Simulation becomes reality, have I ever looked down upon the eternity?

Chapter 516 A Solitary Journey on the Great Road, Climbing and Descending Mountains, The Woman's Origins!

A radiant glow emanated from the great cauldron, and the characters on it slowly emerged.

1. Immediately head southeast, conceal your presence, and do not attempt to fly. (Warning: This could be fatal.)
2. Immediately head northeast, conceal your presence, and do not fly. (Warning: This could be fatal.)
3. Immediately head south, conceal your presence, and do not fly. (Hint: This may be beneficial in the future.)
4. Please wait a moment. (Warning: There is a possibility of death.)
5. Participate personally. (0/3)

6. Borrowing from the future. (0/2)

Looking at the five options above, Yu Ke realized that this was the first time in his life that he was in danger of dying.

Could this treasure be so valuable?

He didn't hesitate and made his choice immediately.

3. Immediately head south, conceal your presence, and do not fly. (Hint: This may be beneficial in the future.)
You quickly said to Xu Ci, "Fellow Daoist Xu, farewell."

The White Snake Lady watched you stride away, her head tilting slightly in confusion.

Before Xu Ci could speak, she saw you had already emerged from the cave. She frowned, then, remembering that things had been settled here, her brows relaxed.

"This Fangcun Mountain is likely to produce an extraordinary figure."

He smiled. "I just don't know if it's a blessing or a curse for Fangcun Mountain?"

Xu Ci isn't as flustered as you are. With his current cultivation level, the dust has already settled. Unless a cultivator at the Great Dao Golden Core stage arrives, whether he stays or leaves is entirely up to him.

"Come with me to Golden Gourd Mountain. Once I regain power, you will be the deputy sect leader, second only to the sect leader."

The White Snake Lady immediately bowed, saying, "Your subordinate greets the Sect Master."

Xu Ci chuckled softly, glanced at her swollen belly, and then leisurely strolled towards the cave entrance.

His voice carried a sense of relief and ease that came with eight hundred years of experience: "After eight hundred years of perseverance, the clouds have finally parted and the moon has shone brightly."

[You've already stepped out of the cave entrance and see that Fangcun Mountain's group is still unconscious. You carry them back to the room where Xu Ci was earlier and quickly leave.]

[You suppressed your aura and pushed the "Primordial Chaos Suppressing the World Diagram" to its limit. The first level returned to the Heavenly Gate Realm, the second level to the Dao Embryo Realm, and the third level to the Body Shaping Realm.]

[If one's cultivation level is not deep enough, it's difficult to see through your true realm; they might only assume you're at the Body Shaping Realm.]

[If someone has profound cultivation, they can see that you are at the second level of the Dao Embryo realm, and beyond that is the first level, the Heavenly Gate realm.]

You found an old straw raincoat inside and put it on, then smeared mud on your trousers. You folded the Fangcun Mountain standard robe and put it in your storage bag, then changed into the clothes of a servant from the Xu family.

After thinking for a moment, he took out the storage bag from his bosom, his gaze sweeping around. In a corner of the cave, he dug three holes in different locations, placed the storage bag in one of them, and carefully smoothed out the marks.

You put on your straw raincoat, pulled your bamboo hat down low, and slowly walked along the path at the southern foot of Yaoshan Mountain.

The thunder in the sky gradually faded, and the rain finally weakened, leaving only a fine, slanting drizzle.

You trudged along the muddy path, your boots crunching through puddles, the splashes leaving dark marks on the hem of your raincoat.

Ahead, a path winds down through a bamboo grove. You let the raindrops collected on the bamboo leaves drip onto your shoulders, descending the steps with hesitant steps.

The sound of shoes hitting the damp stone steps was exceptionally clear in the rain and mist.

Under the straw hat, you close your eyes and regulate your breathing, slowly releasing the tension surging in your chest with each breath.

When she opened her eyes again, her gaze was as clear and bright as a mountain stream washed by rain.

You tightened your raincoat and continued downhill, your steps becoming three times more steady than before.

[Having reached the halfway point up the mountain, you suddenly stopped.]

Not far away, a figure in pure white slowly ascended the stone steps, unhurried, holding a large green lotus leaf in her hand.

[This white robe stood out starkly against the gloomy, rainy mountain scenery.]

The mountain path steps are narrow, barely wide enough for three people to walk side by side.

Now, you wear a straw hat, and a woman in white, supporting you with a lotus leaf, walks towards you.

[One person goes up the mountain and one person goes down. 】

One person must stop and make way.

As if guided by divine intervention, you didn't look at the woman's face, but simply lowered your hat and waited silently to the side, seemingly waiting for her to pass.

The tall woman in white walked slowly. You looked down demurely at the raindrops falling on the shallow puddles formed by the wind and rain on the steps.

As the woman approached, you could already see the pristine white of her dress.

Having weathered the storms, it remains untainted.

[Only when she gets close do you slightly turn to the side.]

The delicate fragrance of lotus leaves mingled with the mountain mist brushed past my nose; my white robes, with their wide sleeves, lightly touched your raincoat, then quickly parted.

A woman's voice, carried by the mountain breeze, rustled through the bamboo grove, like jade stones striking each other.

[“Thank you!”]

The woman slowly ascended the mountain, and your heart skipped a beat. Then, as if struck by a divine drumbeat, you inexplicably turned to look at her retreating figure.

At that very moment, the woman also stopped and turned around.

Your gaze, hidden beneath your straw hat, unexpectedly met a pool of autumn water.

Her face was neither strikingly beautiful nor delicately pretty; her eyebrows were like distant, misty mountains, and her lips like newly blossoming peaches.

Her features, though distinct, are not individually striking, yet together they possess a natural, harmonious beauty—any more would be too bold, any less too subtle.

You feel a chill in your mind, as if an invisible hand is examining your soul.

[As if struck by lightning, you showed a startled expression after a moment of stunned silence, "Sister, I'm so sorry."]

[Like a scholar in a play meeting a beautiful woman.]

Then, she turned around and hurriedly walked down the steps.

The woman in white smiled upon hearing this, then, as if remembering something, a faint smile spread across her lips.

She glanced at the boy's retreating figure as he descended the mountain, then ignored him and continued her ascent.

He simply muttered to himself, "Making way for me is an immense blessing."

"The Great Way walks alone, yet yields to me; what a profound meaning! And who are you, then?"

There is only one mountain path, and one person must give way.

The woman shook her head and continued climbing the mountain, using the lotus leaf as a support.

You walked briskly, your heartbeat gradually calming down. Your pace, which had started as a hurried escape, gradually quickened again without you even realizing it, and you found yourself running once more.

By the time they came to their senses, the Xu family's territory was already far behind them.

After the rain, the surface of the Yanghua River shimmered with light.

Looking back, you see Yaoshan still shrouded in dark clouds, as if it were separated from the world around it.

A gentle river breeze caressed my face, carrying a damp mist.

You remove your straw hat, and you're certain, yet unsure, that this woman is the same one depicted in the painting.

You gaze at Yaoshan Mountain shrouded in mist and rain. These two mountains existed in ancient times; how could they possibly still exist today?

Could that woman in white be a descendant of the woman who slew the celestial being with her sword?

[I don't know what level of cultivation this woman possesses, but if she is truly related, she must be someone with extraordinary cultivation.]

[You weren't in a hurry to leave, after all, your storage bag was still up there, and there were still the people from Fangcun Mountain; you couldn't just walk away.]

As for following him to investigate, that's even more impossible. Killing such a being is no different than killing roadside weeds.

There's only one word for now: wait!

You're thinking of Fellow Daoist Xu, who you just had a very fruitful collaboration with, inside the cave.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, may you have good fortune."

~

Just as Xu Ci was about to step out of the cave, he had already guessed where Xu and the other two were hiding.

suddenly!

He frowned slightly as the figure of a woman in white supporting herself on a lotus leaf squeezed into his field of vision.

The woman seemed to have seen him too, looking towards him from afar.

Xu Ci was shocked. This woman's temperament was too similar to that of the woman in the scroll she had just seen.

He released his divine sense, but could not sense any aura from the woman; she seemed like an ordinary mortal.

Xu Ci felt a sense of foreboding.

The White Snake Lady looked at the woman in white with curiosity.

Xu Ci's pupils contracted, and she suddenly changed, as if waking from a dream; her gaze was no longer that of a single person. She remained stunned and bewildered.

The woman in white had already appeared in front of the two of them in the distance.

The White Snake Lady was about to speak.

Xu Ci's eyes suddenly changed, and in the blink of an eye, they regained their previous brilliance.

Xu Ci was terrified. Just now, he had clearly handed over the control of the body to the real Xu Ci, but for some reason, it had returned to his control in an instant!
At this moment, the woman in white was almost within reach, her cold eyes quietly scrutinizing him.

An invisible sense of oppression surged over him like a tide, and his back instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

The woman in white slightly shifted her gaze and glanced indifferently at the White Snake Lady.

With just one glance, the White Snake Lady felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, her scales seemed about to burst open, and an unprecedented fear spread from the bottom of her heart.

The woman in white didn't say much, but simply said softly, "Come with me."

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned and stepped into the deep cave dwelling.

Xu Ci's expression was uncertain, and her gaze involuntarily drifted towards the outside of the cave dwelling.

With his current cultivation level, if he were to use his escape technique to its fullest extent, he could escape thousands of miles away in an instant.

—To flee? Or to follow?
As for the thought of taking action, for some reason, the mere thought of it made him feel trembling with fear.

He then thought of that young friend Jing, who had left so "carefree".

Could it be that the kid already knew something?
Xu Ci ultimately dared not run away, and could only grit her teeth and follow.

The White Snake Lady had already scurried behind Xu Ci, trembling with fear.

The woman in white led the two back to the dungeon.

"You took my things."

Her voice was like a clear spring, gentle and melodious, yet it sent a shiver down Xu Ci's spine, and cold sweat beaded on her forehead.

"Senior, I..."

Before she could finish speaking, the woman in white slowly turned her head.

With just that one glance, Xu Ci felt as if she had a fishbone stuck in her throat, unable to utter another word.

With a pang of regret, he slowly took out the bronze incense burner and the purple-gold elixir from his storage bag.

In the end, he had no choice but to hand it over respectfully.

The woman in white smiled, took the incense burner, but did not take the elixir.

She gently blew on the stove opening, and the incense ash fell in a soft rustling sound.

Clouds and mist swirled within the dungeon.

In an instant, a strange phenomenon occurred: the woman who had just died was resurrected.

A faint, clear light shone from the gouged-out eyes, as if the person was staring at the scene in disbelief.

The young woman trembled as she touched her face, staring at everything in disbelief.

The woman in white said, "They broke their promise to me, but you did."

The young woman was not a fool after all; she immediately kowtowed, remained silent for a long time, and then burst into tears.

So many years have passed, she has lived for a thousand years, all just waiting for this one word of recognition.

"When I rescued the shepherd boy in the mountains years ago, I told him..."

The woman in white gazed into the distance. "Keep something safe for me. Don't ask where it came from, and keep it a secret. When I retrieve it, I will grant you a great fortune."

“I was afraid he would be lonely, so I gave him four porcelain shards, which can help people live forever.”

Xu Ci felt her scalp tingle, as if she couldn't believe that this woman was actually the master of the Two Realms Mountain, the female sword immortal.

He could barely hold the purple-gold pill in his hand, and his whole body was trembling violently.

Could it be that all of today's events were foreseen by this person thousands of years ago?
This feeling of powerlessness, of being manipulated at will, almost shattered his Daoist heart on the spot.

"It wasn't entirely unexpected."

The woman in white suddenly spoke, her voice clear and cold as a spring, "It's nothing more than seizing a tributary in the river of cause and effect and leading it to this day."

"Of course, if there are any unexpected events, I will take action to eliminate them in advance."

Xu Ci's expression changed drastically: "Senior... do you know what I'm thinking?"

The woman in white nodded slightly: "He's just a telepathic reader. Your mind is clouded, so you have nowhere to hide from me."

He can read minds?!

Xu Ci's mind was buzzing. This was a supreme immortal technique that only existed in ancient legends!

The white-clad woman held a lush green lotus leaf in her hand, which was now shimmering with a faint light.

With a gentle wave of her hand, something flew out of the young woman's empty eye socket—

A tiny, exquisite mountain, shaped like five fingers, barely the size of a palm, yet it exudes a powerful Daoist aura that suppresses heaven and earth!
The woman in white finally smiled, and in an instant, her smile melted away like ice and snow, illuminating the entire dungeon.

"At least the effort we put in last time wasn't in vain. We won't have to go through this inconvenience in the future."

She gently pressed the miniature mountain peak onto the back of her hand, and the peak spread out like ink, transforming into an ancient "" mark.

Only then did she put down the green lotus leaf that she had been holding up all along.

The moment the lotus leaf left his hand, thousands of black lightning bolts suddenly erupted!

The once vibrant lotus leaves withered and turned black in an instant, and several streaks of black lightning shot up the woman's fair wrist like venomous snakes.

But she gently waved her hand, and the thunder was swept away like dust.

"I didn't expect this place to recover so quickly."

The woman in white's eyes flickered slightly. "I should hurry up too."

She turned to the young woman in the dungeon: "From now on, you will follow me in my spiritual practice."

The woman kowtowed again.

A soft light shimmered from the white-clad woman's fingertips. "The past can all be forgotten."

"From now on you will be free, and you shall be called Shenxiao."

"Shenxiao. Thank you, Master, for bestowing this name upon me!"

When the young woman looked up, her eyes were already filled with tears.

The woman in white flicked her finger, and a moon-white robe covered her naked body.

When her gaze turned to Xu Ci and the other person...

"Are you willing to do things for me?"

The two men prostrated themselves on the ground almost simultaneously, saying, "This disciple is willing."

The woman in white nodded slightly in satisfaction.

"Let's go to Qingzhou in the far east first."

Xu Ci was taken aback, but dared not speak.

A green-edged sword appeared out of thin air; wherever the sword's edge passed, the space was torn apart like silk or tofu.

The woman in white walked in.

Xu Ci glanced inside and could vaguely see the vast expanse of blue water, with islands scattered like pearls across the sea.

"this…"

This is the location of Dongji Qingzhou, which is more than 100,000 li away from here.

Xu Ci was unable to describe her feelings at that moment.

~

[One hour later.]

The mountain wind suddenly stopped, and you felt the lingering aura of the place vanish.

Another hour passed.

After confirming that there were no further abnormalities, you continued along the winding mountain path towards Yaoshan.

(End of this chapter)