Chapter 326

Li Youyi turned and walked toward the stone staircase, using the Myriad Things Staff Spear to tear a hole in the array light screen, and brought Yang Qingxi, Yang Qingchan, Brother Qi Xiao, and Brother Tuoba Butuo in from the outside.

"Why did it take so long to open the array? Did you take all the good things first?" Yang Qingxi stared at him suspiciously.

Li Youyi sighed: "I had to check if there was any danger first, didn't I? What if there were killing arrays or killing talismans? If everyone rushed in together, wouldn't we all die here?"

"Good heavens, so much immortal soil; there must be dozens of jin, right?"

"I think more than that; it might even be a hundred jin."

Brother Qi Xiao and Brother Tuoba Butuo exclaimed.

Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan immediately rushed over, instantly stunned by the patch of immortal soil the size of a square zhang, having never seen such vast wealth.

One liang of immortal soil is worth ten thousand Gushing Spring coins.

If there were a hundred jin, it would be worth ten million Gushing Spring coins.

More importantly, immortal soil is never hard to sell; high-grade pills, instruments, and talismans all require the addition of immortal soil. Even refining Longevity Pills and cultivating a Longevity Body physical body cannot do without it.

Li Youyi walked behind the two Yangs, sniffing the fragrance on them, and said gloomily: "If I, Li Youyi, were a greedy person, you wouldn't even see a grain of immortal soil. The greatest pain in this world is being misunderstood and wronged."

Never mind Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan, even Brother Qi Xiao and Brother Tuoba Butuo believed it, secretly feeling a pity, thinking that Li Youyi still valued character too much. With so much immortal soil, never mind swallowing it secretly, even killing people to silence them would be understandable.

Yang Qingchan was moved and looked at Yang Qingxi: "I believe you now! He is indeed a person worthy of trust, although he is a bit overbearing at times, but that's what makes him charming, isn't it? Even I am starting to be moved."

For Yang Qingchan, the immortal soil here was simply a timely rain.

It was enough to allow her to quickly improve her physical body strength and thereby explode with all her own power.

"Ninety-six jin in total; forty-eight jin each."

"Old Qi, Brother Tuoba, you two take four jin each from my share and take it to cultivate your physical bodies first. After you finish refining and absorbing it, come back and ask me for more."

Li Youyi quickly distributed the immortal soil.

Brother Qi Xiao and Brother Tuoba Butuo were naturally overjoyed, thanking him repeatedly, and from the bottom of their hearts, they developed a sense of respect for Li Youyi.

Even Yang Qingxi looked sideways repeatedly, as if she had gotten to know Li Youyi all over again. Eight jin of immortal soil was worth eight hundred thousand Gushing Spring coins.

Li Youyi scolded her lightly: "What are you looking at? Do you think everyone is as selfish as you, Miss Yang?"

"When have I been selfish?" Yang Qingxi was unconvinced, her round eyes glaring at him.

The mountain range was pitch black, without vegetation, and the peaks stood like giant dragons lying on the east side of the Meditation Flower Swamp.

Yang Qingxi knew what he wanted to do, so she immediately collected the immortal soil into her ancestral field, her red lips curling up, and she said in a smiling, gentle voice: "Five million Gushing Spring coins, Qingxi will definitely pay back, but this immortal soil is of great use to me, so I ask the Divine Son to grant me some time. In the future, if there is anywhere you need Qingxi, just give the word, and Qingxi will never hesitate again and will definitely cooperate fully."

A strange feeling arose in Li Youyi's heart; Yang Qingxi had always liked to put on airs, holding the proud and cold demeanor of a leader of the younger generation, and this was the first time she had softened and acted small before him, referring to herself as Qingxi.

It was like a fiery horse becoming docile before him, willing to let him ride on its back. Even if this docility was faked, it had a unique interest.

Still not at ease, he took out the Huang Long Sword and dug a hundred meters into the ground.

"Boom!"

A deafening sound of collapse and shattering came, several times louder than a thunderclap.

The entire cave dwelling shook violently, the ground trembled, and many cracks appeared on the stone walls. Rubble kept rolling down, and sundries were smashed all over the floor.

Even though the cave dwelling was full of experts, they were terrified and changed color, hurriedly fleeing outward.

"Could it be because we trespassed into the inner layer and touched something we shouldn't have?" Brother Tuoba Butuo said.

Li Youyi decisively denied this: "The sound came from a very far place and was accompanied by a powerful energy. A terrifying battle has erupted in the underground immortal mansion; at least Longevity Realm giants are fighting."

Yang Qingxi's expression was grave: "Ordinary Longevity Realm cultivators cannot cause such a big commotion in the underground immortal mansion. It's possible that a transcendent has broken in!"

She knew some inside information and was aware that in the past year, tombstones and grave mounds on the ground had been spreading, which had already attracted the high attention of all forces in the Lingxiao Life Realm.

Countless experts from all over the world had gathered in the prefecture.

Especially since Tang Wanzhou went missing, causing a huge stir in the Northern Region, and a transcendent had arrived at the entrance of the underground immortal mansion, constantly trying to find ways to break in.

Joy appeared in the eyes of Brother Qi Xiao and Brother Tuoba Butuo.

Because of Li Youyi, they would naturally not betray the Dao Sect. But they were very clear that the Dao people could never truly accept humans and always viewed them as aliens.

If the transcendents of Snow Sword Tang Ting and Zuoqiu Men Ting broke in and destroyed the Dao Sect's main altar, they could save everyone imprisoned in the Divine Prison, and they and Li Youyi would have a chance to regain their freedom.

After all, Li Youyi joining the Dao Sect was also forced by circumstances.

They opened the stone door and fled the cave dwelling.

Outside was a boundless stone forest, and everyone fled toward the direction of the main altar.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The loud noises were incessant, and the whole world was shaking; they had no idea which direction the fighting was in.

The stone pillars in the stone forest kept shattering, the ground collapsed, boulders rolled down, and passages broke.

Li Youyi looked back toward the direction of the huge hole connecting to the Nether Flower Black Swamp below, sensing the aura of Chan Hai Guan Wu.

He had a subtle soul connection with Chan Hai Guan Wu, but this was the first time he had sensed her since coming to the underground immortal mansion a full year ago.

"You go first!"

Li Youyi didn't explain, used the Clear Void Cicada-Catching Step, turned into a wisp of green smoke, and wove through the falling rocks, rushing toward that huge hole tens of miles wide.

"Could it be the big commotion caused by her and the three masters? They were indeed very strong before they died, but their strength shouldn't have recovered much, right?"

Li Youyi put on the Prefecture Governor's official robe, covered it with a magic robe, and prepared for any contingency.

Along a blood river, he arrived near that huge hole.

He saw that extremely bright energy beams covered the hole, which was tens of miles in diameter, and the power fluctuations released from top to bottom contained world-destroying power.

Separated by more than ten miles, Li Youyi dared not approach any further.

Sanskrit Zen chanting sounded in his ears, and the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish on his chest transmitted a burst of heat.

This strange situation had occurred when he walked into the main hall of the entrance a year ago. Some kind of Buddhist-Daoist power had connected with the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish and triggered it.

Just as Li Youyi was about to take out the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish to check, several terrifying auras came from behind, approaching him at an incredible speed.

"Swish! Swish..."

Three figures in succession rushed over his head, their speed as fast as three meteors; he couldn't see what they looked like.

But it was certain that they must be three Longevity Realm giants of the Dao Sect.

"Why aren't you running yet? Back to the main altar!"

Yao Qingxuan seemed to appear out of thin air beside Li Youyi, the magic power light on her skin surface surging, looking like immortal jade, her face full of a posture of facing a formidable enemy.

"Pa!"

A Zen sound came from above the huge hole.

The next instant, a withered bone wearing a Buddhist robe descended from the sky in the bright light, waved its large sleeve, and struck the three Longevity Realm giants who were intercepting it, sending them flying back, their bodies crashing into the depths of the rocks with loud thuds.

Even the aftermath alone sent sand and stones flying.

A single ray of Buddha light could pierce through several miles of rock layers. Thousands of rays of Buddha light shone, startling even Yao Qingxuan into retreating.

The combat power of that withered bone exceeded her estimation by too much.

Yao Qingxuan grabbed Li Youyi's left wrist, wrapped his whole body with Longevity magic power, pressed him tightly against herself, and fled at the fastest speed.

Golden Buddha light flew around the two of them, and the rock layers kept collapsing.

Even the bronze skeleton supporting the rock layers melted instantly when hit by the Buddha light.

Li Youyi's body felt weightless, being pulled forward by Yao Qingxuan; at this moment, how could he still care about finding Chan Hai Guan Wu? Even Longevity Realm giants had to stay far away to save their lives.

He asked: "What happened? What is that thing, and why are you, Master, so afraid of it?"

Yao Qingxuan's eyes were grave, staring ahead as various scenes retreated rapidly: "I don't know the reason, but a transcendent-level monk skeleton has awakened, and it has pierced through the Triple Heaven of the main altar and reached the Sacred Heart layer. It is not yet clear what its purpose is; perhaps it is for those nine pages of the Bright Star Book."

"A month ago, the hole it pierced from the Mortal World layer to the Sacred Heart layer was discovered. For the past month, the entire main altar has been looking for it, until today when it finally made its move."

"No one expected that a monk skeleton that had just awakened would be so strong to this extent. Before it died, it must have been a Martial Dao Son of Heaven."

An ancient Son of Heaven awakening—this made Li Youyi think of Chan Hai Guan Wu.

He wondered what level she had recovered to now?

However, Chan Hai Guan Wu was not simply recovering combat power; she was plotting something big, wanting to reverse life and death and re-cultivate a flesh-and-blood body, walking a difficult path.

And she had not yet completed the "Yang Marriage."

Li Youyi asked: "Is the awakening of monk skeletons very common in the underground immortal mansion?"

Yao Qingxuan said: "The underground immortal mansion is very special and related to ancient immortals; the cultivation methods of the ancient Pogaluo Sect's Buddhist cultivators are also very strange, and the Sacred Heart layer also hides great secrets. Various mysteries have caused seven incidents of monk skeleton awakening in the past thousand years, and their states and strengths are all different."

"What is the same is that in the initial stage of awakening, their strength is not very strong and can be easily suppressed and subdued. Only as time passes does their combat power gradually become strong."

"That taboo on Coffin Mountain, the master of Xu Fudu and Hall Master An, is one of them. It is the most powerful one among the seven monk skeleton awakenings and is suspected to be the awakening of an ancient Son of Heaven monk skeleton, but it also took hundreds of years to possess transcendent-level strength."

"It is precisely because Coffin Mountain has this taboo that the Nine Li Clan, a former ancient clan of ten million, was so fearful that they paid tribute every year in exchange for the peace and tranquility of Li Prefecture. The Nine Li Clan had no transcendent and thus had no say, being suppressed by a dead person."

Mentioning the Nine Li Clan, Yao Qingxuan's tone carried mockery and a cold laugh, clearly extremely disappointed in the Nine Li Clan of the past thousand years. But in her eyes, a sharp light flickered; clearly, she wanted to break all of this.

Li Youyi stared at her breathtakingly beautiful immortal face and finally asked the question he had always wanted to ask but dared not: "Master, why did you fake your death back then and secretly join the Twin Rice Dao Sect?"

(End of chapter)