"What is it?" The Palace Master of the Ghostly Sorrow Palace asked.
"Palace Master, the Illusory Dream Blood Lotus has appeared," an elder outside the palace hall reported.
"The Illusory Dream Blood Lotus? Where?" the Palace Master asked.
At this moment, Chu Feng noticed that upon hearing the name "Illusory Dream Blood Lotus," a distinct change had appeared on the Palace Master's face.
"It's right outside," the elder said.
Hearing this, the Palace Master quickly turned his gaze outward.
Seeing this, Chu Feng also looked in that direction.
Although this palace was reinforced with a special barrier, making it impossible to see inside from the outside—even with Chu Feng's Heavenly Eyes—viewing from within the palace outward using specific penetrating methods was possible.
Currently, under Chu Feng's Heavenly Eyes, all walls vanished, and his gaze could clearly see the situation outside the Ghostly Sorrow Palace.
To the northwest of the Ghostly Sorrow Palace, a massive crowd had already gathered. Figures filled the sky and the ground everywhere.
Moreover, more people were rapidly converging on that location.
The reason so many people had assembled was because a lotus flower had appeared in the void above.
The lotus wasn't particularly large; its horizontal span was roughly thirty-nine meters.
Truthfully, an object of that size appearing in the vast void would normally be quite insignificant.
However, there was absolutely a reason why this particular lotus commanded such attention.
The lotus did not emit a shred of radiance, yet its color was a vivid, striking blood-red, as if stained entirely with fresh blood.
Under the sunlight, a single glance at it was almost blindingly intense.
And right now, this lotus was in a state of tight bud, trembling with imminent energy, as if it were about to bloom at any moment.
Judging by the crowd's expectant gazes and excited demeanor, everyone was waiting for the moment this lotus would open.
"It truly is the Illusory Dream Blood Lotus! This Illusory Dream Blood Lotus vanished a hundred years ago, yet now it has appeared once more—and it has appeared right outside our Ghostly Sorrow Palace?"
"Could this really be mere coincidence?"
At this moment, a look of inexplicable excitement surfaced on the Palace Master's face.
After speaking those words, the Palace Master even gave Chu Feng a deliberate glance, his gaze filled with profound meaning.
"Senior, what is this Illusory Dream Blood Lotus?" Chu Feng asked curiously.
"The Illusory Dream Blood Lotus is a wondrous treasure that first appeared a hundred thousand years ago. Each time this Illusory Dream Blood Lotus blooms, a supreme treasure appears at its center," the Palace Master explained.
"No wonder everyone is so eager for the Illusory Dream Blood Lotus to bloom—they're all after that supreme treasure," Chu Feng said with a smile.
"Yes, everyone comes for the supreme treasure. The most captivating aspect of the Illusory Dream Blood Lotus is precisely what kind of supreme treasure will appear once it blooms."
"However, obtaining the treasure from the Illusory Dream Blood Lotus is not so easy. When the Illusory Dream Blood Lotus blooms, it also releases a type of mist."
"If you approach within a certain range, you will be bewitched by that mist. Entering the mist means entering an illusory formation. Only by passing the test of the illusory formation can one safely approach the mist; otherwise… at best, you will suffer grave injuries, and at worst, you will lose your life," the Palace Master stated.
"This range is within a thousand meters?" Chu Feng asked.
He had noticed that although the crowd was eager to approach the Illusory Dream Blood Lotus, they were all deliberately maintaining a distance from it—a distance of precisely one thousand meters.
"That is correct. Within a thousand meters lies the reach of that mist," the Palace Master confirmed.
After saying this, he added, "Come, young friend Chu Feng, let us go out and see for ourselves. Do not worry—with me here, not even the Clan Chief of the Goldstone Royal Clan will dare to act against you."
Following that, Chu Feng and the Palace Master proceeded to the city wall of the Ghostly Sorrow Palace.