This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 264 - 256: Fuhua Palace

Chapter 264: Chapter 256: Fuhua Palace

Because the space of the Secret Realm was incorporated into the Void, the visible volume of the Secret Realm Fragment in the outside world was not very large.

When Liang Yi stood before the fragment, the bright rhomboidal light cluster seemed to be pulled by something, drifting out of the Secret Realm Fragment and landing in Liang Yi’s hand.

A sense of antiquity swept around, everyone present felt a heaviness from the object in Liang Yi’s hand, including Chen Hua, Zhou Yuzhi, and Fang Zhi, without exception.

"This is..." Chen Hua watched the ancient, purple-bronze small bell, covered in patterns, gradually revealed in Liang Yi’s hands.

"The Taihua Xi Yi Bell, the esteemed treasure of the Purple Cloud Sect, and currently the only magical treasure that can control this piece of the Secret Realm Fragment," an old yet clear voice came from Su Youyi, resolving everyone’s doubts.

"Young friend Liang is now the new Sect Leader of the Purple Cloud Sect."

Saying this, Su Youyi stealthily observed the young cultivator beside him. However, he did not see any significant emotional change in Chen Hua’s face, it seemed he truly did not care much about such matters, just as Liang Yi had said.

Over there, under the curious gaze of Su Youyi, Liang Yi had already temporarily taken the entire Secret Realm Fragment into the Taihua Xi Yi Bell. Both the Sect Protection Array of Purple Cloud Sect and the Taihua Xi Yi Bell possessed the unique ability of "storing mustard seeds in the Sumeru."

Staying inside for a long time was definitely not possible, but Liang Yi planned to relocate the Secret Realm to the vicinity of Youdao Mountain in a short while and establish the world’s first ’Player Sect.’

After dealing with the Secret Realm Fragment, Liang Yi followed Chen Hua through the swirling snow to the previously mentioned Fuhua Palace.

Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool didn’t have much besides Snow Mountain.

In fact, the territorial influence of Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool was only on the outermost part of the Snow Mountain range. Further east, the vast region known as Extreme East, did not belong to Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool.

However, that area of the Extreme East was indeed cold and barren, and the mythical beasts living there since ancient times were extremely ferocious. Although there were cultivation resources and local specialties, it did not attract too many people. Usually, only those cultivators with special needs for certain resources or those from Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool seeking training would venture there.

So, over time, it had become a commonly accepted notion that this area was the territory of Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool.

However, Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool wasn’t really concerned with these matters. If someone wanted to enter, they could; if they encountered danger, the disciples of Heavenly Pool would lend a hand, but they never truly claimed that vast region as their own.

The Fuhua Palace they were currently heading to was one among the Snow Mountain range.

With Chen Hua’s speed, it was no exaggeration to say ’a stone’s throw away is the end of the world.’ One moment they were near Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool, and the next second, they appeared in front of a grand and magnificent palace.

Even though it was blizzard conditions near Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool, here it was indeed a warm winter sun shining brightly, the reflected light on the snow caused Liang Yi to feel dazzled.

The snow-white plaque bore the words "Fuhua Palace," and Liang Yi also keenly noticed that these three characters were inscribed with Sword Qi by a master.

In the eyes of He Zhiqing and Yu Gejing, this entire building was not constructed with various materials but instead directly carved out of the mountain itself, using it as sculpting material. Atop the Snow Mountain summit, a flawless white palace was carved out with painstaking effort.

Its orientation, direction, and even the corresponding points with the Heavenly Vault Star Map all had some profound mechanisms. For a time, even they could not see through it.

"Was this constructed with the assistance of someone from Complete Heaven Sect or the Senluo Sect?" This thought emerged simultaneously in the minds of He Zhiqing and Yu Gejing.

"However, looking at this technique, it seems familiar," He Zhiqing said while stroking his chin, looking around, feeling as if he had seen this kind of arrangement somewhere.

In the eyes of Su Youyi, indeed, this mountain summit palace contained universes within, embodying the Art of Divination and two profound Sword Dao tactics. Although in many aspects they were still immature, it was indeed a work of an inventor with a unique vision.

"The temperature here is so low..." Liang Yi shivered with goosebumps all over. Rubbing his hands together, he now spoke with white mist emanating from his mouth, after all, his cultivation was the weakest here.

Next to him, Su Youyi, who was busy admiring the snowy mountain scenery with Yu Gejing, unconsciously grasped her senior brother’s hands in her own, wanting to transfer some warmth.

When they were both ordinary people, during the freezing winters, Su Youyi always tried to warm up her senior brother’s hands like this. Although with the temperature here, any normal person daring to come would be dead.

"Fool, I’m no longer an ordinary person now." Although Liang Yi said so, he did not pull his hand away, instead taking hold of his junior sister’s hand with his own.

"Not focusing on cultivating properly, always running about everywhere, still in the Fourth Realm after so many days," Chen Hua glanced sideways at Liang Yi and remarked.

"Senior brother has been working very hard, okay!"

Before Liang Yi could say anything, Su Youyi felt indignant on his behalf, pouting and retorting at their master.

"..."

Chen Hua felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.

"Let’s hurry inside!" On the other side, Ke Mengzhan had already led Fang Zhi and the others into the palace.

After entering the palace, Liang Yi and the others realized that this palace was just a simple palace without any special features, not even the Sumeru Array that ordinary cultivation sects would have set up.

However, to everyone’s surprise, despite being built from ancient eternal ice, the palace felt unexpectedly warm inside.

Built upon a base of ancient eternal ice, all the decorations around were made of snow. It’s just that they must have been under the effects of various Daoist skills, preventing them from melting even at these temperatures.

"This palace was built little by little by us when we were young. For many years, it’s been where we three shared chats," Fang Zhi sighed, this place was always filled with their memories.

"Come, have a seat," Zhou Yuzhi invited everyone to sit.

Because Ke Mengzhan found it boring and had already snuck away at the Heavenly Pool, to Zhou Yuzhi, everyone here could be considered a guest.

"So, could you first tell us what happened in the Secret Realm?"

Zhou Yuzhi snapped his fingers, and several graceful ice crystal dolls appeared out of nowhere, pouring tea for them one by one.

The aroma of the tea was intoxicating, and Fang Zhi cupped the tea to gently take in the scent.

"Zhiqing, you tell it first."

"Yes, Master."

He Zhiqing naturally wouldn’t refuse, and briefly recounted his experience after entering the Secret Realm within the time it took to sip a bowl of tea, while Chen Hua and the others listened with increasingly solemn expressions.

Not to mention that self-proclaimed clever lad, the matter involving the Abyss was serious enough to warrant their full attention.

They had all visited the Zen sect and faced the remnants of the Abyss in their youth, and even recalling it now made them feel it was a bit of luck that they had managed to kill those remnants.