Chapter 1241: Fiery Sun Palace

Dozens of thick red lightning bolts struck the blue water curtain, tearing it to shreds like thin paper. However, more blue water vapor emerged, forming an even larger blue water curtain that enveloped them.

Wang Changsheng and Fairy Ziyue quickened their pace. As thick red lightning bolts struck down one after another, the nine Sea Calming Orbs continuously released a large amount of water vapor, protecting Wang Changsheng and Fairy Ziyue impenetrably. The red thunder flames could not harm them at all.

Not long after, they rushed out of the valley.

Both Wang Changsheng and Fairy Ziyue breathed a sigh of relief. Even with the Fire Crow Bottle, crossing the valley wouldn't have been easy. Fortunately, Wang Changsheng possessed the nine Sea Calming Orbs; an ordinary defensive magic treasure would have been destroyed long ago.

Without the topographical map, they wouldn't have known that True Monarch Lieyang's residence was located here.

After passing through the valley, a red mountain peak over a hundred zhang tall appeared before them. The sparse vegetation on the mountain made it look somewhat desolate.

A red stone staircase ascended from the foot of the mountain to its summit. At the summit stood a palace with golden bricks and glazed tiles, its massive stone pillars carved with dragons and phoenixes.

The palace gate was tightly shut. Above the gate hung a silver plaque about a zhang long, with the three golden characters "Lieyang Palace" inscribed upon it.

Wang Changsheng and Fairy Ziyue exchanged a glance and walked towards the red mountain peak.

As they approached the red mountain peak, an astonishing heat wave assailed them.

Fairy Ziyue released an ape puppet beast, which walked onto the red stone staircase.

It hadn't gone far when a sudden burst of red flames erupted from the staircase, engulfing the ape puppet beast.

Fairy Ziyue changed her incantation, and the ape puppet beast quickened its pace. Large quantities of red flames surged from both sides of the staircase, rushing towards the ape puppet beast.

After walking for over a hundred steps, the ape puppet beast's speed slowed down.

Wang Changsheng and Fairy Ziyue stepped forward and ascended the red stone staircase.

As expected, large quantities of red flames surged from the staircase and its sides, enveloping them.

Fairy Ziyue manifested the Fire Crow Bottle, and all the flames seemed to be guided by something, flowing into the Fire Crow Bottle. Not a single flame touched Wang Changsheng or Fairy Ziyue.

Before long, they reached the ape puppet beast. A gravitational force suddenly appeared out of nowhere, slowing their pace.

"A gravity restriction!" Fairy Ziyue frowned and manifested a golden orb the size of an egg. She infused it with an incantation, causing a large swath of golden light to emerge, and the gravitational force instantly diminished.

They continued walking up the mountain. The closer they got to the summit, the stronger the gravity became. Fortunately, Fairy Ziyue's magic treasure had the effect of weakening gravity restrictions, so it didn't pose an obstacle.

Large quantities of red flames continuously surged from both sides of the staircase, but all were absorbed by the Fire Crow Bottle.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, they appeared at the entrance of Lieyang Palace.

The ape puppet beast stepped forward and pushed hard, but failed to open the palace gate.

Fairy Ziyue changed her incantation, and the ape puppet beast moved both fists, striking at the palace gate.

With dull thuds, the palace gate remained completely unmoved.

Fairy Ziyue's delicate eyebrows furrowed. She had the ape puppet beast step aside and vigorously fanned her Fire Sparrow Fan. A large swath of red flames surged forth violently, transforming into a colossal red fire sparrow. Carrying immense heat waves, the red fire sparrow spread its wings and crashed into the palace gate.

Boom! The red fire sparrow exploded, turning into a rolling inferno that engulfed the palace gate.

Five seconds later, the flames dispersed, and the palace gate was completely unscathed.

A hint of surprise flashed in Fairy Ziyue's beautiful eyes. After all, the Fire Sparrow Fan was a spirit treasure, yet it couldn't even breach a single palace gate.

"Junior Sister Tian," Wang Changsheng said, "this palace gate is likely made of black-gold stone. It's impervious to water and fire, and invulnerable to swords and spears. To open this door, we can only rely on brute force. If you had a Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasure, you might also be able to break through it. Let me give it a try!"

Wang Changsheng stepped forward. His hands glowed with dazzling blue spiritual light, and a large number of blue electrical arcs emerged. He placed his hands on the palace gate and pushed with all his might.

Wang Changsheng's face turned beet red, and his veins bulged.

"Creak!" Accompanied by a dull sound, the palace gate slowly opened, revealing a spacious hall before Wang Changsheng.

Inside the hall were ten massive golden stone pillars. Intricately carved murals adorned the stone walls on both sides. To the right was a bluestone corridor, leading to an unknown destination.

Fairy Ziyue made an incantation gesture, and the ape puppet beast walked into Lieyang Palace. It circled the palace, finding no anomalies.

Only then did Wang Changsheng and Fairy Ziyue relax and walk inside.

The ape puppet beast walked towards the bluestone corridor, with Wang Changsheng and Fairy Ziyue following behind.

As they walked forward, they simultaneously released their divine sense, observing cautiously.

After walking over a hundred zhang, they encountered a fork in the path. They turned left and continued straight for another hundred zhang, where three tightly shut stone chambers appeared.

Wang Changsheng moved both fists and struck a round stone door.

After a loud bang, the round stone door shattered into pieces, and a stone chamber over a hundred zhang wide appeared before them.

To the left inside the stone chamber was a golden stone shelf, on which some artifact refining materials were placed. The shelf was covered in dust.

"Glimmering Stone, Azure Gang Jade, Geng Moon Sand... Blood Soul Stone," Wang Changsheng muttered. "These artifact refining materials are all rare to find outside."

A blue jade box affixed with a silver talisman on the third shelf caught Wang Changsheng's attention. He opened the blue jade box, and an extraordinary cold force surged out. The shelf froze at a visible rate, becoming completely encased in ice. The temperature of the entire stone chamber rapidly dropped, and the ice continued to spread.

Wang Changsheng's gaze swept over the contents of the jade box. He gasped and exclaimed, "Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Jade!"

Inside the jade box was a watermelon-sized white jade stone, emitting a bone-chilling cold.

Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Jade and Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade differed by only one character, but the two were vastly different. Just a small piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Jade refined into a magic treasure would greatly increase its power, whereas a magic treasure refined from a large piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade couldn't compare to one made with Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Jade.

Next to the blue jade box was a blue brocade box about two chi long. Wang Changsheng opened it to find seven sections of glass-like bamboo inside — indeed, Glazed Bamboo.

Wang Changsheng examined them carefully, his eyebrows rising in delight. There were actually so many sections of Thousand-Year Glazed Bamboo. Wang Qingshan's Azure Glaze Sword was refined from Glazed Bamboo. With these Glazed Bamboo pieces, Wang Changsheng could refine a set of flying swords for Wang Qingshan. If Wang Qingshan advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, it was estimated that few would be his match with a set of flying swords refined from Glazed Bamboo.

Such a significant haul from the first stone chamber filled Wang Changsheng and Fairy Ziyue with anticipation for the other two chambers.

They put away the materials from the shelf and even took the shelf itself.

Boom! With a loud bang, Wang Changsheng smashed the stone door of the second stone chamber, and a stone chamber of similar size appeared before them.

The stone walls of the chamber were embedded with numerous fire-attribute runes, emitting strong fire-attribute fluctuations. In the center was a red formation array over ten zhang wide, with profound red array patterns covering its surface.