His gaze fell on David for a moment, then he nodded slightly, as if confirming something.
“This simple Daoist is called Yunyi.”
He bowed slightly, his voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by David, “A disciple from Qingyun Cave Heaven. On the orders of the sect leader, True Man Yuxu, I invite Master Chen to Qingyun Cave Heaven for discussion.”
Qingyun Cave Heaven.
Jade Void Immortal.
David had seen these two names on the map given to him by the Void Merchant Guild. Qingyun Cave Heaven was the foundation of the Daoist sect on Eighteenth Heaven, and Jade Void True Man was the head of Qingyun Cave Heaven, a level five Gold Immortal.
An extremely powerful expert at the fifth rank of the Golden Immortal Realm sent his disciple to invite a young man at the eighth rank of the True Immortal Realm, and he used the word “invite” instead of “catch” or “bring”.
That’s interesting.
David didn’t answer, but looked at Yun Yi. His purple eyes showed neither hostility nor trust, only careful observation.
Yun Yi did not urge him.
He just stood there, slightly bent, like a green bamboo standing tall in the wind, neither hurried nor impatient, neither humble nor overbearing.
After a while, he took out a piece of jade cloth from his chest and handed it over with both hands.
“This is a letter from my teacher to Mr. Chen.” His voice remained calm.
David took the jade scroll and probed it with his divine sense.
The jade scroll contained a very short spiritual message, only one sentence, but every word was like a nail, stuck deeply in David’s mind.
“Three hundred disciples of Qingyun Cave Heaven are willing to serve the inheritor of the Great Luo Golden Scripture as the leader of the new generation of Daoist sect, even at the cost of their lives.”
David’s hands trembled slightly.
He withdrew his divine sense from the jade scroll, looked up at Yun Yi, and a complex expression flashed across his purple eyes.
The successor of the Great Luo Golden Scripture was considered the leader of the new generation of Daoist sects.
I’m willing to die for that.
What does this mean?
Would that Daoist sect hand over the entire Qingyun Grotto Heaven without a second thought?
Or is there something else going on?
David was silent for a moment before putting the jade slip into his storage ring.
“How long have you been waiting for me?” he asked suddenly.
Yun Yi was a little surprised, apparently not expecting David to ask this question.
“Three days,” he said. “My lord said that Master Chen would come out of the Northern Cold Abyss and asked me to wait here.”
Three days.
Master Yuxu already knew three days ago that he would come to the Northern Dark Abyss and that he would come out of there.
David frowned slightly.
How did Master Yuxu know?
Was it planned?
Or did someone tell him?
After all, this Jade Void Master was much more mysterious than he had imagined.
“Aren’t you afraid I won’t be able to wait for you?” David asked again.
Yun Yi shook his head.
“My lord said that Master Chen will definitely come.” His voice was calm, with firm confidence. “My lord is never wrong.”
David was silent for a long time.
He stood in the middle of the open space, his gaze glancing towards Yun Yi and then towards the southern horizon.
There, the continuous peaks of the Qingyun Mountains shimmered with a blue-gray light under the sunlight, and the outlines of several buildings could be faintly seen among the peaks. They were neither palaces nor pavilions, but ancient buildings like Daoist temples, with green tiles and white walls, hidden within the clouds and mist, appearing and disappearing.
That is Qingyun Cave.
The foundation of Taoism lies in the eighteenth heaven.
David turned his gaze and looked at Yun Yi.
This was the second power he had encountered that showed goodwill towards him since he arrived on Eighteenth Heaven.
The first was the Void Merchant Guild, which provided him with a map and guest token.
The second was the Daoist sect, who wanted to worship him as their new leader.
He didn’t know if there was any relationship between the Daoist sect and the Void Merchant Guild, and he also didn’t know how much enmity there was between the Daoist sect and the Seven Bloodlines of the Divine Race.
However, he saw something in Yun Yi’s eyes.
Such a thing did not exist in the Void Merchant Guild’s view nor in the view of the Divine Race cultivators.
That was the look in the eyes of someone who, after tens of thousands of years of waiting in the dark, finally saw a glimmer of light.
David had seen such a look in the eyes of Gui Yuanzi, in the eyes of Venerable Xuanbing, and in the eyes of everyone who had been oppressed by the gods for many years.
It was not an evil plan, it was not a conspiracy, but a pure and sincere hope.
People from the Daoist sect would not harm him.
David didn’t know why he had this feeling, but his intuition was always very accurate.
“Please lead,” he said.
A flash of light appeared in Yun Yi’s eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.
He bowed slightly, then turned and walked south.
David and Jiang Xuelan followed behind him.
The three of them crossed the open field and walked towards a bluestone path hidden in the pine forest.
The path was narrow, only wide enough for two people to walk side by side, and covered in moss, indicating that few people had walked on it.
The path was flanked by dense pine forests, their branches covered in gray moss. The canopy of the pine trees blocked the sunlight, leaving only a few rays of light to penetrate through the gaps in the leaves, creating mottled shadows on the ground.
The air was filled with the fresh scent of pine sap and the smell of damp earth, and occasionally you could hear birds chirping from within the tree canopy, making the atmosphere very quiet.
Yun Yi walked in front, his steps were neither fast nor slow, every step was steady.
His back was straight, his simple Daoist robe fluttered gently in the wind, and the wooden sword on his back swayed gently with his steps. The ancient Daoist patterns on the sword glowed faintly in the dim light, like a sleeping dragon slowly awakening.
David walked behind her, his gaze fixed on her back, his purple eyes sparkling with thought.
“What else did your master say?” David asked suddenly.
Yun Yi didn’t turn his head. His voice came from the front, calm and clear: “My teacher also said that Mr. Chen has many questions in his heart, and my teacher will answer them one by one.”
David raised his eyebrows slightly.
He of course had many questions.
Who left behind the Blackstone Relic, and how did it get into the hands of the Protoss?
Where exactly is the Palace of Chaos located? What’s in it?
What exactly was the grudge that lay between the Daoist sect and the divine race?
Maybe he could find some answers to these questions in Qingyun Cave.
Qingyun Cave is hidden deep in the Qingyun Mountains, shrouded by ancient arrays. From the outside, this cave looked like an endless stretch of green mountains and clear water, without showing any signs of anything unusual.
But as soon as they stepped into the formation, the world suddenly changed.
The green hills and clear waters had disappeared, replaced by a vast and boundless paradise.
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