Chapter 177

Yao Yin did not show the joy Li Youyi had imagined; instead, she deliberated, frowning as she asked, "How much silver will it cost? If it is truly too precious, I might not be able to afford it."

Li Youyi was speechless, feeling that he had been deeply misunderstood.

The combat intent of the Nine Li God already belonged to the Nine Li clan; he had never thought about charging money for it. These Hidden Ones were all his foundation. If the foundation grew strong, it would naturally be a part of his own strength.

If he really made these Hidden Ones buy it, who could afford it?

Li Youyi said earnestly, "This thing is something I brought back while risking my life; it cannot be measured by silver. You will understand when the time comes. Don't tell anyone else yet, not even your sister; she has a rebellious streak."

After seeing Yao Yin off, Li Youyi activated the formation within the small villa.

He then entered the Blood Mud Space to ask Master Guan for advice on how to absorb Immortal Soil to shape his internal organs and muscles.

Master Guan said, "Just eat it; that is the simplest and most direct way... What is with that expression? Don't doubt it; Immortal Soil is not ordinary dirt. I ate it when I was young, although the texture wasn't great. Don't people eat ordinary dirt too?"

Li Youyi was very eager to improve his cultivation and combat power, especially in nourishing his lungs.

If he could quickly nourish his lungs to a certain strength, he could immediately use the spatial power of the Dyeing Mist Exotic Medicine and the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish to open the third Qi Sea.

Master Guan's voice sounded at this moment: "Your golden bones are already a minor success, and your blood Qi is vigorous; your physical body can withstand intense transformation. Actually, you can take it internally and refine it externally, doing both steps at once."

"How so?" Li Youyi asked.

Master Guan said, "Taking Immortal Soil internally relies on the physical body to slowly digest it, which uniformly shapes the muscles and internal organs of the whole body."

"External refining involves using the three spring eyes that possess internal worlds: the Wind Mansion, Ancestral Field, and Divine Gate. By sending the Immortal Soil from the outside into these three internal worlds, the magic power gushing from the spring eyes will refine the Immortal Soil into Immortal Dust particles. Then, using the trace veins, you can transport these Immortal Dust particles to wherever you want them to go."

"The twelve trace veins of your tenth spring, the Divine Gate, connect to your five viscera, six bowels, and head respectively."

"If you want to increase the strength of your lungs as quickly as possible, you can use the Divine Gate to refine and transport the Immortal Soil."

Li Youyi hurriedly asked, "How do I send the Immortal Soil into the Divine Gate? And how much should I send?"

Master Guan said, "Those martial cultivators who cultivate the Longevity Body generally need about ten jin of Immortal Soil. What you are cultivating is only a Dao Body; I estimate that about one jin is enough to shape your muscles and internal organs to a minor success."

"First take one liang of Immortal Soil and use spatial power to send it into the Divine Gate."

"You lack understanding of spatial power and cannot yet grasp the measure well. I will do it; I will use the Nine Emperor Banner to assist you!"

With Master Guan's help, one liang of Immortal Soil appeared in the internal world below his navel, emitting a four-colored radiance that illuminated the Divine Gate brilliantly, reflecting off the Immortal Mist floating around the Divine Gate.

"Hoo!"

Li Youyi performed the breathing method, and liquid magic power gushed out from the spring eye, carrying the four-colored radiance of the Immortal Soil as it flowed toward the five lung lobes.

This golden trace vein passed through all the lung lobes simultaneously.

Therefore, the other three lung lobes that had not yet been built with string veins could also be nourished and shaped to a certain extent.

One night of internal taking and external refining.

The first and second lung lobes were completely covered in a layer of four-colored Immortal light.

"At fastest two days, at most three, the strength of the lungs will be able to support the impact of opening the third Qi Sea."

Li Youyi walked out of the Blood Mud Space, pushed the door open to leave the room, and gazed at the morning mist on the lake. A smile appeared on his face; he finally saw a glimmer of hope for participating in the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival.

It was no longer like before, where there was no hope at all.

A white-clad graceful figure came along the lake and entered his field of vision; the beautiful scenery before him suddenly became vibrant, bringing infinite excitement and expectation.

"You came so early!"

Li Youyi inserted the high-grade magic tool, the Cyan Yin Banner, into the center of the small villa's courtyard and activated it. Layers of cyan light gauze were released, and dozens of armored deceased spirit soldiers guarded all sides.

After doing all this, he finally released the ten-meter-long silver coffin from the Blood Mud Space.

He had to be careful and cautious.

After all, the combat intent of the Nine Li God attached to the bones of the Silver Skeleton Heaven Clan was completely uncontrollable; if the aura leaked out, it would be a big trouble.

Li Youyi pulled up a chair, sat at the gate outside the courtyard, pinched a blood crystal, looked at Yao Yin who was approaching from afar, and smiled: "What, didn't sleep well last night? Excited all night?"

Today's Yao Yin was dressed very meticulously, simple yet not plain; every stitch on her clothes was woven with skillful craftsmanship. The jade hairpin on her head was a magic tool left to her by her mother, she wore ring pendants at her waist, and her shoes were adorned with pearls.

She had a serious expression and cleared her throat to correct him: "I didn't sleep, but it wasn't because of excitement; it was because I was tempering my golden veins."

Starting to temper golden veins meant that she had already refined all the trace veins in her body into silver.

Li Youyi saw her proud and spoiled air; how could he not know what she wanted to express? He slapped his forehead and said "Oops": "I really deserve to die; I should have asked yesterday. I made you hold it in all night, and you only said it yourself this morning."

Yao Yin's eyes narrowed into crescents: "I was already prepared to impact the Five Seas Realm, but you just happened to bring back a bottle of Golden Spring at this time. There's no help for it; with all my veins completely silver, I can only continue to cultivate in the Gushing Spring Realm."

"Go in; with a pure immortal body of all-silver veins, let's see if you can get the opportunity with your talent."

Li Youyi walked into the courtyard with her, entered the cyan light gauze, and came to the bottom of the silver coffin.

The coffin was too high, like a white silver wall; one could not see what was inside.

A sudden change occurred.

The combat intent of the Nine Li God in the coffin seemed to sense the bloodline aura of a top-tier genius descendant and rushed out of the coffin lid.

"Boom!"

The black mist rushing out of the coffin condensed into a huge demonic shadow, its might vast, as if it were about to burst open the Cyan Yin Banner, growing straight toward the sky.

Li Youyi hurriedly stomped on the ground, and magic Qi surged out, driving the Cyan Yin Banner to the extreme, rising to over twenty meters high.

The aura erupted from the demonic shadow was very fierce; if Yao Yin could absorb it, her combat power could definitely reach a terrifying height far surpassing her current cultivation realm.

Of course, that was because her realm was low enough.

Judging by the power fluctuations erupted from the demonic shadow, absorbing it would indeed have limited improvement on the combat power of a Five Seas Realm martial cultivator cultivating the seventh sea, and it would not be too exaggerated.

The demonic shadow in the coffin held its arms in a void embrace, and between its palms was a pitch-black vortex, devouring all light and energy.

"This is..."

Yao Yin was shaken by the fierce aura erupted from the demonic shadow, her clothes fluttering, unable to stand steady at all, and she retreated again and again.

The power fluctuations borne by the physical body were secondary; there was also soul pressure, attacking continuously.

Yao Yin felt as if she were standing in the vast universe, and before her was a black hole vortex that was huge to the extreme; her body and consciousness were like a leaf, about to be torn to pieces by it directly.

Li Youyi, outside the light gauze, saw Yao Yin's delicate body trembling, her whole person curling up continuously, as if she were about to kneel down.

He could not help; everything had to depend on herself.

The combat intent of the Nine Li God rushed out actively because of her arrival, which showed that it extremely recognized this descendant with extraordinary talent. As long as she held on, she would definitely be able to absorb a strand of the Nine Li God's combat intent.

Li Youyi sat back on the chair at the gate, absorbing the blood crystal to improve the blood Qi in his body.

He heard a faint sound in his ears and looked toward the snow forest in front of his field of vision. He said: "Sneaky, all of you come out!"

"Swish! Swish..."

Hidden Twenty-three, Hidden Twenty-four, and Hidden Twenty-five flashed out, their eyes all gazing at the courtyard behind Li Youyi, extremely curious in their hearts.

The fluctuations just now were very intense, startling them.

But with the light gauze covering it, they could not see the situation inside clearly.

Hidden Twenty-four asked: "Is Yao Yin inside?"

Li Youyi nodded and responded with a sound.

Hidden Twenty-four walked quickly to the gate, but was stopped by Li Youyi extending his leg: "It's not your turn yet, what's the rush?"

Hidden Twenty-five bowed and asked: "May I ask the God Hidden One, what is the situation exactly?"

"A great opportunity awaits you, an opportunity greater than the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, let's call it the Unique Small Gathering. Everyone has a share in this Unique Small Gathering; whether you can get the opportunity depends entirely on your own ability."

Li Youyi pointed to Hidden Twenty-five: "Your attitude is good, you are next."

"Unique Small Gathering, playing mystery."

Hidden Twenty-four snorted coldly; how could she believe that Li Youyi, this guy who had to talk about money for everything, could generously take out a great opportunity for them? An opportunity greater than the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival was purely bragging.

Time passed second by second.

One hour later.

Amidst a flicker, the light gauze released by the Cyan Yin Banner gradually calmed down.

Li Youyi, who was absorbing blood Qi, opened his eyes and looked inside. With a light wave of his hand, the light gauze was lifted.

"Boom!"

A strong power fluctuation spread out from the courtyard.

Yao Yin landed outside the light gauze in one step, and immediately the vortex wind force spread from under her feet, blowing the trees in the courtyard to sway violently, scattering countless accumulated snow.

Everyone felt the terrifying aura on Yao Yin; Hidden Twenty-three, Hidden Twenty-four, and Hidden Twenty-five could not control their bodies at all, all were shocked and retreated, their legs trembling, about to kneel and worship her.

That was an awe coming from the depths of the bloodline.

Yao Yin was still shocked in her heart, unable to calm down at all, unable to believe that she had really obtained an extraordinary great opportunity. Her beautiful eyes stared fixedly at Li Youyi on the chair: "This is... combat intent? The one I inherited... whose is it?"

"Besides the Nine Li God, who else could it be?" Li Youyi said in a flat tone, exhaling a puff of white mist.

Yao Yin's brain was blank.

When she was in the Hidden Gate, she had gone to the four ancient characters "Nine Li Insect Valley" many times to comprehend, wanting to comprehend the combat intent of the Nine Li God. Because, only by comprehending it could she possibly break the death curse of the Ice Soul Cold Qi.

Who would have thought that the combat intent of the Nine Li God, which was almost like a myth and legend, could be obtained so easily here at Li Youyi's.

It was too unreal, but it really happened.

Mist and frost rose in Yao Yin's eyes, staring straight at Li Youyi, and the sentence he said last night kept ringing in her mind: "This thing is something I brought back while risking my life; it cannot be measured by silver. You will understand when the time comes."

She understood...

She understood everything!

"Boom!"

The three Hidden Ones who heard about the Nine Li God's combat intent, let alone their hearts jumping wildly, their heads were about to explode!

(End of chapter)