"How did you escape from the Red Dust Palace?" Monk Dazhi asked doubtfully.
"My mother sent me out," the woman replied.
"She asked me to stay away from here and live alone.
But not long after I left the Palace of Heaven, I was arrested by these people."
"Do you still know the way to the Red Dust Palace?" Xu Zimo asked.
"I know," the woman nodded and said weakly.
"Then you come with us," said Monk Dazhi.
"After all, we saved you, so we can repay your kindness."
"Why are you going to the Red Dust Palace? My mother won't let me go again," the woman asked.
"You can just take us there, there's no need to go inside," Xu Zimo replied.
"Okay then," the woman thought for a moment and then nodded.
Said: "My name is Gu Yue."
After a few people exchanged their names, they walked towards the south of the village.
The south side of the village is close to the river, and there are several large ships parked here.
However, because there were only three people, Xu Zimo chose a small boat.
The three of them sat on the boat and rowed with spiritual energy, heading towards the endless sky and sea in the distance.
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The sea is turbid, but this branch of the river is somewhat clear.
The waves are sparkling, because of the ice and snow, the surface is covered with a thin layer of ice.
As the boat rowed by, the ice broke apart and merged into the water little by little.
"Can you tell us about the situation in the Hongchen Palace?" Xu Zimo asked.
"I'm not very sure either," Gu Yue shook her head and said.
"Although I grew up in the Red Dust Palace, I have lived alone since I was a child and cannot leave within the seal."
"That's right," Xu Zimo nodded slightly.
"I can only take you inside. My mother said it is very dangerous inside and she has not let me run around since I was a child," Gu Yue said.
"Monk, how much do you know about the Palace of Red Dust?" Xu Zimo looked at Monk Dazhi and asked.
"There are dust envoys in the Hongchen Palace who specialize in managing the place. This is what my ancestor mentioned before," Monk Dazhi replied.
"I don't know about the others. I've never been there before."
The three of them were talking, after more than three days.
Under Gu Yue's guidance, he avoided many unnecessary mistakes and finally arrived in the endless sea of heaven.
As one of the ten forbidden areas, the Hongchen Palace is very large, covering almost half of the endless sky.
No matter which continent you start from, you can actually enter the endless sea of sky.
Standing on the endless sea, the cold wind blows, and it seems that the entire sea has turned pure white.
"Get in the water," Gu Yue said.
Because the Red Dust Palace was in another world underwater, the three of them jumped directly from the boat.
The sea water in the winter is very cold, with a biting coldness that makes people shiver.
Follow the water all the way downstream.
Entering the Red Dust Palace requires a formation, and this formation is not rare and is widely circulated on the mainland.
It's just that no one wants to come here, because once you go in, you can't come out again for the rest of your life.
When the three of them swam to the bottom of the endless sky, the sense of oppression here was very strong.
For people with lower cultivation levels, their blood vessels may burst due to pressure, and their entire bodies may explode to death.
"Look for the Red Dust Stone," Gu Yue said.
The three of them nodded and searched for the Red Dust Stone on the seabed.
The formation used to enter the Red Dust Palace must be made of Red Dust Stone to be effective.
A large number of red dust stones have sunk to the bottom of this endless sky sea, all prepared for those who want to enter here.
After searching for a long time on the seabed, the three of them collected hundreds of stones.
Xu Zimo's whole body was filled with spiritual energy, and with a wave of his hands, all the red dust stones began to revolve around him.
Xu Zimo had seen the Hongchen Palace formation in the library of the Zhenwu Sheng Sect, so it was not particularly difficult.
He formed a seal on his right hand, and each time he formed a seal, a red dust stone would enter the void.
When all the red dust stones disappeared into the void, Xu Zimo made a move with his hands.
Mighty light radiated from the whole body.
These red dust stones condensed together and connected into a formation.
"Do you want to go in?" Xu Zimo looked at Gu Yue and asked.
"Although my mother won't let me go in again, I still want to see them," Gu Yue hesitated for a while and finally replied.
"Then let's go in together," Xu Zimo said and entered the formation, and the other two followed closely.
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As the sky and earth dimmed for a while, Xu Zimo felt as if his body was being swallowed up by some kind of suction force.
There was no strength left in the whole body to resist.
After passing through layers of space walls, at a certain moment after a long time, the space in front of me seemed to have returned to tranquility.
Xu Zimo found himself in a city.
There were people like him around, and they walked out of the teleportation array one after another.
There are burly men, women with dull eyes, and swordsmen with long swords in their sleeves.
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Among this group of people, Xu Zimo saw Monk Dazhi and Gu Yue.
He waved to the two of them, and they walked over quickly.
"There are so many people coming to the Hongchen Palace. Could it be that all these people have seen through the world of mortals?" Monk Dazhi said in surprise.
"Who knows," Xu Zimo smiled.
He looked at the scene around him. This city was not too big. After less than a hundred people walked out of the teleportation formation, it gradually slowed down.
Immediately afterwards, two men wearing bright red robes and masks came to the front of the crowd.
"We are the dust envoys, here to guide you who are new to the Hongchen Palace," the red-robed dust envoy on the left said.
"You follow me here. Although there are no rules in this Red Dust Palace, I still have to explain some things to you."
The three of them followed the crowd and arrived at a wide square with the two dust angels.
"Please find a seat and sit down," the two messengers said, sitting at the top and looking at hundreds of people.
When everyone settled down, the dust angel began to speak.
Xu Zimo probably listened for a long time, which meant that no evil was allowed to happen here.
In this palace of mortals, greed, delusion and evil are not allowed.
People here tend to be self-sufficient and live independently.
When the dust messenger finished speaking, he waved his hands and said, "You can be free now.
Please remember, don’t violate what I just said, the world-weary goddess is watching you.”
After the dust messenger left, Monk Dazhi muttered, "What's the difference between living like this and the living dead?"
"You don't understand, some people like this method, otherwise they wouldn't be able to think about visiting the Red Dust Palace," Xu Zimo said with a smile.
"I'm a little hungry," Gu Yue next to him said a little embarrassedly as he touched his stomach.
"Then let's find an inn," Xu Zimo said.
"There are no inns here, because there is no money exchange, and people here live alone," Gu Yue reminded.
