Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

"A jade pendant, a Go set, a string of Buddhist prayer beads, a pipa (a Chinese lute), and even a jade flute and a guqin (a traditional Chinese stringed instrument)..."

"The first three were alright, but what's with these last three? Three musical instruments? Do these old men have some kind of misunderstanding about me? Do I look like I know anything about musical instruments?"

"Also, Da'an, when did you create this space? Are those four big things at the end of your vision the Four Divine Beasts?"

"There's such a big lake, and so many mountains! Da'an, when did you become so amazing?"

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A three-story, ancient building faces the lake, and a five-hundred-meter-high green mountain forms a ring around the perimeter of the cave.

The chirping sounds echoed incessantly along the lakeside.

On a blue stone by the shore, Mu An, who was lying on the stone, casually put down the Buddha statue in his hand and glanced at Mu Ling'er, who was excitedly looking around.

"Isn't this normal? Apart from you, which noble lady from a prominent family doesn't know how to play a musical instrument? It's only because you were lazy when you were young and didn't want to learn properly that you can't play anything."

Suddenly mocked by Mu An, Mu Ling'er glared at him, then realized she was in the wrong, turned her head away, and angrily threw the pebble in her hand into the lake.

Mu An found it amusing and took the opportunity to explain, "This is the Four Symbols Grotto-Heaven. I had some insights about it half a year ago and opened it up on the spur of the moment. I cultivated it a little bit every day, and it only became what you see now a month ago."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Mu Ling'er, who had just been angry, moved closer to Mu An.

She squatted on the ground, her eyes shining, and kept rubbing her little hands together, with an expression that said "I want it".

Before Mu Ling'er could speak, Mu An had already raised his hand, pressed her head with one hand, and turned her around once.

"Stop looking, it's no use looking at me. This cave is different from the ones you've seen before. This is not an ordinary small space; it's the only one of its kind in the entire Nine Domains."

Essentially, this is the prototype of a small world, independent of the Nine Realms.

The Four Symbols Grotto-Heaven was created by me using the power of the Five Elements, combining the power of the stars, and adding some more fundamental forces. It can serve as the foundation for attaining enlightenment.

Given enough time and effort, this small world could eventually evolve into a complete world similar to the Nine Realms.

I would like to give this small world to you, so that with its power you can also become a terrestrial immortal, or even glimpse a higher realm.

At that time, your lifespan will naturally increase.

If it can help you advance further and live for thousands or tens of thousands of years longer, I don't care if my cultivation is slower; it's not a big deal if it takes a little more time.

However, the Four Symbols Grotto-Heaven is not something that ordinary beings can sustain; even I only managed to maintain it with the help of external objects.

You lack the capacity to contain the Four Symbols Grotto-Heaven. If I were to give it to you, the moment you receive it, you would be crushed to the point of your soul being scattered.

Mu Ling'er was not troubled by Mu An's frank words.

Just from that phrase "foundation for enlightenment," she already realized how precious this grotto-heaven was. Even if Mu An wanted to give it to her and had a way to do so, she would never accept it.

Even if Mu An herself doesn't mind, Mu Ling'er doesn't want to hold Mu An back.

Besides, we can't let her waste something so precious.

She sat down next to Mu An with a grin, looking around as if she wanted to take in the entire Four Symbols Grotto.

After looking around, she turned and poked Mu An's arm.

"You talk as if your lifespan is endless, saying it doesn't matter if you have a little more time. How can you talk like that? Even a terrestrial immortal can only live for three thousand years at most, right?"

Seeing Mu Ling'er looking at him with a smile, Mu An did not refute, but gently rubbed her head that was resting on his lap.

"You're right, I was wrong. Actually, there isn't that much time."

The calm voice was no different from usual. Mu Ling'er did not notice the fleeting helplessness in Mu An's eyes when he said this. She asked excitedly.

"How big is this cave?"

"It's about the same size as Qing'an County before the reform."

"About the same size as Qing'an County?! That's huge! Is it really that amazing? Da'an, you've gotten even more impressive!"

Mu Ling'er covered her mouth, feigning surprise.

Seeing the excited look in her eyes, Mu An felt secretly pleased, and her momentary sadness was instantly washed away.

He'd wanted to show off for a long time, but Mu Ling'er wasn't around, so he didn't know who else he could impress.

For Yu Mu'an, even if his cultivation improved and he opened up his own foundation for enlightenment, he did not feel much joy.

He used to have three people to share his joy with, but now he only has Mu Ling'er left to share it with.

Seeing how much Mu Ling'er liked this grotto, Mu An was also quite pleased.

"Da'an, Da'an, just how amazing are you now?"

"I can't explain it in detail, so let me take the Xuanling Bodhisattva I introduced you to yesterday as an example."

Xuanling Bodhisattva is very powerful; he is the master of Buddhism and is much more powerful than others.

The so-called strongest in the world are actually very different. The old celestial master is far ahead, and this Buddhist bodhisattva is second, much stronger than the painting saint who is third.

He's much stronger than I am now, but the gap isn't absolute. I can't beat him, and he can't do anything to me either.

However, if it's just a terrestrial deity at the very bottom, if you really want to kill them, whether it's the Mysterious Spirit Bodhisattva or the Painting Saint, there are ways to kill them.

Of course, I can too.

Overall, I should be ranked fourth in terms of current skill, just a little bit behind the Painting Master.

Don't look at me like that, it's really true, not fake.

At my current rate of cultivation growth, I should be able to surpass the Painting Sage within a hundred years. As for this Xuanling Bodhisattva of Buddhism, it might take me several hundred years to surpass him.

"Several hundred years—it sounds so long..." Mu Ling'er's voice trailed off, as if she were expressing some regret, or perhaps lamenting the length of time.

Mu An didn't know what to say. After all, in his opinion, this speed was already very fast. Several hundred years was really not a long time. Any shorter and there would be problems.

The time required for the Four Symbols Grotto to evolve into a complete great world is unimaginable.

He doesn't even dare to go into seclusion now, because once he immerses himself in cultivation, he can easily become obsessed with the Great Dao and lose track of time. When he wakes up again, he won't know how much time will have passed.

Mu An sometimes wonders what would happen if he went into seclusion for decades or even centuries, and when he woke up, Mu Ling'er would be gone. He would probably lose all his remaining emotions and become someone he no longer recognized.

At that time, whether it was him or himself, whether it was Mu An seeking the Dao or the Dao assimilating him, Mu An could not be sure.

The closer one gets to the Great Dao, the easier it is to be assimilated by it. Mu An, who wields the Book of Creation, is undoubtedly one of the people in the entire universe who is closest to the Great Dao.

Fortunately, Mu Ling'er soon shook off her dejection and became excited again, splashing into the lake.

Before Mu An could remind her to be careful, she suddenly popped her head out of the lake again, her little head bobbing up and down.

"I'd like to wander around here, can you show me around?"

Seeing Mu Ling'er emerge from the lake completely soaked, Mu An smiled helplessly.

The little guy is always so lively in front of me.