Chapter 509
Paht!
The place Choe Chi-won had directed me to was the Seven Stars Altar on Tamra Island. Strangely enough, seven flames floated around the altar in a fixed orbit. I had located it from the edge of Tamra Island, a place I'd passed through before, and arrived in just half a shichen. Choe Chi-won's words resurfaced in my mind.
[The island to the south of the peninsula, Tamra, was once the independent kingdom of Tamra. Its king was called the Star Lord, and the first king of ancient Tamra is said to have been born under the Seven Stars constellation, granting him the power to wield its force.]
Step.
I took a step toward the altar.
[The Star Lords of Tamra were born with strong spiritual power generation after generation, performing rituals to accumulate their strength in the Seven Stars Altar. The amassed spiritual power of the altar would open the path to the legendary Three Divine Mountains, reveal the surrounding sea routes, and stabilize fishing to bring prosperity. When Xu Fu received the order from Qin Shi Huang to find the secret of immortality, he took note of this legend of the Tamra Star Lord.]
[So the Seven Stars Altar operated by the Tamra Star Lord opened the path to the Three Divine Mountains.]
[Indeed. Naturally, Xu Fu had no choice but to come to this southern island on the peninsula to reach Mount Penglai. He offered two thousand boys and girls from the east along with treasures to the Tamra Star Lord in negotiation to activate the Seven Stars Altar, and finally reached one of the Three Divine Mountains, Mount Penglai. But what he found upon arrival there was nothing short of hell...]
Choe Chi-won let out a sigh as if it were slipping away.