Having bid farewell to Jiang Chenyu and Dongfang Hongyue, Lin Yun set off toward the west.

This departure truly killed three birds with one stone.

Avoiding the palace fire was just one aspect, making time to search for Bai Jiaojiao was the second, and the third was to hide in the shadows to contend with any sudden crises that might arise.

Of course, the prerequisite was being able to return alive.

In the Central Plains, a splendid drama was unfolding. When immersed in it, one might not see the whole picture, but stepping back appropriately might yield gains.

For Lin Yun now, the most important thing was to rescue Bai Jiaojiao.

The moment he saw Bai Jiaojiao sending the tower, Lin Yun had wanted to go find her, but he had always been tied up with various things. Despite being a master of time management and not having slept for a while, bags under his eyes, there still wasn’t enough time.

Fortunately, he had some idea where Bai Jiaojiao could have gone missing, which might save some time from blind searching.

Bai Jiaojiao had gone missing because the news that Lin Yun was a spy from the Central Plains reached the Grasslands and, pressured by the Grassland People, Bai Jiaojiao had to leave.

Putting himself in Bai Jiaojiao’s shoes at that time, if he were her, there would be two survival routes. The safest would be to head east into the sea; after all, Bai Jiaojiao was a True Dragon, and in the sea, she certainly wouldn’t drown or fear Sea Beasts too much.

If that were the case, Bai Jiaojiao wouldn’t have gone missing.

Therefore, Bai Jiaojiao must have taken the other survival route.

Perhaps the eastern routes had already been blocked, and since the coastline was sealed by Sword Arrays, Bai Jiaojiao couldn’t get through. Her only choice left was to travel west and cross Mount Heavenly Dragon.

From previous visions, Bai Jiaojiao indeed seemed to be in the mountains.

Mount Heavenly Dragon is shrouded with many legends, and the tower Bai Jiaojiao entered had an especially mysterious look.

Various signs, along with some of Lin Yun’s deductions, could basically confirm Bai Jiaojiao was on Mount Heavenly Dragon.

So Lin Yun set out westward.

Mount Heavenly Dragon was dangerous, but Lin Yun still had his trump cards.

With Sister Qing Nu’s blessing, where could I not go?

Lin Yun was feeling somewhat overconfident now, but that’s only human nature. When the Thousand Hands and Eyes God looked at the Statue of Qing Nu once, it blew up, which shows that the Statue of Qing Nu does have killing power.

Moreover, the Moon Water Spirit Pearl gifted by Su’e clearly feared Qing Nu, and the Thousand Hands and Eyes God, upon hearing Su’e’s name, avoided it like a Fierce Tiger, which is enough to reflect Qing Nu’s crushing dominance over regular Divine Spirits.

With Sister Qing Nu by his side and Divine Spirits not to be feared, naturally, Lin Yun dared to take the risk on this adventure.

In life, nothing can be done with absolute certainty. Although this journey is perilous, Lin Yun has his compelling reasons to undertake it.

This time without Snowstep as his mount, Lin Yun finally decided to rely on Little Green Dragon.

"Little Green Dragon, you’re already a mature Little Green Dragon, and you need to learn to help your master out of difficulty."

Little Green Dragon: "???"

Before being ridden by Lin Yun, Little Green Dragon didn’t know how harsh the world could be, not until Lin Yun asked her to take off did she realize that Lin Yun had no limits.

She was still a young dragon!

Thankfully, soaring on clouds and driving the mist is instinctual for dragons. The journey wasn’t tiring for Little Green Dragon; it also let Lin Yun fully indulge in his Dragon Knight fantasy.

"Soaring on a dragon truly is this exhilarating. It’s way cooler than Sword Flight."

"Once I find Bai Jiaojiao, I must make her fulfill her duties as a mount."

Lin Yun had already started planning how to arrange Bai Jiaojiao’s role, and before long, Mount Heavenly Dragon loomed in the distance.

Just by looking at the map, Lin Yun was still a bit confused; the world’s map-making technology had yet to improve, and since Mount Heavenly Dragon was rarely visited by people, no one was truly capable of drawing an accurate map of it.

The so-called maps of Mount Heavenly Dragon were just approximations of the paths one could take near the mountain; within its bounds, nobody knew the specific routes to take.

However, the expression on Lin Yun’s face as he viewed the scenery from above was very striking.

From the outside, one couldn’t see the interior of Mount Heavenly Dragon, as it was surrounded by clouds and mist all year round. This mist was similar to the Great Mist and could block Divine Sense from probing.

But Lin Yun could, indeed, see it.

Perhaps it was because he had mastered the Great Mist Divine Power, the mist cloaking Mount Heavenly Dragon couldn’t completely block Lin Yun’s probing, though it was somewhat blurry.

Lin Yun concentrated his Spiritual Power in his eyes, and the contours of Mount Heavenly Dragon no longer appeared as indistinct as before.

What initially seemed a blur looked to him like a Giant Dragon coiling on the ground, but now that he saw it clearly, it resembled a Divine Dragon soaring in the sky.

"Could Mount Heavenly Dragon actually be the transformation of a Heavenly Dragon?"

Seeing the shape of Mount Heavenly Dragon, Lin Yun couldn’t help but speculate.

As the source of the Dragon River, both the river and Mount Heavenly Dragon were steeped in many legends about dragons. While legends can’t be completely trusted, they are also not entirely false.

"Forget about archaeology for now; finding that person is what matters."

Being unaffected by the mist was one of Lin Yun’s advantages.

If not for the mysterious power that enveloped Mount Heavenly Dragon, making even Xiao Qing unable to fly, Lin Yun would have sought his quarry from the air. With his vision, finding Bai Jiaojiao or the tower would have been a piece of cake.

Unfortunately, even Xiao Qing was affected by the power of Mount Heavenly Dragon.

Lin Yun had no choice but to allow Xiao Qing to return to his Dantian and proceed on foot.

Along the way, Lin Yun used the Cheating Heaven Step. He hastened his pace while also enhancing his mastery of the Cheating Heaven Step, ensuring his safety in the process of rushing forward.

His path was unpredictable, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, veering left and right. Even if something tried to attack him from the shadows, it would have a hard time locking on to him for a while.

Among all those who ventured into Mount Heavenly Dragon, Lin Yun was probably the most audacious.

Everyone knew that if they saw something they shouldn’t, regardless of their Cultivation Level, their lives would be in danger. Thus, there was a saying in the Cultivation World: If you enter Mount Heavenly Dragon, you might want to suppress your senses as much as possible to avoid seeing things you shouldn’t and find your own fortune within.

This theory wasn’t necessarily accurate because, before it was proposed, many people who entered Mount Heavenly Dragon without this knowledge still emerged safely.

After the theory was suggested, many tried this method, but the number of those who returned didn’t increase.

That being said, people who entered Mount Heavenly Dragon didn’t necessarily have to lower their senses to the minimum, but they were certainly extremely cautious, fearing to disturb some forbidden existence.

Lin Yun was different. While others were cautiously blocking their senses, Lin Yun let his Divine Sense spread as far as possible, his eyes full of Spiritual Power, trying to see as far into the distance as he could.

It was like sneaking into a village where some people didn’t even dare to light a fire and crawled forward, while Lin Yun turned on a beam of light that shot into the sky, flashing brightly as if afraid he wasn’t making enough noise.

And yet, despite all his antics, nothing happened...