When Black Emperor kicked me down, runes had clearly flickered along both sides of the Water Gorge.
Now, the undercurrent had carried me here.
This place was only so large. The only way forward was to open this wooden gate and enter.
It seemed Grandpa wanted me to go inside.
But what was Grandpa's purpose?
And he had told me to bring Dark Axe, without any other items.
For as long as three days...
Could it be because of Dark Axe?
The Tiger-Patterned Iron Pestle in my hand was clearly only one part of Dark Axe. Could there be another fragment here?
Had Grandpa sent me here to gather the complete Dark Axe?
The more I thought about it, the more possible it seemed.
But another possibility occurred to me.
If this was about gathering another part of Dark Axe, Black Emperor would not have told me to go to Bone Mountain.
This place had varying levels of difficulty. Looking at it from another angle, the opportunities here might also differ.
Perhaps Grandpa had sent me here to temper me and improve my cultivation?
That was what I thought...
But regardless of what Grandpa had intended, now that I was here, I had to go in.
I took a deep breath, steadied myself, and checked everything I had on me.
Other than Dark Axe in my hand, I only had several yellow talismans with me, and they had been soaked through by the water.
They were all ruined now and could no longer be used.
I did not even have the compressed biscuits and Fish Bone Sword I usually carried.
That was all my equipment...
After adjusting myself, I returned to the Witch Pattern Wooden Gate.
The wooden gate was extraordinarily sturdy. Feeling it with my hand and trying to