Yet this was far from a peaceful scene. Mountain winds howled, the peaks stood stark and steep, and sheer cliffs rose on either side. Straight as fallen longswords, the mountains plunged into the earth, while the chasm between the cliffs was bottomless.
An iron chain stretched across the two cliffs, linking the two mountain peaks like a bridge.
The Flying Boat had stopped several hundred meters away.
For a cultivator, that distance could be crossed in the blink of an eye.
Yet the gale blasting upward from the bottom of the abyss was like blade after blade scraping across the cliffside rocks, producing a clamor like clashing weapons.
Its sharp, chilling edge nearly pressed against one's brow.
Even standing here, Lu Qing could feel threads of icy wind. It was clear that the mountain winds within were no ordinary natural winds.
Though they were not dangerous, faced with such an unknown situation, he naturally could not simply pass through carelessly.
Lu Qing's gaze gradually turned to the other side, where a bronze-like gate stood tightly shut.
Before the gate was a circular platform a hundred meters wide, embedded directly into a protruding corner of the cliff. Looking down from there, one would presumably be able to see the scene beneath the abyss.
Pointing at that ancient, heavy gate steeped in the aura of time, White Crane Boy said, "Beyond this gate lies the Nine Heavens."
"But the place inside is somewhat different. This is a map. The major buildings and locations inside are mostly marked on it."
White Crane Boy then took out another jade slip.
Lu Qing accepted it and swept his Divine Consciousness into it.
Lines upon lines of text entered his eyes at a glance.
Lu Qing had known before that the Nine Heavens were no simple