The southern district, at the Tao Family estate.
Inside a quiet, elegant side room, wisps of smoke curled from an incense burner, diffusing a rich, pure fragrance.
After bathing, Hong Yuan let his long hair hang loose and changed into a plain, roomy robe. He reclined comfortably in a large chair, holding a book.
A great pile of books also lay on the square sandalwood table beside him.
His attention, however, was not on the book. His consciousness had already sunk into the Blessed Land Space.
On the gray-white plaza shrouded in mist.
[Blessed Land Dao Lord (Gray)-Ascending the Platform, Tier Three: Hong Yuan (18)] [Root Bone: 8/100] [Comprehension: 8/100] [Talents: Qi Through All Bones, Clear Eyes Through the Nether]
Hong Yuan manifested a body with his thought and examined his latest information. Everything was clear at a glance; the most conspicuous change was that [Ascending the Platform, Tier One] had become Tier Three.
He immediately strode toward the nine stone steps beneath the stone gate. In a flash, he climbed three steps, then stood motionless, silently communicating with the gate through his thought.
After a long while, he sighed.
I thought there might be some change or reward. Sure enough, I was overthinking it.
He continued climbing and, as expected, was bounced back onto the plaza. Hong Yuan patted his spotless "robe," lingered a little longer, then left with a thought.
Apart from the first time he witnessed a vision of Beyond the Heavens, which had increased his comprehension slightly, Hong Yuan had tried many more times afterward. Occasionally, when luck favored him, he caught other blurry fragments, but they no longer benefited his comprehension.
It was just like his first entry into the Blessed Land Space, when his comprehension had increased by two wisps at once.