After understanding these points, Lin Hao silently memorized the path the white ape had taken.
After all, he would have to return after going there.
Although he could have the white ape lead the way back.
But doing so would let the white ape know that this was his first time entering Kunxu.
At that time, the white ape might develop some other intentions.
Therefore, Lin Hao felt that if he were to return, he and Xiao Hei could return by themselves.
Thus, time slowly passed.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Hao and Xiao Hei had followed the white ape for more than twenty minutes.
As they walked deeper, Lin Hao felt the terror of the spiritual energy storm more and more.
However, because they were following the white ape, Lin Hao and Xiao Hei did not feel too tired.
"Senior Brother, why haven't we arrived yet? Is this white ape playing us?"
After walking for a long time without seeing any movement, Xiao Hei couldn't help but look at Lin Hao.
Hearing Xiao Hei's words, Lin Hao pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "It shouldn't be. Let's walk a bit further."
Xiao Hei nodded and continued to follow the white ape.
At the same time, he also heightened his vigilance.
Thus, after Lin Hao and Xiao Hei had followed the white ape for another ten minutes.
Suddenly, the white ape stopped.
Lin Hao and Xiao Hei also stopped abruptly.
At the same time, excitement and shock appeared on Lin Hao's and Xiao Hei's faces.
Ahead stood a gate, twenty-odd meters high and more than ten meters wide!
The gate seemed to be made of stone, with no doors.
It was just a giant door frame standing there.
The giant door frame exuded an ancient aura, as if it had stood there since the dawn of time.
Looking at the giant door frame emitting an ancient aura ahead, Xiao Hei couldn't help but say, "Senior Brother, is this the Heavenly Gate?"
"It looks very similar to the Southern Heavenly Gate in the records."
Hearing Xiao Hei's words, Lin Hao smiled slightly, "Perhaps it is the Southern Heavenly Gate, and people just dropped the 'Southern' as they passed it down."
"Then, unknowingly, it became the Heavenly Gate."
Upon hearing Lin Hao's words, Xiao Hei was stunned for a moment, then felt that what Lin Hao said made a lot of sense.
"Senior Brother, don't say it, there's really such a possibility."
"Whether it's possible or not is not important. What's important is that we've finally found this place."
"That's true."
Xiao Hei nodded and looked at the white ape standing in front.
The white ape seemed a little scared. It stopped about twenty to thirty meters away from the "Heavenly Gate" and did not move forward.
Seeing Xiao Hei looking at him, the white ape immediately said to Xiao Hei, "Two lords, you see, can I leave now?"
"I know you are here to find an old friend."
"However, when that old man came here, he happened to encounter the Heavenly Gate opening."
"And since then, I have never seen that old man again."
"This indicates that he has very likely entered the Heavenly Gate."
"And once you enter the Heavenly Gate, there is no possibility of finding him again."
"Unless you wait for the next time the Heavenly Gate opens, and you go inside to look."
Hearing the white ape's words in his mind, Lin Hao couldn't help but frown.
Although he had already roughly guessed this outcome, when the outcome actually appeared before him.
He still found it somewhat difficult to accept.
Who knew what lay behind the Heavenly Gate.
What if it wasn't a place where immortals lived, but hell?
Thinking about these things, Lin Hao looked at the white ape and said faintly, "When does the Heavenly Gate open?"
"This..."
"Respected lord, there is no fixed time for the Heavenly Gate to open."
"I have been in Kunxu for so many years, and the opening of the Heavenly Gate sometimes occurs every three years, sometimes every ten years, and sometimes every few months."
"Therefore, there is no accurate time for the Heavenly Gate to open, at least that's what I believe."
"In other words, the opening of the Heavenly Gate is entirely up to luck?" Lin Hao frowned.
"It... can be said so." The white ape's nervous and cautious voice came into his mind.
Hearing the white ape's reply in his mind, Lin Hao's heart sank.
Lin Hao had not expected that there would be no fixed time for the Heavenly Gate to open.
Did this not mean that if he wanted to enter the Heavenly Gate to find his grandfather, he would have to rely entirely on luck and wait for the Heavenly Gate to open again before he could look?
If the Heavenly Gate opened quickly, it would be fine.
But if it took several years, ten years, or even decades.
What then?
Thinking about these things for a moment, Lin Hao looked at the white ape and said, "I hope you are not lying to me."
Seeing Lin Hao's cold gaze, coupled with these words filled with killing intent, the white ape was startled.
It quickly replied to Lin Hao, "Respected lord, everything I said just now is true. I would never dare to deceive you."
After speaking, the white ape cautiously looked at Lin Hao.
However, in its heart, it was already laughing happily.
Because although it hadn't lied to Lin Hao with what it said earlier.
It had also not revealed the full truth to Lin Hao.
The opening of the Heavenly Gate indeed had no fixed time.
Sometimes it was a few months apart, and sometimes it was a few years apart.
However, the opening time of the Heavenly Gate could be inferred from the fluctuations of the space near the Heavenly Gate.
Now that the Heavenly Gate was closed, the space here would soon return to calm.
And when the space here fluctuated again, it would mean that the Heavenly Gate was about to open again.
Besides this, there were some other things it hadn't told Lin Hao.
That was, once someone entered the Heavenly Gate, it was absolutely a matter of nine deaths and one life.
Few people could come out alive.
In its many years in Kunxu, it had never seen anyone who entered the Heavenly Gate and could come out alive.
This showed the danger within the Heavenly Gate.
Thinking about these things, the white ape couldn't help but feel pleased with itself.
However, at this moment, Lin Hao said, "Are there no other ways to know the opening time of the Heavenly Gate?"
"It's okay if the accuracy isn't high, as long as we can know a general range."
Hearing Lin Hao's words, the white ape's heart tightened.
However, it immediately forced itself to say, "Reporting to the respected lord, in my many years here, I have not known of any method to ascertain the opening time of the Heavenly Gate."
Hearing the white ape's words in his mind, Lin Hao pondered for a moment, then looked at the white ape and said, "If that's the case, then when the Heavenly Gate opens next time, you come and notify me."
"Of course, you can also choose not to notify me."
The white ape, which had been happy all along, almost couldn't help but bare its teeth upon hearing Lin Hao's words.
The reason it hadn't told Lin Hao the truth was that it didn't want to get itself involved.
But unexpectedly, after all that, Lin Hao wanted it to wait here for the Heavenly Gate to open and then notify him.
This damned human!
The white ape was furious in its heart, but its expression remained normal. It bowed to Lin Hao and said, "Respected lord, please rest assured, when the Heavenly Gate opens next time, I will notify you immediately."