Chapter 64: The Sound of Shattering Ice

"Ever since I was fortunate enough to obtain the Longevity Pill, I had assumed that this world was vastly different.

Ancient legends and myths should all be reality.

However, apart from Extraordinary Persons, and apart from myself, I have unexpectedly not discovered any trace of the Supernatural.

Now... I have seen Heize."

Qin Yi's voice was long and drawn out.

In endless years, she had seen too much history.

This was the first time she had ever seen someone like Heize.

Extraordinary Persons were merely an accident, not counting as truly Supernatural.

Those Extraordinary Persons from back then were nothing more than a flash in the pan.

By the time Qin Yi returned from overseas, Extraordinary Persons had already become nothing more than a legend.

She went to see many people, and the traces of Extraordinary Persons had vanished completely.

"I didn't expect Heize to be this strong." A strange, mystical color flickered in Qin Yi's eyes. "It seems my understanding of this world is still too little."

Heize's strength even surpassed that of the Extraordinary Persons.

Qin Yi did not know, between that youth named Lin Ping from back then and Heize, who was stronger and who was weaker in their battle.

"Historical records state that Taiqing Mountain originally belonged within the borders of Dongzhou.

However, during the Great Cang era, Cang Jun was tyrannical and used hundreds of thousands of laborers to move Taiqing Mountain here, to serve as an Immortal's traveling palace."

The young female tour guide wore a ponytail and casual sportswear.

At this moment, she was explaining some of the myths and legends of Taiqing Mountain to some tourists.

"This is a bit ridiculous; Dongzhou Province is a full thousand miles away from Bei Xiang Shi.

How could a mountain as large as Taiqing Mountain be moved here?

Even with today's level of science, it would be impossible to move such a large mountain range, let alone what kind of capability a backward feudal dynasty could have had."

A middle-aged man immediately retorted.

"Liu Yao, these are just myths and legends; just listen to them," a companion said from the side.

Liu Yao shrugged, a look of disdain appearing on his face: "The main thing is that I can't stand how they make it sound so plausible, and there's still a group of people who believe it.

They found some hack biography from who knows where, recording that during the Great Jing years, Taiqing Mountain was located in Dongzhou; it's simply absurd.

This is the second joke I've heard this year; the first joke was that Heize from before."

Hearing Liu Yao's words, the young female tour guide felt somewhat dissatisfied inside.

"The 'Record of Famous Mountains in Great Jing and Dongzhou' is not some hack biography; as it stands now, it is a legitimate national publication with high authority."

"Sigh, why is it impossible to reason with you?" Liu Yao shook his head. "Rather than saying Cang Jun had laborers move Taiqing Mountain from Dongzhou to here, it would be better to say that there really is a Heavenly Emperor's palace on the Heavenly Emperor Star.

Before long, our country's spacecraft will land on the Heavenly Emperor Star; you can go and see for yourself."

Beside them, the others all smiled.

This person Liu Yao was just too argumentative.

Everyone present did not believe in the myth of moving mountains.

They would not take myths and legends as reality.

Of course, they also would not deliberately look for loopholes in myths and legends like Liu Yao.

"You don't know, what I hate most are these myths; the Supernatural and such are all lies.

If moving mountains really existed, all of our country's experts would have come here to study it.

And it would be very simple to prove; just check the geological conditions and soil conditions, and it could be proven."

Liu Yao continued to speak.

Liu Yao's grandmother had once believed in a Church of the Silver Church.

That doctrine said that the King of Silver was about to descend upon the world, and this world would fall under the rule of the King of Silver.

All the people of the world would become the King's commoners.

By joining the Church in advance, joining the Silver Church, and becoming the first batch of the King's believers, one could obtain the King's blessing.

As a result, Liu Yao's grandmother's life savings were all swindled away.

It had been ten years, and that so-called King of Silver still hadn't come.

Liu Yao was very resistant inside when it came to these matters.

The tour guide glanced at Liu Yao and ultimately said nothing more.

The group continued to climb up the mountain.

Taiqing Mountain was high and precipitous, with dense forests and ravines.

However, because Taiqing Mountain was truly not famous enough, and the previous investor had run off with the money, Taiqing Mountain had no facilities, not even a cable car.

It took three hours for the group to climb to the summit.

Liu Yao was already panting.

The tour guide continued to explain: "This is the Thunder Wood; legend has it that when an Immortal ascended, heavenly lightning struck this tree, forming the Thunder Wood.

What is most curious is that sometimes, even in the scorching summer, ice crystals grow on this Thunder Wood.

It's a pity we didn't encounter it today; let me show you the photos I took before."

The tour guide took out her phone and flipped to the photos.

"Is this real or fake?"

"Ice crystals growing on a tree in summer, that's too bizarre."

"I've heard this rumor for a long time, but it's a pity I've never seen it."

"Icicles growing on trees is nothing; Little Li from the village next to ours went out to work for over a year, and when he came back, he happened to catch his son's full-month celebration.

Everyone says Little Li's son is a ghost-born child."

Liu Yao also stepped forward to take a look, smiling without a word.

This time, he did not say anything more.

He was too lazy to explain this kind of pseudoscience, this kind of thing that didn't even qualify as folk science.

Some tourist attractions specifically concoct these Mythical legends and crooked, evil ways to deceive people; they don't properly improve their service quality, so it's no wonder no one comes to Taiqing Mountain.

"Regarding this Immortal, there are actually many more legends.

There is a rumor that the Immortal is a reincarnation of a Saint, come to the mortal world to undergo a tribulation.

There is also talk that Cang Jun was without the Dao, so the Immortal descended to the mortal world to assist Huang Gaozu in defeating Cang Jun.

There is also talk that an external enemy came to our world, and the Immortal came to protect our world."

The female tour guide continued.

Although she also felt these legends were outrageous, as if they were made up—and made up quite outrageously at that.

However, she had seen the Thunder Wood grow icicles, so she had some trust and reverence for these legends.

"Alright, we have reached the mountaintop. Everyone, feel free to look around and explore at your leisure. Mind your safety, and meet back here in one hour."

Deep in the mountains, in a place buried by the earth.

In a corner unexplored by anyone, an Ice Coffin radiated endless cold air.

The cold air rose from bottom to top, and the entire patch of land was covered in quite a few ice blocks.

Ice sealed this corner of the mortal world.

Inside the Ice Coffin, a man in a long robe lay, dressed in a Daoist robe, unstained by a speck of dust.

Crack!

Suddenly, the sound of ice shattering came.

The ice in the Ice Coffin shattered abruptly at this moment and instantly melted away.

All the ice turned into Water at this moment.

The Ice Coffin also vanished, leaving only a large puddle of Water on the ground, along with a man in a Daoist robe lying flat.

Just then, the man in the Daoist robe suddenly opened his eyes, a trace of confusion appearing in them.

He rose, looking at the surrounding environment and the narrow passage ahead, a look of suspicion appearing in his eyes.

The long-lasting freezing had made his thinking somewhat stiff.

He raised his hand, looking at his fair palm, which seemed to contain surging power within.

"Who am I?"

"Am I... Zhang Shaoqin?"

(End of this chapter)