I had escaped from death again, but I didn't feel lucky. I just felt suspicious and didn't say anything for a long time.
I didn't know what Zhang Kanwen was thinking, but he didn't say anything either.
We quickly caught up with the Spirit Snake. Then, Zhang Kanwen slowed down the car and continued to follow behind the Spirit Snake at a moderate pace.
After ten minutes of rushing, we were already twenty kilometers away. I turned around and sensed for a while. I didn't sense Lu Chengyi's group's aura. I guessed that they wouldn't chase after us. I heaved a sigh of relief and turned to ask Zhang Kanwen the biggest question in my heart.
"Brother Zhang, have you really reached the Sky Master realm?"
Zhang Kanwen rolled down the window and turned around. He smiled and shook his head. "It's not that easy."
His answer wasn't out of my expectation, but I was still suspicious. I continued to ask, "But I felt your aura just now. It was clearly at the Sky Master realm. Lu Chengyi also said that you're a Sky Master … What's going on?"
Zhang Kanwen didn't hide anything from me. He smiled and said, "Do you remember the ancient book of the Song of Morality that I showed you before?"
I nodded. Zhang Kanwen continued, "That ancient book is an important treasure of Mount Wen. It's not only because it recorded the cultivation method of the Song of Morality, but more importantly, the ancient book itself is also a treasure … Every page of the ancient book can temporarily allow people to enter the Sky Master realm!"
His words opened my eyes. The ancient book of the Song of Morality had such an effect!
Entering the Sky Master realm for a short time wasn't simply possessing the power of a Sky Master, but becoming a Sky Master in a short time!
Zhang Kanwen didn't trick Lu Chengyi, but he had really become a Sky Master. Even if Lu Chengyi really attacked him, he wouldn't be able to do anything to Zhang Kanwen.
It was different from what I had expected.
I was curious and asked him a few more questions. Then, I found out that in the ancient book of the Song of Morality, there was only one line on each page. The Song of Morality had a total of sixty lines, and the ancient book also had sixty pages. Every page could allow people to enter the Sky Master realm for four hours.
Sixty pages of poems could allow people to enter the Sky Master realm sixty times!
I couldn't help but sigh with emotion. What kind of cultivation did Wen Tianxiang have to have been able to create such a treasure?
At the same time, I was envious of Mount Wen.
Ever since I started cultivating, I've collected quite a number of treasures and instruments. I've even gotten my hands on a True Dragon's Vein. However, all of them combined probably aren't as valuable as the Song of Morality.
He looked at himself, and then looked at the others. Having a powerful sect with a strong background was such an important thing.
Of course, this was just a momentary emotion. I felt more grateful and guilty towards Zhang Kanwen. After staying silent for a while, I said to Zhang Kanwen, "In the end, you wasted such a precious thing to save me …"
Zhang Kanwen didn't seem to care at all. He shook his head and said, "The Lu Family and I are mortal enemies. As long as I meet them, I'll have to make preparations even if you're not by my side.
What's more, this page of the 'Song of Morality' was originally used to comprehend the Heavenly Master Realm in advance. These few days, my cultivation has temporarily hit a bottleneck, and I've been thinking about when to use this page. "
It was obvious that he was trying to comfort me, but I didn't say anything. I just smiled and didn't say anything.
My relationship with Zhang Kanwen, or rather, with Wen Shan's lineage, was extremely deep. Regardless of today's events, our fates were already tightly linked. There was indeed no need for too many words of gratitude.
If the roles were reversed today, I would do everything that Zhang Kanwen did without hesitation.
After figuring out the mystery, I suddenly remembered what Lu Chengyi said. I asked Zhang Kanwen if he had a close relationship with Lu Chengyi.
This time, Zhang Kanwen was silent for a moment before nodding his head. He told me that when he was young, he came to the capital to make a living and met Lu Chengyi. The two of them were very close. At the time, Lu Chengyi was a bit older than him and had a much higher cultivation. Lu Chengyi had once given Zhang Kanwen some pointers and was of great help to him.
Zhang Kanwen didn't wait for me to reply and shook his head. "It's all in the past. Now, the Lu family and I are mortal enemies. Lu Chengyi is the same."
I saw that he wasn't in a good mood and didn't want to talk about this, so I didn't say anything else.
The rest of the journey was very peaceful. A few days ago, I was a little worried that the Lu family would come after us. However, in the following days, we followed the spirit snake and crossed the mountains. We walked on small, remote roads. Not to mention Lu Chengyi, even if the patriarch of the Lu family came, he wouldn't be able to find us. Gradually, I relaxed.
After I had calmed down, I recalled what Lu Chengyi had told me before he left. I still felt strange.
From his actions, I guessed he was telling the truth. He didn't come to Shenzhen to find Zhang Kanwen or me. He came here for something else.
However, he was the legitimate son of the patriarch of the Lu family, and he had the Heavenly Master Realm cultivation base. If the Lu family sent him here, something big must have happened.
I had been in Shenzhen for a long time. If I wanted to talk about something big, it would be the half-completed True Dragon Vein and the terrifying Jing Ghost.
However, the Han family had occupied the True Dragon Vein, and the Jing Ghost wasn't someone Lu Chengyi could deal with. Even if he could, he wouldn't help the Han family.
Why did he come to Shenzhen?
After thinking for a long time, I couldn't figure it out. However, I was a little worried. I felt that this matter had something to do with me.
With this worry in my heart, we traveled for two more days. Finally, we arrived at the Ancient Capital, Luoyang.
The place where the spirit snake turned into a dragon was outside the Ancient Capital, Luoyang. It was on the Dragon Gate Mountain by the Yi River!
According to legends, the Dragon Gate was built when Yu the Great conquered the flood. According to the ancient books, the mountain where Yu dug the Dragon Pass was called the Dragon Gate.
Many people thought that the Dragon Gate was in Shanxi's Pingyuan County or the neighboring Shanxi's Hejin County on the Yellow River. However, no matter if it was in the ancient books, the place where Yu the Great dug the Dragon Gate or the carp turned into a dragon, they were all outside the Ancient Capital, Luoyang.
In the Tang Dynasty, the Immortal of Poetry, Li Bai, once wrote a poem: "The three-foot carp of the Yellow River lives in Meng Jin. Once it touches its forehead, it doesn't become a dragon.
Since the Dragon Gate Mountain was located in the southern suburbs of Luoyang, we didn't have a chance to enter the Ancient Capital. We first went along the Yi River to the Dragon Gate Mountain National Forest Park.
The Dragon Gate Mountain was divided into two mountains: the East and the West. The East Mountain was also called the Fragrant Mountain. During the Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi lived in seclusion there. He called himself the Fragrant Mountain Hermit. The West Mountain of the Dragon Gate was called Yi Que. The most famous of the Four Great Grottoes in China, the Dragon Gate Grotto, was located on the West Mountain of the Dragon Gate.
When we arrived at the Dragon Gate Grotto, we couldn't drive there. We had to abandon the car and walk. We followed the spirit snake and walked along the Yi River.
There were many tourists on the way. Xiao Jin's appearance was different from ordinary people. Since ancient times, Luoyang had always been a place with many cultivators. To prevent any accidents, I took Xiao Jin with me. We avoided the tourists and took a detour to enter the undeveloped area of the Dragon Gate Mountain. Then, I used the aura of the spirit snake to wait for him in the mountain.
At the same time, to ensure the spirit snake's safety, Zhang Kanwen continued to follow him to protect him.
It was better to be safe than sorry. With all kinds of precautions, the spirit snake and I met up at the Dragon Gate Mountain. Then, we continued to go to the Dragon Gate Mountain.
Along the way, the Serpent Spirit had been advancing along the Yi River. When they arrived at Dragon Gate Mountain, the Yi River also branched out into a tributary that circled around Dragon Gate Mountain and flowed upward, forming a small lake halfway up the mountain.
In the ancient legend of the carp transforming into a dragon, the Yi River was blocked by the Dragon Gate Mountain. It formed a big lake at the foot of the mountain. At the same time, the Dragon Gate Mountain formed a waterspout. The carp transforming into a dragon was to jump over the entire Dragon Gate Mountain from the waterspout and transform into a dragon.
Thus, when the carp transformed into a dragon, it didn't jump over a gate called the Dragon Gate, but the entire Dragon Gate Mountain.
Nowadays, even the ownership of the Dragon Gate had become the object of contention between Shanxi and Shaanxi. Naturally, no one went to the Dragon Gate Mountain to search for the ruins of the ancient Yi River or the waterspout.
If I were to search for it now, it would be impossible for me to find it on this barren mountain. However, the Serpent Spirit seemed to be able to sense it. It led us along the tributary of the Yi River and arrived at the lake halfway up the mountain.
The Serpent Spirit had no intention of stopping to rest at all. It continued to move forward, and this time, it did not continue to float in the air. Instead, it landed in the small lake. It had been maintaining a steady speed along the way, and finally, there was a change.
The Serpent Spirit seemed to have finally woken up. It swung its tail at an extremely fast speed in the lake. It did not use its Yin Qi. Instead, it seemed to be relying purely on its physical strength. It turned into a black stream of light and rushed toward the steep and exposed rock wall on the other side of the lake!