Chapter 540

Wu De looked at Li Rui with a complex expression.

A narrow escape from death.

He had almost died in that immortal tomb, but he had escaped with his life by relying on the secret techniques in his ancestral burial scriptures.

And Li Rui before him looked calm and composed, without a single tear in his sleeves.

Compared to the Tongxuan and Heavenly Phenomenon experts who died in the immortal tomb, he didn't know how much better off he was.

Wu De sighed softly.

"Who told him to be a genius."

He felt Li Rui's genius most deeply.

It could almost be described as breaking through realms like drinking water.

If he could be like Li Rui, why would he need to take risks and do the business of exploring tombs?

Who didn't know.

The most outstanding disciples in those immortal sects never took risks and only sought the immortal Dao.

It was truly enviable.

No.

It was that one couldn't even envy it.

Li Rui: "Fellow Daoist Wu, what is the situation in the tomb?"

Wu De swallowed his saliva.

Then he directly projected what he saw and heard in the tomb to Li Rui using a shadow-projection talisman.

This talisman was, of course, made by Li Rui.

Just like watching a movie in his previous life, not long after, he understood seven or eight out of ten of the events in the immortal tomb.

Especially that strike from the Daoist Lord's remnant soul.

Even through the light screen, it made one's heart palpitate.

Li Rui waved his hand.

The shadow-projection talisman was put into his sleeve, and then he gave Wu De a shadow-projection talisman before leaving.

Returning to the Qinghe villa.

At the other end.

Deep in the Ten Thousand Mountains, opposite the immortal tomb, was the head of the Ten Thousand Mountains' fortune dragon vein.

"That is..."

The group of dragon-seekers who were operating the Dragon-Locking Array were all shocked speechless by the scene just now.

One strike, directly opening up a thousand-mile canyon.

What kind of great means was this?

The crowd was distracted.

The Dragon-Locking Array gradually showed signs of failing, and they heard the Imperial Preceptor's voice in their ears: "Guard your hearts, calm your Qi."

These four words were like a sudden enlightenment.

The dragon-seekers only felt their spiritual platforms return to clarity, and they all withdrew their thoughts together. The Dragon-Locking Array, which had been somewhat shaken by the evil Qi, returned to calm once more.

About the time it takes to burn a stick of incense passed.

A figure appeared before the Dragon-Locking Array and headed straight for the Imperial Preceptor's position.

The group of dragon-seekers saw this and only felt it was customary.

If Li Rui were here, he would definitely recognize this person as Zhu Gan's confidant, Zhou Tong.

"Imperial Preceptor, a Daoist Lord's remnant soul has appeared in the immortal tomb. The commotion just now was all caused by his remnant soul."

Zhou Tong came to the Imperial Preceptor's side and said respectfully.

The Imperial Preceptor nodded slightly.

"Good."

These days.

Although the Imperial Preceptor had not participated in the immortal tomb matter because of the dragon vein, he hadn't missed a single bit of news from inside the immortal tomb.

That was because of Zhou Tong.

Since Zhou Tong followed Zhu Gan's orders to go south and arrived at the Ten Thousand Mountains.

He had never returned.

Later, after Zhu Gan died, he had been working by the Imperial Preceptor's side.

Or rather.

He was originally a chess piece planted by the Imperial Preceptor beside Zhu Gan; he had been placed there for sixty years.

Sometimes he himself almost forgot his own origin.

Zhu Gan's death was at least half his doing.

"I'm even a little reluctant."

This strange thought often arose in Zhou Tong's heart.

He continued to bow and say: "Imperial Preceptor, Gu Changsheng and Yuan Dingting are now trapped by the Daoist Lord's remnant soul and have no time to look elsewhere. Now is the best time to take Li Rui's Dao Fetus."

Although Zhu Gan was dead, he had never forgotten about the Dao Fetus.

That was a Dao Fetus!

It had been extinct in this realm for nearly ten thousand years. If one could obtain it, there would be no need to transfer souls or change bones; swallowing it raw would also be a great tonic.

The Imperial Preceptor had also been telling him to keep an eye on it in secret.

Now was the best opportunity.

And because he had been investigating Li Rui in secret, the more he investigated, the more he felt that Li Rui was one of those legendary people of great fortune.

Once they encounter wind and clouds, they turn into dragons.

For such a person, the best course of action is to eradicate them as early as possible.

Otherwise, once he gains momentum, no one will be able to limit him.

But he heard the Imperial Preceptor speak lightly: "With a Heavenly Human protecting his path, I cannot take action."

Hearing the two words "Heavenly Human."

Zhou Tong felt a shock in his heart.

In this world, who dares to speak of Heavenly Humans, if not for that City Lord Gao of East Sea City.

Even though he knew that Li Rui was Gao Tianxia's grand-disciple, he never expected that a Heavenly Human would actually be willing to condescend to protect the path for a junior!

One must know that Gao Tianxia had taken in many disciples in his life.

And it's not like none of them died young.

Regarding this, Gao Tianxia never asked.

He didn't even care about his disciples, yet he was so attentive to a grand-disciple.

This child should be killed even more.

It's just that he couldn't be killed.

Zhou Tong secretly thought it was a pity.

With Gao Tianxia around, he was destined to be unable to succeed.

Just when he thought the matter would end here, he heard a golden bowl, bright and shining, fly out from the Imperial Preceptor's sleeve and land directly in his hand.

The Imperial Preceptor spoke lightly: "This is the Purple Gold Bowl, which contains the power of a Dao Body strike. Wait for an opportunity to act, and you may deploy the manpower as you wish."

Zhou Tong looked at the golden bowl in his hand, a flash of excitement in his eyes.

A Dao Body strike!

This could not only kill Li Rui, but it was also a life-saving talisman.

"Yes."

Zhou Tong bowed and retreated.

The Imperial Preceptor then closed his eyes again.

A Dao Body was naturally beneficial to him, but compared to completely offending a Heavenly Human Realm expert to death, it seemed a bit like a chicken rib.

He could not take action.

But if it were Zhou Tong of the same rank, there would be no such concerns.

Gao Tianxia would only think that his grand-disciple was incompetent; such things had happened before.

If one couldn't even be invincible among one's peers, what qualifications did one have to say one was the disciple of the world's number one?

Let the small ones mess with the small ones.

If any old guy dared to intervene, Gao Tianxia would naturally let the world know what it means to be the world's number one.

The Imperial Preceptor withdrew his mind.

If the Dao Fetus was not nurtured by himself, then it was all an external object.

What he cultivated was fortune.

The dragon vein of this mountain was the foundation for his achievement of becoming a Heavenly Human.

Not bad.

The dragon vein of the Ten Thousand Mountains was even more powerful than people thought; he wanted to use the fortune of this mountain's dragon vein to test the path to becoming a Heavenly Human.

"You kid really want to walk that path of proving the Dao with strength?"

The artifact spirit old man heard what Li Rui said and couldn't help but widen his eyes, becoming somewhat exasperated for a moment: "Do you know that although proving the Dao with strength sounds domineering, even in the era of the Daoist Lords, only one person appeared in ten thousand years? Don't tell me you think that just because you have some bone structure, you have to harden yourself and seek suffering?"

After saying this, his tone slowed down: "I see you kid are also a clever person, why do you do such stubborn things?"

"There is no high or low in the Great Dao; look at my Daoist Lord, merging with the Dao through artifacts, didn't he also become a Daoist Lord?"

"Why bother hitting that south wall?"

"Proving the Dao with strength is just being able to fight."

The artifact spirit old man was truly earnest.

If it were anyone else, even if they entered this gate, he wouldn't be so attentive.

It was mainly because he felt Li Rui was truly too monstrous, and perhaps he could really become an existence comparable to his Daoist Lord in the future.

He wouldn't be able to see it then.

But he could let Li Rui remember this favor and help him find the whereabouts of his Daoist Lord.

So he couldn't just watch Li Rui go astray.

Li Rui smiled slightly and didn't argue.

He just shook his body.

The next instant.

Treasure light overflowed.

Seeing this scene, the artifact spirit old man couldn't help but exclaim: "Primordial Unity Qi!"

(End of chapter)