254: Bronze Fairy Palace, White Tiger

Kunlun Mountain, since ancient times, has been hailed as the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Mountains and the Source of Dragon Veins.

At this moment, on the snow-capped peak, perpetually covered in ice and snow and rarely visited, two figures appeared.

It was Lu Yuchen and Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin.

“Revered Master, this is the place,” Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin said respectfully, pointing at a seemingly ordinary cliff.

Lu Yuchen frowned slightly. His vast Divine Sense, which had long entered the Soul Transformation Stage, swept across the cliff, but was silently bounced back by an invisible force.

“Something’s strange,” he thought, and walked forward.

The cliff was covered with dense, profound runes, forming an enormous hidden Formation.

This Formation was perfectly integrated with this world. If not for Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin’s guidance, even he might not have discovered its intricacies.

“This is a Restriction you personally set up back then, Revered Master. It cannot be opened by anyone not bearing your Bloodline,” Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin explained.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuchen’s heart grew even more puzzled.

When the hell did I ever unlock the “Formation Great Master” skill point?

He skeptically extended his finger and lightly drew a line across the cold stone wall.

A drop of crimson blood seeped from his fingertip and merged into the stone wall.

The next instant!

“Buzz—!”

A faint hum.

The originally unremarkable cliff rippled like water.

Then, under their astonished gazes, the hard stone wall slowly receded to both sides, revealing a deep cave entrance shimmering with a faint blue light.

A surge of pure Spiritual Qi, hundreds of times denser than the outside world, rushed towards them.

“Let’s go, Revered Master.”

They entered the cave one after another.

The sight before them made even the well-traveled Lu Yuchen gasp.

How was this a mere cave?

This was clearly… a small world, self-contained!

Exotic flowers and rare herbs competed for beauty.

Immortal cranes and spirit deer roamed leisurely.

In a clear stream, several golden carp, radiating a faint golden light, swam joyfully.

And in the center of this small world, a magnificent palace, cast entirely from bronze, stood silently, exuding an ancient and vast Aura.

The Bronze Immortal Palace!

Just as they were about to proceed deeper.

“Roar—!”

A tiger’s roar.

Then, a white figure, swift as lightning, lunged towards them!

It was a white-eyed tiger, nearly ten zhang long, with snow-white fur and a clear “King” character on its forehead… a white tiger with piercing eyes!

The Aura it exuded was also that of a… Soul Transformation ninth-stage existence!

Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin’s face changed dramatically, and she was about to step forward.

“Uncle Bai!”

The white tiger’s speed was too fast!

It had almost reached them in the blink of an eye!

However, just as the protagonist was about to act.

The initially aggressive white tiger, upon seeing Lu Yuchen’s face, had its lantern-sized tiger eyes instantly fill with wild joy!

Its massive body slammed on the brakes mid-air, and with a “thud,” it crashed down like a small mountain before them.

Then, under Lu Yuchen’s dumbfounded gaze, this majestic Soul Transformation Stage Yao Beast actually… “Waaah—!”

It burst into tears.

Its cries were earth-shattering.

“Ma… Revered Master!”

“You… you’ve finally returned!”

The white tiger’s massive head rubbed against Lu Yuchen’s leg like a wronged little wife, its hot tiger tears quickly soaking a large patch of Lu Yuchen’s trousers.

“Wuwuwu… Do you know how I’ve spent these two thousand years?!”

“I… I didn’t dare leave this godforsaken place for a single step!”

“Every day, I faced this pile of scrap metal, without even a companion to talk to!”

“You don’t know how attractive those female tigers outside are! But I… I didn’t even dare find a mate to guard this home for you!”

The more it spoke, the more aggrieved it became, the more heartbroken it grew, its cries moving listeners to sorrow and tears.

Lu Yuchen: “…”

He looked at the “fierce tiger” crying profusely at his feet.

What the hell was going on now?!

Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin, watching this dramatic scene, was also a little amused and bewildered.

She stepped forward and softly said to the white tiger, who was still wailing: “Uncle Bai, Revered Master has undergone Reincarnation and re-cultivation. We are here to retrieve that item.”

“What?!”

The white tiger’s crying stopped abruptly.

Its lantern-sized tiger eyes instantly widened, looking at Lu Yuchen in disbelief.

Revered Master… re-cultivated?!

No wonder, his Aura, though familiar, felt off.

That’s right!

Revered Master’s cultivation now seemed to be the same as its own. One must know that Revered Master was already at Void Refining two thousand years ago!

Its heart, which had been filled with the joy of reunion, at this instant, quietly gave birth to a trace of… extremely wicked thought.

Re-cultivated?

If… if I were to devour both of them now, and then monopolize the supreme secret treasures within this Immortal Palace… wouldn’t that be… This thought was fleeting.

The next instant, it shivered all over, desperately suppressing that inappropriate thought.

Are you kidding me!

It had personally witnessed how, during the Warring States period, its Revered Master, single-handedly and with a laugh, made the allied armies of the six states vanish into thin air!

Such god-like methods had long left an indelible shadow on its young heart.

It didn’t believe that its Revered Master, who was so calculating, would leave no backup plan!

If it were to pounce and bite, and not kill the person but instead get itself blown up, that would be a huge loss!

“Cough, cough.”

The white tiger coughed twice, forcibly reining in that inappropriate thought, and its face resumed its loyal appearance.

“So that’s it, no wonder… no wonder Revered Master you didn’t recognize me.”

It scrambled to its feet and respectfully bowed to Lu Yuchen.

“Revered Master, Princess Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin, please follow me.”

The two followed the white tiger, walking deeper into the Bronze Immortal Palace.

Along the way, exotic flowers and rare herbs, spiritual springs and flying waterfalls, were breathtakingly beautiful.

The dense Spiritual Qi in the air was almost tangible.

Finally, the three arrived before an enormous protective Formation.

The Formation shimmered with starlight, profound and mysterious.

“This is the ‘Great Circulatory Stars Formation’ you set up back then, Revered Master. It requires your and my essence blood as a guide to open,” the white tiger explained.

Lu Yuchen and the white tiger each forced out a drop of essence blood, which merged into the Formation’s eye.

Buzz—!

A soft hum!

The enormous Formation slowly opened, revealing a palm-sized, mysterious box, crafted from an unknown material, heavily guarded within.

“Revered Master, this is the item.”

Lu Yuchen put away the box and instructed the white tiger: “You shall continue to guard this place, do not be negligent.”

“Yes! Revered Master!”

With that, Lu Yuchen led Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin and turned to leave, leaving the white tiger to continue pondering its tiger life within this lonely small world… That night, the Lu family villa was brightly lit.

Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin was arranged to stay in a room with a similarly curious Lu Xiaoya.

At the dinner table, Lu’s parents looked at this noble and impossibly beautiful “ancient” woman with immense enthusiasm.

“Come, come, Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin, eat more vegetables!”

“Auntie made these herself; see if they suit your taste!”

Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin had never seen such a display and her pretty face showed a hint of restraint.

Just then, Lu’s mother suddenly changed the subject, seemingly casually asking Lu Yuchen, who was engrossed in eating.

“Lu Yuchen, look at you, you’re not getting any younger. When are you going to find a partner and settle down?”

“Pfft—!”

A mouthful of rice Lu Yuchen had just put in his mouth sprayed everywhere.

He was completely stunned, his face full of embarrassment.

“Mom, what… what are you saying?”

Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin, upon hearing this, innocently blinked her beautiful Phoenix eyes and actually nodded in agreement.

“Yes, Revered Master.”

“You should find a Mistress.”

She was completely unaware of the “mother-in-law looking at son-in-law, the more she looks, the more satisfied she is” gaze that Lu’s parents directed at her.

Her innocent demeanor made even Lu Xiaoya, who was beside her, unable to watch.

Is this big sister truly foolish, or just pretending?