Quick Travel to the Clouds

Chapter 419: 1 Road to Immortality 10

The entire mountain seemed not to be formed by nature, but rather a huge ancient tripod standing tall and upright!

The mountain was steep and steep, its color a deep, almost dark black, and it faintly exuded a sense of heaviness, as if forged through the raging fires of eternity. Most bizarrely, from the mountainside to the summit, countless phantoms of alchemy furnaces of various shapes "floated"!

Some are only a few feet tall, while others are as large as mountains, blocking out the sky and the sun. They are either mottled with bronze, or smooth with jade, or have strange shapes, or have an ancient and vast aura.

Some are half-hidden in the clouds on the mountain, with only part of them visible; some are suspended in the air, rotating silently; even more so, some seem to be formed from the rocks themselves, with Danxia clouds swallowing and exhaling from their mouths.

Although this wasn't peak alchemy time, the countless cauldrons still emanated auras that ranged from fiery to gentle to chilling, forming a vast, invisible resonance between them, like thousands of ancient hearts beating faintly at the same time. This was the majestic atmosphere of "Ten Thousand Cauldrons Roaring Together"!

In the air, the fragrance of elixir, so rich that it almost turned into substance, was intertwined with spiritual energy.

The fragrance of the elixir is not just one, but a variety of flavors: there is a rich fruity aroma, a clear medicinal aroma, a warm spring aroma, and a condensed like cold jade... The scent of countless kinds of pure elixirs has been precipitated, integrated, and sublimated over the years, forming the unique "elixir rhyme" of Danding Peak.

The spiritual energy is extremely pure, especially the fire and wood energies which are the most active. Inhaling it through the mouth and nose is like swallowing a trace of invisible spiritual liquid, which seeps into the lungs and causes the meridians and acupoints throughout the body to jump slightly.

Looking up, amidst the misty peaks, a magnificent main hall looms, seemingly invisible and almost invisible, like a giant beast lurking in the ethereal mist. The hall boasts distinct outlines and a simple, elegant style, with tripod-shaped ornaments visible among the carved beams and painted buildings.

The most eye-catching thing is that on the top of the main hall, there is a projection of a huge tripod with an immeasurable size, which is almost integrated with the clouds on the mountain top. It is the "Head of Ten Thousand Tripods", the core hub of Danding Peak!

In Yun Chu's sea of ​​consciousness, the white jade recommendation order in his sleeve and the newly acquired Danding Peak jade token vibrated slightly at the same time, as if faintly echoing with the main hall deep in the distant peak.

An invisible will swept over—majestic, vast, with a hint of scrutiny and... a hint of barely perceptible relief?

The feeling was fleeting, as if it was just a resonance of Danfeng itself.

The platform was not empty.

There was a core disciple wearing a garment embroidered with a golden small tripod pattern, whose aura far surpassed that of the outer disciples and who was at least in the foundation-building stage. He was walking in the distance with steady and swift steps.

When they saw Yun Chu's sudden appearance and the Danding Peak jade token emitting a faint luster tightly held in her hand, a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes, but then they restrained it. They just nodded in greeting from a distance and did not step forward to disturb her.

The cold wind blew in from the peaks and valleys, carrying with it the crisp clouds and the thick fragrance of elixir, which blew up Yun Chu's simple clothes.

The sky outside the peak is extremely high, with rolling clouds and occasional calls of fairy birds, making this giant peak seem even more huge, solemn, and filled with the heritage of endless years.

Yun Chu tightened the jade token in his hand. Beneath the cool touch lay the fiery vitality contained within.

When I first entered Danding Peak, I didn’t feel the ethereal and light feeling of the immortal paradise I had imagined. Instead, I felt a heavy sense of power that seemed to melt everything.

Here is a new starting point.

Her eyes swept over the core disciples who nodded in greeting from afar - their Taoist robes embroidered with golden tripods fluttered slightly in the mountain breeze, and they were extraordinary in their bearing - she did not linger for long.

The main hall on the top of the peak is for the core members and elders. Yun Chu has just arrived, so he should go to the place where the disciples and directors are located further down.

Following the faint guidance flowing from the jade token, Yun Chu walked down the wide stone steps carved out of the mountain wall.

The stone steps were no ordinary object. They were also made of dark black jade. The golden molten lines flowing on them glowed faintly when she stepped on them, as if carrying the heat of the eternal earth fire.

After going down more than a hundred steps, you will see a palace built against the steep mountain wall.

The style of the palace was simple and heavy, constructed entirely of a darker black jade and a mineral with a shimmering dark red luster. A huge plaque hung in front of the palace door, inscribed with three simple and powerful seal characters that seemed to have been hammered in by a blazing furnace:

Wanlu Hall

This is one of the core halls of Danding Peak, responsible for foreign affairs registration and management of menial disciples.

As you step into the palace, the pervasive strong fragrance of elixir is slightly neutralized by a calm and orderly atmosphere.

The space inside the hall is extremely spacious, with a high dome and dozens of thick black jade pillars supporting the structure.

Dense dark red spiritual patterns flowed on the ground, like extended blood vessels.

The hall was not noisy. Several monks, who were also wearing robes embroidered with small silver-gray tripods and whose demeanor was slightly inferior to that of the core disciples, were handling affairs in an orderly manner.

There was a faint flicker of light in the air, as if it was some kind of forbidden rune that conveyed information, floating and moving like dust.

Yun Chu's appearance did not attract much attention, as if the arrival of new disciples was not uncommon.

Yun Chu walked straight to one side of the hall, where there was a huge table made of flowing flame stone, the color of which was like solidified magma. Behind it sat a middle-aged deacon monk.

This person had a square face and an aura as heavy and solemn as a mountain. His body was surrounded by a complex aura that was unique to years of contact with metal, stone, and plants. His cultivation was at the middle stage of foundation building.

The deacon monk raised his eyelids and his gaze fell on Yun Chu. He paused for a moment on the Danding Peak jade token that was tightly held in her hand and was emitting its own unique spiritual light. A hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.

"A new disciple?" His voice was deep and powerful, like the impact of a stone hammer.

"Yes. Disciple Yunchu, bring the outer sect recommendation order to enter the peak." Yunchu calmed his mind, took out the warm white jade recommendation order from his sleeve, and placed it on the Liuyan stone table together with the alchemy jade token.

The deacon's gaze swept between the white recommendation order and the alchemy jade token, then he nodded. "Yes, the procedure is correct. Return the recommendation order to the vault." With a flick of his finger, the white jade recommendation order transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into the depths of the stone table.

He then took out a tray also made of dark red ore, covered with a thin golden light shield. The deacon gestured for Yun Chu to place the alchemy jade token on the light shield.

hum!

The moment the jade token came into contact with the light shield, countless fine golden runes appeared on the light shield, twisting like living things and quickly blending with the patterns on the jade token.

After a moment, several important pieces of information - name "Yun Chu", spiritual root attributes (can be hidden or blurred here), admission level "outer sect", status "pending registration" - appeared clearly above the light shield.

"A drop of blood will seal the contract." The deacon handed over a three-inch-long, needle-sharp black jade spike. Made of the same material as the mountain wall, it was bone-chillingly cold.

Yun Chu did not hesitate. He lightly touched the tip of the needle with his fingertips. A drop of blood filled with its aura oozed out and, under the guidance of the deacon monk, dripped onto the rune shield covering the jade plate.

The moment the blood essence dripped, the light shield and the jade plate shone brightly at the same time.

Yun Chu clearly felt that a deeper and closer connection had been established between himself and the jade token.

The jade token is no longer just a pass, it seems to have become a part of his identity in this huge Danfeng, connected by aura and blood.

The light gradually faded, and two tiny ancient seal characters quietly emerged next to the ancient alchemy cauldron pattern on the jade plate: "Yun Chu".