readbooksol Chapter 521 - 519: The Eerie Grand Hall—Since You’ve Entered, Why Not Bow?
Chapter 521 - 519: The Eerie Grand Hall—Since You’ve Entered, Why Not Bow?
At this moment, Lu Ye and his companion were already standing in a vast, deserted hall.
In front of them was a long corridor, and beyond it seemed to be a massive complex of halls.
In here, the aura of deathly silence and decay was also quite intense, but not as severe as the ruins outside.
Most areas were also empty, with a layer of dust covering the floor.
"Let’s go, see what we can find."
The hall was vast, and the situation within was unknown. Lu Ye didn’t leave Xiao Qingyin to search on her own on the other side.
After all, if something went wrong, there would not be enough time for timely rescue.
Next, the two of them spent some time thoroughly searching the interior and exterior of this hall.
They found some stored spirit medicine and elixirs, but most had lost their potency due to the passage of time.
In other rooms, they also found some secret manuals, but at their current level, both Lu Ye and Xiao Qingyin considered them worthless.
"Let’s split these manuals between us. We never know when they might come in handy," Lu Ye suggested after a moment of thought.
Xiao Qingyin thought about it and didn’t refuse.
A moment later, Lu Ye looked towards the final room, the largest side hall.
Of the entire hall, only that place had not yet been searched.
Lu Ye felt instinctively that the side hall was somewhat unusual, so he had saved it for last.
When Lu Ye led the way into the side hall, suddenly a grand voice echoed...
"You have entered this gate, so why not bow..."
"You have entered this gate, so why not bow!!"
The voice seemed to come from the emptiness within the hall, echoing all around, though it repeated the same sentence, the tone grew increasingly imposing.
In the end, imbued with a terrifying majesty that induced a hint of fear, it confused people’s minds.
Standing beside him, Xiao Qingyin indeed showed a trace of bewilderment, her eyes turning blank, with a genuine urge to kneel down.
Lu Ye’s eyes also showed a flicker of confusion under the final, resounding "why not bow".
Since arriving in this world, he had occasionally heard about the Northern Great Sect, Red Cloud Sect recruiting disciples, and had ventured through mountains and rivers to reach there...
During the entry test, due to his ordinary aptitude, he was assigned to the Miscellaneous Peak, responsible for guarding the Library Pavilion...
Scenes flashed rapidly through Lu Ye’s mind.
Lu Ye’s spirit followed, lapsing into confusion; indeed, many events had happened along the way.
Just then, from deep in his mind, a refreshing sensation spread, instantly clearing the bewildered strands from his mind.
Upon regaining clarity, the first thing he did was swiftly seal off most of his hearing.
Seeing Xiao Qingyin with one knee almost bent to the ground, Lu Ye gently patted her back, transferring some Source Qi into her...
"Ah..."
Instantly, Xiao Qingyin’s previously vacant eyes turned clear, watching her own posture about to bow to the ground, she let out a startled cry.
"Was it... that voice is problematic?!"
She instantly recalled the grand voice that had arisen after the two entered the hall, which was practically... hypnotic!
With a slight nod, Lu Ye looked towards the void of the hall, "Who is playing tricks here?"
"Not even daring to reveal your name, yet you want others to bow upon entry?"
Hearing these words, Xiao Qingyin’s delicate body tensed up slightly.
She nervously observed the situation around her.
She guessed that the person behind the voice might have surpassed the Earth Realm!
Otherwise, how could a mere voice have almost ensnared both of them?
Now, with Lu Ye speaking like this, if the person were displeased and attacked them again...
Wouldn’t they have to make a quick escape?
Yet, Xiao Qingyin glanced around carefully for several seconds without any further response, as if the earlier hypnotic voice was nothing but an illusion.
"?"
Was the owner of this voice really so easygoing?
The hypnotic voice rang out upon entering, but after being exposed, it just played dead?
Lu Ye spoke coldly, "If you have the skill to cloud minds, show yourself. I’d like to see who is hiding in the dark, avoiding the light of day."
The surroundings remained silent.
Lu Ye withdrew his gaze, looking towards a stone platform at the front of the hall, upon which sat two boxes.
After pondering for a moment, Lu Ye suddenly burst into action, retrieving both boxes before returning to his original spot.
"Let’s go."
Calling out, Lu Ye was the first to leave the hall, which exuded an eerie air.
Behind him, Xiao Qingyin felt the air seemed a bit cold, and hurriedly followed Lu Ye out.
"There’s nothing else here; let’s not linger," Lu Ye said softly as he quickly headed outside.
Xiao Qingyin had no objection, and the two figures swiftly flew out of the hall.
They soon arrived back at the bi-directional teleportation array they had entered through, and with a faint glow, they left the place.
Upon returning to the vast ruin above, through the grass and trees, Lu Ye saw a figure hovering there, seemingly waiting for something.
"A demon on par with an Earth Realm Grandmaster?"
Xiao Qingyin’s pupils contracted further.
During her previous visit, she encountered a fierce beast on par with a Mortal Realm Grandmaster, which was already astonishing.
Unexpectedly, this time there was an Earth Realm demon waiting outside?!
The Earth Realm demon sensed their presence, a surge of black mist swirling towards them aggressively.
Lu Ye frowned, extending a hand, and flicked a finger towards the Earth Realm demon...
Bang!
Without a hint of warning, the demon’s Evil Crystal Core hidden within its body was shattered by an overwhelmingly powerful force.
The crystal core was the demon’s source of life, akin to the heart of the Human Race.
With its crystal core shattered, this Earth Realm demon perished in an instant.
"Let’s go quickly..."
Without wasting time collecting the shattered demon crystal core, Lu Ye urged Xiao Qingyin to hurry away.
Xiao Qingyin could see that Lu Ye seemed somewhat urgent.
Immediately, not daring to waste time, she unleashed her maximum speed, heading towards the teleportation array at the sect ruins.
Lu Ye lingered for a couple of seconds behind, glanced in the direction of the teleportation array, then left.
Once they boarded the teleportation array to leave the sect ruins, the vast area fell silent once again.
Outside, Xiao Qingyin finally breathed a noticeable sigh of relief and asked.
"Lu Ye, was there something strange in that hall? It seemed like you sensed something?"
It was precisely because she had noticed this that, upon hearing Lu Ye’s warning, Xiao Qingyin quickly retreated outside.