Chapter 185: Open the Tianmen, Immortal Form Formed!

"Immortal Qi as a primer, only then can it form!"

Li Rui understood in an instant.

"No wonder I've been contemplating the Immortal form for so long without progress, unable to open the Primordial Chaos; it turns out I was missing the primer."

This Immortal form of his could almost be said to be the first in the world.

There was absolutely no reference from predecessors.

Since he started cultivating, he had always felt something was missing, but he had never been able to determine what it was.

Until he accidentally obtained the Immortal Qi, only then did the heaven and earth finally open, and the Immortal Court gathered its form.

Inside the dantian.

The Immortal Qi merged into the Profound Clear Immortal form; the calm Qi sea was like clouds and mist churning, and amidst the clouds and mist, a vicissitudinous, ancient, and simple gate with dragon and phoenix carvings could be faintly seen standing in the sea of clouds.

A violent wind blew and dispersed.

The stone-carved giant gate revealed its true form, sitting at the southern end of the "Immortal Court."

"South Tianmen!"

Li Rui felt his heart skip a beat.

The Profound Clear Qi and Immortal Qi merged, gradually turning into purple-gold, floating above the South Tianmen.

Ten thousand paths of golden light rolled red neon, a thousand paths of auspicious Qi spat purple mist!

Golden light and purple mist intertwined, beautiful and magnificent.

Immortal form, formed!

It is rumored that the ancient Immortal Court had four gates, the four heavenly gates of east, west, south, and north; this South Tianmen was the entrance from the mortal world to the Immortal world.

When ancient cultivators ascended, they crossed the Tianhe and entered the Immortal Court from the South Tianmen.

The South Tianmen was the Tianmen for human cultivators!

The significance was extremely unusual.

All gone; nowadays, the Tianhe is long gone, let alone the South Tianmen and the Immortal Court.

They are just legends of ancient times.

The Immortal form at this time no longer resembled its former chaotic state; a square of clouds and mist was placed on the lower earth hemisphere, and a platform could be faintly seen in the clouds and mist, with the South Tianmen sitting on the platform.

This platform was the foundation of the Immortal Court.

Almost in the instant the Immortal Court was first formed, a clear stream poured into his body from the top of Li Rui's head.

He felt his spiritual platform empty and bright.

Beside his ears, there seemed to be the sound of dragons and phoenixes calling, the sound of Immortal birds playing, and the sound of Immortal music singing ethereal songs:

"Capture the golden crystal to solidify the life foundation, sun soul to the east, moon brilliance to the west.

Within it, refine the long-life medicine, take it and be equal to heaven and earth."

The next instant.

The room was windless, but Li Rui's sleeves bulged without wind, and his beard and hair flew.

A wisp of purple Qi drifted slowly from the top of his head.

This is "Purple Qi Coming from the East"!

It is the sign of Willow Sinew completion.

In a trance, Li Rui seemed to see a nine-day waterfall falling down, a giant gate standing under a ten-thousand-zhang cliff, and he was the fish swimming against the current under the cliff.

Struggle to cross, struggle to cross!

The Profound Clear Qi, or more accurately, now called Purple-Gold Qi, turned into a round plate and lifted Li Rui up, soaring all the way to the Longmen.

The torrential water falling before Li Rui's eyes disappeared, and he only felt a sudden sense of openness.

"I have entered the Longmen."

Like chanting, like singing, with endless vicissitudes, Li Rui entered a mysterious and profound state.

But it only lasted for one breath.

His eyes blinked.

"What did I just see?"

"Gao Zhen?!"

Just now, his soul seemed to have been extracted from his body, flying high to the nine heavens, overlooking the human world.

And then he saw more than ten spots of light.

Two of them were in the Anning Guard, and the others were scattered all over the world.

The two in the Anning Guard, one was in Gao Zhen's residence, and the other was in Jiang Linxian's residence.

"It's other Immortal Qi!"

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

Clearly.

The Immortal Qi in Gao Zhen's residence was still there.

"Gao Zhen, Four-Armed Ghost, Immortal Qi, Ghost Gui Ming Jiao..."

Li Rui murmured, his brows furrowing slightly.

Was this a coincidence?

He didn't think so.

Two people possessing Immortal Qi appearing in Qinghe at the same time, the probability of such a coincidence was too low, so he was more inclined to another possibility.

That was that Gao Zhen and the Four-Armed Ghost were related.

An official from the Lu Yang Gao clan actually had connections with the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao, and the situation was even worse than collusion; they had long since joined the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao.

Otherwise, divine objects like Immortal Qi, even the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao couldn't have many.

It would never be easily given to an outsider.

"Good means!"

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

The Ghost Gui Ming Jiao's infiltration of the Imperial Court seemed even more formidable than he had imagined.

Immediately, he thought of another person.

Qinghe County Magistrate Zhuang Renhe.

Qu Chengfeng was related to the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao, Gao Zhen was also related to the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao, and coincidentally, Zhuang Renhe actively befriended both of them.

Coincidence?

Li Rui felt a toothache for a moment.

He had fallen into a thief's den.

He didn't know if the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao had planted so many dark hands in other parts of the Yu Kingdom; if it were truly like this, the Yu Kingdom would be in danger.

"Or perhaps, Qinghe has something that attracts the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao?"

Li Rui pondered.

Only then would a small Qinghe be worth the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao spending such a great price to plant their own people.

It could be confirmed that dark hands like Zhuang Renhe and Gao Zhen, who had clean backgrounds and could hold high positions, couldn't be many even in the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao.

Otherwise, the world would have been in chaos long ago.

However, now that he had stepped into the Longmen, Li Rui also had a few points of confidence to deal with the changing situation.

Gao Residence, inner courtyard. Bang!

A teacup was crushed by Gao Zhen, his face gloomy:

"You're quite good at hiding."

He went to a secret point of the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao to inquire about the Four-Armed Ghost Wu Yun's situation.

But to his surprise, even the people at the secret point didn't know where the Four-Armed Ghost had gone.

He went to a secret contact point of the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao to inquire about the situation of the Four-Armed Demon Ghost, Wu Yun.

But to his surprise, even the people at the contact point did not know where the Four-Armed Demon Ghost had gone.

It was as if, after that day, he had evaporated from the face of the earth.

The contact points were places set up by the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao across the Yu Kingdom for rendezvous, often disguised as shroud shops, carriage firms, and the like.

"Could it be that he obtained the Immortal Qi and, fearing my retaliation, went into hiding?"

"That shouldn't be."

"The Twelve Blood Disciples must carry out the Xueying Laozu's missions, otherwise they will certainly be hunted down by the entire Ghost Gui Ming Jiao. He cannot hide for too long, at least not in a way that makes the Xueying Laozu think he is deliberately avoiding his duties."

"Then where could he have gone?"

"Damn it!"

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The more Gao Zhen thought about it, the angrier he became.

In this operation, he only killed a few minor characters on the periphery, while the most important targets—Ning Zhongtian, Tan Hu, and Li Rui—were still jumping around in the military camp every day, completely unscathed.

Not only did this increase the vigilance of Jiang Linxian and Cao Wei, but in the end, Gao Zhen still had to find a way to kill them himself.

In fact, it was rumored that there was one more person on the list—Jiang Linxian.

It was just that Jiang Linxian was too strong, not someone the Twelve Blood Disciples could contend with.

So the Xueying Laozu simply erased Jiang Linxian's name.

"I can only plan for the long term."

He had already struck twice in succession; if he continued to stir up waves, it would inevitably attract the attention of Jiang Linxian and Cao Wei. If they happened to investigate him, that would be troublesome.

In any case, the Xueying Laozu hadn't set a deadline; at worst, he would just wait for the storm to subside before seeking another opportunity.

What he was thinking about now was the Immortal Qi taken away by Chou Ping and Wu Yun.

Compared to completing the mission, the Immortal Qi was naturally more important.

Thinking of this made his teeth itch with anger.

He wished he could dig that wretch Chou Ping out of the ground and kill him again.

"I can't find Wu Yun for the time being, so I can only try my luck at the place where Jiang Linxian killed Chou Ping."

He only hoped that Jiang Linxian hadn't discovered that Chou Ping was hiding Immortal Qi; otherwise, most of the Immortal Qi would be washed away, and it might even cause big trouble.

"Master, why is your true qi different from before?"

Liang He looked at the purple-gold radiance emanating from Li Rui's palms, feeling somewhat surprised.

If he remembered correctly.

Master's true qi before should have been cyan.

Li Rui smiled slightly: "My cultivation has improved recently, and my true qi has undergone some changes."

"Oh."

Liang He didn't have too many doubts and just nodded.

He had one hundred percent trust in Li Rui and worshipped him unconditionally.

Today was the day for the qi exchange again.

Every month, Li Rui would withdraw the Xuan Qing Qi placed in Liang He and Liu Tiezhu, and then re-infuse it.

Doing this.

Was also to prevent the two from being led astray by his own Xuan Qing Qi.

In teaching and imparting knowledge, one must focus on teaching according to the student's aptitude.

Although he had taught Liang He and Liu Tiezhu the Long Chun Gong, he did not hope for the two to follow the exact same path as himself.

Long Chun, Long Chun—of course, it is only interesting if a hundred flowers bloom together.

If only one type of flower bloomed, that would be boring.

Li Rui could also learn from the strengths of his disciples' cultivation of the Long Chun Gong to derive and improve his own techniques; this was the way of longevity.

After exchanging the qi for Liang He.

Li Rui followed the same method and exchanged the qi for Liu Tiezhu as well.

The two had long been incomparably familiar with Li Rui's true qi, and they soon discovered that this time, the true qi was vastly different from before.

It was ethereal and sacred, as if a single strand of the qi could dominate all living beings.

This feeling was extremely vague, yet it truly existed.

Li Rui didn't explain, but instead smiled at the two and said: "By the way, this is your Third Tao Shidi, Xiao Zhao; you all know him, so I won't introduce him."

Liang He and Liu Tiezhu looked in surprise at Wang Zhao, who was standing to the side, looking somewhat restrained.

They did know him.

Back when Li Rui was still reduced to being a slave, Wang Zhao had followed Li Rui to learn his craft.

Counting it up, one could say that Wang Zhao was the eldest disciple.

But because Wang Zhao's foundation for martial arts was truly too poor, he had given up the idea of practicing martial arts and went to the Horse-Tending Hall to learn how to raise horses, so Li Rui hadn't formally taken him as a disciple.

How did he change his nature now?

Although they were puzzled, they didn't ask.

Doing so would both offend Li Rui and hurt Wang Zhao's self-esteem.

"Tao Shidi."

"Tao Shidi."

Liang He and Liu Tiezhu both grinned; they already lived in the same courtyard, so accepting Wang Zhao was just a matter of a single thought.

Seeing that the two senior brothers still treated him as before.

Wang Zhao finally let out a sigh of relief in his heart.

Although none of the three had backgrounds of great wealth or nobility, if one were to compare, his background was the lowest; not only that, he was a good-for-nothing at practicing martial arts.

Just a stinking horse-raiser.

Li Rui looked at the three brothers getting along harmoniously and smiled knowingly.

Wang Zhao might seem like just a horse-raiser now, but he wouldn't be in the future; perhaps he could become a Great Imperial Horse Master.

All because of the change in the Xuan Qing Qi.

Ever since he used Immortal Qi as a guide to condense the Immortal Form, the Xuan Qing Qi had also quietly undergone changes.

The current Xuan Qing Qi had long since departed from the vision of the predecessor who founded the White Ape Cloak Blade, becoming an existence approximating Immortal Qi.

Calling it Immortal Xuan Qi was more appropriate.

And the Immortal Xuan Qi also inherited the characteristics of Immortal Qi, possessing the tyrannical function of nourishing the physique and reversing one's foundation.

After Wang Zhao was infused with a strand of Immortal Xuan Qi, he would not only be able to practice martial arts in the future, but perhaps even become a martial arts expert.

Famous throughout the world!

(End of chapter)