Yue Province, Peaceful Mountain.
The Great Void opened, and Xu Xuan and Lü Guan emerged from within. The Spirit Talisman had brought them from the north to Yue Land in just the time it took an incense stick to burn, an astonishing speed.
"This talisman truly is wondrous. Its speed rivals that of a Purple Mansion cultivator."
Xu Xuan sighed in admiration. Beside him, Lü Guan put away the bright yellow talisman, turned to him, and explained:
"This is the Mountain-Crossing Sea-Crossing Talisman, a Gen Earth Spirit Talisman. It allows one to enter the Great Void and travel by the reflected earth qi of mountain ranges. But for sheer speed, the teleportation arts of the cosmic stars path are still the fastest. They can take you ten thousand miles away in an instant."
Ahead lay rolling hills where mountains and waters nestled together. Lofty towers and temples rose from their crests, and Dao qi gathered into clouds. Mountain streams connected throughout the hills, with drifting clouds and flowing waters sharing the same leisure. Here and there stood cave abodes, white cranes and green apes roaming freely outside them. Cultivators in frost-white Daoist robes rode the wind to and fro-a scene straight from an immortal realm.
At the heart of this land stood an immortal mountain reaching straight into the azure heavens. Its towering ridges and sharply hewn peaks hardly seemed the natural work of this place. Below it spread a vast lake, clear as a mirror and boundless in its expanse, connected to countless streams that wound among the hills.
Xu Xuan surveyed the surroundings and saw many mortals living outside the mountains as well, all enjoying a peaceful life.
"Our tradition takes Peaceful Mountain as its hub, cradling Azure Court Lake below and extending outward to the Twelve Hills.