In the courtyard, Li Daoyi opened the system panel to check his recent gains.

"Host: Li Daoyi".

Cultivation Level: Late Golden Core Stage (Requires cultivation technique to reach level three to break through to Nascent Soul Stage)

"Magic treasures: Thirty-six Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords, Ghost Seal (max), Black and White Impermanence Summoning Talisman (max), Lü Dongbin Summoning Talisman (max), Puppet Master Xuan Tianzong (max), Puppet Master Dan Chenzi (max)."

"Cultivation Techniques: Chaos Profound Technique (Second Heaven), Five Elements Dao Technique (Max), Flying Sword Technique (Early Earth Rank, can be upgraded), Sword Control Technique (Early Earth Rank, can be upgraded), Cloud Riding and Mist Riding (Early Earth Rank, can be upgraded), Law of Heaven and Earth (Early Immortal Rank)."

"Disciple: Yang Guo (Sixth level of Qi Refining), (Master-disciple bonus: for every major breakthrough the disciple makes, the master automatically advances by one minor level)."

Pet: Green Ox (Early Golden Core Stage)

"Mengmeng: A special being, origin and strength unknown, incubation requires ???"

"Points/Amazing Value: 1.72 million".

"Guo'er has advanced another level? It seems he won't be long before he reaches the Foundation Establishment stage. Fortunately, I have left him enough pills." Li Daoyi couldn't help but sigh after seeing Yang Guo advance from the fifth level of Qi Refining to the sixth level of Qi Refining.

"What's Mengmeng up to now? She's already hatched, and she's still trying to trick me out of points?" Li Daoyi was speechless when he saw Mengmeng's entry.

"Eeya?" Mengmeng, who was playing nearby, seemed to have heard Li Daoyi's complaint and couldn't help but look over.

Li Daoyi then opened the system shop, preparing to exchange for some items.

"Breaking Through the Nascent Soul Pill, an essential pill for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, with a 100% success rate, but consumes one million points."

"Tsk tsk, it's really expensive!" Li Daoyi couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at the Nascent Soul Breaking Pill, but he still chose to exchange for it.

He then used the points to upgrade his technique to the third level.

"Now is not the time to break through," Li Daoyi thought to himself.

Then they started browsing other products.

"Exchange a few Qi Refining Pills for Dongfang and the others."

"The Azure Cloud Sword, a human-rank magic weapon, increases attack speed and enhances the power of water-based magical abilities by 20% when attacking. It requires 50,000 points to exchange for it."

"This Shilong'er has been replaced."

After exchanging for what they needed, Li Daoyi gave the two pills and weapons.

"Take the pills and focus on breaking through to the tenth level of Qi Refining. Once your cultivation has stabilized, I will give you Foundation Establishment Pills."

"Mm." The two women nodded.

"Long'er, this is for you, the Azure Cloud Sword. You like water-based magic, so this sword is perfect for you."

"Thank you, brother." Little Dragon Girl took a liking to the Azure Cloud Sword at first sight and gently stroked it as she took it.

"What about me? What about me?" Mengmeng suddenly became unhappy when she realized she didn't have a gift.

“There’s none for you, the child doesn’t need any,” Li Daoyi said.

"snort…"

The little girl pouted, then stretched out her little hand and grabbed at the air, producing a golden pill in her hand.

"Ding, successful exchange for the Golden Condensation Pill..."

A system notification sound immediately rang out.

"Holy crap..." Li Daoyi almost fainted.

"Giggle giggle..."

"This guy can actually take things directly from me?" Li Dao looked at the points deducted and then looked at Mengmeng in disbelief.

"Hmph. Ah-woo..." The little guy grunted twice and swallowed the Golden Condensation Pill.

"It's not sweet at all, and it doesn't taste good." After finishing her meal, Mengmeng smacked her lips in disgust.

"I surrender, I surrender! Please don't do anything reckless again, my little darling," Li Daoyi said hurriedly. He was afraid that this guy would take things indiscriminately and his score would become negative.

The next day, at daybreak, Yang Guang and his entourage left the palace. The emperor and empress rode in one carriage, while the others rode on horseback. There were also two large carts filled with gifts, one of which was full of snacks, which the empress had prepared for Mengmeng.

Soon, Yang Guang's entourage arrived at the edge of a misty forest.

"Your Majesty, the road ahead is blocked by fog. I will send someone to scout ahead immediately," Yuwen Huaji said, approaching the carriage.

"Alright," came Yang Guang's voice from inside the carriage.

Just then, footsteps came from the mist.

"La la la..." Then came the cute humming of a little girl.

Inside the carriage, Empress Xiao's eyes lit up immediately.

"Your Majesty, it's Mengmeng's voice."

After the empress finished speaking, she quickly lifted the carriage curtain and called out into the mist.

"Mengmeng, is that you?"

"We've been waiting for you for so long," Mengmeng's voice replied.

Then a petite figure hopped out of the mist; it was Mengmeng.

Everyone was delighted to see the little girl.

"Haha, I didn't expect you to come pick us up in person, Mengmeng," Yang Guangda laughed.

"Hehe, hurry up and go in!"

After the little guy finished speaking, he turned around and waved his little hand at the mist. The mist immediately dispersed to both sides, revealing a wide road.

"How amazing!" The group exclaimed in surprise.

However, what happened next shocked everyone even more: Mengmeng, who was walking in front, was floating with her feet off the ground.

"Eee-yah?" Mengmeng flew more than ten meters away and realized that no one had followed. She looked back in confusion.

"Keep up, hurry up!" Yang Guang snapped out of his daze and urged.

"This kid's lightness skill is so superb." Shi Zhixuan, on horseback, was shocked.

The group followed Mengmeng through the quiet woods and soon arrived at the lakeside. There was a delicate little courtyard in front of them, and a blue ox was lying at the entrance. When it saw people coming, it raised its head to look at them, and then lazily lay back down on the ground.

"The Taoist priest is truly a hermit; this place is wonderful," Yang Guang praised, looking at the surrounding environment.

"I'm back! The guests are here!" Mengmeng flew happily toward the door.

Li Daoyi and the other two also came out at this time.

"Taoist Master." Yang Guang helped the Empress down from the carriage and quickly stepped forward to greet her with a cupped hand.

"Greetings, Daoist Master." The others also quickly dismounted.

"Your Majesty," Li Daoyi nodded.

At this moment, the four guards accompanying him unloaded the items from the other two carriages.

"This is just a small token from me, and also some snacks that the Empress prepared for Mengmeng," Yang Guang said.

"Wow, snacks!" Mengmeng excitedly rushed towards the two big boxes.

"Thank you very much." Li Dao nodded.

At this moment, the two guards opened one of the boxes.

Inside, it was filled with gold, silver, jewels, and fine silks and satins.

The other two guards opened another box, which was full of pastries and snacks that children like to eat.

"Wow..." Mengmeng's eyes narrowed with joy.

"These gold and silver items will surely come in handy for the Taoist priest. In addition, these silks were personally selected by the Empress and are given to the two young ladies," Yang Guang said.

Li Daoyi would naturally not refuse gold and silver; no one can have too much of that stuff.

"Your Majesty is very kind." After saying this, Li Daoyi walked up and waved his hand at the large box containing gold and silver, and the box disappeared instantly.

"Where's the box?" Yang Guang was stunned. The others also stared at Li Daoyi in disbelief.

"I've put it away; it's just a simple little spell."

Li Daoyi smiled and then waved to the open space beside him.

In an instant, a table and several chairs appeared in the open space.

"Hiss... Taoist priest, you... you know magic?" Yang Guang exclaimed in shock.

"I am a cultivator, and my skills are merely those of magic."

"So you're saying you used magic yesterday too?" Yang Guang continued to ask.

"Of course, I don't know any martial arts," Li Daoyi said softly.

Yang Guang and the others looked at each other in shock. They had thought the other party was a grandmaster, but it turned out that he could use magic to harm immortals.

"So you are an immortal. Yang Guang, I have been rude."

Yang Guang bowed and said, "I don't even need to refer to myself as 'I' anymore."

"Please sit down." Li Daoyi smiled and did not object to Yang Guang's way of addressing him.

If the system notifications hadn't been muted, Li Daoyi could imagine that they would be constantly buzzing right now.

Yang Guang and his companions sat down, but their moods were completely different from before they arrived. They simply couldn't believe that there really were Taoist arts and immortals in this world.

The atmosphere fell silent for a moment, with the only sound being the noise of Mengmeng eating snacks while lying on the box.

"Hahaha, what's going on? Weren't we having a great chat yesterday?" Li Daoyi suddenly burst into laughter.

"This... I am truly shocked. Please forgive my embarrassment, Daoist Master," Yang Guang said with a wry smile.

"Taoist Master, I would like to ask, do immortals really exist in this world?" Shi Zhixuan, who had transformed into Pei Ju, couldn't help but ask at this moment.

Li Daoyi looked at him and understood what he meant.

"Lord Pei, you must have heard of shattering the void, right?"

“Of course, every martial artist knows this.” Pei Ju nodded.

"Okay, so do you believe it?" Li Daoyi asked, looking at everyone.

"Legend has it that Grandmasters, upon reaching a certain level, can break through the void and ascend to heaven in broad daylight. This is beyond doubt; from the ancient time of Immortal Master Guangcheng to the present day, there have been stories of people breaking through the void," Yuwen Huaji said.

“That’s right. Since you all believe in breaking through the void, why do you still doubt the existence of immortals?” Li Daoyi countered.

"Taoist Master, are you really an immortal?" Yang Guang asked again.

“Does it matter whether it is or not?” Li Daoyi said.

After speaking, he raised his hand slightly, and the lake water behind them suddenly began to churn.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" Yuwen Huaji exclaimed.

Several guards rushed over immediately.

"Calm down." Yang Guang waved his hand and then looked at the lake.

Gradually, a water dragon, completely transformed from water, emerged from the lake. It had deer antlers, a camel head, a slender body, and four claws, just like the dragon people had imagined.

The water dragon swirled vividly on the lake surface.

"Yay! I want to play!" Mengmeng wiped the crumbs from her mouth, then leaped into the air and flew towards the water dragon in the lake.

"roar…"

The water dragon roared to the sky, a sound that sent shivers down the spines of Yang Guang and his companions.

"Moo..."

Seemingly provoked, the blue ox stood up and ran towards the lake, then waded through the water towards the water dragon.

"Niu Er, come and play!" Mengmeng called out to Qingniu from the top of the water tap.

At this moment, Yang Guang and the others were already like puppets, frozen in place and unable to speak.