The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1539

Chapter 1539: Chapter 1535: Rules Chapter 1539: Chapter 1535: Rules “Here you go, I've annotated the witch text on it.” Fire Spirit Child tossed the scroll to Shen Luo, then picked up the Black Stone Stele and flew back to the Netherworld Furnace.

Shen Luo carefully examined the scribbles on the scroll. At first glance, it seemed to be a map, but upon closer inspection, it was completely off. Each intersection had several directions, with many routes overlapping or even conflicting. What kind of terrain structure was this?

He shook his head, put the scroll into his chest, and also stored away the Netherworld Furnace before moving on.

The passageway was lengthy, and since he dared not walk fast, it took him a quarter of an hour to reach the end. Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened in the middle.

Other than the pitch-black passageway, it suddenly lit up ahead. A long blue stone passage appeared, with a Stone Stele standing beside it, several lines of text engraved upon it.

“To the one who reaches the second layer of the Tianyan Palace, your strength is remarkable, and your courage commendable.

Ahead lies the Heavenly Puzzling Maze; danger and opportunities alike await.”

Shen Luo let out a sigh as he read the text on the Stone Stele.

It seemed he was indeed in the second layer of the Tianyan Palace, inexplicably caught in the midst of a test–whether for good or ill, he did not know.

He surveyed the blue stone passage ahead. It seemed unremarkable, with walls on both sides engraved with many strange patterns featuring mountains, rivers, people, and beasts–some exquisitely done, others oddly crude, making it unclear what the intentions of the artist were.

The blue stone passage was also densely covered with prohibitions, and Divine Sense still couldn't spread out.

Having come this far, Shen Luo did not hesitate. As he was about to step forward, something caught his eye behind the Stone Stele–there seemed to be something written there too. He leaned in for a closer look.

The Stone Stele was flush against the wall, and from this angle, it was difficult to see the other side. Only by pressing his face against the wall could he clearly see that there was indeed a line of text on the back side. Written by the same hand as the front, it was clearly authored by the same person.

“Within the Heavenly Puzzling Maze, those who damage the walls shall be punished!”

“Written in such a place, I wonder if the intent was for people to see it or not.” Shen Luo was somewhat speechless towards the person who set up the Stone Stele. He bent down to carefully examine the Stone Stele once more, and after finding no other hidden content, he proceeded forward.

He followed the blue stone passage for a while before suddenly coming to a crossroad.

Each of the three passageways that branched out were almost identical, winding and difficult to see to the end.

He recalled the contents of the Stone Stele he had just passed and, after a moment of contemplation, continued down the passageway in front.

He hadn't walked far when the sound of mechanisms clicking into place came from behind. Shen Luo immediately leapt backwards, quickly retreating to the previous crossroad in the blink of an eye.

However, the crossroad was no longer there, having been replaced by a three-pronged fork in the road. The passageway leading to the exit and the one on the left had vanished, with a new path now stretching toward the left front.

“A maze that can change its terrain, huh…” Shen Luo muttered to himself, then turned to continue onward.

Soon, a fork in the road appeared ahead, extending to the left and right. He chose the left path to keep going.

This Heavenly Puzzling Maze was incredibly complex, with diverging paths appearing every so often, whether two or three. Plus, once he passed each intersection, the terrain there would immediately change.

At first, Shen Luo tried to remember the pathways he had taken, but as he walked further, things became more chaotic and he couldn't keep track, so he simply stopped trying and went wherever the road took him.

At that moment, the sound of metal clashing and scraping came from ahead.

Shen Luo's eyes flickered, but he didn't stop his stride. He kept moving forward and soon spotted the source of the metallic sounds–a suit of green Armor.

This Armor is somewhat similar to the Green Snake Armor encountered in the great hall, but also different; the arms are curved as if they were the body of a serpent, holding not curved knives, but two misty yellow Snake-shaped longswords, with a trail of blood-red patterns on the Sword body, quite extraordinary.

Seeing Shen Luo, the Blue Armor immediately charged over with an angry roar.

The situation inside the Maze was strange, and Shen Luo had no intention of getting entangled with this Armor. He directly used Splashy Chaotic Stick technique, and with two strikes, the Blue Armor was shattered to pieces.

However, those two Snake-shaped longswords, made of some unknown Materials, did not break under the strike of the Profound Yellow Staff, they were merely bent.

“Hey, these longswords actually contain quite a bit of Xuan Turtle Plank and Blood Scale Stone, no wonder they could withstand your stick. Give me these longswords, extracting the Xuan Turtle Plank and Blood Scale Stone from them will be very beneficial for you, even though the quantity is rather small,” Fire Spirit Child's voice rang out once more.

Joy flashed in Shen Luo's eyes; Xuan Turtle Plank need not be mentioned, but Blood Scale Stone was a Precious material for the refinement of the Blood Essence Banner, which he had been unable to find in Tianji City. Unexpectedly, he encountered it here.

He swept the longswords into his sleeves, sent them into the Netherworld Furnace, and continued forward.

The encounter with this Blue Armor seemed to be a starting point; after that, every certain distance, he would encounter one or two Armors, some were the previous Snake-shaped Armors, others were different types of Armors.

These Armors weren't particularly powerful; he handled them easily with his stick technique and collected another three or four pairs of Snake-shaped longswords, enough to refine the Blood Essence Banner.

Other Armors also had some Precious materials on them, yielding a rich harvest.

“Could it be that these Armors are the Danger and Opportunity mentioned on the Stone Stele?” Shen Luo thought to himself.

Soon, he had been in the Heavenly Puzzling Maze for more than one hour, and only occasionally encountered Armor guardians in the Blue Stone Passage, encountering no other dangers. He considered whether to increase his pace.

A pattering of light footsteps came from ahead, very brisk, and entirely different from the previous Armors.

Shen Luo's eyebrows furrowed, about to activate his Soft Smoke Luo Brocade Clothing to conceal his presence, but it was too late.

A figure appeared in the passageway ahead, it was Che Qingtian.

“Hehe, Shen Luo, you've actually been transported in here as well.” Che Qingtian's expression was slightly surprised, then he chuckled.

“Daoist Che, you are here too, I wonder if you've already obtained the Inheritance of Tianyan Palace's Master?” Seeing Che Qingtian, Shen Luo was also startled, but spoke calmly.

“How did you know that this is Tianyan Palace?” Che Qingtian's expression changed drastically, his voice turning cold.

Shen Luo was taken aback by his words; wasn't Che Qingtian like him, someone who had fought his way up from the First Layer? There were quite a few places marked ahead indicating this was the Tianyan Palace.

Moreover, Che Qingtian's huge reaction upon hearing the name Tianyan Palace indicated he must have known about this place long before.

“Why should I tell Your Excellency how I know?” Shen Luo responded while his thoughts raced.

“Tianyan Palace is a Holy land where only people from the Che family can enter. Since you are unwilling to answer my question sincerely, then go to die!” Che Qingtian's eyes shone with a cold light, filled with murderous intent as he took out a snow-white Greatsword.

A broad Sword Qi flashed above Shen Luo's head, slashing down straight at him.

Shen Luo had previously sparred with this person and had not been at too much of a disadvantage, calling upon his Profound Yellow Staff for defense.

But after just two moves, Shen Luo felt something was off. Che Qingtian's movements were now as ghostly as a Ghostly Specter, and his Greatsword was astonishingly powerful, his swordsmanship far more exquisite than before, several times more formidable.

After just two exchanges, Shen Luo's right arm was swept by a blast of Sword Qi, blood gushing out profusely, with the Thousand Cup Golden Goblet having little effect.

He hastily used several ultimate moves from Splashy Chaotic Stick to barely force the opponent back.