76: Chapter 76 Heaven and Earth See Me

Dongan Commandery, Tengyun Mountain.

The terrain here is vast and precipitous, with peaks reaching into the clouds. Halfway up the mountainside, clouds and mist swirl, making it seem as if the mountain stands above the clouds.

If the Qingwei Sword Sect is the sky of the entire Yan Province, then Tengyun Mountain is half the sky of Dongan Commandery.

Tengyun Mountain, Baifeng Sect—who in Dongan Commandery does not know them?

At the foot of the precipitous mountain, a group of youths stood, spirited and ambitious, yet filled with awe.

"What a tall mountain!" A youth who had yet to shed his childish air, his face still dotted with a few freckles, looked up with unprecedented ambition surging in his eyes.

Because this was the tallest mountain in Dongan Commandery!

As long as one could step inside and become a Disciple of the Baifeng Sect, one could look down upon all the other mountains from the summit.

"The mountain is too high, and it's hard to climb!" Another youth was excited, yet also apprehensive.

The tallest mountain in Dongan Commandery—how could the entry requirements be easy? If one's Aptitude was not high enough, one would have to start as a servant, perhaps for three years, maybe five, or even ten years as a servant!

This mountain was just too high!

"The highest mountain is the only one worth climbing. Thirty years—give me thirty years, and I will reach the summit!" The third youth, full of spirit, had eyes that seemed to shine.

"Whether we can even earn the qualification to climb is another matter." The last youth was relatively calm, though he could not hide the longing in his eyes.

In this Dongan Commandery, who would not want to set foot on this tallest of mountains!

This was a symbol of status, an elevation of position, and a means to wield the greatest "power" in Dongan Commandery!

"It is not currently the time for the Baifeng Sect to accept Disciples. We are only here through connections; whether we succeed depends on our Luck." The last, calm youth solemnly adjusted his clothes and prepared to head forward.

Just then, the sound of leisurely footsteps rang out from behind them.

The spirited youth turned his head and saw a young man with ordinary features, dressed in a luxurious black robe, approaching unhurriedly.

The person possessed an air of transcendence, as if even this tallest mountain in Dongan Commandery was not high enough before him.

There was no sign of awe, not even the slightest hint of humility!

Beside the young man in the black robe was another youth who looked extremely handsome and heroic. His aura was even more transcendent; even without knowing cultivation, one could tell that this handsome youth was definitely an expert, a very high-level expert.

He seemed like a deity who had walked down from the heavens, or an Immortal who had stepped out of a painting of a celestial mountain—transcendent, beyond the world, and untouched by the Mortal World!

'This must be a very high-level expert!' the spirited youth thought to himself. Quick-witted, he shoved the other three youths, who hadn't noticed yet, to the side: "Quick, make way."

The young man in the black robe and the handsome youth walked past them unhurriedly; it looked slow, but in reality, it was shockingly fast.

"What is your name?" The handsome and heroic youth suddenly turned back, looking at the spirited youth, appearing to have gained some interest.

The spirited youth was overjoyed, cupped his hands in salute, and said: "I am called Luo Yuanyou, from Shangxi Prefecture."

The handsome and heroic youth smiled: "This mountain is not high enough. If you can travel further, you can go to the Qingwei Sword Sect in Wuyang Prefecture and take a look."

Before the words had even faded, they were already far away.

"Wuyang Prefecture, Qingwei Sword Sect!" Luo Yuanyou stood stunned on the spot.

"Who were those two? They looked amazing!" the other youth whispered.

"Qingwei Sword Sect?! That is a mountain even higher than Tengyun Mountain!"

"If we can't even climb Tengyun Mountain, how can we hope to scale that highest of mountains!"

The remaining two youths were filled with awe.

Only Luo Yuanyou had recovered, his fighting spirit soaring: "I want to go to Wuyang Prefecture and see that highest mountain in Yan Province. Will you come with me?"

The first youth hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "I might not even be able to enter this mountain before us; the highest mountain in Yan Province is too high!"

The second youth advised: "Tengyun Mountain is enough to climb for a lifetime; why bother challenging a higher mountain!"

The third, calm youth sighed: "Having too high an ambition is not necessarily a good thing; the road must be walked one step at a time!"

Luo Yuanyou didn't listen at all, smiling: "Then, we part ways here. I have long yearned for the highest mountain in Yan Province."

He turned away nonchalantly and walked off quickly.

"Brother Luo is acting on impulse!" the calm youth sighed lightly: "The journey to Yan Province is tens of thousands of miles away, and the path is treacherous. I fear that before you even see that highest mountain in Yan Province, you will have experienced life and death, and in the end, still have to turn back! The worst fear is that you might not even have the chance to turn back!"

Not far away, Qin Shaoshang, dressed in the black robe, looked with surprise at the mysterious Senior beside him: "Senior, what is different about that youth named Luo Yuanyou that he could earn your favor?"

He had heard the words of the youths at the foot of the mountain clearly. Yet he was completely unaware of what great fortune it was for Luo Yuanyou to be valued by this mysterious Senior beside him!

"A very interesting youth. I saw some things on him." Yu Xiu's gaze drifted into the distance.

'Luck? Is that Luck?' It was a bit like it, though the Dao of Luck had not yet been integrated into his Dao of Origin.

Therefore, he could not clearly see whether Luo Yuanyou was indeed carrying Luck that even he could sense!

Most importantly, besides Luck, there seemed to be some tangled, unclear things on Luo Yuanyou!

Ordinary people certainly could not see it, and even Qin Shaoshang, one of the Ten Heroes of Powang Peak, could not see it.

But Yu Xiu, who cultivated the "Dao of Origin," could faintly sense that Luo Yuanyou seemed to have been entangled with many things since birth, as if bestowed by this Heaven and Earth...

Hmm, perhaps it cannot be called a bestowal; rather, Luo Yuanyou, from the moment of his birth, had carried a part of Heaven and Earth... Responsibility? A variable?

'Perhaps, that is Karma!' Yu Xiu whispered in his heart.

That youth named Luo Yuanyou was very important to him. It was hard to say, but a part of his cultivation of the Dao of Origin might even lie with Luo Yuanyou.

Furthermore, Luo Yuanyou's Aptitude was actually very, very good, but it had been obscured by that layer of things carrying the "Luck" or "Karma" of Heaven and Earth.

Looking only through the lens of martial arts cultivation, Luo Yuanyou was very ordinary, even more ordinary than an average person.

But if Luo Yuanyou were to cultivate the martial path, he should be very fast.

'The protagonist of an era? Or an important link in the variables of Heaven and Earth? Truly interesting.'

Yu Xiu really wanted to keep his gaze on Luo Yuanyou; this would be of great use to his Dao of Origin.

He could use Luo Yuanyou's actions, encounters, and various changes to comprehend that ethereal Luck, Karma, and the self-consistent "changes" of Heaven and Earth!

All of these were principles of Heaven and Earth and the wonders of their operation. Although they seemed ethereal and hard to see, in reality, when they fell into Yu Xiu's eyes, they all had traces to follow.

With high Comprehension Ability, the Heaven and Earth one sees will naturally be different.

Qin Shaoshang, who was by his side, certainly could not feel it, but Yu Xiu could. This was the difference in the level of Comprehension Ability; Qin Shaoshang could not even be considered at the level of "I see the Heaven and Earth." But Yu Xiu had already reached the level of "The Heaven and Earth sees me."

P.S.: I worked overtime yesterday and missed a chapter. I will make up for it today with three chapters!