As Shen Luo and his companions were talking, they arrived at the gate of a mansion carved into the wall of an underwater mountain.
The gate of the mansion was inlaid with two extremely thick bronze door panels, on which were criss-crossed dozens of rune marks. About ten feet below, an octagonal groove could be seen.
Yuan Lu slowly took out a green token engraved with a tortoise shell pattern from his arms, raised his hand and threw it, and it flew into the air covered by a layer of green light and just embedded in the groove on the bronze door.
Then, a ray of light spread from the green token, lighting up all the runes on the huge bronze door. The two extremely heavy doors began to open inward with a series of "rumbling" sounds.
A dazzling golden light was reflected from within the bronze door, making it almost impossible for Shen Luo to look directly at it.
However, when the golden light faded, Shen Luo did not see the imagined scene of piled mountains of gold and stacked treasures. Instead, what came into his eyes was an extremely huge golden octopus.
There are caves of different sizes and shapes scattered all around the golden octopus and on the cliffs above its head. They are covered with light and have a layer of golden forbidden runes floating in the air.
As soon as the people came in, the golden octopus slowly opened its eyes, which had been closed. After seeing everyone, a gleam of light flashed in its eyes, and it spoke in human language:
"Old man, you haven't brought so many people here for a long time... Hey, is that the ninth prince over there? I haven't seen you for hundreds of years. I was wondering if no one will come to steal the pearls anymore."
"Hello, Uncle Zhang. I was ignorant in the past and caused you a lot of trouble." Ao Hong felt a little embarrassed. He walked forward and said with a fist salute.
"Zhang Bazhua, stop talking nonsense. I brought these children here today because the Dragon King ordered me to reward each of them with a treasure. You should find a suitable one for them." Yuan Lu said with a smile.
"Treasure? No problem. Since it's the Dragon King's order, just make your request. If I can find it in our treasury, I will definitely bring it to you." The golden octopus said with a smile.
Ao Xin looked at Ao Zhong, who nodded to her. Then she walked forward, bowed and said:
"Senior, I have been practicing fire magic and have now reached the peak of Mahayana, but I still cannot break through the bottleneck. If you have any elixirs or treasures that can help me, please give them to me."
“Once the bottleneck of the Mahayana peak realm is broken, you will have to overcome the tribulation to reach the True Immortal realm. This bottleneck is no different from other bottlenecks. Sometimes, not being able to break through is a form of self-protection. If you force yourself to break through with the power of medicine and stones, you may not be able to withstand the power of the thunder tribulation. In this case… do you still want it?” Hearing this, the golden octopus thought silently for a moment and said.
Hearing this, Ao Xin glanced at Ao Zhong intentionally or unintentionally, and said firmly: "Yes."
Only by breaking through to the realm of true wonderland could she truly narrow the distance between them and could she truly share his worries.
"In that case, there is a fire-triggering pill in the treasury that was passed down from the Tushita Palace of the Jade Emperor and was refined with the Samadhi True Fire. After you take it, it may help you break through the bottleneck." said the golden octopus.
"Thank you, senior." Ao Xin said immediately.
The golden octopus stopped talking. After thinking for a while, an arm suddenly stretched out from its body and reached towards a cave above its head. A rune on the top of the tentacle lit up and blended with the forbidden light of the cave.