Anyway, they can't be woken up right now. I'll deal with it when they wake up...
She glanced up at Benny, and for some reason, its wings started flapping slower and slower, until... it actually fell out of the sky!
"Splash!" A huge wave shot up as it hit the water.
Good thing it fell into the lake...
Grace rubbed her forehead.
Honestly, Benny really lives up to his name...
She left the Sanctum, ready to head out.
She walked a few steps, but then stopped again.
She suddenly thought of Princess Luminia.
What are they doing here, anyway?
They're definitely not here for a vacation, right?
Could it be... there's some kind of treasure hidden here?
With that thought, Grace's eyes lit up and she turned to walk into the house.
There were five rooms in total, each connected to the next.
The floors were thick with dirt—deep in some places, shallow in others, sometimes soft, sometimes hard. Walking on it gave her the creeps.
She walked through three rooms and found nothing.
But in the fourth room, her gaze suddenly locked onto a wall. She slowly walked over...
...
Meanwhile...
Wendy Zhu held the Array Core Key she had brought in with her.
Back then, when Princess Luminia was in trouble, Wendy Zhu realized she couldn't beat Chloe Zhu, so she used the Array Core Key to escape.
She stayed outside for a long time, but then realized that without Princess Luminia, she couldn't get back in. So she came back.
When she got inside and didn't see Chloe Zhu, she went to the Hexagonal Stone House to find Princess Luminia.
Princess Luminia was already standing up, leaning against the wall.
When she saw Wendy Zhu, she slapped her hard across the face, sending her crashing into the wall, dazed for ages.
"You actually dared to leave me and run off on your own?" Princess Luminia snapped.
"No, that's not it!" Wendy Zhu shook her head, clutching her face. "Princess, you've always been so good to me. Even if I were smashed to bits, I could never repay you. How could I possibly run off and leave you behind?
It was just that you were tangled up by the Soulbane Vine, and I wasn't a match for Chloe Zhu. If I didn't run, she'd have snatched both Spirit Jade Tokens! Then we'd be stuck here forever, unable to get out."
Princess Luminia took a deep breath. "So that's what you were thinking?"
"Exactly!" Wendy Zhu nodded.
"It's all your fault for being useless! If you could've stopped her, my Spirit Jade Token wouldn't have been stolen!"
Wendy Zhu's eyes flickered. "There's all sorts of scary things in here. Why don't we just wait outside? Sure, she probably got the Spirit Jade Token and the treasure, but she'll have to come out eventually, right? We can just wait for her at the exit—then the stuff will still be yours!"
Princess Luminia thought about it and realized it made sense. "Alright, let's wait outside! With you here, she won't get away!"
...
Inside the Magical Barrier, Grace slowly approached the wall.
There was actually a mirror hanging on the wall.
The owner here must have left tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Except for the Celestial Stones that never decay, everything else had turned to dust.
But this mirror was still hanging on the wall!
It was a round mirror, about the size of the copper mirrors people usually use at home.
The mirror was covered in dust.
Grace took out a handkerchief and wiped it clean.
A delicate, beautiful face appeared in the mirror—it was her own.
It could still reflect her image.
Grace reached out, trying to take it down.
But it wouldn't budge an inch.
Could it be some kind of powerful Divine Artifact?
People say those Celestial and Divine Artifacts all require a blood rite. Only after they recognize their master can you take them away.
So, Grace forced out a drop of blood from her finger and smeared it onto the mirror's surface.