Chapter 330

The road to leave the main altar is located in the Heavenly Palace.

The Heavenly Palace is responsible for world affairs, and the Palace Master, the three Vice Palace Masters, the five Venerables, and the twenty-eight Elders are almost all scattered across the twenty-eight prefectures of Lingxiao and are not at the main altar.

The architectural complex of the Heavenly Palace is located south of the Mortal Layer.

The cultivators who enter the palace gate almost all wear masks and have special identities outside.

Li Youyi, Brother Tuoba Butuo, and Brother Qi Xiao went to the South Weir Pass together, also wearing masks to cover their appearances, changing their figures, and entering the palace. The three handed over their life tablets and planted death spirit fires one after another.

The old man in charge of registration then asked them where they were going.

Li Youyi was a Divine Son and had been planted with a death spirit fire by Yao Qingxuan, so he didn't need to plant it again. He put on an arrogant posture and said unhappily: "A Divine Son is traveling and must have an important mission; how can I easily tell you where I am going? If the news leaks, can you take responsibility?"

The old man hurriedly apologized and said: "It's like this: in order to hide the Divine Cult's main altar and the entrance to the main altar, everyone below the Venerable must pass through the spatial teleportation array, be teleported to several Rice Ancestor Temples outside, and then quietly disperse."

"The fourth Divine Son has never been out, so it's normal not to know this."

"For example, if the Divine Son wants to go to the Western Region to handle affairs but is teleported to the Eastern Region, wouldn't that be a lot of wasted travel?"

Brother Qi Xiao recalled the green-clothed town outside Qiuzhouzhou city, where there was a Rice Ancestor Temple guarded by a Sacred Spirit Mind Master; it likely had a teleportation array and was one of the Rice Cult's gathering places.

Under his mask, the coldness in Li Youyi's eyes diminished: "Go to the Eastern Region."

The South Weir Pass is in the far north of Fuzhou and belongs to the Southern Region.

He deliberately said Eastern Region because the registration information of the Heavenly Palace is too easy to leak. It's hard to say, but as soon as he leaves, the news might appear in the hands of some people.

Entering and exiting the main altar must be checked by the Ten Thousand Character Buddha Statue.

The Realm Bag, Wind Palace, Ancestral Field, and internal organs and bones cannot hide people or objects.

Li Youyi knew this and had already risked pulling Tang Wanzhou into the Blood Mud space; the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish could not be seen through by a mere Buddha statue.

Led by a young inner disciple, the three walked into the depths of the cave behind the main hall. An ancient spatial teleportation array appeared before their eyes.

It was three zhang in diameter, with the blood of ancient immortal beasts flowing in the array grooves, embedded with top-grade blood crystals, very similar to the one in the South Clear Palace.

The cave was vast, with stone stairs carved along the walls winding upward, and light could be faintly seen coming from above.

It was natural light.

There was cold air blowing down.

Li Youyi and the other two looked up and stared for a long time, knowing clearly that the exit must be above, leading directly to the ground. The spatial teleportation array could not penetrate the barrier of the Underground Immortal Mansion; they were being teleported out from the exit.

Having been trapped underground for more than a year, everyone felt a surge of excitement, as if they were about to walk out of a cage and return to the human world of fireworks.

The stone steps were sealed and could not be passed.

The three of them, together with sixteen other masked Rice Cult cultivators, walked into the spatial teleportation array.

"Whoosh!"

The entire array was shrouded in blood light, and the scene outside could not be seen. They could only feel an intense weightlessness, making them feel nauseous.

Their bodies felt like they were being kneaded and pulled up and down rapidly.

Fortunately, everyone had deep cultivation and could remain calm and composed.

When the blood light dissipated, they appeared in a dark and damp cave. Li Youyi and the other two followed the others toward the ground and appeared in the inner hall of a Taoist temple.

Walking out of the Rice Ancestor Temple, the other sixteen people left quickly, dispersing in all directions.

Li Youyi and the other two stood outside the temple in the vast white snow, opened their arms, closed their eyes, and breathed desperately; the gloomy mood in their hearts was swept away, and there was a sense of freedom, like a dragon going out to sea.

Brother Qi Xiao roared: "Finally out! It's still more comfortable outside. I'm going to the Heavenly Pavilion to order a table of the most expensive dishes, drink the best wine, and invite the most beautiful girl to play the zither and dance. My Dao Seed Banquet must be made up for."

"Haha, I have the same idea! But going to the Immortal Forest is more in line with our current status; we are not ordinary Dao Seed Realm cultivators now, and we are enough to invite Immortal Officials to accompany us," Brother Tuoba Butuo said.

Li Youyi laughed in a low voice: "If it's the Immortal Forest, I won't accompany you, because I can't get in."

When they entered the Underground Immortal Mansion, the autumn was high and the air was crisp.

When they walked out again, it was already the winter of the following year.

Soon, the three were pulled back to reality; they had death spirit fires planted in their bodies, and although they had walked out of the Underground Immortal Mansion, there was still a rope tied to them.

Outside the Rice Ancestor Temple was an ordinary small town with over a thousand residents, used to cover their tracks.

"Old Qi, go and find out and get a carriage," Li Youyi said.

Brother Qi Xiao was puzzled: "Won't this leave traces and be tracked? I saw those masked cultivators earlier, all guarding against each other, leaving by different routes, not even daring to leave footprints."

Brother Tuoba Butuo said: "The fewer people who know, the less risk of exposure."

Li Youyi narrowed his eyes slightly: "If others want to track and find us, they definitely have ways. My meaning is, since it can't be avoided, why not see who will come to track me? If there's no one at all, we don't have to be on pins and needles all the time."

"Understood!"

Brother Qi Xiao rolled his eyes, understood, and immediately went into town to inquire and purchase.

The residents of the town were not simple people and had intricate connections with the Twin Rice Cult.

After a while, Brother Qi Xiao drove an old and simple carriage to Li Youyi and Brother Tuoba Butuo, picked them up, and drove straight out of town.

The wheels crushed the snow, facing the cold wind, and they officially embarked on a journey of unpredictable fortune.

Brother Qi Xiao whipped the horse while saying: "This town is called Chengu Town, located in Jin County of Taicang Prefecture, one of the eight prefectures of Liangzhou, only six hundred miles from Qu County of Fuzhou, and at least two thousand miles from the South Weir Pass we are going to."

Brother Tuoba Butuo said: "The Twin Rice Cult is truly amazing, controlling the spatial teleportation array. Even if ordinary cult members go to the main altar, they don't know where the main altar is located. My Brother Tuoba clan is a northern giant clan with a Transcendent ancestor, but this is the first time I've seen this legendary array."

Brother Qi Xiao was moved and nodded slightly: "The Twin Rice Cult can be called a hundred-million-level force; what the world knows about it is just the tip of the iceberg exposed above the water."

The standards for a million-level force are: First, inheritance for at least a thousand years. Second, at least ten thousand martial cultivators with top-tier talent. Third, ten million people who can be directly influenced.

All three conditions must be met.

Of course, there are some invisible conditions.

For example, you must have a Transcendent sitting in town, have top-tier dharma codes, have a mountain gate that is hard to break, and have at least ten experts at the Longevity and Sacred Spirit Mind Master level who obey orders completely... If these invisible conditions are not met, it is difficult to be recognized by the world.

The Li clan became a joke among million-level forces because they had no Transcendent.

After more than a decade of war, forces with Transcendents almost all expanded rapidly, obtained massive benefits, and their territory and population reached the standards of a million-level force.

But, taking the Brother Tuoba clan as an example, although they have ten million people, they don't have that many Longevity giants and top-tier talented martial cultivators who obey orders completely; their foundation cannot compare to a true million-level sect, and they rely entirely on the power of their ancestors.

Once the ancestor accidentally falls, there is a crisis of extermination.

Moreover, the Brother Tuoba clan in the North Region has to obey the Snow Sword Tang Ting and has no momentum of a million-level sect at all.

And the number of top-tier talented martial cultivators is closely related to the number of Five Seas Realm experts, involving how strong an army can be formed.

A hundred-million-level force is generally considered to be more than ten times that of a million-level sect, which only the imperial court can achieve.

"The spatial teleportation array was left behind by the ancient Pogaluo Cult. In the Rice Cult, there should be powerful mind masters who have learned the method of array formation. But they are not proficient enough and can only teleport us to the periphery of Fuzhou," Li Youyi analyzed.

Brother Tuoba Butuo said: "That's right! If the array formation ability were very strong, they would definitely teleport as far away from Fuzhou as possible to avoid the danger of the main altar being discovered."

Li Youyi also studied the spatial teleportation array, wanting to use it in combination with the Buddha relic. But he failed, his telepathy was not strong enough, and he could not draw a complete array map.

Ten miles out of town, the three got off the carriage quietly, restrained their aura, and hid in the snow on the right side of the road.

"Rumble!"

The carriage continued to gallop, the sound of wheels and hooves loud.

It disappeared on the snowfield.

Half an hour later, a team of powerful martial cultivators used their movement techniques, chasing after the carriage tracks without leaving a trace in the snow.

After the harsh sound of breaking wind disappeared, Li Youyi transmitted to the two in the snow: "Five people in total, four Dao Seed Realm, one Spirit Mind Master, from the Patrol Guard, truly a big deal; it seems they are determined to win. One of them is Yi Zhou Xue!"

"Could it be that they just happened to have a mission?" Brother Qi Xiao said.

Brother Tuoba Butuo said: "No! Yi Zhou Xue is a person who can enter the 'Jiazi Register'. Just now, when he used his movement technique to rush, he already exposed his aura and will be detected by the 'Jiazi Register'. The imperial court's supervision of the world is indeed far less than it used to be, but it is always a risk. Yi Zhou Xue must be chasing us, so he doesn't mind being exposed under the 'Jiazi Register'."

Li Youyi laughed: "Both Brother Tuoba and I have the possibility of entering the 'Jiazi Register'. To be as low-key as possible, Old Qi, from now on, many things will have to rely on you!"

"Haha, I didn't expect that one day I would be of great use because I wasn't strong enough," Brother Qi Xiao laughed.

"Go!"

The three broke out of the snow and stopped waiting.

After the five experts of the Patrol Guard caught up to the empty carriage, they would know they had been tricked and would definitely turn back.

Brother Qi Xiao wrapped Li Youyi and Brother Tuoba Butuo with magic power, stepped on a magic power cloud, and rushed east without touching the ground.

"Why not go west or south? In terms of location, the South Weir Pass is to our southwest," Brother Tuoba Butuo asked curiously, not knowing what Li Youyi was worried about.

Li Youyi said: "Fuzhou is now a place of right and wrong, and I don't know how many experts are gathered on the ground; if I'm not careful, I might be targeted, so it's better to avoid it. Before completing the task, I don't want to fight with anyone. The 'Jiazi Register' and Luan Terrace are headaches. The 'Human Hegemon List' and the Zuoqiu Sect and Dueguan are even more headaches, as they can lock all Dao Seed Realm martial cultivators."

The Dao Seed Realm is the hegemon of the human world.

Brother Tuoba Butuo suddenly realized and said: "Then we can only detour to the South Weir Pass."

Brother Qi Xiao said: "I have a route; we can take a boat up the Qu River, get off at Leiling City, and follow the Xushan Heavenly Vein to the South Weir Pass, ensuring that the people chasing behind don't know our true destination. Oh no, it's a Green Feather Crow! There is a tracking expert in that team of Patrol Guards."

A green crow circled high in the sky, sometimes in the clouds, sometimes appearing, as if pointing the way for the people below.

Brother Qi Xiao was highly alert and discovered it.

"Can you shoot it down?" Li Youyi asked.

"It's too high... I'll try."

Brother Qi Xiao took the bow and arrow from Brother Tuoba Butuo's hand, and after pulling it open, hundreds of scriptures surrounded his whole body.

(End of chapter)