Su Mo gazed at the picture displayed by the Jade Slip with complicated feelings, his heart in turmoil.
But before he could react, the picture vanished, leaving only a few lines of scrawled writing before him:
Boy of the Pei Clan, if you set foot on the Immortal Path, these are some warnings I have left you about the Path to Immortality. These warnings describe the perilous road that countless seekers of immortality retreated from and left for those who came after.
You may use this map to avoid some unnecessary dangers.
If you have set foot on the Immortal Path, I imagine you have settled matters in the Mortal Realm.
However, the greatest danger on the Immortal Path is actually a [consciousness], a strange [consciousness] that exists upon the Immortal Path. It will continually devour the Divine Sense of those who set foot upon it.
At best, your Divine Soul will be gravely wounded; at worst, you will die and your Dao will perish.
You must be wary of it!
The Fortune of all under heaven can let you avoid other dangers, but it will make you more susceptible to its influence when you encounter it. Decide for yourself.
Do not fail the Mortal Realm that the three of us have guarded for your Pei Clan...
Su Mo finished reading the words on the Jade Slip. The writing dispersed, dissolving into nothing in the wind.
"A strange consciousness..." Su Mo's hand emptied as the Jade Slip vanished as well.
Su Mo lowered his head, bewildered. "Why would the Fortune of all under heaven let me avoid other dangers, yet make me more susceptible to that 'consciousness'?"
In silence, Su Mo bowed deeply toward where the Jade Slip had vanished.
He turned and walked toward the Path to Immortality once