Chapter 93: The Gate of Wonders?

  Yanwen rolled her eyes and beckoned to the two of them, saying in a low voice, "Let's go, don't disturb them!"

  As they spoke, they cautiously made their way deeper into the valley, Xiao Yun and Shao Cloud knowing the danger, also hurriedly followed Ji Yunwen, treading lightly, afraid of startling those small monsters.

  The canyon is wide outside and narrow inside, with a small pagoda tree forest deep within. The river flows out of the small forest, and Ji Yunwen takes Xiao Yun and the two of them push aside the weeds by the path and enter the forest.

  "It's fogging up!"

  As soon as he entered the forest, Xiao Yun saw a white mist floating in front of him, like smoke quickly engulfing and surrounding the trees around him. In an instant, everything before his eyes turned into a vast expanse of whiteness. Seeing such a strange scene, Xiao Yun immediately stopped in his tracks and looked at Ji Yunwen, but he could only see a faint figure about ten feet ahead of him.

  "It's just an illusion, follow me and it will disappear!" Ji Yunwen didn't even turn his head back, dropped a sentence, and continued to walk inside.

  "Keep up, don't get lost!"

  Xiao Yun turned back and reminded Hong Ke Xin with a sentence, Hong Ke Xin nodded, "Why did he bring us here?"

  Xiao Yun shook his head and looked at Ji Yunwen's appearance, he must have been here before.

  The forest was filled with a thick, white fog that gave people a sense of eeriness. Walking through it felt like walking on the road to the underworld, making one's hair stand on end from fear. Everything in sight was white, and it was impossible to tell which direction to go, so I could only closely follow Ji Yunwen, afraid of getting lost in the fog.

  "There's a relic in this forest, I was worried about Zu Yin Guo before, so I didn't dare to go deep, now that there's an opportunity, let's take a good look!" Ji Yunwen explained to Xiao Yun and the others behind him.

  "Huh?" Hong Kexin's spirits lifted as soon as she heard about the remains, but then she suddenly asked, "But with this thick fog everywhere, which way should we go?"

  As soon as Hong Kexin's voice fell, the white mist around her suddenly became thinner and automatically retreated, revealing a scene that was previously unclear. Unbeknownst to her, she had already left the forest.

  In front of me was a mountain wall, and behind me was a forest shrouded in white mist. Looking up, the mountain wall was about 50-60 meters high, quite smooth, except for some grass vines hanging down from the top, there was nothing unusual about it.

  Xiao Yun looked at Ji Yunwen with a puzzled expression, just as he was about to ask something, Ji Yunwen picked up a fist-sized stone from the ground and threw it towards the mountain wall.

  "Hah!"

  Surprisingly, the stone crashed into the mountain wall and directly merged into it, leaving only a ripple on the mountain wall, like a water surface.

  "It's also an illusionary formation!" Ji Yunwen said.

  "Isn't it dangerous?" asked Xiao Yun.

  Yan Yunwen shook her head, "Go in and take a look, you'll know!"

  "I'll go ahead!"

  Hong Ke Xin said a sentence and directly took out her large yellow bell, holding it in front of her, and walked towards the mountain wall.

  Hong Kexin had Huang Zhong's defense, even if they encountered any danger, they could react in time. Xiao Yun and the others didn't say much nonsense and followed Hong Kexin to walk towards the mountain wall.

  That misty array was truly mysterious and subtle. Even if you looked closely, you couldn't see any flaws. When your hand touched the mountain wall, it didn't feel like a solid object, but rather like a layer of water membrane, which could be easily passed through.

  Three people suddenly merged into the mountain wall, and the mountain wall slightly rippled a few waves, which quickly calmed down and returned to its original state, as if these three people had never appeared.

  Through the mountain wall, what appeared before the three people was a cave. The three of them stood inside the cave, their feet on a bluestone road. At first glance, it was clear that this was man-made. Through the faint light in the cave, they could see that the bluestone road extended deep into the distance, but where it ended, no one knew.

  The cave is over 20 meters high and the stone slab road is also more than two zhang wide. To build such a cave, I'm afraid it will take a lot of material resources.

  "Old man, what is this place after all?" Hong Kexin held the big yellow clock in front of her, cautiously sizing up the surroundings.

  "Put away that big yellow bell of yours, it's a girl's family, taking such a large thing out, aren't you afraid of being laughed at!" Ji Yunwen rolled her eyes and turned to look into the depths of the secluded path, "Have you heard of the Gate of Wonders?"

  "The Gate of Wonders?"

  Put away the big yellow clock, Hong Kexin was somewhat displeased at first, but after hearing Ji Yunwen's second half of the sentence, she became interested and searched her memory for a moment, shaking her head at Ji Yunwen.

  Ben also didn't think Hong Kexin would know, Ji Yunwen directly looked at Xiao Yun.

  Xiao Yun thought for a moment and said, "Laozi said: 'The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of heaven and earth. The Named is the mother of all things. Therefore, always be without desire in order to observe its wonder; always have desire in order to observe its boundary.' These two come from the same source but are given different names. They are both called 'mysterious', mysterious and again mysterious, the gate of all wonders. Is this what the previous generation meant by 'the gate of all wonders'?"

  Yuanwen heard this and stroked his beard, nodding in agreement.

  Xiao Yun Dao said, "I am dull and only know that the way of music repair is extremely mysterious, but I don't know what the gate of many wonders is. Please enlighten me, senior!"

  "Yuanwen Dao said, 'Heaven and earth, all things follow their own paths. To peek at the profundity of the Tao, one must push open the gate and enter. The Gate of Wonders, what is it after all? Is it with form or without form, is it tangible or intangible? I also can't say for sure. Laozi Li Er, ten million years ago, was a great sage of our human race. Legend has it that 'The Gate of Wonders' was something in the hands of Music God Li Er!"

  Xiao Yun and Hong Ke Xin were both stunned, Hong Ke Xin somewhat disbelieving, "You wouldn't be saying that the 'Gate of Wonders' is actually inside this cave, would you?"

  Yan Yunwen stroked his beard, "According to historical records, this Donglan Holy Site was built by Music God Li Er and several sages of our Xia Kingdom. At that time, Li Er was already a quasi-saint realm music god strongman. It is said that Li Er failed to achieve the music saint and sat in meditation, 'The Gate of Wonders' may have been left behind by him in the holy site."

  "The sacred mark is so big, how can you be sure it's here?" Xiao Yun asked doubtfully. The amount of information contained in Ji Yunwen's words was a bit too much, and both he and Hong Kexin were momentarily stunned.

  "I naturally have my own way of knowing!" Ji Yunwen shook his head and smiled, "This place, I've been thinking about coming for a long time. Today we'll go and try our luck!"

  "Are you sure you're not deceiving us?"

  Hong Kexin was somewhat skeptical of Ji Yunwen, after all, when entering the Sacred Traces, Hong Jiutong had warned her more than once not to easily believe anyone, let alone he didn't have a good impression of Ji Yunwen.

  "Kindness is met with ingratitude, you have many things on your mind, if you don't want to go, then just wait here!"

  Yan Wen heard this and puffed out a breath of air, dropped a sentence and walked in directly, but was somewhat angry.

  Hong Kexin stuck out her tongue and followed hastily, after all, Ji Yunwen had just said something so mysterious, and in her heart, like Xiao Yun, she was extremely curious.

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  As they walked deeper into the cave, the light didn't grow dimmer with their progress, but it was somewhat eerie and made people feel uneasy. Unlike Ji Yunwen's calmness, Xiao Yun and Hong Kexin were both cautiously on guard against their surroundings, afraid of encountering some kind of danger.

  About five minutes later, Ji Yunwen, who was walking in front, stopped her footsteps. "We're here!"

  Xiao Yun stopped in his tracks and looked up to see that the road had already reached its end. Blocking their path was a stone wall, on which stood eight stone gates, each one as tall as a person.

  Eight stone gates, each with a carving of a word on it, from left to right: Yao, Mo, Gui, Xian, Fo, Huang, Xia, Ren!

  Except for the "Huang" and "Xia" gates which were wide open, the other six gates were tightly closed. Xiao Yun looked at Ji Yunwen, "Senior, what does this mean?"

  Yan Yunwen stared at the two open stone gates, lost in thought. When he heard Xiao Yun's question, he came back to his senses and pointed at the stone gates, saying: "These eight stone gates represent the paths of Yao, Mo, Gui, Xian, Fo, Huang, Xia, and Ren. Behind each gate is a different road that leads to unknown destinations. However, I can tell you that on each path, there is a test left behind by our predecessors!"

  "What coincidence? What coincidence?" Hong Kexin asked.

  "What kind of opportunity is it that one can only understand by exploring oneself?" Ji Yunwen shook her head.

  "Hmm, I think," said Hong Kexin, "these eight gates, aren't they the so-called 'Gate of Wonders' you mentioned?"

  "It's not that simple!" Ji Yunwen shook his head again, his eyes falling on the "Huang" and "Xia" gates. "It seems someone has already gone in. There are six paths left, you can each choose one!"

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