From what Bai Tang said, the Ten Thousand Ravines, Pine Winds Painting could actually unveil the entrance to the grotto-heaven. Jiang Yang had never expected that.
"That's all it takes?"
Now that the moment had come, its sheer ease made Jiang Yang hesitate instead. It was not that he distrusted Bai Tang, but everything was too coincidental, as though it had been arranged in advance.
How could such good fortune exist? A painting casually picked up in a blessed land just happened to be the key to undoing this grotto-heaven's seal.
"That's all it takes."
Bai Tang answered with certainty, then let out a lingering sigh.
"I underestimated this painting before. Thinking about it now, it must have been something the True Lord carried with him. Over time, it absorbed his wondrous power and rose in divine status. It is no ordinary object anymore, so naturally it can undo the seal."
"I understand."
Jiang Yang nodded, thinking of Nan Lüzi of the Clear Cloud Lone Isle Dao Lineage, who had called himself a guilty disciple. He was the disciple of True Lord Green Cliff, the master of Xun Wood, and the Azure Corner Heaven before them had been created by True Lord Green Cliff himself. On closer consideration, that chain of cause and effect did make sense.
Yet as things stood, he could not help feeling that he was being pushed along. Even setting aside the schemes and interference of the various divine powers, the methods of those great figures above were unfathomably deep.
Who was really shaking the grotto-heaven? Who was the crucial key to unlocking its door?
Jiang Yang gazed at the pine forest painting, which resembled a whirlpool, his thoughts churning.
Wasn't it me?
At the same time, this was a coordinated hunt targeting the Xun Wood