Chapter 972

In the cold cave, ice and snow condensed. True Person Tian Wan stood quietly in the center, calculating in his hand, his gaze somewhat gloomy:

'The last one... 'Hang Dang Man'... now I look at this path. If there is no other way to go, I can only try to leap...'

The 'Cold Qi' path is not withered, and it even circulates in the world, but it is more difficult than withered, making people embarrassed. Even those Dao lineages that are not prosperous and extremely difficult to practice, once practiced, have their own world...

It just happens to be this 'Cold Qi'! Since ancient times, it has been driven by the Immortal Lord, reduced to the auxiliary of Tai Yin and Shao Yin. In those years, not many families were willing to practice it. Only ancient immortal practitioners who practiced Shao Yin or even Tai Yin, when they were about to impact the Golden Position, thought their attainments were not enough and had no way to reincarnate, would they go to defect to 'Cold Qi'... even after achieving Jin Dan, they still ran for the upper practitioners of the Three Yin Dao...

One knows one's own affairs. Tian Wan has practiced for so many years and mastered a lot of news. At its peak, the 'Cold Qi' path even had more than four Shao Yin leaps, all pushing 'Cold Qi' to go further and further on this path.

The higher this Dao lineage is practiced, the more discouraging it is. It is just that 【Shao Yin Leap Cold】 has become the right path, and the dignified 'Cold Qi' Dao lineage is weak. Even if 'Cold Qi' is easier to practice because of this, Tian Wan cannot help but feel discouraged every time she looks at the road ahead.

'The matter of the Dao path... can determine the rest of one's life...'

She was thinking, but the jade pendant hidden in her white sleeves became slightly warm, making Tian Wan stunned, her emotions somewhat complex, and she sneered in her heart: 'So it was Zhang Yige who went out!'

At the same time, Tai Xu shook, and a ray of light flew out from it, falling into the cold cave, turning into a man. He was only at the Qi Refining stage, but he wore white-gold magic robes, the light flowing and gorgeous to the extreme. He wore a sword at his waist, and was equipped with jade talismans, precious beads, wooden flutes, and pottery bottles... Ding-ding-dang-dang, a collision, how luxurious!

It was Li Quantao! He obtained the secret treasure, truly proud and happy. His face, which was not originally very handsome, looked handsome in this attire, high-spirited and full of joy.

But just as Li Quantao raised his head, his expression stiffened.

True Person Tian Wan opened her eyes slightly, looking at him somewhat scorchingly, making him feel as if his head had been hit by a heavy hammer. A feeling of horror to sourness surged to his nose, making him dazzled, and he knelt down with a thud.

"Pay... pay respects to the Great True Person!"

Li Quantao also had experience in the sect and was not ignorant. A Great True Person personally guarding in front, what could it be for? It couldn't be that he saw Li Quantao's deep good fortune and specially came to take him as an apprentice?

Taking him into a pill furnace was possible!

Li Quantao's head was close to the ground for a time, trembling. That proud and happy expression disappeared completely. Only the many treasures at his waist stuck to the ground, tapping the ice on the ground gently, making a crisp sound.

He was scared out of his wits. Tian Wan stood motionless, holding her hands, but saw a man in blue-bottomed mysterious-patterned Daoist robes, standing silently beside him with a smile, a cinnabar dot at the center of his brow, a black cloud silver sparrow bottle hanging at his waist, picking him up, only saying: "Truly a lucky child!"

'Another Zifu!'

Li Quantao immediately understood that he was likely dead. His heart was cold. The True Person before him patted him gently on the back, and a divine ability magic power had already spread throughout his body, wearing on his throat!

"Clatter..."

The treasures he carried and the several storage bags hanging at his waist instantly left his body, along with the gorgeous Daoist robes drifting away. Li Quantao, who was luxurious and high-spirited a moment ago, was left with only a thin single garment, kneeling in the ice and snow with a thud.

He only felt his throat sour and painful, sobbed twice, and couldn't help coughing, wanting to vomit, but couldn't vomit anything. In an instant, his heart was empty, sourness surged to his heart, but he didn't even dare to shed tears.

"Didn't eat anything good either."

True Person Xuan Yi looked at Tian Wan's complexion and defended Li Quantao, but the cold words made him even more terrified, shivering on the ground and not daring to move, but heard a faint line of voice coming from the air:

"Fellow Daoist Qu!"

Bright sky light shone down, instantly making Li Quantao's heart hot with anticipation. He raised his brows slightly, glanced at the opponent's Daoist robes, knew it was Li Ximing who had come, and realized in his heart:

'This is saving my life!'

If before leaving the secret realm, Li Quantao, who had high ambitions, knew that everything he had would be taken away immediately, and not even a hair would be left, he would inevitably be heartbroken and collapse. But now that he was empty-handed, he was sad but happy, and couldn't help himself.

Tian Wan raised her brows, swept her gaze from Li Ximing, and landed on True Person Kuang Yu who was standing quietly on the side. She was not surprised, and also heard the protection in Xuan Yi's words, saying nothing.

Seeing Tian Wan silent, Xuan Yi was truly relieved and smiled:

"Fellow Daoist Zhaojing, don't worry!"

He, who was the middleman, most did not want the two sides to fight, so he smiled politely, piled the items in the storage bag like a mountain on the ground, and picked one out with his index finger.

This object was precisely a silver-white jade slip!

Xuan Yi then smiled:

"Senior, take a look... and this 【Cold Bottle】..."

Surprise flashed in Tian Wan's eyes, her mood improved, her tone also leveled, she answered, took the jade slip in her hand, closed her eyes and concentrated, looking like she didn't see it and didn't bother.

Xuan Yi secretly sweated, lifted his sleeves, picked up the remaining jade talisman, and asked: "Fellow Daoist Zhaojing?"

Li Quantao came out with a group of items, and everyone glanced at them, almost all seeing clearly. Among them, the sword was a magic tool transformed from a spiritual embryo, the precious bead was 【Bi Shui Dan】, the wooden flute was only an ancient magic tool, and only the jade talisman and pottery bottle were spiritual tools.

The accidental destruction of the Hongxue sect in those years, most of the things were on the fallen Zifu Guanxue True Person. Being able to find so many treasures in this secret realm was already the deep accumulation of the Hongxue sect.

Li Ximing just looked closely, and this jade talisman was actually a 'Du Wei' path.

It was just that the aura was uncertain, the divine ability was weak, and there was no remarkable phenomenon. Kuang Yu on the side glanced at it and frowned, saying with divine ability:

"It is a 【Du Shan Dian Ling Fu】..."

Li Ximing was already very satisfied and nodded to collect it.

Besides these few things, there were more batches of cultivation methods and spiritual objects, chaotic and complex. It could be seen that the Hongxue sect regarded this place as a reliance for the future, turning it over and over, fortunately there were several Zifu spiritual assets.

The remaining few spiritual assets were divided with Xuan Yi and others. Li Ximing took a 【Fei Xuan Luan Shi】 of the 'Xiu Yue' path, glanced at the treasures all over the floor, and said softly:

"Since you all don't like it, let him take these things."

Tian Wan got the things, so she didn't care about so much. She wouldn't think about Chijiao Island at all. Most of her disciples had high cultivation bases and didn't need these things, so she just turned into wind and snow and drifted away.

Xuan Yi saw her leave, secretly relieved, naturally happy to be a good person, and smiled: "Offended!"

Li Quantao then dared to get up to pack things, picked up the Daoist robes, and didn't dare to wear them, just holding them in his arms.

Xuan Yi was always friendly, Li Ximing was naturally quite polite, and invited him to the mountain. The True Person declined and smiled:

"Fellow Daoist, do you remember Bai Yinzi? He passed away a few years ago!"

"Oh?"

In those years, the True Lord left, Jiangbei was in chaos, and his old acquaintance Bai Yinzi was implicated in fate and fell into Xuan Yi's hands. His lifespan was not much, and holding the idea of fighting, he also followed him. Li Ximing did not think he would suddenly mention it today, so he said:

"He lived for a few more years..."

"More than that!"

Xuan Yi smiled slightly, lifted his hand gently, and the black cloud silver sparrow bottle immediately appeared in his palm, jumping out a ray of black light, manifesting in front of him. It was indeed Bai Yinzi! It was just that he was much younger now, and his attire was also the pattern of black cloud silver sparrow. Seeing Li Ximing, he bowed and called out respectfully. Li Ximing looked him up and down, somewhat suspicious.

"It is... like the path of the Buddhist sect..."

Xuan Yi said solemnly:

"Not so, it is the orthodox immortal Dao, not common now. He also has spiritual lifespan, for another one or two hundred years, it cannot be said to be continuing the Dao lineage, the miracle is not less than before, usually helping me look after spiritual tools, refining the evil light in them, can be considered mutual fulfillment..."

This man smiled, seemingly still somewhat brooding, and corrected:

"Although the pure Dao does not like me, that Su Mian must also say I am not... The East Sea is muddy after all, but the Dao lineage is immortal Dao, not some monk!"

Li Ximing looked carefully, nodded with a smile, had more doubts in his heart, and asked:

"Is there really such a magical method, isn't it disguised life extension? Even if Zifu is at the end of life... will also covet this spiritual lifespan..."

Xuan Yi nodded and answered:

"It is the wonder of my 【Jing Yu Gong De Ping】. Those who need life are heavier, ordinary people cannot enter, as for Zifu cultivators... Shengyang has already been practiced, my treasure cannot be included, only people like Bai Yinzi are easy to use."

"So that's it!"

Li Ximing's first reaction was actually Li Xuanxuan, but the old man received the talisman seed, not so simple. He sighed secretly in his heart, chatted with Xuan Yi for two sentences, and sent him away.

'This Xuan Yi... has quite a heart for friendship...'

He secretly pondered, only Kuang Yu was left standing on the side with her arms folded, raising her brows and looking at him with a smile, quite hopeful:

"Fellow Daoist... what I practice is precisely 'Xiu Yue'..."

Li Ximing was stunned, staring at her blue-purple eyes, only then reacting, taking out the jade box from his sleeves, opening it gently, and there was a fist-sized, bright and scorching spiritual stone inside.

It was precisely the 【Fei Xuan Luan Shi】 just divided! Li Ximing smiled and answered: "I said you agreed so readily... I thought you needed me, it turned out you were also following to pick and look..."

"Where is that..."

True Person Kuang Yu smiled, her eyes blinked slightly, that cuteness was stronger, and she answered:

"It just so happens that I entrusted someone to refine a spiritual tool, just happened to meet it—I will never take it for nothing!"

She was very moved by this spiritual asset, touched her sleeves, hesitated several times, and had to say:

"Keep it for me... the little things on my body... are all smashed into spiritual tools, but True Person Liaoluo of 【Qu Si Mountain】 still owes me spiritual assets. He came out of the cave heaven, must be full of pots, I will go to ask for it, and then exchange with you!"

Li Ximing shook his head with a smile, and had a heart for friendship in his heart. After all, he had promised to refine pills for others, so he took out this 【Fei Xuan Luan Shi】 and handed it to her:

"If you are in a hurry, take it first. I don't need the spiritual assets of 'Xiu Yue', you can slowly find Ming Yang to return it to me."

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist..."

Kuang Yu was somewhat surprised, took the spiritual asset, appreciated it joyfully for two breaths, and smiled: "Xinyu has noted it."

Li Ximing had seen Kuang Yu several times and knew her surname was Yin. Only now did he know her real name was Yin Xinyu. After being polite for a few sentences, Kuang Yu was very enthusiastic and said solemnly: "Although I don't know there is such a spiritual asset, I recognize 【Du Shan Dian Ling Fu】. My master once had one, the main body is 【Hui Xin Xuan Po】, which is a 'Du Wei' object of the ancient 【Shu Xuan Dao】."

"【Shu Xuan Dao】 seems to have some method to produce 【Hui Xin Xuan Po】. Practitioners love this object, often passed down from master to apprentice, added generation after generation. It was originally three or six to form an array. After the Dao lineage was destroyed, it circulated everywhere. Occasionally one can be seen, but the use is not so great."

Li Ximing immediately understood and pondered: 'According to her statement... her master also had one. The set of things is originally powerful when matched, but she has no intention of coveting or exchanging. Could it be that this thing didn't reach her hands?'

True Person Kuang Yu didn't say much, thanked him a few times, and drove the wind away.

Li Ximing then restrained his smile. Li Quantao on the side waited for a long time, and hurriedly stepped forward, weeping and bowing: "Thank you, True Person, for saving my life!"

Li Ximing shook his head, let him take the things one by one, and then lifted him with light, flying all the way to the lake, saying softly:

"What other benefits did you get?"

Li Quantao sweated like pulp and said tremblingly: "Not a point more! Although the secret realm was orderly everywhere, no one maintained it. Many spiritual objects and spiritual assets had already dissipated their spiritual energy and fell in grade... The junior has tried his best to pick up the complete ones, originally intending to go to the lake to see the True Person..."

Li Ximing was noncommittal. However, according to Li Quantao's character, with two spiritual tools in hand, what other Zifu could he trust? Ten to nine, he would really come to the lake to find him! He landed on Zhijing Mountain, brewed spiritual tea, looked at Li Quantao's sweating appearance, and said harmoniously: "Saving your life for the sake of friendship, be careful in the future... don't be too ostentatious after returning to the sect, the things in this secret realm... I will explain clearly to Si Yuanli, and will not make things difficult for you."

"Yes..."

Li Quantao immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to him. Li Ximing just waved his hand and smiled:

"Go see the old man and report peace to him."

"Yes!"

Li Quantao heard many overtones, felt infinite gratitude in his heart, truly regarded this elder as his own elder, kowtowed again and again, and then hurriedly retreated down the mountain.

Li Ximing raised his hand slightly, revealing the jade talisman that was two fingers wide and more than an inch long. The mysterious patterns above flashed, filled with the cold Qi divine ability of ice and frost. It must have been left by True Person Guanxue in those years.

Counting the days, the time for the cave heaven to open was not much. He sat cross-legged, his hands soaked in sky light, while driving the divine ability out bit by bit, while quietly waiting for Li Zhouwei, somewhat uneasy.

'It doesn't matter what treasure you got... just don't be too badly hurt...'

He sat on the mountain, practicing quietly. I don't know how long it took, but he finally felt Tai Xu shake, and waves of strong fluctuations spread out. He immediately opened his eyes and looked to the north.

"So fast!"

The blue and white light in Tai Xu grew stronger and stronger. Li Ximing was about to drive light to rise and go find Li Zhouwei, but suddenly stopped.

Rolling sky light had already condensed on the mountain, and brilliant light descended from the sky, manifesting a golden-eyed youth with a smile on his face!

"Minghuang!"

Li Ximing stood up instantly, first surging with joy, but looking closely, heartache immediately appeared.

Although the youth before him was smiling, faint cracks appeared under the golden scale-like patterns on his face. The clothes on his upper body had already been torn to pieces by divine ability, exposing his strong upper body.

But one could also see faint pale white cracks on his body. Streams of sunlight true fire were gushing in the cracks, transmitting a scorching aura, flowing along his muscles, permeating destructive power, burning with creaking sounds.

But sky light and sunlight true fire intertwined, instead setting him off as if walking out of the sun, smiling even more brightly.

"Uncle Grandfather!"

Li Zhouwei's voice was slightly hoarse, making Li Ximing's eyes slightly red, only saying: "Good... good..."

Li Zhouwei was very calm, even his eyes were full of smiles. The expression that had been suppressed at the bottom of his eyes because of implicating the family and being humble finally disappeared from his golden eyes, but with proud joy, he laughed refreshingly: "Uncle Grandfather, look!"

He began to take things from his waist, storage bags, and tattered sleeves—the purple-gold big halberd flashing with thunder, the green square mysterious tripod covered with bird patterns, the spirit treasure mysterious pill blooming with Li Fire radiance and surrounded by illusions...

Spiritual assets, spiritual objects, spiritual tools, spirit treasures...

This small jade table could soon no longer hold them. These things were piled on the ground, ding-ding-dang-dang, clashing everywhere, colorful light flashing, colors presenting. Li Ximing was dazzled, his head heavy and feet light, confusedly saying:

"Ah?"

Characters appearing in this chapter—

Li Ximing 【Early Zifu】 【Zifu Pill Master】

Kuang Yu 【Early Zifu】

Tian Wan 【Late Zifu】

Xuan Yi 【Early Zifu】