Sitting and forgetting longevity

Chapter 1955 Stone Palace
Another sword aura flew out, like the light of dawn cleaving through the chaotic space, and also cleaved out a corner of the eaves.

"Wait, there's a stone hall ahead!" Li Shan shouted.

The others also noticed the exposed eaves at this moment, and their expressions were filled with excitement.

"Quickly, let's go investigate!"

"That palace didn't collapse under such immense pressure; it must be extraordinary!"

"Yes, it's not far now, Fellow Daoist Taiwei, what do you think?"

What else could Liu Qinghuan think? Of course, she had to go and see.

He swung his sword, and a shimmering, cold sword aura swirled out, cleaving through the frozen space, revealing a palace gate before them.

"go!"

Liu Qinghuan darted out first, leaping to the door and reaching out to push it open—

With a "squeak" sound, the door opened.

"It's actually a temple?"

Li Shan's surprised voice rang out from behind them, and the two of them looked at the stone statue facing the door.

The stone statue stands on a high platform, with a human body and a fish tail, and is colorful in five colors. The ingenious craftsmanship integrates the brilliance of the five-colored stone into the clothing and fish tail, making the stone statue appear both solemn and sacred, majestic yet gentle.

Liu Qinghuan and Li Shan hesitated, for the stone statue's lips were slightly upturned, and its deep, dark eyes seemed to hold a divine light, as if it were giving them a faint smile.

Upon closer inspection, the divine light seemed like an illusion; the stone statue was ultimately just a sculpture.

"Why aren't you going in?" Tiannu urged, "Hurry, the passage is about to disappear!"

With that, he stepped into the palace.

"Don't!"

"do not want!"

Tiannu was already standing inside the hall. He looked around but found nothing unusual. He then turned to look at Li and Liu, who had spoken.

"Aren't you being far too cautious? Look, nothing's happened. And even if something does happen, we'll deal with it as it comes. I'm definitely going to enter this palace!"

He found himself feeling completely relaxed, the immense pressure he had felt since climbing the mountain, as if he were carrying a giant boulder, had completely dissipated. He couldn't help but exclaim with delight, "There are no restrictions or constraints here!"

Seeing that he moved freely and did not trigger any mechanisms, Liu Qinghuan and Li Shan exchanged a glance and could only helplessly follow him through the door.

As soon as Xu Lingzi entered the room, the turbulent spatial currents quickly dissolved, and everything returned to normal in the blink of an eye.

The group first inspected the hall, and found nothing but the stone statues on the high platform.

However, there is a door on each side leading to a side hall.

The left room was a sleeping chamber, containing only a stone bed and a few empty frames.

The right room was a small storeroom containing some five-colored stones, but they were scattered all over the ground outside, so these were only better than nothing.

Liu Qinghuan walked to the foot of the platform and stood there, gazing intently at the stone statue.

Xu Lingzi also walked over and stood to one side, muttering to himself, "Which immortal or deity is this?"

"I don't know him," Liu Qinghuan said.

However, both of them felt a strange, profound, and vast spatial fluctuation emanating from the stone statue.

Tian Nu stroked his chin and said in a spoilsporting way, "It looks like it was carved from a single piece of five-colored divine stone. If we take it back, we'll make a fortune!"

Liu Qinghuan pondered for a moment, then shook her head and said:
"It's best not to act rashly. I feel that this stone statue is not simple. It is connected to the energy of the entire Five-Colored Stone Mountain. Moving it may cause an anomaly."

Tian Nu sighed regretfully. He could sense that something was amiss, but the treasure was right in front of him, yet he couldn't touch it, which left him somewhat unwilling. "Forget it, greed is a double-edged sword. Don't reach for what you shouldn't take." He turned around and said, "I'll search around some more and see if I can find anything."

Just as Xu Lingzi was about to follow, he saw Liu Qinghuan standing still, as if sensing something, and he couldn't help but stop.

"Fellow Daoist Taiwei?"

Liu Qinghuan snapped out of her daze: "What?"

"Have you discovered something?" Xu Lingzi asked tentatively.

Liu Qinghuan slowly revealed a smile and said, "I just found that the spatial power here is extremely dense, which may be beneficial to the path we cultivate. I want to study it."

Xu Lingzi immediately became interested: "Really? Then I'll try to understand it too?"

"Please make yourself at home, fellow Daoist!"

The two immediately took out prayer cushions and sat down in front of the stone statue.

On the other side, Tiannu had searched every corner of the palace again, but still found nothing, so he had to give up.

He walked over to Li Shan, who was sitting not far from the door, holding a spirit stone in his hand, seemingly preparing to meditate.

"There's nothing here. What a wasted trip!"

Li Shan calmly said, "It's not a complete waste of time. At least I can recover my magical power here."

Tian Nu's gaze shifted, and he lowered his voice, saying, "In that case, can we continue towards the summit?"

“This…” Li Shan hesitated. “The key is that the space here is too solid. We can’t keep up with the speed at which it closes. We could easily get trapped.”

Tiannu was somewhat disappointed.

Li Shan comforted them, saying, "We're not far from the mountaintop now. The five-colored stones contain pure and abundant spatial power, which is more than enough!"
"And with this small hall as a place for meditation, we can stay here longer and collect more five-colored stones."

“…Alright.” Tian Nu said reluctantly, glancing at the two people meditating in front of the stone statue: “Fellow Daoist Taiwei and Xu Lingzi have come to the right place this time.”

"Who told us not to cultivate the Dao of Space!" Li Shan laughed. "That stone statue does indeed... have some mystical qualities. It is very likely a mountain god nurtured by this mountain, and it cannot be easily moved."

Tian Nu chuckled, not noticing the extremely short pause Li Shan made while speaking, and was quite disapproving.

So what if it's a mountain god? It's just a more powerful spirit, not something that can't be destroyed.

It's just a bit troublesome.

However, Li Shan would most likely not agree. Although he seemed easy to talk to, he was intolerant of any wrongdoing and could not be persuaded. He would not let Li Shan take action easily.

Moreover, Liu Qinghuan had said something similar before, so Tian Nu could only temporarily calm his mind and begin to close his eyes and regulate his breathing.

Beside him, Li Shan opened his eyes again, glanced at him, then turned to look at the stone statue and the two people below it, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

At this moment, Liu Qinghuan was enveloped in an invisible yet dense spatial power, and he seemed to have completely entered a state of enlightenment, his figure becoming indistinct.

A beautiful lotus flower bloomed beside his hand, slowly rotating and emitting a spatial fluctuation that was both undeniable and highly restrained.

However, Xu Lingzi avoided the attack and hid on the other side of the stone statue to meditate.

A profound silence fell over the hall, the doors remaining wide open, revealing a desolate and bleak landscape.

Li Shan frowned, and was about to look away when a subtle, almost imperceptible, voice transmission suddenly reached his ears.

"Brother Li, did you notice anything when you came in?"

It was Liu Qinghuan's voice.

Li Shan's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't look over; instead, he slowly closed his eyes.

"I wish I hadn't noticed, but unfortunately I'm always very observant, and the other party wasn't quick enough to hide their tail, so it's hard to pretend I didn't see it!"