Mo Tianjiao pondered for a moment before saying, "This time the Immortal Gate will open on the Immortal Mountain at the edge of our kingdom's border. It will be seven days later at the time of the Yin and Yang merging, at midnight."
Mo Yi was stunned. He looked at Mo Tianjiao with a puzzled expression, "Immortal Mountain?"
"Yes, Immortal Mountain." Mo Tianjiao nodded.
Mo Yi stared at Mo Tianjiao and asked, "Is there a mountain called Immortal Mountain in Yi State? What a cliché name. How come I've never heard of it?"
Mo Tianjiao snorted disdainfully, "There are many things you haven't heard of. Immortal Mountain is the highest peak in Yi State throughout history. It's not only the highest, it's also the most beautiful, most perilous, and most magnificent mountain."
"Never heard of it." Mo Yi shook his head honestly.
"Ignorant." Mo Tianjiao almost snorted through his nose, leaving Mo Yi speechless.
"Alright, alright, I get it. I'll set out tomorrow. I was tricked tonight, losing more than I gained. I have to work hard to find my Immortal Destiny." Mo Yi sighed lazily while lying in the wooden tub.
"Aren't you going to go after the Luo family for revenge?" Mo Tianjiao smiled with narrowed eyes.
"You can't hide anything from you..." Mo Yi scratched his head. "Even if I went now, the Luo family wouldn't hand him over. That guy is a cunning fox. He probably packed his bags and ran away."
Mo Tianjiao nodded, "Very clever. He knew he had failed and immediately retreated, avoiding any more trouble."
"You're praising me too much." Mo Yi returned a perfunctory salute, his spirit still dampened from being tricked.
"Oh, right. Usually, only one person can go to the Immortal Mountain to meet the Immortal Gate, but you're an exception. You can take Luo Xue with you." Mo Tianjiao suddenly said. "After all, you took half her Immortal Destiny."
Mo Yi was dumbfounded. He stared at Mo Tianjiao for a long time before finally regaining his senses, "Are you messing with me? Can you really split Immortal Destiny in half and make charcoal-grilled spareribs?"
"What charcoal-grilled spareribs are you talking about?" Mo Tianjiao frowned. "Your Immortal Destiny, and your sister's, are intertwined. The Twin Fish Jade Pendant you hold is yin and yang, half belongs to you, half belongs to Luo Xue. Only together can you truly trigger your Immortal Destiny."
Mo Yi felt overwhelmed by the information. He couldn't absorb it all at once. After a long pause, he managed to squeak out, "You mean, this Immortal Destiny has always been partly mine?"
Mo Tianjiao nodded naturally, "Of course."
Mo Tianjiao gave a strange smile, "Yours is your sister's, and your sister's is yours. You are siblings! I look forward to seeing you help each other on the path of cultivation, ultimately reaching the supreme peak."
Mo Yi desperately wanted to grab the wooden tub and throw it at Mo Tianjiao's head. He couldn't imagine the situation of traveling to Immortal Mountain with Mo Luo Xue... He'd be chopped up on the way, secretly dumped in some mass grave, his corpse wrapped in straw mats exposed to the wilderness, with packs of wild wolves coming to feast on the delicacy every day, maybe even fighting over the spoils... Mo Yi was confident in his tender flesh!
Just imagining it sent chills down Mo Yi's spine, let alone the fact that he was officially going to team up with Mo Luo Xue tomorrow to farm this dungeon!
"No! My dear father! Please, how about I leave tonight! " Mo Yi stood up in a panic, a cold wind blowing from the north causing him to instinctively crouch back into the hot water.
"The Twin Fish Jade Pendant's Immortal Destiny, the Yin and Yang must merge, the two of you... are a perfect match!" Mo Tianjiao's words came slowly, leaving Mo Yi utterly speechless. What was this, entrusting his daughter to him? If he didn't answer correctly, he'd be reporting to the bone clinic in an hour!
"No, father, you don't understand the seriousness of the situation." Mo Yi speeded up his words, trying to quickly persuade his stubborn old man. "The key problem is that I can't beat Luo Xue! Her martial arts skills are five times mine... No, ten times! I can listen to you and travel the path of Immortality with her, but she might kill me along the way! Luo Xue is your own daughter! You must know her character!"
Mo Tianjiao sighed in disappointment, "How could I have a son who's afraid of his sister? I regret not shooting you on the wall back then."
"Then I really should be thankful!" Mo Yi said through gritted teeth. Stubborn old man, he was as stubborn as a bull. The founding emperor didn't lie to me.
"Don't worry about this. Luo Xue may have a lot of…."
"You sure it's just an opinion?"
"Alright… she has a lot of hatred for you."
"Hey! You know all this, and you're still sending me to my death?" Mo Yi looked utterly despondent, "Father, if I die in the wilderness, I will definitely tell your black story to mother in hell."
"Pfft, your mother is surely in heaven, you just quietly go to hell. Luo Xue, though cold, like her mother, is tough on the outside but warm on the inside. She will never kill her family." Mo Tianjiao sneered, then vanished into thin air, leaving only his last words floating in the empty courtyard.
"Tomorrow when the rooster crows seven times, you and Luo Xue will depart together. The journey to Immortal Mountain takes five days, enough time. Luo Xue knows the specific route, just follow her."
In the empty courtyard, only fallen leaves scattered in the wind. A sense of deep desolation filled the sky and earth. Mo Yi lay in the wooden tub, his face pale, muttering, "No warning, no encouragement, you just appear... "
The gate of the capital city, the checkpoint.
"Thank you, officer." A man wearing a straw hat and a raincoat whispered a word of thanks to the checkpoint guard in front of him. He tightened the hemp bag on his back and walked out of the city.
Under the moonlight, the checkpoint guard at the gate shook the light gold coins in his hand, his face beaming with joy. "Indeed, being a city guard is the most lucrative position. I can go to Wangchun Tower and enjoy myself tomorrow."
The moonlight illuminated the uneven cobblestone path. Luo Hou slightly lowered his straw hat. He took out a near-transparent jade pendant shaped like a carp from his bag. Under the moonlight, the pendant shimmered, appearing magnificent and strange.
"The Mo family… Mo Yi." Luo Hou turned his head and stared intently at the Mo family's direction, as if he could see through countless buildings and fix his gaze on that shameless bastard.
"This revenge, I, Luo Hou, will avenge! Cough cough…" Luo Hou pressed his chest, coughing violently. Drinking a cup of five-hundred-year-old daughter's red wine had caused a stomach hemorrhage. Fortunately, his martial arts achievements had reached Bone Refinement, so this injury would heal in a day or two.
"Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't bully the young and poor!" Luo Hou cursed fiercely, then pulled his raincoat tighter, turning and disappearing into the darkness.
"Achoo!" Mo Yi, just dressed, sneezed. He frowned, looking around and muttering, "Who's talking about how handsome I am behind my back?"