Chapter 325

Under the two-zhang-high stone door, Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan, who were sitting in meditation, looked toward the depths of the cave dwelling.

"Such a fast rate of mental power improvement; he actually really broke through just like that!" Yang Qingchan said.

"In mental power cultivation, there is only a distinction between top-tier talent and the mediocre. With the assistance of the Spirit Platform Fire Star Stones, his cultivation speed naturally moves faster than those with top-tier talent."

Yang Qingxi said indifferently, her heart without much turbulence.

She was also only one step away from the fourth realm of the Dao Seed Realm. As long as she crossed it, it would be a brand-new world, and her name would certainly be on the "Jiazi Register."

Yang Qingchan raised her arm and sensed carefully: "The temperature in the air is getting higher and higher. The Jin Wu flames contained in his mental power spiritual light are even more terrifying than the great techniques of the first layer, and their power is already equivalent to the entry level of a second-layer great technique."

"This is where he truly surpasses other spirit mentalists!" Yang Qingxi said.

Brother Tuoba Butuo and Brother Qi Xiao retreated from inside, unable to withstand the scorching of the Jin Wu flames near Li Youyi's body, feeling that the inside had already become a sea of fire.

The six Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors were very excited, dancing joyfully while bathing in the Jin Wu flames, flying around the light shadow of the Fusang Divine Tree.

They had been consuming Xihe flowers for years and were not afraid of the intense flames.

Li Youyi's spirit was introverted; he only felt that he had merged with the light shadow of the Fusang Divine Tree, his eyes growing among the branches and leaves, able to see the six little ones dancing and flying up.

"So this is the spirit-divine connection of a four-star spirit mentalist!"

The light shadow of the Fusang Divine Tree was the spirit-divine Li Youyi had cultivated.

Upon reaching a four-star spirit mentalist, Li Youyi clearly felt that the light shadow of the Fusang Divine Tree possessed life and consciousness, and his own consciousness could enter it.

Li Youyi's thoughts stirred.

The branches of the Fusang Divine Tree swung out like long whips, showering down a large amount of fire rain.

In the spirit realm at the center of his brow, the four mental power stars were as large as Golden Cores, operating incessantly like a galaxy system. Circles of spiritual light spread out from his body, turning the cave into a sea of light.

His perception was further enhanced.

It was as if he had countless pairs of eyes and ears, able to enter the stone walls, penetrate arrays, and perceive things minutely, with infinite mystery.

"Splash!"

Thousands of spiritual light flames, like threads and strands, flew back into the spirit realm at the center of his brow.

The spirit realm was like a divine furnace, brilliant and scorching; if it were to explode, it would be enough to destroy a vast world.

Li Youyi's upper body was only wearing the Blood Handprint Magic Armor, his arms exposed, his long hair disheveled, and his skin returning to its normal state, unlike just now when he was illuminated as if he were a pure immortal body.

A rusted long spear, with its tip pointing downward, was stuck in the ground in front of him.

At the end of the spear, it was no longer an irregular hollow tube shape but had been replaced by the doll-like Earth Spirit.

It was the one that the five Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors had caught from the bottom of the water.

About a foot long, pitch black all over, with four limbs and facial features.

On top of its head were bare, withered branches, the leaves having been eaten clean by the six little ones.

It looked like a human-shaped old tree root.

Li Youyi couldn't tell exactly how many years this Earth Spirit had been growing, but it was definitely a refined medicine of over three thousand years; its body was terrifyingly hard, and even a fifth-grade Hundred-Character Instrument sharp sword could not damage it.

Half a month ago, Li Youyi wanted to cut it open to see what was inside its belly.

It let out a cry like a child and begged desperately for mercy; it was like killing a child, and the scene was so miserable that it was once quite awkward. It was different from other refined medicines; it had a very human nature and looked very much like a human.

Later, when Li Youyi was studying the rusted long spear, light surged within the Earth Spirit, and Sanskrit Zen chanting continued incessantly. The two were mutually attracted, and the Earth Spirit's roots grew directly into the end of the spear, tightly connected.

Clearly, the thing inside the Earth Spirit's belly was the missing part of the long spear.

Footsteps sounded.

Yang Qingxi, Brother Tuoba Butuo, and Brother Qi Xiao walked in; Li Youyi was playing with the Myriad Things Staff Spear, wanting to use the stronger Jin Wu flames he had just cultivated to refine away the rust on its surface, but he failed again.

Myriad Things Staff Spear was the name Li Youyi had given it, meaning "three gives birth to all things."

Because its main body was closely linked to the character "three."

Yang Qingxi said: "It has been quiet outside for several days; Yi Yi Zhou Xue, Sikong Yanlun, and Sikong Jingyuan should have truly left. Shouldn't we set off to return to the main altar?"

"Did the people from the Yang family or the Spirit Valley Hall not find the Truth Zen Forest?" Li Youyi asked.

Yang Qingxi frowned slightly: "This is indeed a bit strange; logically speaking, with the talent of the two of us, they wouldn't just ignore it. However, don't worry too much; there are many roads from the south back to the main altar, and it won't be easy for the enemy to intercept and kill us halfway."

"Once we return to the main altar and I break through to the fourth layer of Heaven, we can settle the score with them properly; there's no need for the older generation to step in for us."

"Fine! Once I take the inner treasure vault, we will return to the main altar."

Li Youyi looked at the cliff wall tens of zhang away, where a stone staircase left from ancient times ran up along the wall, leading to the highest and furthest part of the cave dwelling.

Just now, when breaking through, Li Youyi's mental power perception penetrated the array and vaguely saw the depths of the cave dwelling.

Since his perception could penetrate inside, Li Youyi felt that with his current mental power cultivation, he should be able to break the array on the stone staircase and enter.

Yang Qingxi's beautiful eyes narrowed, a sense of crisis of "inviting a wolf into the house" arising.

The secret treasure vault that Wang Shu found only contained some blood crystals, gold, silver, ceramics, and other items in the outer layer; the true secret treasures must be in the inner layer.

Yang Qingxi regarded it as her private property, keeping it hidden even from the older cultivators of the Yang family.

"This cave dwelling is clearly the cultivation site of a big shot from the ancient Pogaluo Sect period; the array on the stone staircase is no small matter, and the danger is extremely high; you must not trespass." She wanted to make Li Youyi retreat in the face of difficulties.

Li Youyi grabbed the Myriad Things Staff Spear and walked toward the stone staircase, laughing heartily: "Tens of thousands of years have passed, the array patterns on the stone staircase are already blurred; how much of the array's power remains? Your Highness the Goddess, don't worry, I have it under control."

Yang Qingxi followed: "It's too dangerous! Let's wait until our cultivation reaches the seventh realm or higher in the future; it won't be too late to take it then."

Li Youyi had already reached the first layer of the stone staircase; there were hundreds of layers of stone steps, leading straight to the hundred-meter cliff peak.

The space at the top of the stone staircase was distorted, and vision became blurred there.

He said: "Your Highness the Goddess, you wouldn't be reluctant to share a portion with me, would you? This is the treasure vault that Wang Shu found; before dealing with Wang Shu, we agreed on a three-seven split. You swallowed the outer treasure vault all by yourself! And you want to swallow the inner treasure vault too?"

"The troops under Wang Shu were incorporated by you. I didn't nitpick, did I?"

"Wang Zhi's departed spirit soul was swallowed by Miss Yang. I didn't say to share a bit to feed the insects, did I?"

"Now, the array you can't break, I will break. It's only right and proper for me to take my share, isn't it?"

Yang Qingxi's moving, pretty face, which was a pure immortal body, showed a look of coquettish annoyance: "When did I say I was reluctant? The Fourth Divine Son is skilled and bold, please go ahead!"

Li Youyi showed a sunny, brilliant smile, and then golden-red mental power spiritual light flowed along his arm into the Myriad Things Staff Spear.

Instantly, lines of star tracks wrapped around his arm and body.

The spear tip pointed straight forward.

"Ssh-splash!"

A dazzling beam of light flew out from the spear tip, with booming sounds one after another, breaking the arrays of seventeen layers of stairs in succession.

Ever since the Earth Spirit grew on the end of the spear, Li Youyi could simply use it as a magic staff by injecting mental power.

What kind of magic staff it was, it was hard to judge.

Its internal structure could not be probed.

However, when Li Youyi injected mental power spiritual light containing Jin Wu flames into it and struck again, the spiritual light flames became incomparably condensed, and their penetrating power and flame temperature greatly increased.

Without using the Myriad Things Staff Spear, his mental power Jin Wu flames were equivalent to the power of the entry level of a second-layer great technique.

After using it, the power was probably not inferior to the power of a second-layer great technique at the great completion stage.

At his current age, this was a quite astonishing achievement.

Yang Qingxi watched Li Youyi, heroic and upright, holding the spear and walking up the stairs, her mood complex and hard to fathom, both apprehensive and expectant. She shouted: "Then let's still split it three-seven!"

"Considering you took the initiative to bring me to the treasure vault, I'll give you fifty percent. If I gave you thirty percent, you'd probably be furious."

Li Youyi laughed, triggered the Myriad Things Staff Spear, and launched a second strike, continuing to break the array.

Yang Qingxi was already furious, her pearly teeth clenched, her fists clenched as hard as stones.

Yang Qingchan flashed to her side, gloating: "With his current mental power realm, I'm not necessarily his match. If we fight, we have no chance of winning."

Brother Qi Xiao said: "Thirty percent of the treasure vault originally belonged to the Fourth Divine Son; he is now responsible for breaking the array, so getting two more percent is only right. The Divine Son is already very graceful, keeping in mind the friendship of Your Highness the Goddess; half and half—if it were me, Old Qi, I would definitely eat it all myself."

"Boom!"

"Splash-ssh!"

The higher they went, the clearer the ancient array patterns became, powerful and containing terrifying aggressiveness.

For the last few dozen layers, Li Youyi didn't dare to attack forcefully at all, but sat on the stone stairs, using his Heaven-Penetrating Eyes to observe, carefully studying and analyzing, slowly burning the array patterns with flames, and erasing the array patterns with the Yellow Dragon Sword...

All kinds of array-breaking methods were used.

Day after day passed just like that.

Yang Qingxi calculated the time; the end of the month was approaching again, and when the array's power weakened, the last dozen or so stone stairs would certainly not be able to stop Li Youyi.

The array patterns here had existed for too long and were already unstable.

"Boom!"

Half a day later, as the array's power waned, Li Youyi used the Myriad Things Staff Spear to tear a hole in the final layer of the array light veil and was the first to leap inside.

By the time Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan climbed the stone stairs at high speed, the hole in the array light veil had disappeared, blocking them outside, making the two women stomp their feet in anger.

The inner treasure vault was not large, and one could see the end at a glance.

It was indeed like the place of quiet cultivation for an enlightened high monk, with Buddha niches, stone platforms, incense burners, stone beds, stone stools...

Li Youyi only glanced at it, and his gaze was attracted by a patch of immortal soil on the ground.

The immortal soil was spread under the Buddha niche, occupying an area the size of a square zhang, emitting four-colored rays of light. Staring carefully, on the surface of the immortal soil, there was actually a layer of four-colored moss, crystal clear and tender, an inch deep, emitting a faint fragrance.

"Four-colored immortal moss!"

Li Youyi recognized it instantly, his heart excited, his blood boiling.

Four-colored immortal moss grows by absorbing immortal soil and is extremely rare; it is a peerless precious medicine for cultivating a Longevity Body.

To fight a Longevity Realm giant with just one's physical body, one needs to refine at least ten jin of immortal soil. But immortal soil becomes harder to consume the further one goes, and the physical body has a limit of endurance; it requires the persistence of "dripping water wears through stone" to absorb it slowly.

Four-colored immortal moss, however, happens to make up for this drawback.

Currently, Li Youyi had already refined two jin of immortal soil.

He was able to explode with powerful combat power with the cultivation of the first layer of the Dao Seed Realm, in addition to having cultivated one more small realm than other martial cultivators in the Gushing Spring Realm and Five Seas Realm, and having a vast Qi Sea. Another advantage was that his physical body was ahead of his realm.

He quickly scanned the place.

Li Youyi immediately took out a cold jade box, wrapped the four-colored immortal moss with magic power, carefully harvested them all, and packed them away, trying his best not to leave any traces.

He actually wanted to take all the immortal soil as well, but felt it was too unkind.

He had always been a person who returns kindness for kindness; Yang Qingxi had indeed helped him earlier. She had brought them to hide in this treasure vault to avoid danger, so Li Youyi didn't want to go too far.

"Eh!"

Li Youyi's gaze fell toward the three-foot-high Buddha niche.

Inside the Buddha niche, what was enshrined was not a Buddha statue, but a square iron box a foot long.

Even after tens of thousands of years, there wasn't a single speck of dust on the surface of the iron box; it was as bright as new, possessing a heavy and solemn texture.

Li Youyi instinctively felt that the thing inside the iron box was probably far more precious than the immortal soil and the four-colored immortal moss, so he reached out to take it, but the iron box didn't move at all.

One must know that with Li Youyi's current strength, even if the iron box had grown together with the ground, he could pull it away from the earth with one grab. But he tried repeatedly, and all ended in failure.

Using both hands to move the Buddha niche, the Buddha niche also didn't move in the slightest.

Li Youyi was completely shocked.

He clearly saw the Buddha niche and the iron box, and the iron box and the ground, were not stuck together; why couldn't he move it?

How heavy is this iron box?

Is there a mountain inside?

Daring not to delay any longer, he triggered the Buddha Ancestor Relic and used spatial power to collect the iron box along with the Buddha niche into the Blood Mud Space, intending to study it slowly in the future.

(End of chapter)