Ch259 - Ten Gates

Edited by Zaki

Nine years and nine months later (one month before the opening of the inner city)

For the past nine years, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu had been training their bodies in the Spiritual Fire Bamboo forest on the west side of the island. With the flames of the Spiritual Fire Bamboo, the medicinal pills, combined with exercise manuals and medicinal baths, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu’s physical skills had improved rapidly.

The Helian Brothers also stayed there for three years, but their preparations were not as thorough as Liu Mufeng’s. They didn’t have any exercise manuals or enough pills. There were no spiritual plants for soaking in medicinal baths, so they could not get much benefit from staying there and left after a few years.

After recalling the Fire Spirit Insects flying in the bamboo forest and the two Beast Fires, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu packed up and rushed together to the south side of the island. When they came to the ten gates, Liu Mufeng carefully inspected them.

There were Ten Gates outside the city of the Tianyan Clan to enter the palace, and these Ten Gates lead to different Palaces. There were some Palace introductions engraved on the Gates. The Ten Gates were Golden Gate, Wooden Gate, Water Gate, Fire Gate, Earth Gate, Ice Gate, Wind Gate, Thunder Gate, Demon Gate, and Devil Gate.

The Golden Gate led to the Golden Light Palace, and the hero Xiao Zhantian obtained a large number of Golden Crystals in the Golden Light Palace, which enabled him to advance to the Spiritual Profound Realm. The opportunity of the Golden Gate was Liu Mufeng’s first choice, because he wanted to get those Golden Crystals forXiaoXu to advance to the Spiritual Profound Realm.

The Wooden Gate led to the Muze Palace, and the opportunity for the heroine Meng Shishi was in the Muze Palace, so if he wanted to advance to the Spiritual Profound Realm, he needed to go to the Muze Palace.

The third choice was the Fire Gate. The Fire Gate led to the Flame Palace. The opportunity of the Flame Palace was for the second heroine. If they could get it, then the strength of the two Beast Fires and the Fire Spirit Insects would be greatly improved.

Water Gate and Earth Gate were not mentioned in the original novel, so Liu Mufeng didn’t know the dangers of those two Palaces. However, if time permitted, Liu Mufeng wanted to take a look. The opportunity of the Water Palace should be very suitable for the Water Spirit Insects, and the opportunity of the Earth Palace should also be very suitable for the Earth Spirit Insects.

The third heroine was an ice spiritual root, so her opportunity was in the Ice Palace. According to the original book, the male protagonist and his party of four first went to the Golden Light Palace, then to the Muze Palace, and then to the Flame Palace and then went to the Ice Palace. In the end, the four of them went to the Demon Palace, found an ancient Demon Totem, and were then transported to theTianyaoContinent.

If he followed the protagonist’s trajectory, then Liu Mufeng felt that the Golden Light Palace, Muze Palace and Demon Palace were the three Palaces that must be visited. If they had enough time, then they could go to the Flame Palace, and then go through the Water Gate to find opportunities for the Water Spirit Insects. As far as Earth Gate was concerned, if there was not enough time, they could only give up.

“How is it Mufeng? Which Gate are we going to take?” Looking at his man, Jiang Xu asked seriously.

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“Yes, every Gate has a name. The name is engraved in the characters of the Tianyan Clan. Not only the name, but also which Palace each Gate leads to is also clearly written on it, for example: The Golden Gate – the Golden Gate leads to the Golden Light Palace, the Golden Light Palace is the Palace of the Great Elder Si’erJialuo. This Great Elder was a very outstanding Mechanism Master, there are many mechanisms in his Palace, and also among the corridors of the Palace. Moreover, this person was a Golden Spiritual Root cultivator, and his Palace is very suitable for a cultivator like you.” Liu Mufeng explained the situation.

“Oh, that makes sense. In other words, these Ten Gates lead to ten different Palaces, and they are not in the castle?” After thinking for a while, Jiang Xu asked again.

“The Tianyan Clan was hunted down by other clans. In order to protect their own people, the ten Elders of the Tianyan Clan built their Palaces at the outermost periphery of the castle. The ten Palaces formed a rectangle, which happened to surround the entire Tianyan Clan. The castle of the clan was protected in the center of this rectangle. Therefore, if you want to enter the castle, you must get ten keys from the ten Palaces to open the city gate and enter the castle. This difficulty is very great. The Ten Palaces are very dangerous, getting one key is not easy let alone ten keys.” Liu Mufeng sighed softly as he spoke of the matter.

“Then, back then, how did those foreign clans kill the ten Elders and take the keys to open the city gate?” Jiang Xu was very curious about this.

“Internal traitor, because there was an internal traitor among the Tianyan Clan. Someone opened the city gate from inside, so the foreign clans were able to invade the Tianyan Clan. No matter how powerful the ten Elders were, they were no match for thousands of troops, so in the end, they could only die together.” Liu Mufeng sighed again and again.

“Oh, so that’s the case.” Nodding, Jiang Xu expressed his understanding.

“The Golden Light Palace is the Palace of the First Elder, and the First Elder was also a great Mechanism Master. Therefore, the Golden Light Palace will be very difficult to break into. We must be fully prepared. Currently, we have six pieces of fifth-level soft armor in our hands. Thirty-two fifth-level shields, sixty-five White Spiritual Rabbits and three puppets. As for pills, there are plenty of reserves. The only thing that is insufficient is the magic talismans. We only have two hundred fifth-level teleportation talismans, which may be a bit insufficient.” Liu Mufeng frowned as he discussed their reserves.

“Two hundred is not bad.” They had so many because they got more than one hundred from the storage rings of Bai Xiong and Hua Cheng.

“XiaoXu, remember, when the Ten Palaces are opened, you have to put on all three sword soft armors, also release the Fire Spirit Insects and the Beast Fire to protect you, do not force and endanger yourself, you can give up if necessary.” Looking at his lover, Liu Mufeng said as such.

“En, don’t worry, Mufeng, I will protect myself, and I will protect you too.” Jiang Xu said with a smile.

“Okay.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng held his lover’s hand.

A few days later, the Helian Brothers came over to visit.

“Fellow Daoist Liu, you’ve been staying inside the cave and haven’t come out, what are you drawing?” Seeing a pile of sketches on Liu Mu Feng’s table, Helian Tianqi inquired curiously.

“Oh, it’s nothing, I just draw when I have nothing to do.” Smiling, Liu Mufeng said indifferently.

“Senior Brother Liu, do you know which of the Ten Gates is the one that can enter the castle?” Helian Tianwen asked his questions.

“The Ten Gates lead to the Palaces of the Ten Elders. You must obtain ten keys from the Ten Palaces to open the real city gate and enter the castle of the Tianyan Clan.” Looking at Helian Tianwen, Liu Mufeng explained.

“Oh? So that’s the case.” Nodding, Helian Tianwen expressed his understanding.

“It is already ten years, and the gates of the inner city will appear. If we can get ten keys by then, we can enter the inner city. If within three days after the gates appear, we cannot get the ten keys to open the city, then, we will lose the right to enter the inner city.” Liu Mufeng further explained the conditions.

“Oh! That’s how it was.” After receiving such an answer, Helian Tianwen looked at his Brother.

“So that’s how it is, Fellow Daoist Liu just knows more than the rest of us.” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Helian Tianqi nodded repeatedly.

“Fellow Daoist Helian is overpraising me.” Smiling, Liu Mufeng said modestly.

“Since there are Ten Palaces, which Gate will the two Senior Brothers choose?” Helian Tianwen asked curiously.

Liu Mufeng smiled. “Those who choose the same gate are destined to be enemies, so I don’t recommend the two of you walk the same gate as us.”

“Yes, if there is a good opportunity, I won’t let it go to you.” Nodding, Jiang Xu said the same.

Helian Tianwen smiled wryly at that. “Senior Brother Jiang, you are really rude.”

“We only have one chance, so I can’t be polite to you.” Jiang Xu was also very helpless.

“Okay then, we got it, we won’t go through the same gate with the two Fellow Daoists.” Helian Tianqi took out one hundred thousand spirit stones and handed them to Liu Mufeng. “Fellow Daoist Liu is proficient in the scripts of the Tianyan Clan. I wonder if you can give me and my Brother some guidance and help us choose a Gate that suits us?”

Seeing the spirit stones on the table, Jiang Xu smiled. Reaching over, he took it and checked it out. He nodded in satisfaction. “That’s more like it.”

Taking the sketches on the side, Liu Mufeng rummaged through them, found two blueprints, and handed them to the Helian Brothers. “These are the drawings of the Earth Gate and Ice Gate, these two Palaces are the most suitable for you guys. You can go to these two Palaces.”

“Oh, thank you, Fellow Daoist Liu.” Looking at the blueprint in his hand, Helian Tianqi carefully memorized the characters of the Tianyan Clan on the blueprint. He had to memorize the two characters of “Earth Gate”, so that he could find the Gate.

“Oh my God, I can’t remember all the words of the Tianyan Clan. Brother Liu, please tell me where the Gate is. Otherwise, even if I have this picture, I won’t be able to find it.” Helian Tianwen was very depressed. He couldn’t be blamed for this, the characters of the Tianyan Clan were like writhing snakes, all of them were about the same length. It was hard to distinguish, and it was too different from the human race’s writing. He really didn’t know how Brother Liu learned this kind of writing.

“The Ice Gate is due west. The Earth Gate is due north. There are two gates in the due north direction, the Earth Gate on the east side and the Fire Gate on the west side.” Looking at the two of them, Liu Mufeng explained.

“Oh, west, northeast, I have memorized it now.” Nodding, Helian Tianwen said that he remembered it.

“Thank you, Fellow Daoist Liu, for letting us know.” Knowing the exact direction, it would be easier to find.