There had to be connections between the yin fires, so wherever two of the threads he now saw joined, there had to be a mass of Five Elements Yin Fire that had yet to ignite.
From this, he could also deduce something else.
Any area where no threads joined in pairs had to conceal an invisible yin fire.
Finally, just as Xu Taiping took almost the entire expanse before him into his eyes, a passage without a single fine thread of Lotus Root Broken, Yet Its Fibers Remain appeared in his sight.
To test his conjecture, Xu Taiping summoned the Rusty Lion Sword from the gourd at his waist with a metallic ring, then had it advance along the passage he had seen using the true intent of Lotus Root Broken, Yet Its Fibers Remain.
In the end, the Rusty Lion Sword traveled several hundred zhang through the passage before plunging into the ground with a swish.
This was precisely the limit of what Xu Taiping could currently see with the true intent of Lotus Root Broken, Yet Its Fibers Remain.
Beside him, Dongfang Yuejian saw Xu Taiping send the Rusty Lion Sword into the forbidden area and immediately exclaimed in delight:
"Wonderful!"
Dongfang Yuejian turned to Xu Taiping with a smile and said:
"This way, we can go up the mountain even without that Old Hunter leading us!"
Xu Taiping also let out a long breath of relief and said with a smile:
"We'll certainly find the route much more slowly than the Old Hunter would, but reaching the mountain before dark should still be no problem."
At the same time, he asked the Lotus Eye inwardly:
"Surely you can tell me now why we have to enter the mountain today?"
The only reason he was so determined to