Chapter 287

Yang Yun actually survived the Qianlong Lantern Festival and appeared at the Rice Sect main altar, which surprised Li Youyi immensely.

He not only cultivated the Nine Springs but also transformed into a pure immortal body; now his cultivation aura had greatly advanced, as if he had reached the third realm of the Five Seas Realm, and the unruly temperament on his body was even stronger.

The various strange things that emerged from Li Youyi's investigation into Qi Xiao's disappearance had a more definitive answer at this moment.

It seems that Yang Qingxi and the Sui Sect Yang family were indeed related to the Rice Sect.

Could Yang Yun also be grown from the field?

Li Youyi's current appearance was slightly fat, medium build, around thirty years old, and he walked to Yang Yun's side, looking at the various items placed on the stall.

His gaze glanced at the stall owner sitting behind the stall.

That stall owner had three blood-red spirit valleys on his cuffs, could not tell his real age, but was definitely over thirty. It was hard to judge his real cultivation realm, but he definitely had not reached the Dao Seed Realm.

The number of blood-red spirit valleys on the cuffs was one more than the two inner disciples he met outside the Nanqing Palace earlier.

His status should be higher.

Li Youyi tried hard to collect information about this strange world, and his gaze fell on the insect eggs in the mud pot on the stall.

Two insect eggs, rice-grain sized, emitting jade-white radiance, attached to the leaves of a hundred-year-old precious medicine.

"Yang Yun has made a fortune? He can already afford the insect eggs of commander-level exotic insects?"

After observing for a moment, Li Youyi reminded: "These are indeed insect eggs of commander-level exotic insects!"

Yang Yun and the core disciple looked at him together.

That core disciple smiled: "Finally, someone who knows goods has come."

Li Youyi changed the subject: "However, these are insect eggs of the Turtle-Snake Snail, which is slow and weak in attack; among commander-level exotic insects, it is considered a very mediocre one."

That core disciple withdrew his smile, seeing that the other party really understood insect taming: "Even if it is mediocre, it is still commander-level. Once adult, its combat power can be comparable to a Dao Seed Realm Wu Xiu."

Li Youyi said: "The problem lies here! To hatch it, it takes at least thirty years. To feed it to adulthood, it takes at least sixty years. And after adulthood, it can only live for another thirty years at most."

Yang Yun's eyes turned cold, and he laughed sinisterly: "No wonder you took it out to sell; you actually sold me this kind of exotic insect for 200,000 Gushing Spring coins?"

That core disciple didn't look at Yang Yun at all, his gaze falling on Li Youyi: "I am a registered disciple of Elder Shu, Dao Zhenhui. Have I offended you somewhere?"

"Just seeing injustice on the road and helping out," Li Youyi laughed.

Yang Yun cast a grateful look and cupped his fists.

Dao Zhenhui stood up, dharma Qi dissipated from his pores, showing the cultivation realm of the sixth sea of the Five Seas Realm: "Leave your name, let me see if I can afford to offend you."

"Just by you?"

Li Youyi raised the corners of his mouth, did not use dharma Qi and battle method intention, for fear of being sensed and identified by Yang Yun.

The spiritual light between his eyebrows lit up, and mental power erupted.

Deng deng deng, Dao Zhenhui was shocked by the mental power attack and retreated three steps, his face changing, and finally, he bowed deeply with cupped fists.

A Spirit Reader, not to be offended.

Li Youyi and Yang Yun walked toward the outside of the town together.

"Thank you, Senior Brother, for your righteous help; otherwise, I would have been cheated of a large amount of wealth by that Dao Zhenhui. I will settle this account with him sooner or later," Yang Yun was very respectful to Li Youyi.

Li Youyi said: "I am Zuo Sheng! Brother Yun, how should I address you?"

"Yun Yang."

Under the mask, Yang Yun's eyes were full of sincerity and respect.

In this world where the Rice Sect main altar was located, the sky was always dim.

A bright formation moon hung in the sky, sprinkling radiance like rain.

This moon was three or four times larger visually than the full moon that could be seen from the ground world.

Walking out of the town, the concentration of dharma Qi dropped rapidly.

On both sides of the rice fields were steep mountain peaks, the trees and vegetation on the mountains emitted purple-red radiance, and the mixed sounds of exotic beasts and exotic birds came out.

The rice fields were covered by formation light gauze, and one could vaguely see plants more than ten meters high planted inside.

The two chatted more and more congenially.

Li Youyi said: "Brother Yun is also not a Rice person born and raised at the main altar like me, right?"

"I have only been at the main altar for a few months."

Yang Yun also said: "Is Senior Brother Zuo also from outside?"

Li Youyi seemed not to be on guard against him at all, nodded and said: "I was born in the rice fields of the Zuoqiu Sect, grew up in Qiuzhou since I was a child, because my talent was not bad, I was focused on cultivation, and later I was given the surname Zuo. I only came to the main altar a few days ago with the Fourth God Child... first time here..."

Yang Yun did not doubt it.

People who can come to the main altar from the outside must have undergone heavy checks.

Yang Yun reminded: "Since Senior Brother Zuo has an identity outside, it's better to wear a mask. Don't fear ten thousand, just fear the unexpected."

Li Youyi suddenly realized.

It turns out that the people wearing masks he saw in the town earlier were all people with identities outside.

Li Youyi laughed: "Thank you for telling me, Brother Yun, but it doesn't matter, I used the Disguise Technique. Besides, people who can come to the main altar are absolutely trustworthy."

Yang Yun asked curiously: "Senior Brother Zuo, are strong people like you also planted with Death Spirit Fire?"

Li Youyi's expression became serious, and after walking out for a distance: "There is no other way! It is difficult to be trusted if you are not a Rice person born and raised at the main altar; the God Sect will definitely find ways to control you."

Then he said: "But I can understand the location of the main altar; it is a top secret. Once leaked, it will be a catastrophe. Especially the location of the entrance to the main altar, it is a secret among secrets."

Yang Yun was shocked: "Senior Brother Zuo knows where the entrance is?"

"You actually don't know?" Li Youyi asked back, feeling a bit disappointed in his heart.

"My cultivation is low, and... I..."

Yang Yun found it hard to say that he was not a Rice person, for fear of being treated as an alien: "When I came in, my five senses were sealed."

"So that's how it is."

Li Youyi changed his address and said affectionately: "How much does Brother Yun know about the main altar? I just arrived, and I really have a sense of shock at every step; how could I have imagined that the main altar is so open and huge, just like an independent world."

Being able to provide help to a Spirit Reader, Yang Yun was suddenly excited and laughed: "Actually, I don't know much either. My sister... I rarely walk out of the cultivation place; there are many dangers at the main altar, and the Spirit Valley Hall manages it very loosely, without explicitly prohibiting fighting among disciples. If you are not careful and provoke powerful people, there may be life danger."

Li Youyi said: "Isn't this chaotic?"

Yang Yun said: "It's not that exaggerated! The main altar also has the Ku Rong Hall, which holds the power of reward and punishment. If a disciple really acts recklessly, the punishment is quite ruthless; whipping and stick punishment are common, and fire punishment, insect punishment, and God Prison are worse than death."

So the God Prison is related to the Ku Rong Hall.

Li Youyi knew that Tuoba Butuo and others were locked in the God Prison.

But for now, whether he could escape or not was unknown, so naturally, he couldn't take care of them.

Li Youyi nodded again, then asked: "Brother Yun, what kind of place is the Spirit Valley Hall?"

Yang Yun talked eloquently: "The God Sect has four halls: Heavenly Principle Hall, Spirit Valley Hall, Ku Rong Hall, and World Hall."

"The Heavenly Principle Hall ranks first, responsible for sacrifices, repairing scriptures, teaching doctrines, and spreading doctrines, mainly focusing on mental power cultivation. All the formations, passing spirits, fierce insects, artifact refining, and medicine planting at the main altar are almost all managed by them."

"The Spirit Valley Hall is responsible for cultivating outer disciples, inner disciples, core disciples, and even some true transmission disciples are managed by them. At the same time, it is responsible for planting high-quality Ren rice and raising infants."

"The Spirit Valley Hall, like the World Hall, is divided into twenty-eight prefectures according to the twenty-eight states of Lingxiao."

"The difference is that the twenty-eight prefectures of the Spirit Valley Hall are for cultivating outstanding talents internally."

"The twenty-eight elders of the World Hall, plus the five Exalted Ones, are for the outside, responsible for the affairs of the outside world."

Yang Yun whispered: "I heard that a large part of the twenty-eight elders of the twenty-eight prefectures of the Spirit Valley Hall and the twenty-eight elders of the World Hall look exactly the same, and they are a symbiosis."

One symbiosis, two people with the same root.

One outside, one inside.

Li Youyi secretly marveled at the terrifying strength of the Twin Rice Sect.

But thinking that they had mastered and developed the massive resources of the underground immortal mansion many years ago and inherited various dharma scriptures and Daoist arts of the ancient Pogaluo Sect, it was indeed possible for them to grow silently in places unknown to others.

Li Youyi asked: "Aren't the four Hall Masters even more powerful than the five Exalted Ones?"

"That is certain; the five Exalted Ones all belong to the World Hall, and the eight-person group formed with the three Vice Hall Masters of the World Hall is the main force for the God Sect to exert influence on the outside."

Speaking of this, Yang Yun showed an arrogant demeanor.

Li Youyi secretly guessed that perhaps the Sui Sect also had members of the eight-person group, but for fear of exposure, he did not pursue the question, suddenly raised his head to look into the distance, and sighed: "I don't know how big this main altar is? I can't see the end at a glance!"

Yang Yun smiled and showed off: "The main altar, just under our feet, the area under the jurisdiction of the Spirit Valley Hall, is distributed with twenty-eight prefectures, each prefecture has a Heavenly Dharma Earth Spring, and there are a number of Ren rice fields. Anyway, it is said that you have to walk hundreds of miles in one direction to see the boundary of the formation."

The two chatted as they walked, walking out of the rice field area.

Under a dark giant mountain, they saw a Spirit Valley Hall stone tablet seventy or eighty meters high.

The Spirit Valley Hall was located in the valley, where glowing giant trees hundreds of meters high grew, and the halls, scripture buildings, and Buddha pagodas were half-hidden among the branches and leaves.

There was no doubt that the vast majority of the buildings were left by the Pogaluo Sect tens of thousands of years ago.

In front of the valley, many martial arts fields and preaching fields were built, and from time to time, young disciples came from all directions, took out their life tablets, and entered the formation light screen like walking into a layer of water curtain.

Arriving outside the formation of the Spirit Valley Hall mountain gate.

Yang Yun took out his life tablet and looked at Li Youyi: "Senior Brother Zuo, where is your life tablet?"

Li Youyi said: "Mine hasn't been received yet."

A look of doubt appeared in Yang Yun's eyes: "The life tablet is quite important; the formations, guardian exotic beasts, patrol guards, and law enforcement teams of the main altar only recognize it. Life tablet, life tablet, life depends on it; you should have received it on the first day you came in!"

Li Youyi knew he couldn't hide it anymore, looked around, and found no other Wu Xiu. So, using the technique of Spirit Treasure Robbery, he snatched the life tablet from Yang Yun's hand.

Inside the life tablet, there was Yang Yun's blood flowing, which made Li Youyi frown slightly.

Yang Yun was stunned, not knowing what this Senior Brother Zuo wanted to do, but he had already realized that it was not good.

"Bang!"

Li Youyi slapped the back of his head, his palm containing strong mental power.

Yang Yun rolled his eyes and fell down.

Li Youyi carried the limp Yang Yun and retreated to the rice field area.

In a hidden corner, he took off the inner disciple Rice robe on Yang Yun's body at the fastest speed and put it on himself.

(End of chapter)