Chapter 923: Chapter 42 Tian Gang Mountain Top_2
Ah Dai said, "My Life and Creation Technique was taught to me by my uncle, but I still can’t tell you his name. Before he died, he asked me to meet the Sword Saint of the Tian Gang here on Tian Gang Mountain."
Liao Yi’s heart stirred, and suddenly, it was as if he thought of something, and he exclaimed, "Your name wouldn’t happen to be Ah Dai, would it?"
Ah Dai was startled and asked in surprise, "How do you know?" thinking to himself that he had never seen this person before!
Liao Yi was overjoyed and said, "This is great, you really are Ah Dai, and I’ve scored big this time. You don’t know, the Great Ancestor Master himself personally ordered, commanding everyone in the sect to scatter across the continent to search for you, and we must bring you before him. My luck is indeed too good to have met you in the mountains. Let’s hurry up the mountain." He thought, having found the person the Great Ancestor Master was looking for, he would be able to show off a bit when he got back to the sect.
Ah Dai scratched his head and said, "Don’t you need to rest? Does the Sword Saint want to see me? Why would he want to see me?" The Sword Saint of the Tian Gang was Ah Dai’s uncle Owen’s teacher, and given that Owen was already in his sixties, the Sword Saint would naturally be even older, which is why he was referred to with such respect.
Liao Yi nodded and said, "Yes! The whole sect is now mobilized, searching for you everywhere. Let’s not rest, let’s get moving. As for why the Great Ancestor Master is looking for you, I’m not sure. It seems that after Feng Ping returned from his journey, he said something to the senior masters, and then the Great Ancestor Master issued the order to find you."
Feng Ping? That name sounded so familiar! Ah Dai thought hard and then remembered the middle-aged man from the Tian Gang Sword Sect he had met in the Red Hurricane Tribe Small City, who had even given him a bag of Gold Coins. Thinking back, that man was really kind. "Well then, since I’m not tired yet, let’s go. Yan Shi, brother, how about you? Can you still travel?"
Yan Shi and Yan Li had overheard the conversation between the two, and coming forward, Yan Shi said, "Brother Liao Yi, did you say the Sword Saint wants to see Ah Dai? Hasn’t he long since withdrawn from worldly affairs?"
Liao Yi, somewhat impatiently, said, "Just stop asking and follow me. I’m just a low-ranked disciple, how could I know so much! Everything will become clear once we reach the mountain top."
Xuan Yue opened her groggy eyes, frowned, and asked, "What’s all the noise about? Have we arrived at the Tian Gang Sword Sect?"
Ah Dai spoke softly, "Not yet, I’ll call you once we do. Come on, lie on my back and sleep; we need to keep moving."
"Oh." Xuan Yue agreed, sleepily climbing onto Ah Dai’s back and murmuring with closed eyes, "How much farther? Why haven’t we arrived?"
Ah Dai smiled and said, "Don’t worry, we’re almost there. Yue Yue, are you cold?"
Xuan Yue didn’t answer, her breathing evened out, and it turned out she had fallen asleep again. Ah Dai helplessly shook his head, and channeled a stream of True Qi into Xuan Yue’s body to maintain her body temperature, then turned to Liao Yi and said, "Let’s hit the road."
Liao Yi was filled with an unusual excitement, nodded, and along the path, rushed full-force toward the mountain peak. Ah Dai and the Yan brothers hurriedly followed, and the sound of air being split continuously sounded as four black shadows ascended towards the peak of Tian Gang Mountain.
As the five of them arrived at the peak, dawn had broken, the dark sky gradually turned into a deep blue, and the eastern sky slowly turned to a color like white jade, lightening up. Bathed in the increasingly strong light, mountain peaks sharp as blades stood at the foot of Tian Gang Mountain, surrounded by swirling clouds, only some of the towering peaks poked through, offering a dream-like feeling, as if they had entered a fairyland. If Elf City gathered the world’s most exquisite scenery, then Tian Gang Mountain was a collection of the world’s grandeur. The feeling of viewing all the smaller mountains around gave a sense of expansiveness and freedom. While everyone was absorbed in the surrounding beauty, from the distant east, suddenly a red glow shone brightly, and the red sun, like a round red fruit, slowly rose. Its light was not dazzling, slowly ascending, and the surrounding clouds, reflecting its light, gradually turned golden.
Liao Yi stopped in his tracks and said, "You’re really lucky to witness the sunrise. It’s rare to see. The sunrise of Tian Gang is a world-famous sight. ’The dawn breaks and the morning light appears, with the rising of the sun, the clouds turn golden’ is the praise for the Tian Gang sunrise."
By now, Xuan Yue had already woken up, a bit intoxicated by the moving scene, and sighed, "It’s so beautiful."
The sunlight grew stronger, shining on them, dyeing them golden, just like the clouds.
Yan Shi said, "Brother Liao Yi, we’re almost at the top of the mountain, why haven’t we seen your Tian Gang Sword Sect yet?"
Liao Yi smiled and replied, "The peak of Tian Gang Mountain is very flat, and our sect’s buildings are in the center of the mountaintop, like a large courtyard, so of course, you can’t see it now. We’ll be at the peak in no time."
"Who goes there?" With a few swooshing sounds, several people leaped out from the path ahead. They were dressed similarly to Liao Yi, four young men under twenty years old.
"It’s me, fellow disciples, are you on duty today?"
"Ah, it’s Brother Liao Yi! Weren’t you patrolling the mountain? How come you’re back so soon?" The respect shown by the youngsters toward Liao Yi indicated that he was quite popular among the fourth generation disciples. The Tian Gang Mountain range was vast, and the disciples who patrolled it generally took about half a month to complete a circuit in one direction. The previous day, Liao Yi had planned to take advantage of the cooler evening to make headway, but he had unexpectedly run into Ah Dai and the others. His return before the expected time naturally surprised the disciples guarding the mountain.
