a famous blacksmith from ancient times, but the specific situation is unknown.”
Man-made?
Seeing this, Gong Yiling couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.
If this thing was really natural, then there was basically no way to break it. But according to the system’s prompt, it was only because it was too old that it was about the same as natural rather than naturally born.
In that case, there was actually a way to break it.
Although it seemed that she still couldn’t solve it, it was still very necessary to know this news.
Although this system was like a comedian, it wouldn’t list some irrelevant news.
Gong Yiling composed herself, then raised her head and said, “Can you give this to me to study for a few days?”
Murong Jing didn’t think there was any problem with this.
This strange meteorite iron was only available in this place. The people he sent had really spent a lot of effort to pry off such a small piece of meteorite iron from this thing.
After that, through the Youcang Court, he had sent the original to many powerful blacksmiths, but the feedback from these blacksmiths was all the same.
—They couldn’t figure it out either.
A few of them did want to use this thing to create some weapons that could show its effect, but the problem was…
Since this thing would seal the spiritual energy in the body, it would naturally make it impossible for the blacksmith to use spiritual arts to control the raw material.
There was no one in this world who could forge without relying on spiritual arts—ahem, actually, there were, and there were two of them in the world today. It was just that no one knew about it.
In short.
Since so many professional blacksmiths had not discovered its secret, Murong Jing didn’t think a conventional cultivator or alchemist who was not a professional could do anything.
“Then, the specific time to go to the divine palace?”
“I have already made preparations. The specific time depends entirely on how long you need to prepare.”
“Is that so…” Gong Yiling thought for a moment and seemed to give him an answer carelessly, “How about the day after tomorrow?”
“Alright.”
“Then at noon the day after tomorrow, I will bring Chuyue to meet you.” Gong Yiling, while speaking, stood up, and Yan Chuyue beside her also stood up at the same time.
Seeing that they were about to leave, Murong Jing couldn’t help but ask, “Immortal Master, I feel that I have not been a good host. Why don’t you stay here for a few days? The palace of the Youhan Dynasty is not comparable to the Heartflame Empire.”
Gong Yiling chuckled. “I am originally a person who is fond of mountains and rivers. If it weren’t for looking for something in the divine palace, I would have no interest in coming to this place.”
“Chuyue, let’s go.”
The next moment, the gate of the main hall was suddenly opened by a strong flow of spiritual energy.
Outside the door was a pure white spiritual deer, its whole body hazy and dreamlike, with an immortal aura, as if it didn’t exist at all.
Gong Yiling took Yan Chuyue’s hand and led her to the side of the spiritual deer. She was quite calm, but Yan Chuyue’s eyes were wide.
This… what was this? Did her book have such a beautiful immortal deer?
And where did Gong Yiling find such a thing to show off?
Of course, at this time, Gong Yiling certainly wouldn’t say much. She just pulled the girl to sit on the back of the spiritual deer, and then let this spiritual deer carry the two of them into the sky.
This scene once again shocked the people on the ground. The thought that this girl was an extraordinary person was almost deeply imprinted in the hearts of all the guards.
And this time, after personally witnessing the white deer, Murong Jing also felt a bit shocked.
He slowly walked out of the palace gate, watching the two gradually disappearing figures, silent for a long time, but a few dark glints couldn’t help but flash in his eyes.
“Mu Qing.”
“Your subordinate is here.”
“Bring a message to that gentleman.” Murong Jing said, “Although the person carrying the key has appeared, that guy is not easy to deal with. I can use a delaying tactic to cooperate with them, but if he still wants that thing, he’d better take the initiative to participate.”
“Yes!”
After he left, Murong Jing frowned slightly and murmured softly, “Let me see how capable you are.”
