Chapter 310: An Xianjing Has Returned

She added: "Taking a step back, even if they are still in the Holy Heart layer. Why can they allow me to sneak into the main altar? Are they really not afraid of the route into the main altar being exposed? Could it be that they are held back in the Holy Heart layer by more important matters?"

Li Youyi knew very well that Tang Wanzhou wanted to go to the Holy Heart layer, firstly to find the answer to "corpse-planting rice," which was a great cause for the benefit of the world.

Secondly, it must be for the "Bright Star Book" mentioned on the murals, wanting to dispel the Nether Realm and expand the territory for the Lingxiao Life Realm.

Li Youyi admired her courage and boldness, but he was only a Five Seas Realm martial cultivator and couldn't accompany her in her madness.

"I'm not asking you to take risks with me, just teleport me over," Tang Wanzhou said.

Li Youyi breathed a sigh of relief, revealing an expression of "that's more like it." Having high cultivation is different—nothing is taboo, and they dare to break into any kind of place.

"But we have to wait a bit, wait until I heal my injuries."

Tang Wanzhou added: "Don't you see the grooves in the array? Those are for placing high-grade blood crystals to provide energy for the array. I only have three on me; help me buy five back."

Blood crystals are one of the most important minerals in the cultivation world, with thick blood Qi inside, and a wide range of uses: healing, cultivating the physical body, refining pills, raising insects, setting up arrays, refining talismans...

Low-grade blood crystals are generally one thousand Spring Coins each.

Mid-grade blood crystals are ten thousand Spring Coins each and already possess the ability to store magic power. Placing them in a Heavenly Law Earth Spring allows them to automatically absorb magic power.

High-grade blood crystals are one hundred thousand Spring Coins each and are treasures for Dao Seed Realm martial cultivators to cultivate their physical bodies, containing pure magic power within themselves. Placing them in a Heavenly Law Earth Spring to nourish them allows them to become full again faster and store more magic power than mid-grade blood crystals.

Using high-grade blood crystals to urge the array is the most stable.

As for top-grade blood crystals, they are even rarer and are things that even Longevity Realm giants have to search everywhere for. Not only can they refine the body, but legend has it that they contain vast life Qi inside, which can extend lifespan.

Li Youyi extended a hand, asking for them: "Five high-grade blood crystals are worth five hundred thousand Spring Coins."

"Who carries so many Spring Coins on them for no reason? You, a dignified Divine Hidden Person of the Jiuli Hidden Sect, don't even have five hundred thousand Spring Coins? Pay for me first, and I'll return it to you when we get out," Tang Wanzhou said.

Li Youyi said: "You have Dao Lotuses and Dao Fruits, right?"

"None! I left them on the ground before coming in," Tang Wanzhou said.

Li Youyi's heart moved, and he suddenly thought of something, asking: "How many spring liquid drops can a Longevity Realm giant condense in a day?"

Tang Wanzhou glared at him with her apricot eyes, amused by him; she was the Young Lord of the Northern Region, famous throughout the world, suppressing her generation. Now she was reduced to the point of condensing spring liquid to exchange for money?

If this got out, wouldn't her reputation be ruined?

Li Youyi hurriedly explained: "The Young Lord is always generous and throws money around; I shouldn't haggle with you over five hundred thousand Spring Coins. But I have to raise those seven strange insects, which is a huge expense, and intent power cultivation is also an unclear account..."

Tang Wanzhou stared at him for a moment, then suddenly realized: "You are afraid to buy spring liquid in large quantities in the Twin Rice Sect, right?"

Li Youyi hurriedly denied: "No."

Tang Wanzhou didn't want to waste words with Li Youyi, feeling that meeting him, although it cost her money, at least blocked a disaster, and asked: "How much spring liquid do you need?"

"Five hundred thousand Spring Coins, no matter what, I need to take fifty thousand drops of spring liquid to sell," Li Youyi said.

Tang Wanzhou frowned, truly speechless: "I will give you ten thousand drops every month."

"Longevity Realm giants are truly different, so much faster than Dao Seed Realm martial cultivators. They don't even need to take risks; just selling spring liquid, they can earn more than a million Spring Coins a year," Li Youyi sighed.

With his current Qi-tempering speed, with the help of the Fusang Divine Tree and the Cocoon of Time, he could temper ten thousand strands of magic power in a month.

Moreover, the thirty thousand strands of magic power added to his Seventh Sea itself required three months of tempering. Tang Wanzhou's provision was a perfect match and wouldn't delay his cultivation.

"The Young Lord must not leave this place again," Li Youyi warned when leaving.

Such a big thing happened at the main altar; he didn't know when An Xianjing and Yao Qingxuan would return.

If the three female Longevity cultivators bumped into each other, not to mention Li Youyi's current cultivation, even if he reached the Longevity Realm, he definitely wouldn't be able to handle it.

Li Youyi released Qi Xiao and Tuoba Butuo from the insect bag and carried them to the bed one by one.

The insect bag can indeed hold people, but it also has considerable danger. Once the insect bag breaks during a fight, no matter how high the cultivation of the person inside, they might die from the spatial power.

Unless it's a last resort, it's generally not used to hold living people.

Li Youyi has the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish and the Evil Camel Bell on him; if he really encounters danger, he can use them to hold the seven little ones.

"Pop! Pop!"

Li Youyi held a blood crystal in each hand, placed them on the heads of Qi Xiao and Tuoba Butuo, and crushed them. Immediately, a large amount of blood Qi billowed out, and under the guidance of intent power, surged into the shriveled bodies of the two.

As the blood Qi surged in strand by strand, their withered bodies, like balloons, slowly supported themselves.

Half an hour later, the blood Qi of the two blood crystals had completely surged in.

Their state looked slightly better, but they were still far from recovery.

Li Youyi dared not inject blood Qi again; he had to proceed step by step.

Qi Xiao and Tuoba Butuo fell into a deep sleep; for a period of time, both their bodies and minds had suffered heavy injuries, and only now could they finally sleep peacefully.

Li Youyi was truly unable to hold on, holding the door frame, slowly sitting down outside the door, operating his magic power to heal the injuries on his body.

Five days passed in a row.

Apart from sitting in meditation to heal himself, Li Youyi used two blood crystals every day to help Qi Xiao and Tuoba Butuo recover their blood Qi.

Gradually.

From the outside, except for each missing an arm, the two had fully recovered.

But the blood lost by a Dao Seed Realm martial cultivator, how could it be compensated by the blood Qi contained in mid-grade blood crystals?

They needed long-term recuperation to truly recover.

After waking up, the two immediately got out of bed, knelt on the ground to kowtow to Li Youyi, but were helped up in advance.

"Absolutely not! Old Qi, I feel very guilty!" Li Youyi said.

Qi Xiao waved his one arm, smiling bitterly: "I blame myself for being too arrogant; I shouldn't have been so reckless. Actually, it was just that after breaking through to the Dao Seed Realm, my heart was too inflated; I deserved this calamity."

"Wang Shu is already dead, which counts as avenging you," Li Youyi said.

Qi Xiao and Tuoba Butuo were moved, the gratitude in their hearts beyond words.

They knew that Wang Shu was the Fourth Divine Son of the Twin Rice Sect; killing a Divine Son in someone else's main altar and still being able to live leisurely—they didn't know how Li Youyi did it, but they admired him to the point of prostration.

Being able to thrive even in a heretical sect.

The two ignored Li Youyi's obstruction and saluted again: "Brother Youyi, if you have any orders in the future, we will not refuse even if we have to die."

It was hard to persuade them to stand up.

Li Youyi took out the cold jade box containing the two arms from his boundary bag: "The activity, trace veins, and spring eyes of the two arms are still there; they should be able to be reattached."

The situation of Li Songlin and Yin Jiu was completely different from theirs; their severed limbs had already been damaged in the battle.

"Brother Youyi is thoughtful!"

Tuoba Butuo shook his head gently and said: "But to reattach severed limbs, at least a Great Longevity cultivator must be invited to take action. That level of character has already broken many longevity locks, can see through all the subtle patterns in the human body at a glance, has a unique understanding of life, and can perform extraordinary arts to reattach trace veins and meridians."

Qi Xiao said: "If we were outside, there would be some hope, but in the main altar... our current safety is also precarious, right?"

Tuoba Butuo pondered for a moment: "Brother Youyi, we two will remember your kindness for the rest of our lives, but if it is truly impossible, handing us over is fine."

"Amitabha!"

A beautiful and elegant Buddhist chant sounded below the pavilion.

Li Youyi's expression changed slightly, and he ordered: "You two heal your injuries first; I'll be right back."

Walking down the stairs quickly, by the bamboo forest outside the pavilion, Li Youyi saw An Xianjing in white.

Her appearance had changed a lot, but her temperament was still elegant and quiet, recognizable at a glance.

An Xianjing looked at him: "I went to see the Golden Rice; it is growing very well, and you have contributed greatly. But for at least eight or nine days, you haven't gone to shine on it and take care of it, and the blood Qi in the field has become very thin. Why?"

Li Youyi took out the green jade array talisman and handed it over with both hands: "Please, Palace Master, invite someone else; I can't raise this Golden Rice anymore!"

An Xianjing fingered her Buddhist beads, her eyes gradually becoming sharp: "What? Threatening me? Feeling that I cultivate Buddhism, my heart only has compassion, and I am easy to handle?"

"The junior wouldn't dare; it's just that the injuries are too heavy, and I need to recuperate for a period of time," Li Youyi said.

An Xianjing said: "You are complaining now? You are simply lawless; in the main altar, you dared to kill a Divine Son; do you know what a big crime this is?"

Li Youyi said: "Wang Shu killed many fellow disciples..."

"I don't need you to repeat it again! Your master has already organized all of Wang Shu's crimes, presented them to the Withered Glory Palace, and helped you take the blame, claiming that she ordered you to clean up internal trouble and that you were executing a mission. After all, counting it up, Wang Shu belongs to the Southern Region martial cultivators and is under her banner."

An Xianjing snorted lightly: "Now that the mission is complete, you can still go to the Spirit Valley Palace to claim forty thousand merit points."

"Ah?"

Li Youyi felt that Yao Qingxuan's operation was truly brilliant to the point of being indescribable.

"Ah what? Your master is under great pressure, the situation in the Southern Region is quite dangerous and complex, and she still has to be distracted to help you; remember this favor yourself!" An Xianjing said.

Li Youyi hurriedly suppressed the corner of his mouth, worried: "The favor of the master naturally needs to be repaid. But, that Vice Palace Master of the Heavenly Principle Palace will definitely not let it go. The master doing this is equivalent to offending him to death. Palace Master, that day I was forced to report your name, but it was of no use; the patrol guards of the Heavenly Principle Palace didn't buy it at all."

Cold light flashed in An Xianjing's eyes and disappeared: "I have already been to the Heavenly Principle Palace and the Withered Glory Palace once; those who should be beaten have already been beaten. In the main altar, characters of the Great True Disciple level will no longer target you. But you must understand that in the cultivation world, you must always rely on your own hard strength; otherwise, in the dark corners, there will be many open spears and hidden arrows, which are hard to guard against."

"Not only you, everyone is like this, including me and your master."

Li Youyi said: "I will follow the Palace Master's teachings... Has the Palace Master returned to the Spirit Valley Palace?"

An Xianjing thought of her second disciple and couldn't help but sigh: "He has already been sent by me to train outside the main altar; his talent is extremely high, but his character is not enough, lacking tempering."

Li Youyi sighed.

"You think I am shielding him?" An Xianjing saw Li Youyi's thoughts.

Li Youyi said: "After all, he is your own disciple; that is the real flesh of your palm."

An Xianjing said: "For him, being expelled from the main altar by me is equivalent to losing huge face, which is more uncomfortable than any punishment. And you? Have you been punished? Are you really not wrong? The two people upstairs, do you want me to lock them back in the Divine Prison?"

Li Youyi hurriedly smiled: "If the Palace Master can say this, it clearly means you want to spare the two of them. Great, the Palace Master truly has a Bodhisattva heart."

No matter what An Xianjing's thoughts were, he would praise her first.

An Xianjing said: "Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao are both dragon-seed Dao-planted, talents who can grow into first-class experts in a few years. Among them, Tuoba Butuo is even an Inheritor, with talent comparable to Divine Sons and Divine Daughters."

"The Divine Sect has always been tolerant of talents that can be used."

"Li Youyi, if you can subdue them under your command and guarantee their loyalty, why would this Palace Master abandon two heaven-gifted talents?"

Li Youyi knew that what An Xianjing valued were also the Qi family behind Qi Xiao and the Tuoba clan behind Tuoba Butuo, but now he couldn't afford to be picky and had to agree.

He said: "Since the Palace Master thinks so highly of them, why not do a small favor first?"

"No rush! I heard that you cultivated the first layer of the Six-Like Burning Karma Technique to perfection; use it, let me see first." An Xianjing was most curious about this matter; after all, she knew that Li Youyi only started contacting martial Dao two years ago.

How could there be ten years of time to cultivate the first layer of the Six-Like Burning Karma Technique?

Asking for monthly tickets...

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