Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Mysterious Palace

  Chen Jiu applied the medicine to Yi Xiao's wounds and then helped him put on his clothes. Yi Xiao's skin was smooth and delicate, as if it had a magical power that made people unable to let go of him.

  Yi Xiao Xiao didn't know when he woke up, but because of his serious injury, he had no strength to speak and could only stare at Chen Jiu with his eyes wide open.

  "Huh? When did you wake up? What's with the look in your eyes?" Chen Jiu felt something was off, and as he raised his head, he happened to catch Yi Xiao's gaze filled with a murderous aura.

  Following Yi Xiao's gaze, Chen Jiu's line of sight fell on his own hands: "What's wrong, isn't it just touching your chest? I'm doing this to save your life, what's the big deal?" After saying that, he touched again with a bit more force.

  Looking at Yi Xiao's helpless closed eyes, Chen Jiu shook his head: "Really can't understand, you're a man, how come your skin is even more delicate than a woman's".

  "Great success, you have martial arts skills on your body, it won't take long to recover, but if you want to gain an advantage in this treasure hunt, that's just a fantasy".

  Chen Jiusong let go, slowly tidying up Yi Xiaoxiao's clothes, stood up and shouted at the figure in the distance: "Li Shimei, I've already bandaged Yi Shidi, you come over to take care of him, I still need to go see the situation on the field".

  Li Shimei ran over and looked at Yi Xiao's weak face, tears falling: "Yi brother, how could you be so careless?"

  Looking at Li Xinyi supporting Yi Xiaoqiao, Chen Jiu turned around helplessly: "This flower idiot".

  It's not that Li Xinyue is infatuated, but Yi Xiao is indeed a handsome man, and he's top-notch. I believe any beautiful woman who sees him will have a good impression of him. As a woman, Li Shimei can't help but feel the same way.

  He touched his own face, looked at his thin body, and Chen Jiu said helplessly: "This is not my fault, it's because my parents didn't give me good genes. My weak body is all due to the illnesses I had in the past."

  Chen Jiu's body seemed to have not developed at all in recent years, his body was thin and weak. Even if he had cultivated the creation of heaven and earth, it was still difficult for him to thoroughly wash his marrow and change his bones.

  "Brother Chen".

  "Brother Chen".

  “······”。

  When everyone saw Chen Jiu return, it was as if they had seen their backbone, and they all came forward to greet him.

  Chen Jiu revealed a smile: "How about it, have these two guys become more honest?"

  "Big brother showed off his mighty power, those two guys were severely taught a lesson by big brother and didn't dare to cause trouble first."

  "It's me, it's me! My elder brother is here, who dares to provoke?"

  Chen Jiubai waved his hand, signaling everyone to stop their chatter, then took out more than a dozen tokens from his bosom: "In this competition, whoever obtains the token takes a step forward."

  Eight people came out saying "I've seen Shixiong".

  Chen nodded: "Counting the eight of you, we got a total of twenty-three tokens this time. I'll keep one token for myself, and the rest of you can distribute them among yourselves."

  After finishing speaking, Chen Jiu threw the token into the center of the crowd and turned around to look at the huge light pillar, hoping to see something.

  But just as Chen Jiu was studying the seal, a sudden change occurred.

  The earth's pulse began to tremble incessantly, the spiritual energy surged wildly, and all cultivators couldn't help but hurry to sit down, suppressing the power within their bodies, not to be stirred by the frantic spiritual energy outside.

  The earth is rising bit by bit, and something emitting a kaleidoscope of colors is slowly appearing. This is an extraordinary palace.

  The palace gives people a first impression of grandeur, magnificence, splendor and majesty.

  As the transformation continued to progress, a white jade staircase appeared under everyone's feet. The white jade staircase shone with a dazzling treasure light, extending all the way to the clouds. The palace rose continuously and finally stopped at the top of the cloud layer, where people could no longer see its appearance.

  Shrouded in mist, the crowd could only vaguely see the shadow of the palace. A wild and desolate aura spread out, Chen Jiu's body trembled slightly as the divine seed within him was stirred, before returning to calmness.

  The sky is bright and auspicious because of the appearance of the palace, with good omens everywhere.

  Yi Xiao Xiao didn't know when he arrived beside Chen Jiu: "In the records of the former academy, there has never been a palace here before. It seems that we may be the first wave of cultivators to come here."

  Yi Xiao said to Chen Jiu's ear, "Just now, the wounds on those dead scholars and monks had several places that didn't add up. The evil energy was too strong, I estimate there is a black hand stirring up trouble."

  Chen Jiu glanced at Yi Xiao, but after seeing the murderous gaze, he turned away: "In this world, strength is limited. No matter what conspiracy the opponent has, as long as their strength does not exceed mine, I have confidence in annihilating them."

  "You're quite confident, aren't you? Not afraid that others will destroy you completely?" Yi Xiao sneered.

  Chen Ji shook his head: "Wasn't it just a moment ago that I touched your belly and chest? You're not a woman, what's the big deal about touching you, do you need to add trouble for me?"

  "You...!", Xiao Xiao pointed at Chen Jiu, his body trembling with rage, then restrained himself: "You wait, I'll settle the score with you when we get out."

  Chen Jiu didn't respond, continuing to stare at the strange palace. After a while, the token in his hand suddenly heated up. Chen Jiu looked at the token and then at the distant palace, revealing a look of realization: "I understand now, only those who possess the token have the qualification to enter that palace. Everyone, please keep your tokens safe, don't lose them under any circumstances."

  After finishing speaking, slowly walked towards the white jade stone steps.

  This action seemed to have touched the nerves of many people. Chen Yi, who was originally resting on the other side, and several men from the monk's sect quickly got up, without even bothering to recover from their injuries, and rushed over with their followers.

  Chen Jiu looked at the crowd behind him and then at Chen Yi and the young man: "You go first."

  This sentence is spoken facing the crowd behind him.

  The meaning of this sentence is very clear, afraid that he himself will be ambushed by Chen Yi and the young man on his own stone steps.

  A loud "bang" and a miserable cry, a monk was knocked out by a burst of light on the stone steps.

  Chen Jiu walked up to the monk who was flying in mid-air: "Do you have a token?"

  "There isn't." The monk wailed.

  "Those with tokens can enter, those without tokens will guard outside." He said, looking at a monk with a token.

  The monk felt Chen Jiu's gaze and didn't hesitate, stepping directly onto the white jade stone steps.

  This time there was no attack, and it was easy to stand firmly on the white jade stone steps.

  As all the Taoist priests with tokens went up the white jade steps, Chen Jiu turned his gaze to Chen Yi and the young man: "It's your turn now".

  "Brother Chen, you don't trust us too much." Chen Yi revealed a helpless smile.

  "This isn't a matter of trust, it's a matter of principle. I have to be responsible for those who have put their faith in me. Moreover, we were just fighting each other to the death, and now you're being so familiar with me. Are you saying that you're deeply cunning or that your plans are far-reaching?"

  "Brother Chen doesn't trust me, I have nothing more to say." Chen Yi's expression changed, and he waved his hand at the crowd behind him: "Go in."

  The young man also waved his hand upon hearing this, indicating that the monk with the token behind him should enter.

  As all the token-holding cultivators went in, Chen Jiu looked at the cultivators present who did not obtain tokens: "You must be careful, there is a Black Hand nearby. Earlier when we fought, this young master didn't have time to deal with him and let him escape. You should work together outside for now and put aside your previous grudges."

  After finishing speaking, he looked at Chen Yi and that young man, and the three of them stepped in unison, walking together onto the white jade stone steps.

  Not far away, a black shadow jumped out after Chen Jiu and Chen Yi, the man in green clothes stepped up to the stone steps, with a strong aura of evil, looking up at the sky and laughing wildly: "Haha, my demon clan will surely rise to power".

  The frantic evil spirit blew the cultivators present to the point where they couldn't open their eyes, that thick black fog swept a glance at the cultivators present, and then shifted its gaze to the figure on the white jade stone steps: "Too lazy to bother with you ants."

  After finishing speaking, he suddenly plunged into the light screen and stepped onto the white jade stone steps.

  A dark figure stepped onto the white jade stone steps, and three monks walked out.

  The attire of these three monks was distinctly different from that of the others, and the speed of the three was extremely fast, instantly piercing through the light and standing on top of the White Jade Stage.