Chapter 103

"Old Zhao, speaking ill of people behind their backs is not right. Also, my name is Sima Tan now." Li Youyi laughed.

Zhao Zhizhuo's expression was serious, extremely earnest: "This Miss Yin is truly a dangerous person, otherwise why would I be in such a hurry to find you? You are too young and inexperienced in the world. I am worried that you will make a wrong judgment in the face of the supreme beauty of a Pure Immortal Body woman, which is fatal!"

He certainly knew that Li Youyi's mind was mature and steady, but from ancient times to the present, countless heroes have foundered on the rocks of beauty.

Li Youyi sat at the table and filled two cups of tea: "Isn't she just the granddaughter of the Medicine Li tribe leader? Could there be some other background?"

In his mind, he recalled the strange changes in Yao Yin in the ash region. The loud cry that rang out in her body, which deterred six extremely powerful Ash Spirits, was indeed incredible.

Zhao Zhizhuo sat down, holding the teacup, and said: "To be precise, she is the granddaughter of Yao Jingfeng, the leader of the Medicine Li tribe. Yao Jingfeng has five sons and one daughter. This daughter is Miss Yin's mother, who was a Pure Immortal Body. In our era, her beauty was unparalleled, known as the number one beauty in Li Prefecture. Wherever she went, the streets were empty, and countless followers sought only to catch a glimpse of her face."

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhizhuo's eyes filled with the light of reminiscence, and he laughed: "To tell you the truth, I was also infatuated with her, but... look at my talent, it's okay, I broke through to the Five-Sea realm at twenty-three, and after that, I advanced by leaps and bounds, opening all five sea of Qi at forty-one, but at that time, I couldn't even stand within a zhang of Yao Qingxuan."

"I am a person with self-knowledge, knowing that for a woman like Yao Qingxuan, I had no chance at all. So I chose to leave and focus on cultivation, no longer asking about her news."

"When I had achieved success in my cultivation and was preparing to step out of the Cang Li tribe to show my skills and make a name for myself, I heard the tragic news of her death. I was naturally extremely heartbroken. A woman of such peerless beauty, favored by heaven, with cultivation talent ten times better than mine, how could she suddenly wither in her prime?"

"I asked many old friends and finally learned the reason."

"This matter caused a huge uproar in the whole Li Prefecture at the time, and everyone was watching the Medicine Li tribe make a fool of themselves. Some said Yao Qingxuan was shameless, had an affair with a great demon, and became pregnant, only to be miserably abandoned."

"Others said she was actually captured by that great demon, which is why she lost her chastity."

"Sometimes, words are more terrifying than physical violence. All kinds of rumors were extremely unbearable, wanting to trample that former heaven-favored girl into the mud, not leaving her any way to live. It is said she committed suicide on a night with three feet of snow, driven to death by the ubiquitous rumors."

"Even so, those who had envied her talent and talent, or those who couldn't get her, still mocked her. Saying that only the truth could drive someone to death; if the rumors were false, she naturally wouldn't take them to heart."

Zhao Zhizhuo let out a long, turbid breath, furious, the past made him very uncomfortable: "In my eyes, the young Yao Qingxuan was absolutely the embodiment of perfection, with high aspirations, a tough will, a smile that could topple a country, and a sword that could convey the spirit. I never imagined she would have such a miserable ending. I originally thought she would live forever and prove the Dao to become an immortal."

Li Youyi said: "Yao Yin's father never appeared from beginning to end?"

Zhao Zhizhuo snorted: "If he had appeared, how could Yao Qingxuan have died? Although I am very unwilling to believe it, the rumors might have some truth."

"It's all hearsay; the truth is probably known to only a very few people, perhaps even only Yao Yin's mother herself." Li Youyi said.

Zhao Zhizhuo nodded: "Miss Yin, who was still a toddler at the time, was handed over to the fourth son by the Medicine Li tribe leader, claiming she was his daughter. But as Miss Yin grew up, she looked more and more like her mother, so how could the truth be covered up?"

Li Youyi suddenly understood: "I'm afraid she also had to endure all kinds of ridicule and mockery."

"That I don't know; I was already a cripple at that time. A few months ago, I did hear the Third Miss and Fourth Miss gathering together, laughing and talking a few times, saying that this Miss Yin inherited her father's demonic evil and ferocity, and killed her own cousin. They also said that sometimes she would transform into a demon and slaughter the innocent without reason. In the Medicine Li tribe, everyone hates her, and only the tribe leader still protects her." Zhao Zhizhuo said.

Li Youyi found it hard to reconcile the Yao Yin in Zhao Zhizhuo's words with the Yao Yin he knew, snorting: "Li Ling's habit of hearsay really needs to be changed."

Immediately after, he added: "Old Zhao, what you are afraid of isn't Yao Yin's father, is it?"

Zhao Zhizhuo was moved, whispering: "Legend has it that her father is a top-level great demon from the ash region in the west, and even the Medicine Li tribe leader dare not take revenge, only able to swallow this bitter pill. Getting too close to her is definitely not a good thing and will bring a lot of unnecessary trouble. After all, even the Medicine Li tribe almost has no place for her."

"Fine, I know, I have a plan in mind."

Li Youyi suddenly asked: "Do you have blood crystals? Forget it, I guess you can't afford them either. I have one here, take it and use it first."

A blood crystal the size of a pigeon egg was taken from his sleeve and placed on the table.

This blood crystal was worth eighty thousand silver coins and was purchased by Li Youyi before going to the Cang King's tomb, originally intended to subdue the strange insects in the tomb, but it had never been used.

The function of the blood crystal was to heal damaged lungs.

Only by letting the lungs recover first could they carry the sea of Qi.

Zhao Zhizhuo could feel that Li Youyi truly wanted to help him recover his cultivation, and naturally, he also had the awareness that such great kindness and virtue surpassed the gifts and help of friendship.

The other party was buying his life.

Zhao Zhizhuo said nothing, cupped his hands, bowed to Li Youyi, and then took the blood crystal away.

Li Youyi asked: "How long will it take to heal the first lung lobe?"

"Three days should be no problem." Zhao Zhizhuo said.

"Once healed, come find me again."

After Zhao Zhizhuo left, Li Youyi fell into deep thought; to deal with Qi Shanshan, or rather Chan Hai Guan Wu, he had to be fully prepared. She was the number one person in the Lingxiao Life Realm a thousand years ago!

Releasing the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors and cutting off a pound of purple cistanche to place on the table, Li Youyi instructed them to guard the cabin and not allow anyone to break in.

The seven little ones had extremely tough bodies; after eating a belly full of soil and stone in the ash region, they actually digested it forcibly and were completely fine.

In these two days, after eating two pounds of purple cistanche, their bodies finally showed changes.

On the outer layer of their backs, the colorful wings grew a section first, emitting a brighter and more divine radiance.

But the inner membrane wings clearly needed more precious medicine to grow.

They were currently in the stage of transformation.

"Whoosh—"

Releasing spiritual mental power from the center of his eyebrows, he drove the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish.

Li Youyi entered the blood-mud space.

"Master Coffin, why is this sea of Qi, the Ancestral Field, only about the size of two squares? How much magic Qi can this store?" Li Youyi asked, very puzzled.

A moment later, the voice of Master Coffin sounded from the ground: "The Wind Mansion and the Ancestral Field are two living internal worlds, true treasure vaults. Their value will only be reflected when your cultivation reaches the fifth realm of the Five-Sea realm."

"When first opened, all Wu Xiu's Wind Mansions are very small, only able to store enough magic Qi to perform one martial art move."

"The size of the Ancestral Field is not fixed! Most people's Ancestral Field is the size of a square foot, able to store enough magic Qi to erupt with a dozen martial art moves."

"Of course, like the Hundred-Vein All-Silver Pure Immortal Body Yang Shenjing you fought, he could erupt with dozens of moves at the Nine-Spring realm. I guess the size of his Ancestral Field is several times that of an ordinary supreme person."

Li Youyi had been silently calculating: "Most Nine-Spring supreme people's Ancestral Field size is only a square foot. Then aren't I several dozen times larger than them? Able to erupt with hundreds, thousands of moves? Calculated this way, it doesn't seem small."

Master Coffin was silent for a long time before saying: "Large, of course it counts as large. After all, those Seven-Spring Wu Xiu's first sea of Qi in the Five-Sea realm are almost only one square, even smaller than your Ancestral Field."

Li Youyi said: "Then am I directly equivalent to a Five-Sea realm first-layer Wu Xiu?"

"Of course it's not calculated that way; the grade of magic Qi of a Five-Sea realm Wu Xiu is far beyond what the Spring-Gushing realm can compare to, and the energy intensity is worlds apart. There is also combat intent, which also has a huge bonus to combat power." Master Coffin said.

Li Youyi suddenly realized, saying: "In other words, I am still far from being an opponent of a Five-Sea realm first-layer Wu Xiu?"

Master Coffin was asked, his own martial arts system seemed to collapse, saying: "That... is not the case; your current combat power, even without using those few powerful artifacts, is not comparable to a Seven-Spring Five-Sea realm first-layer."

Subsequently, he said in a huff: "When you were at Eight Springs, you fought with several Five-Sea realm first-layer leaders of the Long Forest Gang; don't you have your own judgment?"

This was the first time Li Youyi had seen Master Coffin get angry, saying: "I don't have a judgment in my heart; they are all Five-Sea realm first-layer, the combat power gap is too big!"

"Big, of course big, go summarize it in actual combat yourself." Master Coffin was speechless and didn't want to speak again.

Li Youyi silently summarized that Master Coffin's martial arts cultivation should be very high, but his state of mind and temper were a bit poor.

That jade vessel artifact over thirty meters long was parked in the blood-mud space, always emitting jade-white precious light.

Li Youyi mobilized magic Qi to drive it, but no matter how much magic Qi poured in, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and the jade vessel artifact didn't change at all.

Master Coffin said: "This is a tool for Prefecture Overseer-level powerhouses to travel, able to cross the Lingxiao Life Realm, traveling ten thousand miles a day is easy, not something your current cultivation can drive."

"Then what realm is needed?"

Li Youyi was very greedy for this jade vessel; driving it to fly through the sky and escape the earth, just thinking about it was a happy thing, enough to make the Wu Xiu of the world envious.

Master Coffin said: "At least you must reach the peak of the Five-Sea realm."

"The fifth realm of the Five-Sea realm?" Li Youyi said.

Master Coffin said: "That's right! Once you open the fifth sea of Qi, you can start cultivating the Wind Mansion and the Ancestral Field, expanding these two living internal worlds to the limit. It is possible to transform them into two seas of Qi larger than the fifth sea of Qi. At that time, the advantages of Eight-Spring Wu Xiu and Nine-Spring Wu Xiu will truly appear."

Li Youyi laughed: "Equivalent to the sixth sea of Qi, the seventh sea of Qi?"

"That's right." Master Coffin said.

Li Youyi said: "Since there is a saying about living internal worlds, I suppose there is also a saying about dead internal worlds?"

Master Coffin said: "The five seas of Qi in the lung lobes are dead internal worlds. How big they are when opened is how big they will always be."

"Then I must cultivate the Tenth Spring Shenque, so that when I reach the Five-Sea realm, I will have eight seas of Qi."

Li Youyi became more excited the more he thought about it, his fighting spirit high, and he immediately sat cross-legged, performed the Jade Void Breathing Method, and gathered all his perception into the Shenque acupoint in his navel.

When impacting other springs, Li Youyi could feel the barrier between the body and heaven and earth at the acupoint, and then continuously surged with the breathing method to grind it thin, finally breaking it open and opening the heaven-human channel.

But when the perception acted on the Shenque acupoint, it was dead silent there.

Comparing the barrier of other springs to a thin wall, knocking on it made a hollow sound.

And knocking on the Shenque acupoint was solid, with no possibility of breaking it open at all.

"I have fifty-five golden trace veins protecting my body; since knocking doesn't work, then I'll just smash it directly. Smashing it again and again, I'll always be able to smash it open."

The smashing he spoke of was, of course, not real smashing, but using the Spring-Breaking Needle.

Hearing this, the three masters were all frightened.