The Painted World
As soon as this thought popped into his head, he couldn't stop himself. If not for Chi Mei holding him back, Ye Zichen might have already returned to Raging Flame City and made a beeline for the Sky Great District.
So many immortal kings were anxiously waiting for Sea Condensing Pills. If he went, he'd be overflowing with wealth.
Ye Zichen's eyes gradually lit up with the color of a miser. He could practically see spirit coins growing wings and flying towards him.
"Miser."
Chi Mei gnashed her teeth in hatred and kicked the stones on the side of the road with her little feet.
Ye Zichen naturally noticed her actions. He knew that he'd acted too miserly just now. Chi Mei was still angry, so it was best not to reveal such an expression.
"Ahem, shouldn't we be on our way?"
His question was pointless. Chi Mei rolled her eyes at him, her gaze filled with disdain.
"So you know how to hurry? And here I thought you'd let money get to your head and forget your sense of direction."
"Hey, if you say that again, then we can forget about our previous agreement."
"You …."
The Sea Condensing Pill was Chi Mei's weakness, just like Zhou Wu was Ye Zichen's weakness. When he saw Chi Mei so frightened by the pill that she couldn't even speak, Ye Zichen couldn't help but laugh inwardly.
That's what you got for trying to scare me. I'll let you have a taste of what it's like to be threatened!
He absolutely couldn't give up on the Sea Condensing Pill. Chi Mei patiently stopped provoking Ye Zichen, then took out the Painting of Mountains and Rivers and reached out to him.
"What?"
"What do you mean what? We've arrived. Give me the painting and we'll head straight over. "
Ye Zichen couldn't help but look to the sides of the path. There were ancient trees of unknown age, as well as a few grotesquely shaped boulders.
When he probed with his immortal awareness, he sensed no fluctuations of spiritual formations.
Yet Chi Mei said they'd arrived. Ye Zichen couldn't help but frown, but he didn't question her too much. He handed the painting over.
After receiving the Mountain River Diagram, Chi Mei placed the two diagrams on a boulder.
There was nothing special about this boulder, and it looked even more ordinary in this rugged ancient path.
Just as Ye Zichen was examining the strange stone, he noticed that the Mountain and River Diagram he'd placed on top of the stone actually fused with it, which transformed into a small mountain that resembled a human palm, but was missing a finger.
The small mountain rumbled, and an invisible barrier instantly pierced through Ye Zichen and Chi Mei's bodies. The next moment, Ye Zichen's vision went white. When he turned around, he'd already reappeared in an endless sea.
"This … this is the place to row a boat in the landscape painting."
Ye Zichen's shock was indescribable. All he could do was stand on the clouds in the sky and watch everything unfold before him.
The lake water looked very clear, but it was impossible to see more than half a meter below the surface. The surface of the lake was very quiet. Only a light breeze would cause faint ripples on the surface of the lake.
When the ripples disappeared, the surface of the lake returned to normal, as if the entire world had stopped.
There was a stone mountain in the center of the lake. Just the part of the mountain above the water's surface was more than ten thousand feet tall. No one knew how much was beneath the surface. However, it was easy to imagine just how shocking the scene would be if the mountain was completely on the ground.
A fiery-red sun hung above the mountain's head. It radiated warm light, but for a long time, it didn't move in the slightest. It remained suspended at the top of the mountain the entire time. Just like when he was in the landscape painting, everything was still.
There was no aura of life here. The only thing he could sense was the five elements of heaven and earth. Furthermore, they were extremely clear here. Ye Zichen stood there for only a few breaths of time, but his understanding of the five elements deepened considerably. As for the other Daoist arts, it was as if they didn't exist. He couldn't sense them at all.
"Hmph, surprised, right?"
Chi Mei seized the opportunity to tease him. However, when she'd first arrived, she'd been just like Ye Zichen.
Heaven and earth were completely still, and all Daos had been abandoned here. Only the power of the five elements could be used.
Ye Zichen nodded. There was no need to pretend. Everything here was far too strange. Nevermind him …. Even if someone from the Divine Mountains were here, they'd probably be in the same state as him.
"This is actually a world within a painting," said Chi Mei calmly.
"Painting …. You mean we're inside that landscape painting?"
He'd thought the stone mountain had sent them to an isolated space. He never would have guessed they were inside a painting.
"That's right." Even though Chi Mei had come here a few times already, she still couldn't help but sigh. "The Five Elements Great Emperor was just too powerful. Just as he was about to die, he forcefully opened up this painting into a world of his own and sealed his tomb here. At the same time, he sealed the Great Dao of the Five Elements outside into this painting. The mountains, water, sun, wind …. They're all formed from the five elements. "
Ye Zichen was astonished. He'd created a world within a painting and sealed the Great Dao of the Five Elements. Just how strong was the Five Elements Great Emperor?
More importantly, how strong was the God Emperor?
Regardless of whether he'd ambushed the Five Elements Great Emperor or not, whether he'd usurped celestial fate, stolen good fortune, or stolen the rightful throne, if he'd managed to kill the Five Elements Great Emperor with a sneak attack, even if he wasn't as strong as the Five Elements Great Emperor, he wasn't far off.
He absolutely couldn't take the good fortune here. If he did, he wouldn't be able to live any longer.
"Are you thinking that you absolutely can't touch good fortune?" Chi Mei seemed to see right through Ye Zichen's thoughts. She couldn't help but laugh. "It's too late. The moment you entered this place, you already took good fortune."
"Don't be ridiculous. I didn't even enter the tomb. I didn't even take a single spirit coin. How could I have obtained good fortune?"
Ye Zichen rolled his eyes. The way he saw it, Chi Mei was definitely going to get revenge on the God Emperor. He didn't want to get dragged into this mess.
No matter how he looked at it, revenge wasn't realistic!
"Could it be that the power of the five elements isn't? It doesn't matter which of the five elements you cultivate. Once you're here, you'll gain a deeper understanding of them. Isn't that good fortune? "
Chi Mei's eyes flashed with a faint sneer as she looked at the boundless lake.
"The Five Elements Great Emperor set us up. He said good fortune lies within the tomb, but once we stepped in, we had no choice but to side with him. You've already touched karma. Even if you wanted to, you couldn't shake it off. "
Ye Zichen stood on the clouds, his expression shifting repeatedly. After a while, he glared at Chi Mei and roared, "Since you already knew, why did you lie to me and say ….
"Since you already knew, then why did you lie to me and say that you tricked me?"
Sensing Ye Zichen's fury, Chi Mei smiled calmly.
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