Chapter 259: The Unlocked Palace

Watching the palace before them gradually calm down, Zong Ao and the others who often explored treasures before wore strange expressions.
When Ye Feng couldn’t hold back his doubts, Zong Ao turned around with a serious expression, “It’s different from before.”
“After the tremors in the past, the side doors would open automatically, spewing out a large number of various items,” added Makas beside him.
After hearing this, Ye Feng looked nervously at the door in front of him, worried that this anomaly might be caused by his key.
Just as everyone was at a loss, the six side doors turned into streams of golden light and gradually dissipated in the air. Where the side doors used to be, golden walls appeared.
The crowd was even more puzzled now; they had no idea what was happening.
After all the side doors disappeared, a strange mark suddenly appeared on the main door at the center of the palace—a nine-pointed star pattern covering the entire center of the door.
From the top of the hollow star pattern, golden liquid slowly flowed down, quickly filling the hollowed-out parts of the door, just like molten iron pouring into a mold during metal casting.
Ye Feng and the others waited patiently, eager to see what would happen.
When the golden liquid flowed from the top to the bottom, filling the entire pattern, the nine-pointed star pattern emitted a brilliant golden glow.
The intense light made Ye Feng and the others close their eyes.
Soon, a deep sound was heard—the sound of the heavy door being pushed open. Although there was no creaking from the hinges, everyone knew the door had been opened.
When the golden light faded, everyone looked in the direction of the door, and indeed, it was now open.
Before anyone could react, Dil was the first to rush through the door.
Seeing this, the others followed him in.
Tie Man, who came with him, didn’t seem anxious at all. He glanced at Lilith, then at Ye Feng, before slowly walking in.
Ye Feng frowned slightly.
“Since we don’t need to separate from the start, let’s go in together!” Fat walked over to Ye Feng. “With more people, we can take care of each other.”
Ye Feng nodded and followed him into the palace.

From the outside, the palace appeared luxurious, but once inside, everything that came into sight was somewhat unbelievable. It was a square hall built in a peculiar style. The black floor, like silk-printed glass, allowed one to see their own reflection clearly. Several square pillars stood in the hall, with silver mirrors on all four sides; nothing else was present. The ceiling above was pure white, without any decorations, except for a purple crystal chandelier that emitted a strange purple glow right in the center of the roof. The walls around were covered with strange, regular patterns. “This place gives me a creepy feeling,” Fat couldn’t help but complain. Everyone looked around; aside from those pillars, the hall was truly empty. Ye Feng couldn’t resist walking over to one of the nearby pillars. Looking at his reflection in the mirror and the two beasts on his shoulders, nothing seemed abnormal. Just then, Bernard shouted, “Boss, it’s moving!” “What?” Ye Feng was puzzled; he hadn’t noticed anything unusual. Bernard pointed at his reflection in the mirror standing on his shoulder. “I don’t see it…” Ye Feng shook his head and turned to look at Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu also shook her head. “Xiao Bei, are you having hallucinations? Even with my eyes, I can’t tell it’s moving.” “It’s really moving…” Bernard continued to point at his reflection in the mirror. “That’s your own reflection. If you point at it, of course it points back at you,” Ye Feng said helplessly. “Boss, I know what a mirror is, but the guy in the mirror I saw moved differently from me,” Bernard explained. “Then what did you see?” Ye Feng asked curiously. “I just saw it making faces at me,” Bernard said, pointing at his reflection in the mirror. “Now it’s showing me its butt…” “Why can’t we see anything?” Ye Feng wondered. At that moment, a second and then a third person started shouting at the mirrors in front of them. Ye Feng looked doubtfully at the mirror in front of him; he didn’t seem to notice anything unusual, but Xiao Yu suddenly said seriously, “Boss, I saw it too. The reflection in the mirror is indeed different from us, like a living creature.”

Just as Ye Feng wondered why he hadn’t noticed anything strange, he suddenly saw his reflection in the mirror giving him a bizarre smile. Ye Feng narrowed his eyes slightly; his reflection was wearing a set of clothes from Earth, completely different from his own. It even had its hands in its pockets and was looking at itself from the side, with an expression that seemed to carry a hint of mockery. Ye Feng turned to look at the others and found that it seemed everyone was experiencing the same thing. Even Tieman, who had the highest cultivation level, was no exception. He was staring blankly at a mirror with a dark expression that appeared quite fierce. “What on earth is going on?” Ye Feng asked in confusion. “Do you really want to know what’s going on?” Ye Feng’s reflection in the mirror smiled slightly and even spoke out. Ye Feng glanced at Xiao Yu and Bernard beside him; the two seemed unable to hear what his reflection was saying. He then raised his head and said, “I don’t understand what’s happening, but this trick is far too childish.” “It seems you really don’t understand what’s going on…” Ye Feng’s reflection replied calmly, “This is the world ruled by mirrors. If you don’t act according to the mirror’s will, you’ll be trapped inside it forever and disappear from the real world.” At that moment, Ye Feng heard a scream coming from not far away, drawing everyone’s attention. The person had tried to shatter the mirror in front of him, but the moment he touched it, he couldn’t pull his fist back, and his body began to slowly be swallowed by the mirror. Some people tried to pull him out, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t change his fate of being consumed by the mirror. The scene left everyone present stunned. “It’s useless. Here, we rule everything. Don’t waste your time trying to resist,” Ye Feng’s reflection said with a smug smile. Ye Feng stepped back, bent down, and clenched his fist, ready to attack. But then he heard a loud shout from not far away, along with a powerful energy surge throughout the palace. Ye Feng immediately looked in that direction—it was Tieman. Clearly, with his strength, he certainly wouldn’t allow himself to be easily controlled. “Hmph, some trickery,” Tieman cursed angrily. “Watch me destroy you in one move!”

Ye Feng immediately stopped his attack and turned to look at Tie Man, wanting to know if his strength was enough to break through the current predicament in one go. Tie Man raised his right hand empty-handed, and a long sword emitting a scorching heat slowly appeared in his grasp. The sword looked as if it had just been taken out of a furnace, its entire surface glowing a fiery red. Everyone watched in awe as he grasped the sword with both hands, raised it high, and swung it fiercely in the direction of the mirror. The fiery light, carrying intense heat, surged toward the mirror like a fierce beast roaring loudly. That powerful attack finally revealed Tie Man’s true strength—the force behind his enraged strike was beyond anything anyone else present could withstand. But unexpectedly, the attack, capable of destroying everything in the palace, made no sound of explosion or impact when it touched the mirror; instead, it was silently absorbed. It seemed as though the mirror was a door to another realm, and the attack passed through that door into another space. Yet this scene filled the others with horror. If an attack of such magnitude had no effect, then no matter what they tried, it would also be ineffective. Clearly, Tie Man was also slightly stunned by what happened. He was well aware of the power of his strike. His enraged attack failed to cause even the slightest spatial disturbance in this hall, proving that the stability of this space was far beyond anything in the cultivation world. But the lack of spatial disturbance meant that his attack power wasn’t diminished by spatial tearing, with no limitations at all—comparable to the peak strength of a Xuanxian. The fact that such an attack caused no damage at all seemed incredible to him. Seeing this, the hall fell into silence. At that moment of silence, something even more astonishing happened: the roaring fiery light emerged from the mirror, moving in the same manner and with the same momentum straight toward Tie Man… Seeing this, Tie Man was briefly stunned. In just an instant, the attack reached him, and before he could react, he was sent flying by it…

Turning his head to look at Ye Feng, who was sneering at him in the mirror, his heart sank instantly. He knew that the trouble they were facing this time was quite serious…