No hope for eternal life

Chapter 358: Dragon Palace Illusion

"If my death can bring peace to the dragon clan, then so be it." Ao Yuan said calmly.

Two hours later, Mu Changsheng arrived at Zhongzhou Island and came to the branch of the two major sects in this area - Tianling Mountain Mansion.

Probably because the Dragon Palace was open, there were few people in the mansion, and Mu Changsheng soon saw Elder Gao Chong as he wished.

"Why are you here if you're not going to the Dragon Palace to steal the treasure?" Gao Chong asked with some confusion.

Mu Changsheng clasped his fists and saluted, then expressed his concerns: "I am worried that there is something fishy about the opening of the Dragon Palace this time, so I want to ask the elder for advice."

"So that's what you're worried about." Gao Chong laughed dumbly, then said with certainty: "Just go with peace of mind, there's no chance of any conspiracy."

Seeing Gao Chong's certain tone, Mu Changsheng asked in even greater confusion: "Why are you so sure, Elder?"

"There are some things you don't know." Gao Chong explained: "Back then, the Dragon Clan was able to rule the North Sea because You Wushuang was the guarantor. You Wushuang even said in person that if the Dragon Clan dared to have second thoughts, she would clean up the mess on her own without anyone else interfering. In addition, there is an old story. You Wushuang and Ao Xuan, the previous patriarch of the Dragon Clan, were close friends. This is why You Wushuang was willing to be a guarantor for the Dragon Clan. As long as You Wushuang is still alive, the Dragon Clan will not and dare not cause trouble, otherwise the first person they will offend is You Wushuang. No one in the entire Dragon Clan can withstand You Wushuang's anger."

"So there is such a thing." Mu Changsheng sighed. It was really surprising that You Wushuang had such a good relationship with the previous patriarch of the dragon clan. After all, humans and demons have different paths.

The name Ao Xuan is also very famous. She is not only the previous patriarch of the dragon clan, but also the previous Heavenly Demon Emperor who commands all the demon clans, and the first-generation owner of the Heavenly Demon Sword.

"It's a pity that she died too early. Otherwise, with her relationship with You Wushuang, the relationship between the demon race and the human race might not be so tense now." Mu Changsheng sighed. Ao Xuan's death has always been a mystery. It seems that You Wushuang, as a good friend, might know the inside story.

After this incident, Mu Changsheng felt deeply that his knowledge was not broad enough and he did not understand enough about many secret histories and confidential matters.

"The story about You Wushuang and Ao Xuan is also a good one." Gao Chong took the initiative to explain to Mu Changsheng: "Although there are talented people in every generation, there are two eras that are extremely special: one is 40,000 years ago, when the Skyfire Emperor Chen Xuan, You Wushuang, Ji Changsheng, Ao Xuan, Shi Kong, Shi Ling, and Mo Kuangsheng were all born in that era. They were good friends to each other, sworn brothers, and learned from each other and promoted each other, which was really enviable; there was another era 10,000 years ago, when Yang Wuji, Yin Buhui, Mo Xuansheng, Xiao Busheng, and our sect master Feng Rui were also born together and were good friends to each other."

Mu Changsheng's eyes lit up slightly. His blood boiled when he heard this. Times create heroes, but heroes can also create times. Who knows, this era will be as dazzling as those two great eras.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng bid farewell to Gao Chong and rushed to the Dragon Palace in the North Sea.

At the same time, Mu Changsheng, who was far away in the You Clan, also walked out of his home and spread the news of the birth of the Dragon Palace.

On the way to the North Sea, Mu Changsheng also saw many cultivators rushing towards the North Sea Dragon Palace, obviously they were all going to steal treasures.

A day later, Mu Changsheng finally arrived at the Dragon Palace in the North Sea. The Dragon Palace was made entirely of spiritual crystals and was magnificent. There were many cultivators coming in and out of the palace, some of them were in high spirits while others were frowning.

Obviously, some people have reaped great rewards, but others have not.

Mu Changsheng has already memorized the rules of the Dragon Palace. There are nine levels of tests in the Dragon Palace. The difficulty of the tests will increase, but the rewards will also increase accordingly!

However, the test will be different every time the Dragon Palace is opened, and the content of the test will be different depending on the cultivator's level of cultivation, so Mu Changsheng does not know the specific content of the test.

"There's no point in thinking too much, let's go in and take a look first." Mu Changsheng said to himself as he stepped into the trial palace.

After entering the palace, Mu Changsheng felt like he was entering a fog. He did not see any other people around him. There was only a strength-measuring spiritual tablet with the words "Please make a move" engraved on it.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng punched out without hesitation. He guessed that this first level of test should be a unified test of the strength of the cultivators. Only when the strength reached a certain qualified level would they pass the test.

Mu Changsheng was quite confident in his own strength, so he was not worried at all about failing the test.

After Mu Changsheng threw the punch, the force-measuring spiritual monument instantly burst out with a strong light, which rushed to more than seven thousand feet at an extremely fast speed and finally stopped at seven thousand three hundred and thirty-two feet.

"Not bad." Mu Changsheng nodded with satisfaction. The power of his casual attack was already close to the full-strength attack of an ordinary cultivator in the late stage of tribulation.

At the same time, an illusory figure appeared beside Mu Changsheng and introduced himself: "I am the spirit of the Dragon Palace here. You have passed the first test. Now you have two choices: one, take away treasures worth about ten top-grade spirit stones and leave. Two, do not take anything and continue the second test. If you fail the second test, you will not get any reward."

"I choose to continue to the next test." Mu Changsheng said without hesitation. The rewards for the first level of the test were only of some help to cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage, so he naturally looked down on them.

The spirit of the Dragon Palace heard Mu Changsheng's answer, opened a light door and said: "Step into this door, you will enter the second test."

Mu Changsheng stepped into the light gate as he was told. He instantly felt the world spinning and his consciousness became blurred.

When Mu Changsheng regained consciousness, he immediately realized that his physical condition was very wrong and he was very weak.

"Why did my cultivation level regress back to the Qi Refining Stage!" Mu Changsheng was shocked.

Just when Mu Changsheng hadn't figured out the situation, the voice of the Dragon Palace Spirit suddenly appeared in his mind: "The second test: cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Stage within one month."

"Turns out it was the work of the Dragon Palace spirit." Mu Changsheng suddenly realized, and then looked around. It seemed that he was in a small town, and the cultivators coming and going around were generally of low cultivation levels.

"Is it an illusion?" Mu Changsheng thought to himself. He was quite familiar with illusions, but his start in the illusion this time was really miserable. Not only did his cultivation level become the late stage of Qi Refining, his storage bag and spirit stones were all gone. He was left with only a set of tattered clothes. And his identity in this illusion was that of a beggar!

With the concentration of spiritual energy here, it is naturally impossible to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage within a month by begging, so Mu Changsheng began to wander around the city. He had to find a way to obtain spiritual stones first, and then buy Foundation Establishment Pills and other elixirs to help him break through.

Although Mu Changsheng has no capital now, the vast amount of cultivation knowledge in his mind is still there. Knowledge is wealth!

Mu Changsheng wandered around the city for two hours and finally found a place where spirit stones could be easily obtained - the grocery market.

There is such a place in almost every city, where monks set up stalls to sell all kinds of things, good and bad, all mixed together, and those who are lucky can even get some bargains.

Mu Changsheng came here just to pick up bargains, but what he relied on was not luck but knowledge.

Mu Changsheng had read all kinds of books in Lingshan Sect, and his knowledge was definitely better than that of most cultivators in this small town, so this gave him the possibility of picking up bargains.

So Mu Changsheng carefully browsed the items in each stall to see if there was anyone who didn't know the value of the goods and put out the valuables.