Chapter 331

During this period, Li Youyi had put most of his energy into cultivating the twelve-character Dao Seed and refining the Star Day Pill, almost not cultivating the Wind Mansion Dragon Seed at all. Even so, he was not far from the Dragon Seed palpitations.

He changed the subject and asked: "Master, how long until we attack Lingxiao City?"

Yao Qingxuan said: "The demon race naturally hopes the sooner the better, because the transcendents who were injured in that epic melee two years ago are constantly recovering. But the Divine Sect hopes the later the better!"

Li Youyi asked cautiously: "Does it have to do with the strangeness spreading from the ground in Fuzhou? I heard that the tombstones and grave mounds that have emerged have already spread across several surrounding prefectures, even surrounding the Qiuzhou prefecture city and the Bingzu Marsh, or is it the legendary Yin Corpse Planting Rice?"

"The longer it drags on, the more grave mounds and Yin corpses will grow from the ground. When the pollen of the rice flowers blows across the world, our Divine Sect’s soldiers will be as numerous as the sea, and then they will devour the world, and no one will be able to stop them."

Yao Qingxuan’s eyes were cold: "Where did you hear that?"

Li Youyi’s heart shook: "Is this true?"

"I don’t know, and I hope you don’t know either," Yao Qingxuan said.

Li Youyi said: "Is Master worried that if I spread this secret, I will kill myself and also kill you?"

Yao Qingxuan said: "When you are not strong enough, you must learn to shut your mouth. When you think you are very smart and can do things quietly, it means you are already arrogant and on the verge of death."

"Li Youyi, I will tell you a sentence that you must remember."

"In the face of an irresistible trend, judge by heart, not by traces. It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do anything, but that you should do things according to your cultivation level."

"Benevolence, righteousness, loyalty, filial piety, and faith—judge by traces, not by heart. If you judge by heart, where in the world are there such saints?"

Li Youyi’s heart was surging with waves; he clasped his hands together and bowed deeply: "This disciple will remember!"

Yao Qingxuan said: "The attack on Lingxiao City is temporarily set for three months from now... never take it seriously; only the transcendents know the real time. The Divine Sect will definitely continue to push the time back."

"The eight prefectures controlled by the imperial court—Fuzhou, Hanzhou, Yongzhou, and Liangzhou—will be attacked by the Divine Sect, and after success, they will also be controlled by the Divine Sect, reaping all the benefits therein."

Li Youyi spread out the map of the Lingxiao Life Realm on the table: "Fuzhou and Hanzhou belong to the Southern Territory, and Yongzhou and Liangzhou belong to the Eastern Territory. Since Master is the Southern Venerable, I assume you are responsible for Fuzhou and Hanzhou?"

Yao Qingxuan walked to the table and shook her head gently: "The Divine Sect’s experts, from top to bottom, are the two Rice Ancestors, the three Bitter Masters, the four Hall Masters, and the five Venerables."

"Do not take this seriously either! First of all, even I don’t know which of these experts are twins and which are one person."

"Secondly, the three Vice Hall Masters of the World Hall are all Great Longevity experts with world-covering cultivation."

"Of the five Venerables of the World Hall, I am the youngest. None of the other four are younger than one hundred and twenty years old, and their realms are unfathomable."

"The main altar is located in the Southern Territory, and the Southern Territory is crucial to the Divine Sect. Think about it, why would they let the youngest human be the Southern Venerable?"

Li Youyi pondered for a moment: "Is Master, this Southern Venerable, a title without power?"

Yao Qingxuan said: "It’s not that exaggerated, but it’s about the same. The World Hall has two Vice Hall Masters, both in the Southern Territory, each with a huge force under their command. They are Xu Fudu of Coffin Mountain and Yang Shenjing of the Sui Sect. They are the true masters of major affairs in the Southern Territory."

Li Youyi thought to himself, no wonder she stayed at the main altar most of the time; it turned out there were two big mountains pressing down on her head.

Yao Qingxuan said: "I became the Southern Venerable because the Divine Sect initially wanted to take Lizhou first, control the Jiuli tribe, and then form a triangular position with Coffin Prefecture and Fuzhou to destroy the Zuoqiu sect in the middle and control the entire Southern Territory."

"You know what happened later."

"What about now?" Li Youyi asked.

Yao Qingxuan said: "Xu Fudu and the Buddha-Crossing Army of Coffin Mountain will take Hanzhou. The forces in Yang Shenjing’s hands will take Fuzhou."

Li Youyi said: "The Jiang family in Fuzhou is one of the four major families of the imperial court, with a transcendent ancestor, and it is said that the number of experts under their command is no less than that of a sect with millions of followers. Is Yang Shenjing not an opponent?"

Yao Qingxuan shook her head: "The Divine Sect’s main altar is underground in Fuzhou, and the Jiang family probably cannot compare to the Divine Sect’s infiltration and control of Fuzhou. If the Jiang family is sensible, they still have a way to live. If they are not sensible, the whole clan will perish."

"The demon race and the Divine Sect are joining forces to attack the imperial court, and the major human forces will definitely stand by and watch in the early stages, waiting for us to both suffer. Therefore, the eight prefectures are not difficult to take; the difficulty lies here."

She pointed to the area marked with emphasis north of Fuzhou, west of Liangzhou, and south of Youzhou.

The location of Lingxiao City—the Yuntian Immortal Plain.

Above the plateau, between the clouds and the sky, the city of immortals.

With Li Youyi’s current cultivation and his status as a Great Disciple and the Fourth Divine Son, Yao Qingxuan did not treat him as a small soldier, but valued him quite highly, laying everything out for him.

She continued: "The Heaven and Earth Array of the Yuntian Immortal Plain was personally laid by the Fog Son of that year. Only four mountain ranges connect to the Immortal Plain, and each mountain range is equipped with a majestic pass garrisoned by tens of thousands of troops."

"North of Fuzhou, under the Xushan Heavenly Vein, is where one of the four passes, the Nanyan Pass, is located."

"I originally wanted to send you to Lizhou to preside over affairs there. Now that the situation has changed, you must deliver something extremely important for me to Nanyan Pass."

Li Youyi said: "What is it, and why me?"

"I will tell you before you set off," Yao Qingxuan said.

An Xianjing returned, declined all matters with Yao Qingxuan, and guarded the rice field.

Two days later, under the watering of their blood and the nourishment of Li Youyi’s magic power and spiritual light, four babies were born, two boys and two girls, all with pure immortal bodies.

At the moment of ripening, the entire main altar appeared with dazzling golden radiance, and clouds shrouded the Nanqing Palace.

Many old-generation experts whom Li Youyi had never seen before appeared together, all attaching great importance to this matter, and the Nanqing Palace was unprecedentedly lively.

Li Youyi was under great pressure, very afraid that Tang Wanzhou in the ancestral field would suddenly wake up. Fortunately, as An Xianjing took the four Golden Rice babies back to the Spirit Valley Hall, the Nanqing Palace quickly became quiet.

Li Youyi felt empty inside. He had only seen them when the four babies ripened; they were all very well-behaved and cute, and two of them had wings, just like incarnations of elves.

Yao Qingxuan walked into the array light gauze and looked at Li Youyi, who was sitting on the ridge of the field in a daze: "What’s wrong?"

"I’m not used to it; I’m used to them growing here. When they grow up, they might not even know that someone once watered, shone upon, and accompanied them for a long time," Li Youyi said sentimentally.

Yao Qingxuan used magic power to move an iron box sealed with runes out of her boundary bag.

"Is this what I need to deliver?" Li Youyi stood up and looked at the iron box carefully.

It was square, a foot long and wide.

The runes arranged on it were extremely complex and profound; with Li Youyi’s current mental power, he could not understand them at all.

Yao Qingxuan said: "This matter is of great importance and must not be lost."

Li Youyi asked the question from two days ago again.

She said: "What it is is not important to you. The reason it is you who is going is because this matter must be carried out by someone with a high enough status in the Divine Sect to show our sincerity."

"You must not think that this matter is simple; on the contrary, it may be full of danger."

Li Youyi asked: "Who is the other party?"

"One of the three Vice-Commanders of Nanyan Pass, Zhou Bida. This person is a disciple of that transcendent of the Jiang family, and also the Jiang family’s son-in-law," Yao Qingxuan said.

Li Youyi said: "But is he our person now?"

"Currently, he can only be counted as half."

Yao Qingxuan continued: "His family has all been controlled by the Divine Sect; this is coercion. The things in the box are the inducement, and also his conditions."

Li Youyi asked: "Is the danger Master refers to the fear that Zhou Bida will change his mind?"

Yao Qingxuan shook her head: "No, Zhou Bida loves his wife and daughter very much and will not risk being an enemy of the Divine Sect. The danger comes from three aspects."

"First, the object in the box is extremely rare and may help Zhou Bida break through to longevity in one fell swoop; many people know it has been taken out. I am worried that there are people from the major human forces lurking in the sect who have sent the news out in advance to intercept and kill you on the way."

"Second, you leaving the main altar will itself arouse the covetousness of some people in the sect."

Li Youyi said: "Since that is the case, Master, why don’t you go on this trip yourself?"

"This is your third great danger!"

Yao Qingxuan said: "With your current cultivation and strength, you are almost ready to enter the 'Jiazi Register'! The 'Jiazi Register' is located at the Luan Terrace, and all experts under the age of sixty in the world who meet the standards will be automatically locked into their approximate locations by the 'Jiazi Register'."

"When a new 'Jiazi Register' expert is born, people from the Luan Terrace and the Attendant Hall will find you immediately to record your information. The imperial court must ensure that all experts in the world are under their control."

Li Youyi said: "There should be a way to avoid it, right? Otherwise, how did the experts from the hidden sects of the millions of followers avoid it?"

Yao Qingxuan looked at him lightly: "Only by hiding in the hidden sects can you avoid it. Once you step out of the hidden sect and fight with someone, your aura will leak, and you will still be locked by the 'Jiazi Register'. When the Lingxiao Palace ruled the world, where could the major forces of the world hide many experts?"

"In addition to the 'Jiazi Register', there is the 'Human Hegemon List' refined by the Dudu Temple for the Zuoqiu sect, the 'Yujia List' of the demon race, and the 'World All Living Beings Map' of the Divine Sect."

Li Youyi said: "Has Master been recorded in the 'Jiazi Register'?"

Yao Qingxuan showed a look of pride: "I have long been on the blacklist of the 'Jiazi Register', and the Luan Terrace has sent many experts to track me down over the past decade or so. As long as I appear, they will pursue me, wanting to find out my identity, but unfortunately, they have never succeeded."

Li Youyi said: "With my current strength, I may not be able to enter the 'Jiazi Register', and even if I do, I will definitely be at the end and will not be too eye-catching. And as long as I don’t fight with others and don’t leak my aura, the 'Jiazi Register' will not fluctuate."

"At the foot of Lingxiao City, pay more attention to safety. When you go to Nanyan Pass, find Elder Fu; he is responsible for everything there," Yao Qingxuan said.

Li Youyi’s lips moved; he had many more questions he wanted to ask, but he didn’t know if he should.

Because Yao Qingxuan explained everything too clearly and deliberately sent him away, as if she wanted to use his mouth to tell someone these secrets.

But she clearly said that when you are not strong enough, you must learn to shut your mouth.

For a moment, Li Youyi really couldn’t grasp which side Yao Qingxuan was leaning toward. Was she really a hidden sect elder? Was she really just asking him to deliver something?

Or was she simply afraid to speak clearly?

(End of chapter)