As Tang Changsheng followed the group toward an utterly unremarkable courtyard in the city, he could not help asking in surprise.
Several of them chuckled softly. "Junior Brother, perhaps you don't know. Elder Yu's Life-Bound Treasured Artifact is the Spring Waters Painting..."
The Spring Waters Painting?
Tang Changsheng suddenly recalled the Azure Sea True Void Palace's art of giving substance to the insubstantial and turning illusion into reality. A thought stirred in his mind. Could it be...
Sure enough, they stepped into the unremarkable courtyard, which covered little more than half a mu. But when they pushed open the door, they found another world within.
A river of emerald water met their eyes, with autumn colors covering the hills. Birds sang sweetly. It was as though they had wandered into a beautiful stretch of wilderness.
Tang Changsheng's heart jolted. Just as I thought!
It had been nothing more than a courtyard, yet no one would have guessed that stepping inside would reveal an entirely different world.
Could this be the so-called Spring Waters Painting? Had they walked into a Treasured Artifact? If so, how was it any different from a Cave Abode?
Here, the riverbank, more than a hundred paces wide, curved and wound around. Pavilions and waterside halls stood amid the emerald waters, a particularly lovely sight.
At that moment, two young attendants came out and said with smiles, "Senior Brothers, you're here. Please come in. Master is waiting."
"Sorry for the trouble, Junior Brothers!"
"Not at all, not at all. Please, Senior Brothers!"
With that, the two attendants led them all the way to a waterside pavilion overlooking the river.
There they saw two Daoists playing a board game. The group did not dare disturb them. Only when the game reached a stopping point did You Mengde bow