1158: Chapter 344 Zhenyou_3 1158: Chapter 344 Zhenyou_3 Su He smiled and followed the others into Guiwang Mountain, casting his gaze once again towards the three central peaks with a sense of emotion welling in his heart.
The first time he came here was to commit theft.
The second time…
he was still here to commit theft.
However, the first time he was an outsider, and this time he had turned into an insider.
Behind him, the great door of the Guiwang World spun and vanished, as though it had never appeared.
The location of Guiwang Mountain was unknown; it simply became accustomed to placing the main entrance where the Mystery Huang Ascension Drum was.
As soon as Su He entered, he noticed the difference in Guiwang Mountain today.
Celestial light radiated brilliantly from Xuanting Mountain, with forty-nine Fairy Islands competing to shine, as if welcoming Su He’s arrival.
They also sent out continuous beckoning lights, summoning Princess Snow to return.
Presumably in a hurry, Xuanting Mountain hosted only Princess Snow.
How could it not represent Xuanting welcoming her?
Guiwang Mountain, needless to say, had a faint green light that no longer went unnoticed but was rather an undisguised spread of welcoming intent.
As for Zhenyou Mountain…
A Yellow Springs river descended from the summit of Zhenyou Mountain, forming a slide-like path at Su He’s feet, turning into the Yellow Springs Heavenly Ladder, inviting Su He to ascend the mountain.
Each step Su He took, the ladder matched by positioning itself before him.
Su He looked at the people around him, and they too had faces filled with astonishment.
Unlike Xuanting Mountain, where people could climb and seek opportunities, they could only reach the foothill of Zhenyou Mountain, with no access to the mountainside or peak, and what lay atop remained a mystery to them.
They only knew that Zhenyou was left by the second senior, and this was the first time in ancient history that Zhenyou had revealed such extraordinary phenomena.
Su He smiled and said to the people, “Everyone, please wait here for a moment.
I will go and take a look at Zhenyou.”
Zhenyou Mountain, Ming…
The Dao arena of the second senior sister who had vanished without ever meeting.
Su He nodded towards Princess Snow in the distance, and she stepped through the air, ascending Xuanting Mountain.
Lifting his foot, Su He stepped onto the Yellow Springs Heavenly Ladder.
The ladder retracted automatically, carrying Su He straight to the summit of Zhenyou Mountain.
…
Star Sea, at the exit of Fu River Forbidden Zone connected by Star River, Thai Zu lay leisurely within the Star River, a hairpin circling and hovering around him, seeming grateful that it had been removed from that dark, sunless place.
On the banks of the Star River—there were no actual banks, just an absence of Star River in the void.
An old Yellow Bull was grazing on the starlight as though nibbling on grass.
Beside the Yellow Bull, a Taoist sat casually cross-legged, with a Go board beside him, engaged in a game against himself.
He placed a black piece and captured a large dragon of white pieces with a focused gaze, then stood from the perspective of the white pieces, desperately thinking about how to break through the game.
While pondering, he asked, “Why did Thai Zu think to retrieve the Tao Ancestor Hairpin?”
The old turtle chuckled and replied, “Originally just a piece of mundane wood, having been used by the Tao Ancestor to pin up her hair, it benefitted from daily nurturance near the meeting point of energies and became a concentration of divine intentions.
Hence, it attained the ability to fulfill one’s desires and create things from nothing, daring to promise Turtle Kid to grant wishes.”
“The hairpin has quite significant use!” Thai Zu laughed, his response sounding both like an answer and not.
Instead, he asked with a smile, “The Tao Master is present in this world.
Aren’t you going back?”
A Tao Master should behave as one.
The Tao Master shook his head, “Let’s wait for another 730,000 years.
He’s probably too busy trying to avoid me right now.”
Of all things, a respectable Tao Master and an Immortal Sovereign being, really going back and then being casually robbed at Fenbao Rock by an Opening Heaven Three-fold turtle—it would be a blow to his dignity.
Thai Zu chuckled, “If you’re not going back, how about striking the Ninth Sound on the Ascension Drum?”
The Tao Master shook his head with a smile, “Old Ancestor, don’t jest with me.
The Nine Sounds Ascension Drum isn’t something you just go up and strike, is it?
To date, only the four disciples of the Tao Ancestor have managed to ring it.”
Thai Zu gave him a look both sardonic and amused—right, only three disciples of the Tao Ancestor had managed that feat.
Turtle Kid had still cheated though.
But back when he was still mortal, Thai Zu knew he could strike it.
The Tao Master chuckled and steered away from the topic, summoning a big catfish with a wave of his hand, laughing loudly, “Old Ancestor, this is a rare delicacy I’ve obtained from my travels in the Western Frontier.
It’s a big catfish that hasn’t turned into an Exotic Beast nor a Demonic being in 40,000 years; I’ve brought it especially as a tribute to you.”
Thai Zu blinked and retorted, “Stop jesting!
I’m a turtle; what I like are shrimps!”
“Eh?
Did I remember it wrong?
I recall that old master’s favorite was catfish.”