"Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Xieyue Sanxing Cave?"
"Is this Western Ox Hezhou or the Eastern Wasteland of Big Dipper?!" Ye Fan was thoroughly bewildered.
But after his bewilderment came a surge of excitement.
"If Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and Xieyue Sanxing Cave are here, could Patriarch Bodhi be here too?"
To encounter Lingtai Fangcun Mountain without going inside would be letting down the Journey to the West he had watched as a boy.
It would be letting down that monkey who had first awakened his love!
Before Ye Fan could push open the gates,
the gates swung open without a breeze, revealing the scenery within: terraces and pavilions, exotic flowers and rare plants, and spiritual energy so dense it was almost tangible flowing through the mountain grounds. Cranes called across the distant marshes and heavens, dark apes and white deer appeared and vanished, and golden lions and jade elephants wandered at ease. It was like an immortal paradise.
Ye Fan involuntarily stepped forward. A wave of spiritual energy washed over his face, relaxing his tense body.
At the same time, a sense of urgency inevitably rose deep within him.
If Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and Patriarch Bodhi were real, did Patriarch Bodhi know the way back to Earth?
With his parents still alive, Ye Fan's greatest wish ever since arriving on Big Dipper had been to go home.
The scenery along the way was beautiful, but Ye Fan had no interest in admiring it. His steps were somewhat hurried as he continued along the path.
At last... at the end of the path, he saw a Daoist.
The Daoist before him bore a seventy or eighty percent resemblance to the Patriarch Bodhi of Ye Fan's memories.
The Daoist had crane-white hair and a youthful face and wore a Yin-Yang Daoist Robe. His features