Chapter 565

"Tsk tsk, you kid are truly a freak. I didn't expect you to actually succeed."

The artifact spirit, a little old man, circled Li Rui several times.

Just today.

Li Rui suddenly ran over to tell him that he had already satisfied all the requirements in the handwritten notes, asking if there were any other ancient books he could refer to.

This made him exclaim that he was a freak.

He had been sealed in the Grand Void Dojo and awakened by Li Rui.

Most of the time, he was actually extremely bored.

Therefore, the ancient books in that box had long been flipped through by him over and over again.

He naturally knew how harsh the requirements were.

So he was even more shocked that Li Rui had reached all the requirements so quickly.

'Compared to the Taichu Dao Lord of the past, I'm afraid he's not far behind.'

The artifact spirit, the little old man, commented secretly in his heart.

That Taichu Dao Lord was the Dao Lord with the best natural talent and foundation of that time, every step he took was extremely solid, and he was truly brilliant, making even the Wanshou Dao Lord envious when he saw him.

And now, Li Rui already had a bit of that Dao Lord's aura.

This evaluation was extremely high.

Of course.

The artifact spirit, the little old man, didn't say his true thoughts out loud, otherwise, wouldn't that be belittling his own Dao Lord.

He coughed lightly.

"Undergoing tribulation within the body is dangerous; you must think clearly."

Not saying a word about ancient books.

Just kidding.

Undergoing tribulation within the body isn't seen once in ten thousand years; being able to find one set of handwritten notes was already because Wanshou Dao Lord liked collecting miscellaneous items, which led to this encounter.

How could he possibly produce a second one.

Li Rui had long grasped the artifact spirit's temperament and nodded with a smile: "Senior, rest assured, this junior knows what he's doing."

"That's good."

The artifact spirit, the little old man, revealed a satisfied smile.

He had a good attitude toward Li Rui.

Not only because this junior in front of him had talent and manners, but also because of Li Rui's temperament; he was extremely steady in his actions and didn't need to be worried about at all, which was very similar to his own Dao Lord.

And even more so.

Wanshou Dao Lord had poor aptitude, so he had to be careful and survive.

And Li Rui.

With supreme aptitude, he acted with steadiness.

This was even more rare.

Compared to those heaven-gifted geniuses he had seen, he didn't know how much stronger he was.

Since Li Rui said he knew what he was doing, then he had at least eighty percent certainty.

"Marquis Yuan, is there any news of Huang Longzi?"

Li Rui looked at Yuan Dingting, who had returned from battle.

Speaking of this Marquis Yuan.

He was truly an anomaly in Fire Phoenix City; other cultivators were all desperate to hide in the city, mixing until the Jiazi Demon-Sweeping ended, so they could mix up a contribution.

This is normal thinking.

Anyone who has fought in a war knows that how many enemies you kill isn't important; staying alive is what's important.

The one who kills the most in an army isn't necessarily the strongest, but the one who lives the longest certainly can't be weak.

But Yuan Dingting did the opposite.

He still led troops out to sweep for demons.

Li Rui naturally knew why Yuan Dingting did this.

Didn't you see that every time this Marquis of Annan returned, his aura would rise a notch? Not only Yuan Dingting himself, but even the foster sons he took with him, such as Nie Siming and the others, had also made great progress.

This is the unique aspect of martial cultivators.

Nurturing the body through war.

Stability would only make them waste away; only war could make them soar into the sky.

Yuan Dingting shook his head: "Ever since the battle at Qianren Mountain, there has been no news of Huang Longzi; I'm afraid he's brewing some conspiracy again."

That battle.

True Person Jiuji said something about avenging his disciple.

Now it seems it should have been Huang Longzi's doing.

Yuan Dingting had seen such methods back during the Immortal Calamity.

Huang Longzi was a conspirator; his own combat power wasn't bad, and coupled with his deep scheming, he was the most capable of causing great chaos.

So he and Li Rui were both looking for news of Huang Longzi.

It's just a pity. Huang Longzi was really good at hiding and couldn't be found at all.

Yuan Dingting: "Li Hou, I heard news when I returned that in this righteous-demonic war, the Dao Lords of Bai Yujing and Wan Fadian had a battle."

"!!"

Li Rui's pupils widened slightly.

Dao Lord!

Only after arriving in the world of immortal cultivation did he realize the power of a Dao Lord more and more.

In Bai Yujing, that was also an existence at the level of an ancestor, with a terrifyingly high status.

These old monsters generally manipulated things from behind the scenes and rarely showed their faces.

Don't look at how hot the Jiazi Demon-Sweeping is being fought.

But to Dao Lord powerhouses, it was just a small scuffle and not worth paying too much attention to.

Counting it up, the Jiazi Demon-Sweeping hadn't seen a Dao Lord take action for nearly a thousand years.

It's going to be even more chaotic!

"Li Hou, this Jiazi Demon-Sweeping might be longer and more dangerous than previous ones; we should be careful."

Yuan Dingting reminded him.

"Marquis Yuan is right."

Li Rui nodded.

A Dao Lord taking action is a sign.

It proves that Bai Yujing and Wan Fadian attach great importance to this Jiazi Demon-Sweeping, which means this great righteous-demonic war might escalate, with more powerhouses and a longer duration.

Such a situation hadn't happened before.

Just two thousand years ago.

That Jiazi Demon-Sweeping lasted for a full Jiazi, directly making this righteous-demonic war live up to its name.

And who knows how many immortal cultivators died.

Even several big shots above the Heavenly Human Realm fell.

If it really were that kind of chaos that is hard to encounter in a thousand years, then even at the Purple Mansion Realm, one wouldn't dare say they could survive.

Fortunately.

He wouldn't be at the Purple Mansion Realm for long.

Li Rui returned to his room.

He first took out array flags one by one from his storage bag extremely seriously.

Although with his current attainments in array formations, he could set up an array without array flags just the same.

But because setting up an array in the void would consume ten percent of the spiritual nature, Li Rui still chose to spend more effort and set up the array flags personally.

It took a full seven days and seven nights.

Several extremely complex great arrays were set up.

Some minor immortal sects didn't even have such mountain-protecting arrays.

It wasn't over yet.

Afterward, Li Rui threw out talismans one by one.

Thousands of yellow talismans flew and swirled in the air, finally linking with the array according to the nine-heaven star patterns, forming a terrifying talisman array.

After doing all this.

Li Rui then sat cross-legged, closing his eyes to breathe.

If it weren't for the actions just now, it would be almost no different from his usual self.

At most, he would take out a few spiritual pills from time to time.

Most were Purple Mansion Realm spiritual pills, and occasionally he would take out a few Dao Body Realm spiritual pills, naturally including the Dao-Transforming Pill given by Fire Phoenix Fairy.

The Dao-Transforming Pill is not only extremely useful for Dao Integration.

Actually, taking it before preparing for tribulation also has the effect of stabilizing the Dao foundation.

It was just right for him.

That's right.

Li Rui's Purple Mansion had already opened to a full one hundred and thirty zhang, a full ten zhang more than that ancient, powerful predecessor.

Cutting it close is what average students do.

Like a genius such as Li Rui, of course, he had to leave himself some leeway to ensure that no mistakes would occur during the tribulation.

The next instant.

Li Rui threw something out casually.

The Five-Thunder Divine Shield he had long prepared covered his body.

But unlike other cultivators undergoing tribulation.

There was no change above the nine heavens.

But looking inside himself.

At this time, above the Immortal Court, tribulation luck had long gathered, vaguely flashing with purple-gold electric light.

A trace of the tribulation qi that leaked out was enough to make one's heart palpitate.

(End of chapter)