Chapter 108 Return to the Holy City
After more than a month, I returned to the holy city.

As soon as he entered the holy city, Li Zhi heard the news that the God King Jiang Taixu had been resurrected.

Although two days had passed since the incident, the discussion had not died down, but had instead become more and more lively.

At the same time, almost all the geniuses of the younger generation in the Eastern Wilderness gathered in the Holy City.

In addition, the most talked-about young prodigy was Ye Fan. At this time, the news that he had transformed into the source magic genius Gu Feng had spread throughout the entire God City. Moreover, after the resurrection of God King Jiang Taixu, he personally came forward to resolve the conflicts between him and the major forces.

For example, the ancient Ji family, the Yaoguang Holy Land, etc.

He even threatened to provide Ye Fan with tens of millions of kilograms of source to help him break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm.

This news is even more noteworthy than the resurrection of the God King Jiang Taixu. The ancient holy body is about to enter the Four Poles Secret Realm, which is no small event.

This matter has a huge impact, because it not only concerns the curse of the holy body lineage after the ancient times, but can even to a certain extent indicate whether the world will begin to change again and become suitable for cultivation.

In this world today, divine bodies have already been born, and there are more than one. The innate Taoist fetus has also been born, and there are rumors of celestial demon bodies. There are also geniuses such as the Golden-winged Little Peng King and the Son of Yaoguang, and various ancient king bodies have also appeared one after another.

If the holy body breaks the curse again, it will truly herald the advent of a great era with shining stars and rising kings.

Rather than the false little prosperity that has appeared in the past.

Walking on the streets of the Holy City, whether it was the street vendors, the diners in the taverns, or the powerful people in the Immortal Palace, almost all of them were paying attention to this matter and discussing it.

Along the way, Li Zhi heard many people fantasizing about what would happen if the holy body that had been abandoned for hundreds of thousands of years was cultivated to the great perfection realm?
Li Zhi really wanted to tell them that they were overthinking it. Most of the cultivators present would die before their holy bodies could be cultivated to perfection, and even 90% of all life in the universe would disappear.

There are people here today who are imagining what the scene will be like after the Holy Body is fully developed, but I am afraid that not many of them can wait until that time.

However, Li Zhi just muttered a few words to himself and did not really argue with those people.

Kings rise up, thousands of religions contend with each other, and the golden age of cultivation arrives. It is a day that everyone is looking forward to. Although it means endless wars and turbulent situation, it also means that ordinary cultivators have the hope of taking advantage of the situation and soaring into the sky.

After taking a walk on the streets of the Holy City and learning about recent events in the Holy City, Li Zhi did not return to the San Sheng Temple where he stayed, but stayed in a small inn in the city.

Afterwards, he used a secret method to try to contact Duan De.

Before they parted in Chaoyang City, Duan De had said that he was coming to the Holy City, but Li Zhi had not seen him in the Holy City before, and he didn't know where he had gone.

He thought that he would still not get a response from Duan De this time, but unexpectedly, Duan De replied to him very quickly.

After a stick of incense, Li Zhi set up a table of the cheapest banquet in the shop and waited for Duan De to come.

The last time Li Zhi treated him to a meal, Duan De did not pay. This time Li Zhi had learned his lesson and did not dare to show his intention to treat him, otherwise Duan De would definitely charge him a lot of money at Huan Shi Fu or Zuixian Que.

Not long after, a fat man dressed like a wealthy family's son walked into the shop. Although he looked different, his demeanor was exactly the same as Duan De's.

Li Zhi stood up instantly and shouted to the fat man, "Here."

Duan De sat directly opposite Li Zhi, looked at the two plates of green vegetables and a plate of peanuts on the table, and said, "Good boy, you are not going to use these things to entertain me, the Taoist priest, are you?"

Li Zhi looked at Duan De's attire and asked, "Uncle Taoist priest, why are you dressed like this? Do you have any enemies in the Holy City?"

Duan De picked up a peanut and threw it into his mouth, saying, "What do you know? This is called being low-key. Being low-key, do you understand? If I show my true identity, wouldn't I be stealing the limelight from Ye boy? You little brat, and you, what's wrong with your figure? It's only been a few months since we last met, how come you've become smaller again?"

Li Zhi said in surprise: "Can't you see the changes in my body?"

Duan De touched his smooth chin and said, "You know what, your current appearance is in line with your real age. Have you got another amazing fortune?"

After completing the seventh nirvana transformation, Li Zhi's body had developed supernatural powers that could shield him from the gazes and divine thoughts of others. It became increasingly difficult to see through him.

At least Duan De could no longer see the changes in him at a glance.

Li Zhi chuckled and said, "Nothing much. I just used the Nirvana method of the Divine Silkworm Clan to undergo a Nirvana transformation not long ago."

Duan De did not ask where he got the Nirvana method from, but simply smiled and said, "It must feel good to be struck by lightning."

Li Zhi was slightly surprised and asked, "How do you know I was struck by lightning?"

Duan De laughed and said, "If you want to build a perfect foundation, it would be strange if you are not struck by lightning. Let me tell you this, if you want to continue to transform, your fate will not only be struck by lightning."

Seeing Duan De's mysterious smile, Li Zhi hurriedly asked, "Is there any taboo behind this?"

Duan De pointed at the vegetables and peanuts on the table, stared at Li Zhi with a half-smile and said, "You little bastard, you treat me with these things, do you think I will tell you?"

"Uncle Taoist, do you want to go to Huan Shi Fu or Zuixian Que? If neither of them satisfy you, let's go to Guanghan Que, Shuiyue Xiaozhu, or Miaoyu'an. Even if you want An Miaoyi to dance for you, I will find a way to invite her to come for you."

Li Zhi immediately came to Duan De enthusiastically and made a promise to him.

If there is anyone in this world who has studied the subject of complete transformation and forging the foundation of the Tao, it must be Duan De.

The "Heavenly Art of Overcoming Tribulations" that Duan De practiced was much more profound than ordinary great emperor scriptures, and the tribulations that he had to go through in the process of practicing were much more numerous.

The strength of his body almost exceeded everyone's imagination.

These were all acquired through his cultivation bit by bit in this life, not the powerful physical body left over from the previous life.

Seeing Li Zhi's face change instantly, Duan De's fat face immediately showed a bunch of wrinkles, and he laughed and scolded: "You kid really don't see the rabbit before the eagle."

Afterwards, the two went to the Fantasy Food Palace. Li Zhi directly took out the guardian token of the Yao Chi Holy Land and ordered a fairy banquet worth ten thousand kilograms of energy.

Duan De's eyes sparkled, and he patted Li Zhi on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, you've done well. The Yao Chi Holy Land actually gave you the status of a true protector of the religion. Which Yao Chi fairy did you get in touch with?"

Li Zhi took the token back with a smile and said, "It's nothing. I just accepted the invitation of the Saint Lady of Yaochi with great reluctance."

"Snapped!"

Duan De slapped Li Zhi on the back of his head and said with a smile: "You little bastard, I told you you're fat and you're still panting."

Li Zhi rubbed the back of his head and said, "Isn't this to avoid embarrassing you? After all, our inheritance is not weaker than that of Yuan Tianshi, and we are worthy of the invitation from Yao Chi Holy Land."

Duan De looked at Li Zhi with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "Have you ever been to the Yaochi Ancient Land?"

Li Zhi asked, "How do you know?"

Duan De said with a gloomy face: "Master Dao, I knew that you were caught doing something bad."

Li Zhi quickly said, "No, absolutely not. I was not forced to accept the invitation of the Saint of Yao Chi." Duan De looked at him suspiciously and said, "You were really caught by the people of Yao Chi Holy Land when you were doing something bad, and then became their lackey?"

Li Zhi's face darkened and he said, "Uncle Taoist priest, am I that unlucky? I'll tell you the truth. I have a good relationship with the Saint of Yao Chi. She even took a bath in front of me with her bare bottom openly."

Duan De stared at Li Zhi with his eyes wide open and shouted, "What did you say? You have that kind of relationship with the Saint of Yao Chi?"

Li Zhi hurriedly said, "Uncle Taoist priest, please keep your voice down. Are you going to let me continue my activities in the Northern Territory?"

Then, Duan De smiled obscenely and said, "Good boy, you have the demeanor of me in my old days."

After the Immortal Feast began, Duan De enjoyed the delicacies and said with satisfaction: "Little Li Zhi, tell me the truth, how many times have you completed a transformation since you started practicing?"

Li Zhi said: "It has been seven times."

"puff!"

Duan De sprayed out the wine in his mouth and asked in surprise: "What did you say? You have completed seven transformations?"

Li Zhi asked: "Is there any problem?"

"What's the problem?" The smile on Duan De's face disappeared immediately, and he said seriously: "The problem is huge. If you want to continue the eighth transformation, you will not only have to go through the tribulation of thunder, but also the traction of cause and effect, which will draw all your enemies to the place where you transform. If there is no peerless master to protect you, you will definitely die."

"Uncle Taoist priest, since I started practicing, I have never taken the initiative to make enemies with others. I should not have any enemies, right?" Li Zhi said after thinking for a while.

Duan De shook his head and said, "You have completed seven transformations, which means you have consumed seven amazing fortunes. The cause and effect are determined in the dark, and you can't avoid it. You can only force your way in. Or there are peerless masters who protect you and resolve the cause and effect on you. Just like the holy body Ye Fan, who helped the God King Jiang Taixu to revive, and then after Jiang Taixu was resurrected, he personally came forward to resolve the cause and effect between him and the family and the holy land. Do you think there will be another great God King who will stand up to resolve the cause and effect on you?"

Li Zhi's heart moved, and he smiled mysteriously, saying, "What if there is?"

Duan De looked at Li Zhi in surprise and asked, "Brat, have you done anything earth-shattering recently?"

"It's nothing. I just took a tour of the ancient Jiang family's cemetery and brought out the corpse of a great god king at the saint level." Li Zhi said with a proud look on his face.

Duan De directly reached out and pinched Li Zhi's face, which hurt so much that Li Zhi screamed in pain.

Duan De then said, "I didn't talk in my sleep."

Li Zhi kept rubbing his face and said, "Uncle Taoist, you don't believe me."

Duan De rolled his eyes at him and said, "How can I trust you for what you did? Tell me, have you run into any trouble again by coming to me this time?"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "I came to you this time to ask you how to use the body of a saint to refine a humanoid weapon. I heard that the body of a saint is better than most of the materials used to refine weapons in the world, and it is an excellent material for refining saintly weapons. I plan to use the body of the saint-level Great Accomplishment God King to refine a guardian magic weapon for myself."

Seeing that Li Zhi didn't seem to be lying, Duan De was eager to try and said, "Take it out quickly and let me take a look. I wanted to go to the ancient Ji family's cemetery to take a look, but the old man from the Ji family hunted me for a long time."

Obviously, Duan De was obsessed with digging in holy places or family cemeteries.

"Here? What if someone finds us?" Li Zhi said as he looked at the magnificent decorations around him.

Duan De also realized that something was wrong here, so he said, "After the Immortal Feast, let's go outside the city. Have you found anything good in the Jiang Family Cemetery?"

Li Zhi said, "I did get a really good thing, but I don't know if I can use it. Uncle Taoist, please give me a thumbs up."

Afterwards, Li Zhi took out the "Method of Returning the Great Emperor's Bloodline to His Ancestral Bloodline" that he had copied.

After Duan De took the scripture, he read it carefully, commenting on it as he read, saying, "The Jiang family is not simple. They actually collected the "Devouring Heaven Demon Art". It's interesting. This art is very interesting."

However, Li Zhi was looking Duan De up and down, wondering if he could awaken the emperor's law from his blood at this moment.

No one knew whether the imperial body he had cultivated in his previous lives was sealed in the reincarnation seal in his body along with the emperor's blood when he cut himself off.

"You little brat, what are you looking at? Do you want to bathe in my blood and essence?" Duan De, who was pondering the scripture, suddenly felt Li Zhi's fiery gaze. The way he looked at him was as if he was looking at a tempting delicacy, which instantly made Duan De furious.

Li Zhi wiped the corner of his mouth, which was devoid of saliva, and said quickly, "I don't have any."

"You little brat, you're nothing." Duan De gave Li Zhi a loud slap on the head, leaving a bump on his head.

Afterwards, Duan De returned the scripture to Li Zhi and said, "This technique is useful if you say it is useful, and it is useless if you say it is useless."

Li Zhi rubbed the big bump on his forehead and asked, "Why?"

Duan De smiled and said, "In families with the blood of the Great Emperor flowing through their bodies, this technique is indeed useful, as it can gather the strength of everyone to help one person. But if it falls into the hands of cultivators who don't have the blood of the Great Emperor, it will be useless. Even if they devour more people, they will not awaken a powerful bloodline. Instead, they will devour the essence and blood of others, causing conflicts in their own bloodlines, which will lead to the risk of exploding and dying."

"Is there no other workaround?" Li Zhi asked unwillingly.

Duan De pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps the fruit of the immortal medicine can replace the bloodline of the great emperor. Each fruit of the immortal medicine contains the complete laws of heaven and earth, and that law is not necessarily worse than the laws of the great emperor. The laws of the immortal medicine can be used to enhance the outstanding aspects of one's own origin, and perhaps even directly awaken a special Tao body."

Li Zhi took out the immortality elixir of the peach with a quarter of the flesh left and asked, "Uncle Taoist, can I use it?"

When Duan De saw Li Zhi take out the fruit of the elixir of immortality, he was stunned.

He did not ask about the origin of the immortality fruit, nor did he show any shock. Instead, after thinking seriously for a while, he asked, "Little Li Zhi, tell me the truth, what did you use to offer sacrifices to the heaven in the original ruins?"

"Two tears from a little girl." said Li Zhi.

Duan De didn't think Li Zhi was talking nonsense, but frowned and said, "It shouldn't be possible. How can two drops of tears have such a powerful effect? ​​Even the tears shed by a great emperor can't have such a powerful effect. Unless they are the tears of an immortal, and they are not ordinary tears of an immortal."

Hearing this, Li Zhi thought to himself, Duan De is indeed amazing, worthy of being the longest-lived being in the world of Shrouding the Sky.

As the fruit of the ruthless emperor, Xiao Nannan has been wandering in the mortal world, immortal and indestructible. To a certain extent, she is indeed no different from an immortal.

Then, Duan De said solemnly: "Your luck is a bit too good, you better be careful. I'm afraid that after you break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm, every thunder tribulation you encounter will be a punishment from heaven."

Li Zhi did not take the punishment seriously. He put away the peaches of immortality and asked, "Uncle Taoist, can I use it to transform?"

Duan De smiled and said, "Of course you can. The Pantao Immortal Elixir is good at prolonging life. You use it to transform, and your immortal body will be taken to the next level. In terms of origin, it will be no weaker than the ancient holy body. It will even surpass the ancient holy body in terms of vitality. After you break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm, it will be a human-shaped divine medicine. You'd better not expose it to outsiders, otherwise I don't know how many old immortals will jump out to capture you to make medicine."

Li Zhi said confidently: "It's okay. By then, it's still unclear who will kill whom."

Li Zhi believed that after he completed nine transformations, he would have completed a true transformation. There would no longer be any shortcomings in any aspects, and his cultivation speed might be no slower than that of the Emperor's son. One year of practice would be equivalent to a hundred years of practice for an ordinary cultivator.

After the two of them happily finished the immortal feast, Duan De said, "Let's go, brat. Let's go out of the city and show me the treasures you got in the Jiang family cemetery. You actually reached the ancient family cemetery before me, you have a bright future. I am very happy, so I will teach you a method to transform corpses into human-shaped weapons."

Afterwards, Li Zhi and Duan De left the Holy City together, and even left the Holy State directly, and came to the vast uninhabited area.

(End of this chapter)