Putting aside further thoughts, Li Tianyang took a deep breath and asked his final question. Judging by the time, they would soon be leaving the Taoist Temple.
He could guess that the immortal would not give them a second chance.
But where was the Immortal Gate?
Why did they have to return to the village?
After estimating how much time remained, Ye Lin gave a brief explanation:
"The urgency does have to do with the Mysterious and Subtle."
"The Mysterious and Subtle beneath our feet has been moving all along. That's why daylight lasts so little time-only about half an hour."
"Once from five to five thirty in the afternoon, and once from five to five thirty in the morning."
"The Immortal Gate can't open at night. Since ancient times, ascension has only ever happened in daylight. A gate that opens at night can only be a ghost gate."
"Even if a ghost gate would work just as well, the Immortal Gate on the mountain must be fake."
"Killing ourselves was also a way to reset the time. After we die, time resets to when we entered the Taoist Temple, when it was still light out."
"As long as we leave immediately, it'll still be daytime outside."
Ye Lin paused briefly:
"As for why the Immortal Gate is in the village, the answer is simple. Everyone died. What reason would those Celestial Masters have to leave a Life Gate behind?"
"So what they left behind wasn't a Life Gate at all, but a formation that locked the Immortal Gate."
"The Life Gate was only there to protect their corpses from being assimilated by ghosts and keep the formation running."
"Besides, there isn't a single scrap of paper in the village, as if a fire swept through it. But the Taoist