Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Regardless of what Senior Brother Zhang was thinking, Chen Tian, on the other hand, followed Lu Hao at full speed for hundreds of miles before finally stopping in a sunken valley in Xiqi Mountain.

This sunken valley was extremely wide and bottomless, but like other places, it was also covered by a thick fog, making it impossible to see the situation inside.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, please wait here for a moment while I open the passage.”

At this moment, Lu Hao suddenly spoke. He took a step forward and cast a spell into the mist. Immediately, the originally thick mist seemed to boil, fluctuating violently up and down. Before long, a huge cloud cave, ten zhang long and five zhang wide, appeared before Chen Tian's eyes. Through this cloud cave, Chen Tian could vaguely see a huge palace hidden within.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, please!”

Just as this cloud cave appeared, Lu Hao gestured to Chen Tian, inviting him to walk inside.

Seeing this, Chen Tian didn't think much of it. He smiled in acknowledgment, and his figure flashed like lightning, quickly passing through the cloud cave.

From the outside, it was impossible to see anything, but after actually passing through the cloud cave, Chen Tian discovered that there was a whole new world inside this sunken valley. A huge courtyard, thousands of zhang long and wide, was hidden within.

In the very center of this courtyard, there was a magnificent palace. What Chen Tian had seen outside the cloud cave was just a corner of this palace. Now that he was completely inside, Chen Tian truly felt the majesty and extraordinariness of this palace.

In the four directions of this palace, there was a huge dragon head extending outwards. From the dragon's mouth, a spring of water, lasting and filled with spiritual energy, gushed out.

The spring water filled the entire courtyard, making it look like the surface of the sea, while the magnificent palace was like a solitary island on the sea, appearing particularly special and strange!

“What do you think, Fellow Daoist Chen? Our Ganquan Palace is not bad, right!”

At this moment, Lu Hao had also caught up from behind, floating in the air side by side with Chen Tian. Looking at the magnificent and huge palace in front of him, his face was full of pride and arrogance. Although it seemed like he was asking Chen Tian's opinion, in reality, he was mostly showing off!

Chen Tian couldn't help but smile at his appearance, then nodded and said, “I have long heard of the Ganquan Palace's reputation. Seeing it today, it truly lives up to its name. It is truly a masterpiece of craftsmanship, wonderfully indescribable! It would not be an exaggeration to call it the number one palace in the world.”

In any case, he was on other people's territory, so it was better to say a few compliments.

“Haha, Fellow Daoist Chen, you are truly too kind.” Hearing Chen Tian's praise, Lu Hao laughed again, then nodded and said, “Alright, the master has been waiting for us for a long time. Let's go see him now.”

As if satisfied, Lu Hao's figure moved, and he took the lead in flying towards the magnificent palace.

Chen Tian shook his head and smiled wryly behind him, but he did not delay and followed at a very fast speed.

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After passing through several corridors, Lu Hao finally brought Chen Tian to an elegantly decorated room and said with a smile, “Fellow Daoist Chen, please rest here for a while, and I will go and invite the master out.”

After saying that, Lu Hao cupped his hands at Chen Tian and withdrew, leaving Chen Tian alone in the large room.

There are three places in Ganquan Palace to welcome guests, corresponding to guests of different levels and identities.

The room where Chen Tian was at this time was the Yingbin Pavilion, which Ganquan Palace used only when entertaining the most important guests. Lu Hao welcoming Chen Tian here, coupled with the fact that he was going to treat Chen Tian with the Shenxian Fruit, clearly showed that he regarded Chen Tian as the most valued guest in their Ganquan Palace.

To outsiders, this might make them feel flattered, but at this time, Chen Tian couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

You must know that Chen Tian's cultivation level appeared to be only in the early stage of the Ninghai realm, and he and the owner of Ganquan Palace only had a one-sided relationship. There was no deep friendship between the two, so why would he treat Chen Tian with such grand courtesy? This point really made Chen Tian unable to figure it out.

However, from Lu Hao's attitude, Chen Tian could find that Ganquan Palace had no ill intentions towards him, and this made Chen Tian relax.

Forget it, since I'm here, I'll have to do as the Romans do. Chen Tian had already come here, so he had no choice but to adapt to the local customs.

Chen Tian admired it for a while, then gently shifted his gaze and turned his attention to the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the north wall. But to Chen Tian's surprise, the wild and domineering aura in the calligraphy and paintings here had diminished a lot, replaced by a vicissitude after experiencing the storms of life. The font was steady, immovable as a mountain.

Seeing this, Chen Tian felt a little strange, so he looked at the calligraphy and paintings on the west and east walls again!

If it could still be said that the domineering intent could still be seen in the calligraphy and paintings on the north wall, then in the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the latter two walls, Chen Tian could no longer see even a trace of it. What was there was a more steady and upright font, and a peaceful and tranquil feeling revealed from the lines, like a high mountain flowing water, making people feel their minds clear!

Only then did Chen Tian confirm that these calligraphy and paintings represented the transformation of their owner's state of mind. From an ignorant and fearless youth to an elder who was deeply hidden and restrained!

Every word here, in conclusion, is a piece of life and understanding! Only after experiencing the passage of time and seeing all aspects of human life can one write words with such an artistic conception!

It was the first time Chen Tian had seen such calligraphy and paintings, and unknowingly, he was somewhat fascinated by them.

But at this moment, a pair of wide, calloused palms suddenly covered Chen Tian's eyes from behind without any warning, and then, a slightly frivolous and playful voice came over happily: "Boy, guess who I am?”