Please bring your best friends to practice immortality

Chapter 685 Departure
Gu Shiyi followed slowly, and when he got close, his eyes met Zheng Gang's. Zheng Gang raised his eyebrows, and looked surprised. It seemed that he didn't recognize Gu Shiyi, so he bowed to Zheng Gang and asked,
"This fellow Taoist looks unfamiliar. I wonder which elder he is under?"

Gu Shiyi responded,

"My name is Gu Shiyi, and I am a subordinate of the elder. Since I am a casual cultivator, I don't care who leads me. I saw Zheng Jianshi and I came here because I like him!"

Zheng Gang had received instructions earlier and knew that Gu Shiyi was here to help him monitor his monks. He understood it in his heart, but secretly said,
"The demon women are indeed frivolous. Can they say such things to men?"

He looked down on her, but then he remembered that although he had never met this woman, she had recently become famous in the Alliance and Zhengyuan Sect, and seemed to be quite capable. He could only nod and smile politely, as he might need her.
"So... from now on, we will all be brothers in arms!"

When Jiang Wen saw Gu Shiyi like this, he felt as if his own wife was cheating on him and felt jealous!
"This demon woman is really fickle!"

Pu Yanlan heard the sound of people grinding their teeth around her. The corners of her mouth twitched imperceptibly. She glanced at her best friend again and sighed inwardly.
"There's never a serious moment for Eleven in our family!"

In this kind of place and situation, only she would be in the mood to talk nonsense!

Among the Twelve Sword Attendants, Zheng Gang was the one who joined the Zhengyuan Sect with his skills as a disciple under the guise of Tianyi Sect. He was not as good as the disciples who had been trained in the sect since childhood, so he was ranked last. Now the team he leads is also composed of several small families of cultivators and many independent cultivators like Gu Shiyi, so the Twelfth Team honorably served as the cannon fodder to lead the charge and survey the enemy's situation!

After Zheng Gang had called out the seventy or eighty men under his command one by one, he said to them with a cold face,
"We will set out at 3:15 tomorrow morning. Please follow me!"

But there was no mention of where to go or what to do.
Why are you setting out in the middle of the night? To steal?
Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan exchanged a knowing look, and were led out of the main hall by Zheng Gang to a side hall.
"Tonight...we will rest here!"

Pu Yanlan followed the people from Bi Bo Pavilion and formed a circle, finding a cushion on the ground to sit cross-legged. Gu Shiyi found a corner, sat cross-legged, and meditated.

Speaking of it, the cultivators are more self-disciplined than the armies in the mortal world. They are all emotionally stable and have calm expressions. When asked to meditate, they will really find a place to meditate. After sitting down, they will not move for several hours. They also bring their own pills and water, so there is no need for anyone to manage them!

Everyone just sat cross-legged and meditated quietly until Zheng Gang spoke.

"Everyone... the time has come!"

Gu Shiyi opened his eyes and looked around, then heard Zheng Gang say to everyone,
"Everyone, the time has come. Please move outside the hall. We are about to set off!"

Upon hearing this, everyone stood up and walked out of the hall. At this time, a flying boat was parked outside, and it was operated by disciples of Zhengyuan Sect. After everyone got on, some sat down cross-legged, and some gathered together to whisper. Zheng Gang didn't care and just walked into the cabin. Gu Shiyi chose an empty corner, stood with his hands behind his back and looked down. The flying boat was rising rapidly, and the island where Zhengyuan Sect was located was shrinking little by little. At the same time, the whispers of the cultivators could be heard by their ears. They didn't deliberately hide their voices from others. Everyone had sharp ears and eyes. As long as they didn't deliberately speak through voice transmission, others would be able to hear them if they wanted to.
"Tell me, is this true?"

In the hall ahead, the leader of the Zhengyuan Sect provoked everyone, and everyone was very excited. The news that one could ascend to the upper realm by lying down stimulated many people's minds. Many people did not think carefully. Now after meditating, they came to their senses and naturally thought carefully. Someone responded,

"I have thought about this matter over and over again. I think that Zhengyuan Sect, as the largest sect, would not deceive so many of us, right?"

Some people also said,

"I actually heard about this from my master..."

The man who was speaking also came from a big sect. He looked reminiscent and said,

"My master once said that many immortals in the ancient times did not ascend to heaven in the proper way, but took shortcuts. However, my master does not know what these shortcuts are!"

When he said this, someone followed up and said,

"In my early years, I also saw a book engraved on the wall of a mountain in an ancient monument. It was written in ancient characters. I was lucky enough to recognize a few words. It did say that in the ancient times, the immortals fought fiercely and made a hole in the sky..."

At this point he thought about it again and said,

"...but there was no mention of where this hole was and where it led to. At that time, I just thought it was just an ancient legend, the same as the legend of Gonggong knocking down Mount Buzhou and Nuwa mending the sky. But I didn't expect... it really existed... and the hole turned out to be Mount Wanmiao. No wonder the people of Mount Wanmiao have rarely come down the mountain for so many years, and never socialized with their fellow practitioners. It turns out that they were guarding the entrance to the passage... No wonder the people of Mount Wanmiao have been able to ascend to the upper realm for so many years, generation after generation. It turns out... they simply took a shortcut..."

So someone raised another question,

"Why are they guarding the entrance to the passage? Can't everyone ascend? Why don't they allow us to enter? Is there something strange going on inside?" "What's strange?"

Someone hummed,

"For so many years, Wan Miao Mountain has not dealt with cultivators from the outside world like us, and has been keeping this secret tightly, refusing to reveal it, because they don't want us to ascend..."

Here he paused again and said,
"Everyone, when I have nothing to do, I often wonder what the upper realm is like. Why did our ancestors in the upper realm live after they left? How did they live?"

He looked around at the crowd and said,

"... Over the years, fewer and fewer people have ascended to heaven in this world, and it has become increasingly difficult. In my opinion, the upper world is probably similar to ours. The size of the land is probably limited. So many ancestors have occupied it, and the remaining space is getting smaller and smaller. If we, the younger generation, go again, I'm afraid there won't be enough space. Isn't this because fewer and fewer people are ascending? That's why the people of Wanmiao Mountain have to guard the entrance and not allow us to go up..."

After hearing this, everyone had a thoughtful expression on their faces.

What this person said makes sense!
Just think about it, after going up there, everyone becomes an immortal. After becoming an immortal, their life span will be very long, as long as the heaven and earth, and everyone will be immortal. So, one more person will occupy one more spot in the immortal class. It’s okay for those who go first, but for those who go later, aren’t there fewer and fewer places?
Some people worried,

"If that's the case, then...won't it be packed if we go up there?"

Someone hummed,

"So what if it's full? We've all been through life-and-death battles. To put it bluntly, everyone has blood on their hands. At most, we can just go up and fight, grab, or snatch. It all depends on our ability!"

Everyone nodded after hearing this, and someone suggested,

"If that day really comes, we need to stick together and help each other!"

"Exactly!"

Everyone nodded, but Gu Shiyi grimaced.
"This group of people haven't even started yet, and they're already planning to form a group to fight for territory?"

but……

Gu Shiyi felt that they were a little too optimistic. Not to mention whether the people in Wanmiao Mountain were so easy to deal with, it was hard to say what the top of the cave was like. How could these people be so sure that after they went up there, it would be a good place?

If this cave happened to be located in the toilet of some immortal's house, wouldn't all these people who rushed in have a pile of shit on their heads?

Haha!

This was of course just a joke, but Gu Shiyi has always been cautious. Anyone who rushes into an unfamiliar area is a fool!
Don’t let the time come when you fail to become an immortal and even fail to be a human being!

As everyone was talking, the flying boat had already crossed the dark night sky and flew for nearly an hour before finally stopping silently. When the flying boat stopped, everyone also stopped talking.
"Everyone, we're here!"

Zheng Gang's voice rang out, he had walked out of the cabin, glanced around and counted the number of people. At this time, the flying boat was slowly descending. Gu Shiyi looked up and saw a towering mountain in front of the bow!

This mountain is really a big mountain!

It's so big that it makes people feel frightened. People who have a fear of giants will most likely faint after seeing it!
The biggest mountain Gu Shiyi had ever seen in his life was Guiyin Mountain on the other side of the sea, but this mountain was twice as big as Guiyin Mountain. There was only one abrupt and huge peak on the mountain, standing quietly under the moonlight, but it was so big that even the moon hanging on the top of the mountain looked like a small yellow and white pearl!
There was no grass growing on this mountain. Unlike Guiyin Mountain, which was covered in green except for a little white on the top, this mountain was made entirely of gray-white rocks, reflecting a cold and desolate light under the moonlight. Looking at it... looking at it...

It makes people feel desolate and desperate for no reason, as if once entering this mountain, their breathing will become rapid, their whole body will become cold, and even the vitality in their bodies will disappear like those gray-white stones!

“Is…is this Wanmiao Mountain?”

Someone asked in a low voice, Zheng Gang nodded slowly,
"This is Wan Miao Mountain. For many years, Wan Miao Mountain has had little contact with the outside world. There is also a hidden magic array arranged throughout the entire Wan Miao Mountain, isolating the entire Wan Miao Mountain from the outside world. Over the years, only some mortals or cultivators who accidentally broke in have entered this place. We know very little about it..."