Chapter 958: Wind and Waves

A group of Zifu descended their divine abilities one after another, releasing figures one by one, falling into the secret realm in order. Li Ximing pretended to be modest and remained still, but his spiritual sense was already like a breeze through the hills, sweeping through the secret realm. To say that the Zifu had no means of exploration was naturally impossible. Although this secret realm was like a chess game, there was no reason to enter it personally, but there were always some with high Daoist cultivation, powerful life divine abilities, or some peculiarities in the magic treasures in their hands, who could always make some calculations.

But no matter how they calculated, how could they compare to checking the secluded?

Li Ximing's thoughts turned like lightning, and he looked straight into the main hall of the orthodox sect. Regardless of what purple light array or mysterious spirit patterns there were, he unraveled them one by one and saw them clearly.

He saw that there were no tables or chairs in the South Township Hall. In the center was a large bronze tripod of nine tripods, breeding thick and heavy purple light. He did not know what kind of lineage it was, but this shape and appearance were similar to those in the Great Ning Palace back then.

This kind of large tripod would eventually be divided by various families, and even if he saw it, it was not very important. Only on the highest main seat were jewels and mercury rolling, as if someone had passed away here. A magic robe was floating around, but a bright and purple light bead was hidden in the robe.

'I'm afraid it's a magic treasure... Looking at this appearance, the quality can be considered good, and I don't know if it can be considered a spirit treasure...'

The 【Mountain-Driving and Sea-Crossing Tiger】 in Li Ximing's own hands was considered a compliment if it was called a middle-grade object, so naturally, it could not compare with this thing. And the 【Huayang King Axe】 was special, with a look of the Bright Yang respecting the strong and hating the weak. How much power it had depended more on the owner... He privately estimated that this thing was a grade worse than the top-grade 【Great Combined Kui Copper Sword】 at the bottom of the box of Xiukui, but it could suppress many True Persons' magic treasures.

There were many ancient cave heavens, and the great cultivators of various lineages liked to join hands to rely on the cave heavens to create secret realms, just like this 【South Township Hall】. Not to mention the harvest in the cave heaven, if one could eat a big bite of this kind of secret realm, it was also a considerable harvest. Again, those with weaker strength would also make some small halls and small temples to hang around this secret realm, which was not worth mentioning...

He secretly noted it, just found a place with no one, locked onto two or three palaces, and swept through with his spiritual sense at an extremely fast speed. Finally, when almost everyone around had been put into the secret realm, he found a palace with considerable value and barely put a few people in.

This place should be a pavilion for maintaining spiritual resources of the 【South Township Lineage】. The highest point was locked with a small array, using several Foundation Establishment level spiritual objects to support the spiritual resources. Although most of them were dry now, the spiritual resources in the array were still emitting purple light, obviously there was a harvest.

He secretly gave instructions to several younger generations and pointed out the direction. He wanted to put away the immortal object's miracles, but looking at it casually, he suddenly noticed a man from the Golden Feather Sect.

As soon as this person landed in the secret realm, he immediately said goodbye to his senior and junior brothers, aimed at the direction without hesitation, didn't even pretend, and ran straight to the place where the most precious spiritual objects were hidden around—it was Su Yan.

This made him couldn't help but withdraw his gaze and look at Tian Huo, who seemed to be distracted, inadvertently.

'Golden Feather Sect... Su Yan obtained the inheritance of the Chen family's Lingyu Gate. If nothing else, this Lingyu Gate Chen family is a nail in the coffin that moved from the Ning State... Whether it is Ning State or Wanling... they all have a great connection!'

Now that he saw this scene, how could Li Ximing not understand? Although he sighed secretly in his heart, he couldn't help but praise: 'It truly calculates three steps in one step. What about wanting to take the 【Jianghe and Great Ridge Classic】, what about wanting to take the Lingyu Gate inheritance... The Zhang family didn't know how long ago they knew that Wanling Heaven would definitely go through this, and the real purpose was absolutely in this cave heaven secret realm!'

Do you know how it was recorded back then? Sima, Su, Xi, Xiao... all families met north of the river, led by Li and Jiang, to establish the Great Ning State... Among them was the 【Su】 surname!

Tian Huo just smiled and didn't speak. Li Ximing felt sorry for him in his heart: 'So Golden Feather's early preset was my clan, but later there were changes, and it ended for no reason. After tossing for many years, Su Yan finally appeared, but too much time had passed... I'm afraid that according to their plan, now there should be a Zifu who obtained the 【Jianghe and Great Ridge Classic】 following them inside!'

He was thinking when there were already many exchanges in the secret realm. A white energy rolled over from the west, presenting changes. Li Ximing clearly noticed that Tian Que's face looked bad, and he turned coldly. This white energy had already stood firm in front of him, transforming into a person.

This person stepped on black flowing light, had clear eyebrows and bright eyes, a simple and unadorned Daoist robe, held a gray round bead in his hand, and had a collection of divine abilities. He was actually a Zifu middle-stage cultivator.

He grinned:

"Long time no see, two fellow Daoists! Truly great progress in divine ability!"

Tian Huo had no obvious breakthrough in divine ability in these decades, while this True Person had been in the Zifu middle stage for a long time. Saying this, it was inevitable that there was some sarcasm, which made Tian Huo sneer: "So it is fellow Daoist Qing... Now you are so free, I think your thoughts are also clear... No wonder you broke through."

Hearing the surname Qing, it must be a True Person of Changhuai Mountain. Sure enough, he saw him sneer, turned his head, and looked at Li Ximing:

"I am Qing Jifang of the Changhuai lineage, Dao name Ziwu. You must be Zhaojing, right!"

Li Ximing really had no good impression of him. Whether it was rumors or the meeting when his own elder died in the element, it made people unable to like him. But Changhuai was powerful, so Li Ximing said lightly:

"I have heard of your name for a long time!"

Qing Jifang just smiled. That face couldn't see joy or anger, and he said casually:

"I have also heard of fellow Daoist's name—why don't I see your clan's Bai Lin?"

His gaze did not stay on Li Ximing's face, full of playfulness. Li Ximing knew that this person was arrogant, and he must look down on himself in his heart. I'm afraid he only regarded Li Zhouwei as a character. He sneered secretly in his heart and replied:

"Minghuang is in seclusion and has no time to accompany you all for fun... It's just that I heard about the chaos in the Wu State recently, and I didn't expect you to be so dashing."

Qing Jifang sneered. A young man hurriedly stepped forward on the side, in blue-gray clothes, and said with a headache: "Just some small fluctuations, not worth mentioning."

He interjected, revealing a smile, and replied:

"I am Qing Zhuo, Dao name Guanlan, I have met fellow Daoist..."

Li Ximing nodded, but saw Qing Jifang smile: "I heard that fellow Daoist is very close to the Sun lineage, which can be considered fate. But I see fellow Daoist running through various sects and schools, missing my Changhuai Mountain, but being diligent toward Baiyang Mountain. I don't know what the reason is!"

Qize was nominally under the control of Changhuai Mountain, and 【Baiyang Mountain】 was famous for having connections with various Sun lineages. It was a problem if Qing Jifang really wanted to ask, but Li Ximing was too lazy to toss with him, just said:

"It was an old affair arranged by True Person Xiukui, to refine some elixirs for that True Person. It was this True Person who came to the lake to find me. If there is any offense, please ask the Great Xiukui Temple."

The Great Xiukui Temple was now in seclusion, so naturally there was nothing to ask, and it was difficult to verify. Li Ximing just responded, and Tian Huo laughed:

"Qing Jifang, what does this have to do with you? I have also been to Baiyang Mountain, and I have also been to the place of the Sword Immortal Tuolong? So what?"

This Changhuai True Person glanced at Li Ximing and turned his head lightly:

"Tian Huo, I won't talk much with you. We will see when we are in the 【North Garden Hall】, but I will remind you, lest you ask for trouble then!"

The two sides parted unhappily and left. Li Ximing's expression was calm, but his heart gradually became gloomy. He changed the topic without changing his expression: "Why don't I see fellow Daoist Qinghu?"

Although Sima Yuanli had not broken through for long, as a Qingchi Zifu, he naturally had the qualifications to be here. Li Ximing asked, but saw True Person Tian Huo say leisurely:

"He is not easy to show his face now. The Sima family is also an important aristocratic family in the Ning State. Back then, there were many aristocratic families in the Ning State, and those that still have sounds today are all entrusted under the Sun lineage. One is his Sima family, and the other is the Xi family of the Pure One path."

"These two families must have a deeper understanding of the cave heaven, and they will definitely come, but they will not show their faces openly. After all, everyone is greedy, and there is no guarantee that someone will secretly follow or use some means..."

He smiled: "They are waiting for the cave heaven to fall, and then enter silently, relying on the news and bloodline they have mastered to get a share of the pie... They will not lose big because of small things!"

Li Ximing finally understood where Sima Yuanli had gone. He nodded secretly, closed his eyes and concentrated in the Grand Void, while advancing his cultivation, while observing the direction casually. I don't know how long it took, but he finally heard a thumping sound coming from this purple color.

The destructive power of Foundation Establishment was not small, not to mention that so many North and South cultivators gathered in this secret realm, and they had to fight each other. Even if this secret realm was not small, it was already a mess at this moment. He raised his eyebrows and looked, it turned out that some cultivators had already arrived before the 【South Township Hall】.

Then he heard Tian Huo on the side spit and curse:

"Bad luck..."

It turned out that the first to arrive here were the cultivators of Changhuai Mountain, holding a compass. Once they entered the secret realm, they broke the barriers and solved the arrays, almost all the way smoothly to the front of the hall. The treasures in their hands were extremely powerful, even Su Yan and Ding Weijian, who had been instructed by Li Ximing in advance, were a few steps slower and had not yet arrived.

This 【South Township Hall】 main hall involved the key points of the secret realm, which was difficult for Foundation Establishment to solve, but Qing Jifang and others looked calm, obviously having means long ago. Sure enough, he saw the cultivators below begin to take out talismans.

"Boom!"

The purple light became more violent with the movement, and the escape lights were also attracted, constantly breaking through in this direction. The fighting became more intense, and the lights of various lineages shone in turn. Each Zifu basically opened their eyes and watched carefully.

Li Ximing raised his hand slightly, first taking out the injured Chen Yang and Li Wushao. These two, one had low cultivation and the other had a low background, but fortunately, one was more cunning than the other. Even if they were injured, they were safe and sound until the end. Chen Yang even hugged an ancient magic weapon, which was a 【Pin Water】 magic bead.

Immediately after was Li Jianglong. He was really unlucky, chased by several Buddhist cultivators all the way. Although he didn't take less treasures, he was gradually forced into a desperate situation and was soon taken out of the secret realm. Although he was unwilling, he still fell down silently driving the wind.

The fighting in the center became more intense, and the large tripod was shaken constantly. Elixirs intertwined with black and gold colors rushed into the sky, and many brilliance collided together. Ding Weijian's long and short sticks were connected, and the momentum was fierce, which made Tian Huo on the side have a different color, and explained:

"So it is 【Nangong Mysterious Sui Elixir】! No wonder it is nurtured in the 【Ancient Qing Medicine Tripod】..."

Li Ximing's alchemy cultivation was not shallow now, and he had obtained the Mi Fan lineage, so he really knew this spirit elixir, which was as famous as the 【Bright Truth Combined Spirit Elixir】, and recognized it at a glance, secretly happy: "【Nangong Mysterious Sui Elixir】... can lift divine ability, open up mysterious palaces, and be used to advance cultivation. It is matched with many cultivation techniques, and it is a 'Clear Qi' path, suitable for all methods..."

What was even more rare was that the 【Nangong Mysterious Sui Elixir】 opened up mysterious palaces in the body, which could not only be used for cultivation, but also temporarily store many fire evils and magic evils, and even store divine abilities. After the Zifu cultivation was completed, the mysterious palaces were also filled with divine abilities, which could be digested in one bite, or taken out of the stomach and used as a talisman. Although it was of no use to Zifu, it could be used to protect the younger generation.

Tian Huo shook his head with some emotion:

"The South Township lineage back then... those small cultivators were the most not to be provoked, and it was all because of this elixir. Those old immortals cultivated and broke their stomachs day by day, and the beloved younger generation had one for protection... How many people of the same cultivation dared to provoke them?"

Li Ximing was very interested and nodded secretly. The group of divine abilities watched the fighting below like watching a theater, and some even took out tea and wine to drink, looking leisurely and contented.

Li Ximing looked a few more times and couldn't help laughing. This guy Li Jiangxia was actually fishing in troubled waters, not going to grab treasures or seize spiritual resources, but using his immortal foundation to smash the Buddhist cultivators on the left and right, and with Ding Weijian's care, the Buddhist cultivators were not united, and other cultivators were happy to watch him make trouble, so they didn't pay attention to him.

When everything settled down, the magic treasure finally fell into the hands of Guanxie, and the medicine tripod was taken by Changhuai. There was no big wind and waves, and no family deliberately made things difficult, but what each family had in their pockets, only each family knew.

Li Ximing took the two out quite satisfactorily, stood in the Grand Void, looked at Ding Weijian's quite embarrassed appearance, and praised: "Good!"

Ding Weijian wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, hurriedly showed the two elixirs he collected in his arms, took out a jade box, and sent it to Li Ximing's hand, making this True Person nod satisfactorily. The rest of the miscellaneous things naturally would not be taken out one by one, but Li Jiangxia on the side laughed:

"Wait."

But this third young master had always been shrewd, more brave than his brothers, and liked to take risks. He didn't know when he secretly hid a jade bottle in his arms.

"Good!"

Li Ximing praised, and his spiritual sense swept across suddenly. Ding Weijian's two elixirs were indeed 【Nangong Mysterious Sui Elixir】, and Li Jiangxia's was obtained from a Buddhist cultivator, which was a spirit elixir of the 'Gathering Wood' path, and was not marked with a name.

And the jade box in Ding Weijian's hand was obtained by Li Ximing with the early warning of checking the secluded. It was indeed a Zifu spiritual resource, which was a 【Heart Taste Evil】, and it was actually a spiritual resource of the 'Combined Fire' path.

Being able to have such a harvest in the secret realm, he couldn't help but show a smile. Tian Huo on the side was equally satisfied, turned his head and smiled: "Fellow Daoist's harvest is good! Congratulations, congratulations!"

"Same joy!"

Li Ximing smiled:

'It is still a grand event of the cave heaven falling, otherwise how long would it be difficult to get a spiritual resource on weekdays...'

The group of Zifu raised their heads one after another, and saw various flowing lights appearing in the Grand Void. Golden halls fell from the sky in four directions: Southeast, Northwest, like collapsing high buildings, falling heavily into the Turbid Killing Ridge, causing the loose cultivators to boil, dense, like ants attached, drilling into them regardless of life or death.

'Some small halls and small temples hanging on the South Township Hall have fallen...'

The things here could not compare with the South Township Hall, and were almost useless to Zifu. Li Ximing didn't pay attention, just threw the two down casually. Tian Huo also put down several Golden Feather disciples casually and instructed: "Go down and turn around... save energy to deal with the subsequent secret realm!"

Li Ximing's thoughts were no longer here, and he smiled and tested: "I don't know how many times the younger generation can have such opportunities..."

Tian Huo glanced at him and smiled:

"My clan's elders said there should be two or three secret realms... The next one will fall in a small half year, but it is still early!"

'I am dragging for Zhouwei here, I guess there are still two or three, no matter what, there is still a year and a half of time...'

Li Ximing calculated the time in his heart, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, so he thought about it, closed his eyes and meditated, and practiced.

Characters appearing in this chapter—

Li Ximing 【Zifu Early Stage】 【Zifu Alchemist】

Tian ○ Que 【Zifu Middle Stage】

Tian ○ Huo 【Zifu Early Stage】 ===== CHAPTER 959 =====