Chapter 316

Half a day later.

Li Youyi arrived at the main hall of the Nanqing Palace.

Tuoba Butuo was sitting in the hall cultivating; his cultivation had reached the Third Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm, and the magic Qi around his body was like writhing horned dragons.

Wang Shu had only absorbed a portion of the scriptures from the Dragon Seed and could not take the Dragon Seed away, so the cultivation progress of Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao remained extremely fast.

Tuoba Butuo put away his magic Qi and opened his eyes to look at Li Youyi.

Li Youyi made a gesture for him to be quiet.

Then his figure swayed, his flesh and bones shifted, and his skin turned a silver hue, instantly transforming into the appearance of Tuoba Butuo's Silver Pure Immortal Body, even his spirit and temperament becoming brand new.

Tuoba Butuo couldn't help but be stunned.

Master Lingwei had once said that once Li Youyi reached the Dao Seed Realm, the Disguise Technique could truly achieve the effect of passing off the fake as genuine, becoming an extraordinary art. If a Longevity Realm Wu Xiu didn't deliberately identify him, they might even be fooled.

Therefore, as long as he reached the Dao Seed Realm, he could go anywhere in the world without worrying about the dangers brought by his identity being exposed.

Li Youyi walked up to Qi Xiao, who was guarding outside the palace gate, and asked in Tuoba Butuo's tone: "My mouth has been incredibly bland lately; shall we go to the market town to get something to eat?"

Qi Xiao didn't notice anything wrong and said cautiously: "Let's wait until Brother Youyi comes out of seclusion! We don't have to fear other people, but those experts under Sikong Jingyuan and Sikong Yanlun are numerous, and they have always been at odds with us, calling us cowards and provoking us in every way. We've endured it for so long; if we get blocked, it won't be worth it."

Li Youyi said: "Haven't you broken through to the Second Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm? What are you afraid of them for?"

Qi Xiao rolled his eyes at him: "Do you think everyone is a successor like you? You are at the Third Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm and have the confidence to escape even when encountering a Fourth Heaven expert. Can I compare to you?"

Li Youyi said: "Look at me today, is there anything different?"

Qi Xiao looked him up and down for a moment, and his expression changed: "Have you condensed a Dao Lotus and reached the Fourth Heaven?"

"Haha!"

Li Youyi and Tuoba Butuo, who had walked out from inside, laughed at the same time.

Tuoba Butuo said: "Brother Youyi, look at his face; he calls us brothers, but if I really broke through to the Fourth Heaven today, I guarantee he would be fuming for several days."

"If I hadn't been imprisoned for a year, with my cultivation severely delayed, would I be behind you?"

Qi Xiao looked at Li Youyi again, gazing intently, and exclaimed: "This Disguise Technique is amazing, there are absolutely no flaws; it can truly pass off the fake as genuine. If this were used in the struggles of the world outside, it could exert unimaginable power."

Li Youyi changed back and asked: "How is it, have your arms fully recovered?"

"Just about! Even if I go all out, the severed arm area only hurts slightly."

"To fully recover, it will probably take several years of nourishment."

Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao moved their arms, smiling.

"Let's go, come with me to the Linggu Hall first."

Li Youyi stepped forward and asked: "When you were at the First Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm, what classics did you read?"

Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao consciously fell half a step behind.

Qi Xiao said in surprise: "Brother Youyi has reached the Dao Seed Realm?"

"The Wind Mansion has successfully seeded the Dao."

Li Youyi was full of interest and in high spirits.

But hearing this, the two behind him darkened in expression, both feeling sorry for him.

He was more powerful than the Young Son of Heaven at the same realm, yet now he could only walk a path destined to lead nowhere. Fortunately, his talent for thought power was also very high; otherwise, he certainly wouldn't be as strong as he was now.

If he appeared in the outside world again, his thought power accomplishments alone would be enough to drop many people's jaws.

Tuoba Butuo said: "In the Art Pavilion of the Linggu Hall, the 'Dragon Canon,' 'Seven Changes of the Flying Dragon,' and 'Complete Explanation of the Heavenly Dragon Scriptures' are all worth reading in detail."

Qi Xiao observed the surroundings and reminded: "Should we sneak carefully? If those two bullshit Fifth Divine Sons are at the main altar and get the news, they will definitely come to block us."

Li Youyi laughed: "We've been hiding for nine months; we are not what we used to be, there's no need to keep hiding. If they really come to block me, if I can't beat them, can't I escape? When the time comes, I'll hold them off."

"I'll activate the Ghost Flag," Tuoba Butuo said.

"Makes sense! With Tuoba's Third Heaven cultivation, activating the Ghost Flag, the combat power of the Ghost Commander can rival one of them."

Stepping into the Dao Seed Realm, Li Youyi felt much more confident and high-spirited; the trump cards on his person could finally exert some of their true power.

"Greetings, Divine Son!"

"Welcome, Divine Son!"

Arriving at the Linggu Hall, all the inner disciples and core disciples stepped aside to salute, their attitudes respectful, not daring to look directly or offend.

"This is the eldest disciple of the Southern Venerable, the most prominent figure at the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival. Now, Luan Sheng Lin You, who is stirring up trouble in the Lingxiao Life Realm, views him as a great enemy."

"It is said that he might be the illegitimate son of the Palace Master. For his sake, the Palace Master even expelled the head of the Divine Sons from the main altar."

"You dare to say such things? Are you looking for death?"

Amidst the discussions, the three entered the Art Hall, each going to find books to study.

The reason Li Youyi brought Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao to the Linggu Hall was precisely for this.

They also needed to cultivate, but they usually didn't dare to leave the Nanqing Palace easily, fearing they would encounter Sikong Jingyuan and Sikong Yanlun.

The "Dragon Canon," "Seven Changes of the Flying Dragon," and "Complete Explanation of the Heavenly Dragon Scriptures" of the Twin Rice Sect were all transcribed and imprinted by transcendents using their intent. Although there was a gap with the original copies, it was enough for Dao Seed Realm Wu Xiu to contemplate and understand.

These three law canons, not to mention at the First Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm, even when condensing a Dao Fruit in the future, would have great use; they could not be fully understood in a short time.

Li Youyi felt that the "Complete Explanation of the Heavenly Dragon Scriptures" was the most useful to him. This was an extremely heavy law canon; the annotated scriptures alone numbered in the hundreds of thousands, imprinted on a silver book weighing a hundred pounds.

He borrowed it directly.

Arriving on the first floor, Elder Xu was responsible for registration.

Li Youyi asked in a low voice: "Old Xu, the person I asked you to keep an eye on, what's the news? Is Yang Qingxi in the Goddess Mansion?"

During nine months of cultivation, Li Youyi had spent a huge amount; all the various treasures he could sell had almost been sold out, and even his merit points had been spent.

He had to find a sum of money to buy Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone fragments.

Although there was no Star Day Pill, with Li Youyi's cultivation speed, he had now reached the peak of a Three-Star Spirit Thought Master. As long as he bought the Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone, he could quickly break through.

The address "Old Xu" was forced by Elder Xu.

Elder Xu, while registering, transmitted via magic Qi: "She still goes out for training once a month; the place she goes to is the Truth Zen Forest in the south. You are one step late; she left yesterday."

Since killing Wang Shu, Yang Qingxi had never come to the Nanqing Palace again.

The so-called sharing of the secret treasury...

A woman's words, naturally, could not be trusted even by half a word.

Fortunately, Li Youyi had long ago asked Elder Xu to help keep an eye on her every move.

Although Wang Shu was dead, the Passing Spirit in Wang Zhi's body was absorbed by Yang Qingchan. That Passing Spirit had a soul fragment of Wang Shu, and it was very likely that some clues could be found from it.

Elder Xu said: "Her behavior is indeed strange."

Li Youyi asked: "How is it strange?"

Elder Xu said: "The underground immortal mansion is very vast, like a world with a diameter of thousands of miles; the main altar only occupies a very small part."

"The undeveloped areas outside the main altar are divided into five directions: east, south, west, north, and below. Below is very dangerous, so it is guarded by the Kuerong Hall."

"But the south is equally dangerous; the Truth Zen Forest, the Underworld Flower Black Swamp, and the Buddha Head Blood Sea are all dangerous areas where many true disciples have fallen. In some places, even those in the Longevity Realm and the Rice Ancestors are very wary, so for thousands of years, the south has never been fully explored."

"If we had known earlier that there was another entrance to the underground immortal mansion in the far south, we would have blocked it long ago, and it wouldn't be like it is now, where the Divine Sect can only defend passively."

Clearly, the southernmost part of the underground immortal mansion was the entrance where Li Youyi and Tang Wanzhou had entered, separated by dangerous areas like the Truth Zen Forest, the Underworld Flower Black Swamp, and the Buddha Head Blood Sea.

The danger level of the Underworld Spirit Plain could not be compared to them at all.

Elder Xu continued: "The Truth Zen Forest has a high degree of danger, and the probability of finding resources and treasures is the lowest, but Yang Qingxi insists on exploring it once a month; it is too contrary to reason. By the way, Sikong Yanlun seems to have set his sights on her too; he set off early this morning and went to the Truth Zen Forest."

Li Youyi laughed: "Didn't Sikong Jingyuan go?"

"The brothers of the Linggu Hall Guard Army who guard the southern formation didn't mention it."

Elder Xu had a large network of relationships at the main altar and called many people brothers.

After registering, Li Youyi and Elder Xu went to the resource treasury, only to find out upon asking that all the Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone fragments had been taken away by the Palace Master.

That cold-natured Elder Xu said: "The Palace Master has already ordered that from now on, all Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone fragments found by disciples must be sent to her; she has great use for them."

Li Youyi didn't expect that an arrow shot half a year ago would land on himself: "Can you leave a few pieces for me? I don't need many, just four or five will do."

"The Palace Master said all of them." That Elder Xu was completely uncompromising, his tone cold and hard.

Li Youyi and Elder Xu left, his heart without too many ripples.

Because, even if he could buy Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone fragments now, he had no money or merit points.

He could only wait for An Xianjing to return to the main altar next time and ask her directly. Having helped her so much, he couldn't be polite with her.

Moreover, the golden rice was about to ripen, and she and Yao Qingxuan would definitely return soon.

Li Youyi asked: "Old Xu, how many Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone fragments do disciples find each year?"

"It's hard to say exactly how many, but the Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone fragments brought to the Linggu Hall to exchange for merit points and resources are at least dozens. Those brought to the Tianli Hall for exchange are even more; after all, the Spirit Thought Masters there are lining up waiting for them," Elder Xu said.

Li Youyi asked again: "Where is the probability of finding them the highest?"

"The Underworld Flower Black Swamp in the south! That was once an important battlefield for the civil strife of the ancient Pojialuo Sect. The meditation flowers that grow in the swamp are supreme treasures for cultivating thought power. Many disciples go there for training and searching, picking meditation flowers to exchange for huge merit points. The Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone is just a treasure found incidentally by lucky guys."

Elder Xu's expression shifted, and he said in surprise: "Divine Son, you wouldn't be about to break through to a Four-Star Spirit Thought Master and want to go find the Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone yourself, would you?"

"I do have such an idea."

Li Youyi smiled slightly, but he just wanted to find a place with few human footprints to seed the Dao in his Divine Palace. If he could find some Spirit Platform Flame Star Stones, it would naturally be better.

After all, he had Er Feng, a helper skilled in finding the aura of treasures, so his efficiency would certainly be higher than other Wu Xiu.

Elder Xu was naturally surprised by Li Youyi's cultivation speed; he had been at the main altar for less than a year, and his thought power was about to break through again?

What kind of heaven-defying genius was this?

"If you want to go, you must be cautious; outside the main altar is very dangerous, and the greater danger comes from within. Although the Palace Master has already strongly indicated her attitude, many forbidden areas are places where no one goes."

Elder Xu was a sensible person and stopped after saying enough; if he tried to stop him, that would be not knowing the rules.

Li Youyi walked out of the Linggu Hall with Qi Xiao and Tuoba Butuo and asked for their opinions.

The two were immediately in high spirits: "We are desperately short of cultivation resources and have long wanted to go out and search. Otherwise, even if our realm improves, our physical bodies will still be a big flaw."

Li Youyi made a decision: "I guess it won't be long before the news of me coming out of seclusion reaches some people's ears. There is no time to lose; let's go now, lest we be followed closely."

Seeking monthly tickets...