Although it was not very clear, the scene carried a sowhat eerie vitality and liveliness, completely at odds with the surrounding deathly silence of the Heavenly Court.
Xiao Jie slowly descended but was blocked by an invisible barrier. As expected, there was a barrier protecting this place, and Xiao Jie could clearly perceive that its strength far surpassed any encountered before, seamless and without any flaw.
"Looks like I’ll have to find the main entrance." He flew around a small section of the enclosure for a while before finally finding the main entrance to the Immortal Peach Orchard.
The two massive doors, origins unknown, were bright red and ten zhang tall, intricately carved with reliefs of thousands of peaches offering blessings and fairies picking them, but currently lifeless and tightly shut.
Xiao Jie cautiously approached, fully on guard.
Luckily, "Spirit Spider Responding to the Command" did not send any crisis warnings.
He breathed a small sigh of relief and extended his hand to try to push the door.
However, his hand was t by an invisible forcefield three feet away from the doors, rendering it impossible to touch them at all!
"Hmm?" Xiao Jie was montarily stunned, then frowned, "Not enough permissions? That’s strange, I even have a Thunder General Token for the Level A area!"
He pulled out a string of various jade tokens he had scavenged from his bosom, trying each in turn, yet none were effective.
Damn. Xiao Jie’s brow furrowed in deep thought. Could it be that the Immortal Peach Orchard is a special area beyond Class A, requiring higher permissions?
The more he thought about it, treasures like these peaches wouldn’t be easily accessible to just any high-level immortal.
Perhaps... transforming might offer an opportunity to sneak in.
He stepped back a few paces, carefully observing the external structure of the Immortal Peach Orchard. The garden was encircled by seamless white high walls, smooth as a mirror, with faint cloud patterns flowing across, extending indefinitely on both sides. The walls seamlessly joined the barrier above and the foundation below.
Xiao Jie raised a finger——
Immortal Law——Fossil to Mud!
Mana surged forth, but like mud cows into the sea, the wall didn’t budge. As expected, such a location wouldn’t be damaged by ordinary immortal techniques.
Immortal Law——Wall-penetrating Skill!
Bam! Xiao Jie crashed solidly into the wall, sending a ringing through his skull.
"Hahaha, it’s useless, you can’t get in."
An indistinct voice, carrying a tone of schadenfreude mixed with mockery, suddenly spoke up.
Xiao Jie was startled, instantly summoning two divine artifacts to protect himself, his divine thought sweeping the surroundings with full force.
"No need to be tense, I’m not a monster." The voice beca clearer, surprisingly coming from underground. Not far away, the ground rippled like water, and a figure in orange-yellow robes slowly "floated" up.
Great Thief Naless (Five Elents Immortal): Level 76 Heavenly Immortal. Life Value: ????
Seeing it was a player, Xiao Jie relaxed a bit.
"I say, brother, you scared the hell out of ."
"Haha, sorry, sorry." The player nad "Great Thief Naless" scratched the back of his head with a grin, "I’ve been pondering here for quite a while, tried all sorts of thods, and simply can’t get inside. This blasted garden, the walls are absurdly hard, the barrier is impenetrable, and even underground is impassable.
I’m thinking of trying my luck sowhere else. Hey, since you’re alone too, interested in teaming up for exploration? It’s always good to have backup."
Xiao Jie shook his head, his gaze returning to the tightly closed main gate: "Thanks, but I still want to give it another shot."
"Oh well, suit yourself. This place is creepy," Great Thief Naless said, not trying to persuade further. He shrugged and his body sank like entering water, slowly disappearing into the cloud bricks below without leaving a trace of mana fluctuation.
Xiao Jie discreetly used Life Sensing, wary of others, for who knows if that guy is lurking, waiting for a chance to steal the peaches.
He sensed a faint life force quickly moving away underground until it disappeared completely from his perception.
Confirming that the other had indeed left, Xiao Jie refocused his attention on the gate before him.
He sat cross-legged, staring at the door, attempting to discern any pattern or chanism from the engravings. However, after a while, he found nothing. He stood and paced around the vicinity of the gate, his hand occasionally brushing the wall to sense the energy flow upon it.
After trying several spells without any expected success, it was evident that the barrier surrounding the Immortal Peach Orchard was far beyond his current ability to break through.
Xiao Jie seriously doubted whether even a Heavenly Immortal Realm Mystic Gate Immortal could make a difference.
After studying for a long while without a lead, he thought if spell force cannot open it, then solving a puzzle must be the answer, except there doesn’t seem to be any puzzle to solve here.
Suddenly, a thought occurred to him, and he summoned Xuan Ying with a wave.
Co to think of it, Xuan Ying’s true form, "Demon Star," was a spirit transford from a peach that escaped from the orchard, right? Perhaps it knows sothing?
Xuan Ying rotated its two rows of icy compound eyes, silently gazing at Xiao Jie.
"Go, help find a way in." Xiao Jie ordered.
Upon hearing this, Xuan Ying imdiately turned and sprinted along the wall.
"Oh wow, there really seems to be a way!" Xiao Jie was delighted and quickly transford into a flying insect to follow closely.
Upon pursuing, he realized sothing wrong. The space surrounding the Immortal Peach Orchard appeared to be influenced by so profound spatial Immortal Technique. Though the orchard seed large from the outside, it had boundaries, but when running along the wall, the scenery on both sides seed infinitely extended. After flying for over half an hour, the continuous wall showed neither corner nor end.
Spatial folding? Or a formation? Totally incomprehensible... Xiao Jie marveled internally, gaining new insight into the ans of the Heavenly Court.
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