The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 859: Chapter 859: Is the Way to Leave Just This Simple?

”This must only be the antechamber, let’s look further inside!”

The two of them crossed the antechamber, suddenly stopping in their tracks, their gazes locked in awe ahead.

In the massive palace, five huge formations were positioned in five directions, forming an equilateral pentagon, each formation flashing with different scenes.

Either fierce fires blazing sky-high, or boundless oceans with shimmering waters, or infinite sharp weapons, peerless in sharpness, or wildly growing woods and flowers, lush and verdant, or vast expanses of yellow earth, boundless...

The formations were huge, and the scenes changing within them were even more immense, each formation like a miniature world, spinning madly in a continuous cycle.

In the center of the grand hall was a massive gateway, from which essentia lines extended from the five huge formations, all converging on this grand portal, ultimately forming a massive light gate shining with white light.

Whether it was the scene changes within the five formations or the shining white light of the light gate, both imparted a feeling of immense grandeur, yet paradoxically there was not a single sound, as if the entire world had been muted.

”Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, this is the Five Elements Origin Formation, overflowing with the Five Elements Essentia, light as clouds, heavy as mountains...”

Samantha Tate spoke excitedly, ”Ordinary cultivators cannot absorb the Five Elements Essentia because their Dantian cannot bear its weight, but those with a Five Elements Spiritual Body can not only absorb the corresponding Essentia but also attain vast improvements, and the Dantian, now containing the Five Elements Essentia, will have combat power far surpassing other cultivators at the same level.”

Carson Flores turned his head, surprised, ”Can you absorb these Five Elements Essentia?”

Samantha Tate replied, ”I can absorb the Wood Essentia, but not the others. If there were a good enough container, it could hold this Five Elements Essentia. Unfortunately, the Essentia is too heavy, ordinary containers, even magical treasures, cannot bear it; otherwise, selling this Essentia would be incredibly valuable.”

Carson Flores curiously asked, ”You have a Wood Spirit Body and can metabolize the Wood Essentia, I understand that, but there aren’t many in the Barbaric Wilderness Realm with a Five Elements Spiritual Body, are you planning to sell it to them? That seems like too few customers, doesn’t it?”

Samantha Tate explained, ”The Five Elements Essentia is the essence of heaven and earth. For instance, the Fire Essentia can be used as the flame in Artifact Refining, the Metal Essentia infused into offensive magical treasures, the Earth Essentia into defensive treasures; the quality of these refined magical treasures will significantly improve. The Wood Essentia promotes all living things, and the Water Essentia possesses exceptional healing properties. In short, it has many uses.”

Carson Flores’s gaze fell on the Metal Essentia, lost in thought.

His body was already endued with Sword Bone, but his senior sister had said that to enhance this further, he needed to refine his entire Sword Bone with extremely rare special materials, and clearly, the Five Elements Essentia was among them.

Ordinary cultivators cannot absorb the Five Elements Essentia because their Dantian cannot bear its weight. If Carson Flores were merely refining his Sword Bone, similar to Artifact Refining, by directly fusing the Five Elements Essentia into his own Sword Bone, he wouldn’t need it to enter his Dantian—wouldn’t this avoid the issue of the Dantian bearing its weight?

”Let’s explore a bit more, there’s no rush to cultivate.”

Samantha Tate nodded, ”We still need to find a way out. Otherwise, even if we cultivate here and our cultivation level increases, it won’t be of any use.”

”Right.”

Carson Flores agreed, ”So many people have been here, there must be something left behind, not just their unwilling cries.”

The two carefully bypassed all the formations and continued towards the back. Not much farther ahead, the palace’s wall was densely covered with words.

As they drew closer for a detailed look, expressions of surprise immediately appeared on their faces.

The words briefly described the history of the Five Elements Celestial Palace and some rules within. Finally, they revealed the method to leave the Five Elements Celestial Palace.

Absorb the Five Elements Essentia. When enough Five Elements Essentia was in the body, one could step through the central door and depart the Five Elements Heavenly Palace.

Yes, it was that simple!

Carson Flores was dumbstruck, ”Just absorb the Essentia and you can leave? Throughout history, no one has managed to leave because nobody could absorb enough Five Elements Essentia?”

Samantha Tate spoke joyfully, ”Putting it that way, it kind of makes sense. Isn’t it the Five Elements Celestial Palace? Logically, it would be most suited for those with a Five Elements Spiritual Body. Historically, such individuals have been incredibly scarce, and the appearance of the Five Elements Celestial Palace is unpredictable—sometimes once in a thousand years, sometimes every few hundred years, sometimes discovered by people, sometimes never found. Maybe they truly never have assembled here altogether.”

Carson Flores thought it indeed likely. The rules of the Five Elements Celestial Palace hadn’t spread to the world; even if someone discovered the Celestial Palace, even if they had a Five Elements Spiritual Body, who would risk their life while still having untold potential ahead, unless they were near death?

Perhaps by the time someone with a Five Elements Spiritual Body was near death and willing to take the gamble, the Five Elements Celestial Palace wouldn’t appear for hundreds of years.

Wouldn’t they have missed their chance?

Carson Flores turned his head, his expression excited, ”You have a Wood Spirit Body, so as long as you diligently cultivate, you can surely leave. You will be the first to depart from the Five Elements Celestial Palace!”

Samantha Tate turned to look at Carson Flores, the joy on her face gradually receding.

”I won’t go! I want to stay here with you!”