The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

The resonance lasted for a full quarter of an hour, and a faint line of runes appeared at the tip of the short staff, exactly the same as the description in the Taixu Dansheng's Notes, except that there were two more lines.

Bai Ye recognized the significance of these two lines; they were the central control points of Starfall Plain, Aurora Plain, and the Gray Domain Network.

Xiao Fan held the short staff in his hand, feeling the connection between the staff and the spirit core. Since breaking through to the Sun Rank, he had reached a whole new level. Not only the output of spiritual power, but even every node in the channel had become clearer.

Previously, information could only be seen in the full-area projection of the White Pagoda, but now its location and operation can be directly perceived through the Spirit Core.

Upon hearing that a Sun-rank martial artist had broken through, the young master of Qinglu Manor made a special trip to the Twin Realms Platform.

The gift he brought was a small, bluish-gray deer. He said that the Green Deer bloodline was a recognized loyal spirit beast in the northeastern part of Xingluo Plain, making it perfect as a messenger for the stronghold.

Xiao Fan placed the spirit deer in an open space behind the main house. The spirit deer quickly adapted to the new environment. It sniffed the surrounding scents and then retreated to a dark place.

The leader surnamed Lu sent him a short letter, informing him that the mining in the middle section of the northern Aurora Plains mineral vein was progressing smoothly, and that he could be notified if there were any surplus resources at Shuangjietai.

One-Eyed Dragon of the Red Iron Gang did not come in person. Instead, he sent someone to deliver ore from the Rust Rift to the stronghold, along with a note stating that the next batch of ore would be delivered on time.

On the last day of the month, Bai Ye left the Silver Frost Sword inside the magic array room.

The next morning, she took out the Silver Frost Sword again. This time, the Silver Frost Sword had a new color, the same color as the red crystal on the short stick. The presence of these two spiritual weapons in the array room slightly enhanced their spiritual power structure.

Bai Ye sheathed his longsword, stepped out of the array room, glanced at the sky, and saw that the dawn was breaking, enveloping the entire platform in a soft halo of light.

After breaking through to the Great Sun level, Xiao Fan sensed the operation of the underground network for the first time, something he had never discovered before.

As the spirit core and the short staff synchronized, he obtained more data. In the process of sorting through it, he discovered a hidden branch line that ran from the north of Aurora Plains through the Gray Domain and the south of Starfall Plains, eventually intersecting with the main network directly below the Dual Realm Platform.

This hidden branch did not appear on the bone fragment map, nor in the records of the Silver Frost Sword, but its spiritual wave frequency was exactly the same as the core resonance frequency of the Twin Realm Platform Dharma Chamber, as if the entire network had been designed with a passage to the Twin Realm Platform in mind from the very beginning.

Following the clues from this branch, he found a marker on a remote ice field in the northern part of the Aurora Plains.

Most of the canyon entrances are covered by a thick layer of ice, but beneath the ice lies a complete man-made doorway.

The runes on the door frame are exactly the same as those on the walls of the Twin Realms Platform, as if the same person left the same mark at different times.

During the subsequent investigation, Bai Ye discovered an unrecorded pipe that was exactly the same shape as the underground passages in Starfall Plain and Gray Domain, but much older.

"This reserved passage shows that when Taixu Dansheng designed this pipeline, he had already reserved the location for the Dual Realm Platform." Bai Ye closed his notebook and said, "He has kept this place for a long time, just waiting for a suitable candidate."

Xiao Fan stood at the entrance of the Ice Valley, looking at the ancient gate. The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast lay at his feet, its mane reflecting a faint golden light in the sunlight.

Xiao Fan, carrying a short staff, led Bai Ye back to the canyon. This time, he brought digging and scouting tools with him.

The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast stepped forward and tore open the thin layer of ice on the gate with its claws, revealing the gate inside.

The door frame was made of the same material as the base of the White Pagoda, and it was inlaid with fine silver lines, just like the reinforced rune discs on the walls of the Twin Realms Platform.

Xiao Fan placed the crimson short staff against the door frame. As the spiritual power of the Sun-Rank Spirit Core was injected, a soft golden light emanated from the door frame, illuminating the entire frame.

The light was steady, without any pause or flicker, and in the very center of the door frame appeared a stone staircase leading to the underground.

The stairs weren't long; after only a dozen or so steps, we reached the end.

This is an underground stone chamber. There are no runes or decorations on the walls, only a round copper plate embedded in the ground with a small map engraved on it.

This map covers the intersection of three major regions: Starfall Plains, Aurora Plains, and Gray Zone. The center is the platform where the Dual Realm Platform is located, and around it are thin pipelines.

Bai Ye crouched down and scanned the lines on the disc with the patterns on the Silver Frost Sword, confirming that these lines were the same as the mainstream data on the bone map, except for an extra dotted line. This dotted line extended outward from the center of the Twin Realms Platform, all the way to an unknown direction.

At the end of the line was a small rune, exactly the same as the point of light in the red crystal at the top of the short staff.

"There's no mention of this dotted line in the records of the Silver Frost Sword." Bai Ye stood up, looked at Xiao Fan, and said, "But the direction it points to is the place your spirit core sensed after you broke through to the Sun Rank."

Xiao Fan squatted down and placed the tip of the short staff in the center of the copper plate.

The instant the staff touched the disc, a projection appeared on the disc, showing that the dotted line started from the Twin Realms Platform, passed through an underground passage, and entered a closed space that was not recorded on any map.

At the bottom of this space, there is an area called the "core," which forms a distinct resonant feedback with the daily connection between the short rods.

He put away his short staff and looked at Bai Ye, saying, "This door and that bronze disc are not mineral veins, but passages leading to a deeper place."

Bai Ye stood up and stood at the entrance of the stone chamber, looking at the end of the dotted line projected onto the bronze disc. He decided to make a mark on the door first.

Xiao Fan meticulously recorded the coordinates on the bronze disc, then returned to the ground, resealed the entrance to the door frame, and made a new mark on it.

The portal beneath the Twin Platforms leads to a deeper space, quite a distance from the current map.

After determining the location of the gate beneath the ice, Xiao Fan began to compare the map on the bronze disc with the entire projection of the White Tower.

The results show that at some key coordinate points, the results are consistent with existing data, but in the closed spatial region where the dashed trajectory ends, there are significant differences.