Reborn as the Strongest Immortal Cultivator in Modern Times

Unbeknownst to Ye Yu, seven people were hiding behind a boulder about a hundred meters away from her.

Because of the sudden blizzard, they lost their way for a while and couldn't find their way back, so they squatted behind a big rock to huddle together.

But after a short while, they vaguely saw a person continuing to climb the mountain with light steps. She did not use any climbing tools such as trekking poles or crampons, and seemed unaffected by the wind and snow. Judging from how relaxed she looked, she probably got separated from the group.

One of them said, "This guy is a real pro! He didn't wear any tools or even thick clothes, yet he walked up here so easily?"

"I've never heard of anyone walking that route she took. The mountainside on that side is even steeper and not suitable for people to walk on at all."

"But the way she walked made me think we were on some low-altitude snow mountain."

"At her speed, she'll reach the summit in just a few hours, right?"

"Judging from the backpack she's carrying, I'd guess it doesn't even have a tent or sleeping bag inside. She's probably planning to climb to the summit and then come down, right?"

"Isn't she afraid of hypothermia...?"

The group continued their discussion, waiting for the snowstorm to pass.

Suddenly, two more people appeared and followed.

The group was completely dumbfounded. One of them said, "Their clothes... are they lamas?"

"seems like it!"

"Am I hallucinating because I'm about to lose my temperature?"

"Aren't they cold? They're not even wearing windbreakers this time!"

"What exactly is going on???"

After discussing it for a while, the group could only conclude that they should cross over to take a look.

Ye Yu kept climbing forward, and just as she was about to reach the place marked on the map, the visibility was already very low. She was almost entirely relying on her divine sense to climb up.

The two lamas behind him caught up again; it was unclear whether they were manipulating the wind and snow to attack Ye Yu once more.

Ye Yu suddenly felt a strong airflow surge, and the snow on the mountain peak began to collapse. The snow slid down very quickly, instantly triggering an avalanche.

Ye Yu felt a sense of foreboding. She immediately stood on her flying sword and stopped a dozen meters above the mountain peak. There, she saw a stone gate emitting a faint light at the source of the snow avalanche. The gate was covered with ancient runes and inlaid with nine luminous pearls.

Ye Yu's eyes lit up with surprise, not because of the luminous pearl, but because the stone gate was engraved with the same Tibetan script as the yellow cloth strip.

Ye Yu thought to herself, this must be the legendary "Holy Gate".

She slipped into the stone door in a flash and then closed it behind her.

The heavy stone gate made a muffled sound as it closed, causing the mountain to sway slightly and triggering another avalanche. The falling snow completely covered the stone gate, making it impossible to see any trace of it.

The cave was pitch black. After entering, Ye Yu's consciousness had returned. She held up a ball of fire, which illuminated the cave.

The silence inside was terrifying; the only sounds were the dripping of melting snow onto the ground.

Ye Yu carefully walked forward. After a few steps, there was a staircase leading down to the top of the stairs. The walls on both sides of the stairs were painted with exquisite murals.

These murals are very similar to the Thangkas that Ye Yu saw in the old trumpet room, but the figures in them are dignified and imposing, without any sense of lewdness or evil.

Go down the stairs, and at the end of the corridor there is a stone door with many Buddha statues carved on it.

Ye Yu did not move forward, because her divine sense detected that there were many traps hidden in the walls. These traps included crossbows hidden in the corners and pits filled with spikes under the corridor.

After Ye Yu saw through the traps, he dodged them one by one and successfully entered the stone gate.

After entering the stone gate, a completely different scene unfolds. The moment the stone gate opens, the oil lamps inside automatically light up, and a pavilion stands quietly in the center, with a Buddha statue inside.

The surrounding walls were still covered with murals. Ye Yu glanced at them and saw that they all told Buddhist history, stories of people, and some even praised the spirit of Buddhism.

There were still mechanisms inside the room, but Ye Yu didn't touch anything. He walked to the back of the pavilion and opened the stone door again.

Behind the stone gate was a vast and empty space. Only a single hall stood alone in the center, appearing utterly desolate.

As the stone door opened, the sound of a bell echoed through the space, its tone deep and resonant.

When the bell rang for the third time, Ye Yu felt the same dizziness she had experienced at the old loudspeaker's place, and then all the pictures on the wall came to life.

Some chanted scriptures that rang loudly in Ye Yu's ears, some wielded vajras and staffs at her, and others tried to imprison her with Buddhist prayer beads and bracelets.

Ye Yu knew these were all illusions, but this time it was much more complicated.

She steadied herself and circulated her spiritual energy to resist the dizziness. Then, she formed hand seals and chanted incantations. A ray of spiritual light emanated from her body, and the illusions that approached her vanished like bubbles upon contact with the light.

Ye Yu quickly located the bell on the top floor of the main hall, flew up and shattered it with a palm strike. The bell stopped ringing, and the illusions all disappeared.

Ye Yu slowly walked towards the back of the main hall, and sure enough, there was another stone door behind it.

But as she approached the stone gate, it slowly opened, and a powerful force pulled her inside. Ye Yu only had time to set up a protective shield before she was swept into it.

She was inside a tower, surrounded by golden light, and a huge golden Buddha statue appeared before her.

Ye Yu glanced at the Buddha statue and discovered that it was made entirely of gold. He admired the wealth and extravagance of the people who built it.

However, she did not take the Buddha statue away, fearing that something might happen.

After passing the Buddha statue, you will see a series of paintings on the wall, depicting the beginning of the world, the growth of all things, and some little-known secrets.

One of the descriptions is about a bead that is said to gather the power of nature. It is black and white, and cultivators can use it to absorb the energy of nature and restore their spiritual power.

After reading it, Ye Yu seemed to be deep in thought. She released all her divine sense and began searching inside the tower.

Before long, she walked straight to the top of the tower.

At the very center of the top of the tower, there was only one very ornate coffin.

Ye Yu opened the coffin, and a thick, bluish-black smoke rushed towards him. Ye Yu quickly released a fireball to burn the smoke away, and then he saw a corpse sit up from the coffin.

This is a female corpse. It is very well preserved, with smooth and elastic skin, a rosy complexion, and her eyes are closed as if she were simply asleep.

Ye Yu used his divine sense to probe the corpse, and found that it had no aura and showed no signs of life.

Her attire was magnificent; she wore a long silk robe woven with gold thread, a colorful scarf, and headdresses made of turquoise, jade, gold, and other precious stones.

What caught Ye Yu's attention the most was the black and white bead she wore on her forehead, which was very similar to the bead she saw in the mural downstairs.

Ye Yu scanned the bead with his divine sense but found nothing special about it. There was no fluctuation of spiritual power or a trace of life, so it was not edible.