My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 103 The Lineage Ancestor and the Rebellious Disciple (One more chapter owed, I need to recuperate first)
This is an extraordinary mirror at first glance. Its shape is not the common round or oval, but a rare square. Around the golden rim of the mirror, twelve talismans are also engraved.

These twelve talismans are no ordinary carvings.

Because on each of the talismans, one can now vaguely see the phantom of a beast, in the following order: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig.

At the intersection of these twelve talismanic beast shadows, two ancient characters are faintly visible.

No rules.

However, this celestial mirror is not called the Twelve Zodiac Celestial Mirror, nor the Mirror of No Rules. Its true name is "Heavenly Mirror"!
There is a Celestial Mirror!

At this moment, as Bai Diyuan took out the mirror, a strange force of attraction descended upon him.

A figure resembling Bai Diyuan, but very blurry, then appeared in the mirror.

Bai Diyuan didn't find anything unusual, because when he first obtained this celestial mirror, it had always been like this, never able to reflect his true image.

However, there was also good news: as he cultivated to the Upper Realm of External Appearance, the figure in the Immortal Mirror became significantly clearer.

At first, you couldn't see his reflection in the mirror unless you looked closely.

With thoughts racing through his mind, Bai Diyuan did not let this delay him. With a slight movement of his eyes, the figure in the immortal mirror immediately changed.

Suddenly, the character "危" (danger) appeared above the head of the figure in the mirror.

Moreover, the character "危" (danger) appears in black!
This is one of the functions of the Celestial Mirror, which can assess the safety of the holder's current environment. Furthermore, if certain requirements of the Celestial Mirror are met, it can also provide advance warning to the holder, indicating the source of danger and the best way to escape.

Therefore, Bai Diyuan continuously made offerings to this celestial mirror.

Therefore, half a month ago, when Bai Chijing was still in the wilderness of Ningchao, this celestial mirror gave Bai Diyuan a warning, with a black character for "danger" hanging high above the head of the figure in the mirror.

This made Bai Diyuan tremble with fear.

Because this celestial mirror's warning system has three colors, with the black one undoubtedly representing the highest level of danger. Prior to this, Bai Diyuan had only encountered red warnings, which were less severe than the black one.

Therefore, Bai Diyuan did not hesitate and followed the best escape route deduced by the Heavenly Immortal Mirror, and descended Tujian Mountain that very day.

The source of the danger indicated by the Celestial Mirror was none other than Bai Chijing!

"How can it still be like this!"

Bai Diyuan found this scene hard to accept. He had been fleeing for his life for so long, yet the danger hadn't lessened at all. Could it be that Bai Chijing had attained immortality?

Even if one attains immortality, in Bai Diyuan's opinion, it shouldn't be this outrageous.

Because the world he originally lived in also had terrestrial immortals, and those terrestrial immortals were not only equivalent to the outer realm realm, but many famous figures had already reached the level of the Yao Tian Immortal!
Bai Diyuan had witnessed the power of such figures before, and it was truly awe-inspiring! However, even such figures were not as wicked as Bai Chijing!

Most importantly, when did he offend Bai Chijing?

According to seniority, this person is actually the second great-grandfather of his current body! He and Bai Chijing are family.

However, this "second great-grandfather" suddenly decided to kill him!

Could it be that Bai Chijing knew about his secret instigation of Bai Xingchen to take action? But if that's the case, shouldn't Bai Chijing have killed Bai Xingchen first? Why is he targeting him right from the start?
Moreover, he was clearly following the route given by the Mirror!
According to the patterns observed from previous use of the Celestial Mirror, as long as he follows the route given to him by the Celestial Mirror, even if he hasn't reached his destination yet, the danger that is about to engulf him will gradually decrease in threat level.

It will never be like this again. He has been running for half a month, but the level of danger has not changed at all.

However, compared to Bai Diyuan's emotional breakdown, the soul within him appeared remarkably calm, because it had already been mentally prepared for this after learning about the strange state of those who died at Bai Chijing's hands.

It and Bai Diyuan came from the same world, where he once encountered a demon monk who had become possessed by practicing "telepathy".

That demonic monk was extremely strange. Anyone who came into contact with him and did anything he forbade would completely forget about it afterward. Sometimes, even if the demonic monk was right next to you, you wouldn't be able to detect him at all.

However, this is not the most bizarre aspect of this demonic monk, because there are ways to break this method. The most unsolvable aspect of this demonic monk is his ability to be resurrected from the memories of others.

Using the primordial spirit of others as a "placenta," it extracts the essence, energy, and spirit of its enemies as nourishment to nurture a new body!
Even it, back then, had its essence and spirit drained by that demonic monk, which prevented it from making any progress in its cultivation for hundreds of years, and ultimately caused it to lose its physical body. And because it had suffered from the demonic monk's manipulation of its primordial spirit, it ultimately didn't even dare to take its own primordial spirit with it, choosing only to let its soul escape.

And right now, in this Baichi Jing of Yaotian, there is already a part of that demon monk's figure. With his strange and unpredictable supernatural powers, those who die at his hands probably don't even know how they died!

So, at this moment, the spirit simply said, "Alright, alright, hurry up and run! The Celestial Mirror won't deceive you, and this Bai Chijing is far more complex than you imagine. You relied on this Mirror to reach the Upper Realm of External Aspects within a hundred years, but he relied on his own talent to first become a Land Immortal within a few years, and then, after his strongest swordsmanship talent was severed, he forged a new path, creating an unprecedented route to return to the Upper Realm of External Aspects. This Bai Chijing is definitely a figure of the lineage's patriarch level! He's far beyond what you can compare to now!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Diyuan immediately became displeased. His expression darkened slightly as he said, "Talent? Who knows if he relies on talent or something else! If I can obtain such a wondrous item as the Celestial Mirror, why can't Bai Chijing obtain such a treasure? I've visited the disciples who entered Sword Mountain with Bai Chijing. A hundred years ago, Bai Chijing had only been a disciple for three years and was still only at the Upper Realm of External Objects. And his cultivation talent at that time was only slightly better than my Dao-Seeking talent—just at the Dao-Entering Realm!"

With Bai Diyuan's "Seeing the Dao" cultivation talent, he would not have been able to join the Tu Jian Mountain. However, Bai Diyuan used the soul in his body to disguise himself, making others mistakenly believe that he had the strongest cultivation talent in the human world, "Dao Body".

The reason Bai Diyuan did this was precisely for Bai Chijing, or more precisely, for the secrets related to Bai Chijing.

Judging from his own experience, Bai Diyuan felt that Bai Chijing must possess a treasure comparable to the Heavenly Immortal Mirror!
"But so what? Although you have now reached the Outer Appearance Realm, the gap between you and him is still too great. You have not yet completed the first tribulation, while he has most likely completed the eighth tribulation. In addition, he once cultivated to the Outer Heaven Realm. His current strength is definitely comparable to some terrestrial immortals."

That wisp of soul bluntly poured cold water on Bai Diyuan. Bai Diyuan had never cultivated to that realm and didn't know how incredible the methods of a terrestrial immortal were. It had once reached that realm, and if it hadn't encountered that demon monk, it wouldn't have ended up with only a wisp of soul left.

"I know!" Bai Diyuan's tone turned serious, but he didn't say anything more and continued on his way.

With Bai Diyuan's cultivation at the Upper Realm of the Outer Appearance stage, even without using any escape techniques, his speed was extremely fast simply by relying on his cultivation. Therefore, in just two days, Bai Diyuan successfully arrived at the destination indicated to him by the Celestial Mirror.

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at this place, the black "danger" character above the figure's head in the mirror turned pale yellow.

This is the least threatening danger to him. If the black "danger" character represents certain death, and the red one represents a slim chance of survival, then the pale yellow one means he faces only one out of nine dangers! He is nine out of nine, and the danger he will encounter is one. As long as he is careful and doesn't act impulsively, this danger will certainly not have any effect on him.

This is the experience summarized by Bai Diyuan.

"Where is this place?" Bai Diyuan asked subconsciously. Following the guidance of the Mirror of Heaven, he broke through some of the restrictions on this destination, only to find a mountain gate in front of him.

This mountain gate is very ancient and looks very old. However, due to some kind of treatment done to the gate, the original inscriptions on the gate are no longer there, so it is impossible to tell anything from it.

Not only here, but deep within this mountain gate lies a vast complex of buildings, standing side by side, with a clear layout. And on these buildings, wherever there is writing, it has been obscured.

However, this was not what surprised Bai Diyuan the most.

What shocked him most was the richness of the spiritual energy here, which was so dense that it was visible to the naked eye.

This place is truly a paradise on earth.

If he had been able to cultivate here from the beginning, even without relying on the Celestial Mirror, he could have easily reached the Middle Realm of External Objects within twenty years with his own worst talent, breaking the notion that the talent for "Seeing the Dao" cultivation is limited to the Initial Realm of External Objects.

Having spent time at Tujian Mountain, Bai Diyuan immediately recognized that this sealed mountain gate was equivalent to one of the six major immortal sects.

How could such a mountain gate be unwanted?
At the edge of Bai Diyuan's vision, he could see that the buildings were covered with numerous powerful protective spells. These weren't to prevent intruders, but rather to prevent the buildings from contacting the outside world.

With the help of the Celestial Mirror, Bai Diyuan learned a great deal.

Therefore, he possessed extremely profound knowledge in the art of forbidden arts.

Bai Diyuan was filled with curiosity, so he stepped inside and, after arriving at the outside of a grand hall, began to attempt to break the restrictions. Originally, an Outer Realm cultivator could not break the restrictions here, because these restrictions were left by an Outer Heaven Realm cultivator.

Moreover, after the forbidden technique was established here, the other party used their own cultivation path as the core of the suppression.

Even if this Outer Heaven Realm expert is not here right now, the power of the forbidden laws in this place is something that ordinary Outer Heaven Realm experts cannot touch.

But Bai Diyuan is capable of cheating!

The second function of the Celestial Mirror is to amplify the spells cast by its wielder tenfold for a short period. Furthermore, this celestial mirror possesses a powerful suppressive effect on forbidden spells.

Therefore, Bai Diyuan quickly broke the spell that restricted the main hall.

In an instant, a will that had been forced to succumb to the mortal realm of Yao Tian awakened. As this will awakened, the dense spiritual energy within the mountain gate instantly converged into the main hall.

"I think, therefore I am!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the gathered spiritual energy created a physical body.

It is truly "I think, therefore I am".

The moment a thought arises, everything related to it can manifest.

"Thank you both, young friends, for saving my crippled body." As soon as the figure appeared, he politely bowed to Bai Diyuan. He was handsome and refined, with an air of righteousness. Anyone who saw this face would subconsciously think that this person was extremely reliable.

He is also one of the few truly upright people in the world.

However, these words from this figure caused Bai Diyuan's expression to change drastically, as did the soul within his body.

Its ability to evade the Yin and Yang realms speaks volumes about its capabilities. No one had ever discovered its existence until now, but this figure released by Bai Diyuan revealed its presence in a single sentence.

Fortunately, at this moment, the figure spoke up, saying, "My two young friends, there's no need to worry. I am not the kind of person who repays kindness with enmity. Moreover, since you two rescued me, it means you are destined to be with me. After I clean up my own messes, I will bequeath the foundation of my lineage to you two!"

Upon hearing these words from the figure, Bai Diyuan felt a slight sense of relief, for he recalled the pale yellow "danger" character that had appeared on the Immortal Mirror earlier.

Without hesitation, Bai Diyuan knelt down and bowed to his master, saying, "Thank you, Master!"

"Hahaha, you are a promising young man! Your master is the Immortal Gentleman. My Heart Sect was founded by you, but unfortunately..." Upon hearing Bai Diyuan's address, the figure burst into laughter. Then he pointed to the spot and said, "Because I misjudged people, I taught a rebellious disciple, which led to the loss of the Heart Sect's foundation to him."

At this point, the figure who called himself "Junzi Xian" sighed repeatedly.

"Is Master referring to that Wen Ye?" Bai Diyuan couldn't help but ask, because only this person best matched the description of his "Gentleman Immortal" master.

"It is indeed this scoundrel! Out of consideration for his difficult cultivation, I held back a trick up my sleeve back then. Who would have thought that he would use such a vicious secret technique to scheme against the lineage, thus affecting me and causing me to slumber in this mortal realm until now."

The figure, who called himself "Junzi Xian," sighed again after speaking for a long time.

This time, however, before Bai Diyuan could speak, the figure who called himself "Junzi Xian" said, "Good disciple, wait for your master to return! The lineage and foundation that your master promised you cannot be broken."

Then, a mighty force suddenly surged forth from here.

This is the departure of this "gentleman immortal".

But as soon as this "gentleman immortal" left, Bai Diyuan heard the soul within him shout urgently, "Run!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Diyuan was taken aback.

However, he did not refute it, but simply took out the mirror.

Then, Bai Diyuan's pupils instantly contracted!
In the mirror, the character for "danger" above his head was as black as ink!
(End of this chapter)