Dragon King Hall's Legend

"Boom boom!!"

A massive water vortex appeared before Mu Jinyu and Bai Xiaosheng, resembling the giant maw of a beast ready to devour a person, exuding an eerie terror that chilled the spine.

This was the transmission light curtain passage directly leading to the Atlantis ruins.

Mu Jinyu hesitated not a moment, reaching out to gently pat the Divine Silkworm Princess in his arms, signaling her to set her mind at ease, then stepped forward and walked in.

Bai Xiaosheng's illusory avatar, seeing this scene, had a look of astonishment flash through its eyes. Seeing Mu Jinyu's silhouette disappear before him, with the intent to witness how Mu Jinyu would resolve Paradise Lost for himself, naturally wouldn't stay outside, and so stepped into the vortex as well.

Accompanied by a weightless-like discomfort.

Mu Jinyu opened his eyes to find himself in a desolate and broken place.

Here, various shattered sculptures of sea beasts could be seen everywhere, along with traces of collapsed temples and shrines.

A bleak place, not overgrown with weeds, without any small animals hopping or running around, as if it were a place devoid of life, unable to see any lush green vitality...

"Is this the ruins of Atlantis?" Mu Jinyu murmured softly.

"Hmm, probably? Even if not, a civilization once existed here," Bai Xiaosheng, standing behind Mu Jinyu, spoke softly.

Mu Jinyu hearing the voice, couldn't help but turn to look at Bai Xiaosheng, a hint of surprise crossing his eyes.

He didn't expect Bai Xiaosheng to follow them inside as well.

But thinking about it, it made sense, as after all, this was just an avatar of his, not to mention it essentially couldn't be destroyed. Even if it got stuck here, it wouldn't be much of a loss to him, he had no reason not to come in for a look.

"Where are the people of Paradise Lost?" Mu Jinyu asked.

Bai Xiaosheng shook his head and said, "I'm not really sure, it's also my first time here, I just know that this is probably the main base of Paradise Lost. Let's move forward and see."

Mu Jinyu hearing this, furrowed his brow and then attempted to spread his divine sense to search the ruins.

But surprisingly, there seemed to be some sort of peculiarity here, suppressing his divine sense, unable to expand widely, at best covering a range of a hundred meters.

For Mu Jinyu, who could originally scan thousands of miles with a thought, this was undeniably uncomfortable.

"Is it a formation, or natural?!"

Mu Jinyu furrowed his brow tightly, uncertain and puzzled.

"Yin Li, can you perceive the weirdness in this place?"

Mu Jinyu began using his spiritual thought to communicate with the Divine Silkworm Princess in his arms, hoping she could provide some comfort.

"Hmm, although my divine sense's search range is somewhat suppressed, I can still sense something not right. If you head southeast, around five hundred meters, there seems to be a life fluctuation."

Yin Li, hearing Mu Jinyu's words, quickly responded.

Mu Jinyu, hearing this, felt relieved, thankful that he had brought Yin Li along.

After all, being a Divine Silkworm, or rather a divine beast, her innate divine sense was much stronger than his.

Later, Mu Jinyu glanced at Bai Xiaosheng, saying nothing, but mentally becoming a bit more wary of him.

If this place didn't suppress the spreading range of divine sense, Mu Jinyu might not think too much, but because it did suppress the divine sense, making the place more dangerous and unpredictable, Mu Jinyu couldn't help but suspect whether Bai Xiaosheng was in cahoots with Paradise Lost, wanting to trap him.

And with Bai Xiaosheng only following as a phantom avatar, Mu Jinyu couldn't capture him to perform soul search, leading him to regret quietly that he shouldn't have been polite with Bai Xiaosheng earlier; rather than wasting words, capturing him for a soul search right then would have been better.

This way he could find out whether he had colluded with Paradise Lost!

For now, he could only remain silent and see if Bai Xiaosheng was up to any tricks!

"Let's go, head southeast."

Mu Jinyu said to Bai Xiaosheng.

"Hmm?"

Bai Xiaosheng, hearing this, paused momentarily, then asked in a slightly agitated manner, "Dragon King, are you asking me to scout?"

Mu Jinyu said calmly, "After all, you're just an avatar here, encountering danger won't matter, isn't scouting very suitable for you?"

Bai Xiaosheng, hearing this, smiled bitterly, shaking his head, "Alright."

Having said this, he took a step, his silhouette flickering as he headed directly southeast.

Mu Jinyu, meanwhile, noted this place lest he forget the exit, then followed Bai Xiaosheng.

Soon, the two arrived at the location where Yin Li mentioned detecting life fluctuations.

"Hiss hiss!"

There lay a yellow-brown lizard, flicking its tongue, reclining atop a ruined temple, swallowing wisps of golden gas.

The lizard appeared about as large as a crocodile, over two meters long, fully yellow-brown, seemingly crafted from clay, looking not particularly frightening.

But at first glance, Mu Jinyu discovered its strength was at least around the mid-stage of the Fanxu Realm.

This amazed Mu Jinyu.

If this lizard were a demon beast raised by Paradise Lost, it would have been nearly unstoppable had Paradise Lost set it loose some time ago.

"Hey, is this incense becoming god path cultivation?"

At this moment, Yin Li's crisp and surprised voice suddenly resonated in Mu Jinyu's mind.

"Incense becoming god path cultivation?"

Mu Jinyu did not immediately act against the lizard, upon hearing Yin Li's surprise, couldn't help but ask.

Yin Li explained, "It's a cultivation method that relies on worshipers to enhance one's cultivation, also called incense becoming god path. The more devoted worshipers, the more incense power absorbed, the more terrifying the strength. Of course, there are many side effects, such as if worshipers lose faith and stop worshiping, their strength will sharply decline. Also, due to having too many worshipers, being surrounded by karma and miscellaneous thoughts makes heavenly tribulation more perilous than for cultivators like us; risk is high, an accident could lead to death and disappearance."

"Is that so?" Mu Jinyu nodded slightly, asking, "Does this lizard have any special skills?"

Yin Li replied, "Probably not? Judging by its appearance, it's clearly just an ordinary small lizard that accidentally absorbed the remnants of faith power in the temple, embarking on the path of cultivation. It doesn't seem like an exotic beast with special innate divine abilities."

"Alright, I'll let Bai Xiaosheng probe it then," said Mu Jinyu.

Saying so, Mu Jinyu instructed Bai Xiaosheng beside him, "Bai Xiaosheng, go probe that lizard."

Originally, with Mu Jinyu's cultivation at the Unity Realm Stage, dealing with a mid-stage Fanxu Realm exotic beast should not require such caution, escalating to sending someone to probe.

But as he truly did not trust Bai Xiaosheng, coupled with the peculiarity of the place, Mu Jinyu became cautious, having Bai Xiaosheng test the waters for everything.

"Me?"

While examining the lizard exotic beast, startled, Bai Xiaosheng, upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, helplessly remarked, "Isn't it unnecessary? With Dragon King's strength, dealing with such exotic beasts should be easy?"

"I don't trust it," Mu Jinyu said calmly.

"Alright." Bai Xiaosheng had no choice. Since Mu Jinyu said so, and he wouldn't face any real danger, he shrugged and slowly stepped forth in front of the lizard.

"Hiss hiss..."

The lizard exotic beast, seeing Bai Xiaosheng appear before it, flicking its tongue, its impassive eyes suddenly emitting a ghostly light.

Subsequently, Mu Jinyu saw Bai Xiaosheng freeze in place, without any further movement.

"Is this... being spiritually controlled by it?" Mu Jinyu furrowed his brow, muttering in his heart.