At the foot of the mountain, streams murmur, trees provide shade, flowers bloom in abundance, and butterflies flutter about.
A figure dressed in a yellow robe leaped from the sky and came hurtling in.
He was followed by hundreds of experts at the Heavenly Realm, each with an extraordinary bearing and sharp eyes.
"The Lost Saint Peak, this must be it!"
The man in the yellow robe looked up at the mountain peak, which was shrouded in thick white mist, making it impossible to see anything clearly.
Legend has it that this mountain is incredibly mysterious. In the past 200 years, no one has been able to climb to the top. Usually, they get lost halfway up the mountain and eventually end up back at the foot of the mountain!
This mountain is really strange. Everyone feels like they are climbing to the top, but how come they end up back at the foot of the mountain?
This strange phenomenon attracted martial arts masters from all over the world, all eager to climb to the top of the mountain and find out what was going on.
However, they all returned empty-handed!
Later, even experts at the Transcendent Realm and Earth Realm tried it out, but they all ended up returning to the foot of the mountain.
Even a world-renowned expert from the Heavenly Realm attempted to climb to the summit, but ultimately failed!
In the end, that expert at the Heavenly Realm even brought out the Saint Realm expert from their own holy land, but the outcome was still the same...
This news was like a boulder thrown into a river, creating huge waves!
It is a seemingly ordinary mountain peak, at most with some beautiful scenery, but it is this mountain peak that has stumped all the masters in the world!
The Sacred Realm is already the highest level of martial arts in the world, yet it cannot even conquer a small mountain?
How utterly absurd!
Keep in mind that a Saint Realm expert can travel a thousand miles a day, and this mountain peak is only a little over 10,000 meters high. It is estimated that it will take at most 15 minutes to reach the top.
However, what was truly astonishing was that even a master of the Saint Realm got lost, let alone other martial arts masters.
In the martial arts world, people named this mountain "Mysterious Saint Peak"!
"If you ask which place in the world is the most mysterious, it has to be this Mysterious Peak! I think that white-haired immortal who once guided me must be a master of the divine realm!"
A fiery light seemed to flash in Zhou Dongshan's eyes.
Two hundred years ago, he was a teenager whose goal was to seek a path to the restoration of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
After wandering the martial arts world for several years, he happened to come across a major sect recruiting disciples.
Having already reached the level of a top-tier expert, he easily defeated everyone and won the crown!
Five years later, Zhou Dongshan was given special attention by the sect and became the senior disciple among all the disciples, with his strength already reaching the Transcendent Realm.
Later, because of a jade talisman from the Zhou Dynasty royal family, his identity was discovered by the sect's Earth Realm Elder, and he was hunted down by the entire Chu Kingdom!
Because the elder from the Earth Realm who discovered his jade talisman was a member of the Chu royal family.
The State of Chu was one of the five dynasties that destroyed the Zhou Dynasty!
When Zhou Dongshan was driven to the brink of despair by the entire dynasty's pursuit, a white-haired immortal strolled down from the sky, his figure unseen, only his voice heard.
"Young man, we are destined to meet! I will save your life and give you some pointers. How much you learn and how much you can apply is all up to you!"
Then, with a casual gesture, the white-haired immortal conjured up a multitude of profound and mysterious martial arts techniques in his mind!
These martial arts techniques were his greatest foundation for becoming a master of the Saint Realm!
Zhou Dongshan still vividly remembers that scene from nearly 200 years ago.
Even now, Zhou Dongshan hasn't even reached the mastery level of the simplest move in those martial arts techniques!
That's right, that white-haired immortal is Mo Tianyun.
Back then, Mo Tianyun rescued Zhou Dongshan and then taught him some martial arts techniques at the mortal level that he had created.
The purpose was simply to let Zhou Dongshan test the martial arts techniques he had created at will, to make him a "guinea pig".
Now the "little white mouse" has grown into a "big white mouse".
They know how to find people who let them roam free.
How could Mo Tianyun not know that Zhou Dongshan had already arrived at the foot of the mountain?
However, he never allowed outsiders to climb to the top of the mountain where he lived.
At the foot of the mountain, Zhou Dongshan began to concentrate, his eyes burning with intensity. Then, with a light step, he shot off like an arrow, rushing towards the summit.
Behind him followed hundreds of figures.
Not long after, they seemed to be running towards the top of the mountain, only to find that the last place they appeared in was the same place they had come from!
"So, even though I kept heading towards the mountaintop without changing direction, I still ended up back where I started?"
"Try again!"
He flew swiftly towards the mountaintop again, this time using all his skills and unleashing his fastest light-footed martial arts technique!
The tree shadow flew rapidly backward, moving away from him in the opposite direction.
The whole world seemed to be spinning and churning!
In the martial arts world, this is a symbol of unparalleled mastery of lightness skills.
Originally, there were hundreds of figures following behind, but they had all disappeared by now.
Before long, Zhou Dongshan was reunited with his hundreds of subordinates!
"Still not working?" Zhou Dongshan gazed at the mountain peak surrounded by clouds and mist.
"No, I can't give up like this. I'll try a few more times. Maybe there's a trick to it?"
Having said that, he continued flying upwards at breakneck speed...
Repeat this process 10 times, 100 times, 1000 times...
One day passed, two days passed...
Even a master of the Saint Realm, if he persists and climbs towards the summit at an extremely fast speed, will eventually become exhausted!
He knew that forcing his way in wouldn't work, so he slowly knelt down.
"The old immortal—!"
"I am Zhou Dongshan—!"
"I've come here to ask you to be my disciple!"
"I want to learn even more powerful martial arts. I'm sincere about it. I'm willing to give up everything in pursuit of a higher level of martial arts!"
Zhou Dongshan knelt down and shouted towards the direction of the mountain peak.
"metropolitan……"
A master of the Heavenly Realm hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
The dozens or even hundreds of experts at the Heavenly Realm level around them remained silent.
They knew that there was an old immortal on the mountain with even greater martial arts skills.
Their sect leader must have received guidance from this old immortal to achieve such great success and become one of the six great masters of the Holy Realm!
Time has slowly passed, and Zhou Dongshan has been kneeling here for a year now!
The hundreds of Heavenly Realm experts who had followed him also returned to their sects.
At first, these experts advised Zhou Dongshan, saying, "The old immortal won't see him. Sect Master, you should return to your sect."
But Zhou Dongshan only told them to go back; he wanted to stay here and see the old immortal!
After that, no one tried to persuade him anymore...
One after another, many people saw a man dressed in a yellow robe, with a powerful aura, kneeling at the foot of the mountain.
"Isn't this... that Saint Realm Ancestor from the Eastern Mountain Holy Land?"
"It really is him! A living Saint Realm expert! This is the first time I've ever seen a legendary Saint Realm expert!"
Why is he kneeling here?
"You wouldn't believe it, but this Old Ancestor of Dongshan is kneeling and worshipping the old immortal on the mountaintop!"
"The old hermit on the mountaintop?"
"Don't you know this? You came here to experience the wonders of this 'Mysterious Sacred Mountain,' right? You should know that even Saint Realm experts can't break into the top! That's because there's a Divine Realm expert on the top!"
"Hiss! It seems the rumors are true. This Saint Realm Ancestor from the Eastern Mountain Holy Land wants to become the disciple of that Divine Realm expert on the mountaintop!"
"Yes, otherwise he wouldn't be so persistent, kneeling here for a year."
...
Everyone knows that the Holy Ancestor of Dongshan Holy Land has been kneeling at the foot of the mountain for a year, just to become a disciple of the Divine Realm expert at the top of the mountain!
Two years later.
Zhou Dongshan finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground, but he still didn't give up. His body straightened up again and again, then swayed and fell down.
This was repeated thousands of times...
He had lost consciousness and was now completely asleep on the floor...
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