Heaven-Cutting Earth-Limiting (4,000 words; please vote)

"Little Mystic Heaven Finger?"

The voice echoed through Li Xiuwen's mind.

A blue-robed Daoist woman appeared before him.

He felt "Immortal Aunt" suited her better.

The Immortal Aunt stood in midair on a wisp of cloud. She wore splendid blue robes, and colorful sashes streamed across the sky for a hundred yards, as magnificent as a peacock spreading its tail. Her face was cool and otherworldly, untouched by mortal cares, her skin fair as jade. Her eyes held a hint of innocent youth, yet she gave Li Xiuwen the weighty, steady impression of someone who had seen seas turn to fields and the world change beyond recognition.

"Li Tong, founder of the Heavenly Mountain Lineage..."

Li Xiuwen had read of the Heavenly Mountain Lineage in the Dragon-Shaking Classic.

It was an ancient lineage from the Great Peace Dynasty.

It dated back to the time of Ancestor Dragon-Surveyor, a thousand years ago.

But this was only an ancient tomb in Great Gan.

How could such an old lineage appear here?

Could the tomb's owner have been a successor of the Heavenly Mountain Lineage?

The Heavenly Mountain Lineage had long lived in seclusion in the vast forbidden western region of the Prosperous State.

The land there was harsh and uninhabited.

Thus, the world knew very little about the lineage.

Li Xiuwen did not know what had become of it, either.

In any case, this trip to the Martial Tomb looked like an enormous windfall.

The Immortal Aunt raised a slender jade finger.

Wisps of icy-blue energy curled around it.

A thin layer of blue ice instantly formed on her fingertip.

She pointed, and a cold gleam tore through the air.

An ancient tree so thick it took two people to embrace it toppled at once.

Frost formed across the severed trunk.

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