Chapter 1088
Sanjiang Province, Jizhou, White Cloud Mountain, White Cloud Temple.
Even though this was no longer Lu Zheng's first visit, every time he came and looked around, he still felt deeply moved by the bearing of this famous mountain of the Daoist Sect.
To the west, it overlooked Jizhou prefecture; to the north, it surveyed the East Heaven River. With an endless mountain range at its back, its peaks stood majestic and its vistas transformed ten thousand times. Pines and cypresses rose tall and graceful, while white stones gleamed like jade.
The mountains remained verdant year-round, and a sea of clouds never ceased around their summits. Streams babbled through the woods, broken waterfalls sprayed mist, birds wandered amid the trees, and pilgrims climbed the mountain, each going about their own business without disturbing the others.
A ceremonial arch stood at the mountain's foot. A white-rock path followed the slope upward, carved through the mountain and built from layered stones into a route leading to its heights. It wound into the mountains like a white dragon amidst the clouds.
From the mountainside upward, a sprawling daoist palace complex leaned against the cliffs and rocks. It appeared to have no order at all, yet it possessed an innate Dao Accumulation. Palaces and pavilions lay scattered everywhere, hidden among pines and cypresses, revealing only upturned eaves, green tiles, and white walls.
Only on a vast platform halfway up the mountain had a plaza dozens of zhang wide been opened up. Cloud-patterned daoist talismans were drawn across the ground, and behind the plaza stood a tall, broad main hall.
These were White Cloud Temple's landmarks open to the public: the Cloud Talisman Platform and the Supreme Clarity Hall.
Innate Cloud Qi swirled around Lu Zheng as he hovered in midair several li from