Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 256 Inside the Palace
Xu Yunfan ignored him and instead took a step forward, pressing his palms firmly against the door.

His newly broken through Marrow Cleansing Realm cultivation erupted in full force, the power growing in his bone marrow surged forth, his back muscles bulged layer by layer, and the power quickly exerted itself on his arms. His golden marrow trembled slightly, emitting a golden sound, and actually resonated with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, forming a light golden light film on his palms.

With a muffled groan from Xu Yunfan, the dragon scale armor slid like waves, and with the burst of force, the armor on his wrist suddenly stood upright, combining with the force, and a fierce and powerful force was suddenly unleashed.

The five ancient characters on the lintel shone brightly with golden light, transforming into five tangible beams of clear light that swept across the room.

Xu Yunfan neither dodged nor evaded; the muscles of his back slid, and the Crimson Fire Dragon-Swallowing Mace was pushed out to collide with it. The heavy mace vibrated incessantly, its body wreathed in crimson flames and blue lightning.

"boom!"

Amidst the deafening crash, Xu Yunfan was thrown back more than ten steps, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of his mouth.

But the fighting spirit in his eyes burned even brighter, and all the scales on his dragon scale armor stood up, greedily absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth floating in the air.

Su Zhenhe was dumbfounded, never imagining that anyone could stand up to Bai Yuqinghui.

"Come again!"

Xu Yunfan spat, and the Crimson Dragon's power quickly subsided. Then, the Triple Burner Sword Nourishing Technique within his body circulated wildly, and the accumulated sword energy suddenly erupted.

Just as he was preparing for his second attack, the palace gates suddenly clicked open slightly, opening a crack.

A stale and decaying aura suddenly rushed towards him, mixed with a sense of ancient vicissitudes, causing Xu Yunfan to catch his breath, and he felt a slight sense of relief.

If the gates of the White Jade Palace suddenly opened and a hundred times more spiritual energy than outside surged out, he would turn around and leave without saying a word.

In that kind of environment, anything could possibly happen.

Su Zhenhe gasped, "How...how is this possible? The ancient texts clearly state..."

Xu Yunfan understood: "It seems they can't take it anymore."

After two thousand years, the Jade Palace could no longer withstand the erosion of time and began to decay. No wonder Zhou Tianyan and his companions were able to enter with just a divine weapon.

Xu Yunfan glanced at the Nine Burning Blade that had fallen to the ground and slowly picked it up.

Click!
A piercing cracking sound suddenly rang out, and the dark red fire patterns covering the blade twitched as if they were alive, before spiderweb-like cracks burst forth from the middle of the blade.

The nine patterns symbolizing "Burning Heaven" on the spine of the blade have faded one after another, as if their essence has been drained away by an invisible force.

As the blade fragments crumbled, they emitted a mournful metallic sound, turning into crimson dust upon hitting the ground, before igniting a final wisp of blue smoke in the wind.

Xu Yunfan casually tossed the long sword aside.

He strode toward the open palace gate, his Crimson Fire Dragon-Swallowing Mace held horizontally in front of his chest, ready to deal with any unexpected situation.

Seeing Xu Yunfan step into the palace without hesitation, Su Zhenhe hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and followed closely behind.

Fortune favors the bold; if this opportunity is missed, there may be no hope of ever achieving immortality again.

Although the primordial spirit of heaven and earth has been raised by the earth's veins, what will happen when it falls back down in a few decades?

Now that a great opportunity is before us, even if it means risking our lives, we must take the chance!
Su Zhenhe quickly followed.

The two stepped into the palace gate one after the other, and the door behind them closed silently, completely isolating them from the outside world.

The interior space is much larger than it appears from the outside, with a dome so high that the ceiling is invisible, and the surrounding walls are covered with ancient characters that share the same origin as the lintel.

The ground was paved with some kind of crystal-clear white jade, and each jade brick contained a flowing radiance. However, it seemed that because the spiritual energy in the white jade palace was depleted, these slowly flowing white jade lights were also faint and about to dissipate.

Xu Yunfan's Crimson Fire Dragon-Swallowing Mace trembled even more violently, and his dragon-scale armor emitted an excited hum. "A divine weapon of heaven and earth..."

Xu Yunfan's gaze was sharp as lightning, piercing through the misty haze within the palace and locking onto its depths.

Zhou Tianyan and his group were rapidly moving towards the central platform, their robes fluttering and leaving afterimages, clearly indicating that they had used a secret technique to increase their speed.

Xu Yunfan was not in a hurry to see this, but just looked around. On the other hand, Su Zhenhe was a little impatient and wanted to rush over, but he thought that if he really went over...

Since Zhou Tianyan dared to destroy even divine weapons, he would probably only be able to receive a severe beating.

Xu Yunfan ignored Su Zhenhe, who was about to speak.

The entire interior of the White Jade Palace is laid out in a circular pattern, with a dome suspended high like an inverted jade bowl, covered with ancient runes like stars, which are now flickering due to the depletion of spiritual energy.

The ground was paved with jade bricks, each three feet square, and each brick contained a wisp of drifting light. It should have flowed like a river of stars, but now it resembled a candle flickering in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

Twelve jade pillars with coiled dragons stand on both sides of the corridor. The shape of the dragons holding pearls in their heads is very similar to the "Spirit-Locking and Pulse-Suppressing Pillars" that Xu Yunfan had seen in the "Illustrated Compendium of the Heavenly Craftsmen". However, the surface of the pillars is covered with spider web-like cracks.

He couldn't help but stop and observe carefully. With the Heavenly Craftsmanship Technique at his disposal, he could naturally discern some clues.

"Formation..."

Xu Yunfan's eyes flickered slightly. Although he didn't know what kind of magic array was engraved on the coiled dragon jade pillar, it was nothing more than reinforcement and gathering of spiritual energy.

This white jade palace was the right choice.

Unfortunately, the palace's decay far exceeded expectations; even the foundation materials had collapsed, making it impossible to discern the direction of the magic array.

He stopped and quickened his pace through the corridor. The tremors of the Crimson Fire Dragon-Swallowing Mace became more and more intense, and the crimson patterns on the mace spontaneously ignited with small flames.

Xu Yunfan subconsciously gripped the Dragon Swallow Mouth, and with a surge of strength, he smoothed out the strange phenomenon of the heavy mace. This was a phenomenon that only occurred when sensing a high-level divine weapon.

When the Dragon Scale Armor first appeared, the Crimson Fire Dragon-Swallowing Mace couldn't resist the temptation.

After turning a corner, the scene before them made the two of them stop abruptly.

Five skeletons lay in a fan shape at the corner of the corridor, their bones as clear as jade, yet covered with fine sword marks.

The first skeleton still maintains a kneeling posture, with its right hand tightly gripping a rusted bronze dagger, the blade piercing three inches into the ground, as if it were still resisting before its death.

A broken arrow was lodged between the skeleton's ribs; the arrowhead gleamed with a ghostly blue light, clearly having been coated with deadly poison.

"They're from the Sword Pavilion!"

Su Zhenhe exclaimed, pointing to the half-rotted jade pendant at the skeleton's waist, "Look at this 'Sword Washing Pool' pattern... it belongs to at least an elder-level figure!"

Xu Yunfan crouched down to examine the skeleton closely and discovered a penetrating wound on the back of its neck, with smooth, mirror-like edges—a characteristic resulting from cultivating the Sword Pavilion's "Three Burners Nourishing Sword Technique" to its deepest level and nurturing a true sword aura.

It is at least the realm of a Grandmaster of the Ninth Realm of Qi Refining.

His gaze swept over the other four skeletons. One of the skulls had a bronze nail embedded in its crown, the nail engraved with the star patterns unique to the Nine Luminaries Sect.

The other ribcage was completely shattered, with charred marks remaining in the dented area, making it impossible to see its original appearance.

"Two thousand years ago, the Sword Pavilion and the Nine Luminaries Sect fought here." Xu Yunfan looked up into the depths. "It seems that someone from the Nine Luminaries Sect must have escaped the dangers of the White Jade Palace."

(End of this chapter)