The greatest mountain was here, and the greatest history was here!
This was Mount Tai. In the ancient times, it did not look like this. It was tens of thousands of meters tall, and the saying that climbing Mount Tai was a small world was not a lie.
On top of the mountain, there was a stone tablet on Duomo Cliff. This mountain itself was a piece of history, and the secrets and events of the past were like a history book. Unfortunately, everything had changed.
Ye Fan listened attentively and learned a lot. He had visited many libraries and read many unique books in order to understand the ancient times, but unfortunately, he did not touch upon the world of cultivation.
Hearing the young people's narration, he nodded to himself and understood some of the situation. At the very least, he was about to enter another world and transcend the mortal world.
The so-called Cultivator Assembly was of a large scale. Seeing how these people cared so much, they all wanted to make a name for themselves and enter the secret grounds of the Prime Clear and Numinous Treasure Sects.
Ye Fan was speechless. Although these people were Daoist disciples and could be considered outstanding, they were still far from the core. The world of cultivation had its own rules, and no matter where one was, there would be ranks.
Whether it was the Shangqing Sect or the Lingbao Sect, they both had their own secret places. Mortals could not approach them, and only the core members could enter. Needless to say, now that the world was dried up, that place must be a paradise that could speed up cultivation.
These four had opened the sea of bitterness, and their talents were extraordinary. They were not far from the Life Spring Realm and were disciples of the orthodox sects. According to their whispered discussion just now, being recognized as a core disciple was the key, and there were many advantages.
"Let's go. Although traveling through the famous mountains and great rivers can cultivate one's state of mind, we still have to cultivate." The group walked down Mount Tai together.
"Dao brothers, please wait." Ye Fan rushed over from behind and greeted them with a smile. He wanted to travel together.
These people were naturally surprised and looked at him strangely. Ye Fan claimed to be a wandering cultivator with limited inheritance. He did not know much about the current world of cultivation, so he wanted to travel with them and learn from them.
They were naturally a bit conflicted and unwilling to have a stranger join them. At this time, another person came up the mountain and apologized after seeing them, saying that he had matters to attend to at home and was late.
None of them were happy. They wanted to go into secluded meditation to cultivate, so they told the person who had come that Ye Fan was a rogue cultivator, just like him, and that they could take him for a walk. With that, they hurried down the mountain.
Ye Fan rubbed his chin. He didn't think that he would be so unpopular. Those four people didn't want to have anything to do with him at all. But that was also true. His background was unclear, and they wanted to cultivate bitterly, so they naturally didn't want to bother with him.
The person who came later was called Guo Zhen. He lived in Tai'an, at the foot of Mount Tai. He was also an itinerant cultivator. He was very friendly and had many things in common with Ye Fan.
Ye Fan felt that this person was not bad. He was honest and spoke his mind. He was not pretentious and had a natural disposition. The two of them descended the mountain together, chatting as they walked.
Guo Zhen said, "Brother Ye is also an itinerant cultivator, then we really are fated to meet. I also unintentionally embarked on this path."
He didn't join any sect, but he had a grandfather who loved to read ancient books, which led him to embark on the path of cultivation. When the Four Olds were broken, all kinds of strange powers and gods were defeated. Back then, his grandfather was still young. In that era, he saw many ancient books copied from various families gathered in one place and destroyed, so he secretly hid a few of the most ancient ones.
"You embarked on this path by reading those ancient books?" Ye Fan asked with a smile. This was really a bit dramatic.
"I read them as if they were supernatural novels. I felt that they were all very reasonable. After reading them for many years, I felt that they made sense. There was one time when I was half asleep, and I really saw the sea of bitterness in my body …"
Guo Zhen's path of cultivation could be said to be really uneventful. He accidentally saw the first secret realm of the human body, and after that, he tried a hundred times and saw it again when he was awake. Only then did he make up his mind.
His grandfather almost went through those books, but after so many years, he didn't achieve anything. Instead, Guo Zhen had a sudden inspiration and finally took a small step forward.
As for his father, he was a typical intellectual. If it wasn't for the fact that he knew that those books were ancient books and might even be the only copy, which was very valuable, he probably would have burned them because they were not pleasing to the eye.
"Does your family know?" Ye Fan asked.
"How can I say for sure?" Guo Zhen shook his head. He didn't tell his parents, but he did talk to his grandfather. The old man was very excited and told him that when he was successful in the future, he had to help him.
After Ye Fan looked closely, Guo Zhen's talent was absolutely perfect. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to find his own way of cultivation in this Age of Chaos. If he was in Big Dipper, he really would have become the leader of a sect.
He opened his Sea of Reincarnation, and wisps of Spiritual Qi rushed out from his Life Spring. He was about to step into the Life Spring Realm, and he was a level higher than the others from before.
When Ye Fan arrived at his residence, he immediately knew how he could have such achievements. As expected, those who could embark on the path of cultivation had some luck.
This was a very old villa that looked quite old. It was about to be demolished again. It was located in the suburbs and was adjacent to Mount Tai. The scenery was very good.
Ye Fan knew Genesis techniques, and he could clearly see the vein of the earth. The old villa was located on the vein of the earth. There were earth spirits surging up, and the qi of Mount Tai was rising. It was also because of this that Guo Zhen had the possibility to cultivate.
He said that his grandfather was a very interesting person. He used to sell antiques and had indeed saved up a sum of money back then. That was why he was able to buy a villa and live out his retirement here. He also lived here for most of his time.
The two had a very congenial conversation. Guo Zhen told Ye Fan many things that he wanted to know. The people from before were true disciples of large Taoist sects. Sometimes, they were a bit arrogant and didn't want to be friends with weak rogue cultivators like them who had to grope for stones to cross the river.
"The great masters of the ancient times are no longer in this world. Do you know where they went?" Ye Fan asked.
"I really don't know. The ancient times are not something that can be discussed. Even the disciples of the large sects don't know much about it. However, I can guess a little. It's nothing more than their Yuan Qi drying up, and they can't use their divine abilities," Guo Zhen said.
After that, he talked about some of the sects that Ye Fan wanted to know more about.
There were many branches of Taoism, and Guo Zhen talked about many of them. He mentioned the Shangqing Sect, Lingbao Sect, Taiyi Sect, Shenxiao Sect, and dozens of other sects. They were all very powerful lineages.
In addition, he also mentioned the sword cultivators of Mount Shu. This sect was very mysterious and focused on attacking. Ordinary people couldn't come into contact with them, and even cultivators couldn't find them.
In addition, there was the even more mysterious Kunlun. The cultivators that came from this place all had very powerful backgrounds. Their cultivation was extremely high, and few people dared to provoke them.
Ye Fan's mind raced. Could it be the Kunlun mountain range that traversed Qinghai-Tibet and Xinjiang? When he was looking for Mount Ling, he had come into contact with that place, but he didn't find anything special.
As for the Buddhist sects, although there were temples in the famous mountains and rivers, there were very few true cultivators, so Guo Zhen didn't know much about them. At the same time, he also talked about the demon cultivators. There were ancient demon bloodlines in the world. The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, Tian Lin, and Vermillion Phoenix were famous demon god races.
Ye Fan really wanted to go to these sects, but Guo Zhen shook his head. Each sect was very mysterious, and no one knew where the real secret place was. The world had changed, and the essence qi had dried up. The remaining pure lands of each sect naturally had to be kept secret.
Ye Fan was very sensitive about the demon race. He wanted to know more about them because all the signs pointed to the dead Pang Bo being related to the demon race. However, although the demon god bloodlines existed, they were very low-profile and were even harder to find.
"During the Cultivator Conference, these people will probably appear."
Guo Zhen nodded. He had also heard that the Cultivator Conference was about to begin, but he was a rogue cultivator like Ye Fan. It was impossible for anyone to inform him, so he didn't know much.
"How about this, we'll follow those people, and we'll know when the time comes, right?" Ye Fan said with a smile.
Guo Zhen smiled bitterly. He didn't have a deep relationship with those people, and because he was late this time, he made them unhappy. Their friendship was as thin as water, and he would most likely get into trouble.
"It's fine, we'll follow them from afar and ignore them," Ye Fan said.
Guo Zhen thought about it and nodded in agreement. He also wanted to go to the Cultivator Conference to see. He didn't know the secret place of those people's sects, but he knew where they cultivated.
In the end, the two of them followed all the way and caught up to the four people midway. They went all the way south and arrived at Mount Wuyi. On the way, they heard from the four people that they were going to the old land of Lingbao Sect. There were famous figures staying there, and there were also outstanding figures of the younger generation gathering there.
Ye Fan was naturally interested and followed from afar with Guo Zhen. He didn't use any magic power and walked leisurely, admiring the scenery along the way.
"Jiangxi is really a place of cultivation. I didn't expect to come here again," Ye Fan sighed.
The old land of Lingbao Sect was on Mount Gezao, a branch of Mount Wuyi to the west. It stretched for more than two hundred miles, with ancient bamboos and green pines, and winding peaks and ridges. The scenery was beautiful.
Ye Fan was very interested in this place because Mount Gezao was also known as Ge Ridge, an important place of Taoism. The founder of Lingbao Sect was Ge Xuan, Ge Hong's great-uncle, who founded the sect here.
Ge Hong wrote "Baopuzi" and was the leader of Taoism in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He was extremely talented and once mentioned the Nine Secrets in his work. After Ye Fan returned, he studied it seriously.
After his great-uncle founded Lingbao Sect, Ge Hong carried it forward and shocked the world. He left an indelible mark here. Now, although Lingbao Sect had found another secret place and left here, there would most likely still be some traces left.
Mount Gezao was steaming with clouds and smoke. It was as if they had walked into a painting. There were flowing springs and waterfalls here, and the mountains were green and the peaks were beautiful and restrained.
"Lingbao Sect can't be said to have abandoned this place. There are many Taoist temples in the mountain, and most of their outer disciples are here," Guo Zhen explained. One of the four people he knew came from here.
"This place is not bad. It seems that the records in the history books are correct. Ge Hong really lived here for a long time." Ye Fan nodded. After entering Mount Gezao, he sensed a mysterious Qi dynamic. There was a great person with supernatural power who had left a mark here.
"Disappeared, they actually disappeared!" Guo Zhen was shocked. He stared at the depths of the mountain with a puzzled and shocked expression.
"Interesting. Today, when the land is dry, there is still such a wonderful place here. It is really extraordinary." Ye Fan smiled and led Guo Zhen forward. Soon, they arrived in front of a green mountain.
"There is no road ahead. What are you doing?" Guo Zhen was shocked because Ye Fan was pulling him up a green mountain and was about to step off a cliff.
"Don't be afraid." Ye Fan said. With a flash of light, they entered a strange environment. White clouds lingered, and a few broken mountains stood side by side. It was very vast, and there were many Taoist temples on it.
The ancient pine trees here had lived for thousands of years. The old vines climbed all over the cliff, as if they were isolated from the outside world. The Spiritual Qi here was much thicker.
"The outer disciples of Lingbao Sect should have cultivated here. Otherwise, how could they have such achievements?" Ye Fan said. Guo Zhen was full of surprise.
"Who are you?" An old Taoist appeared and asked them.
"We are individual cultivators," Guo Zhen answered.
"Hey, it's you guys. Why are you here?" The four people who had just entered had not yet climbed the broken mountains. They were surprised to see them. They were a little puzzled and a little unhappy.
"This isn't a place that just anyone can come to. This is a small scale gathering, and the ones that are here are all famous figures and stunning disciples. Those without inheritances are not allowed to enter." One of them had a hint of ridicule at the corners of his lips.
"Yes, this is the old land of Lingbao Sect. Ordinary people are not allowed to enter," another young man said.
The old Taoist nodded and said, "This is an important place of our Lingbao Sect. It is not open to the public. Apart from inviting people of the same path for exchange, only senior masters can come here. Ordinary people are not allowed to enter."
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