Madam General, please run slower.

The night was falling, the stars were shining brightly, and a dark shadow was quietly running towards the cold palace in the twilight.

Deep inside the cold palace, weeds grew everywhere, and the place was in ruins. The palace walls were mottled, and the glazed tiles were in tatters. The sunlight shone through the cracks, creating mottled light and shadows. Inside the palace gate was an empty hall. The once magnificent decorations were now dim, covered with cobwebs, and dust all over the floor.

Occasionally, the wind would blow, causing the window frames to creak, as if it were the cry of wronged souls. The furnishings in the palace would also sway gently in the wind, making strange noises.

In Qu Tangli's memory, there was a concubine living in the cold palace when she was young. The concubine was very kind to her and would play with her. Qu Tangli would always sneak into the cold palace when the servants were not paying attention.

But one day, she slipped into the cold palace as usual, but she never saw the empress who treated her kindly again. She was caught by the servants when she tried to sneak into the dog hole. Chunmei also began to forbid her to go to the cold palace, and no one has lived in the cold palace since then.

"Tanghulu, are you sure this is the intersection of spiritual veins?" Li leaned against the red wall and closed her eyes to feel it. She could clearly feel the flow of spiritual energy in Yueting Palace just now, but here she could not detect even a trace of spiritual energy.

"I was quite sure just now, but now..." Tanghulu didn't dare to make a guarantee.

Li lowered her eyes and fell into deep thought. It was impossible that she and Tanghulu were both wrong. If the spiritual power disappeared here, it must have been blocked by some barrier.

Li looked at the surrounding scenery, looked at the water tank in the northwest corner, and muttered: "If my guess is correct..."

Li twisted his wrist, and a stone wrapped in spiritual power shot straight towards the water tank. With a short and loud impact sound, the scene in front of Li also changed.

A strange and powerful force surged from all directions, making Li shiver.

This is a maze! A maze she has never encountered before.

Li stood in the center of the maze, with a hazy white in front of him, as if he was in a sea of ​​clouds. The wind whistled around him, accompanied by faint whispers, like an ancient spell lingering in his ears.

"Fuck." Li cursed. How could this rubbish plane have an ancient formation? Her spiritual power was not enough to cover the entire cold palace. Now she had no way of knowing where the formation's core and life gate were. Now she could only be controlled in place and dared not move around.

Just when Li was about to take a gamble, the voice of Tanghulu sounded in his sea of ​​consciousness, serious and not as lively as before.

"Master, three steps to Kan, two steps to Zhen, and finally five steps to Qian."

Li retracted his foot that was about to move forward, and continued to walk according to Tanghulu's instructions until he took the last step to the Qian position, and the view in front of him suddenly became clear.

The fog in front of him dissipated a few miles away, revealing his original appearance.

The surrounding spiritual energy was fluctuating strongly, and the ground was covered with thick fallen leaves and withered vines. Every step made people feel soft, as if they had stepped into another world.

The ancient trees stood tall, their branches and leaves seemed to be able to reach into the mist, shrouding everything in a haze, leaving only a three-foot-long "safe passage".

This is definitely not a cold palace.

"An array within an array?" Li Yao looked at the fog not far away. It seemed to have life, constantly rolling and surging, sometimes dispersing, sometimes gathering, and in the depths of the fog there seemed to be an inherent attraction to Li, inducing her to get closer.

Li walked in the direction of the flow of spiritual power. The dark and terrifying scene he imagined did not appear. From time to time, the weeds were overgrown on the ground and the sound of cicadas could be heard. In the distance, the mist blocked his sight. As he walked deeper, the weeds became more lush and dense, reaching up to Li's knees.

Li was paying close attention to the movements around her, and she always felt that someone was looking at her. The further she went in, the stronger the feeling became, and it made her feel cold down her spine.

"Did Tanghulu notice that there was someone nearby?"

"No, Master, but the temperature around us has dropped suddenly, so it would be better for you to use your spiritual power to keep warm."

"The temperature dropped suddenly?" Li reached out and touched her cheek in confusion. Apart from the slight chill on her spine, she didn't feel any coldness. She even felt it was much warmer than outside.

"It's okay, I'm not too cold. Pay attention to your surroundings and remind me if any creatures approach."

"Good~"

Li mobilized his body to absorb spiritual energy while cautiously walking deeper. Since he stepped into this place, he had been thinking, "There are good things in the depths of the fog, take it, take it."

Shut up, I'm so annoyed! Li shook his head irritably.

She had seen many methods of seducing people, but this was the first time she had seen it when she was awake and the voice was still calling in her ears.

Li now just wants to get closer to a place with abundant spiritual energy to achieve the purpose of cultivation, and does not want to explore the ghost things in the depths right now.

Li mobilized his body to absorb spiritual energy while walking along the path.

The gaze falling on Li was getting hotter and hotter. Li's body had instinctively become alert, and his right hand unconsciously reached for the dagger that Wei Shiliu had taken.

The next moment, there was a sudden explosion in my ears, and an ethereal voice slowly spoke:

"Ordinary people, don't go in anymore."

The voice seemed to come from far away, but it fell clearly into Li's ears, "Who?!"

"Ah? What's wrong with the master?" Tanghulu asked puzzledly.

"Tanghulu, didn't you notice someone there?" Li asked with a frown. She did hear a voice, low but emotionless, and ethereal with a warning.

"No...no." Tanghulu swallowed fearfully, "Could it be haunted..."

"Immortal cultivators are afraid of ghosts?" Li raised his eyebrows and saluted, "I have no intention of offending you, young man."

No offense, but please don't go any further.

A breath of silence flashed through the air.

The fog in the distance became even thicker, like a prison cell that covered the bright moon in the sky. The white fog in front of Li's eyes suddenly turned into substance and became a high wall that could not be climbed over.

Li couldn't dodge in time and was bumped into hard. He felt warm liquid flowing down the tip of his nose. Li couldn't help but swear and cursed into the air.

"The members of the Qu family have entered the forbidden area and violated the secret order and will be punished." A long voice came from all directions like a dull ancient bell.

Before Li could understand what it meant, a heart-wrenching pain suddenly penetrated her mind. She could hear the sharp sound of bones breaking, first in her wrists and ankles, then in her knees, and then in her elbows.

Li collapsed to the ground, his body twitching uncontrollably and blood foaming from his mouth.

Huh? Why can she see herself vomiting blood? Holy shit, is she in so much pain that her soul is leaving her body? Awesome!

After his soul left his body, Li could no longer feel the pain. It seemed that this so-called punishment was only physical.

The imperial palace was built on a spiritual vein, but the voice said that members of the Qu clan were not allowed to enter and called this place a forbidden area.

In Yuluo Province, there were indeed some families that had guarded secret realms for generations, so the Qu family was the guardian of this place? Then what exactly was it that the Qu family had guarded for generations? Did that thing have an inexplicable attraction to the Qu family members? Otherwise, how could she explain the thoughts that kept lingering in her mind just now?

Li's soul was unraveling his thoughts in the air, but he didn't know that Tanghulu was almost scared to death by this scene. The master was talking to himself and falling to the ground vomiting blood. Could it be that there was really a ghost?