Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1816: Chapter 580: Piercing Illusions at Last, Full of Confusion

Just now, looking on the ice surface, the palace was underwater. After diving into the water, the palace appeared again at the lake bottom, but now standing on the lake bottom, the palace is overhead, situated in the middle section of the water.

“Not an illusion technique, it’s a Different Space!”

Xia Hong stared at the palace overhead, seeing the outline of the palace, which wasn’t connected to the water area, entirely independent from the lake water, immediately drawing his conclusion.

The next challenge is finding the entrance!

Xia Hong looked at the golden palace within reach, his brow furrowed, beginning to search for a way to enter.

……

“Father has come, father is here to rescue us!”

While Xia Hong was deep in thought at the water area, inside a vast and broad golden palace, Xia Yusheng held his mother Li Xuanling’s hand, pointing at the giant pool in the middle of the grand hall, excitedly cheering.

The grand hall was square-shaped, with a width of at least over a hundred meters. Inside the hall, there were thirty-six columns with a diameter of about three meters, each entwined with a fierce golden dragon, grand and magnificent, visually stunning to the extreme.

The entire hall was golden, though different parts had slight color differences. In the middle of the floor was an empty space, more like a square plaza thirty meters wide. In the center of the plaza was a rectangular pool twenty meters long and ten meters wide.

Under the pool, a figure stood silently.

The person underwater had clear facial features, his brow furrowed, evidently thinking about something.

It was none other than Xia Hong, who had just dived to the lake bottom, his brow furrowed, obviously pondering a way to enter the palace.

“Mother, they don’t seem like bad people!”

Unlike her brother, Xia Yuyao, on Li Xuanling’s other side, was not as excited. Her small hand was held by her mother, her gaze constantly on the two women in blue robes on the side, her eyes full of thought and confusion. After a while, she whispered softly to her mother.

Li Xuanling, upon hearing this, did not reply, just shook her head at her daughter, then glanced at Xia Hong in the pool, displaying concern, before turning to the two maids and said, “Ladies, my husband has arrived. Since you have serious matters to discuss with him, why waste time here?”

Li Xuanling spoke this with a frown.

Her daughter could see it; she could see it even clearer: the one calling herself the foreign princess Li Longyu, along with her two maids, truly bore no malice towards her and her children.

No, not only no malice, but even courteous.

Throughout the entire process since she was taken to Chilong Lake by Li Longyu and her party last night, Li Xuanling even felt a bit of an illusion that the three seemed somewhat respectful towards her and her children.

What reason could cause three strong Third Turn Tribulation Body Realm individuals to show such respect to her and her children?

This must be an illusion!

Unable to think of a reason, Li Xuanling could only judge internally that she was experiencing an illusion.

Nevertheless, the courteous treatment by Li Longyu’s group eased her considerably. Her personal safety was secondary; the key was not letting her children be harmed.

After arriving at Chilong Lake at night, Li Longyu ordered the two maids to break the ice surface, leading them into the lake, then inexplicably summoned this golden palace with some secret technique.

This incredible scene amazed Li Xuanling, while also causing her to feel a bit worried.

The Bloody Demon Dragon at Chilong Lake’s bottom had always been a ticking bomb for Great Xia, and she knew it. The golden palace’s exterior had many dragon-shaped sculptures, clearly indicating a deep connection with that demon dragon.

The crucial aspect was Li Longyu’s familiarity with the palace and the Bloody Demon Dragon within, evident throughout her actions, showcasing her extreme familiarity.

“Three years ago, my husband and I searched underwater for so long and still couldn’t find the demon dragon; turns out, its true body was inside this palace.”

Seeing the two maids not responding, Li Xuanling turned and looked upwards in the hall, her gaze slightly condensing.

High above the hall, like a human palace, the deepest central position featured a platform. However, the platform was enormous, roughly fifty or sixty meters long, occupying much of the hall, and there were no chairs, just a giant pillar reaching towards the sky.

Indeed, it was a giant pillar, pure gold, approximately thirty meters in diameter, penetrating the hall’s top and extending into the sky, with the end unseen.

Yet, the most eye-catching part wasn’t the pillar, but the bloody tail wrapped around it.

The tail was covered in red scales, each emitting an extremely terrifying aura. Li Xuanling had noticed it earlier, the bloody long tail above belonged to a Bloody Demon Dragon.

The Bloody Demon Dragon she and her husband Xia Hong had searched for so long without finding, turns out it was inside this golden palace all along.

“Why are these three bringing my husband here?”

At first, Li Xuanling thought Li Longyu’s goal was the demon dragon, even imagining the worst-case scenario where they might awaken the demon dragon to deal with Great Xia, causing her great anxiety.

Yet, subsequent events turned unexpectedly, leaving her completely puzzled.

After opening the golden palace, Li Longyu only glanced inside before leaving the two maids to watch over them, then turned and left.

The two maids did not interact with her, merely stood guarding at the hall’s side until now, when her husband Xia Hong arrived, the two maids finally exhibited slight changes in expression.

She had seen it clearly; the two maids named Green Jade and Qing Yue displayed a visible trace of reverence and fear when seeing her husband.

Reverence, fear……

Even though Xia Hong was well-known, it wouldn’t cause two Tribulation Body Realm experts to show fear, and reverence was even more inexplicable.

What exactly is happening?

Gurgle…

“Madam, Your Highnesses, it seems Lord Xia has found a way in. Apologies for all the offenses, I hope the madam and Your Highnesses can forgive me.”

“Your Highnesses, please forgive me, Qing Yue takes her leave!”

Suddenly, the pool in the middle of the hall made a sound, water ripples spread, and Xia Hong was rapidly rising in the water, visible to the naked eye.

Meanwhile, the two maids began to speak.

Both spoke in apology consecutively, even courteously bowing to Li Xuanling and her children, then taking the opportunity before Xia Hong surfaced to jump into the pool’s side wing.

Interestingly, Green Jade and Qing Yue were clearly below the pool with Xia Hong, with a distance of no more than a few meters between them, yet Xia Hong completely failed to sense their presence, just missing them.

“Xuanling, are you all alright?”

When Xia Hong emerged from the pool, seeing Li Xuanling and her children, Green Jade and Qing Yue had already vanished underwater.

Seeing his family safe and sound, Xia Hong was overjoyed, quickly flying over to join them.

“Father, we’re fine.”

Xia Yuyao was the first to rush over and hug Xia Hong, then pointed to the hall: “Father, were you looking for gold? I just saw behind that demon dragon a lot of golden objects, quickly go and see if it’s gold.”

Xia Hong was slightly taken aback, without having time to explain to his daughter, he looked up and saw the golden pillar. Then he noticed the Bloody Demon Dragon coiled around it, and he was suddenly startled.

“So it was here all along!”

Li Xuanling didn’t waste time and quickly described the appearance and characteristics of Li Longyu and her party, along with everything that had happened on this journey, word for word.

After hearing it all, Xia Hong was immediately puzzled.

“What is this all about?”

It was a mysterious abduction, followed by the emergence of this golden palace, yet the demon dragon showed no signs of awakening, and Li Longyu was absent throughout, with the two maids leaving just before he arrived, seemingly avoiding meeting him…

“This doesn’t seem like an abduction, rather…”

“A gift of treasures for father!”

Xia Yuyao took over her mother’s words, looking somewhat proud at Xia Hong.