Chapter 2

For humans, the most terrifying things are those of unknown origin and shrouded in mystery.

For example, the vast depths of the ocean that cannot be fully seen, and the Bermuda Triangle where aircraft and ships occasionally disappear without a trace, are all such cases.

Jia Kedao stared with wide eyes at the black light ball for a while. Seeing that it showed no movement, he felt a bit more relaxed and couldn't help but recite a few passages from the *Taishang Qingjing Jing* to calm the fear that had risen in his heart.

After reciting a short section of the *Taishang Qingjing Jing*, Jia Kedao's heart calmed down, and the previous fear was swept away. He then mustered his courage and carefully climbed out of bed, circled around the black light ball, and went to the door. Of course, he didn't forget to put the *Tao Te Ching* in his pocket.

No matter what, the *Tao Te Ching* was a bit worn out, but it was passed down by generations of abbots. Jia Kedao regarded it as a relic left by the old abbot, often looking at it to remember the old abbot, who was like a father to him. He naturally wouldn't leave it here. If the black light ball exploded or something, wouldn't the little bit of remembrance he left behind be destroyed?

The wooden door creaked as it was slowly opened, making Jia Kedao's heart race. He hoped it wouldn't alarm the light ball.

Finally, after getting out of the door, the fear that had built up in Jia Kedao's heart surged out. The weakness from the tension and relaxation made his legs weak, and he almost fell to the ground.

This couldn't help but make Jia Kedao feel a lingering fear. When the old abbot was around, the temple subscribed to several newspapers. One issue reported on something called a ball lightning.

Jia Kedao felt that he hadn't even lived a tenth of his life. If the black light ball was ball lightning and it struck him, wouldn't that be a huge loss?

After a while, Jia Kedao felt his body recover somewhat, and his stomach began to rumble. The fear gone, his hunger returned.

"Boundless Heaven and Earth, this is really uncomfortable!"

Jia Kedao didn't care about the black light ball in the room anymore and hurried to the kitchen. He took a few bites of the leftover porridge, temporarily suppressing his hunger.

After solving the problem of his stomach, Jia Kedao took a bamboo pole from the pile of firewood behind the kitchen and returned to the room with a bold and determined stride.

The wooden door was still half-open. Jia Kedao cautiously peeked in, and the black light ball was still there. He then carefully extended the bamboo pole.

With the bamboo pole in hand, even if the black light ball was ball lightning, Jia Kedao wasn't afraid.

A bamboo pole nearly five meters long, surely it wouldn't be so unlucky to get electrocuted, right?

The bamboo pole quickly approached the black light ball. Jia Kedao gave it a strong push and then threw the bamboo pole away, quickly retreating like a monkey.

Jia Kedao covered his ears and crouched at the corner for a while, but heard no sound from the room.

When Jia Kedao mustered his courage and returned to the room, he couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise.

He saw the bamboo pole inserted into the black light ball, suspended in mid-air. With the bamboo pole inside, the black light ball seemed to have grown larger.

This should not be ball lightning, and the heavy stone in Jia Kedao's heart fell. However, his curiosity spread like wild grass.

He pulled the bamboo pole, and it came out without any resistance. As the bamboo pole was pulled out, the black light ball shrank a bit.

"Hmm? This thing is interesting."

Jia Kedao carefully examined the bamboo pole, which showed no damage.

It seems this black light ball is not dangerous.

With this in mind, Jia Kedao's courage grew. He walked up to the black light ball, extended his left hand, and inserted it into the ball.

Hmm, there was no sensation at all, as if he was inserting his hand into the air. Jia Kedao nodded, but was surprised to find that as his left hand entered, the black light ball suddenly grew larger, turning into a black light door over two meters high, large enough for a person to pass through.

What's going on?

Jia Kedao thought, but his body reacted first. He took a step forward and disappeared into the black light door.

Where am I?

Jia Kedao felt a slight heaviness in his head and found himself in a cave. The depths of the cave occasionally echoed with the sound of dripping water, making the cave seem damp.

Jia Kedao was startled and turned his head. Fortunately, the black light door was still there, showing no signs of disappearing.

However, as Jia Kedao took two steps, the black light door shrank, returning to its original form as a black light ball.

Since the black light ball didn't disappear, Jia Kedao felt relieved and walked toward the cave entrance.

When he reached the cave entrance, the scene outside made his eyes widen.

Outside, the view was entirely a field of green and yellow wheat.

"This, this, this..." Jia Kedao felt a bit dazed. After all, the place where Jiashan Village was located was all mountainous.

Clearly, this was a plain, not near Jiashan Village.

After a moment of daze, Jia Kedao inadvertently looked up and was even more shocked.

"Boundless Heaven and Earth! What's going on?"

There were actually more than ten suns in the sky! My Lord Laozi, did you really grant Little Dao's request? Did you open a convenient door for Little Dao?

Faced with this sudden situation, Jia Kedao was dazed for a moment before regaining his senses. He must have come to another world.

And that black light ball must be the passage connecting the two worlds.

Jia Kedao understood this.

Even a fool knows that you can't see so many suns on Earth.

Even the suns during the time of Hou Yi shooting the suns weren't as many as here.

This is absolutely a treasure land!

After regaining his senses, Jia Kedao could immediately feel the spiritual energy permeating the air.

For a little Taoist from the end of the Dharma era, the spiritual energy in the air here was at least five times, no, ten times more than on Earth!

Although it couldn't compare to the Penglai Immortal Land or the Kunlun Immortal Mountain described in the Taoist scriptures, for Jia Kedao, it was like a starving mouse accidentally falling into a granary!

Ten times the spiritual energy meant that Jia Kedao, who had been stagnant in his cultivation for several years, could easily continue his practice.

Jia Kedao had no hesitation. He didn't care about the dust on the ground near the cave entrance and sat down directly, forming a hand seal with both hands and muttering softly. Under the gentle sunlight, he began to meditate.

He didn't know how much time had passed. When Jia Kedao came out of his meditation, he checked himself and was overjoyed to find that his previously stagnant cultivation had slightly improved.

Jia Kedao calculated that if he practiced day and night here, it would probably take no more than two months for him to advance from the initial stage of refining essence into qi to the lower stage of refining essence into qi.

Even advancing from refining essence into qi to refining qi into spirit would probably take no more than two to three years!