112 Divine Beast tracks. (1/2)
There was a straight path that went directly from the garden gate to the palace entrance, the entire path paved with a strangely rubbery stone. Strangely enough, despite the passage of what was likely quite a few years, none of the grass or plants from the garden had spread to the path, it was completely clean.
While walking on it, Li Yang and Fang Ying felt a faint and tranquil sensation flow into their bodies from the path, calming their minds and clearing their thoughts. It seemed like the path itself was made using a man-made material designed to calm the mind and make it easier to cultivate, something Li Yang could only consider pointlessly luxurious.
Of course, the more pointlessly luxurious the path was, the more likely it was that the palace itself would contain plenty of good resources that they could snag. The two quickly reached the palace entrance, two ten-meter tall doors of cyan metal that had a soaring eagle engraved on them. The doors had been torn off their hinges by the people who had come before Li Yang and Fang Ying, tossed aside in a careless manner after they discovered that the doors weren't made from any rare material.
Li Yang walked over to one of the doors, giving it a few knocks with his knuckles. The door produced a strangely hollow sound as it was hit, the sound echoing out and turning into a strangely soft tune that seemed to calm the mind somewhat, Li Yang's eyes gleaming with curiosity.
”I really wonder just where this Ocean God's Graveyard came from. I could at least guess at what type of material was used to make that path, but I have never even heard or read about any material like the one used to make this door.”
Materials that calmed the mind weren't uncommon, Li Yang himself had owned quite a few mats and couches made of such material in his past life, he had even seen such items once or twice in this life already. But something like this door, which could turn a knocking sound into a calming tune? He had never even thought such a thing to be possible.
Now that Li Yang had reunited with Fang Ying and calmed his main worry, he was starting to focus more and more on the world around them, growing more and more curious about the various changes and advancements with each passing day. At times he almost felt like a kid in a candy store, there was simply so much to see and learn.
And that was just in this universe, there were still countless other universes they could explore and adventure through, the things they could still see were close to endless. Fang Ying also walked over to the door, giving it a few gentle taps with her finger and listening to the tune.
”There are a few similar materials like this in the Tian clan, but none that have this calming effect. It could be that the Tian clan got the techniques to create these things last time this place opened, but haven't yet been able to study them enough to perfectly recreate them.”
Fang Ying's guess wasn't far from the truth, the Tian clan had indeed gotten the techniques to create these kinds of items from here. But it wasn't that they were unable to recreate them due to not understanding the techniques, they simply didn't have the materials necessary to do so. Despite the great reach of the Tian clan, the recipe for items like this door contained materials they had never even heard of before. But that was only to be expected, the floating continent where this Ocean God's Graveyard was located came from a different universe after all.
Li Yang and Fang Ying took one of the doors each, putting them into their interspatial rings and storing them for closer inspection later on. Langshen had already headed into the palace while the two were busy with the doors so they quickly followed after him and entered the palace, arriving in a large hall that seemed to take up a large portion of the palace.
The hall was a bit different compared to what they had seen in the city so far, it was almost completely ruined. They could see places where large parts of the walls had been shattered, opening a path between the hall and some of the various rooms around it, this was the main reason the hall was so large, almost 50 kilometers in each direction now. There were large scars and holes in both the walls and floor, marks after weapon attacks. Various ruined weapons were scattered around the hall and the rooms around it, some of them shattered and some of them covered in rust and stains.
There were stains of dried blood all around the area, a large and violent battle had clearly taken place here. But despite all this blood and all these weapons lying around, there was not a single corpse present, there wasn't even any dust from bones. Another point that the two felt somewhat strange was the fact that the entire hall smelled faintly of fragrant wood, there wasn't the slightest foul smell despite all the dried blood.
The other groups that had entered the palace before them were busy checking all the bloodstains and the weapons, checking if anything was still useable. There was a set of fish-engraved doors that were twice as large as the entrance located on the opposite side of the room, leading deeper into the palace. Despite the scars and holes in the various walls, everything around this door was completely clean, not even a single crack in the walls. There were a few people from each group gathered around this door, trying to figure out how to open it. While Li Yang was sweeping the area with his gaze, Fang Ying softly tapped his shoulder, her voice drifting into his ears so that no one else could hear it.
”Langshen has found something, follow me.”