Only My Way

The third day.

Around noon.

At a mountain range hundreds of kilometers away from [Dragon Peak City].

These continuous, towering peaks, often reaching heights of five to six thousand meters, possess extremely steep slopes, almost like sheer cliffs!

Yet, the horse beneath Ling Wuyuan effortlessly scaled them.

Even on those slopes exceeding seventy degrees.

This horse dared to leap!

Its agility!

Was akin to a nimble mountain goat!

In the surrounding air.

Colorful flocks of birds soared freely in groups!

Occasionally.

One could spot giant raptors with wingspans of seven to eight meters, their size comparable to heavy bombers, hunting in the sky!

As predators capable of hunting large beasts.

Their mere passage stirred up violent gusts of wind in the surrounding area!

Parting the clouds in the sky, leaving faint traces of their flight…

Even.

Ling Wuyuan could vaguely make out something even larger and more dangerous in the higher reaches of the sky…

A type of demon beast…

The simple act of flapping their wings caused wind and thunder to surge…

Their exceptionally large size cast immense shadows upon the ground as they soared at great speeds…

Soon after.

After a series of leaps.

Finally, the horse beneath Ling Wuyuan carried him to the summit of the steep mountain!

At that moment.

As the pure golden sunlight.

Poured down from the sea of clouds on the horizon.

The golden rays were dazzling!

And filled with an indescribable sacredness!

When the eyes of the successful climber swept across the surroundings.

A sense of surveying all the mountains would immediately surge into their heart!

As if they were sitting on the clouds, silently overlooking all things under heaven!

Even Ling Wuyuan.

Could not help but be moved.

He deeply understood the mindset of so-called "climbing high and seeing far"…

After silently gazing at the distant scenery for a long time.

Ling Wuyuan's gaze slowly turned to a certain place in front of him.

It was a vast lake!

Even standing on a mountain thousands of meters high.

Ling Wuyuan could still clearly sense its immensity.

Under the golden sunlight, the shimmering lake surface resembled a sparkling golden crystal, exceptionally beautiful…

And that lake was the former location of [Azure Lake White Stream Palace]—[Azure Cloud Lake]!

As the largest lake in [Cloud Ridge Province].

The entire [Azure Cloud Lake] spans over ninety kilometers from north to south and stretches over one hundred and seventy kilometers from east to west!

The deepest part of the lake is said to reach tens of thousands of meters!

If this thing were placed on Earth in Ling Wuyuan's previous life, it would be considered an inland sea…

However.

In those distant four thousand years ago.

This place was basically the private territory of [Azure Lake White Stream Palace].

Everywhere Ling Wuyuan looked, even the entire [Cloud Ridge Province], basically followed the lead of [Azure Lake White Stream Palace]!

Even the [Royal Court] of [Southern Mist Nation] had to give them some leeway here…

The strength of their power can be imagined by later generations…

It's just that, in the end, looking at the area that should have been filled with jade buildings and magnificent palace complexes, but now only had some ruins and lush forests, Ling Wuyuan could only silently shake his head.

[Azure Lake White Stream Palace] was strong.

But, in the end, they were not strong enough…

Therefore.

After the Dao lineage continued for thousands of years.

They were eventually forcibly destroyed.

All prosperity and strength vanished with it…

In [Dragon Peak City].

At that [Wandering Text Tower].

Ling Wuyuan had specifically searched for local historical documents of [Cloud Ridge Province] to read.

Among them, there were naturally records about [Azure Lake White Stream Palace].

According to that.

The former [Azure Lake White Stream Palace] could be called the shining star of the entire [Cloud Ridge Province]!

Tens of thousands of words were used to describe how powerful the former [Azure Lake White Stream Palace] was!

When their strength reached its peak, within the entire [Azure Lake White Stream Palace], there were at least twenty practitioners whose strength had reached the [Manifest Intention Realm] on the surface!

In the [Southern Mist Nation] with a population of nearly one billion.

Their overall strength could completely rank among the top three of all sects…

Right now, standing at a high place, silently observing the actual terrain of the distance for a while, and then cooperating with the various related information recorded on the treasure map, even if the surrounding terrain environment has changed a lot due to the influence of various factors, Ling Wuyuan still didn't spend much time to successfully find the information he needed, and successfully found the approximate entrance of [Azure Lake White Stream Palace—Underground Secret Vault] through the center point between various coordinates.

It was a forest with quite dense vegetation.

The geographical location was adjacent to a certain official road.

Not far from that place, a fairly prosperous town was standing.

That place, rather than being called an entrance, was actually just a coordinate!

The method to reach the [Underground Secret Vault]?

Very simple, that is—dig!

There was no specific passage.

Using that coordinate point as a benchmark, just keep digging down…

According to the information recorded on the treasure map.

Ling Wuyuan felt that he might need to dig down nearly two thousand meters…

Anyway, after digging to a certain extent, the treasure map would give some feedback, detailing the next route and method of entry and exit…

Before the other party gave further feedback.

Even Ling Wuyuan couldn't figure out how to enter and exit that [Underground Secret Vault].

Um…

Dig a two-kilometer-deep hole straight down?

Seriously.

The matter had a feeling of a large-scale project…

If there was no extraordinary power.

Just thinking about it, Ling Wuyuan would probably feel a little despair!

Those who didn't know would probably think you were digging for oil…

At this moment.

Just as Ling Wuyuan determined the location.

And wanted to drive his mount towards the target location.

Suddenly, Ling Wuyuan sensed a hostile gaze.

It was a rather clear gaze!

Fierce and greedy!

He immediately raised his head and looked towards the top.

It was the vast high sky thousands of meters away from the mountain top!

In the sky full of white clouds.

A sharp eagle's cry suddenly exploded!

Then, a huge head protruded strongly from the clouds!

It was a magnificent eagle's head as big as a calf!

Along with the explosion of the eagle's cry, the visible sound waves immediately pushed the strong wind to tear the surrounding clouds!

Completely revealing the giant eagle with a wingspan of more than twenty meters…

Thanks to: Little Fatty Who Wants to Read Books for 100 starting coins! Not competing, not grabbing, in the end, losing 876 starting coins!