After passing through the jade璧, the group entered the jade stone. The situation inside stunned them, as if they had arrived at a paradise.
After walking through a hundred-zhang-long, gray and hazy tunnel, white light flashed before their eyes, clouds and mist swirled, and various spiritual lights gathered and scattered, transforming into various scenes of heaven and earth.
The first thing that caught their eyes was a patch of rosy clouds overhead, with starlight-like spots scattered within, like shining stars in the night sky, casting an eerie starlight.
Below the rosy clouds, there were rainbow-colored light spots, flowing rapidly like lines. On the ground were green hills and rivers, and they could also see some areas with large swirls of spiritual light and soaring pillars of light.
In addition, there were phantom images of various demon beasts, either running and playing in the mountains or appearing and disappearing in the rivers and mid-air. Among them were some legendary cranes, peng birds, divine dragons, and other true spirits.
There were too many sights before them, changing with the swirling clouds and mist, leaving people feeling dazed and amazed.
"Fellow Daoist Jin, is this really the Xuanming Turtle's water mansion? Are we not trapped in some kind of illusion?" Suddenly, a voice awakened everyone. It was the rarely speaking Old Demon Feng who asked the question.
The others came back to their senses and looked at Jin Yu. Jin Yu's eyes flashed with golden light as he scanned the surroundings, and he smiled helplessly.
"Fellow Daoist Feng, Jin knows no more about this place than you do. With the spiritual sense of you fellow Daoists, you should have noticed that these are all illusions, not real scenery. Let's just proceed cautiously. We don't need to worry too much. Just now, outside, I specifically sensed the area of the entire jade stone, which is only fifty or sixty li at most. With our cultivation, it's not difficult to break open the jade stone from the inside."
"Fellow Daoist Xuanling, can you sense whether the true body of the Xuanming Turtle is really here?" Jin Yu asked Xuan Gui again.
"Through the turtle shell, I can indeed sense that there is an area ahead with a bloodline spiritual energy that is summoning this turtle shell," Xuan Gui nodded and confirmed.
He glanced at the blood jade turtle in front of him. The turtle that had transformed from the turtle shell had returned to its solid form after passing through the jade璧. At this moment, it was restlessly climbing at his feet, and it was even more difficult to control than when it was outside.
Through the little turtle's senses, Xuan Gui could sense an even clearer bloodline connection constantly summoning from within the large illusion ahead.
"We've found the right place, let's go." Jin Yu smiled strangely, his body flashed with spiritual light, and a layer of yellow light carried him as he floated towards the illusion ahead. Long E and the others did not hesitate and quickly followed.
Xuan Gui pointed at the blood jade turtle, and under his control, the little turtle flew in front of the group, slowly guiding them in the direction.
He only controlled the little turtle to move slightly faster, because after entering this area that might be an illusion, the group would not fly at full speed, always maintaining a sense of vigilance.
Suddenly, a crackling sound rang out, and Jin Yu, who was flying in front, passed through a cloud of mist and raised his hand to release a bolt of lightning, striking forward.
Behind the cloud of mist, there was originally a scene of green hills and clear waters, but after the lightning flashed, the scene within a hundred zhang area ahead blurred and turned into starlight, disappearing completely.
It was indeed an illusion, but the illusion further away did not disappear, indicating that it only affected a small area of the illusion.
The group also saw clearly the real environment that appeared after the illusion disappeared. Below their feet, above their heads, and on both sides were all blue and green. They were in a wide tunnel paved with jade stone.
Long E also flicked his finger and shot out a black light, which swept across the ground and rolled up a small piece of jade stone. He chuckled, "So it's Illusionary Spirit Jade."
"Hehe, we are now in a huge Illusionary Spirit Jade. The Xuanming Turtle is truly remarkable to be able to find such a large piece of Illusionary Spirit Jade." Jin Yu smiled and accelerated his escape. The others also relaxed slightly.
Illusionary Spirit Jade is a spiritual mineral that can record images like a memory stone. However, Illusionary Spirit Jade is more advanced and can be used to refine array-laying tools for illusion arrays, as well as some special objects.
If this huge Illusionary Spirit Stone were to be completely dug out, it would be worth at least two to three million spirit stones.
However, the area of the entire Illusionary Spirit Stone is too large, and it is impossible to refine it all into an illusion array. This would consume a lot of energy. The illusion presented before them is at most a blindfold.
After increasing their speed, the group passed through a series of different illusion areas. As expected, apart from the interference of the illusions, they did not encounter any other dangers.
Half an hour later, after traveling seven or eight miles, the blood-colored little turtle flying in the lead suddenly let out a strange cry and exploded with a bang, turning into a cloud of blood mist.
What's going on?
The group was startled and stopped their escape. Xuan Gui cast several spells into the blood mist, trying to regain control of the turtle shell inside.
But at this moment, the turtle shell was no longer under his control and instantly turned into a streak of blood, disappearing in a flash.
His divine sense swept towards the direction where the turtle shell disappeared and found a large patch of black mist, in which he could vaguely see a huge wall lying across it.
This black mist was not an illusion, but a real mist. He could sense a wave of water spiritual power inside. It was a mist formed from water spiritual power.
Jin Yu glanced in that direction, waved his hand, and the place where the blood jade turtle had just exploded flashed with spiritual light. The Li Water Pearl emerged and was held in his hand again.
Jin Yu did not ask Xuan Gui about the sudden situation, as if he had expected it in advance. After recalling the Li Water Pearl, he flashed and entered the black mist directly.
The others did not hesitate and hurriedly followed. Their divine senses swept into the mist and discovered a jade wall blocking their way.
Upon closer inspection, it was not a stone wall, but a hundred-zhang-high ink-black jade door. This door was not completely closed, but half-open, and the black mist was floating out from it.
Jin Yu was standing in front of the doorway, peering inside.
"Haha, there really is a spirit turtle's corpse inside. Judging by the remaining aura, it is indeed the remains of a tenth-order great demon king." Long E also glanced inside and immediately laughed. He flashed and entered directly.
Xuan Gui also released his divine sense to check inside. Inside was a circular space of two to three hundred zhang in size. Strangely, most of the space was occupied by a huge pool of water.
A behemoth was lying in the pool, a huge turtle-snake. However, this turtle-snake was broken and tattered, its ferocious head, like a true dragon's, was full of cracks, and a small half of it was missing. It lay motionless by the pool.
There was no sign of life, and a strong aura of death enveloped the turtle-snake. It was obviously a corpse. Although it was just a corpse, everyone could clearly sense that the turtle-snake's aura was stronger than theirs.
Looking at the turtle-snake's corpse, Xuan Gui immediately remembered the statue of the Xuanming Turtle that he had seen on Mount Huangyao. The aura emitted by the two was exactly the same.
Although one was a statue and the other was a corpse, he now confirmed in his heart that the turtle-snake corpse behind the door was the true body of the Xuanming Turtle.
Looking at the broken corpse, it was clear that the Xuanming Turtle had not died of old age, but had suffered some kind of serious injury.
The second primordial spirit in Xuan Gui's body couldn't help but tremble a few times, and let out a mournful cry in his heart. After all, seeing the corpse of a fellow demon cultivator, and a powerful one at that, he couldn't help but feel some sadness.
However, this emotion was quickly thrown to the back of his mind, and he also flashed and entered the space behind the door. The other demons had already entered without any delay.
