To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Chapter 277 of the high-energy series, Star Platform, has been updated! Read it now!

One year later, Huanglong Mountain.

Gu Fan sat upright on the futon, his eyes closed and his brows slightly furrowed.

By visualizing oneself with one's divine sense, one can see a golden crystal quietly floating beside the golden core in the dantian, radiating a sharp brilliance.

Crystals are the essence of Geng metal.

As solidified essence of heaven and earth, the only way to smooth out its sharpness is through magical power.

Although he had anticipated the difficulty of milling, Gu Fan realized that he had underestimated the Gengjin Yuansui after actually getting his hands dirty.

The magical power surged out of the golden core like a tide, washing over the Gengjin Yuan Sui. Each time, the amount of power it reduced was almost negligible. The difficulty of this process was several times greater than grinding an iron pestle into a needle, like water droplets hitting an iron plate.

Moreover, the small amount of Geng metal essence that has been washed out must be firmly bound to prevent it from damaging the dantian meridians.

Even someone as powerful and insightful as Gu Fan still found it somewhat strenuous.

"It truly takes meticulous, painstaking effort."

Gu Fan slowly opened his eyes, frowned, and sighed.

With a flick of her sleeve, Yang Mengyun activated the outdoor array and walked in.

"Greetings, senior." Yang Mengyun bowed.

"What is it?" Gu Fan asked with a serious expression.

It was not yet time to teach the art of array formations, so Yang Mengyun's arrival to disturb them must mean something had happened.

Yang Mengyun said cautiously, "Senior, someone from the Gu family came yesterday and said... the date you agreed upon with Young Master Gu has arrived."

Gu Fan was suddenly struck by the realization that a year had passed so quickly.

......

Outside Shilin City.

Standing beside Gu Fan was a Foundation Establishment cultivator in a green robe, who was Gu Qingyuan's guard. They had met once before in Immortal Fate City.

Yang Yifeng, along with his three sons and Yang Mengyun, saw them off.

After many years, Yang Yifeng's face had aged considerably, making him look like an old man nearing the end of his life.

However, when the Gu family cultivators were present, Yang Yifeng did not show any weakness. Instead, he smiled and bowed to them in farewell: "Fellow Daoist, your journey is long. The entire Yang clan eagerly awaits your return."

Gu Fan returned the greeting with a cupped hand and was about to turn and leave when he suddenly heard Yang Mengyun call out to him.

"senior!"

For some reason, Yang Mengyun suddenly felt uneasy, as if she was about to lose something important.

Gu Fan's brow twitched slightly, and he asked in surprise, "Is something the matter?"

Yang Mengyun pursed her lips and slowly shook her head: "It's nothing. I hope you take care, senior."

Gu Fan nodded and smiled, then leaped into the air using his escape technique.

......

The guard who came to invite Gu Fan was named Gu Pingchuan.

Although his surname is Gu, his behavior clearly indicates that he is not a direct descendant of the Gu family, but rather resembles those disciples of the Yang family who have adopted the surname.

Along the way, Gu Pingchuan remained serious and didn't smile, and Gu Fan wasn't in the mood to talk to him either. After only a few days, they saw Xianyuan City.

In the familiar courtyard, Gu Fan saw Gu Qingyuan again.

After exchanging greetings, Gu Qingyuan asked directly, "Fellow Daoist, are you ready?"

"That's natural." Gu Fan nodded.

Before setting off, he had already packed his bags, hiding Chang Yuan and the gourd in the spirit beast bag, using the Qi-Connecting True Technique to firmly conceal the fluctuations of his mid-stage Golden Core magic power.

Unless one investigates personally, even a late-stage Golden Core cultivator wouldn't be able to detect Gu Fan's true cultivation level.

Gu Qingyuan smiled with satisfaction, took out the Yin-Yang Token from his sleeve, and saw that the light on the Yin-Yang Token had been shining continuously, and the spiritual light was constantly trembling.

"Tomorrow is expected to be the opening day of the Liangyi Hall."

"Unfortunately, a Yin-Yang Token can only bring two people into the Yin-Yang Hall at most, otherwise the chances of success would be even greater."

Gu Qingyuan shook his head regretfully.

The following evening.

Gu Fan and Gu Qingyuan stood in the courtyard.

As night fell, the Yin-Yang Token, like a faint lamp, illuminated the area around the two of them.

"They're here!"

Gu Qingyuan called out in a low voice.

The Yin-Yang Token shattered and erupted, its black and white light enveloping Gu Fan and Gu Qingyuan, lifting them into the air.

Gu Fan's eyes widened in surprise.

Under the all-seeing eye, a golden vortex appeared in the void, and he and Gu Qingyuan rushed into the void. Looking around, there was more than one vortex above Immortal City, with three others in different directions.

"The Gu family has four Yin-Yang Tokens, so these must be the other three," Gu Fan thought.

The two plunged into the vortex, and Gu Fan suddenly felt everything go black.

His consciousness seemed to be lost in chaos, drifting aimlessly for an unknown period of time.

When Gu Fan came to his senses, he was immediately shocked by the scene before him.

The surroundings resembled a pitch-black universe, stretching as far as the eye could see, seemingly harboring endless dangers.

In this pitch-black universe, the greatest source of light is a huge, dark golden sun.

Upon closer inspection, Gu Fan discovered a phantom image of a palace within the sun!

Looking back, Gu Qingyuan was standing beside him, his eyes closed, clearly still asleep.

'It seems that those with stronger spiritual consciousness wake up earlier.'

As Gu Fan was thinking this, he saw Gu Qingyuan's eyelids tremble. He quickly closed his eyes and pretended to be half-awake.

"Fellow Daoist, fellow Daoist!"

A moment later, Gu Qingyuan's voice rang out, and Gu Fan slowly opened his eyes.

Their eyes met, and Gu Fan clearly saw the lingering shock in Gu Qingyuan's eyes, the same look he had just had.

"Fellow Daoist... is that the Yin-Yang Hall?"

Gu Fan gazed at the dark golden sun, his voice trembling slightly.

"That's right." Gu Qingyuan nodded and said, "According to the clan's records, the one in the middle of the sun is the Liangyi Hall. What we are currently at is only the outermost part of the Liangyi Hall, which is called the 'Star Platform.' There are countless such Star Platforms in the Liangyi Hall."

"The Hall of Two Elements only opens once every five hundred years; it's truly fortunate that we were able to be there!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Fan began to observe the star platform before him.

The entire star platform was about a hundred feet in circumference, like an island floating in the void. The ground was made of white jade and emitted a warm, radiant glow.

At the center of the star platform, two beams of light, one black and one white, stand tall.

"Could those two beams of light be an array?" Gu Fan asked, squinting.

Gu Qingyuan nodded slightly: "That's right! It's impossible to fly outside the Liangyi Palace. The only way is to teleport through the array. You can be teleported out by entering the white array, but the location is relatively random. The black array leads to other star platforms."

At this point, Gu Qingyuan's expression was both excited and serious.

"Entering this place with the Yin-Yang Token, there are only teleportation arrays on the star platform. But once you enter the black array, everything changes! Some star platforms are like this place, empty and desolate without any danger. If you want to go to other star platforms again, you must pass the test arrays before they will appear. Some star platforms hold opportunities, but along with the opportunities come more risks!"

"Within the Star Platform, there is another golden array, which is the correct path to the Yin-Yang Palace. Entering the golden array will teleport you to a small realm, which is the treasure trove. At that time... we will have to rely on your array skills, fellow Daoist!"

"As for whether to continue deeper into the Two Elements Palace after obtaining the treasure, or to withdraw here, it is entirely up to the individual. The clan's records are not very detailed regarding the situation of continuing deeper into the Two Elements Palace."

Gu Qingyuan spoke slowly and deliberately, his tone carrying a hint of reverence.

There are some things he won't say.

For example, the ancestors of the Gu family had naturally explored the deeper parts of the Liangyi Palace, which established the Gu family's status as a pioneering clan and earned them a chance to advance to the Immortal Clan.

But only one person managed to escape; the rest disappeared without a trace, their fate unknown.

Those are all Golden Core cultivators trained by the Gu family over generations!

Gu Fan nodded slightly and smiled, "Rest assured, fellow Daoist!"

After saying that, Gu Fan turned around and walked towards the center of the star platform.

A moment later, the two arrived in front of the formation, where they saw that each of the black and white formations was three zhang in diameter.

Gu Fan did not immediately step inside, but instead observed it with his Myriad Manifestations Eye.

Although teleportation arrays have been passed down in the Qionghua Realm, their teleportation range is extremely limited. The array before us is undoubtedly more special.

Unexpectedly, his heart skipped a beat when he looked at it.

How did you do that?