233: Heading to Mount Everest

“Sigh… that’s enough… that’s enough. Everyone from Mount Longhu is stubborn, there’s no pulling them back.”

Tian Jinzhong sighed.

Zhang Zhiwei looked at Lin Yuan, his eyes somewhat complex.

Although this kid had joined Tianshi Mansion for the shortest time, his Comprehension Ability was Heaven-Defying. The Eight Wonders, which others had spent a lifetime trying to comprehend, this kid could grasp in a single battle.

Such talent could no longer be called mere talent; he simply didn't belong to the human category. Sometimes, Zhang Zhiwei even wondered if this kid had fallen from the sky.

He simply didn't belong to this world.

Perhaps he was destined from birth to walk a path to Immortal Ascension.

If this kid really managed to achieve something, he, as his Master, would also benefit from it.

“Lin Yuan, the place you are going this time is dangerous. Do you want Lingyu and the others to accompany you?”

Lin Yuan shook his head.

“Rootless Life’s abilities are unpredictable, and he is extremely cunning. Any place that can trap him must be fraught with difficulties.”

“If I let others go in, I cannot guarantee their safety. I’ll go by myself.”

Zhang Zhiwei also had a solemn expression. The fact that Lin Yuan would say such a thing was enough to show how terrifying that place was.

“Alright, before you go down the mountain this time, let’s have a good meal and a good drink! The Maotai they sent me last time, we can open it while you’re here.”

“Junior Brother, go tell Rong Shan to prepare some dishes for drinks tonight.”

Tian Jinzhong didn’t speak, just nodded faintly.

That night, everyone drank themselves into a stupor… The next morning, Lin Yuan groggily climbed out of bed.

He received a text message on his phone with only a few words.

Mount Everest!

Lin Yuan couldn’t help but frown. Gu Jiting was quite a handful!

He secretly snuck out of Mount Longhu, and as soon as he reached the foot of the mountain, he saw Zhang Chulan and Ma Xianhong, who had been waiting for a long time.

“Why are you two here!?”

Ma Xianhong pointed at Zhang Chulan triumphantly.

Zhang Chulan said innocently, “Senior Brother, have you forgotten? I was the one who helped you contact Gu Jiting!”

“You eavesdropped on my conversation with Gu Jiting!?”

Zhang Chulan immediately shook his head in fear.

“No! I didn’t! I’ll sue you for defamation! This is deduction!!”

“Gu Jiting had been hiding for so many years, and this time he suddenly came to you. I just felt that something was amiss, so I called A'Zu.”

Ma Xianhong looked at Lin Yuan unhappily.

“Alright, you completely forgot about me, didn’t you!?”

“Now, wherever you go, you’re going to leave me behind!!”

Lin Yuan sighed as he looked at the two of them.

“Sigh… it’s not that I don’t want to take you, it’s just that the place we’re going this time is too dangerous!”

“Dangerous!? Can it be more dangerous than being underwater!?”

Ma Xianhong retorted.

“I can’t say, because I haven’t experienced it, but what Gu Jiting described should be several times more dangerous.”

Then Lin Yuan told them everything Gu Jiting had told him.

He decided to let the two of them decide for themselves.

Ma Xianhong immediately said it didn’t matter; wherever Lin Yuan went, he would follow.

Zhang Chulan thought for a long time and finally decided to follow Lin Yuan as well.

Because he also wanted to find Rootless Life.

Having no choice, Lin Yuan could only take the two of them, and the three set off together for the Himalayas… Beneath the Himalayas, the three walked through the vast uninhabited area. In the distant snow-capped mountains, all was silent.

At this moment, with wind and snow raging, the three walked through this world in their mountaineering suits.

“Martial Uncle Lin Yuan! Gu Jiting only mentioned this one place name, he didn’t say the specific location. He wouldn’t be tricking us, would he?”

Lin Yuan looked up at the distant snow peaks, stretching endlessly.

“This scenery is truly beautiful!!”

Lin Yuan wasn't worried at all about whether Gu Jiting would come; he was only focused on admiring the surrounding snow scenery.

Ma Xianhong looked at the unhurried Lin Yuan and grew a little anxious.

“Hey! Lin Yuan, wandering around like this isn’t going to work! Why don’t you call that old man?”

Lin Yuan shook his head, saying there was no need. Then he shouted to the surroundings:

“Gu Jiting! I’m giving you thirty seconds to decide! Either we go in together, or we retreat now, and you’ll never achieve your wish in this lifetime, old man.”

As soon as Lin Yuan finished speaking, Gu Jiting appeared not far away.

“Oh… Immortal Master Lin Yuan… why are you so impatient?”

“Nonsense! You left me wandering around aimlessly in this icy, snowy wilderness, would you be happy about that!?”

“If you’ve made up your mind, then lead the way quickly! To be this afraid of death, yet still want to find Rootless Life, you’re truly contradictory.”

Gu Jiting scratched his head with a wry smile.

Because indeed, ever since Lin Yuan appeared, he had been doing mental conditioning to make himself less afraid.

As a result, this conditioning led him back into a dilemma, and he didn't know what to do.

If he hadn't seen that Lin Yuan was really planning to leave, he probably would have agonized for a while longer.

“You should know these two! I don’t need to introduce them, right?”

Gu Jiting nodded.

“They are both possessors of the Eight Wonders, no need for further words!”

Lin Yuan looked at Gu Jiting without any superfluous words.

“Alright, where is Rootless Life! And Daluo Insight! Bring it out!”

Gu Jiting didn’t waste words and handed a book to Lin Yuan.

“It’s very detailed in here. The three of you, follow me.”

After Gu Jiting finished speaking, he walked ahead to lead the way. The group of four walked forward against the strong cold wind.

When the four of them arrived at the magnificent snow mountain, Gu Jiting stopped and pointed upwards!

At the very top of the mountain was a cave; that was the place. As he spoke, Gu Jiting took out his mountaineering equipment and prepared to start climbing.

“Hey, hey, hey! Save your strength! With me here, do you still need to climb!?”

After he spoke, a white longsword appeared under everyone's feet. The white longsword carried them and began to rapidly ascend along the mountain.

The thousands-of-meters-high peak was successfully reached in just a few minutes.

Gu Jiting arrived at the summit and then went to a protruding rock, gently turning a mechanism with his hand.

Click, click, click, click… Accompanied by the silent grinding of gears, a crack suddenly opened in the ground not far away. As the crack continuously widened, a huge cave appeared before everyone.

Lin Yuan examined the surrounding stone walls. The writing on them was very ancient, something he had never seen before.

“Very curious, aren’t you? The writing on these walls has no connection to China’s five-thousand-year civilization. These characters appeared tens of thousands of years ago.”

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