Chapter 512: The Secret World in the Palace
Feeling that he could not get any more information from the two guards, Han Xu went straight to the fourth floor.
As the two guards said, soon after he reached the fourth floor, he could see a room with an open door, in which sat a white-haired old man.
He was reading leisurely, and when he felt Han Xu coming, he looked up and said to him, "Are you here to participate in the competition for the Medicine King Order in three days?"
"Yes, senior, do you know what procedures are required?"
"Just pay a piece of high-grade spirit stone as the registration fee." The old man said casually.
A piece of high-grade spirit stone is a huge sum of money for ordinary cultivators, so this registration fee can be regarded as a threshold.
Han Xu took out the spirit stone and handed it to the old man, and then exchanged it for a unique token from the old man.
"Three days later, bring this token here, and someone will guide you."
"Thank you, senior." Han Xu saluted and said, "Senior, I wonder if the Lord of Baili Palace is in the palace today?"
The old man raised his eyelids and said, "Of course he is. If there is no special matter, the Lord of Baili Palace will practice on the top floor. Why, do you want to see the Lord of Baili Palace?"
"Of course, I have admired the Lord of Baili Palace for a long time. If I am lucky enough to see him, I will wake up with a smile in my dreams."
"You really don't know how high the sky is. How can a junior like you see the Lord of the Palace just because you want to?"
"Senior is right. I was rude." Han Xu admitted his mistake quickly, which made the old man's expression much more relaxed.
In fact, he would meet young people like Han Xu every now and then. There are always some self-important young people who clamor to see the Lord of the Palace as soon as they come.
However, Han Xu is a little different from others. The old man has been obviously impatient with him for several times, but Han Xu is still polite.
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. Han Xu was so polite, so the old man naturally wouldn't embarrass him again.
"Senior, I have long admired Dan Wang Palace. This time, I finally found an opportunity to come here. Can I take a look here?" Han Xu asked when he saw the old man's expression.
"As long as you don't barge in, it's okay to take a look." The old man said, "From here to the sixteenth floor, all the alchemists make pills. The higher you go, the stronger they are. There are some with strange temperaments among them. Be careful not to disturb them."
"As for the 20th floor and above, you don't have to go there. Only the high-level people in this palace can go there."
"Junior understands, thank you senior."
"Go ahead, be careful." The old man thought that Han Xu was a very polite boy. He thought that even if he was allowed to go in and take a look, it would be fine. Although there were many alchemists practicing here, those who were really powerful were all above the tenth floor. As for the ones below, most of them were alchemy rooms rented out by Dan Wang Palace.
Many people pay a high price to rent these alchemy rooms not just for their own alchemy, but most of them want to try their luck here, hoping to meet the strong people of the Danwang Palace.
After Han Xu left the old man's sight, he went up. It was very close to the sales hall below, and he could still hear the noise vaguely. How strong could he be to endure such an environment.
The clearance of each floor of the Danwang Palace was very high. Every time he went upstairs, he had to walk a long ladder. What made Han Xu feel strange was that every time he climbed a floor, he could not see the ladder below when he looked back.
Han Xu went up three floors in one breath and came to the seventh floor. There was a strong fragrance of alchemy here. When passing through some rooms, he could clearly feel the hot flame energy inside. Some rooms made rumbling sounds, but Han Xu did not stay for long. After looking at the system interface, he continued to go up.
He kept observing the system interface, and Baili Yuntao's name never appeared.
This made Han Xu wonder. The range that the system can detect has reached a radius of 100 miles. Logically speaking, it should cover the entire area of the Danwang Palace.
Therefore, Han Xu had to confirm with the old man whether Baili Yuntao was in there.
However, Han Xu did not make a judgment easily.
He walked around the seventh floor, silently noted the number of rooms that made noises, and then climbed to the eighth floor.
On the eighth floor, he did the same thing as on the seventh floor, walked around and climbed to the ninth floor, and then the tenth floor.
Han Xu found that every time he went up a floor, the list in the system would change greatly, and people on other floors would not appear in the interface.
This can only mean one thing, there is a huge space spirit formation in the Danwang Palace, and it may be the top space spirit formation, which has disrupted the space inside, and compressed the space that may have been more than a hundred miles between two floors.
Those who can construct this spirit formation must have a very deep understanding of the space Tao, otherwise it would not be successful.
The biggest benefit of doing this is that it makes the entire Danwang Palace impregnable. If a strong person attacks here, he only needs to activate the space spirit formation to generate tremendous space pressure through the space transformation between the floors. Even the strong people in the realm of creation cannot last too long under this pressure.
Perhaps, this big formation is the biggest handicraft of the Danwang Palace.
If this is the case, then if Han Xu wants to download Baili Yuntao's skills, he can only go up to the top floor.
But according to what the old man said before, ordinary people can't enter the 20th floor or above. Only the high-level people of the Danwang Palace can pass. With this space spirit formation, Han Xu dare not break in at will, otherwise once he is discovered, the consequences are not something he can afford.
Han Xu thought about the solution while climbing up the stairs one floor at a time, and soon arrived at the seventeenth floor.
There were fewer rooms here, but each room was larger than the ones below, and there was clearly a powerful barrier outside the room to protect it from all interference.
The alchemists on this floor were obviously much stronger, and almost all of them practiced the skills above the creation level.
Just as Han Xu was observing the system panel, two names suddenly attracted his attention.
Zhuo Qing, Zhuo Lan.
The reason why Han Xu noticed the two of them was because they practiced Kunlun's skills, several of which were the same as Zhuo Yifan's, but they did not practice Zhuo Yifan's most powerful Fudi Yin.
"It seems that these two people are the disciples sent by Kunlun to stop me." Han Xu checked the rooms one by one without expression. Among the rooms where people were, only one did not light up the fire needed for alchemy.
Han Xu stopped outside this room, and a barely perceptible light flashed in his eyes. With great luck and innate visualization, he saw through the barrier outside the room in a short while.
This barrier is only used to isolate movement and is not complicated.
Han Xu easily made a gap in the barrier, then used the system to collect breath and stuck it to the wall of the room, so that he could clearly hear the conversation inside.
In the room, there were Zhuo Qing, Zhuo Lan, and a middle-aged man.
He said: "My two nephews, I know what you said, I will let people pay attention to this Han Xu you mentioned."
"Thank you, Elder Wang."
"You're welcome. I am a close friend of your father. It's just a trivial matter. I will send someone to inform you as soon as there is news." Elder Wang said, "I have to see the hall master later, so I won't accompany you."
"Elder Wang, please go."
"See the hall master." Han Xu waited for Elder Wang to come out, and then quietly followed him.