Chapter 113: Absorbing Immortal Mist, Divine Palace First Appears

"Swish! Swish..."

Wang Daozhen unleashed his trump card, spitting out flying swords condensed from magic Qi from his mouth.

There were at least a dozen, flying toward Li Youyi ahead like a rain of swords.

Hearing the dense and sharp wind-breaking sound behind him, Li Youyi endured and endured, but in the end, he still dared not use the Evil Camel Bell and the Black Iron Seal, which had the greatest power and were the most recognizable. Exposing his identity would lead to endless trouble.

Without the certainty of killing everyone to silence them, he dared not use the space power of the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish even more.

Using the Ghost Flag would have a smaller risk of exposure.

But there was simply no time to channel it!

Li Youyi was forced to unleash the Clear Void Cicada-Chasing Step, using exquisite movement techniques to dodge the magic Qi flying swords behind him.

He couldn't avoid them completely, and two hit him. But wearing the corpse-cloth soft armor and the Night-Walking Suit, he only suffered some internal injuries; his body was not pierced, and he could still hold on.

"Swish!"

Channeling magic Qi into his right arm, he threw the artifact short sword like an arrow, flying toward Chen Jingtang on the shore, blocking him for an instant.

After landing on the shore.

Li Youyi stood in front of the dozens of teenagers who hadn't passed the Five Seas Realm boundary, like an immortal divine mountain shielding them from wind and rain, looking at the spiritual light fire-cloud unleashed by the Sui Sect Great Thought Master, and roared: "Hurry and go, leave this to me!"

He had promised, so he must do it.

Li Youyi's eyes were firm, his will like gold and iron, his hands supporting the Ghost Flag, his Ancestral Field magic Qi channeling crazily.

"Whoosh!"

A large amount of Nether-mist surged from the flag surface, and a zhang-high armored ghost shadow appeared, holding a battle halberd, majestic and sharp, colliding with the spiritual light fire-cloud unleashed by the Sui Sect Great Thought Master.

Nether-mist and fire-cloud collided, and this world was divided into darkness and light.

"Jingtang, the first battle must be won, and it must be a crushing victory with none left alive. This battle at the Gushing Spring Realm is the first battle, and it is the key to whether the Li clan Hidden Sect can be forced to appear. Take this mid-grade artifact; it will surely help you slaughter in all directions."

In Chen Jingtang's mind, the words of the Clan Head before departure rang out, and he felt ashamed.

Watching those young Li clan boys and girls fleeing into the Five Seas Realm boundary one by one, he was both angry and anxious. How would he report back? Would he tell the Clan Head that a Gushing Spring Realm brat had blocked all of them?

Chen Jingtang let out a long whistle and unleashed the iron book, which was a mid-grade artifact.

"Clatter!"

The iron book was composed of thirty-five pages; the pages were sharp, spinning rapidly, turning into a sky full of whistling iron-piece light-rain flying out.

"Bang, bang..."

The thirty-five pages pierced through the Ghost Flag's defense.

Chen Jingtang, following closely behind the pages, struck a punch, the punch like a striking bell.

The fist hit the air, causing it to cave in, the earth shaking.

Li Youyi had just taken this punch and hadn't yet stood firm when he was hit by the formation-splitting whip unleashed by Wang Daozhen, who had suddenly killed his way from behind. Neither the corpse-cloth soft armor nor the Night-Walking Suit could hold up; all the bones in his body felt like they were falling apart, his body thrown high and falling toward the boiling Suihe.

Wang Daozhen had risked his Nine-Rune Treasure Garment, paying the price of seven runes exploding, just to circle behind Li Youyi to a place close to the Five Seas Realm boundary, giving him a fatal whip strike by surprise.

"I will give him the final blow!"

A rune flew from the center of the Sui Sect Great Thought Master's brow, hitting Li Youyi just before he fell into the river.

"Having endured a strike from the formation-splitting whip, he is surely dead." Although he had killed Li Youyi, there was no joy on Wang Daozhen's face, because all the young Li clan cultivators had fled into the mist ahead.

Only two runes remained on his treasure garment, and he dared not pursue inside at all.

In these few months, eight Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu had already crossed the Five Seas Realm boundary and burned to death. The mysterious energy around Burial Xianzhen was very terrifying, dividing the earth into different regions.

"Clang!"

The sword on Zhuang Yue's back had flown out automatically, but it was too late to rescue him.

For some reason, she felt very uncomfortable, saying in a low voice: "If the Wu Xiu of my Lingxiao City all had such responsibility and will, why worry about not destroying the rebels?"

Before this, Zhuang Yue could never have imagined that within a single day, her perception of a person could change three times in succession.

She said: "I will go and kill them all!"

Jiang Ning remained calm, as if nothing in the world could cause her emotions to fluctuate. Seeing that Li Youyi had not been able to come out of the water, she said faintly: "The Four Great Sects of Li Province are not rebel armies; do you have a reason to kill them? Or do you want to force them to rebel? A reminder: it is best for us in the Luan Terrace not to be swayed by personal emotions. Those seven rare insects, however, can be taken."

Zhuang Yue said: "Logically speaking, if the Insect Controller dies, even if his insects don't die, they should lose control. Why are they still attacking those people?"

"Rare insects are naturally different from fierce insects; it is not surprising that they have special characteristics," Jiang Ning said.

Li Youyi fell into the Suihe, which was as scalding as boiling water. Even with the Night-Walking Suit and the corpse-cloth soft armor protecting his body, having suffered a solid strike from the formation-splitting whip, he was still severely injured to the point of almost losing consciousness.

What was even more fatal.

Before falling into the river, the rune unleashed by the Sui Sect Great Thought Master landed on him, and his body suddenly became ten thousand jin heavy, sinking rapidly to the bottom of the river, unable to return to the surface.

At the bottom of the Suihe flowed golden substances like magma; they surged from the center of the earth.

It was these substances with astonishing heat that boiled the Suihe and roasted the banks of the river into a red desert.

Li Youyi was not afraid of suffocating in the water; he had long since mobilized Nine Springs magic power to circulate in his trace-veins. He was also not afraid of the scalding boiling water; the Night-Walking Suit could resist it.

But the golden substances at the bottom of the river, he was truly a bit afraid of; one look and they could melt gold and iron. How could his mortal flesh withstand it?

Li Youyi struggled to support his gradually blurring consciousness, his brow lighting up, mobilizing the Spirit Light Bright Fire, intending to channel the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish to enter the Blood Mud Space for refuge.

At this time.

The Divine Palace acupoint in the navel, which had shown no reaction even after twelve needles, suddenly swelled slightly, and a warmth appeared.

Following that, wisps of airflow came from between heaven and earth, flowing inside.

Li Youyi gave a start, his consciousness instantly waking up in excitement.

It was not an illusion.

It was truly wisps of unknown power, due to the internal circulation of the one hundred and eight trace-veins in his body, constantly entering his body from his navel.

This situation was like a person in the mother's womb, absorbing nutrients through the umbilical cord.

And now, Li Youyi was that fetus, and the mother was heaven and earth.

This was related to whether he could open the Tenth Spring; Li Youyi didn't care if it was dangerous, nor did he care if he was severely injured. Even if the Heavenly King came, he wouldn't enter the Blood Mud Space.

However.

The golden substances at the bottom of the river definitely could not be touched.

Therefore, after channeling the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish, he summoned the artifact jade boat of the Yan Province Shepherd Zhu Qinfeng from the Blood Mud Space.

"Whoosh—"

The thirty-meter-long jade boat landed on the golden substances slowly flowing at the bottom of the river.

And Li Youyi's ten-thousand-jin-heavy body landed heavily on the jade boat.

Not until half an hour later did the power of the rune dissipate, and Li Youyi's body recovered its original weight, feeling much lighter. He hurriedly got up and sat cross-legged.

He opened his eyes.

Everything around was golden, the water temperature frighteningly high.

Closing his eyes, he perceived in detail the unknown power surging into his navel continuously. The Divine Palace in his navel seemed to truly have an inner-born world, energy flowing in continuously, showing no signs of stopping.

It was just that he could not sense this inner-born world now.

Li Youyi continued to maintain the internal circulation state of his magic power, communicating with his three masters in the Blood Mud Space with thought power, informing them of the strange situation he had encountered.

Master Guan was the most excited: "No mistake! This at least shows that the Divine Palace truly exists, the Tenth Spring truly exists, and the direction of effort is not wrong."

Master Lingwei said: "According to Youyi's description, below the Divine Palace acupoint in his navel, there itself is a massive inner-born world that can continuously absorb mysterious energy from heaven and earth. In other words, this inner-born world, unlike the Wind Mansion and Ancestral Field, was not opened up; it has always been there."

"It exists between heaven and man, it's just that the heaven-man channel has not been opened, unable to be sensed, unable to be communicated with, unable to be used."

"What I am curious about is, is everyone's Divine Palace such an inner-born world that exists by itself, or is it that only he possesses such an inner-born world?"

Master Guan said: "Why think so much? Opening it is the most important thing. Break through the Tenth Spring, kill your way back, and even the second realm of the Five Seas can be slain."

Master Guan, who had been silent, had been analyzing and thinking: "The unknown power absorbed into your Divine Palace in the navel might be the Immortal Mist that fills this heaven and earth."

"Medicinal herbs can absorb Immortal Mist and transform into exotic medicines. Why can't cultivators?"

"Some of these exotic medicines can help Pure Immortal Bodies transform, and some can help open the Wind Mansion, Ancestral Field, and Qi Sea. This shows that the Immortal Mist of Burial Xianzhen possesses both immortalization power and space power."

"Perhaps it is the special nature of Youyi's physique, or perhaps it is the special nature of the breathing method. So, in the state of closed breathing and entering internal circulation, he can absorb Immortal Mist."

"Verifying the guess is very simple: return to the water surface. It is hard to see clearly in the water, but on the water surface, whether Immortal Mist has gathered can be seen at a glance."

Li Youyi always trusted Master Guan's knowledge and wisdom, but currently, he was too severely injured, and with strong enemies watching on the shore, he truly felt that the bottom of the river was a good place for healing and cultivation.

Besides, what if Master Guan guessed wrong?

What if, after returning to the shore, the absorption state at the navel position no longer appeared?

Related to whether he could open the Tenth Spring, Li Youyi was extremely cautious and unwilling to take risks. Therefore, he channeled Nine Springs magic power to circulate in his trace-veins, healing while continuing to maintain that mysterious absorption state.

Whether it was good or bad, as long as there was change, it was a great thing.

Five days later.

That absorption state stopped and could no longer be absorbed naturally.

Li Youyi, his injuries healed, put away the jade boat and swam back to the shore.

After landing on the shore.

The surroundings were abnormally quiet, white mist vast, the ground endless scalding red earth, already no longer in the boundary of the Five Seas Realm. Clearly, the flow of the golden substances at the bottom of the river had brought him downstream.

His thought power had a subtle connection with the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors; he could sense that they were still alive and could also sense their approximate location.

"These seven little guys, they wouldn't have been caught, would they?"

Li Youyi clearly sensed that their location was the road taken by Cang Li and those Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu to enter the town. They were not Five Seas Realm, so why go on that road?

They were extremely fast; could Wang Daozhen catch them?

"Forget it, break through the Tenth Spring and then go find them!"

Li Youyi sat cross-legged in meditation, closing his breathing, but no matter how the magic power circulated internally, the Divine Palace in his navel had no reaction at all.

"Since it cannot be absorbed naturally, then try the Spring-Breaking Needle."

He took off his top, took out a Spring-Breaking Needle, and pierced it into his navel.

He performed the Jade Void Breathing Method, his state of mind and spirit returning to tranquility, his whole body's perception and consciousness concentrating toward the Divine Palace acupoint.

Gradually.

Li Youyi saw it!

He saw the clear-brilliance-like Immortal Mist light-mist below the Divine Palace acupoint, and at the same time saw the vast inner-born world unfolding in his consciousness. But this inner-born world had a barrier with the Divine Palace acupoint that was thicker than the previous nine springs combined.

"Whoosh!"

With Li Youyi's rhythmic breathing and exhaling, the Immortal Mist in the surrounding heaven and earth transformed into streams of mist-light, surging over and entering the Divine Palace in his navel.

He became brighter and brighter, mist-colors gathering, turning the red earth into a fairyland. Every strand of hair and every inch of skin was emitting luster, like a true immortal.

The process of Immortal Mist continuously surging into the Divine Palace inner-born world ground the barrier thinner bit by bit.

Li Youyi was incomparably happy, feeling that every passing moment brought him closer to opening the Tenth Spring, wanting to sink into this state forever.

"Bang!"

A sound of fighting rang out in the nearby mist.

Li Youyi woke up, first glancing at his navel; the Spring-Breaking Needle had completely melted.

"Truly, the tree wants to be still, but the wind won't stop. Very well, I will go to a place closer to Burial Xianzhen to absorb Immortal Mist; the Immortal Mist is thicker, the absorption faster, and it should take no more than a few days to break through the Tenth Spring."

Putting on the corpse-cloth soft armor and the Night-Walking Suit, he then triggered the stealth power of the Night-Walking Suit and disappeared into the mist, rushing silently toward the place where the fighting had broken out.

On this road along the river, Five Seas Realm cultivators could not enter, so there should be no experts.

After walking about two li, Li Youyi saw in the mist that black figure fleeing with injuries, moving extremely fast. He was very familiar, and the aura was correct.

It was Hidden Twenty-Five.

Hidden Twenty-Five had completed his Pure Immortal Body transformation and was no longer the thin, withered look he once had, possessing a cold, noble aura.

"That's not right. With Hidden Twenty-Five's foundation of ninety-one trace-veins, since he completed the Pure Immortal Body transformation, on this Gushing Spring road, who could force him to flee?"

Li Youyi did not believe that an existence of the Ape King's sixth-generation descendant level would casually pop up another one.

"Hand over the exotic medicine, and I will spare your life."

"Amitabha!"

A deafening, bell-like Buddhist chant came from the mist.

Immediately following was the dense sound of hooves shaking the ground.

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