Chapter 339: Meeting Online Friends

Early the next morning, Xuanche arrived.

Yu Sheng saw at a glance the faint expectation and unease on the other's face.

"Hey, relax, it's just opening the door to go home," Erin said casually to Xuanche while sitting on Yu Sheng's shoulder, "It'll be there in the blink of an eye."

"Although we met last time, I still feel that the methods of a high person are mysterious and unfathomable, incredible," Xuanche's expression was a bit tense, but he was still trying to relax, "Crossing the starry river, arriving instantly upon opening the door, regardless of distance—the star gates built by the Algrede people still require a journey through 'hyperspace'. To be honest, I am truly curious about the principle behind Mr. Yu's 'door'..."

"Hey, if only I could explain it clearly," Yu Sheng, who had already changed into his outdoor coat, reached his hand into the air at this moment, "The Special Bureau has recorded so much 'sample data', and they still haven't figured it out anyway. Is everyone ready? If everyone is ready, I'll open the door."

"Alright, alright~" "Benefactor, I'm ready." "Mm, good."

Yu Sheng smiled slightly, then took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and began to construct the door leading to Qianfeng Lingshan—in fact, he was a bit nervous at this moment too; it wasn't nervousness about opening the door, but rather that this was truly his first time heading to a civilization circle beyond the Borderlands.

What kind of place would Qianfeng Lingshan be?

As this thought flashed through his mind, a door with a translucent quality along its edges rapidly took shape in his hand, and then accompanied by a click, the doorknob turned and the door opened.

Yu Sheng opened this door and saw a landscape on the other side of misty immortal peaks, towering palaces, and majestic main halls.

"You go first," Yu Sheng turned his head, looked at Xuanche who was staring with wide eyes, and said with a smile, "I must go last."

Hearing this, Xuanche quickly clasped his hands in a bow, then adjusted his clothes and stepped toward the door returning to Qianfeng Lingshan.

In the instant he crossed the threshold, his ordinary casual wear, very much in the style of the Borderlands, transformed into a robe of simple style but obviously superior material.

Seeing this, Yu Sheng sighed slightly at the convenience of immortals, then immediately let Erin and the others pass through, and followed with his own steps.

The scenery changed in an instant, and in the blink of an eye they had stepped onto foreign soil, but Yu Sheng hadn't even had time to feel the environment on this side of Qianfeng Lingshan before he heard a somewhat familiar voice by his ear—

"Master! Master! The Great Senior Brother has been alchemized out of the Great Senior Brother's alchemy furnace!!"

The next second, Yu Sheng saw a gray-robed young Taoist boy, who looked to be only twelve or thirteen, run past his eyes, and before he had run very far, Xuanche grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up: "Reporting black deeds all day! Reporting black deeds all day! I returned this time with the Master's permission!"

Immediately, an old and majestic voice rang out from within the main hall, carrying a hint of laughter: "Xuanche, enough, put Xuan Yun down. This child knew you were returning today and was so happy he didn't know how to comport himself."

Yu Sheng quickly turned to look at the sound and saw an old man with a simple Taoist robe, white beard and hair, and the bearing of an immortal standing at the end of this spacious hall; behind the old man stood more than ten male and female cultivators, and behind the crowd was an unobstructed view of the immortal mountain scenery—the end of the hall had no walls, and beyond a few giant pillars lay an open expanse.

Xuanche casually put the young Taoist boy down, quickly walked toward the old man, bowed deeply and performed the ritual: "Master, I have returned."

"Mm, good, the task was handled well." Yuanling Zhenren smiled on his face, nodded to Xuanche, and then his gaze fell upon Yu Sheng and the others.

Then he just stood there motionless, staring at this side with eyes that didn't even blink, as if in meditation.

However, Yu Sheng was not surprised at all; when Xuanche saw him before, he had the same reaction—this often happened, people would suddenly go blank when looking at him, especially those with high spiritual aptitude, and he was used to it.

So Yu Sheng directly went up smiling to greet the old man: "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you, nie... uh, Yuanling Zhenren."

He almost instinctively said "Niece Disciple Four Thousand," but fortunately changed it in the instant before it left his mouth.

Yuanling Zhenren also snapped out of it instantly after Yu Sheng spoke; this immortal-like old man quickly adjusted his expression, then returned the bow with an attitude that Yu Sheng felt was a bit overly solemn: "Nice to meet you, sir's visit is a great honor for our mountain gate."

Xuanche, watching this scene from the side, was suddenly a bit stunned; he knew his benefactor master and Yu Sheng were "friends" online, knew there should be some polite greetings when the two met, but the master's reaction at this moment clearly exceeded his expectations.

He wanted to speak up and ask something in an instant, but before he could say a word, he noticed the corner of the master's eye glancing at him and quickly swallowed the questions he wanted to ask.

On Yu Sheng's side, after greeting the old man in front of him with Erin and the others and introducing themselves, he somewhat awkwardly waved his hand at the still overly polite Yuanling Zhenren, with embarrassment on his face: "Well, just call me Yu Sheng directly, just like when we chatted on the border communication... meeting offline so solemnly makes me a bit nervous too. And if we really have to say it, you are an elder, I am a young person..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw the expression on Yuanling Zhenren's face become even more strange.

"Mr. Yu is too modest," Yuanling Zhenren spoke up, "but since Mr. says so, I will call you Yu Sheng then."

While speaking, he waved his hand at the figures standing not far away: "Everyone disperse, go back to your own places—notify the Immortal Banquet Hall to set up a feast."

Then he turned back to Yu Sheng: "These are all my disciples; today a distinguished guest visits, and they insisted on gathering to watch the excitement, forgive the rudeness. I will first take you to the place for rest, everyone traveled from far..."

Yuanling Zhenren suddenly stopped halfway through this sentence, then felt something was wrong, turned his head to look at Xuanche who had just opened the door and entered, Yu Sheng who had just opened the door and entered, and Erin, Hu Li, and Luna who had just opened the door and entered, and stood there thinking.

"... Actually, it's not very far," Xuanche said cautiously, "just walked a few steps."

Yuanling Zhenren started stroking his beard and continued thinking.

Seeing this situation, Yu Sheng couldn't help but laugh, waving his hand at the old man: "Hey, don't make it so troublesome, no need to arrange a place for us to stay; my ability is that even if thrown to the end of the universe, returning to the room to sleep is just a matter of opening the door—so I actually have another matter I'd like to discuss with you."

Hearing this, Yuanling Zhenren immediately straightened his expression: "Speak freely."

"We don't need accommodation arranged, but do you have any empty space here to arrange a place for my house to land?"

Yuanling Zhenren blinked, continued stroking his beard, and continued thinking.

The path of cultivation is long, and there are countless wonders in the mortal world; Yuanling Zhenren considered himself well-traveled over these few hundred years, but now he suddenly felt he still lacked some skill in the arrangement and combination of words...

Seeing the old man's reaction, Yu Sheng knew what was going on, coughed twice dryly, and quickly explained to the other party: "It's like this, my house is a bit special..."

He immediately told the "old immortal" in front of him some of the special aspects of 66 Wutong Road, trying to explain the abstract house as simply as possible, but even so, Yuanling Zhenren still listened with a dazed expression, only finally sorting out his thoughts several seconds after Yu Sheng finished speaking, and immediately exclaimed with a face full of awe: "Your grotto-heaven can 'move the universe' according to your will?"

"That can probably explain it?" Yu Sheng wasn't too sure, "In my own understanding, it's actually resetting the 'coordinates' of the entire building, but I don't know how to describe this process here."

Yuanling Zhenren seemed not to have heard, but continued thinking while pinching his beard: "... What is the principle behind this..."

Yu Sheng had to cough twice dryly on the side to remind: "Ahem, I can't explain the principle either. Well, let's talk about the 'landing' matter first, can you arrange it? Of course, my request might be a bit Tang Tu, if it's inappropriate just forget it; anyway, it's not very troublesome for me to open the door and go back home usually."

"Not Tang Tu, not Tang Tu," Yuanling Zhenren heard this and waved his hands repeatedly, a smile already on his face, "Just don't know how much space your grotto-heaven needs? There is plenty of empty space on my Yunling Peak..."

"Just find any place," Yu Sheng said casually, "Actually, my house doesn't need much empty space—when it 'lands', it will expand its own land for itself; just need to find a quiet place that doesn't get in the way."

"A quiet place? That is easy to handle; there is a Cloud-Gazing Platform at the back mountain of my Lingshan, the scenery there is extremely good, and ordinary disciples and servants won't get close, and there is a road leading directly to this main hall; do you think arranging it there would be good?"

Listening to the other party's description, Yu Sheng immediately nodded: "That works."

"Good, I'll arrange for a young disciple to take you all over—I'll go check the food preparation at the Immortal Banquet Hall first. After your... house is settled, we'll talk."

While speaking, the young Taoist boy named "Xuan Yun", who looked to be only eleven or twelve, walked over, clasped his hands and bowed to Yu Sheng and the others in a proper manner: "Several Immortal Elders, please follow me."

While speaking, he couldn't help but secretly glance at Yu Sheng, his face full of curiosity; noticing that his secret glancing had been discovered, he even grinned and chuckled.

Yu Sheng and his group followed this Taoist boy.

Xuanche kept watching until Yu Sheng and the others' figures disappeared behind those few pillars, and only then suddenly heard the master beside him exhale softly.

"Master," he turned his head, only then having the chance to voice his question from just now, "What you just did was..."

"Xuanche," Yuanling Zhenren interrupted the disciple's words, and when he spoke his expression was already serious, "When you usually interact with high people, you shouldn't often look at things randomly, right?"

Xuanche was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and answered honestly: "No, only accidentally saw some things the first time we met, I told you about it, Master."

"Good that you didn't look randomly," Yuanling Zhenren seemed to sigh with relief, then a smile appeared on his face again, "A fortunate thing, mm, a fortunate thing."

"Master," Xuanche looked confused, but instinct told him that what his master could see was absolutely more than what he could, "What you just saw..."

"Xuan Che, have you ever seen the starlight of the Primordial and Radiant Horn stars?"

"Primordial? Radiant Horn?" Xuan Che did not know why his master had suddenly brought up this topic, but he quickly recovered, "This disciple has indeed heard of them; it is said they are the two most ancient stars in this universe, their brilliance reaching the far ends of the cosmos, tracing back to the day heaven and earth first opened and the new world was created... Cultivators can gaze upon the light of the Primordial and Radiant Horn stars from afar to comprehend the Great Dao, but this disciple's cultivation is still shallow, and I have yet to witness the radiance of these two stars."

"... This master has seen them," True Immortal Yuan Ling said softly, "Primordial, Radiant Horn, their starlight is so distant it defies comprehension; upon witnessing it, that ancient and magnificent aura remains unforgettable to this master even today. To say they were born at the dawn of heaven and earth holds some truth."

Xuan Che blinked: "So..."

"They are still somewhat younger than Mr. Yu."

Xuan Che: "...?!"

(End of Chapter)