Chapter 81 - The Forsaken Palace [3] (1/2)
The sudden appearance of the large emerald eye right in front of them, caused the disciples to panick. They tried to control their fear but they couldn't. The powerful oppresing aura emanating from the eye was putting a seemingly massive pressure on them. They couldn't help, but scrambled on their knees. The two golden cores were not spared from the effect of the aura either. Their hearts lurched in primal fear while they barely stood on their feet. Afterall, the eye was a total-grade luminous artifact. If it was to reveal its true power, their souls would've exploded from its sheer force.
The Divine Crucible.
A treasure of immense power which could even gaze into the depth of the mind of a god. They might find it difficult, but only the celestials could manage to resist its power. For mortal and immortal cultivators on the mortal plane, they simply had no chance against the power of the crucible.
With all his might, Ju Feng was fighting the extreme pressure, coming from the eye. But after some seconds, he slumped on the ground. Any second from then, he would have to enter the state of unconsciousness. The other disciples had already succ.u.mbed to the pressure and had already passed out. It wasn't their fault. How could they resist the immense pressure from a divine artifact when they were yet to step fully into the Zhuji stage? Their cultivation level was simply not strong enough at that time to withstand the little amount of pressure from the emerald eye.
As Ju Feng was passing out, the voices sounded again.
”Weak, too weak. They couldn't even withstand a little immortal pressure.”
”Yet, they want to enter the Jade palace. I'm surprised, Femara.”
”Indeed, Neviria.”
”But the golden cores seemed to be holding their own, Femara.”
”Yes. They seemed to be withstanding the eye with no visible effect on them.”
”Why wouldn't they, Femara? After all, they have golden cores. Compared to the others who haven't even formed a phantom core. Can the two of them withstand a nascent glare? Do you want to find out, Femara?”
”Let them be, Neviria. That would be unnecessary oppression.”
”No. That would be finding out.”
” We're not oppressors, Neviria. Are we now?”
”Are we not, Femara? Mm?”
”Maybe, we are.”
”Hehehe.”
”Okay, let's focus on the matter before us.”
With that, the pressure coming from the eye receded much to the relief of the adventurous group. A green-gold mist was released from the eye which made Jufeng recovered his full composure as the other disciples also regained their consciousness. Zhang Xiu Ying and elder Cao Wang Xiu were also restored from the fatigue which their minds suffered.
”We, not-humbly, welcome you all to the ancestral palacium of the mightiest of the emperors. The immortal Jade emperor himself, Wan Bao.”
”Welcome.”
”You must be wondering what kind of palace is this after your visit to the garden. Well, you are right to wonder. As you can see, this is not your traditional kind of palace, just to confirm your thoughts. This is the palace turned myth. The Immortal Jade Realm itself.”
”A place that transcended the mortal plane and directly connected to other planes. How about that?:
A palace which connected to the heavenly and nether planes? Ju Feng asked himself. That sounded like what gatekeeper Luoyang told him about his own pagoda. He was still thinking about the palace when the two voices brought him out of his reverie.