Five Elements Pass.
On the streets of Wood Element Immortal City, the bustling crowds parted like flowing water around a monk who appeared to be in his seventies or eighties.
His face was aged, and his bearing exuded compassion and solemnity. His wise eyes seemed to encompass all living beings beneath heaven.
At a glance, one phrase arose in the cultivators' minds-a venerable monk who had attained enlightenment.
Above all, the wisps of spirit pressure, vast as mountains and seas, placed him beyond every cultivator's reach, compelling them to gaze up at him as though at a towering mountain.
This man was none other than the old monk Kongzhao.
His cultivation stood at the nascent soul early-stage peak. Although he was weaker than the Black Bear King, protecting himself for a short while posed no problem.
After keeping his opponent occupied for a time, he had successfully retreated alongside Huang Mei before Demon King Ao Hai returned.
Under the reverent gazes of the lower-level cultivators, Kongzhao stopped before a quaint, elegantly appointed building. Three large characters stood out on its signboard: "Heavenly Immortal Abode."
The Heavenly Immortal Abode was a renowned inn in Five Elements Pass and a gathering place for many high-level cultivators.
Lower-level cultivators were not even qualified to enter. The minimum requirement was the golden core realm.
Every spirit wine and spiritual dish within commanded an "astronomical price" to a lower-level cultivator!
The building had nine floors. The greater one's strength and standing, the higher the floor one could visit, with treatment differing as vastly as heaven and earth.
After a pause, the old monk Kongzhao walked straight into the Heavenly Immortal Abode and followed an attendant upstairs.
Soon, he reached the highest, ninth floor and stopped before a spacious, luxurious room.
He had only just approached