Follow the path of Dao from infancy

Chapter 1248: Chapter 271: Langya Painting Realm

“Hmm?”

Lin Mingrong slightly raised her eyebrows and said, “Junior Brother, don’t speak recklessly. Elder Li, your master, didn’t seem to mention you just now.”

“He told me quietly.”

Li Hao sighed, “Senior Sister, just go your way, I’ll follow you. If anything happens, I’ll take responsibility.”

Seeing Li Hao talking like this, Lin Mingrong furrowed her brows. Such a lame excuse, she didn’t even know how to expose it. But since he said he’d bear the consequences and wasn’t under her master’s sect, she couldn’t be bothered to care any further.

“Suit yourself.”

She left that remark and turned to walk away.

Passing through a fragrant courtyard, attendants stood at the entrance to guide Li Hao and Lin Mingrong.

Behind the courtyard was a palace resembling an ink-painted landscape, enshrouded by a barrier. Here, immortal power was abundant, Dao power flowed, and just standing here, one seemed to feel the Tao Origin.

Li Hao was astonished as soon as he stepped onto the long steps outside the palace.

When he looked up, he saw the sky filled with dazzlingly colorful clouds, a radiant and warm sun that wasn’t harsh, and the winding colorful clouds drifting by. At that moment, he realized that this was not a palace but…a painting!

Apart from the majestic palace before him, everything around was a painting!

Such extraordinary painting skill left Li Hao a bit amazed. Although he could also paint dragons and phoenixes, granting them combat power, the seamlessly integrated world before him showed a level of painting skill clearly above his own.

“Hmm?”

Lin Mingrong sensed his footsteps stop behind her and slightly frowned. Seeing Li Hao pause, she said:

“There’s still time to regret it. There’s no need to play the hero, you’re still young. Go back.”

Li Hao was dumbfounded, hearing her inexplicable words, he immediately knew she still misunderstood. He shook his head and said, “You go first.”

Ignoring her furrowed brows, he turned and walked towards the pool and trees beside him.

Ripples spread across the surface of the pool, and fish swam vividly beneath.

Yet Li Hao recognized at a glance that these were painted.

The leaves on the trees were turning yellow, fluttering in the wind, struggling in the breeze before finally reluctantly falling from the branches.

This was a painting as well.

The opponent’s paintings already possess vitality.

At this moment, Li Hao felt like a devout apprentice, akin to a Sword Dao fanatic standing in front of the mightiest Sword Saint, leaving only excitement, awe, and infatuation in his heart.

At the Eleventh Rank of Painting, he could barely perceive the skill and fineness within these paintings.

They had integrated layers such as space, water source, soil source, and even a hint of the Time Origin’s rhythm.

It was solely through painting that so many Tao Origins were integrated; the power of this Great Dream Master must be immeasurable and frighteningly powerful!

Moreover, Li Hao vaguely sensed that the dense immortal power surrounding the palace seemed…also drawn by the other party.

If that were truly the case, it would be outrageously defying the natural order!

Li Hao stood by the pool like a leisurely visitor, glancing at the beautiful scenery around with nothing but awe and fascination in his eyes.

And everything within the palace and painting realm was reflected in her dreamy eyes at the highest peak of the palace.

She sat in an elegant pavilion atop the palace, her face obscured by a thin veil, her eyes gleaming like the Northern Lights, looking down at all the disciples who stepped into her painted world, with the young man tiptoeing at the poolside being the most striking.

The awe and fascination in the young man’s eyes stirred the calm gaze, which had been serene for tens of thousands of years, for the very first time.

The gentle breeze lifted the veil on her face, sketching a faint smile.

After a long time.

Outside the palace, disciples from other abysses gradually arrived into the painting realm and entered the palace.

The servant at the palace entrance saw the young man still gazing by the pool from afar, a peculiar expression crossing his face, as he approached and invited him to the palace.

Li Hao snapped back to reality, recalling the real task, reluctantly following the servant into the palace.

The palace was towering and immense, approximately a thousand feet high. Standing at the entrance, Li Hao felt like an ant stepping into the world of giants, like a speck of dust.

Not far ahead, twelve backs stood, including Li Hao, a total of thirteen people.

These were all those from the Great Dream Nine Abysses who could rank within a thousand in the Ancient Immortal Realm this time.

Seeing Li Hao daring to come up, Lin Mingrong frowned but said nothing more.

Before him, as Li Hao arrived, the dimly lit palace ceiling suddenly glowed with a magical radiance, followed by a projection like a gathering of stars appearing in the palace, which was the Great Dream Master.

Her figure was veiled, ethereal, like a Banished Immortal, yet also akin to an empress presiding over the heavens, overlooking everything.

“I am pleased that you have passed the Yan and Chu Royal Family’s trials; the future of the Great Dream Nine Abysses rests upon you.”

The Great Dream Master’s voice was gentle, like rain seeping into their hearts, yet still asserting an unyielding dignity:

“Three years remain; do not grow complacent and let others surpass you; now, as the universe’s fate is undecided, both dragons and serpents arise, everyone may compete in crossing!”

All disciples bowed, feeling the warmth of intimacy and the sacred inviolability.

“Here are thirteen Immortal Flying Pills; you are all aware of their effects, a True Immortal only needs two in a lifetime, each can directly Breakthrough!”

In an instant, thirteen pristine, crystalline Immortal Pills floated in front of Li Hao and the others.

The rich scent of the Immortal Pills wafted through, refreshing their spirits, making their pores feel as if they were opening.