The barrier Ji Yuan had in mind was naturally that incomparably heavy and wondrous Two Realms Mountain. Guarding the mountain was Zhong Pingxiu, the true immortal master who had indirectly helped Ji Yuan comprehend the all-purpose strange art, the Dream Wandering Method.
More than a thousand years ago, Zhong Pingxiu had obtained part of the lineage of one branch of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. Only by making up for the flaws in his own cultivation had he been able to attain the Dao. It could be said that he had no shallow affinity with the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, yet that branch had long since broken away from it and even concealed itself. By now, not even those within the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion knew such a branch existed.
Strictly speaking, the present Zhong Pingxiu was an ancestral-master-level figure to the entire Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. None could match his cultivation, and there was even less need to mention his age. Ji Yuan now wondered: if one day Zhong Pingxiu were willing to meet the people of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, how would they face him? Would they demand the return of their lineage, or would they acknowledge him as an ancestral master?
This time, Ji Yuan had spent most of his time on the road. When he returned to Kuinan County City, it was already the night of the fourth day. Mud Dust Temple was utterly quiet. Naturally, Ji Yuan could not enter through the main gate, so he descended directly from the sky toward the monk's quarters where he was staying.
Before he even landed, Ji Yuan sensed someone outside the courtyard—or, more precisely, beneath the ground outside it.
Ji Yuan landed in the courtyard and sat in the corridor, looking toward the courtyard gate.
"Come in."
The Local Earth God