Zuo Ci nodded and praised, "You don't admire power and position, and you retreat in the face of danger. Only a kind and wise man can do that."
Bai Xiaowen had already guessed some details about Zuo Ci after their first conversation.
Zuo Ci was known as one of the Three Immortals at the end of the Han Dynasty. His cultivation was so high that even Insight couldn't capture it. His strength was unpredictable.
However, judging from his words and attitude, he hadn't transcended Samsara. He didn't know that Bai Xiaowen's goal was only to unify the world, and he didn't know what it meant to the aborigines.
Then Zuo Ci took Ge Xuan and Bai Xiaowen to Crane Mountain using the Instant Escape Skill.
Ge Xuan said that his master Zuo Ci was "good at Escape Skill", and it was true.
In the blink of an eye, the three of them had arrived at the Sword Garret in Yizhou from the pavilion in the southwest of Yedu.
However, Zuo Ci seemed to have consumed a lot of energy. He sat cross-legged under a stone mountain in the southwest of the Sword Garret and adjusted Qi-circulation for a while.
Bai Xiaowen whispered to Ge Xuan, "Doesn't Immortal Zuo use Escape Skill often? Why is he so tired? "
Ge Xuan said, "If he was alone, he wouldn't have consumed so much energy. But he took you and me with him. There's a saying in Taoism that 'carrying a mortal is as heavy as a mountain', because the mortal body is heavy and turbid. "
Bai Xiaowen nodded to show that he understood.
Looking at Zuo Ci who was meditating, Bai Xiaowen secretly wondered if Zuo Ci could help him achieve his goal.
About four hours later, Zuo Ci recovered.
The three of them walked into the mountain together.
Crane Mountain was about a thousand meters above sea level and covered an area of about sixty or seventy kilometers. It wasn't a big mountain, but there were clouds and mist between the foothills and the mountainside. Bai Xiaowen wanted to ride the white eagle and fly like a mountain, but Zuo Ci and his disciples stopped him. They didn't give a reason, only saying that they couldn't.
There was a Taoist temple at the front of the mountain. In a time of war, the commoners had no food to eat. How would they have the spare money to support the monks?
As a result, the Daoist temple was rather dilapidated. There were less than ten Daoists who were farming and harvesting their own crops, barely managing to maintain their livelihood.
Passing by the Daoist temple, Bai Xiaowen used his insight and found that these Daoist priests were just ordinary civilians in the Spiritual Realm. Obviously, they were not real Daoist cultivators because of the name of Crane Mountain and became monks in this Daoist temple.
Zuo Ci and Ge Xuan had no interest in communicating with these fake comrades. They used a camouflage spell and the three of them passed through the courtyard and went straight to the back of the mountain.
At the entrance of the Back Mountain, he saw a stone tablet first.
The stone tablet was about a meter tall, with the words "Zhengyi" engraved on the front, "The Way of Meng Wei" on the right, and "Zhang Fuhan" on the left.
Ge Xuan whispered to Bai Xiaowen, "This is the stone tablet Zhang Daoling erected 60 years ago when he created the Dao of Righteous Alliance. There are also Zhang Daoling's carvings in front. Young Master, please follow me to take a look. "
Bai Xiaowen followed Zuo Ci and Ge Xuan into the Heaven Valley in front of them. He saw the stone carvings left by Zhang Daoling on the mountain wall.
Zhang Daoling's stone carvings were very simple. They only briefly explained the reason for the establishment of the sect. Bai Xiaowen was not interested in this historical knowledge. Later on, Zhang Daoling mentioned that there were "three grotto-heavens" in Crane Mountain. This was the place that contained the key information of Crane Mountain's instance dungeon.
Ge Xuan said, "Master, this should be the Heaven Valley of the first grotto-heaven, where Zhang Daoling lived. Looking at the words on the stone carvings, the second grotto-heaven is where Zhou Yishan lived. Then, the innermost grotto-heaven might be where the Pre-Qin Qi Practitioner Guang Chengzi lived. That should be our destination. "
Zuo Ci nodded slightly. "Zhou Yishan was an immortal of the Pre-Han Dynasty. There might be scriptures in his grotto-heaven that we can learn from."
The three of them continued to walk along the passage of the Heaven Valley. The passage became narrower and narrower. In the end, only one person could pass through.
The three of them entered one after another. Ge Xuan was the first, Zuo Ci was the second, and Bai Xiaowen was the third.
When Bai Xiaowen squeezed through, he saw that the clouds in front of him were endless. The figures of Zuo Ci and Ge Xuan had disappeared.
"Is this … a spatial dislocation? No! There's no feeling of weightlessness. "
Bai Xiaowen frowned. He had come here by relying on Zuo Ci. He thought that he would not have to waste his energy at all with Zuo Ci around. But now, it seemed that it was not that simple.
The clouds were pervasive. From time to time, tall black figures would appear and disappear.
Bai Xiaowen tried to use his spiritual power to search. However, as soon as his spiritual power came into contact with the clouds, it was absorbed by the clouds like a sponge absorbing water. He could not search at all.
Bai Xiaowen was so frightened that he quickly retracted his spiritual power. In just a moment, he had lost more than 30 points of spiritual power.
"If this continues for a little longer, my spiritual power will be exhausted. Then, I'll faint here."
Bai Xiaowen hesitated for a moment, but still took a step toward the clouds.
With this step, the narrow mountain path behind Bai Xiaowen suddenly disappeared into the clouds.
"This is … there's no way out."
Bai Xiaowen had already read the Taiping Scripture. In fact, he already had some understanding of the Dao. It was just that he did not know it.
Seeing the clouds in front of him and the disappearance of the mountain path behind him, Bai Xiaowen understood the purpose of this level's design.
In front of him was an endless unknown land. It symbolized the realm of the Dao.
As a cultivator, if he did not dare to take this step into the unknown, although he could save his life, he would be lost in the crowd and lose the opportunity to pursue the Dao.
After taking this step, there was no way out. It meant that once one stepped onto the path of a cultivator, there was no turning back. Unless one attained the Dao, they would not be able to step into the mortal world.
"There's still fog and black shadows in front. It means that exploring the realm of the Dao is dangerous at every step. "
Bai Xiaowen identified a direction and took a step forward.
The ground in front of him rumbled and shook. A black shadow moved quickly toward him.
Bai Xiaowen was shocked. He took a closer look and realized that it was a stone statue.
However, this stone statue seemed to have come alive at this moment. It threw a punch at Bai Xiaowen.
Bai Xiaowen used Insight.
[Yellow Rock Strongman (Boss Level 10)]
[Race: Construct]
[Attributes: STR 132, DEX 55, STR 132, STR 0]
[Skill 1: Knock: Passive. The Yellow Rock Strongman's normal attack will cause a small knockback effect to enemies whose Strength is lower than its own. There's also a certain probability of causing dizziness.]
[Skill 2: Sturdy Wall: Passive. The Yellow Rock Strongman's physical damage will be reduced by 30% and its armor will be doubled.]
[Skill 3: Daoist Rhyme: Passive. The Yellow Rock Strongman's magical damage will be reduced by 30% and its magic resistance will be doubled.]
[Skill 4: Bond: Passive. For every Yellow Rock Strongman in the battlefield, the Yellow Rock Strongman's attributes will be increased by 10%.]
[Skill 5: River Diagram Formation (Master): The Yellow Rock Strongman's health will be increased by 800 points.]
Bai Xiaowen hurriedly took a step back. At the same time, he summoned the Wrath Claw and charged toward the Yellow Rock Strongman.
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