Slender willows sway in the breeze

Chapter 91 Horrifying Experience in the Holy Land
A month passed quickly.

The rich and pure spiritual energy in the sacred land seemed to have merged with Liu Sijun, and the multicolored halo around her became even more dazzling. Her temperament also became more otherworldly during this month of cultivation.

As the last trace of spiritual energy slowly merged into her meridians, Liu Sijun slowly opened her eyes, a glint of light flashing in them. She could clearly feel that her cultivation had improved considerably, and her meridians had been widened. At this moment, the spiritual energy within her body was abundant and powerful.

Liu Sijun was in a good mood and stood up to look around.

I've been so focused on cultivation this past month that I haven't had time to familiarize myself with this mysterious place.

In the center of the sacred land stands a towering sacred tree. Its trunk is so thick that it takes dozens of people to encircle it. Strange patterns cover the trunk, and each leaf displays a different color. In the breeze, it sways gently, making a crisp and melodious sound.

Liu Sijun looked at the spirit tree and felt that it looked familiar.

He closed his eyes and quickly searched through his mind. Sure enough, he found it. He thought the fruit tree looked familiar. He had seen it in the library of Yougu Palace not long ago. This was no ordinary spirit tree, but a spirit-gathering fruit tree.

The book states that taking one pill can instantly raise an ordinary cultivator's cultivation level by one major realm, and this effect can last for an hour without any adverse effects on the body.

It is several times more effective than those pills that temporarily boost cultivation, and has no side effects.

Therefore, this Spirit Gathering Fruit is extremely precious.

However, this fruit ripens only once every thousand years and is protected by a powerful spiritual barrier, making it impossible for anyone but those with the right destiny to approach and obtain it.

Liu Sijun herself is an alchemist, so this doesn't hold much appeal for her.

After straightening his clothes and preparing to leave the way he came, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be an unusual spiritual energy fluctuation emanating from the holy land.

It was as if it was beckoning her to come and find out what was going on.

Liu Sijun's heart stirred. After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but lift her foot and walk in that direction.

The closer you get, the stronger the mysterious spiritual energy fluctuations become. Upon closer inspection, you'll find that it's a seemingly ordinary stone wall, but it's covered with obscure and difficult-to-understand runes that shimmer with a faint light.

She stepped closer and examined the runes carefully, trying to decipher their meaning.

As an alchemist, I usually have some knowledge of various spiritual runes, but the runes in front of me are extremely ancient and complex. After looking at them for a long time, I could only barely recognize a few familiar characters. It was impossible for me to understand them.

Just as she was about to give up and stop investigating, the Taixu Mirror in her sleeve trembled slightly.

The Taixu Mirror is clearly a treasure of Yougu Palace, so how could it be related to the imperial palace and sacred land?

Liu Sijun was filled with doubt. She took the Taixu Mirror out of her sleeve and examined it carefully in her palm.

The Taixu Mirror's surface was as clear as water, and it was trembling slightly. A soft halo appeared on the surface, which seemed to echo the runes on the stone wall, winding around them as if searching for something.

The Taixu Mirror has an extraordinary origin; even the master's master, the former palace master Feng Ze, was not fully aware of it.

Liu Sijun never expected that such a strange reaction would occur in this sacred place today. Could it be that the Taixu Mirror has some ancient connection with this sacred place or the runes on the stone wall?
She took the Taixu Mirror and tried to get a little closer to the stone wall.

Just then, a miraculous scene unfolded!

The halo on the Taixu Mirror suddenly intensified, transforming into a bright ray of light that projected directly onto the runes on the stone wall.

Those runes, which were originally obscure and difficult to understand, seemingly containing endless mysteries, gradually began to change under the light. The shapes of the characters began to twist, and some complex patterns emerged. Liu Sijun had never seen such a mysterious sight before.

Her eyes widened, realizing that the Taixu Mirror must have triggered the secret of the stone wall.

You might get an unexpected opportunity.

As the runes continued to change, some wondrous things slowly flowed into her mind like a gentle stream.

These things are extremely scattered, as if they have been eroded by time and are incomplete.

Liu Sijun could vaguely piece together what appeared to be an ancient spiritual power inheritance recorded on the stone wall, concerning a once glorious but mysteriously vanished cultivation sect. Just as Liu Sijun was fully focused, trying to obtain more information, a deep rumbling sound suddenly came from within the sacred ground.

The sound came from deep underground, carrying a dull and oppressive feeling that made the entire space tremble slightly.

Liu Sijun's heart tightened, realizing that he might have unintentionally triggered a deeper level of restrictions on the sacred ground.

She hurriedly tried to put away the Taixu Mirror and stop exploring the stone wall.

However, the Taixu Mirror seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, clinging tightly to the stone wall, unable to move an inch.

The runes on the stone wall shone brighter and brighter, the roaring sound grew stronger, and the surrounding spiritual energy began to become chaotic and violent, as if a spiritual energy storm was about to sweep in.

Liu Sijun was extremely anxious. She tried to use her spiritual power to break free from the restraint, but as soon as her spiritual power came into contact with the pulling force, it was like a mud ox entering the sea, instantly swallowed up without a trace.

Just when she was feeling desperate, she suddenly remembered an emergency method she had seen in an ancient book.

It is said that when encountering a dangerous situation where spiritual energy is out of control, one can try to use one's own spiritual energy as a guide and draw on the five elements of spiritual energy in the surrounding environment to construct a barrier that balances spiritual energy, thereby resisting the impact of external spiritual energy and striving for a chance to escape.

Without hesitation, Liu Sijun calmed herself down and mobilized her powerful spiritual energy. Following the methods recorded in ancient texts, she guided the free-floating spiritual energy of the five elements in the sacred land to converge towards her.

Multicolored spiritual energy shimmered around her, gradually intertwining and merging to form a spiritual energy barrier that emitted a soft glow, temporarily separating her from the out-of-control stone wall and the Taixu Mirror.

A storm of spiritual energy raged outside the barrier. Liu Sijun hid inside the barrier, her forehead covered in fine beads of sweat. She nervously watched the commotion outside, silently praying that the crisis would pass as soon as possible.

Fortunately, this storm of spiritual energy did not last long.

The raging spiritual energy gradually subsided, and the previously chaotic and trembling space slowly returned to calm.

Liu Sijun let out a long sigh, wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead, and looked with lingering fear at the stone wall outside the barrier that had returned to normal and the Taixu Mirror still attached to it.

It was as if the terrifying ordeal they had just experienced was merely a brief nightmare.

Although she was temporarily out of danger, she knew that she should not stay here for long. The commotion she had just made might have attracted the attention of some people in the palace. If they found out that she had caused such a situation in the holy land, it would probably cause her a lot of trouble.

She carefully tried to move the Tai Xu Mirror again, and this time the invisible pulling force seemed to have weakened considerably as the spiritual energy storm subsided.

Liu Sijun channeled his spiritual power and slowly removed it.

As soon as the Taixu Mirror was in hand, the originally intense halo on the mirror surface gradually subsided, restoring its former tranquility.

However, Liu Sijun could sense that it seemed to have gained a more mysterious aura than before.

She put the Taixu Mirror away and glanced at the stone wall again. The runes there had stopped changing and returned to their previous obscure and incomprehensible form.

However, she still had fragmented information about the ancient spiritual power inheritance that she had just pieced together in her mind.

She knew that this information was extremely valuable, and that she would definitely study it carefully when she had the chance in the future, perhaps she could uncover some amazing secrets from it.

Having gathered her thoughts, Liu Sijun didn't linger any longer and turned to walk quickly toward the exit of the holy land.

I kept a close eye on my surroundings the whole way, and fortunately, I didn't encounter anything unusual.

Before long, they arrived at the exit, took out the jade token they had used earlier, and activated it according to a specific method of circulating spiritual energy. A soft light flashed by, and when they opened their eyes again, they were back in the Longevity Palace.

After returning to his residence, Liu Sijun first set up several spiritual energy restrictions to ensure that no one would disturb him. Then he sat on the couch, took out the Taixu Mirror again, and examined it carefully.

She tried channeling a wisp of spiritual energy into the Taixu Mirror, hoping to discover something else. After the energy was channeled, the mirror surface rippled slightly, and then some blurry images appeared. In the images, one could vaguely make out some cultivators in ancient attire...

Liu Sijun was overjoyed. She knew that this must be related to the ancient spiritual power inheritance recorded on the stone wall. However, the images were too blurry and fleeting, and she didn't have time to see the details clearly.

However, this also made her even more certain that the connection between the Taixu Mirror and the sacred stone wall was definitely not simple.