"This place is really hard to find!" At this time, Zhao was walking in a valley at the southern end of the Liuyun Mountains, surrounded by lush green mountains and trees, with occasional faint scents of flowers wafting through. Inconsistent with these scenes were the gurgling sounds of water rushing into the distance, drowning out the chirping of insects and birds. However, all around were green mountains and trees, where was there any stream?
After several days of trekking over mountains and crossing rivers, Zhao Di finally arrived at the location of the mysterious waterfall mentioned by the old man from Gengtian.
Zhao Di released his divine consciousness and spread his attention to the surrounding environment, and indeed made him aware of some abnormalities.
He immediately infused his spiritual energy into his eyes and used his Spiritual Sight technique to take a clear look.
"Its indeed an illusion! Fortunately, its the simplest kind." Zhao Di felt a bit relieved. The illusions here were obviously designed for ordinary people, and as long as a cultivator who knew the Spirit Eye Technique observed carefully, they could discover the flaws in them.
The crack was in a large tree about three feet thick, not far from Zhao Dis right hand. The big tree had a faintly visible spiritual light fluctuation, and apart from that, if you looked closely, the leaves of this tree seemed to be swaying slightly with the wind, but in fact, every time it swayed, the amplitude and frequency were exactly the same, having nothing to do with the direction and size of the wind.
Zhao Di cast a Golden Canopy on himself, and instantly his entire body was enveloped in a faint golden light. Zhao Di walked straight towards the big tree under the golden light, and when he reached the front of the tree, he didnt stop at all.
Just as Zhao Dis golden light shield touched the big tree, the big tree suddenly flashed a few times and disappeared. After Zhao Di passed through, it restored to a lush green leafy big tree.
Zhao Di easily passed through the "big tree" in the golden light, and the scene before his eyes suddenly changed.
In front of it, what was originally a lush green mountain and trees, has turned into a pink peach blossom forest. In the distance, there is a towering and elegant mountain peak, with a silver chain-like waterfall flowing from its waist. The gurgling sound of water is coming from here.
Zhao Di walked towards the waterfall, strolling through the not-so-dense peach blossom forest. It was early summer, and most of the flowers at the foot of the mountain had already withered, while the temperature in the mountains was slightly lower, making it the peak blooming season for peach blossoms. The fragrance wafting from the flowers was intoxicating, and Zhao Di couldnt help but softly recite: "In the mortal world, Aprils beauty has faded, but in the mountain temple, peach blossoms are just beginning to bloom!" But here, there were only mountains and peach blossoms, no temples, or else it would have been a perfect match.
But as he walked through the peach blossom forest, he saw an even more picturesque scene.
In the emerald green pool of water dozens of feet below the waterfall, a black-haired girl with a slender figure was swimming and playing naked.
At this time, there were still two or three hundred feet away from the girl. Zhao Di immediately stopped his footsteps. He noticed that the girls body had a flashing spiritual light and was also a cultivator. This was also the first cultivator Zhao Di saw after leaving Jians house. Its just that Zhao Di didnt expect it to be a fiery female cultivator, nor did he expect to meet her in such a "peach blossoms blooming, romantic spring" scene.
The girl apparently didnt notice Zhao Di at first. Under the urgent rotation of his brain, he quietly drilled back into the peach blossom forest.
A maiden enjoying a bath in the pond suddenly heard a male voice from the nearby peach blossom forest: "In the mortal world, the fragrance of flowers has faded by April, but on the immortal mountain, the peach blossoms are just beginning to bloom."
"Whos there? Dont come over!" The girl was so frightened that she quickly submerged her whole body in the emerald green pool, only exposing her head, and gazed vigilantly towards the peach tree forest.
A slender man in secular luxurious attire emerged from the peach forest, and after seeing this scene, he hastily turned around, with his back to the girl, loudly saying: "Immortal maiden please dont be offended, I am going to Flowing Clouds Market, unintentionally intruding into this place, please forgive me."
The girl saw that the other partys body also had a flash of spiritual light, but judging from the fluctuation of the spiritual light, it seemed that his cultivation was not very good. Moreover, judging from his voice, he was probably just an inexperienced young boy. At this time, she felt much more at ease and shouted to the boy: "Dont come over here, go back to the Peach Blossom Forest first."
Seeing the young man enter the peach blossom forest and disappear from view, the girl immediately quickly wiped her body dry and put on her clothes. After waiting for her emotions to calm down, she shouted towards the peach blossom forest again: "Fellow Taoist can come out and see me now."
Zhao Di slowly walked out of the peach forest and stopped about ten yards away from the girl. Previously, because he was too far away and only caught a glimpse, he hadnt gotten a clear look at her face. Now that he saw clearly, it turned out that she was a stunning beauty with delicate eyebrows, phoenix eyes, a high nose, small mouth, and pale skin. She seemed to be one or two years older than him. At the same time, Zhao Di also noticed that her cultivation level was slightly higher than his, probably around the fifth layer of the Qi Refining stage.
Zhao Di made a bow with his hands and said: "I unintentionally disturbed the fairys elegant gathering, please forgive me. I asked where the entrance to the Flowing Clouds Market is, may I ask if you can point it out for me?"
"The Flowing Clouds Market that Daoist friend mentioned is indeed not far from here. The entrance is on the waist of a steep cliff sixty miles southwest, and its easy to find. Specifically, its at..." The girl had an icy expression that kept people at bay, but her cheeks were slightly flushed, and she was still thinking about whether he should have seen anything or not. Her tone was flat and calm, without any hint of anger.
The girl answered her own question, and Zhao Di didnt dare to entangle herself anymore. After thanking a few words, she went southwest.
After running and walking, after two or three hours, Zhao Di found the place that the girl had said. In front of him was a nearly vertical cliff, from over 100 zhang high above the mountain foot, it was covered by dense clouds and fog, and he couldnt see how high the entire cliff was at all.
It seems that the entrance is in this dense fog, but its so high from the ground, how can I get up there?
This cliff is all smooth rock, and theres no place to get a handhold.
Unless it is a cultivator in the foundation period who can skillfully master the "Teng Kong Technique", or has a flying artifact in hand, one can directly fly into the clouds and fog.
The Liuyunfang market is mainly a place for intermediate and advanced cultivators to trade, and even the most basic flying artifacts are extremely expensive, clearly not something that every cultivator who comes to Liuyunfang can afford.
Zhao Di applied the Ling Mu technique to its extreme, and apart from being able to see a faint spiritual light flashing in the clouds and fog, there were no other discoveries. This precipice obviously also truly existed, and was not like the big tree seen earlier that was transformed by an illusion technique.
Zhao Di circled around the nearby area a few times, but to no avail. He had no choice but to return to his original route and go find that "fairy" again to ask her clearly, if she was still there.
Afraid that the nun would leave, Zhao quickened his pace.
Less than two hours after walking back, a man and womans shouting voices suddenly came from the front. A man and woman ran out of the nearby woods, only tens of meters apart, and the distance between them was getting shorter and shorter, with the former likely to be caught up by the latter at any time.
Zhao Di was startled and his first reaction was to turn around and leave, but the two peoples speed was incredibly fast. Before he could even take a few steps, they had already discovered him.
"Daoist friend, stay your steps! Daoist friend, save me! Ah, youre the one I met this morning!" The running woman saw someone in front of her and immediately cried out for help, then recognized Zhao Dis attire.
Zhao Di heard that it was indeed the voice of that "fairy" behind him. He hesitated for a moment, then slowly turned around and stopped in his tracks.
Anyway, at his speed, he wont be able to run far before being caught up with. At that time, its still the same, cant escape responsibility, might as well pretend to be calm and composed.
Zhao Di naturally also knew that there must be danger, otherwise how would this girl with a higher cultivation level than him shout for help? With a flash of golden light, he cast the defensive spell "Golden Bell Shield" on himself.
The girl was no longer as cold and icy as she had been when they first met in the morning. Her cheeks were flushed, her hair was disheveled, and she was covered in sweat, but this only added to her beauty. She nodded gratefully at Zhao, standing a few feet away from him.
At this time, the man who had been chasing her from behind also arrived and quietly stopped about 20-30 feet in front of them.
This was a young man who looked refined and elegant, with the exception of two slightly lewd whiskers, and even had a few points of handsomeness, gazing at the two with a smiling gaze.
After seeing the spiritual energy fluctuations on Zhao Dis body, he secretly cursed in his heart.
This young man actually has a cultivation base of eight layers in the Qi Refining stage, which is far higher than Zhao Di and that female cultivator.
"What misunderstanding do you two have? Im just passing by, were all cultivators, shouldnt we value harmony?" Zhao Di said, spouting useless nonsense while rapidly thinking of a countermeasure, meanwhile secretly hiding the Slashing Immortal Flying Knife and over a dozen talismans in his sleeves.