Hearing the girl mutter, the old man's lips twitched, torn between laughter and tears.
"Bao Er, we met that young man only by chance. It would be normal for him to refuse to travel with us."
The old man instructed, "This is the Luo River Forbidden Area, one of the six forbidden zones of White Reed Continent. It is fraught with unfathomable dangers. Anyone who enters this place..."
The girl hurriedly interrupted, "Grand Uncle, I know, I know. You can know a person's face but not their heart; one must always be on guard against others. Come on, come on, let's set off!"
The old man blew his beard and glared, yet could not bear to reprimand the girl. He merely said, "From here on, you are to obey all my orders!"
As they spoke, the old man and the girl had already headed into Fallen Sky Mountain.
Mist shrouded the air, and heaven and earth lay under a gloomy pall.
Fallen Sky Mountain stretched in endless undulations, its peaks towering high, blanketed year-round by dense mist. Entering it was like stepping into a dim, gray night.
As a forbidden area, the mountain was filled with countless dangerous and bizarre things.
Silver divine radiance filled the air atop a sheer cliff.
It was an immortal herb rooted in the cliff face, only palm-sized and snow-white throughout, spraying forth starlike rays of light.
Suddenly, a figure rose into the air and carefully approached it.
It was a Black-Clothed Man with his aura restrained.
When he was still a hundred zhang away from the immortal herb, the Black-Clothed Man raised his hand and threw. A rope shot forth, instantly binding the immortal herb.
A flicker of delight surfaced in the Black-Clothed Man's eyes.
But at that very instant, a streak of