I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon novel Chapter 947

Chapter 947: Chapter 353: The Empress Personally Acts as a Bodyguard?! Fortune-Telling Master Chen Mo! (Part 2)

Standing before the Observatory gates, the vermilion doors were tightly shut, adorned with crisscrossing gold nails, and two fearsome beast heads clamped around copper rings.

Just as he was about to knock, the doors opened by themselves, and an aged voice echoed in his ear:

"Come in, to the thirty-third floor."

"Yes."

Chen Mo responded, lifting his leg to step inside.

Once within, he could truly sense the enormity of the building.

The entire structure was built from white Xuangang Rock, tiered and staggered, reaching into the clouds, its polished surface reflecting light, subtly showing cloud patterns that rippled like floating shadows, quite mystical indeed.

However, as he glanced around, he saw no stairs, only a flat stone platform.

Standing on the platform, with a slight tremor, a round column rose in front of him. On it, there was a groove that seemed to match the size of a Token.

Chen Mo placed the Token into the groove. A sound of "ka-cha" indicated it was securely fitted, and then, densely packed small characters surfaced, forming a circle around the Token, numbering from "one" to "forty," presumably representing the floors.

"This strange sense of deja vu..."

He tentatively twisted the Token, the numbers lighting up in sequence, finally stopping at "thirty-three."

As soon as he released his hand, a strong sense of weightlessness struck him suddenly, the platform rising rapidly, with the surroundings stretching into blurred lines, reaching above the clouds almost in an instant!

"Goodness, is this really an otherworldly version of an elevator?"

Chen Mo’s expression was full of amazement.

One couldn’t help but admire the Artifact Master’s creativity, achieving such astonishing effects using only Arrays and Mechanical Techniques.

Stepping off the stone platform, he found himself in a narrow corridor, which led to its end and suddenly opened up before him—

A vast open-air plaza lay there, as flat as a whetstone, like a high-altitude terrace, equipped with an array of stargazing instruments: star charts, sundials, and armillary spheres...

Several Spirit Platform Lang in official robes stood at the instruments, observing intently and occasionally jotting down notes.

Even as Chen Mo passed by, they remained completely unaware.

At the end of the plaza stood an octagonal pavilion, made of black ebony, with copper bells hanging from the eaves, ringing crisply as the breeze blew through.

Within the pavilion, two figures sat across from each other, the sound of placing chess pieces continuous.

One was an old man with the demeanor of an immortal—none other than Lord Supervisor Qi Chengze of the Astronomical Observatory.

Sitting across from him was a woman in red, her skirt embroidered with a phoenix greeting the morning sun in gold thread; her features were sharp and her gaze piercing, as dazzling as the blazing sun.

"Chu Yanli?!"

Chen Mo was taken aback, not expecting to encounter her here.

"Not playing anymore, it’s no fun." Chu Yanli tossed the pieces into the chess box angrily, saying, "You even figured out my next move in advance; isn’t that cheating?"

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