Chapter 2: The Heavenly Palace of Divine Ascension

  No, what's the point of going back? In this world, I can achieve immortality and enlightenment, while my original world is just a prison with no way out.

  Liu Bei suppressed the turmoil in his heart, closed his eyes, and seemed to have fallen asleep.

  Although he thought so, his heart was still excited to the extreme. His crossing must have something to do with this treasure jade pendant!

  Rumors have it that this jade pendant holds the great secret of transcending mortality and achieving immortality, which has led countless people to fight for it. In the end, it fell into his hands. Perhaps, Liu Bu Yi died for this very jade pendant!

  As I was thinking, a sudden radiance rose from the center of my eyebrows. A heavenly palace stood tall with nine layers, with millions of rays of light, layer upon layer, appearing in that golden light.

  "How could this be?" Liu Bu-yi was greatly shocked. Although he knew that a high-ranking cultivator who had opened up his spiritual sea and consciousness could transform into mountains, seas, or even manifest buildings and palaces in this place.

  But that's something only a true master can achieve. How could he, a young disciple who has just opened his spiritual sea, possibly do it?

  Just as he thought of this, the Nine Heavens Palace suddenly contracted and transformed into a jade pendant. Could this be the true secret of the jade pendant? Liu Bu's heart was in turmoil.

  He realized he wanted to get closer and take a clear look at the jade pendant. However, the closer he got, the larger the jade pendant became, transforming back into the layered heavenly palace.

  Liu Buji could see clearly that the four characters "Shen Xiao Tian Gong" were shining with seven-colored halo, appearing above.

  He fell in front of the main gate of Shenxiu Tiangong, which was a magnificent gate made of emerald and flawless jade, dozens of feet high. A person standing below it would be like an ant.

  Jade pillars wrapped with golden scales and vermilion whiskers of a dragon support it, and there are several long bridges, carved with colorful feathers and coiled with phoenixes.

  It's still far away, but I can tell what kind of weather it is, and it's definitely not a human landscape.

  It was at this time that his spirit suddenly weakened, and he felt a severe dizziness. Even King Hua trembled, and the entire Heavenly Palace shook along with him.

  Liu Bu didn't realize that he had just opened up, his spirit was too weak, and maintaining the Sea of Consciousness for a long time had already become unsustainable.

  "What's this Shén Xiāo Tiān Gōng? What's its origin?" Liu retreated and muttered to himself.

  The spirit is the source of law power. This is because one's own spiritual strength is too weak and cannot support the sea of consciousness.

  Liu Bu's dizziness was very severe, which was due to the excessive mental exhaustion. However, in the next moment, the Shen Xiao Tian Gong in the sea of consciousness suddenly expanded, lifting up the entire sea of consciousness. The original feeling of splitting headache immediately disappeared.

  Next time, I must not be so reckless and waste so much energy. Liu Buji thought to himself, but suddenly found that there was an extra book in his memory - "Taiyi Golden Flower Orthodox Annotation".

  "The Taiyi Golden Flower Canon" was not unfamiliar to Liu Bu-yi, but those annotations...

  Liu did not turn over a few pages, but his heart was moved. The annotations above can be said to be jade-like, translating the simple ancient text of Dan Jing into a specific cultivation method.

  It can be seen that this set of skills is very useful, just in time to teach Liu Bu Yi how to return the light and solidify his heart, restore his greatly consumed spirit. Letting Liu Bu Yi try it slightly, he felt that it was very useful.

  It's just strange that there are only a few pages left. Liu Bu Yi wanted to see what was next, but it was all blank.

  Upon re-examining it, only a line of golden small characters emerged: The Divine Sky Palace's Scripture Pavilion treasures, annotated by Wen Chongxiao. Free to borrow the first section...

  "Damn it...!" Liu almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. What the hell is this, even reading books requires payment?

  Does reading books require a fee? Doesn't it require a fee? Does it require a fee?

  "No need for payment, will the author starve to death?"

  Alright, Liu was defeated and retreated. He began to ponder about the books in the Tian Gong Temple, wondering if they were going to charge him money?

  But then another line of small characters appeared in the book:

  Heavenly treasures and earthly riches, incense and candles. Dharma treasures and spiritual jade... all the way down to worldly herbs, minerals, money, silk fabrics, and even grain - everything is acceptable. Each item will be priced according to its quality.

  Liu Bu-yi has thoroughly retreated in defeat; he has nothing here. Locked up in a large prison, even his own life is uncertain, where would he have these things to sell?

  However, Liu's curiosity got the better of him and he couldn't help but ask: "How much money is needed to finish reading this book?"

  "The Jade Pendant Master offers a discount, this book has thirteen chapters. Each chapter costs ten taels of silver..."

  At this price, Liu was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. Ten taels of silver were enough to buy two acres of good land. Converted into copper coins, that would be ten thousand.

  Outside, you can buy a big pancake for just one cent!

  "Converted to RMB, it's 3,000 yuan per chapter. A total of 39,000 is needed!" The considerate Tian Gong Temple helped with the calculation, making Liu Bei want to vomit blood!

  But thinking again, just letting oneself see a section has already broken through the enlightenment boundary, it can be seen how powerful this scripture is. If one were to read the whole thing, who knows what would happen?

  Thinking about it, the price isn't expensive after all. Liu wasn't even daring to make a bet, and didn't know how many people would rather spend a mountain of gold and silver to break through the bottleneck.

  "Copyright reserved, no disclosure allowed!"

  Before Liu had a chance to come up with any crooked ideas, it seemed like he already felt it. He nipped in the bud the idea of making a fortune that he hadn't even thought of yet.

  Just as Liu Bu-yi was still communicating with Shi Hai in the Shen Xiao Tian Gong, Zhen Yang-zi had not returned yet, and it was a peaceful time.

  But little did they know that at this moment, the prison was as calm as the eye of a storm, while outside, everything had already descended into chaos.

  Wu Zhongcheng's city governor, Zhang He, slapped a loud slap on the face of the chief catcher, Zhang Wuya: "You scoundrel, how can you make such a mess? Even the big prison was robbed?"

  Zhang Wuyue was slapped, his face red and swollen, but he didn't dare to move his blood or dispel the swelling. He just lowered his head and said in a low voice: "I sent several brothers again, but none of them brought back any news! And even the prison god image was broken."

  Zhang's heart chilled, this Wu Zhong City's great prison had simply become a bottomless pit. From yesterday to today, there was no news coming out at all. Even if high-ranking officials were sent in to investigate, they too had gone in but not come out.

  "Hey, did you hear that Liu's kid is dead?" Zhang He asked with a deep sigh.

  Zhang Wu Ya was also somewhat uncertain: "He should be dead, that kid's body is so weak. After taking such a heavy beating, even a high-ranking martial artist wouldn't be able to withstand it!"

  Zhang gritted his teeth and said: "It's not that simple. I suspect that the Liu family's kid isn't dead, and this time's big prison case is related to him!"

  Zhang Wu Ye said with a puzzled expression: "He's just a poor scholar, why does Your Excellency attach such importance to him?"