I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

Chapter 36 - 34 Hometown, Bell-ringer (Please Follow)_2

Without knowing when, Han Li appeared beside Tian Lin, looking enviously at the cave hanging high in the sky and said, "It is said that the water in the Small Moon Pond is made of accumulated Water Spiritual Energy. Cultivating there for a day is equivalent to cultivating outside for a year."

After finishing his words, he didn’t wait for others to react and shouted, "Alright, everyone off work, no more sand washing allowed."

When working in the merchant’s mining site, only the Supervisor would urge people to start working.

But it was different here; the Supervisor seemed scared that the Water Spirit Ore might be washed away to depletion.

A group of people came ashore in high spirits, but soon started to curse one after another.

"What’s going on today? It’s already my third sieve, and I still haven’t found a coin’s worth of Water Spirit Ore."

However, someone said, "I was luckier, but I only got two coins’ worth of Water Spirit Ore."

They began to analyze, "Could it be that the Water Spirit Ore in the Moon Pond Cave is running low, so the yield of Water Spirit Ore in the mud and sand that comes out has decreased?"

Only Han Li stayed silent, staring at the cloth bag Tian Lin had given him;

According to the rules, the Water Spirit Ore sieved by the servant disciples of the mining school that day must be handed over to the Supervisor, and it was absolutely not allowed to be taken back to their residences.

Therefore, Tian Lin handed over the Water Spirit Ore he washed today to Han Li when leaving.

Han Li flipped through it and found that the small handful of ’mud and sand’ Tian Lin had placed in the bag was all Water Spirit Ore.

These pieces of Water Spirit Ore weighed a total of five or six taels.

"Did you find all these Water Spirit Ore on the riverbed today?"

Han Li asked during lunch.

"My cultivation is not high enough, and I’m not skilled enough in

The servant disciples in the sect say that it’s out of respect for the Ancestor Master on the mountain, therefore the Flying Boats shouldn’t fly over his head. But I have witnessed birds crossing the top of Dao Seeking Mountain explode into a puff of blood mist, their Divine Souls completely annihilated."

As the two were speaking, they had already reached the foot of Dao Seeking Mountain, and by then, the bell sounds had also stopped.

Pointing at the rugged mountain path, Han Li said: "There isn’t just one path to ascend Dao Seeking Mountain. But once you have reached halfway up the mountain, you must pass through the mountain gate arch and climb the Sky ladder to reach Dao Seeking Mountain."

Tian Lin realised that compared to other wilderness mountains, Dao Seeking Mountain was not higher than Moon Pond Mountain, nor steeper than Lianshui Peak.

But it had something different from other peaks, which was a unique sense of dead silence on Dao Seeking Mountain.

With the exception of the flora, there were no birdsong nor beast roars here, as if it were a lifeless artificial hill, and the surrounding vegetation seemed like plastic decorations painted with colors.

Neither of them spoke, as they followed the trail one after the other to the mountainside.

Before long, Tian Lin saw the familiar arch, and the cliff across from it.

He walked up to the arch and grabbed the iron chain entwined on top of the arch.

Just as he was about to snap the iron chain, Han Li said:

"Every year, there are plenty of Huahua Langs who come here, relying on the iron chains or logs to cross the chasm of Sky Gorge through this mountain gate. Those with good luck don’t climb the Immortal Ascension Ladder, but directly follow the path we took to reach the Yao Yue Sect and become servant disciples.

But most are not so fortunate, they think that as long as they climb these stone steps, they can enter the Yao Yue Sect. Yet, they do not know that this seemingly ordinary stone staircase, apart from the Ancestor Master, none of the past Sect Leaders have been able to reach the summit."

"Who named this Dao Seeking Mountain, and who ’created’ it?"

Tian Lin did not believe that the Immortal Ladder was a natural marvel, as the artificial carving marks on the ladder were just too obvious.

"It is said that the Ancestor Master made it—look at this mountain gate, these eight characters were also written by the Ancestor Master."

Tian Lin looked at the characters on the pillars on either side of the archway, which were indeed the eight characters ’仙凡永隔, 人鬼莫入’ (Forever separated from immortality, neither mortals nor ghosts may enter).

Initially, the old man had walked through these eight characters and ended up dead at the bottom of the stone steps.

However, the old man’s body had long since disappeared.

As Tian Lin’s gaze turned toward the stone steps, Han Li said to him:

"On these stone steps, after ninety-nine steps will appear the first platform, which is the Immortal Ladder for mortals; another ninety-nine steps and the second platform is for Qi Cultivation practitioners; the last platform is the Immortal Ladder of those of the Foundation Establishment level.

What we need to do now is to ascend to the first platform. However, one thing: do not be reckless and know when to retreat when it’s difficult. Because each level of stone steps harbors a killing intent!"

Tian Lin watched Han Li step onto the staircase, seeing him steadily advancing.

After a moment of thought, he too approached the stone steps and took his first step.

When he reached the first stone platform, the Han Li in front of him vanished, replaced by a little boy about six years old standing opposite him.

Tian Lin was perplexed, and when he saw the little boy charging at him with a dagger, he swung his long blade, and the boy’s body was severed.

With the death of the boy, Tian Lin found himself back on the stone steps.

However, Han Li above him had already climbed a dozen more steps and was gradually disappearing into the clouds and fog.

Tian Lin hesitated no longer and stepped onto the second stone step.

The scene on the second layer of stone steps changed again, and he found himself on a royal road.

A horseman was coming down the road, with a government officer at the lead who lashed his whip down at him.

Tian Lin raised his long blade once more, and the government officer fell to the ground, not getting up again.

The scene shifted again, this time Tian Lin found himself in a market courtyard.

He was in a combat arena, facing a strong man wielding a spear.

Tian Lin did not focus on the strong man but noticed the market archway behind him.

Looking at the characters on the archway, Tian Lin’s expression subtly shifted: "Isn’t this place, after all, ’my’ hometown."