Chapter 539

Grand Void Training Ground.

"You kid are quite clever. Even my Daoist Lord wouldn't dare to easily set foot in such a great tomb. If you went, it wouldn't be a narrow escape from death. You actually have quite a bit of the style of my Daoist Lord back in the day."

The artifact spirit old man laughed with gratification.

For the Longevity Daoist Lord to be able to endure until becoming a Daoist Lord, besides his special Great Dao and long life, it was also because he was sufficiently cautious.

Many of the heaven-gifted geniuses of his era fell due to various great tribulations; only the Longevity Daoist Lord moved forward silently.

After becoming a Daoist Lord, he looked back.

Those of the same generation who were stronger than him couldn't live as long as he did; by enduring and enduring, he became the number one person of his generation.

Li Rui now had quite a bit of the style of the Longevity Daoist Lord back then.

The artifact spirit old man had already learned about the immortal tomb from Li Rui.

He analyzed seriously: "Kid, I've long felt there was a problem with this small grotto-heaven of yours."

"Although it's easy for geniuses to emerge in a small grotto-heaven, the fact that a Heavenly Human Realm expert emerged directly is something unheard of, even for my Daoist Lord who lived for two thousand years."

"There is likely a great secret."

"It is very wise of you not to go."

The artifact spirit old man thought for a long time.

In the end, he couldn't figure out who the owner of the immortal tomb might be, so he could only give up and asked instead: "By the way, how is your Purple Mansion being nurtured?"

Li Rui: "I have already been able to enter its gate."

"Very good."

The artifact spirit old man was increasingly satisfied.

This descendant was much more worry-free than the Longevity Daoist Lord's few disciples; there was absolutely no need to worry too much about his cultivation.

"By the way, I also don't know if those old monsters of the immortal cultivation world are still alive, but if you want to go to the immortal cultivation world, you cannot be too careful. The Daoist Lord did have quite a few concealment methods back then, but at least one must be in the Dao Body Realm to execute them."

"This Profound Unity Returning Treasury Art has been passed to you, but it is almost impossible to master."

"You kid had better endure a while longer."

Li Rui grinned: "Senior, please rest assured."

As he spoke.

He looked within himself.

He saw that the immortal Qi in his Purple Mansion was becoming increasingly thick.

Others couldn't master this Profound Unity Returning Treasury Art because their spiritual energy was not pure enough.

The Dao Body Realm merges the body with the Dao, and one's magic power undergoes the baptism of the Great Dao, which is why one can cultivate the Profound Unity Returning Treasury Art.

But he was different.

He had a body of incomparably pure immortal Qi; if even he couldn't master it, then there wouldn't be many in the world who could.

Not bad.

His immortal Qi was much more powerful than it had been before.

All of this was thanks to that gate in the Purple Mansion Immortal Court—the Southern Heaven Gate.

Speaking of which.

The appearance of this Southern Heaven Gate was thanks to the spirit of the immortal fruit passed down by Si Feng back then; it was the first of the four heavenly gates to be nurtured.

But Li Rui had never explored its utility.

It was not until after he opened the Purple Mansion that the Southern Heaven Gate manifested its sanctity.

Legend has it that this Southern Heaven Gate is the place where those who have attained immortality ascend.

That is to say, the Southern Heaven Gate is the intersection of the human and immortal realms; those who pass through this gate are true immortals.

Not the immortal cultivation world, but the true Immortal Realm!

Li Rui certainly couldn't ascend to immortality in broad daylight by relying on this gate, but he had also made an incredible discovery.

He could actually extract immortal Qi from the Southern Heaven Gate!

This was incredible.

He had only obtained a trace of immortal Qi because of the spirit of the immortal fruit, and after nurturing it, it had become increasingly robust, but in terms of origin, it was still that same trace. However, with this Southern Heaven Gate, the origin of the immortal Qi could be continuously replenished.

He had long since deeply felt the wonderful uses of immortal Qi.

It was undoubtedly a tremendous stroke of fortune.

To a certain extent, it was even more precious than that tree in Bai Yujing.

It was precisely by relying on the continuous supply of immortal Qi that he had the foundation to cultivate the Profound Unity Returning Treasury Art.

Li Rui looked at the chaos behind the Southern Heaven Gate.

He was lost in thought.

"Perhaps one day, I will really be able to step through this gate and ascend on the spot?"

Yuan Dingting came to the Qinghe villa.

He only stayed for the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, and then took Meng Chong, Nie Siming, and Yuan Xiong into the Ten Thousand Mountains. Ning Zhongtian and Tan Hu also went. All were for the sake of seeking a glimmer of fortune.

Very quickly.

In the Qinghe villa, apart from a few soldiers on duty, only Li Rui and Yuan An remained.

As for why Yuan An stayed at the villa.

Naturally, it was because he was the only son of the Marquis of Annan; any Marquis with a clear head would not take his only son to risk his life.

Yuan Dingting's move also carried the meaning of entrusting his son to others.

After all, what was buried in the immortal tomb of the Ten Thousand Mountains was an existence above a Daoist Lord.

It was not so easy to explore.

Even Yuan Dingting did not dare to say he could retreat unscathed.

But Yuan Dingting still went; that was for a glimmer of opportunity to rank among the Heavenly Humans.

Those First-Rank experts all thought the same.

This day.

Li Rui, who was cultivating the Profound Unity Returning Treasury Art in the Qinghe villa, suddenly opened his eyes.

He only felt a slight tremor coming from the ground.

And then it became increasingly violent.

In just an instant, it actually turned into a massive earthquake!

A cry of alarm came from outside the room.

A crack that started from the foot of the Ten Thousand Mountains and ran through who knows how many thousands of miles suddenly appeared, actually splitting the vast Ten Thousand Mountains in two!

Such great power made even Li Rui feel alarmed.

When he walked out the door, he had already seen a magnificent scene as if an immortal had split the Ten Thousand Mountains with one stroke.

"It's the immortal tomb!"

Li Rui's eyes widened slightly.

At this time, Yuan An also walked out, looking at the scene before him, his mouth wide open: "W-what on earth happened?"

"Damn it, I almost lost my life in there."

Nie Siming sat on the ground, looking disheveled.

Looking at Yuan Xiong again.

His face was pale, his right shoulder was covered in blood, and his right arm was long gone!

Both of them were Tongxuan experts; to be forced to this extent, it could be called miserable.

"Brother Nie, Brother Yuan."

Li Rui brought people to greet them.

Apart from the two of them, the Yu Kingdom's elite who had set out this time also suffered heavy casualties.

There were countless wounded.

"Brother Meng, what on earth happened?"

Li Rui looked left and right, but did not find Yuan Dingting's figure, so he couldn't help but ask.

Meng Chong sighed softly: "Brother Li, this immortal tomb is truly bizarre. I didn't expect that there would actually be a wisp of a Daoist Lord's remnant soul inside. If it weren't for the dissipation of ten thousand years of soul power, I'm afraid we would have died long ago."

Hearing about the Daoist Lord's remnant soul, Li Rui was also greatly shocked.

Thinking of the great scene just now, if the Daoist Lord's remnant soul had taken action, it could be explained.

Upon closer reflection.

Even for a Daoist Lord, a wisp of a remnant soul could never exist for so long; it should be that the dragon vein and the immortal tomb were symbiotic, which is why it could survive until now.

Li Rui: "What about the Marquis and the others?"

"The Marquis, the Sword Emperor, and the other First-Rank experts formed a great array, intending to wear down that Daoist Lord's remnant soul, so we left temporarily to rest and reorganize."

Meng Chong replied.

Li Rui nodded.

This was the might of a Daoist Lord; just a wisp of a remnant soul required dozens of Dao Body Realm experts to join forces to suppress it, and it even caused such a heaven-shaking commotion.

The scene of the Ten Thousand Mountains today would surely be recorded in the history books with a heavy stroke in the future.

Li Rui could be considered to have witnessed history.

After settling Meng Chong and the others properly, his expression shifted, and then he flashed and disappeared.

Not long after.

He appeared at the foot of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Looking at the Daoist priest standing not far away, whose Daoist robe was stretched tight.

"Fellow Daoist Wu."

(End of chapter)