Chapter 455

Tu Tu Longjian, dressed in black, put down the long hammer he was carrying on his shoulder and put it into his storage bag. Only then did he step forward, glanced at Li Li Yuanjiao, and thought to himself:

"Back then, I only saw the light of this magic treasure, but I didn't see this benefactor... Perhaps he was killed by someone, the magic treasure was taken away. I still have to test him, lest I make a mistake."

He stepped forward, bowed slightly, and said softly:

"Greetings, fellow Daoist!"

The figure in the mysterious-patterned spirit mist was very vigilant, immediately put away the jade bottle, looked in his direction, and a slightly hoarse voice came from within:

"I have collected enough of the earth fire evil energy here; I will leave the rest to you, fellow Daoist."

He didn't seem to want to cause trouble, replied briefly, and turned to leave. How could Tu Tu Longjian let him go? He took a step forward and smiled:

"Does the fellow Daoist remember the descendant of Tu Jun? We met once in the Xuanyue territory back then."

Tu Tu Longjian didn't say it too specifically, fearing that the other party had killed someone to get the treasure. He saw this person pause slightly and ask suspiciously:

"You... are that Tu Tu Longjian? You have already reached Foundation Establishment!"

Hearing this, Tu Tu Longjian didn't relax his vigilance. Many people knew his name, so he just asked:

"Does the Senior remember... what kind of magic formula I was carrying back then?"

Li Li Yuanjiao paused slightly. Of course, he knew in his heart it was the "Runyang Method," and he himself relied on this formula to transform the 【Long-Acting Profound Fire】, gaining a fourth-grade cultivation technique he could practice. He replied in a somewhat puzzled tone:

"The 'Runyang Method'?"

"Haha!"

Now that things had reached this point, Tu Tu Longjian finally confirmed that he was the person from back then, and a sincere joy appeared on his face, rejoicing:

"Senior, you made me search so hard!"

The mysterious-patterned spirit mist on Li Li Yuanjiao's body dissipated slightly. He examined him carefully for a while and said softly:

"Your achievements today are a continuation of the Tu Jun orthodoxy... this is a good thing!"

Li Li Yuanjiao did not emphasize the favor between the two, but turned to remind himself of the relationship with the Tu Jun orthodoxy. After all, the reason he let him go back then was because he had a significant connection with the Tu Jun orthodoxy. Hearing this, Tu Tu Longjian's eyes turned slightly red, and he nodded:

"That's right. If Master and the others could see me today and smile happily, then Tu Long would be satisfied!"

Tu Tu Longjian paused, took out a bright red token from his bosom, black on top and red on the bottom, with smooth lines. Seeing this, Li Li Yuanjiao narrowed his eyes slightly. He held it up gently, formed seals to cast spells, and tilted his head to ask:

"May I ask the Senior's name?"

The earth fire evil energy suddenly gushed out and poured into the token one after another. In just a few breaths, it had disappeared completely. Tu Tu Longjian put it away casually, and only then did Li Li Yuanjiao disperse the clouds and mist on his face.

"Li Li Yuanjiao."

Tu Tu Longjian glanced at him. Li Li Yuanjiao's temperament and appearance were quite similar to his conjectures. He laughed twice and asked:

"Senior, are you thinking of entering this cave heaven while on this Green Pine Temple?"

Li Li Yuanjiao only said softly:

"Just trying my luck. This cave heaven is not something you can enter just by saying so... If I can't get in, collecting a few strands of energy is also fine."

Tu Tu Longjian nodded and said softly:

"If Senior is interested... why not join forces with me on the island these few days, so we can be each other's support."

Li Li Yuanjiao narrowed his eyes slightly and asked:

"Does the fellow Daoist have any companions? If we are to travel together, please introduce them."

Tu Tu Longjian laughed and said softly:

"This junior came all the way here without any companions."

Li Li Yuanjiao was surprised in his heart, thought for a moment, and nodded:

"That's fine. I am also alone. Please allow me to go and come back."

"Senior, please."

Tu Tu Longjian bowed slightly, watched Li Li Yuanjiao ride the wind and leave, sat cross-legged, and thought to himself:

"The cultivation technique he practices is ordinary, and there is nothing outstanding about it. At most, it's just clan cultivation... Back then, I was just a small Qi Refining cultivator, my edge had not yet been revealed, so he shouldn't have laid out a plan in advance..."

He stroked his chin and thought secretly:

"After all, it is a life-and-death pass, having a helper is good... even if I can't escape in the end... leaving treasures and the like to him to repay the favor is better than leaving them to the True Persons."

Li Li Yuanjiao rode the wind and left, feeling equally surprised in his heart.

Tu Tu Longjian did not propose to take him into the cave heaven, and Li Li Yuanjiao was not in a hurry. As long as he could stay by this person's side, it would be fine. Tu Tu Longjian had long since become the focus of attention for all the Purple Mansions and would sooner or later enter the cave heaven.

After all, the impression Li Li Yuanjiao left on him was probably just that of a clan cultivator. Tu Tu Longjian was probably planning to wait until the cave heaven approached the real world and then pretend to enter it by accident.

It was just that looking at the layout of the various Purple Mansions, the method Tu Tu Longjian obtained should also require bringing a few Early Zifu direct descendants inside, but Tu Tu Longjian had no companions, which was intriguing.

Li Li Yuanjiao thought secretly and soon found Li Li Qinghong.

The cave heaven was very dangerous. Li Li Yuanjiao naturally could not bring the Immortal Mirror into it. He didn't say much, but handed the Immortal Mirror to her and said softly:

"Perhaps there are Early Zifu cultivators guarding around the island, so you should be careful."

Li Li Qinghong understood that Li Li Yuanjiao was afraid that she would use the Immortal Mirror to explore spiritual items, making people suspicious as if she had foreknowledge, and said softly:

"I understand."

Li Li Yuanjiao flew up directly and gradually moved away, leaving Li Li Qinghong to pause in the waves. After stopping for a while, she returned to her foothold on the sea.

Li Li Yuanjiao's trip back and forth took only a few hours. Soon, he rode the wind back to Green Pine Island. Tu Tu Longjian was holding a golden hammer in one hand and a small storage bag in the other, examining it intently.

Kneeling in front of him was a headless corpse, covered from head to toe with green spots, emitting a rich pine cone fragrance. In the short moment he landed, these spots had already sprouted buds, growing branches and leaves.

Seeing Li Li Yuanjiao land, Tu Tu Longjian bowed slightly and replied:

"Just now, someone with no eyes was beheaded by me."

He smiled and said:

"Now that the cave heaven is about to appear, the void is estimated to be spectacular. Even if a Foundation Establishment dies, there won't be such a big phenomenon, which saves us from attracting a bunch of people."

Li Li Yuanjiao nodded and looked carefully. The phenomenon caused by the corpse was suppressed, and for a moment, he couldn't tell what the cultivation base was. Tu Tu Longjian smiled and stepped forward, asking:

"Senior, let's walk around the island."

Li Li Xuanfeng stood in mid-air at the edge of the island, holding his bow and saying nothing. Zhong Zhong Qian and Kan Kan Ziyu on the island were carefully setting up a formation, and Lin Lin Chensheng was also standing in the air to the side.

He and Li Li Xuanfeng did not understand formations, so they landed to the side and waited. Zhong Zhong Qian and the other were very focused. Suddenly, Lin Lin Chensheng's deep voice rang in Li Li Xuanfeng's ears:

"Fellow Daoist Li Xuanfeng, are you from the True Person of Elements' branch?"

Li Li Xuanfeng acted as if he hadn't heard, parted his lips lightly, and also transmitted his voice with magic power:

"That's right... I don't know who you are..."

Lin Lin Chensheng's expression was calm, and he replied:

"I am the nephew of True Person Hou Fei."

"When we get into this cave heaven, Fellow Daoist Kan Ziyu and I will propose to act separately. Fellow Daoist, please pay attention, it's better to walk alone."

"Hmm?"

Li Li Xuanfeng frowned slightly. Lin Lin Chensheng continued to transmit his voice with a secret method:

"In a place like this, traveling with these people is not a good thing. I'm afraid that in the end, we will become stepping stones for others to explore the path, not to mention sharing any good things..."

Li Li Xuanfeng was suddenly speechless and replied:

"Many thanks for the reminder, Fellow Daoist."

Lin Lin Chensheng showed a little smile:

"Fellow Daoist, you don't need to be too polite. When we enter the cave heaven, you and I can take care of each other more."

Li Li Xuanfeng nodded. The two people below had already ridden the wind up. Kan Kan Ziyu said:

"This grand formation is already complete, everything is ready, just waiting for this cave heaven to come down."

The four of them chatted for a few words and adjusted their breathing. Heaven and earth brightened and darkened several times, and the sunset fell again. Lin Lin Chensheng suddenly said:

"It's here."

Li Li Xuanfeng exhaled and raised his eyebrows. Sure enough, he saw a bright light appear above Green Pine Island.

This light showed a shallow arc, purple on top and white on the bottom, slowly emerging from the void, with five-colored brilliance dyeing this arc, slowly falling downward.

As this arc got closer and closer to the ground, the rest of the parts slowly emerged. One could vaguely see large mountain ranges rising and falling, appearing and disappearing in the clouds, with flickering lights constantly wandering among them.

"Boom!"

With a thunderous loud noise, drizzling earthy-yellow gold and stone fell from the sky, and waterfalls descended from the sky for no reason, evolving from purple-gold to blue-gold, falling to the very bottom and transforming into many deep-blue violent winds that rose up, gradually turning into thick red, flames rising, and condensing into various crystals.

Earth, water, wind, and fire evolved in turn, countless streaks of light flew out from within, each flying in all directions, and the seawater on the sea surface also stirred crazily, echoing with the gushing spirit water of various colors.

The dense crowd of loose cultivators leaped up and fought fiercely in the air. Li Li Xuanfeng and the others naturally ignored them. The three of them shielded Zhong Zhong Qian inside, and the grand formation operated with a bang.

The formation lines lit up one by one. Li Li Xuanfeng only heard a muffled sound. In an instant, the colors before his eyes disappeared, leaving only black and white. Li Li Xuanfeng's thoughts became more and more sluggish, the objects before his eyes constantly stretched and extended, and finally turned into black and white streaks of light, converging into a point in the distance.

A strong, electric-shock-like stimulation came to Li Li Xuanfeng's mind, and then his vision went black and then bright, a silvery-white expanse.

His feet suddenly felt empty. Li Li Xuanfeng suddenly glimpsed a boundless sea of clouds, with a ten-thousand-foot starry sky overhead, the stars brilliant, and the mountain ranges in the distance rising and falling, appearing exceptionally silent.

'Green Pine Cave Heaven?'

He immediately looked around and found that Zhong Zhong Qian and the others were all standing by his side, all with expressions of wonder. Lin Lin Chensheng said in a low voice:

"This place should be the Green Pine Temple..."

He looked up at the stars in the sky and said with some wonder:

"Sure enough, the stars in the Green Pine Cave Heaven do not move..."

As soon as he said this, the three of them looked up one after another, concentrating on looking. Sure enough, every star in this cave heaven was like a bright spot already fixed in the sky, motionless, unlike the stars in the real world that slowly wandered and interacted with each other.

Li Li Xuanfeng's gaze looked at the seven bright stars like a ladle on the horizon and said softly:

"Not bad."

Lin Lin Chensheng responded, his gaze searching for something in the sea of clouds, looked at Kan Kan Ziyu, and bowed:

"Since we have entered this cave heaven, we will each seek our own opportunities. Let's part ways here."

The words of the two were somewhat beyond Zhong Zhong Qian's expectations, and he seemed to want to say something more. Li Li Xuanfeng also bowed to say goodbye. Zhong Zhong Qian had to nod and say:

"Take care, everyone!"

Li Li Xuanfeng parted from the few, carried his golden bow on his back, flew north for a while, paused to think for a few breaths, and looked at the sea of clouds under his feet.

"I don't know what the scene is like underneath."

He pinched a magic seal, a golden light shield lit up on his body, and only then did he tentatively land inside. White mist permeated, presenting a bright, moonlit color. He flew for a breath, and the clouds before his eyes had a trend of slowly dissipating.

"It's just that we are at a high altitude as soon as we come in."

He drilled out from under the clouds, saw everything before his eyes clearly, and suddenly froze.

The clouds and mist under his feet were boundless, and overhead was still the ten-thousand-foot starry sky, the stars brilliant, and the mountain ranges in the distance rising and falling, undulating, no different from everything he had just seen.

Li Li Xuanfeng looked up. The seven bright stars like a ladle in the distance had already been turned upside down. If there was any difference, it was just this point.

Li Li Xuanfeng froze for a moment and finally understood:

"There is no land here at all; under the clouds is another starry night."

He slowly started the wind, rode the wind to break through the sea of clouds and moved forward, with an extra question in his heart:

"If so, there is a treasure above, wouldn't there be an identical one below?"

He suppressed this question. All around here was an empty sea of clouds, and he couldn't waste time in it. He just set his sights on a mountain range in the distance and rode the wind forward.

"Boom!"

He rode the wind for half an hour, and a thunderous explosion rose from the horizon. Li Li Xuanfeng glimpsed several people fighting to the death in the sea of clouds in the distance.

These people were dressed in different clothes, and one could vaguely see the shadows of several sects within the sea. The person in the very middle held two large copper bowls, holding them high. Purple lightning rotated in the bowls, releasing streaks of profound thunder, hitting the people beside him.

And the people beside him, some holding long swords, some casting spells, were dressed differently, but they surrounded him and attacked him together. One of them was in golden robes, holding a knife in each hand, his expression very fierce, saying:

"Miao Ye, quickly hand over that 【Sinking Cloud Treasure Pearl】! Don't waste time here!"

The person in the middle was completely fearless, laughed, and just pushed the two copper bowls in his hands with all his might. The purple light flourished, but although the people around him were attacking together, none of them wanted to reveal their trump cards, and they were forcibly worn down by him here.

The person holding the knives looked very ugly, didn't want to waste time in this place, but couldn't bear to part with the treasure in his hands, his expression changing several times.

Li Li Xuanfeng didn't want to provoke trouble, and didn't want to go straight over and make people suspicious, so he planned to drill into the clouds and mist to pass from the other end. Who knew that the thunder-magic cultivator holding the copper bowls would laugh:

"Situ Chen, you'd better leave quickly, lest you go late and it's already been divided up by others!"

Li Li Xuanfeng stopped abruptly, narrowed his eyes to look at the man holding the double knives, thoughtful, and one hand slowly reached behind his back, untying the longbow on his back.

(End of chapter)