Zuo Ci nodded and praised: "Not coveting power and retreating bravely from the rapids, only a person with great benevolence and great wisdom cannot do it."
Bai Xiaowen had already guessed some details about Zuo Ci after their first meeting.
Zuo Ci is known as one of the Three Immortals of the Late Han Dynasty. His cultivation is so advanced that he cannot even grasp the insight, and his strength is difficult to measure.
However, judging from his verbal statements, it seems that he has not transcended reincarnation yet. I don’t know that Bai Xiaowen’s goal as an outsider is only to unify, let alone what unification means to the aboriginal people.
Later, Zuo Ci took Ge Xuan and Bai Xiaowen to Heming Mountain using the ability to escape thousands of miles in an instant.
Ge Xuan said that his master Zuo Ci was "excellent in the art of escape", which was indeed true.
In just a blink of an eye, the three of them had arrived at Yizhou Jiange from Changting in the southwest of Yedu.
However, Zuo Ci seemed to have consumed a lot of energy. He sat cross-legged and meditated under a rocky mountain southwest of Jiange, adjusting his breath for a period of time.
Bai Xiaowen said softly to Ge Xuan: "Don't Zuo Xianweng often use the escape method? It's so tiring."
Ge Xuandao: "If Master were alone, the consumption would never be so serious. I just brought you and me with me. There is a saying in Taoism that 'carrying a mortal on your back is as heavy as a mountain', because the human body is heavy and turbid."
Bai Xiaowen nodded to express his understanding.
Looking at Zuo Ci who was meditating and adjusting his breath, Bai Xiaowen secretly wondered if Zuo Ci could help him achieve his goal.
After about two hours, Zuo Ci recovered.
The three of them walked into the mountain together.
Heming Mountain is about a thousand meters above sea level and covers an area of 60 to 70 kilometers. It is not considered a big mountain, but at the foot of the mountain and on the mountainside, there are still clouds and mist. Bai Xiaowen originally wanted to ride a white eagle and fly as high as the mountain, but Zuo Ci was
When the master and disciple stopped him, they didn't give any reasons, they just said no.
There is a Taoist temple on the front mountain. In these war-torn years, the common people have no food to eat, so how can they have the spare money to support monks?
Therefore, the Taoist temple is quite dilapidated, with less than ten Taoist priests working on their own crops and barely eking out a living.
Passing by the Taoist temple, Bai Xiaowen made an insight and discovered that these Taoist priests were just civilians in the spiritual world, just ordinary templates. They were obviously named after Heming Mountain. They became monks in this Taoist temple to avoid the disaster of military service and were not real monks.
Master Zuo Ci, Ge Xuan and his disciples had no interest in communicating with these false comrades, so they directly used a blind trick and the three of them passed through the courtyard and went straight into the back mountain.
At the boundary of the back mountain, we first saw a stone monument.
The stone tablet is about one meter high, with the word "Zhengyi" engraved on the front, "The Way of Alliance Power" on the right side, and "Zhang Fuhan" on the left side.
Ge Xuan said softly to Bai Xiaowen: "This is the stone tablet erected by Zhang Daoling a century ago when he created the 'Way of Correcting the Power of the Alliance'. There is also Zhang Daoling's inscription in front of it. Master, follow me to take a look."
Bai Xiaowen followed Zuo Ci and Ge Xuan closely into the Tiangu ahead, and saw the stone carvings left by Zhang Daoling on the mountain wall.
Zhang Daoling's stone carvings are very brief. They just briefly explain the reasons for establishing the religion. Bai Xiaowen is not interested in this historical knowledge. What Zhang Daoling mentioned later that Heming Mountain "has three caves and heavens" is the place that contains key information and guidance for the copy of Heming Mountain.
Ge Xuan said: "Master, this place should be the Tiantian Valley Cave, the first level cave, where Zhang Daoling lives. Looking at the words on the stone carvings, the second level cave is where Zhou Yishan lives. Then the innermost cave may be the pre-Qin Qi Refining Cave.
The residence of Shi Guangchengzi should be the goal of our trip."
Zuo Ci nodded slightly: "Zhou Yishan is an immortal from the pre-Han Dynasty. There may be Taoist scriptures in his cave that we can learn from."
The three of them continued walking along the passage of Tiangu Cave. The passage became narrower and narrower, and in the end only one person was allowed to pass.
Three people filed in one after another, Ge Xuan was the first, Zuo Ci was the second, and Bai Xiaowen was the third.
When Bai Xiaowen squeezed past, he saw the clouds and mist in front of him, and the figures of Zuo Ci and Ge Xuan disappeared.
"Is this... a spatial dislocation? No! There is no such feeling of weightlessness."
Bai Xiaowen frowned. He originally came here with Zuo Ci in his arms, thinking that with Zuo Ci here, he didn't need to work hard at all, but now it seems that it's not that simple.
The clouds were filled with mist, and from time to time there were tall black shadows looming.
Bai Xiaowen tried to use his mental power to search. However, as soon as his mental power came into contact with the clouds and mist, it was like a sponge absorbing water. It was all sucked away by the clouds and mist, making it impossible to detect at all.
Bai Xiaowen was so frightened that he quickly retracted his mental power. In this moment, he had lost more than thirty points of mental power.
"If it lasts longer and the mental energy is exhausted, wouldn't it be possible to faint here?"
Bai Xiaowen hesitated for a moment, then took a step toward Yunwu.
With this step, the narrow mountain road behind Bai Xiaowen suddenly disappeared into the clouds and mist.
"This is... there is no way out."
Bai Xiaowen had already read the "Taiping Jing" and had actually gained some knowledge of Tao, but he just didn't know it.
Seeing the clouds in front of him and the disappearing mountain road behind him, Bai Xiaowen realized the purpose of this layer of settings.
Ahead is an endless unknown land, symbolizing the realm of Tao.
If he, a Taoist cultivator, did not dare to take this step towards the unknown, although he could save his life, he would also annihilate everyone and lose the opportunity to seek the Tao.
After taking this step, there is no way out, which means that once you step on the path of a Taoist cultivator, you can never look back and step into the world of mortals unless you attain the Tao.
"There is still fog and dark shadows ahead. It means that in the realm of exploring the Tao, every step is dangerous."
Bai Xiaowen identified a direction and moved forward.
The ground ahead rumbled and shook, and a black shadow quickly moved over.
Bai Xiaowen was startled, and when he took a closer look, he saw that it was a stone statue.
However, the stone statue seemed to come alive at this time, and punched Bai Xiaowen.
[Skill 1: Collision: Passive, Huangshi Luxurious’s normal attack will cause a small knockback effect on enemies whose strength is lower than his own, and has a certain probability of causing dizziness. 】
[Skill 2: Strong Wall: Passive, the physical damage received by the Yellowstone Warrior is reduced by 30%, and the armor value is doubled. 】
[Skill 3: Dao Yun: Passive, the spell damage received by the Yellowstone Warrior is reduced by 30%, and the spell resistance is doubled. 】
[Skill 4: Connection: Passive, for every Yellow Stone Warrior on the battlefield, all attributes of the Yellow Stone Warrior will be increased by 10%. 】
[Skill 5: Hetu Formation (Mastery): The Yellowstone Warrior gains 800 extra health points. 】
Bai Xiaowen hurriedly took a step back, and at the same time summoned his angry claws to face the Yellow Stone Warrior.
However, the appearance of Raging Claw caused new movement in the mist. A rumbling sound sounded, and the second Yellow Stone Warrior moved sideways.