Chapter 645 The Time Power of the Camellia Cocoon
“When Luo Yin Ji didn’t appear in the Ancient Kingdom of Time Ruins, you suspected it was me. When she did appear, you said I had someone impersonate her. You just won’t let me go.” Qing Zijin shook her head slightly, her emotions unconsciously showing.
But they were unaware of it.
Li Weiyi looked at her quietly for a long time before saying, "If Luo Yinji had participated in the Battle of Fanye Valley, at least two more people from Shaoyang Division would have died. But she didn't show up when she should have been there the most."
"She just happened to appear right after I started to suspect you! Isn't this just a cover-up?"
Before Qing Zijin could refute, Li Weiyi took out Luo Yinji's corpse and head from the bag.
Qing Zijin looked down and stared at her intently: "Who is she?"
"She was the substitute Chu Yutian found for you, Bai Ye Qinglian's attendant, with extremely high cultivation. Unfortunately, she's not a living person, but a corpse spirit. How could Luo Yin Ji possibly be a corpse spirit?"
This is why Li Weiyi had to capture or kill Luo Yinji alive.
We must find out whether she is a living being or a deceased one.
If it is a deceased spirit, the possibility that Qing Zijin is the true messenger increases greatly.
Qing Zijin said, "Jingzhen can be a member of the Taixu Clan, so why can't Luoyin Ji be a Corpse Spirit?"
"If the Taiyin Sect couldn't even train twelve Taiyin Envoys and had to rely on spirits to make up the numbers, how could it have become a terrifying ancient sect that strikes fear into the hearts of the people?"
Li Weiyi secretly observed Qing Zijin's expression and continued, "If I'm not mistaken, your ability to conceal the Longevity Golden Pill and Longevity Qi must be related to the Taixu Worm, right? This is Jingzhen. The reason he approached you is that he didn't know you were the Child Envoy at all; he only wanted to find the Taixu Worm."
“If I were Zishi Luoyin Ji, I would have had countless opportunities to kill you and silence you, solving the problem at its root. Why would you risk it by having someone impersonate me?” Qing Zijin asked.
"That's exactly why I feel I have to bring you back."
Suddenly, Li Weiyi asked, "What forbidden spell was the old sect leader practicing back then? Is he alive or dead? Did he join the Taiyin Sect? Were you dragged into it by him?"
Qing Zijin's gaze froze, as if recalling something, and she said in a deep voice, "You don't need to say anything more!"
Li Weiyi said, "I have to say it! If I don't, no one will tell you! It's been a hundred years. What do the people from back then, or the hatred from back then, have to do with you? The Taiyin Sect is using you. Even if that person is the old sect leader, he is still using you. It was his fault back then, and he should bear full responsibility."
“There is no old sect leader; it’s all your conjecture,” Qing Zijin said.
"Speculation? Actually, it's not hard to guess!"
Li Weiyi said, "If it weren't for your closest relatives telling you all this, how could you possibly believe it? If someone hadn't used kinship to manipulate you, how could you possibly have compromised? If you didn't have a powerful backer in the Taiyin Sect, how could you have become a servant?"
"Since you're so sure, why don't you kill me? I won't fight back if I die by your hand. It'll be a great achievement, another slaying of an envoy." Qing Zijin gritted her teeth, looking somewhat timid, tears welling in her eyes, yet she still forced herself to stand firm.
Li Weiyi didn't want things to get tense, so she jokingly said, "You said earlier that you wouldn't put me in a difficult position."
"Fine, I'll give you my life."
Qing Zijin produced a dagger from nowhere, and with a flash of cold light, stabbed it straight toward her heart.
Li Weiyi reacted quickly and grabbed her wrist.
She possessed immense power, far exceeding what one would expect from a martial artist at the third level of the Dao Seed Realm. The so-called third level of the Dao Seed Realm meant that one lacked both the Dao Lotus and the Dao Fruit within their body, and was merely stuck at the level where one could conceal the Golden Core of Longevity.
Li Wei only had one hand, yet she couldn't control herself; she was truly determined to die.
With his other hand, he immediately shot out and knocked the dagger away with a bang.
"Why are you stopping me?" Qing Zijin shouted.
The sound carried outside.
"What exactly is going on with you guys?" Chi Haohan asked loudly.
"It's nothing, we're not finished talking yet, wait another 15 minutes."
Li Weiyi released a field of mental energy, enveloping the two of them, while still controlling her wrist: "During this time, I haven't hidden anything from you about the actions against the Taiyin Sect, or even against Chu Yutian. Do you know why?"
"I don't know." Qing Zijin raised her head and looked at him, her eyes somewhat evasive, her body slightly curled up.
Li Weiyi said, "Because I think you are more important than Chu Yutian."
Qing Zijin felt that Li Weiyi was teasing her again. She struck out with her other hand, but it was caught again. She almost pleaded, "Please stop playing around. I don't want to play with you. I'm not in the mood for it."
“I’m very serious! As for Chu Yutian, I won’t even care about his life in three to five years. But you are my friend. Not to mention three to five years, even thirty or fifty years, you will still hold great weight in my heart.” Li Weiyi’s eyes were very sincere.
Qing Zijin stared at him blankly for a long time, then closed her eyes: "Fine, you win! Kill me or torture me, or send me back to Dongxu Camp to be handed over to the Sentinel, I'll accept it all! You are simply my nemesis, I can't avoid you no matter what. In Dongxu Camp, I've already tried my best to avoid you."
Li Weiyi released her hands: "Don't think of it so seriously, you didn't do anything."
"How do you know I didn't do anything?" Qing Zijin stood there quietly, looking utterly dejected and devoid of any vitality.
Li Weiyi said, "You did not leak any information regarding the actions of the Taiyin Sect and Chu Yutian."
"That's because I'm going to dive deep for a bigger plan in the future. The affairs of the mere Ruins of Time are not my concern." Qing Zijin, having given up all pretense, stopped denying and arguing.
Li Weiyi said, "To overthrow the Dongxu Camp and avenge the Xianxia Sect?"
"Just how much do you know?" Qing Zijin asked incredulously.
Li Weiyi said, "I also know why Chu Yutian asked you to escort the army of the dead between the border and the Valley of Brahma."
"What could be the reason?" Qing Zijin asked.
Li Weiyi said, "This is a small matter. Anyone among the Twelve Taiyin Envoys could do it, or even someone of Taiyin Envoy rank. Why specifically choose someone as important as you, who needs to go deep into the unknown, to do it?"
"There is only one reason: you are resistant to the Taiyin Cult and have never done anything for them before."
“If Chu Yutian were to directly ask you to kill me, kill Sheng Si, and kill Nangong, you definitely wouldn’t agree.”
“To drag someone into the abyss of darkness is a gradual process. This time it’s a trivial matter, but the next time it will be more important… until they fall into the abyss and there is no turning back.”
"Captain, Qing Zijin can turn back now, it's not too late."
Tang Wanzhou walked into the Netherworld and stood in the mist a dozen feet away, asking, "Is this ever going to end? What's the big deal? Can't we talk about it when we get back to Dongxu Camp?"
“Go back to Dongxu Camp and wait patiently. We are friends, and I will definitely help you. Wipe away your tears so that no one outside can see. Give me two of those Holy Spirit King's Star Power beads.”
Regardless of whether she agreed or not, Li Weiyi took the two psychic stars, then withdrew her psychic field and swaggered towards Tang Wanzhou, pointing to Qing Zijin behind her: "Taking two psychic stars from her is like taking her life. She's so stingy."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Tang, who was some distance away, said, "That's a bit of an exaggeration! That's the psychic star of the Holy Spirit King, priceless, and money can't buy it."
"Turn back...how do I turn back?"
Qing Zijin muttered to herself, then wiped away her tears with her sleeve, her eyes vacant, and walked out of the underworld in a daze.
Everyone could tell that Li Weiyi was downplaying the seriousness of the matter, which meant something major must have happened, but they kept quiet about it and pretended not to know.
They've left!
They were taken away by an elder of the ancient clan of time.
...
Li Weiyi, Mo Duanfeng, Tang Wanzhou, and Nangong arrived at a secluded valley to prevent themselves from being disturbed by the spirits or the demon kingdom during their upcoming seclusion.
The ancient clan's great spiritual masters had already set up a concealment array for them, hiding in the shadows to protect them.
Li Weiyi has four silkworms.
Take out one of them, and then use the icy energy to freeze the other three.
"Sizzle!"
Inside the jade dish, the silkworm begins to spin silk.
Li Weiyi released his mental power, carefully sensing the misty silk threads. Like the aura of the underworld, the silk threads were devoid of matter, existing in a peculiar state.
"Silent fellow, you're saying this is the law of time, or some kind of time order?"
"Why can my mental power and the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish also weave a cocoon of time? Is there any relationship between the silkworm of time and the silkworm of spring? Are they descendants of the silkworm of time?"
When Li Weiyi first discovered that the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish could weave a cocoon of time, a strange sound appeared, much like the mute protector's wife.
That voice had told him things like the Silkworm of Time and the laws of the universe.
Same as always, not a single word.
Li Weiyi ignored her and continued to feel the power contained in the silk.
The silkworm cocoon is an oval-shaped, spherical giant net, similar in size to the one woven by the Taoist Tai Chi Fish, and at its narrowest point, it is nearly ten feet wide.
As the silk threads become denser, the outside light completely disappears.
Li Wei could clearly sense that subtle changes were taking place both inside and outside the world.
After the silkworm finished spinning its last thread, it fell into a deep sleep, lying motionless in the jade dish.
Li Weiyi took out a ball of Dragon Soul Source Light and began refining it. The most important thing was to quickly raise his martial arts cultivation to the peak of the second stage of the Longevity Realm using the help of the cocoon.
While refining the essence, he also studied classic texts such as the "Book of Bright Stars and Mornings" and the "Book of Earth." Through this mutual reflection, he thoroughly understood the Dao contained within the Dragon Soul Source Light and transformed it into his own Dao.
New Daoist scriptures were rapidly born on the Longevity Golden Elixir.
Time passed day by day.
Only when the slumbering silkworm transformed into a butterfly radiating azure light and emerged from its cocoon did Li Weiyi end this first period of secluded cultivation.
Four hundred and eighty days have passed inside the cocoon, while only three days have passed outside.
"Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!"
The other three cocoons in the valley broke open one after another, revealing three figures inside.
Four ailanthus butterflies fluttered and danced in the valley.
The butterfly wings have intricate patterns, with a predominantly blue base color.
An elder from the ancient Time Clan came to collect it, intending to take it back to the Time Realm to re-cultivate and lay eggs.
Li Wei guessed that the ability to cultivate silkworms was mostly related to the Great Toon Tree, and that it might have preserved something. But this was the highest secret of the Ancient Clan of Time, and naturally, it was impossible to tell them.
The four of them gathered together and started talking.
"Did you break free of the White Tiger Lock?"
Li Weiyi was the first to ask Mo Duanfeng.
"It's not that easy. But with another three years, I'm sure I can break free. I still have two silkworms left. I'll go into seclusion now!"
Mo Duanfeng went ahead to weave the second cocoon.
"I'm also going to attempt to break through the White Tiger Lock!" Nangong also entered the next stage of seclusion.
Tang Wanzhou looked at Li Weiyi: "And you, how's your progress?"
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