Mysterious mirror hanging high

"When, when, when..."

Yuanji was holding a small hammer in one hand and a pair of pliers in the other, hammering and refining the gold and iron spiritual materials in front of him. After a while, a high-quality spiritual material began to take shape. Yuanji handed the newly refined spiritual material over, and the indifferent voice sounded again as promised:

"Test passed."

A jade slip recording the ancient experience of refining weapons fell into Yuanji's hands. At the same time, the floating island in front of him suddenly shook, and an extremely wide cloud bridge rose from the front.

At this moment, the surrounding fog dissipated, and at the other end of the bridge, there was a towering fairy palace made entirely of white jade hanging high. The palace had a simple and ancient structure, unlike the modern style. Even the eaves, pillars and doors carved from white jade looked as good as new, but Jing Yu still felt a hint of the vicissitudes of time from it.

"This is... Yunding Fairy Palace!"

Yuwen Baoge stared at the White Jade Fairy Palace with burning eyes, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

Yuanji wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered, "It's finally over... If the difficulty of this wisdom test were any higher, even this humble monk wouldn't be able to endure it!"

At this moment, the White Jade Fairy Palace above the sky suddenly emitted a brilliant light, and a column of smoke rose into the sky from the side of a side hall. The pressure of the Nascent Soul seemed to be amplified and spread out.

"It's the aura of Yuwen Baoding!"

Yuwen Baoge's expression changed. "Is he in Yunding Palace receiving inheritance? Or is he trying to subdue a treasure? We can't afford to delay any longer!"

Then he slapped a high-level lightening talisman on his body, strode onto the cloud bridge, and rushed towards the Cloudtop Fairy Palace!

"My lord, be careful of fraud!"

Jing Yu said loudly.

"These are just some devilish tricks, nothing to be afraid of! Just follow me!" Yuwen Baoge's voice was already far away. In just a moment, with the dual blessing of talismans and escape techniques, this Yuanying Zhenjun had actually stepped across the cloud bridge and arrived inside the Yunding Fairy Palace.

Just as Jing Yu was about to catch up, he felt someone tugging at his sleeve. Turning around, he saw that the person had passed away.

Yuan Ji set up a soundproof formation and secretly transmitted a message, "Just now, I didn't know whether that silly roe deer's Nascent Soul had opened its [ear orifice]. I was afraid that the message I transmitted might reach his ears, so I didn't dare to communicate with Xuan Jing secretly..."

"Actually, I have a secret way to circumvent the soul restriction. Xuan Jing, if you had chosen the soul restriction before, I would be able to help you remove it... Unfortunately, you swore an oath to the inner demon, which makes it a bit tricky. Sigh..."

Jing Yu was shocked. "Soul restrictions can't be removed by those with high cultivation. The structure of the restriction is almost entirely understood by the person who placed it. As the saying goes, the person who tied the bell must untie it! I previously thought Monk Yuanji was just relying on his clones to mess around with the Tao. I didn't expect there was a solution."

He whispered, "Since Master Yuanji is able to circumvent the soul restriction, before leaving the Cloudtop Palace, you can just pretend to be submissive and save your life. When you return to the human world, you can find a reason to escape from that thief!"

Yuanji looked hesitant and said, "Maybe we can just run away now."

"Where could you run to?"

Jing Yu shook his head. "I think the exit of the Cloudtop Palace must be inside the White Jade Palace. I'm afraid some conditions must be triggered to access it. Besides, if Yuwen Baoge is defeated and killed in the battle between the two Yuanying, his twin brothers are no pushovers either. How could they let us go? We also need to find a way to destroy Yuwen Baoding. Only then will we have a chance of survival."

"That fool is ambitious and reckless, and he's also stubborn and self-righteous, never thinking before doing anything. You said before that Yuwen Baoding is a man of great strategy and decision-making. I'm afraid that fool will capsize in the ditch, and we will be buried with him."

Yuanji stammered, "Now that we've come to this, Xuanjing, do you have any unfulfilled wishes? If anything were to happen to you, I would certainly do my best to fulfill your last wish, even at the cost of my own life..."

"Can you say something nice?" Jing Yu rolled his eyes. "If I die, can you live alone? People keep you around because you're pretty, right?"

Yuanji looked around for a while and said stealthily, "I'm different."

He pointed mysteriously to the sky and said, "There's someone above me."

Jing Yu stared at him suspiciously: "Who's above you?"

Yuanji said: "The Buddha... uh, the Buddha said, it cannot be explained."

A violent fluctuation of spiritual energy came from the White Jade Fairy Palace in the distance, as if someone was fighting.

Jing Yu perked up: "Is the fight starting? Let's go and see! That stupid roe deer can't die here! At least not in front of Yuwen Baoding!"

The two crossed the cloud bridge and entered the White Jade Fairy Palace. The interior of the hall was still entirely constructed of white jade, and the space inside the hall seemed spacious and remote.

There are many small doorways around the walls of the hall, which seem to lead to different rooms.

Jing Yu and the other person followed the fluctuations of spiritual energy, turning around several times, and soon determined a general direction. They walked quickly towards the place where the fluctuations were. However, halfway through, the originally violent fluctuations of spiritual energy suddenly disappeared.

"The spiritual energy fluctuations have disappeared!" Yuanji said in a daze: "Is the fight over?"

"Impossible." Jing Yu shook his head. "Nascent Soul cultivators have a wealth of skills. Unless the difference in combat power between the two is enormous, a war of attrition that could last for days and nights is possible. How could it happen so quickly... Let's continue searching in the same direction we came from."

As Jing Yu expected, they found two Nascent Souls in a side hall somewhere in the original direction.

At this time, the light of magical powers in the hall was blazing. Yuwen Baoge was wearing golden armor and looked majestic. Behind him appeared the shadow of a military general, and around him was a golden long spear, which kept slashing at Yuwen Baoding opposite him.

After forming the infant, Yuwen Baoding was still wearing a black robe with golden patterns, and his face looked a little haggard. He was protected by his life-saving magic weapon [Jiuzhou Ding]. He released several cloud beasts to entangle the beasts, and from time to time he would cast a spell to counterattack, and was temporarily on the defensive.

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A golden sword spell deviated from its trajectory and flew to Yuanji's side. The spell hit the white jade wall, but disappeared like a drop in the ocean.

The handsome monk shrank his head, and said with lingering fear, "My goodness, the aftermath of the Nascent Soul Battle is quite terrifying. Why would two of us Golden Core cultivators interfere? If we were to be touched by these magical powers, wouldn't we be either killed or seriously injured?"

Jing Yu touched the white jade wall that had just been struck by magic but remained intact, and pondered, "The jade material structure of the walls here seems to be different from that of the hall. It actually has the effect of dispelling magic and isolating spiritual energy fluctuations... Did it destroy the magic structure, or simply block or absorb the spiritual energy?"