Southern Sea.
The emerald waves shimmered, and the blue sky was spotless.
A small boat sailed between sea and sky.
A Daoist in azure robes stood at the bow, tall and elegant as jade among orchids.
He resembled a fine ink-wash painting.
Zhu Yin had wandered the Southern Sea for a hundred years.
Apart from following the direction indicated by his sudden intuition, he had also gathered some Heaven and Earth Treasures unique to the Southern Sea.
This day, he finally stopped.
Before him stood an Immortal Island spanning tens of millions of miles.
It was an Upper-grade Grotto-heaven Blessed Land.
Dark clouds filled the heavens, and lightning raged.
A living being on the island was undergoing tribulation to reach the Transformation Stage, causing the Innate Grand Formation protecting the Immortal Island to vanish.
Its location was exposed, drawing the covetous attention of nearby beings.
After communicating with the Heavenly Dao, Zhu Yin learned the details. His expression immediately turned strange, and his feelings became complicated.
This Immortal Island was Mount Putuo.
The being undergoing tribulation was a Middle-Grade Innate Spiritual Root, a purple bamboo plant.
If he had guessed correctly, this being was likely Cihang Zhenren, one of the Chan Sect's Twelve Golden Immortals and the future Guanyin Bodhisattva of the Buddhist Sect.
How could Zhu Yin not be surprised when he realized this existence was fated to become his disciple?
On second thought, he found it acceptable.
Cihang had transformed from a Middle-Grade Innate Spiritual Root of purple bamboo, while Zhu Yin was the ancestor of Netherworld Bamboo in the Primordial Wilderness. Without him, Cihang might have followed her original path and entered the Chan Sect as Yuanshi Tianzun's disciple.
But because of Zhu Yin, the heavenly secrets had changed.
Cihang's fate with him was deeper.
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