Let's go take a look.
He Xiuyuan followed the small path along the mountain ridge towards the solitary peak ahead.
This path was extremely steep; a slight misstep would send one plummeting down.
There were iron chains along the mountain path, but very few people came to this solitary peak.
Many people watched from afar, still feeling a bit scared and not daring to approach.
He Xiuyuan walked on the small path along the mountain ridge, with a fierce wind howling beside him, making his clothes flap loudly.
It looked as if he might be blown down the mountain with just one wrong step.
He Xiuyuan's steps were extremely steady, and after walking several hundred steps, he finally reached the top of the solitary peak.
Standing atop the solitary peak, the entire Great Marsh was visible.
However, some mist was drifting over the Great Marsh, and looking out, one couldn't see any scenery where the sky and water merged into one color.
He Xiuyuan scratched his head at this sight.
How should he find it?
It was said to be a sky-and-water-as-one scene, but there was only the Great Marsh, and he didn't see the Great Marsh full of water.
Did he have to wait until after a heavy rain to see this sky-and-water-as-one scene?
Or, should he cast a rain-making spell and flood this Great Marsh?
The thought had just popped into He Xiuyuan's mind when he immediately shook his head wildly.
What a joke; it was already very difficult for him to cast a rain-making spell now, let alone flooding this Great Marsh, that was simply a fool's dream.
"What, Your Excellency, do you think the scenery here isn't good?"
A passerby, seeing He Xiuyuan suddenly shaking his head repeatedly, asked with some curiosity.
They all felt that the scenery here was unique, which was why they risked walking the small path to see it.
Seeing He Xiuyuan shaking his head repeatedly now made him very surprised.
He Xiuyuan's heart stirred upon hearing this, "Looking at Your Excellency, it seems you often come here to see this scenery?"
"That's right, my home is nearby, and I often invite three or five friends to come here to see the scenery of this Great Marsh."
The scholar beside him nodded and smiled, "Speaking of the scenery of this Great Marsh, it's different in each of the four seasons."
He Xiuyuan quickly pressed on, "Then, Your Excellency, have you ever seen the Great Marsh where the sky and water merge into one color?"
"Previously, I accidentally heard a friend mention that the scene of the Great Marsh where the sky and water merge into one color is truly a peerless beauty!"
Uh....
The scholar, who had originally been full of admiration, couldn't help but be stunned after hearing He Xiuyuan's words.
Does this Great Marsh ever have a time when the sky and water merge into one color?
He had been here for so many years, often coming here since childhood, how could he not know?
Now, seeing He Xiuyuan pressing him like this, he couldn't help but feel a bit dazed.
It seemed... he had never heard anyone say such a thing before.
Was it because he had come to this Great Marsh too few times?
Thinking of this, he quickly shook his head again.
"Who told Your Excellency such a thing? I grew up nearby, and I've seen the scenery here countless times over the years, but I've never seen anything like the sky and water merging into one color."
The scholar surnamed Liu shook his head very firmly.
He was certain that he had never heard of anything like the sky and water merging into one color since he was a child.
"No?"
He Xiuyuan was startled upon hearing this.
That Dragon Lord shouldn't lie to him, but now this scholar beside him said he had never seen anything like the sky and water merging into one color.
What was going on?
"Your Excellency, could it be that you've been deceived?"
The scholar surnamed Liu thought about it; he really hadn't seen any scene where the sky and water merged into one color.
He Xiuyuan shook his head upon hearing this, "Given that person, he shouldn't lie to me."
"But thank you, Your Excellency. I'll search around here more; perhaps I'll be able to see that sky and water merging into one color."
He Xiuyuan thought for a moment and still thanked the other party.
Could this sky and water merging into one color be some kind of once-in-a-century sight?
But if that were the case, those who could glimpse the Biluo Temple would truly be one in ten thousand.
The scholar surnamed Liu nodded upon hearing this.
Both parties stayed on the solitary peak for half an incense stick's time. When they saw that it was getting late, the scholar surnamed Liu immediately prepared to descend the mountain and return.
After cupping his hands to He Xiuyuan and bidding farewell, he turned and walked towards the small path on the mountain ridge.
At this moment, only He Xiuyuan and he remained on the solitary peak.
When the scholar surnamed Liu returned to the front of Qingyun Temple, his invited friends were already waiting for him.
"Let's go, it's getting late, it's time to go back."
Seeing him return, his friend immediately spoke.
The scholar surnamed Liu nodded upon hearing this. Thinking of He Xiuyuan's question just now, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Everyone, have any of you seen the sky and water merge into one color in this Great Marsh?"
"Sky and water merging into one color?"
Everyone looked at each other, then shook their heads in unison, "What sky and water merging into one color? You've been here so long, have you seen this sky and water merging into one color?"
"I haven't seen it."
The scholar surnamed Liu quickly shook his head, "It's just that the person who was admiring the scenery with me on the solitary peak just now asked about this, saying that someone had seen the sky and water merging into one color here."
"Who said that?"
"Where has this Great Marsh ever had a sky and water merging into one color?"
Everyone frowned and looked over, but saw that the solitary peak in the distance was empty.
The scholar surnamed Liu also looked back at this moment. When he saw no figure on the solitary peak, his heart skipped a beat, and a chill suddenly surged into his heart.
"That's strange, that person was still on the solitary peak just now, why are they gone?"
The scholar surnamed Liu quickly looked around but still couldn't see He Xiuyuan's figure.
Seeing this, he couldn't help but open his mouth, his eyes filled with doubt and alarm.
"Brother Liu, are you alright? There's no one there!"
"That person was just beside me, there must be someone!"
The scholar surnamed Liu spoke with great certainty, but seeing no figure on the solitary peak, his voice trailed off.
"Could it be that he walked back with you and then went down the mountain?"
The others thought for a moment and asked.
The scholar surnamed Liu knew this was impossible. He had come over first, and he was standing right there; if He Xiuyuan wanted to go down the mountain, he would definitely have to pass by him. How could he have gone down the mountain?
"Forget it, let's go down the mountain first."
Worried about encountering something unclean, the scholar surnamed Liu quickly said, then turned and went down the mountain.
......
"This sky and water merging into one color isn't about looking at it from a puddle."
On the solitary peak, He Xiuyuan used Water Manipulation Technique to condense a small puddle of water, then tilted his head to look.
It was clearly impossible to see the sky and water merging into one color by looking through this puddle.
After confirming that this method wouldn't show him the sky and water merging into one color, He Xiuyuan dispelled the water, then leaped down from the cliff beside the solitary peak.
Falling with He Xiuyuan was the fresh water he had just drawn.
The clear water then fell beneath He Xiuyuan, quickly supporting him as he slowly descended.
In just a moment, He Xiuyuan landed at the foot of the mountain.
Immediately, He Xiuyuan patted his clothes and walked forward.
There was nothing to find on Donghua Mountain; he could only go to the waterfall the woodcutter had mentioned earlier to see.
He wanted to see what the 'Immortal Qi rising' that the other party spoke of was like.