To avoid further discouraging his disciple, Tao Mian decided to take a more indirect approach.

"To cultivate the external, first cultivate the internal. Your internal skills aren't solid yet, so your external skills will surely falter."

On Peach Blossom Mountain, there was a white marble meditation platform, originally just a flat and open area by the cliff, later remodeled into its current form.

The view here was vast, at a high altitude, allowing one to see the ebb and flow of clouds between the mountains—a perfect place for contemplation and enlightenment.