Chapter 579: Orphan of Xianxia Sect

The Qiankun Locks faced by Daozhong Realm martial artists are all different.

Some are indestructible, even a young emperor would not be able to break them even after a hundred years, or even an old man would turn gray. Some are as light as mist, even a mediocre person can break them in one night.

These are quite rare situations, but they do happen all the time.

Even if one's combat power was exceptional within their realm, they might still be stopped by a certain lock, unable to advance. Cases of being stopped by an immortal lock for a hundred years were common.

It is for this reason that the transcendent state is called the "other shore".

Li Weiyi felt that his Qiankun Lock was quite strong, but still within the normal range. After spending several years, it would eventually wear away the stone.

“Crash!”

The whole body's magical energy circulated around the elixir of immortality in the Shenque, and then rushed towards the Hen Meridian and Xian Meridian, rushing out at the fastest speed.

Just like a great river opening its floodgates and releasing water, it rushes straight towards the Qiankun Lock. The mighty river water will break through the iron lock that blocks the river.

With a loud bang, the magical energy surging throughout the body rushed towards the back.

The Qiankun Lock connecting the top of the head, spine, and tailbone flickered violently. Li Weiyi's body trembled, and he felt a sharp pain in his back, as if his spine was about to separate from his body.

The violent and chaotic Dharma energy shattered some of the trace meridians and string meridians, running wildly throughout the body, and sweat beads appeared in the pores.

"Come again."

Li Weiyi breathed in and out, controlling the chaotic energy in his body, circulating it again and again. Then, he attacked the Qiankun Lock on his back for the second time.

A piercing tearing sensation came over him. Li Weiyi clenched his teeth, his whole body trembling, and the sweat on his body turned blood red.

After spending a quarter of an hour adjusting, Li Weiyi made his third charge. The bones on his back could be heard clattering from the friction of the chains. His eyes went dark for a moment and he almost lost consciousness from the pain.

The trace meridians and string meridians in the body were damaged, and even the internal organs were damaged.

Li Weiyi stopped temporarily and did not continue to attack.

"Two cracks have appeared on the Qiankun Lock. Let's leave it like this for now!"

Two days later, they will set off for the ancient country of Suiyuexu, and Li Weiyi does not want to get seriously injured.

Moreover, he was worried that if he continued to attack, it would cause irreparable damage to the foundation.

Once the injury is healed, it will not be difficult to break it off after a few more attempts.

Li Weiyi spent three days recuperating from his injuries, feeling the mystery of the elixir of immortality in Shenque, and further integrating and tempering the remaining power of the dragon seed elixir, hoping to achieve a state of harmony between mind and qi as soon as possible.

"The liquid mana gushing out of the Tenth Spring Divine Palace is comparable to healing elixirs. It can even repair scar veins and string veins wherever it is transported."

“Wow!”

Li Weiyi waved his arm and broke out of the cocoon of time. He first put on three sets of Thousand-Character Armor, then put on the official robe of the governor, and checked the various talismans in the sleeves of the robe.

Shaoyangsi's magic weapon, the martial arts robe bracelet, has not been activated yet and is worn on the wrist.

Even a top expert like Mo Duanfeng never takes off his three layers of armor, so Li Weiyi naturally attaches great importance to his own defense.

"Yu'er, how's your understanding?"

Li Weiyi came behind Yu'er.

Yu'er sat cross-legged in front of a three-foot-high shrine, within which lay the Book of Shining Stars. The pages radiated a soft glow, casting a faint glow on her face, giving her a celestial spirit that transcended the mundane.

"I have no idea. It's so difficult."

Her serious expression suddenly collapsed, and she spread her hands and said, "Besides practicing, is there anything else I can do?"

Li Weiyi has already understood all 468 scriptures on this page of "The Book of Bright Stars", imprinted them on the Shenque Golden Pill, and transformed them into his own Tao.

But after understanding the whole article, Li Weiyi found that this was not the end, but another beginning.

More scriptures and Taoist charms evolved, seemingly endless.

Li Weiyi sighed, "This is what the Grand Palace Master meant!"

"Why do you listen to her?"

Yu'er stood up, pouting like a spoiled child, and looked at Li Weiyi pitifully: "Master, I also want to go to the ancient country of Suiyuexu. I am stronger now, and I can hit things with great accuracy. Please, please take me with you!"

Li Weiyi pushed her hand away from her arm. "The Grand Palace Master must stay here to recuperate his soul! Master, I'm in a difficult situation too. There's nothing I can do. I can't defeat her."

"Master, can't you stand up for yourself? Why are you afraid of her? Can she eat you up?" Yu'er complained with a look of disappointment.

Li Weiyi was in a daze. Looking at the face of the girl in front of him, which was already 70% to 80% similar to the Grand Palace Master in the scroll, he thought he had heard it wrong: "You...are you encouraging me to fight against the Grand Palace Master?"

"It's not about confrontation, it's about not being afraid of her and not taking everything she says at face value. Why? Right?" Yu'er said righteously.

"Let me think it over."

Li Weiyi quickly regained consciousness and looked at Yu'er: "You almost led me into a ditch. She has been practicing for three thousand years, and I have only been practicing for a short time. Of course you are not afraid, because she is you... Well, you wrote what you just said in your diary, and it has nothing to do with me."

“Crash!”

In the room, the suspended Shaoyang Star and Tai Chi Seal were shining brightly.

Li Weiyi exited the blood mud space and returned to the room in Qingyin Pavilion.

"What's going on? It's getting harder and harder to raise a child."

He gestured with his left and right hands, switching back and forth between Yu'er and the Grand Palace Master, trying to figure out how to get along with them. For a moment, he didn't know how to strike the right balance.

The Grand Palace Master certainly couldn't eat him, nor would he repay kindness with resentment.

But since he needed the protection of the Grand Palace Master, he had to make some compromises.

Between her and Yu'er, there is affection. Because to her, Li Weiyi has been her everything since she was a child.

But for the Grand Palace Master, these two years were just a big dream in her three thousand years of life.

“Squeak!”

Li Weiyi sighed softly, not thinking any more, and pushed open the door. Outside, the morning mist was thick, a vast expanse of white.

Birds are singing and insects are chirping in the mountains, and a stream is gurgling outside the house.

Tang Wanzhou stood ten steps away, holding his sword proudly. He was dressed in a black robe, with straight brows and a handsome and heroic look. He fixed him with a gaze: "There are indeed subtle changes in your aura and spirit. Do you want to fight?"

"What are you fighting for? Do you want to transfer your anger towards Mo Duanfeng and Baichuan to me?" Li Weiyi asked.

Tang Wanzhou was silent for a moment: "If I break the third lock, why should I endure this? There is no other way, strength is the right to speak."

"What did the deputy sentry say?" Li Weiyi asked.

Tang Wanzhou said, "He said that Baichuan and Mo Duanfeng, one the new runner-up in the Sword Dao Imperial Court, and the other a favored son of heaven in the Holy Capital, both came from noble families and had bright futures, but they chose to join the Sentinel Army, abandoning the extravagance and prosperity of Kyoto for danger and responsibility. They are flawless in the greater good. Their cultivation and mind have also been tested. He asked me to cooperate with them. We are all Sentinel Army members, and we are all fighting to eradicate evil and fight against the Nether Realm."

Li Weiyi chose to join the Dongxu Camp, firstly for the training resources, and secondly for the protection of this identity.

But Baichuan and Mo Duanfeng do not have such needs. They can join the Sentinel Army with noble status. It is no wonder that the Deputy Sentinel Master thinks so highly of them.

"Is that all?" Li Weiyi said.

Tang Wanzhou said, "In order to appease Shaoyang Si, his willow clone expended his cultivation and condensed a Taoist technique to give to me, just in case. What do you think are the risks of Mo Duanfeng and Baichuan's proposal?"

She knew very well that Li Weiyi was very talented and could always grasp the details that others could not notice, so she went to him for consultation.

Li Weiyi said, "I think the biggest risk isn't the enemy, but the two of them. They're too eager. Perhaps they're trying to achieve success, or perhaps they're really afraid that Chu Yutian will break through before them. Or perhaps they want to seize a treasure in Chu Yutian's hands, or for some other reason."

"In short, what if Chu Yutian had known about their eagerness earlier?"

Tang Wanzhou's expression was solemn: "It's like creating a weakness for yourself, and you don't even realize it."

Li Weiyi said, "Perhaps, I thought too much of Chu Yutian! Anyway, you have so many trump cards, even if you encounter an accident, you will definitely have no problem escaping. Have you purchased the supplies?"

"Dongxu Camp has distributed enough Blood Valley Pills, three low-grade spirit crystals per person, and three top-grade healing pills." Tang Wanzhou said.

Li Weiyi sighed, "Three low-grade spirit crystals, worth tens of millions of Yongquan coins. What a generous purchase! But if we really want to stay in the Ancient Country of Suiyuexu for at least ten years, we have to buy some other supplies. Otherwise, how boring would that be?"

Tang Wanzhou and Li Weiyi left the Xianxia Sect camp and headed to an ancient city in the Chi Ming Realm a thousand miles away to go on a shopping spree.

Li Weiyi went to the Qianlishan Chamber of Commerce, took out the badge given by Lu Jingshen, disposed of most of the magic weapons on him, and bought all the spirit crystals, as well as materials for alchemy and talisman making.

In the realm of the dead, one cannot breathe in and out the magical energy of heaven and earth, and can only rely on the magical power flowing out of the spring in the body to recover and fight. Normal cultivation is naturally not affected, but it cannot sustain long-term combat.

Spirit crystals are particularly important, as they are the only way to quickly restore magical energy.

The two returned to the Xianxia Sect camp, and it was already dark.

On the road to Yanjue Mountain, Li Weiyi and Tang Wanzhou spotted a graceful figure in green standing outside Qingyin Pavilion from afar. She stood by the stream, waiting quietly and gracefully.

Tang Wanzhou stopped and smiled: "Shall I take shelter for a while?"

"When did you, Tang Wanzhou, become so dishonest?" Li Weiyi asked.

"It's not that I'm trying to avoid suspicion, it's that I don't want to disturb you two. With Qing Zijin's personality, I'm afraid she won't be able to say many things with a Saint Master like me standing beside her!" Tang Wanzhou said.

Li Weiyi was about to make some excuses when Qing Zijin in the distance sensed something and looked over at him.

Beside him, Tang Wanzhou had already disappeared tactfully.

"Captain, have you purchased the supplies? I just went to Yuyu City. Sorry to have kept you waiting!"

Li Weiyi turned into a wisp of green smoke, like an afterimage, and appeared outside Qingyin Pavilion across several miles, staring at her with a smile.

Qing Zijin was a serious and taciturn person. She stared at him for a long time, as if trying to see through what kind of person he was. "Follow me."

She walked in front, her hands clasped on her lower abdomen, with slow steps, following the path beside the stream to a garden only a few hundred feet away from Qingyin Pavilion.

It's her residence.

Outside the garden, ancient trees are planted everywhere, and the ground, streamside, and roofs are all covered with red and yellow fallen leaves. In the twilight, there is a very enjoyable silence.

Qing Zijin opened the formation and pushed open two huge vermilion ancient doors.

Li Weiyi stood in front of the gate, sensing the unusual ancient charm of the place. The inscriptions carved into the two doorposts alone were so profound that even with his current telekinesis, he couldn't understand them at all.

Deep in the garden, buildings and palaces are shrouded in clouds and mist. Dozens of formations are floating in the mist, exuding a terrifying aura.

Qing Zijin stood at the foot of the two-meter-high vermilion gate, a touch of green amidst the crimson. "Yanjue Mountain was once the residence of the Xianxia Sect's headmaster. There used to be magnificent palaces there, where thousands of disciples practiced."

"That night a hundred years ago, the headmaster fought against the curse and razed all the buildings on the mountain to the ground. Only Qingyi Garden remained."

"You guessed correctly. The headmaster is my great-grandfather, and I... am the only survivor of the Xianxia Sect."

(End of this chapter)