185: Chapter 185 National Treasure Secret Realm! The Philosopher's Stone Only Gave Su Bai One Question

The philosophers stone Gives Su Bai Only One Question

Three days later.

Beneath the imperial city, the entrance to the National Treasure Secret Realm.

Su Bai stood in front of a giant bronze door, looking up at the nine golden dragons coiled on it.

The bronze door was a hundred meters tall.

The door surface had no decorations, only a crack running vertically from top to bottom, deep within which flowed a dark red light, like the eyes of some slumbering behemoth.

And in front of the bronze door, a full three layers of defense had already been deployed.

The first layer was a golden barrier condensed from the national fortune of the Dragon Country.

Countless phantoms of mountains, rivers, cities, and beacon fires overlapped with each other, forming a magnificent barrier of endless proportions.

The second layer was the law blockade from the Truth Sanctuary.

The five laws of time, space, causality, soul, and matter operated in an interlaced manner, and any unauthorized power, as long as it approached the entrance of modular secret realms, would be immediately dismantled.

The third layer belonged to the military.

Over a hundred giant arrays stood silently on the ground, their pitch-black muzzles pointing in all directions.

Every array exuded a startling energy fluctuation, enough to destroy a city within a few breaths.

Su Bai watched for a moment, unable to help sighing.

"The defense is really tight."

Qin Ye beside him nodded.

She was not wearing a Magical Girl outfit today, nor was she carrying any weapons, wearing only a clean and sharp black combat uniform.

The champion badge was pinned to her chest.

The title of [First Female Asura of the Dragon Country] had officially integrated into her Mental Power domain, and even without actively releasing her coercion, she carried a sharp aura about her.

"It is said that three hundred years ago, a ninth-order mage tried to forcibly break into the secret realm."

Qin Ye looked at those military arrays.

"He lasted seven seconds at the entrance."

"And then?"

"He turned into a thin sheet of paper."

Su Bai glanced at her.

"Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"No."

"Then why are you speaking so seriously?"

"Because I think this story is very suitable for reminding others not to barge in blindly."

Su Bai nodded.

"Indeed."

Behind the two, Li Qingyue reached out to press her temples.

She was already used to Qin Ye telling baseless rumors with an extremely serious expression.

Today, she personally escorted Su Bai and Qin Ye into the secret realm.

This was not because the Empress did not trust Su Bai.

On the contrary, precisely because the philosophers stone was too important, it had to be jointly witnessed by the top powers of the Dragon Country.

The true body of the Empress sat guarding the entrance.

Li Qingyue was responsible for protecting Su Bai's mental state.

As for Qin Ye, she entered the secret realm as the first fully awakened person of the Stand System to act as a resonance medium.

She had no qualification for comprehension.

But the arrow inside the philosophers stone seemed exceptionally interested in her soul.

"Qingyue Qing."

The voice of the Empress came from ahead.

Dressed in a black and gold dragon robe, she stood under the bronze door with no attendants behind her.

Yet just standing quietly there made the surrounding national fortune laws automatically submit to her.

"The time flow inside the secret realm is different from the outside world."

"Seven days outside, seventy days may have already passed inside."

"There is no true life inside, nor any danger in the ordinary sense."

"However, the philosophers stone will construct corresponding trials based on the soul of the person comprehending it."

The Empress looked at Su Bai.

"Champions who entered the secret realm in the past mostly experienced law mazes, energy torrents, or high-tier monster trials."

"If they fail to pass, they will at most be repelled out, with no danger to their lives."

"Understood."

Su Bai nodded.

Li Qingyue, however, softly reminded at this moment:

"Do not force yourself."

"If you find any abnormality in your mental state, exit immediately."

She handed a silver ring to Su Bai.

The surface of the ring had no patterns, but inside it sealed a Mental Power projection of hers.

"This ring will record your soul fluctuations in real time."

"As long as I find you in danger, I will immediately tear space open and bring you back."

Su Bai took the ring.

"Can Master not come in directly?"

"Yes."

"Then why not go in together?"

Li Qingyue fell silent for a moment.

Of course she wanted to go in together.

But the comprehension of the philosophers stone would generate trials according to soul characteristics; the stronger the external Mental Power, the easier it was to interfere with the operation of the secret realm.

Moreover, the target of the philosophers stone was Su Bai.

Qin Ye, as the resonance medium of the Stand System, could also provide assistance within it.

Only she was not suitable to enter.

"I will watch you from the outside."

Li Qingyue reached out to straighten Su Bai's collar.

"That is enough."

The action was very natural.

The Empress beside them raised her eyebrows slightly.

Qin Ye also looked over.

Su Bai did not notice anything and carefully put away the ring.

"Then Qin Ye and I are going in."

"Mhm."

Li Qingyue nodded.

"Remember, seven days later, whether you have gained anything or not, you must come out."

Su Bai stood in front of the bronze door.

Qin Ye followed closely behind.

The two raised their hands simultaneously, pressing their palms against the dragon patterns on the door.

In an instant.

A heartbeat from an extremely distant place seemed to ring out beneath the entire imperial city.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

The nine golden dragons on the bronze door opened their eyes one by one.

A dark red light surged from the crack of the door, completely enveloping Su Bai and Qin Ye.

Li Qingyue's Mental Power projection immediately connected through the silver ring.

She could feel Su Bai's soul being pulled by some ancient power, yet she did not find any danger.

The Empress stood in place, her robes snapping loudly in the suddenly appearing wind.

"Open the door."

Accompanied by her voice falling, the nine golden dragons opened their mouths simultaneously.

The bronze door blasted open.

There was no path behind the door.

Only pure darkness.

Su Bai glanced at Qin Ye.

"Are you ready?"

"I'm ready."

Qin Ye grasped the [The World] Tarot card.

"If there are enemies inside, I will take care of fighting them."

"What if there are no enemies?"

"Then wait for it to become an enemy."

Su Bai: "..."

The two walked into the darkness one after the other.

The bronze door slowly closed behind them.

Li Qingyue's Mental Power projection remained inside Su Bai's body, maintaining a weak connection throughout.

She could hear Su Bai's breathing.

She could also feel Qin Ye's Mental Power fluctuations.

After just a few breaths, the surrounding darkness vanished.

Su Bai opened his eyes.

White.

As far as the eye could see, everything was white.

No sky.

No earth.

No distance or proximity.

He seemed to be standing in a boundless pure white space, yet beneath his feet was a layer of soft tactile sensation.

Looking down, countless red points of light floated near his feet.

They looked like debris peeled off from some crystal, slowly spinning in mid-air.

Qin Ye stood not far away.

Her figure was slightly blurred, like an image that had not fully loaded.

"Is this the mental world?"

Su Bai asked.

"It should be."

Qin Ye raised her hand to touch the red light point in front of her.

The light point had no reaction at all.

Her brow furrowed slightly as she walked forward a few steps.

Yet the surrounding space did not undergo any changes.

Clearly having walked a long way, the distance between them and each other remained unchanged.

"This place is even more boring than the sanctuary's mental training ground."

Qin Ye lowered her hand.

"Can it hurry up and start?"

As her voice fell,

the pure white world suddenly changed.