Chapter 317

After a thousand years of transformation and construction, the main altar occupied an area of four or five hundred miles, like an independent small world, with thick magic Qi, shrouded by layers of formation light veils, isolating the dangers outside.

Li Youyi and the other two passed through seven layers of formation light veils.

Between each layer of the formation, there was a distance of about ten miles, either desert, ruins, blood rivers flowing, or city walls and fortresses built...

Under each layer of the formation light veil, there were large groups of soldiers wearing black robes and masks guarding it.

They all had deep cultivation and sharp eyes.

To leave the main altar, one had to check their life plates and register when passing through each layer of the formation light veil.

They arrived at the last layer of the formation light veil.

From afar, one could see a twelve-zhang-high towering city wall, built with giant stones and dense metal.

On the city wall, sect members, giant beasts, thought masters... were densely packed, countless. They were working day and night, reinforcing and heightening the city wall, and setting up more powerful formations.

Clearly.

After the second entrance in the south was opened, the Twin Rice Sect faced huge survival pressure and was actively preparing for war, making the worst plans.

The reason Li Youyi didn't usually see these things was because those cultivating in the mortal layer were all the top geniuses of the Rice Sect, the elite of the elite, who were protected and didn't need to participate in hard labor.

On the city wall, there were at least tens of thousands of sect members working, all strong and sturdy, half of them being deformed species.

And this was just the southern section of the city wall!

"Fourth Divine Son!"

Guarding the south city gate were two old men with profound thought power, their hair gray and white, with rice ear patterns on their faces.

One of the old men looked at Qi Xiao and Tuoba Butuo: "To leave the main altar to perform missions and training, you must plant the Death Spirit Fire; everyone is the same."

Li Youyi said: "Does this Divine Son have to plant it too?"

The old man laughed: "Divine Son, your status is noble; how would this old slave dare to doubt your loyalty to the Divine Sect? Naturally, there is no need."

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Two Death Spirit Fires flew out from the black palace above the city wall and fell into the bodies of Qi Xiao and Tuoba Butuo.

Li Youyi looked up and felt a suffocating thought power aura in that black palace, like a black hole, which could not be probed at all.

There was an extraordinary powerhouse sitting in the south of the main altar.

The next moment.

A Buddha statue sat cross-legged on the top of the black palace, its pupils glowing with golden radiance.

Immediately, ten thousand scriptures flickered on its body.

Li Youyi and the other two all felt a force that made them extremely uncomfortable acting on their bodies; not to mention their boundary bags and ancestral fields, even their bones felt as if they were being pierced, unable to hide anything subtle.

The Buddha statue's pupils were ten-thousand-character scripture artifacts, capable of peering through everything in the world, preventing people from outside the sect from sneaking in or escaping.

The Rice Sect had as many as eight such ten-thousand-character Buddha statues.

The city gate did not open; the three of them, along with more than twenty other disciples, passed through a skylight and descended to the next layer of the world, tens of thousands of meters below.

The main altar had developed a total of seven layers of worlds.

Each layer was ten thousand zhang apart.

The mortal layer was located in the very center and was heavily protected; it could not be entered or exited directly and required taking the skylight down to the first layer of the Asura layer before one could go out.

An hour later.

They arrived at the first layer of the Asura layer.

Li Youyi finally saw the other side of the Twin Rice Sect.

Before his eyes were low houses and endless red earth and yellow sand; this was the training ground for the "God-Slaying Servants." On the road, one could see carts and carts of corpses being pulled away by horse-drawn carriages, not knowing where they were being transported.

In the training ground, black-clad boys and girls, holding various weapons, were slaughtering and fighting each other. Their eyes were as fierce as wild beasts, and every move saw blood; it was either you die or I die.

Those whose spring opening speed was slow.

Those in the Spring Gushing Realm who couldn't open the eighth spring.

Those who couldn't step into the Five Seas Realm within the stipulated age.

These Rice People and sect boys and girls with secondary talent would be sent to the first layer of the Asura layer and trained to become God-Slaying Servants. Through daily slaughter, their spirits were exercised, their hatred cultivated, and then their talent potential stimulated.

Using extreme methods to cultivate slaughter-type experts.

This method had a very high mortality rate, but those who survived were all formidable figures. Some of them even exceeded the achievements of inner disciples and true disciples.

They were not the least talented, but middle-to-upper class, with value for cultivation.

Tuoba Butuo had some understanding of the evil sect and secretly transmitted: "These are God-Slaying Servant seeds! They are quite terrifying; it's not just that they know how to kill. Their wisdom, means, self-preservation, resilience, secret arts... all kinds of abilities are outstanding."

"There was once a God-Slaying Servant who killed twelve Dao Seed Realm experts in a row in the northern border. The Young Lord personally made a move to capture him, but in the end, he committed suicide and died, and no information could be asked."

"Tap! Tap!"

Two black-clad Rice girl servants rushed to Li Youyi, knelt down together, and saluted him.

"We ranked thirty-third in this year's life-and-death battle; we earnestly beg the Divine Son to take us as servants."

"The two of us together have already killed thirty-eight people; we don't want to continue killing. We want to go to the mortal layer to cultivate and serve the Divine Son."

Two black-clad boys rushed out and also knelt before Li Youyi.

"We ranked seventeenth in this year's life-and-death battle; we are willing to worship the Divine Son as our master. If the master lives, we live. If the master dies, we die."

"Swear to serve the Divine Son to the death."

More and more God-Slaying Servant seeds rushed out and knelt on both sides of the road.

Before they officially became God-Slaying Servants, they had no names and could only report their life-and-death battle ranking to introduce themselves.

Palace Masters, Venerables, Elders, Divine Sons, and Divine Daughters could all come to the Asura layer to select servants and death soldiers. Most of those selected were God-Slaying Servant seeds who were already very strong and could be sent out to do things directly.

Only those with extremely high talent could be exceptions.

For example, geniuses who opened the ninth spring during slaughter and fierce fighting.

God-Slaying Servants also had levels of division; some of them had cultivation and combat power even above Divine Sons, Divine Daughters, and Elders, existing like hidden gods.

Perhaps it was because he didn't think of himself as a Divine Son at all, Li Youyi had no intention of selecting servants or death soldiers and quickly left with Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao.

Walking out of the formation light veil, they followed the suspension bridge in the canyon.

The suspension bridge was very long, filled with blood mist, and fierce winds raged in mid-air.

The end of the bridge could not be seen ahead, the top could not be seen above, and the bottom could not be seen below.

There were many suspension bridges over the canyon, densely packed, at different heights, connecting different passages and destinations.

On this bridge, there were only the three of them.

Qi Xiao let out a long breath: "The first layer of the Asura layer is the training ground for God-Slaying Servants. Just the area we passed through just now had thousands of people, and there were training grounds one after another, with harsh conditions. Could there be hundreds of thousands of people in this entire layer? How many formidable figures can be cultivated each year? The potential and hidden power of the evil sect is unimaginable."

Tuoba Butuo said: "Among the group that came down from the skylight with us just now, there was one wearing a mask who should be someone I know; I felt a familiar aura from him. He also looked at me briefly!"

"It's normal for experts hiding outside to return to the main altar for cultivation and training. From now on, it's better for us to wear masks when we go out."

Li Youyi thought of something and added: "I have already helped you obtain the status of true disciples of the Linggu Hall; don't keep the word 'evil sect' on your lips, be cautious in your words and actions."

Qi Xiao and Tuoba Butuo knew very well that the fact they could survive and have their severed arms reattached was the result of Li Youyi risking his life to guarantee it.

If they betrayed the Twin Rice Sect, it would be ungrateful. Therefore, from beginning to end, they never mentioned taking this opportunity to escape the main altar.

It would probably be very difficult for them to return to the Qi family and the Tuoba clan in the future.

The two hurriedly stopped and saluted with solemn expressions: "Divine Son, don't worry, there won't be a next time."

"It's agreed, only call me Divine Son in public; in private, we call each other brothers. Let's go, speed up!"

Li Youyi's magic power circulated, and he performed his movement technique, turning into a wisp of green smoke and flying along the suspension bridge.

The two followed closely behind.

The ten-mile-long suspension bridge separated the main altar and the outside into two worlds.

Li Youyi had read the relevant books on the Underworld Flower Black Swamp in the Linggu Hall and knew that it was five hundred miles away from the main altar.

These five hundred miles had been repeatedly cleared by generations of Rice Sect disciples, and with the cultivation realm of the three of them, the danger was very low. Unless they were extremely unlucky, they would not encounter fierce and terrifying things wandering here.

After rushing out for dozens of miles, Li Youyi and the other two hid in a stone cave carved into the rock wall.

"Whoosh!"

Li Youyi set up a Hidden Light Formation at the entrance of the stone cave.

He also had everyone stick a Breath-Restraining Talisman on their bodies, and then they waited quietly to see if anyone was following them.

Over the past six months, Li Youyi had done some research on formations and talisman techniques and could perform some small tricks.

The sound of breaking wind rang out.

Sikong Jingyuan and two Dao Seed Realm old men, like three afterimages, flew forward at high speed, chasing very quickly without exploring along the way.

"They actually really chased after us! This Fifth Divine Son's interest in me seems to be more than just ordinary." Li Youyi sat at the entrance of the stone cave, leaning against the stone wall, a smile on his face, secretly calculating in his heart.

Tuoba Butuo said: "The Fifth Divine Son is a pair of Rice People brothers, both are Pure Immortal Bodies, and they are very famous at the main altar. Should we take advantage of them separating and their combat power being greatly reduced to eliminate one of them first?"

Li Youyi was very tempted; he didn't want to be watched like this all the time. How could there be a reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days?

He shook his head and said: "It's too close to the main altar here, only a few dozen miles; the commotion would be too big, and those old guys would definitely notice. And I feel that it's not just Sikong Jingyuan who followed."

Qi Xiao said cautiously: "Sikong Jingyuan's strength is powerful, far from what Wang Shu can compare to; you must not underestimate the enemy. The two old men following behind him also have quite tyrannical magic Qi fluctuations and are not ordinary Dao Seed Realm experts."

Li Youyi nodded slightly: "Our main purpose this time is to find cultivation resources."

They waited for another half an hour.

Outside, it remained quiet.

Only the sound of fierce insects crawling by could be heard from time to time.

Li Youyi was just about to put away the Hidden Light Formation.

Suddenly, a sense of danger that made his hair stand on end struck him. Li Youyi hurriedly sat back, made a gesture for silence, and let Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao quiet their breath.

A moment later, another group of people passed by the stone cave at high speed.

Leading the team was the Platoon Leader of the Patrol Guard, Yizhou Xue.

Tuoba Butuo's expression was grave: "Brother Youyi was right; there are other experts. Yizhou Xue is a Great True Disciple; fortunately, we didn't act rashly just now."

Qi Xiao had just felt an overwhelming pressure and almost suffocated; he let out a long breath: "They just happened to pass by, right?"

Tuoba Butuo said: "Everyone who leaves the main altar is registered in real-time. If a figure of this Great True Disciple level attacks a Divine Son, it is easy to trace their whereabouts, and they will definitely be retaliated against by the Palace Master and the Southern Venerable."

Li Youyi didn't have their lucky mentality: "Palace Master An, the Southern Venerable, and the rules of the Divine Sect can indeed deter many people. But the treasures on my body can indeed tempt some who are not afraid of death to take risks. For more than half a year, Yizhou Xue has almost disappeared, and all grievances seem to have vanished like smoke. But this kind of person who knows how to endure and restrain is even more terrifying."

"What should we do now, should we go back?"

Qi Xiao felt that against a Great True Disciple, the three of them had no chance of winning.

"We just came out, and if we are scared back, that would be too shameful. The underground immortal mansion has a complex structure and many dangerous areas; it's not that easy to find us."

"Go! Change the route and go to the Underworld Flower Black Swamp."

Li Youyi put away the Hidden Light Formation, turned back, and followed the intricate path to the lower layer.

Tuoba Butuo was confused and asked: "The path we just took wasn't the way to the Underworld Flower Black Swamp?"

"That was the road to the Truth Zen Forest! Everyone thinks I will go to the Truth Zen Forest, with the same purpose as Yang Qingxi. So, I will just go along with the mistake and lead them there," Li Youyi said.

Qi Xiao laughed: "No wonder they didn't carefully explore the road when they passed by and just rushed over. Their thinking is solidified, and they instinctively believe that you and the Yang demoness are of the same path."

"The Yang demoness is going to be in big trouble!"

Tuoba Butuo smiled and looked at Li Youyi.

Li Youyi said: "Yang Qingxi has entered and exited the Truth Zen Forest many times, and no one has attacked her, or they couldn't do anything to her. It can be seen that the Yang family is not to be trifled with."