"Do not discuss the forbidden grounds of the Holy Land!" Seeing that their conversation was getting more and more animated and touching upon the deepest secrets of the Holy Land—secrets that could hardly be common knowledge, let alone things to be spread abroad—the elder rebuked them.
Under the elder's reprimand, the atmosphere quieted down. Although there were still some whispered murmurs, no one dared to openly mention the Ascension Platform anymore.
After winding around one mountain peak after another, they finally arrived at their destination. The Tribulation Ascension Pool looked just like a legendary celestial pool, wreathed in immortal vapor and shrouded in white mist. Beside the pool stood a high platform where dozens of people were either standing or sitting. Every one of them was veiled, though their figures revealed them to be young women in the prime of their youth.
Chapter 1305