"Have I come too late?"

Lin Yun looked around, finding neither a trace of Bai Jiaojiao nor any unusual phenomena.

Along the way, he did see some rare Spirit Beasts and some very potent medicinal herbs, but Lin Yun was not in the mood to pick them.

With no worldly desires to collect, doing so would only waste time.

Lin Yun recalled the scene he had seen from afar before, where the vague outline of Mount Heavenly Dragon looked like a coiled dragon, and the clear outline resembled a flying dragon. Perhaps he had been mistaken earlier when it was unclear; now he temporarily proceeded with the image of the flying dragon.

He probably entered the mountain at the position of the dragon’s hind legs. So far, he had searched this side of the mountain for a long while, with the dragon’s head and the other side still unexplored.

Having encountered no danger thus far, Lin Yun couldn’t help but become anxious.

But since he was already here, Lin Yun could only do his best to search.

Since there was no danger for now, he decided to search the entirety of Mount Heavenly Dragon first.

At this moment, his location was already covered in a blanket of snow.

Unknowingly, he had climbed to a higher place and decided to head even higher.

Stepping onto the snowy ground, Lin Yun immediately felt the cold pierce through, causing him to shiver as soon as he set foot, but not only that, along with the cold came an inexplicable pressure on his shoulders.

This felt somewhat like the domain of the Snow Maiden, which Lin Yun, out of curiosity, had once asked the Snow Maiden to demonstrate.

In the domain of the Snow Maiden, coldness and pressure coexisted.

However, this Great Snow Mountain was part of Mount Heavenly Dragon, not the one venerated by the Grassland Acolyte.

"Could it be that Mount Heavenly Dragon is transformed by the Azure Dragon? The Azure Dragon, as a creature of the wood element, also has the power to control water. Did their Divine Skills collide?"

As Lin Yun shook with cold trying to warm up, his mind wandered, but his steps remained resolute as he made his way upward.

Mount Heavenly Dragon had no paths to begin with, and being a place scarcely trodden by humans, it was impossible for a trail to emerge; who knows, maybe Lin Yun was the first person to have come here in hundreds of years.

With this thought, Lin Yun felt even more anxious.

On one hand, he thought that under normal circumstances, Bai Jiaojiao should not have climbed this Great Snow Mountain, which could be bypassed from other areas and was not a necessary path to take.

On the other hand, Lin Yun pondered that since Bai Jiaojiao could enter that mysterious tower, she might not take the beaten path—what if she had really gone up the mountain?

With no way to make a definite judgment, Lin Yun couldn’t help but feel rushed.

His energy was strong, but finite. Aside from falling into a coma due to the Oblivion Gu Worm, he hadn’t even slept, nor had he recovered his energy through Divine Cultivation. Along the way, he had been using his Divine Sense continuously to search for Bai Jiaojiao, and in this high-altitude area, he was also enduring some kind of pressure.

His energy was no longer sufficient to afford taking the wrong path.

"Is Sister Qing Nu there?"

Lin Yun realised that his mentality might be slightly affected by fatigue and immediately thought of Qing Nu.

Calling her ’Sister’ once, he wasn’t sure if Qing Nu would be willing to help.

Regarding the fact that he hadn’t encountered any danger on his journey, Lin Yun had a faint suspicion that perhaps the reason why he hadn’t witnessed any strange phenomena was due to the presence of Qing Nu.

Sister Qing Nu has vast Divine Skills, the number one in the world!

Lin Yun flattered her in his heart, but the Statue of Qing Nu remained immobile.

"Sister Qing Nu, do you think I still stand a chance?"

Lin Yun looked towards the high mountain, seeing no reaction from the Statue of Qing Nu, and began to consider how to climb the mountain.

Lin Yun let his mind wander, and the scene before his eyes suddenly changed like ripples.

The world before him was like a drop of water falling on the surface of a lake, the ripples gently spreading out. Soon after, the water returned to calm.

However, in the snowy white world, Lin Yun noticed something different.

There stood a huge stele not far from Lin Yun, which he hadn’t seen before. It now suddenly appeared before his eyes, and of course, Lin Yun knew the reason why.

"Praise Sister Qing Nu, you are my favorite!"

Just minutes ago, Lin Yun had been thinking of leading a climb up the mountain, and now he was calling on a sister.

Without worrying whether Qing Nu would consider it blasphemy, Lin Yun said his thanks and hurried over to the stele.

This stele was encased in ice, but the ice was transparent, allowing Lin Yun to still see the inscriptions within.

Lin Yun didn’t recognize any of the characters, but what excited him was their style, very similar to the high tower Bai Jiaojiao had entered, likely of the same kind.

Unable to decipher them, Lin Yun had no choice but to seek Little Gold’s help.

Little Gold was knowledgeable and talented, capable of anything. For such difficult puzzles, Little Gold was always the right one to ask.

"These characters..."

Little Gold was shocked to see the inscriptions on the stele.

"I remember these characters, but I can’t recall where I have seen them before. Could it be that I have lost my memories?"

That Little Gold was shocked was due to this reason; she seemed to have lost something, but until today, she wasn’t aware that such a thing could happen, thinking she was a spirit yearning for freedom.

Until the truth was laid out before her.

"You know these characters?"

Lin Yun had already figured out that a part of Little Gold’s memory was missing. Now wasn’t the time to investigate this but to urge Little Gold to get to work.

The loss of Little Gold’s memory could wait; when the right opportunity presented itself and if it was fate, a solution would naturally arise.

What was urgent was to find Bai Jiaojiao’s whereabouts as soon as possible.

Urged by Lin Yun in this way, Little Gold had no choice but to set aside her distracted thoughts and said, "The phrase written on the far right here is ’Dragon Head Peak,’ followed by a description."

The Thunderclap Sword began to trace over the stele, reading out each character to Lin Yun.

"Immortal Mountain reaching the clouds can communicate with gods, divine skills allow clouds to ascend the mountain of immortals."

This was the leading sentence, and Lin Yun did not know who had erected the stele. He silently noted the character ’Tong’ which resembled the first character he had seen Bai Jiaojiao walk into at that high tower.

So, it was the character ’Tong.’

Lin Yun memorized it in his heart while Little Gold continued to work, pointing out parts of the stele and reading aloud: "The mechanism to communicate with gods lies above the vault of heaven, unattainable except by reaching the utmost extreme. Those who wish to reach the extreme must not fear death or danger nor lack great resolve. Ten of those who enter this mountain perish, and if your heart harbors any thoughts, it is best to turn back to safety."

This passage contained a lot of important information, but Lin Yun only remembered two characters.

’Tong,’ ’Tian.’

Little Gold had pronounced them both, and the last one was not that important.

’Tong Tian,’ and considering that obvious tower, it must be the Sky-Piercing Tower.

Knowing the name of that place was a kind of success, wasn’t it!

Just as Lin Yun was about to ask Little Gold if she knew where the Sky-Piercing Tower was, Little Gold preemptively asked, "Are you planning to climb the mountain? I sense a strong spatial fluctuation ahead, and it’s very dangerous..."