Chapter 94

The Nine Li Insect Valley is extremely deep, shrouded in magic energy clouds and mist all year round, and its full picture cannot be seen. But walking in it, one can feel the space is vast, the two cliff walls are high and steep, and there are buildings floating in the void.

It is said that some ancient Hidden People live inside, but formation patterns and runes are hidden, which cannot be verified.

The thick magic energy and unique underground environment have bred many rare luminous plants in the valley.

"Whoosh!"

A startled old ginseng rushed out from the ground, using its roots as feet, and fled, emitting a refreshing medicinal fragrance all over its body.

At first glance, it looked very much like a legendary thousand-year-old essence medicine.

These essence medicines and demon medicines are all living fossils in the world, knowing many ancient secrets. Some of them have terrifying combat power and can compete with people in the Dao Seed Longevity realm.

Before long, the cliff walls in the valley turned golden, like a huge rich gold mine, brilliant and radiant, with clouds and colors permeating.

Deep in the golden cliff wall is a black ice wall that is chilling and compelling.

The ice wall cannot be seen to the end upwards, and cannot be seen to the end horizontally.

The Hidden Lord stopped, his eyes under the mask grave, bowed to the black ice wall, and then recited a strange language. The sound was wrapped in magic energy and could penetrate the ice wall.

Li Youyi waited quietly behind him, only feeling the bone-chilling cold of the environment here.

The sound of "ding-dong" dripping springs sounded in his ears, and looking over, he found that golden spring liquid was dripping from the golden cliff wall on the right, gathering into a palm-sized spring pool on the ground.

After inhaling a mouthful of the golden mist escaping from the spring pool, Li Youyi felt extremely comfortable in his limbs and bones, and his entire body seemed to have been washed and refined once.

"Whoosh—"

Inside the black ice wall, strands of golden flowing light appeared, looking like countless golden flashes of lightning shuttling through.

The darkness was illuminated.

The ice wall turned into a crystal-clear gold wall, releasing an ancient aura that suppressed the world, and the space seemed to be shaking.

Li Youyi was greatly shocked in his heart, unable to keep standing, and like the Hidden Lord, knelt on one knee, and followed by shouting: "Pay respects to the Hidden Ancestor!"

Deafening and melodious insect chirps sounded inside the ice wall.

On the ice wall, a pair of golden insect wings that were extremely huge appeared vaguely, the insect wings swayed elegantly up and down, and countless light rains escaped.

Each insect wing was several hundred meters long, dispersing the clouds and mist, and the aura was oppressive.

"News of the Leader Chief Yuan Zhe..."

Li Youyi couldn't lift his head at all, couldn't even breathe, and only heard these few words clearly in his ears, and was secretly shocked in his heart: "So the Hidden Ancestor is a strange insect, no wonder this place is called the Nine Li Insect Valley. An animal can live for thousands of years without dying, this is too exaggerated."

"Whoosh!"

The letter in the Hidden Lord's hand was rolled away by the light rain and flew into the ice wall.

After a while, the Leader's secret mark seal left by Coffin Master on the letter appeared on the ice wall.

In his ears, the Hidden Lord spoke to the Hidden Ancestor in a strange language again.

Li Youyi clearly felt a pair of extremely penetrating gazes fall on him, his body feeling as if it were being irradiated by dazzling sunlight. Gradually, the sunlight dissipated, and the entire Nine Li Insect Valley returned to darkness and cold.

"Get up, the Hidden Ancestor has fallen into a deep sleep again."

The Hidden Lord had already stood up, staring at Li Youyi with complex and amazed eyes, and his heart, which had finally calmed down, set off waves again.

"What a terrifying aura, I couldn't breathe at all, just like a majestic mountain pressing on my body." After Li Youyi stood up, he still had lingering fears.

"This is normal! How many years have you practiced, and how many years has the Hidden Ancestor practiced? When you practice battle intent, it will naturally be much better."

The Hidden Lord continued: "The Hidden Ancestor said that the handwriting, aura, secret marks, and even the energy fluctuations belonging to the Nine Emperor Banner all match correctly."

Li Youyi secretly thought that Coffin Master was still very rigorous in his work, worthy of being the former Leader of the Nine Li clan.

The so-called Leader is the clan leader of the entire Nine Li clan.

The Hidden Lord regarded Li Youyi as an important member of the Hidden Sect, and his tone was sighing: "The Lingxiao Life Realm has experienced ten years of war, with countless righteous armies, corpses everywhere in every province, people living in misery, and ten rooms empty and eight broken. Ten-million-strong courtyards and sects hold high the battle flag, million-strong forces like the Sui Sect are ambitious, and various bandits from the East Yi, West Rong, South Barbarian, and North Di are also rubbing their hands, wanting to compete for the world."

"The demon kings entrenched in the remote wilderness have also begun to stir, cultivating forces and supporting human armies to attack cities and seize land for them."

"Plus, the Nether Realm of the Dead that has always wanted to swallow the twenty-eight provinces of Lingxiao, today's world can be said to be internal and external troubles, and the crisis is coming from all sides."

"Youyi, where is the Leader, and why can he only return after ten years? The Lingxiao Life Realm, Lizhou, and the Nine Li clan are afraid they can't wait for ten years."

Although the Nine Li Hidden Sect is powerful and has a deep foundation, the Hidden Lord knows that there is heaven outside heaven and people outside people, and has always been walking on thin ice, trembling with fear, and no one knows where the world situation will go.

Only when a person like the Leader returns can it be the true anchor.

Li Youyi certainly knew that the reason Coffin Master set a time of ten years was to hope that the Hidden Sect and the Nine Li clan could protect him for ten years and give him ten years of cultivation resources.

Ten years later, Coffin Master would naturally be unable to return.

But Li Youyi ten years later might have grown to the height of the Leader, which is another kind of Leader returning, isn't it?

Li Youyi pretended to smile bitterly: "When I met Master, I was just a mortal body, how could I know his secrets? Since Master said he would return in ten years, he will definitely return, and we can't control anything at all. The world is in chaos, and heroes must emerge. Dragons and pythons fight to become divine dragons. How can there be such a scene in a peaceful and prosperous age? I am looking forward to it."

"It was my delusion!"

The Hidden Lord sighed, looking at Li Youyi with eyes full of strange colors, feeling that this son was indeed not comparable to ordinary people, and seemed to always have a fighting spirit. He said: "Youyi, with your talent, you must temper the golden trace veins. You should collect some of that golden spring water, it should be of great help. Nine, temper nine golden trace veins, and you will surpass most of the successors of the ten-million-strong courtyards."

"It can help temper golden trace veins, that's great!"

Li Youyi was instantly interested, found a pottery jar on the ground, and went to fetch the golden spring in the pool.

Master Lingwei said that his mental power cultivation reaching the square-inch bright fire, the blood soil space will undergo further changes, which may help him temper golden trace veins.

But this is uncertain after all.

How can it be as real as the golden spring in front of him?

The Hidden Lord watched Li Youyi take away all the golden spring in the pool, not leaving a drop, his brows tightly wrinkled; this kid is really not polite at all.

The two walked out.

The Hidden Lord said: "The secret of Leader Chief Yuan Zhe returning in ten years must never be leaked at this stage, and your identity must also be kept secret, so I cannot directly make you a God Hidden Person for the time being. You still have to challenge the three people on the mental power stone wall. With your talent, after breaking through to the Nine Springs, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Li Youyi had this intention, not wanting to be pushed to the forefront, in case the news leaked, it would definitely provoke old monsters one by one.

He asked: "What are the benefits of becoming a God Hidden Person?"

The Hidden Lord really wanted to tell him that a God Hidden Person represents responsibility.

But thinking that he is not a commoner, it is not good to directly add the responsibility of the Nine Li clan to him, so he changed his tone: "Becoming a God Hidden Person is amazing, the resources you can enjoy are far from what Hidden People can compare. For example, the golden spring in your hand, only God Hidden People are qualified to drink."

"And for example, after a God Hidden Person is born, you can mobilize various resources of the Hidden Sect and the Coffin Sea Pavilion, and can command Hidden People in the entire Lingxiao Life Realm. When encountering major events, even those Hidden People of the previous generations have to listen to your orders."

"Also, in order to cultivate the leader temperament of a God Hidden Person, when a God Hidden Person leaves the Hidden Sect, they don't need to be planted with death spirit fire, and have great freedom."

Li Youyi's eyes became brighter and brighter: "That is to say, as long as I become a God Hidden Person, I can leave the Hidden Sect if I want?"

"That is natural." the Hidden Lord said.

Li Youyi nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly thought of something: "The problem of the Six Desires Talisman must be solved within two months, the pills Shi Liuyu gave me, only two are left."

The Hidden Lord asked Li Youyi to take out the pills.

He picked up one and sniffed it: "Shi Liuyu cannot be moved for the time being, but this kind of pill is not difficult to refine. Later, I will help you refine a few more."

To completely solve the Six Desires Talisman, it must be to capture Shi Liuyu and force him to lift the runes. But once this is done, many traces of the Hidden Sect will be exposed, and it may even provoke the Heavenly King of the Earth Wolf King Army to Lizhou.

This is not the result the Hidden Lord wants to see!

Keeping the Hidden Sect mysterious, and even letting the enemy underestimate the Hidden Sect, is the most beneficial.

Li Youyi carried the pottery jar and walked out of the Hidden Sect's mountain gate alone.

Except for the old man guarding the gate who was sitting and practicing as usual, Yin Twenty-four was also waiting at the mountain gate.

She walked up quickly: "How is it, did you see the Hidden Ancestor?"

Li Youyi didn't say a word, his expression cold.

Yin Twenty-four was thoughtful, inexplicably a bit guilty, and still said coldly: "I really didn't know about the trial. But everyone has to pass this level, what are you angry about?"

Li Youyi wouldn't be so petty, but deliberately used an unhappy tone: "At the most dangerous time, I first considered your safety and let you go first. But what about you? You should at least remind me, right? Do you know how dangerous the Long Lin Gang was after you left?"

"Wang Daozhen wanted to kill me and hit me with a palm, causing serious injuries. Yang Qingxi wanted to deal with my companions and threatened me with them. The most terrifying thing is Yao Qian, who saw through many secrets on me. Who knows what kind of torture and suffering I would suffer if I fell into their hands?"

"Shi Liuyu wanted to throw me into the wolf den, making me unable to live or die. Shi Jiuzhai and Shi Shishi wanted to tie me to the Earth Wolf..."

Yin Twenty-four imagined the scene at that time, her mood was heavy, and she said with an extremely affirmative tone: "I will kill Wang Daozhen... next time, I will let you go first!"

Li Youyi said coldly: "Do I need you to kill for me? His life is mine. Where are the Flame Pills?"

Yin Twenty-four took out a pill bottle in a panic and handed it over with both hands: "A total of five! If you need more, I will find a way."

Li Youyi took the pill bottle.

After opening it, a beam of extremely bright light rushed out from the mouth of the bottle, illuminating the surroundings of the mountain gate like daylight.

He hurriedly covered it.

He was in a great mood and couldn't wait to return to the cave to swallow them. Seeing Yin Twenty-four who was nervous on the side, he pretended to be and said: "Consider it offsetting 500,000 silver coins! The strength of the three-headed snake blood soul hasn't been verified, what is the combat power, don't pit me, I have a rough idea in my heart."

Yin Twenty-four could certainly feel Li Youyi's sincerity towards her, so she didn't deliberately deceive him again: "In the strongest combat state, it should be able to reach the fifth realm of the Five Seas, but to stimulate that level of combat power, with my current cultivation, I must be prepared to sacrifice my life."

"Then what is the value?"

Li Youyi asked busily.

Yin Twenty-four said: "Conservatively estimated at 3 million silver coins... I will gather the money as soon as possible, but it may take several years..."

She didn't dare to say more than ten years, fearing that Li Youyi would snatch the bracelet back.

Li Youyi secretly held his breath, his heart beating wildly.

This is much higher than Master Lingwei's estimate!

Thinking that Master Lingwei doesn't belong to this era after all, it is normal to misjudge the value of blood sacrifice artifacts.

"Conservatively 3 million silver coins, not conservatively it is 4 million, 5 million, let's just say 4 million silver coins!"

Li Youyi waved his hand and walked down the mountain: "You should practice hard and break through as soon as possible! After your cultivation improves, the strongest combat power to activate the three-headed snake bracelet should not require sacrificing your life. When I am short of money, I will come to you to collect the debt."

Yin Twenty-four heard that there was no annoyance in Li Youyi's tone, but rather faint concern, knowing that she had been bluffed by him just now, and immediately cold light appeared on her little face, chasing after him, and whispered: "How long until you go to the Spider Cave?"

"Not in a hurry, I will swallow these Flame Pills first to see if I can break through quickly."

Arriving by the blood river, Li Youyi stopped and looked at the beautiful figure still sitting under the "Nine Li Insect Valley" cliff carving.

The carving was majestic and full of ancient charm.

Yao Yin was so fragile, like a crisp little grass, wanting to shake the divine mountain.

Li Youyi asked: "What's the situation with her, what exactly is wrong with her body? Listening to her tone before, it was like she was about to die."

(End of chapter)