Outside Tiandu City, within Cloud Mist Temple, the entire Taoist temple sat nestled among the mountains. Its many Taoist priests carried the air of recluses living deep in the hills.
In a small courtyard behind Cloud Mist Temple, a Taoist priest sat cross-legged atop a stone with his eyes closed, seemingly dozing. His posture was slack and limp, making him appear rather lazy.
Yet this lazy Taoist priest was quite interesting. He held a fishing rod, its line slipping through a crack into the mouth of a well beneath the massive stone he sat upon. Was he fishing in a well?
A stone stele stood beside the well, engraved with the words "Dragon Gazing Well." Rings of unknown patterns were carved around it.
Splash! Splash!
The sound of iron chains rattling and colliding continuously rose from the well beneath the Taoist priest. The dozing priest slowly opened his eyes and looked down.
"This fellow has been quite capable of making trouble since breaking through. Unfortunately, with the Dragon Suppressing Stone, the Dragon Binding Rope, National Destiny, and this old man personally standing guard here, you cannot escape."
"But it does not matter. Just wait a little longer. Soon, I, Yun Yin, will be free, and you will not be far from liberation either!"
Yes, he was Yun Yin, the master of Cloud Mist Temple, ordered by His Majesty to guard the little fellow below!
As he spoke, Yun Yin rose to his feet and drew talismans in the air. Mysterious patterns gathered with spiritual energy and condensed into the character "Suppress."
Yun Yin pointed downward, and the character "Suppress" landed upon the massive stone sealing the well. Gradually, the rattling sounds of the chains struggling within the well ceased.
The next moment, just as Yun Yin was about to stretch