154: Chapter 154 The fine branches bear abundant fruit, but the thick branches bear even larger fruit!

Tianji Pavilion was not a Sect or a pavilion as Su Mo had imagined, but a city stretching for thousands of miles.

The city was built around a pavilion that almost pierced the sky, reaching straight into the clouds, as if connecting heaven and earth.

This was the core of Tianji Pavilion — the Sky-Peeping Pavilion!

Within the city, streets crisscrossed, shops lined every corner, and even villages and fertile fields were abundant, presenting a prosperous scene like a paradise.

However, not a single Cultivator could be seen flying freely in the air.

All Cultivators, regardless of their cultivation level, landed and walked obediently upon entering the Tianji Pavilion's domain.

As he followed the crowd into the city, Su Mo noticed that over eighty percent of the residents were Mortals, their auras peaceful and serene, a stark contrast to the hurrying Cultivators.

With such a large city, it was naturally impossible for Cultivators to walk everywhere.

For travel, there were teleportation arrays distributed everywhere, unguarded, with only a stone tablet beside them indicating the price and destination.

Heaven Battle, familiar with the process, pulled out Spirit Stones and, while tossing them in, grumbled in pain:

“It’s so expensive every time I come here…”

After the Spirit Stones were deposited, the teleportation array immediately lit up with a soft white glow, and the figures of those standing in the center vanished in a flash.

When he opened his eyes again, Su Mo saw an incredibly vast plaza covered in glistening white jade.

In the center of the plaza, the Sky-Peeping Pavilion presented itself with a magnificent presence.

Some Cultivators walked out of the pavilion, some laughing wildly with joy, others with ashen faces… “This is the foot of the Sky-Peeping Pavilion. Ordinary people have to queue to get in.”

Heaven Battle lowered his voice and chuckled:

“However, your second brother here, I have connections…”

He pulled out a Jade Slip, and with a flash of spiritual light, he did nothing further.

A few breaths later, a voluptuous figure appeared beside Heaven Battle.

“What? Are you here to threaten me again this time?”

The newcomer was a charming middle-aged beautiful woman, appearing to be in her thirties, with a Void Refining Stage cultivation. She wore a simple white robe and exuded an intellectual aura.

What surprised Su Mo was that the beautiful woman’s eyes were pure white, without pupils or irises, just like… a blind person!

As Su Mo was observing, the beautiful woman suddenly turned to look at him.

Even though her eyeballs didn't move, Su Mo felt a gaze upon him.

“You can see me?”

As soon as he asked, Su Mo scoffed at himself.

He almost forgot that this beautiful woman was also a Cultivator; even if her eyes couldn't see, her Divine Sense could clearly perceive things.

“Naturally, I can see. Don’t mind that I am blind and my Divine Sense cannot leave my body…”

“But what I can see might be more than what ordinary people can.”

The beautiful woman’s unfocused eyes looked at Su Mo, a knowing smile on her face, as if she could read his thoughts:

“I don’t use my eyes, nor my Divine Sense, but my vast heart…”

Su Mo followed the beautiful woman’s finger to her chest, and his eyes immediately narrowed.

Her vast heart was indeed vast enough!

He always thought that slender branches bearing great fruit was exaggerated enough, but he didn't expect thicker branches to bear even larger fruits.

Su Mo lightly coughed, subtly averting his gaze:

“I see, I was being presumptuous.”

The beautiful woman’s smile deepened a bit, and she turned to Heaven Battle, asking:

“Speak, what do you want to ask this time?”

“Still the old rule, the price is determined by the Karma involved in the question. A deposit must be paid first, no credit.”

Heaven Battle put away his playful smile and became serious:

“Sister Rong, this time my Brother-in-law wants to ask you something.”

“Given our relationship, just give us a twenty percent discount.”

Upon hearing this, Sister Rong immediately “glared” at him.

“Last time I gave you a discount, the backlash I suffered hasn’t fully healed, and you still have the nerve to bring it up? Do you want to send me to my grave?”

She extended her slender finger and accurately poked Heaven Battle’s forehead.

Heaven Battle winced from the poke and quickly hid behind Su Mo.

Sister Rong calmed the rise and fall of her chest, took a deep breath, then turned to Su Mo, her tone softening a bit:

“Fellow Daoist, what do you wish to ask? Let me warn you in advance, heavenly secrets cannot be revealed lightly, and you are responsible for the price.”

Her unfocused eyes gazed at Su Mo as she added:

“Moreover, the whereabouts of some people are shielded and distorted, making them impossible to calculate. If it cannot be calculated, the deposit will not be refunded.”

Su Mo nodded:

“Understood.”

“Then follow me.”

Sister Rong said no more, turned gracefully, and entered the Sky-Peeping Pavilion.

Upon seeing the interior, Su Mo immediately understood why this beautiful woman was blind.

Not just the beautiful woman, but all the Tianji Pavilion Cultivators within the Sky-Peeping Pavilion had disabilities.

Some had lost an arm, some a leg, and even more, not only were their bodies disabled, but they were also white-haired at a young age.

Five Deficiencies and Three Shortcomings!

Su Mo’s heart was solemn.

Sister Rong seemed to sense Su Mo’s thoughts and softly said:

“The Dao of Sky-Peering is Heaven-Defying; there is gain and there is loss.”

Her tone was calm, carrying a sense of detachment after enduring much.

“Then why do you still…”

Su Mo’s words were cut short by Sister Rong.

She looked at her busy fellow disciples, a complex emotion appearing in her unfocused eyes:

“Because here, we can touch the truest Veins of the world, and see the… truth that many Cultivators can never reach in their entire lives.”

“In other words, it’s like moths flying into a flame, finding it sweet.”

A moment later, Sister Rong led everyone up through the towering floors, finally stopping before the door of a quiet room.

Just standing outside the door, Su Mo felt a strange sensation, a comprehension of Law.

One plus one must equal two, the sum of angles in a triangle must be one hundred eighty degrees… “This is… the Law of Causality?”

Su Mo tentatively asked.

A hint of approval flashed across Sister Rong’s face, and she nodded slightly:

“Fellow Daoist’s perception is keen.”

Pushing open the door of the quiet room, he saw nothing inside but a concentrated, substantial beam of light piercing down from above.

“Condense your question within your Divine Sense and cast it into the light beam.”

Sister Rong’s voice became ethereal in this strange space.

Su Mo followed her instructions, focusing his mind and Qi, and cast his question about Hua Rumeng’s whereabouts into it.

After waiting a few breaths, Sister Rong asked in confusion:

“Fellow Daoist, are your heavenly secrets obscured?”

Hearing this, Su Mo remembered that he still had the Bronze Compass’s concealment on him.

Immediately, he had Immortal Master Qian Ji take out the compass.

The moment the compass appeared—

The entire quiet room suddenly began to shake violently, and the light beam piercing through it flickered wildly.

Su Mo’s eyes narrowed, and he immediately signaled Immortal Master Qian Ji to retrieve the compass.

After the compass disappeared, the shaking of the quiet room slowly subsided, but the Law power had not yet calmed.

Sister Rong took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the excitement in her heart, her voice clearly trembling:

“Fellow Daoist, the compass in your hand… could you give it to me?”

She looked at Immortal Master Qian Ji, unconsciously moving closer to her.

“Why?”

Immortal Master Qian Ji immediately became vigilant:

“This is my item! Are you trying to snatch it?!”