Chapter 38: The True Face of the Big Market

Is this also a rule? I looked at all this with confusion. It seems that the location of this big market is not completely open to cultivators… It is estimated that even powerful cultivators cannot break through the Snow Mountain Array.

Even if there is a more powerful formation protecting this secret path, one still has to cover their eyes to enter, which shows that they don’t want this path to be exposed.

It seems that this market is not a place where cultivators can come and go as they please. Perhaps it is because cultivators yearn for it so much that, even now, I still don’t know what its other attractions are besides being a place where all kinds of transactions can be conducted.

While I was thinking about these chaotic things, the first blindfolded person had already had a long rope tied around his waist, and the end of the rope was tied to the waist of the guide.

This is something that cannot be resisted. If you want to move forward here, you have to accept this rule. People went up one by one and took the black cloth strips and tied them to their eyes. I also went up and did the same thing…

Finally, we were all tied with ropes around our waists, and the guide finally started to lead the way. We were in complete darkness, and could only rely on the pull of the rope around our waists to determine our direction.

This feeling is no different from that of a real blind person, right? I thought to myself, and suddenly remembered that before Jiang Yi shot me that night, he had inadvertently told me about a way to train my intuition. In this situation, could I practice it according to this method?

I thought about it and did it… At first, like that time, I was a little uncomfortable, but later, I was completely used to this method. What’s even more amazing is that I could roughly feel the route I had taken in my mind. The direction of a winding path in my mind was so clear.

Is this a breach of confidentiality? I suddenly felt that I might have inadvertently caused trouble again. The various sensations from the rope around my waist also clearly told me that everyone except me was not walking so smoothly, that it was normal to stagger and even fall.

Thinking about this, I couldn’t help but feel a little nervous, but the guide didn’t make any moves or say anything, which made me want to continue with the exercise.

I don’t know how long it took, but when my mind and body were about to reach their limits, we finally stopped and the guide’s indifferent voice came: “You can take off the black cloth in front of you.” I realized that we had already crossed the secret path.

I could hardly wait to sit down on the ground, and then I removed the black cloth in front of me and found that we were still on a narrow path, flanked by two towering snow-capped mountains. But from the light snow on the ground where we were, we had already reached the snow line.

But it was so quiet here. It didn’t look like a big city at all.

At this point, Su Lao, who was standing next to me, saw my confusion and said in a low voice, “We haven’t even reached the big city yet. I’ve been here a few times. Look, after you turn the corner, you’ll see something amazing.”

His expression was mysterious and full of longing, which made me wonder why he was still acting like this after having been here several times. If I told him that I had just used the method of practicing spiritual perception to walk, and that I had inadvertently remembered the route of this secret path, what would his reaction be?

But I am not a fool, and I would never tell anyone about this, because I know that once I do, there will be even more people looking for me in this world! I will never have a moment of peace.

At this moment, the guide, who rarely took the initiative to help others untie the ropes around their waists, suddenly stopped staring at me when he came to me.

I felt a little uneasy when he stared at me, and this action also attracted the curiosity of the people around me. The indifferent guide suddenly spoke up: “You are far more stable than others, but you also seem more tired.”

Had I been discovered? Of course I was more tired than others because I was not only walking, but also honing my mental strength.

However, if I didn’t say something in response to his words, it would look as if I was guilty. I had no choice but to ask, “Is there a problem with this?”

The guide had stopped staring at me and was now untying the rope around my waist. “There’s no problem. We in the Snow Mountain clan simply can’t think of any problems that could trouble us.”

This sentence was inexplicable, but when I thought about it carefully, I felt a chill down my spine. It was clearly saying that we were not afraid of anyone messing with us or causing trouble because our strength was there.

It seems that I inadvertently gave this guy a bad impression of me. Thinking about this, I couldn’t help but smile wryly, but it wasn’t all in vain, right? At least I know that these natives of Dashi are originally from the Snow Mountain clan.

“Let’s go, Xiao Chu, what are you doing here? The city is almost there,” Su Lao began to urge me from behind, and while I was still in a daze, the indifferent guide had already untied the ropes from everyone’s waists and walked straight ahead.

As for Xiao Chu, Chu Ming is the pseudonym I gave to the others, which I picked at random. I’m not the type to read too many martial arts novels and pick a fake name that also contains the original name. I think that would be too easy to expose myself.

At the urging of Mr. Su, I casually responded, and together with Mr. Su and the monk, I walked towards the end of the path. Mr. Su had told me before that as long as I passed the corner, I would see the Great Market and see a miracle.

At the moment, I had something on my mind, so I didn’t pay much attention to this. I have had a rough life, but I have seen quite a few amazing sights, whether it’s the Moon Weir Miao Village, the Black Rock Miao Village, or the real Ghost Market… they can all be called wonders. I didn’t think that Dashi would shock me that much.

But things are often unexpected. After I walked past the corner of the path without any expectations, I really saw a miracle. No, it was a spectacle. Or, was it a hidden fairyland?

At this moment, we are standing at the junction of two snow-capped mountains, or rather, at the middle of the two mountains. There is no road ahead, but that doesn’t stop us from seeing the scenery ahead.

In front of us, there is a clearing surrounded by snow-capped mountains. To put it simply, it is like the crater on the moon, with a hollow in the middle.

In the middle of the clearing is a large expanse of grassland unique to X Province. Such grasslands exist outside the snow-capped mountains, but due to the season, the grass has turned yellow, and in some places it is even covered with a thin layer of snow. Only here is it still a large expanse of green grassland.

In addition, there is a tranquil lake in the middle of the grassland, which is as clear as a young girl’s eyes, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, so beautiful that it is breathtaking.

What’s more, in addition to these beautiful sights, the entire grassland hidden within is full of vitality. There are many wildflowers blooming on the grassland, many grassland animals running around, and even a large herd of X antelopes here.

If the typical grassland beauty hidden in it is not enough to shock people, then the tallest snow-capped mountain directly opposite the grassland is enough to shock people.

Because it is not the snow-capped mountain itself that is shocking, but the fact that a huge cave has been artificially excavated from the middle to the bottom of the mountain. The cave is lit up, and through the lights I can faintly see long stairs in the cave, and on top of the stairs there are many exquisite buildings and huge stone carvings…

It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a fairyland, is it? I was wide-eyed, thinking that I really wouldn’t be shocked, but at this moment, I couldn’t think of any other adjectives except for shocked.

At that moment, I even had the urge to think, isn’t this the secluded place I have always longed for? Should I not just live here in seclusion and cultivate myself?

But the reality is cruel. I can’t escape from everything. At this moment, the guide who had been standing in the front row and had been very quiet suddenly turned around and looked at me, with a strange smile on his face, and said to me, “Welcome to Dashan.”

Was he talking to me? Or was he talking to everyone? I felt a little strange, but no one else paid any attention to him. They were all immersed in the beauty of the scenery.

When I wanted to explore further, the guide had already turned away from me and was walking down the cliff.

I was shocked and walked up to find that there was a rope ladder hanging from the cliff!

“Let’s go, Chu. You’ll feel more once you’ve really entered the city and understand why we’re so eager to get there,” Su Lao said behind me. Then he walked in front of me and slowly grabbed the rope ladder and climbed down.