Within the Bamboo Forest, withered leaves lay three feet thick on the ground, covering everything in earthy yellow.
Dark green, sword-shaped leaves grew on the bamboo, each leaf like a green shortsword.
Dense bamboo filled the eye as far as it could see, and a narrow path led straight into the mountains within the Bamboo Forest.
Su Mo stepped onto the path and felt softness beneath his feet. It seemed this path through the bamboo had also accumulated a very thick layer of dead bamboo leaves.
"Senior, where are we?" Su Mo turned in puzzlement toward Dao Twelve, who stood beside him in splendid robes.
Dao Twelve stood with his hands behind his back, his upright figure like the Sword Bamboo in the grove.
"This is the Dao Sect's secret realm." Dao Twelve looked at the expanse of dark green bamboo and sighed.
"There's a Bamboo Forest on Dao Xuan Mountain?" Su Mo thought back. It seemed he had yet to see a bamboo grove in this world.
Dao Twelve glanced at Su Mo, then started slowly up the mountain along the bamboo path. "This isn't on Dao Xuan Mountain. This is the Dao Sect Ancestral Grounds."
Su Mo froze, not having expected Dao Twelve to bring him to the Dao Sect Ancestral Ground. He shook his head and stepped forward to follow Dao Twelve.
Dao Twelve walked slowly ahead, seemingly in no hurry at all.
Withered leaves occasionally fell from the Sword Bamboo on either side. It seemed new shoots sprouted every moment and dead leaves fell every moment, as though time passed exceedingly quickly here.
Following behind Dao Twelve, Su Mo also frequently saw raised mounds of earth within the Bamboo Forest.
Seemingly noticing Su Mo's puzzlement, Dao Twelve slowly spoke, gesturing toward those mounds. "Those are all