Chapter 669 Five-Colored Mountain
The fragrance inside Lintai Palace was quite unique, with a sweet and intoxicating aroma that seemed to originate from the delicate body of the Third Palace Mistress, draped in colorful robes.
Of course, the Third Palace Master knew that Li Weiyi and Chanhai Guanwu had some kind of connection. Otherwise, why would he have handed over his senior sister, who was under the influence of the Six Thoughts Heart Mantra, to him?
This is an extraordinary level of trust!
She scrutinized Li Weiyi with curious eyes and asked, "What exactly is your background? Did you return from outside with Mist Master and Li Yuanzhe?"
Li Weiyi felt a slight tremor in his heart.
If the Third Palace Master could come up with such a guess, what about the others?
After regaining his composure, he immediately said, "Please, Third Palace Master, don't change the subject! In the battle of Lingxiao City, others may not know how much effort the Nine Li Hidden Sect and I put in, but don't you? The Nine Li Hidden Sect rushed to Lingxiao City one after another, fearless of death, just to help the court overcome the crisis... We suffered heavy casualties... Many hermits and elders perished at the hands of the enemy, turning into nameless skeletons..."
"Knowing your sacrifices, we will make it up to you."
Seeing that Li Weiyi was changing the subject and avoiding answering, the Third Palace Master already had her answer in mind. She held the Heavenly Grade Realm Bag of Lingxiao Palace, hidden in her sleeve. She raised her jade arm, and as she activated the Realm Bag with her magical energy, spatial ripples and wind burst out from her sleeve at the same time.
"Splash!"
Her sleeves, like colorful clouds, released five-colored rays of light, and her powerful energy forced Li Weiyi back several steps.
Li Wei resisted the spatial fluctuations and gazed ahead. The five-colored light fell upon him, and he felt his entire body, including his muscles, bones, internal organs, blood, and soul, being nurtured in a gentle power.
Before my eyes, a five-colored mountain flew out from the sleeve of the Third Palace Master, hovering in the spatial ripples. It was tens of meters high, shaped like a lotus flower with five protruding peaks, and was made of a strange kind of rock.
"This is?"
Li Wei could tell that this small stone mountain was extraordinary, its imposing presence like a transcendent figure standing before him, releasing mysterious and wondrous energy that seemed to connect to the origin of Daoist principles.
"Do you know about the Four Extreme Ape King?" the Third Palace Master asked.
Li Weiyi said, "One of the four great demon kings of Lingxiao Realm in the past, and the master of Tianya Ridge in the Southern Realm."
"The Four Extreme Ape King has only cultivated for sixteen hundred years, yet its cultivation level has reached a height that only those who have cultivated for thousands of years can achieve. The reason lies in this Five-Colored Mountain, which grows on its head and can mobilize the power of the five elements between heaven and earth." The Third Palace Master's tone was tinged with a sense of wonder.
If the Four Extreme Ape King were allowed to cultivate for several more centuries, she felt that she might be overtaken.
Li Weiyi immediately understood the value of this Five-Colored Mountain!
A genius may not necessarily become a strong person, but a strong person is definitely a genius.
The extraordinary beings who could live for thousands of years were probably the best of their generation in their youth, yet they were surpassed by the Four Extreme Ape King in a very short time.
The Third Palace Master looked at the mountain in the spatial ripples with great reluctance, and couldn't help but frown and ask, "Are you really not the offspring of the Mist Master, or... have you been favored by Senior Sister? Otherwise, why would she ask me to give this to you? Never mind, I suppose you wouldn't dare to say it anyway. Open the Ancestral Field."
Li Weiyi's gaze was completely drawn to the Five-Colored Mountain, and he couldn't help but feel excited, as the harvest far exceeded his expectations.
Therefore, completely ignoring the Third Palace Master's wild thoughts, he immediately opened the ancestral field and took in the Five-Colored Mountain.
The ancestral field trembled violently, causing Li Weiyi to shudder and bend slightly in the knees, feeling his body become incredibly heavy. His entire body's magical energy seemed to be suppressed, making it extremely difficult to mobilize.
"hehe!"
The Third Palace Master laughed heartily: "Now you know that top-tier, transcendent treasures aren't so easy to obtain, right? Take the Four Extreme Ape King's Other Shore Heaven Pill as well, and study it carefully. Senior Sister probably thinks you're suited to cultivate the Five Elements Dao, and is helping you build your Dao foundation. Star Moon Slave!"
Li Weiyi accepted the Heavenly Pill from the other shore that flew in. It was very heavy in his hand, scorching hot, and the demonic energy emanating from its interior was pure and thick, like a sea of energy.
Another top-tier treasure that even the most extraordinary would be captivated!
Xingyue Nu, tall and graceful, dressed in moon-white soft armor, strode in from outside the hall and bowed respectfully: "What are your orders, Master?"
"Take your hidden master to the imperial treasury and retrieve the flesh and blood of the Four Extreme Ape King," the Third Palace Master said with a smile.
"Thump!"
Xingyue Nu's face turned ashen in an instant, and she knelt down in fright.
Li Weiyi quickly calmed down, took out the Staff of All Things, supported his swaying body, and thought of a solution. He said, "If the Third Palace Master wanted to punish you, he wouldn't have waited until now. Our Nine Li Hidden Sect has helped Lingxiao Palace a lot. Have you forgotten how tragically the Twelfth Elder died? You were closest to the Twelfth Elder, weren't you?"
"right!"
Xingyue Nu dared not get up, her face buried in the ground. Her identity had been exposed, and a simple punishment was not enough to resolve the matter.
Those in positions of power hate being deceived the most; it's a humiliating feeling of being manipulated and misled. How could the Third Palace Master not be furious that his disciple was actually a hidden member of the Nine Li Hidden Sect?
Li Weiyi then said, "The Third Palace Master must have known your identity long ago, so why are you so nervous?"
"Li Weiyi, you really are a protective, reclusive person!"
The Third Palace Master got up, stretched, and left to continue studying and setting up the space teleportation array.
Li Weiyi let out a long breath. Facing a powerful expert whose cultivation level far surpassed theirs, if the other party were truly angered, they would definitely turn into a terrifying figure who would devour anyone, and would definitely not be as easy to talk to as usual.
Xingyue Nu helped the extremely heavy Li Weiyi out of the Lintai Hall and headed towards the inner treasury.
"Is it really that exaggerated? You, Li Weiyi, are a martial artist in the Longevity Realm. Do you need help to walk?" Ge Xiantong came closer, observing Li Weiyi's leg shape with a suspicious look in his eyes.
"roll!"
Li Weiyi knew he was just making wild guesses.
“Okay, junior brother,” Ge Xiantong replied.
The boundary bag and ancestral field store items, yet their weight remains. Circulating magical energy can maintain a normal body weight, just like carrying objects on clouds or using techniques to lighten the body.
But once the weight exceeds the limit, it will become like Li Weiyi at this moment, like a snake swallowing an elephant.
The Imperial Treasury and the National Treasury are where Lingxiao Palace stores its resources and wealth. They are spatial artifacts forged by Zen Sea Temple in the past, and are much more advanced than the Boundary Bag. They are inscribed with array scriptures to reduce weight.
As long as the true scriptures in the Divine Martial Tower remain, and as long as the resources and wealth in the imperial treasury and national coffers are not lost, the Lingxiao Palace can be quickly rebuilt and regain its former glory.
The Four Extreme Ape King was beheaded by Zen Hai Guan Wu with a single sword strike in the Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain. His headless body was dismembered and preserved, frozen in blue ice crystals, each piece as large as a mountain, lying deep within the inner treasury space.
The Demon King is a treasure trove; if one could be killed and stored away, it would be the foundation of an entire sect or clan.
"The Four Extreme Ape King's body is at least two or three hundred meters tall. How heavy must it be?"
Standing beneath the towering iceberg, Li Weiyi shook his head in disbelief. He instructed Xingyue Nu to fetch a Longevity Realm martial artist from the Jiuli tribe to help move it, adding, "With me here, the Third Palace Master won't do anything to you, so don't worry. Go quickly!"
After Xingyue Nu left, Li Weiyi sat down cross-legged and looked inward at the Five-Colored Mountain located in the ancestral field.
Only by mobilizing all the body's magical energy can one barely manage to shake it.
"It seems I need to find an opportunity to store it in the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish, as my current cultivation level is not sufficient to handle it."
...
The Jiuli tribe's settlement is nestled in a valley with numerous cliffside caves, a serene and vibrant environment. A small, clear stream, several meters wide, flows through the valley.
It was the residence of the demon cultivators more than half a year ago.
The flesh and blood of the Four Extreme Ape King were continuously transported back and stored in the Earthly Realm Bag. Li Songgu carried out further processing and division, his face beaming with joy, fully aware of the value of this resource.
All the martial arts practitioners of the Jiuli tribe were shocked and immersed in excitement.
It should be noted that Lizhou is not far from Tianya Ridge, and often deals with the demon cultivators there. The demon sons and grandsons of the Four Extreme Ape King always act arrogantly and domineeringly whenever they come to Jiuli City.
When the Four Extreme Ape Kings traveled, demonic clouds stretched for hundreds of miles, obscuring the sky and the earth, causing birds and beasts to tremble, which was extremely frightening.
To the martial arts practitioners of Lizhou, it was no different from gods and demons, and was countless times more terrifying than Xu Fodu and Yang Shenjing.
But today, thanks to the reclusive god, they will have the privilege of eating the flesh of this god-demon.
Yin Ershisi and Li Ling somehow obtained a large bronze cauldron, which was over ten feet tall. They cut off several hundred catties of the demon king's flesh and blood, cleaned it, and cooked it on a flat area at the entrance of the valley.
The steam rising from the cauldron had a faint five-colored hue.
It's easy to imagine that even just a sip of soup would improve one's physical health.
Li Weiyi entered a cave and activated the formation. Then, he stored the Five-Colored Mountain into the Blood Mud Space, and immediately felt much lighter, the uncomfortable feeling of having a huge rock in his stomach disappearing.
"Can you mobilize the power of the five elements in the universe?"
Li Weiyi stood at the foot of the Five-Colored Mountain, which was about ten zhang high, and carefully observed and studied it by tapping and knocking. Then he released his magical energy from his palm and injected it into the mountain.
Just as the internal energy was about to be exhausted, the Five-Colored Mountain finally changed, emitting a faint, hazy glow.
However, no power of the five elements appeared.
"What exactly is the power of the Five Elements? My cultivation level is too low to mobilize it? You silent fellow, do you know what's going on?"
Li Weiyi withdrew his magical aura and asked this question.
Unsurprisingly, there was no response.
He then took out the Other Shore Heaven Pill, which was many times heavier than an iron ball. This item had been refined by the Third Palace Master, erasing the will and soul of the Four Extreme Ape King.
Upon closer inspection, Li Wei observed that the interior was densely covered with scriptures and contained extremely vigorous five-colored demonic energy.
"The demonic energy is so thick, can it be absorbed directly?"
Li Wei carefully absorbed a wisp of five-colored demonic energy into the Laogong point of his palm, then circulated it along the meridians and transported it to his ancestral field.
With a loud bang, the magical energy in his body became chaotic and surging.
"The Demon King's Heavenly Pill is indeed not meant for direct absorption and refinement." Li Weiyi's expression changed slightly, and he dared not absorb a second strand.
After thinking for a moment, he released the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Kings. Holding the Demon King's Heavenly Pill in his hand, he moved it around their mouths one by one, instructing them to absorb only a small amount.
Ultimately, the Zerg are also a type of demon race.
Seven phoenix-winged moths huddled together, frantically sucking at the air.
"This stuff is amazing! I feel my energy boiling all over. One more bite, Boss Li, give me another bite!" Sifeng savored the taste, but unfortunately, she hadn't absorbed enough. That blissful, ethereal feeling came and went quickly.
After absorbing and refining it, Erfeng analyzed, "If I can keep absorbing it, it's like taking a thousand-year-old elixir. Boss Li, you have such a treasure, why didn't you take it out sooner? Give me another sip too."
"Can I hold it in my mouth and absorb the whole thing?" Wu Feng walked on two paws, stood in front of Li Weiyi, and looked up at him with her big eyes.
"If it goes into your mouth, can you spit it out?"
Li Weiyi glared at it and slapped it to the ground.
As time passed and seeing that they seemed to be largely unaffected, Li Weiyi took out the Demon King's Heavenly Pill again and let them absorb it. At the same time, he released his mental power to examine the condition inside their bodies.
It wasn't until Li Ling came to the cave entrance and called him that she told him the flesh of the Four Extreme Demon Kings was cooked.
Li Weiyi withdrew from the Blood Mud Space and walked towards the valley entrance with Li Ling. Suddenly, he asked, "Would you like to meet the two senior sisters?"
“There’s no need. They’re aloof; why would they care about me? I need to reach at least the level of a Great Holy Spirit Master before they’ll acknowledge me, just like you are now,” Li Ling said calmly.
Compared to before, she has become much more mature and composed.
(End of this chapter)
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