Chu Mo was stunned on the spot. This was even more unbelievable than seeing a quasi-sage herb turn into an ancient ferocious beast that wanted to eat him.
There were people on this other part of Heaven's Path? And … what was up with the smoke? Were there mortals here? Chu Mo couldn't remember how many years it had been since he last saw such a scene.
Who else but mortals knew how to make a fire and cook?
The Taoist temple wasn't big. There were only a few rooms built around it. The green bricks and green tiles were easily overlooked in this verdant forest if one didn't look carefully. However, the smoke was too conspicuous. It could be seen at a glance from far away.
Chu Mo was very curious. Who would be here? He decided to take a look.
It wasn't far. With Chu Mo's realm, he should be able to reach it in the blink of an eye. But what surprised Chu Mo was that the closer he got to the Taoist temple, the stronger the gravity became. The greater the gravity of the world, the greater the impact on cultivators. If the gravity reached a certain level, it could even make cultivators become like mortals!
For example, in those ancient battlefields where peerless experts had fought, the laws of heaven and earth there were very different from the outside world. The gravity was especially strong. Another example was the Five Elements Small World that Chu Mo had entered. The so-called suppression of realms was actually the result of the gravity reaching a certain level.
But those places would give people a very obvious feeling once they entered. But it was different here. The closer he got, the stronger the gravity.
When Chu Mo was about five kilometers away from the Taoist temple, the gravity was so strong that he couldn't fly!
Chu Mo had no choice but to slowly descend from the sky and try to use the Ground Shrinking Divine Ability. He took a step … and his figure appeared ten feet away. For a cultivator of his realm, this distance was no different from not moving at all.
The corner of Chu Mo's mouth twitched and he smiled bitterly. Then, he obediently walked towards the Taoist temple step by step.
It took Chu Mo nearly an hour to cover the distance of a dozen miles. This was because the gravity was getting stronger and stronger! In the end, Chu Mo felt like he was walking with a mountain on his back.
If he wasn't so curious about the owner of this Taoist temple, he would have turned around and left!
Finally, Chu Mo climbed halfway up the mountain and was very close to the Taoist temple. The first thing that entered his eyes was a small courtyard. The walls of the small courtyard were made of wooden fences. The courtyard gate was not big and looked very old.
There was a well on the left side of the courtyard, and firewood was neatly stacked beside it. There was a chicken coop on the right side, and a few chickens were strolling freely in the courtyard. One of the roosters stared curiously at the sweaty Chu Mo with a hint of disdain in its eyes. What a weak human!
There was a grape trellis in the middle of the courtyard, which perfectly covered the walkway and gave people a very comfortable feeling.
Under the grape trellis, there was a rocking chair at the entrance of the house. In front of the rocking chair was a wooden block, and on top of the wooden block was an old teapot.
If one didn't look at the appearance of the house, one would think that it was an ordinary house. But the appearance of the house was clearly that of a Taoist temple. Coupled with the gravitational force of the world, everything gave off a rather strange feeling.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck!"
Just as Chu Mo stood at the entrance of the courtyard and was about to ask if there was anyone inside, a hen suddenly crowed. It looked like it had just laid an egg, and its cry was full of pride.
The other hens also crowed, their cries filled with surprise, doubt, and disbelief …
Well, the hens' thoughts were just Chu Mo's wild guesses. He stood there and looked at the chickens moving freely. Then, he felt like he was carrying a mountain on his back, and his face was filled with helplessness.
At this time, an old voice rang out in the Taoist temple. "The door is not locked. Push the door open and come in."
Chu Mo was slightly startled at first, and then his face lit up with joy. He casually pushed the door, but it didn't budge at all.
Chu Mo was slightly startled, and then he forcefully pushed … Creak!
The old wooden door made a sluggish sound, and then … it still didn't move!
Chu Mo's eyes immediately widened, and he looked at the door in disbelief. Then, he used all his strength again … This time, Chu Mo swore that he would use all the strength in his body!
Not to mention a mere door, even if it was a huge mountain ridge, with his current realm, with a push … he would be able to directly topple it!
However, the door still didn't move!
Through the gap in the door, Chu Mo saw that the chickens in the courtyard had all stopped crowing. Then, they all tilted their heads and looked at him with a look of surprise.
Especially that rooster, there was actually a trace of sympathy in its eyes.
Damn it!
He was being looked down upon by a chicken!
And an ordinary chicken at that!
Chu Mo wanted to cry, but no tears came out. This place was too strange!
A peak true immortal cultivator couldn't even push open a single door after coming here. Was there any justice in this world?
"Sometimes, things like realms are actually meaningless." The old voice came from the Daoist temple, "If you can comprehend this, you will be able to open this door. If you can't, then go back. Go do what you need to do, there's no point in staying here. "
Chu Mo's mouth moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, nothing came out. He sat down cross-legged at the entrance of the courtyard and stared at the door in a daze.
"Sometimes, realms are meaningless?" Chu Mo frowned as he pondered over the meaning of the old man's words in the Taoist temple.
How could realms be useless? Why not? Could it be that a great cultivator of the True Immortal realm and a mortal in the secular world … were the same? Obviously not! That couldn't be explained in such a way.
So what did the old man mean? Chu Mo sat there and thought hard.
Even he didn't expect that he would sit there for … an entire month!
The old man didn't come out at all, but the chickens happily wandered around the courtyard every day. No one paid any attention to Chu Mo. Even the chickens seemed to have lost interest in the 'strange man' at the entrance of the courtyard and didn't bother to talk to him anymore.
To Chu Mo, he didn't even feel that a month had passed. He was only thinking about a few questions in his mind.
The universe was vast and filled with endless mysteries. The True Immortal Realm was considered a true elite among all living beings. Yet, it was still difficult for them to pry into even a billionth of the truth of the universe.
Why couldn't he open a wooden door despite his extraordinary strength and high realm?
It was because of the Dao!
The Dao here was different from his Dao!
The Dao here was the embodiment of the gravity of heaven and earth. According to his own Dao, this was just an ordinary door, but in reality, this door … might have been formed by the Dao!
His realm wasn't high enough, so he naturally couldn't open this door.
In other words, his True Immortal Realm wasn't suitable for this place. It wasn't suitable for the Dao here.
Then, if he stepped into the True Immortal Realm under such circumstances, would he still be unable to open this door? Would he still be able to walk as if he was carrying a mountain?
Looking at the chickens in the courtyard, they were born and raised here. From the moment they were born, they were already part of the Dao here. Therefore, they didn't feel any pressure at all.
In other words, under different skies, the Dao was different, and the realm … was naturally different as well!
The gravity on some stars was so weak that even an ordinary person could travel more than a hundred feet with a single step, or even further. Then, could that ordinary person be a great cultivator with a profound realm? Of course not!
That was why it could be said that realms … were sometimes meaningless!
The key was … the environment you were in! It was the Dao there!
The thought flashed through Chu Mo's spiritual sea like lightning.
Then, Chu Mo directly became part of the Dao here!
Then, he stood up, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly. He reached out and gently pushed — the door opened.
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