Chapter 5: The True Disciple of the Cave of Shining Light

  The Xian Dao has two sacred places, the Five Caves of Heaven and the Nine Gates. It is one of the largest sects among the myriad schools of Xian Dao, with countless disciples under its gate and numerous powerful experts within. Compared to those smaller sects, even an outer disciple from this sect would be more formidable than a true heir from a smaller sect.

  "Northern Shaking Light, Southern Linglong. Eastern Leize, Western Xuanxi, Central Star God!" One sentence revealed the direction of the Five Caves Heaven in the world. The "Shaking Light Cave Heaven" is located in the northern land of Youzhou, and is called "Northern Shaking Light".

  Fu Yaozi, accompanied by Zi Chai, Yu Long and Xu Lin, headed towards the Yao Guang Cave Heaven. With each step he took, he traversed countless spaces, covering thousands of miles with a single stride, far surpassing the divine technique "shrinking the earth to an inch".

  Having reached the Heavenly Mandate Step, I have come to understand the rules of space. Crossing through space has become a trivial matter for me. What ordinary people find impossible to traverse in a thousand miles is merely one step away from me. The Nine Steps of Cultivation are each more terrifying and practical than the last; this is something that all cultivators understand.

  Three hours later, the night had passed and the sun rose from the east. Fu Yaozi had already brought the three of them to the border of Youzhou. Just one more step forward and they could return to Yaoguang Cave Heaven.

  In a small mountain village, Xīao Yóu Zǐ ran out of several tens of thousands of miles overnight, drawing away some old monsters who had sensed his battle with Fúyāo Zǐ. After returning to Pò Dào Guān, he led Xǔ Lín onto the path of cultivation and then needed to give an account to Xǔ Lín's parents.

  In the sky above Youzhou, Fuyaozi stood quietly, not understanding. Zi Chai and Yu Long stood silently behind him. Xu Lin was still unconscious, lying in mid-air. The bodies of several people were surrounded by a twisted space, ordinary people could not see them at all, even cultivators below the Tianming step could not discover them.

  One step further back, and he would have entered the realm of the Shaking Light Cave Heaven. Fu Yaozi stopped in his tracks, looked at Xu Lin who was lying in mid-air for a moment, then with a flick of his sleeve, a stream of green energy shot out and splashed onto Xu Lin's face. And Xu Lin slowly came to after a brief moment.

  As soon as he woke up, before Lin even had a chance to look around, his mind was filled with a loud "boom" sound, and a series of voices rang out in his mind: "Little Lin, I am the Lazy Daoist." "It's the old Daoist's voice." Lin had heard this voice for years and was extremely familiar with it, and he immediately recognized it.

  "Believe that when you wake up, you will find yourself no longer in the small village. Don't be afraid, don't panic, remember my words carefully." Xu Lin looked around and found himself suspended in mid-air, suddenly shocked, about to cry out in alarm, but then heard Xuanzi's voice in his mind "Don't be afraid, don't panic". Thinking of how he used to follow the old Taoist master to recite scriptures, the old man's incredible skills, Xu Lin suddenly calmed down.

  In his mind, Xī Yóu Zǐ's voice continued to echo.

  "The one who will take you away is an old friend I have trusted most in my life, and you can also trust him. The place he wants to take you to is the fairyland that I often told you about. Once you arrive at that place, you must work hard to cultivate yourself. In the near future, a disaster will befall our village, and it's up to you to protect the village so that no one gets hurt. Can you bear this responsibility?" Xīao Yùzi's voice was low and murmuring, but it made Xu Lin's heart skip a beat.

  "The village is in danger and needs me to protect it. Can I do it?" A thought flashed through Xu Lin's mind, and then he nodded heavily: "I can do it, I must be able to do it. There are still my parents in the village, Pei Er, Xiao Pang, and many, many more loved ones, I must protect them." Xu Lin's hands clenched into two fists, strong and powerful.

  "Xiao Linzi, remember, you must be able to do it. After you leave, I will go tell your parents, and they will definitely support you. You must achieve something, so that in the future you can face your parents." Xiangyaozi's words solved Xiao Lin's worries and concerns, and he also put his mind at ease.

  After finishing the last sentence, the remaining spiritual power of Xī Yóu Zǐ in Xǔ Lín's mind also dissipated, turning into warm streams that flowed towards Xǔ Lín's limbs. A warm feeling suddenly filled Xǔ Lín's entire body. Xǔ Lín's body made a "crackling" sound as black filth emerged from his skin pores, bringing with it a pungent smell. An indescribable feeling filled Xǔ Lín's heart, and he felt that his whole body had become much lighter and freer after the black filth came out.

  Watching everything that happened to Xu Lin, Fu Yaozi knew that the carefree son had already handed over all the things that should be handed over to Xu Lin. After waiting for a while, until the black gas no longer emerged from Xu Lin's body, he waved his sleeve and a cloud of fog condensed on top of Xu Lin's head, and then the rain fell down, washing Xu Lin's whole body clean.

  Then, Fuyaozi waved his hand at a cloud not far away from him. The cloud immediately flew over and fell into Fuyaozi's hands. A series of talismans were thrown out from Fuyaozi's hands, the cloud changed in the talismans, after a while, Fuyaozi withdrew his magic power, a seven-color brocade suit suitable for Xulin's figure appeared in his hand.

  Zi Chai took the seven-colored brocade from Fu Yaozi's hand, feeling a little envious as she walked towards Xu Lin. Being able to have the sect's ancestor display the "Tian Yi Wu Feng" divine ability, taking cloud and mist as materials, and creating a seven-colored brocade was still a first for Xu Lin.

  He put on the seven-colored brocade clothes, and Xu Lin's face was still burning with a flush. Growing up like this, he had never had any woman other than his mother dress him before. Moreover, with Zi Chai's delicate face and lazy smile, Xu Lin felt his heart beating very violently. After changing into the new clothes, Xu Lin could still smell the faint scent of innocence emanating from Zi Chai's body.

  "Alright! Let's go." After everything was settled, Fuyaozi spoke up, and with a flick of his sleeve, a stream of magical power trapped the three people around him. With one step forward, the four of them vanished from their original location.

  Walking out of the space channel, the four appeared in a group of mountains. The mountains rose and fell in waves, with towering ancient trees standing upright, and the dense heavenly energy rushed forward, making people feel refreshed and invigorated, with every cell in their bodies cheering and jumping for joy.

  A winding mountain road appears and disappears in the mountains, and at the end of the road is a towering mountain that goes straight up to the sky, with a majestic atmosphere and clouds. From a distance, there are pavilions and buildings all over the mountain, layer upon layer, with countless palaces one after another. From the foot of the mountain to the top, numerous buildings are densely packed together. At the top or waist of the mountain, waterfalls emerge from who-knows-where, like the Milky Way, turning into a white ribbon that falls into the depths of the forest, and the distant sound of the waterfall crashing into the valley can still be heard.

  On the great mountain, from time to time, there were still faintly flashing flight tactics flying out, or flying into the depths of the forest, or straight up to the sky and disappearing in the distant clouds. In just a short breath, Xu Lin saw at least hundreds of streams of light flying out from the great mountain and then disappearing in all directions.

  Xu Lin was stunned, his eyes wide with wonder, his mouth agape. He couldn't utter a word for a long time. The shock was too great, he had never expected that the dwelling place of the gods would be so beautiful.

  "Haha..." Zi Chai, who was standing beside Xu Lin, couldn't help but burst out laughing at his current foolish appearance. She then laughed and said: "Foolish, you're stunned, aren't you? This isn't even the inner part of Yao Guang Cave Heaven yet, and you've already been shocked to this extent. Who knows what kind of state you'll be in when you actually enter the cave heaven? This is Yao Guang's separate courtyard, where new disciples are accepted and outer sect disciples cultivate. Only true transmission disciples or above have the qualifications to reside and cultivate within the cave heaven."

  When Zi Chai said that this was not the real Yao Guang Dong Tian, but just a place where new disciples were accepted and outer door disciples practiced, Xu Lin was thoroughly shocked. As far as the eye could see, there were countless palaces and pavilions on the mountain, with hundreds of thousands of disciples living in them, not to mention that in the nearby mountains and forests, one could still see many caves existing. Xu Lin had never imagined that a sect with so many disciples would be so powerful.

  After laughing at Xu Lin, Zi Chai's pair of big eyes filled with water looked towards Fu Yaozi and asked: "Ancestor, do you want the disciple to take him to another courtyard?"

  "Another courtyard?" Fu Yaozi looked at Zi Huan with a profound and mysterious gaze, almost making her lose herself in his eyes. "I, Fu Yaozi's disciple, will only be a true orthodox disciple, directly entering the Dongtian." Fu Yaozi coldly snorted, speaking in a strong and overbearing tone.

  "Really, a true disciple?" Not only was Zi Chai stunned, but even Yu Long's face, which had always been icy cold, revealed a look of shock. Since the existence of the Shaking Light Cave Heaven, no one had ever heard of an ordinary disciple, or even someone who couldn't be considered a disciple, becoming a true disciple as soon as they entered. Wait, what did the ancestor say just now? "I will make Zhenzi my disciple..."

  "Heavens, the Ancestor himself said that Xu Lin is his disciple. They've gone mad, if those people in the Dongtian knew, they'd be consumed by jealousy. Countless young and talented individuals with extraordinary abilities, who have already reached the fifth step of the True Transmission, want to become disciples under the Ancestor but are refused entry, yet this Xu Lin comes and is immediately accepted as a disciple by the Ancestor, becoming a True Transmission disciple in an instant." Zi Chai's heart was burning with envy as she gazed at Xu Lin.

  Fuyaozi didn't say anything else, but instead led the three of them through space, crossing over to another peak, and appeared in a void. Then, Fuyaozi swung his sleeve and struck out with a symbol at the void in front of him. In an instant, a spatial wave fluctuation began from a certain point in the void, gradually spreading outwards. Layer upon layer of spatial ripples swept across the surroundings, and after a moment, a spatial gate appeared before the four of them.

  Fu Yaozi pulled Xu Lin with one hand, stepped through the space gate, and Zi Chai and Yu Long followed closely. After the four entered, the space gate quickly dissipated and disappeared, as if it had never appeared before.

  After a brief dizziness, Xu Lin only felt a bright light in front of him, and he appeared in a vast space. The Shaking Light Cave Heaven transformed from a pure Yang treasure also truly appeared before his eyes.