Chapter 1002

That gauze-like silver light floated down. Wu Fan's gaze lowered as if scalded, the fear in his heart expanding rapidly. He kowtowed with thuds, fearing:

"Reporting... reporting to my lord... Senior Chang Xiao mountain gate has twenty-seven peaks of Daoist scriptures, already held by the immortal clan's heavenly soldiers. This lowly one does not dare to make decisions. The rest... the rest have seven storehouses and six treasuries, controlled by the True Person, located at the bottom of the array."

"There are twelve remaining spiritual storehouses, the spiritual keys originally held jointly by the immortal peaks... but... but..."

Wu Fan raised his brows, seemingly not knowing whether he should speak or not, only showing a look of fear and difficulty. Li Li Zhouwei before him had already stepped inside, arriving at the immortal hall at the highest point of this mountain gate.

On both sides were placed white jade precious vases, six large pillars lined up, dotted with screens, all dotted with golden characters. At the very top was a profound Daoist painting, with silver patterns as the base, and in the center was a man in golden clothing without a face, holding a precious vase lightly in his hands.

"Although it is not a spiritual magic treasure, the materials used are top-notch. Hanging for a long time, it also has a bit of divine mystery... it's just a pity that the person was painted by Senior Chang Xiao themselves, not passed down from ancient times, so it's not of much use."

At the top of this painting, four large characters were written on a golden plaque:

【Upper Ritual Heavenly Firmament】

Li Li Zhouwei was very familiar with these four characters. Back then in 【Wanling Heaven】, he had once been to a place called 【Fei Qingyi Peak】, and in that peak, there were exactly these four large characters!

Seeing the 【West Ritual Senior Chang Xiao】 at the bottom, he had already suspected whether they were the same lineage. Now it was certain and unmistakable. The four large characters at the bottom of the mountain should be the name of the lineage established by Senior Chang Xiao itself, originating from 【Upper Ritual Heavenly Firmament】.

Seeing Li Li Zhouwei stop here, Wu Fan hurriedly stepped forward, but was blocked by Li Li Minggong. The woman saluted slightly, stepped forward, took the painting down from under the beam, and put it into a jade box.

The moment this Daoist painting was put into the jade box, the entire immortal hall lost its color. The flowing, colorful profound pillars and precious vases all dimmed. The originally self-brightening great hall was left with only the colors of the lamps.

Outside the hall, there was faint sobbing. Wu Fan had no reaction, saying low:

"Lady Lady Guiqin has handled sect affairs for many years, likes to ask about matters in the storehouse, and borrowed the keys for safekeeping. To please the True Person and protect her position, the White-Templed Elder pretended not to know... matters of the spiritual storehouse all passed through the Lady's peak... we... truly do not know!"

He had hastily seized the sect from the White-Templed Elder. Even if he had some ability, he had waited until the Li family attacked the peak. He could no longer make decisions about sect affairs. What was more fatal was... this Lady Lady Guiqin, he truly did not dare to move.

Chengyan in the sky seemed to be finished, but who knew what means the True Person had to escape? Would the matters between True Persons really involve life and death? If Chengyan suddenly appeared after a while, surrendered to the lake, and touched the True Person's forbidden object, would there be any life left?

"Lady Lady Guiqin..."

His words caused a commotion among the crowd. Obviously, they all had some hatred, only usually daring to be angry but not daring to speak. Li Li Zhouwei glanced at him and looked at Li Li Minggong. The woman nodded and whispered:

"This woman has been locked by us on a side peak." Li Li Zhouwei then looked at Wu Fan and said: "Follow."

The man stood up straight, let out a long sigh of relief, and his confidence was restored. He walked forward sideways. After taking only one step, the three of them had already appeared on the palace of the side peak. Wu Fan lowered his brows and eyes and answered:

"Reporting to my lord, Lady Lady Guiqin's surname is Ma. She is the biological sister of True Person Chengyan. She has one son and one daughter. She has many adopted sons, but her biological son died in the East Sea. The rest are all engaged in sect affairs. The remaining daughter serves before the Lady... they are all in one place..."

The palace gate opened with a creak, and the hall was seen filled with large and small, colorful silks, floating slowly with the wind. It was originally an extremely beautiful place, but it happened to emit mournful crying.

Amidst the floating silks, two women were hugging and crying before the hall. One woman had a round face and moth-like eyebrows, draped in white gauze, with snow-white skin. She was born to be pitiful, but she cultivated cold energy, adding a bit of noble air that could not be violated. Her expression was mournful, and her tears were shining.

She was holding a girl in her arms, petite and cute, with a pink face and golden clothes. Her light red lips were tightly pursed together, and her gaze was fixed low on the stairs. Because of the noise before the hall, she turned her head slightly, but did not dare to raise it.

Wu Fan felt great joy in his heart. On weekdays, this mother and daughter stepped on his face and he did not dare to resist. Today, they had actually fallen to this point. He only followed Li Li Minggong up and shouted:

"Where are the spiritual keys!"

Lady Lady Guiqin raised her head with hatred, staring at him with tear-filled eyes, not saying a word, but she had a cold and clear temperament. Li Li Minggong was originally a first-class beauty, but he could not learn the appearance of the mother and daughter frowning and being coquettish, and for a moment he actually lost his color.

Wu Fan was actively fawning, not caring about her pity for the fragrant and cherishing the jade. He kicked the woman on the shoulder, causing her to groan. Lady Lady Guiqin still did not open her mouth. Wu Fan immediately drew his sword and rose. For a time, there was scolding and beating, and the crying was continuous.

Li Li Minggong really couldn't watch anymore. He swept this person to the side, stood sideways, and Li Li Zhouwei stepped forward, bent down slightly, pinched the woman's chin, and told her to raise her head and look directly at him.

Lady Lady Guiqin met those golden eyes and was suddenly stunned. The hatred in her eyes melted like ice and snow, turning into a joyful look of not knowing why in an instant. She hurriedly turned over, spread her legs, exposed her throat, and made a sweet laugh in her throat, saying:

"My lord... my lord... the spiritual keys are in the secret array under the main seat... my lord..."

This scene made Wu Fan terrified. The fear in his heart grew, suppressing the urge to have weak legs. He couldn't figure out the thoughts of this lord, so he knelt beside the woman, wanting to help her up.

But the moment the woman's voice fell, the hand locked on her chin suddenly left. Lady Lady Guiqin's head actually left her neck, flying lightly, without bringing up half a trace of blood, and just like that, it fell into his hand.

Those sweet red lips were still opening and closing, her gaze was charming, and the cross-section of her neck was smooth and flat, as if cut by some extremely sharp magic treasure. The man held the head foolishly, and the petite woman facing him had already fallen backward at the same time, her head rolling down with a gurgle and falling beside his knees.

The man was speechless for a moment, kneeling on the ground foolishly. The fear in his heart suddenly reached its peak. He suddenly discovered that a smiling man in green clothes was standing beside him at some point, patting his shoulder lightly:

"Get up."

Wu Fan stood up shivering. The man in green clothes smiled and looked at Li Li Zhouwei, as if explaining:

"After all, she is a Purple Mansion blood descendant, leave her some decency." Wu Fan realized it belatedly:

"This True Person has always been here. We mortals cannot see him."

Li Li Zhouwei didn't care. If he hadn't been afraid of exposing the Immortal Mirror, he wouldn't have had to ask Lady Lady Guiqin anything... Seeing that Sima Si Yuanli wanted to use this Wu Fan, both intimidating and using words, he was too lazy to toss:

"How to deal with the Senior Chang Xiao mountain gate and the remnants is Sima Si Yuanli's business later. He has no one under his command, and Wu Fan is obviously easy to use."

He flipped his hand to take out the spiritual keys from under the main seat, threw them into Li Li Minggong's hand, nodded to Sima Si Yuanli, and the figures of the two disappeared together, leaving only Li Li Minggong standing in place.

"This lord..."

Wu Fan turned hurriedly, asking respectfully. Li Li Minggong shook his head, and several cultivators immediately walked in quickly from outside the great hall. A golden-eyed youth with a tall figure and a long sword at his waist took the lead, stopped in the hall, and greeted Li Li Minggong.

The woman's gaze swept over: "It's up to you."

Wu Fan only saw those golden pupils and knew he was a noble person. He stepped up quickly and accompanied with a smile:

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

In the cave dwelling deep in the mountain, the light flickered, and silver-white array patterns were dense. The two True Persons stepped inside and stopped before the array. Sima Si Yuanli raised his head, took out a talisman from his sleeve with one hand, and pinched a silver light with the other.

It was exactly the 【Thunder-Striking Array-Breaking Wedge】. He smiled casually and said:

"Since the 【Hundred-Ridge Profound Stone Umbrella】 has been handed to fellow Daoist, I will accept the 【Wu-Xiao Bead】... It just so happens that a senior needs it."

Sima Si Yuanli obviously had some means. Logically speaking, the two True Persons had not returned, and the people in the sect could only open the outer array. He opened his mouth, but he had already slowly unraveled this inner array.

Senior Chang Xiao was not a cultivator of the Sun lineage, and did not have the habit of setting up palaces in the inner array. The array was not large, and the seven storehouses and six treasuries were stored separately, separated everywhere, appearing extremely regular.

Sima Si Yuanli laughed:

"Senior Chang Xiao is cunning and crafty, and will not leave us any good things. Let's look at Chengyan's storehouse."

Li Li Zhouwei nodded, beckoned lightly, and a golden stream of light had already shuttled back from the Great Void, falling into his palm, but it was a scroll tied with a storage bag.

He patted it casually, and the things in this storage bag spilled all over the ground, instantly covering this cave dwelling with layers of spiritual objects, shining brightly, and actually not seeing a few spirit stones.

Li Li Zhouwei scanned it, beckoned lightly, and seven streams of light stood out, lined up on the table. The remaining dense jade slips were arranged at his feet--this would have to be opened by the Senior Chang Xiao sect cultivators.

Then, using his palm as a knife, he slid left and right, seemingly casually separating the remaining two piles of spiritual objects.

Among these seven streams of light, three were jade bottles containing spiritual pills. Li Li Zhouwei himself did not lack these things, so he went to look at the remaining four. As soon as the jade box was opened, what came into view was a light white profound-patterned round stone.

Sima Si Yuanli took a look and smiled:

"It's something from 【Anhuai Heaven】. This guy had quite a few gains back then. This is the spiritual resource for 'True Qi', 【Crane-Holding Stone】. Its best use is to let low-level cultivators cultivate in the Qi sea, assist in cultivation, and also greatly improve the speed of riding the wind, enough to make cultivators with ordinary talent stand out among their peers. Taking it has no use for us... but it can be used to decorate spiritual boots."

The remaining three were a scroll and two spiritual resources. One spiritual resource was 'True Qi', 【Three-Branch Qi Qiuxin Leaf】, a good treasure for healing injuries. It was dark green all over, and the leaves were densely covered with stone patterns. It had already grown in this jade box, breathing silently, but it was a pity that one branch had been plucked by someone, and the remaining two branches were faintly losing medicinal power.

Sima Si Yuanli felt distressed, cursing:

"Truly a beast. He doesn't know how to refine pills, and doesn't know how to find someone to refine them. What's the benefit of eating them raw... at least he knows how to use a jade box to hold them, otherwise they would have scattered long ago."

Li Li Zhouwei looked carefully and found some Mingyang Qi on it. He estimated that he had taken it under his own divine power, so he gave up. The remaining spiritual resource was 'Xi Qi', half gold and half white like water. Sima Si Yuanli immediately paid attention and smiled:

"'Mingyang' is noble as Yin and Yang, controlling Xuanyang Lihuo, and doesn't like 'Xi Qi', but 'Zhengmu' is useful... Why not give this thing to me, 【Crane-Holding Stone】 to fellow Daoist, and 【Three-Branch Qi Qiuxin Leaf】 to fellow Daoist Can Zhaojing to refine pills."

"Good."

When Sima Si Yuanli was invited, the things on Chengyan were mentioned to be divided equally. This matter was easily decided. Li Li Zhouwei picked up the scroll to look, but found that it was locked by a secret hiding technique, which was difficult to open. It was quite novel, and he couldn't help but look at it a few more times. Sima Si Yuanli also raised his brows:

"It's an ancient thing, using the secret hiding method, which is more troublesome than the locking of jade slips. This thing cannot be opened... but it will turn into a blank scroll."

"Oh? Secret hiding method? Since fellow Daoist can break the array, is there a way to open it?" Li Li Zhouwei paid slight attention, listening to Sima Si Yuanli sigh:

"I'm not afraid to say more. My ancestors had some means, cultivated the way of 'Gengmu', and left some means to break the array. But this thing is a sign of locking, and needs to find a 'Storehouse Gold' cultivator. Where are such people now?"

Li Li Zhouwei naturally knew 'Storehouse Gold' cultivators, but raised his brows, deliberately wanting to test his background, and asked:

"This lineage... I don't know how powerful it is?" Sima Si Yuanli didn't think too much, sighing:

"I only know one thing. The Yu Xie family has a treasure called 【Suo-Hang Kanchuan Stone】, which is the 'Storehouse Gold' path. It has a very rare gold nature, which is the 'Suspended Storehouse Non-Vessel Dao Storehouse Nature', which is the 'Storehouse Gold' gold nature. Not to mention it's unique in the world, it's also very rare in the hands of the lords."

Li Li Zhouwei was thoughtful and was about to speak when he suddenly looked up: "Crack..."

With a crisp sound, one of the seven storehouses and six treasuries of the so-called Senior Chang Xiao Sect was revealed before his eyes. Rolling white Qi surged out, and in the center was a precious vase, obviously with the colorful light of treasures. Sima Si Yuanli then asked:

"The 'Upper Ritual' lineage... is Your Highness interested?" Li Li Zhouwei replied:

"Fellow Daoist, take a look."

Sima Si Yuanli smiled harmoniously, glanced at the jade vase, and replied: "It should be the spiritual object of 'Upper Ritual', used to collect Qi."

"'Upper Ritual' belongs to the Twelve Qi. Among the Twelve Qi, it is known as 【Late Prosperity Early Concealment, Suspended and Not Grouped】. A descendant of the Great Zhou emperor who was in power obtained gold through this, so it was prosperous for a while. Later, this lord's whereabouts were hidden, and the 'Upper Ritual' path became less common. And this path... the difficulty actually lies in the spiritual objects."

"My lineage has mentioned that nearly ninety percent of the spiritual energy in 'Upper Ritual' needs to be collected by special spiritual objects, which is commonly known as 【Surrounding Spiritual Method】. Often, locking this set of special spiritual objects can achieve a lineage. Waiting for the changes in heaven and earth, or losing the spiritual objects, the lineage will not flourish."

Li Li Zhouwei immediately realized it in his heart. He had once obtained 【Cuixin Li Xuanyuan Gong】 in 【Wanling Heaven】, which used the spiritual object 【Xuanyan Hongqiong】 to collect Qi.

And his own family also had an 'Upper Ritual' 'Zhiji Xi', which was obtained by his uncle from True Person Yuanbian. The spiritual object used to collect Qi was True Person Yuanbian's 【Guangxiao Tengyun】. This spiritual object naturally would not be given to his own family, and Liu Liu Zhangdie had not specifically collected it. It was collected by his own people in Qunyi and then sent over.

He was thoughtful, but Sima Si Yuanli sighed:

"There are actually quite a few such lineages, it's just that they are not as demanding as the 'Upper Ritual' path... Like that 'True Fire', it often also needs a spiritual fire to collect Qi, but this path is difficult in 【Suspended and Not Grouped】, not connected on the left or right, without particularly close lineages. If you want to deploy his spiritual objects... without a few special means, that is difficult, not to mention the nature of Heavenly Firmament flying, the spiritual objects are not easy to preserve, which is why it has fallen to this point."

He said sternly:

"Actually, there is a corresponding one, my lineage doesn't know it very well either, just according to the correspondence, call it 'Lower Ritual'. I heard that it was controlled by the Underworld early on, and it's not just less, it's much worse than 'Zhe Qi'!"

He intentionally sold a favor, which made Li Li Zhouwei quite satisfied and nodded. 'The Twelve Qi are considered complete.'

Li Li Zhouwei's mind was agile, and he secretly pondered:

'Que Wan's 【Hou Hou Shen Shu】 once mentioned that it can deploy the Qi of the Two Rituals. Are the Two Rituals referred to the upper and lower rituals in the Twelve Qi? If so, the relationship between 'Complete Dan' and Douxuan is not shallow!'

The Underworld is obviously a Douxuan lineage, so the upper and lower rituals are both positions of Douxuan. But clearly, the Underworld is a Douxuan lineage... why did it push for the fall of Wanling Heaven and not care at all?

This was meaningful, making Li Li Zhouwei secretly pay attention. Sima Si Yuanli had already taken out the spiritual vase and asked:

"The lineage of Upper Ritual must still be on Senior Chang Xiao. I think he was afraid of alarming Chengyan and deliberately left one or two spiritual resources here to collect Qi... this thing... does fellow Daoist know its use?"