Chapter 115 The First Appearance
The barren mountains were littered with frozen, cracked rocks.

There were still some frozen corpses scattered among the rocks.

The chilly air made people feel uncomfortable, and it seemed as if the area within a few miles was not the warm southern region.

On the eerie and cold mountain range, there is a dark, deep pool, as silent as a stone, without a single ripple, yet emitting bursts of heart-pounding chill.

Beside the black pool, there were many fresh traces of fighting, as if a shocking battle had just taken place not long ago.

There were also pieces of blood on the surrounding hills, some red, some black, some green, from different sources.

Standing next to the deep pool, Li Zhi probed his spiritual sense into the pool to check, and instantly felt a sharp murderous intent.

Although the murderous intent was strong, it did not break his mind, and Li Zhi immediately felt confident.

"Pfft!"

Li Zhi dived directly into the deep pool.

The surface of the pool was disturbed for only a moment before returning to calm.

After a stick of incense, there was a slight splash on the water surface, and Li Zhi, whose body was covered with a thick layer of black ice, rushed out of the pool like an ice sculpture.

"Bang, click"

The sound of ice breaking could be heard continuously from within the black ice sculpture. After seven or eight breaths of time, Li Zhi finally used his divine power to break the seal of the black ice and completely expelled the cold and damp aura from his body.

The originally fair little face was now blue and purple, and the lips were trembling constantly.

The teeth made a "click-click-click" sound.

"I'm freezing to death." Li Zhi shivered several times before he recovered.

The extremely yin power within the Nether Pond is indeed terrifying.

Fortunately, he successfully placed the purple jade crystal coffin in an extremely yin vein at the bottom of the pool.

All we need to do is wait ninety-nine and eighty-one days for the blood in the Great God King's body to transform into the blood of the Fallen God and we'll be done.

The zombies in the pool that were originally guarding the tomb of the Green Emperor have disappeared, as if they were all killed by the powerful people before.

Li Zhi only saw a black golden ape's head at the bottom of the pool.

Duan De was right, this dark pond was extremely scary and it was also the most gloomy place in the world, suitable for raising corpses.

The divine power in his body continued to circulate for dozens of circles, and only after all the cold and gloomy air was expelled from his body did Li Zhi leave the Nether Pond.

It was not a place to stay for long, and there was no need for him to keep watching over it while the corpse was being nurtured.

Soon, after crossing several mountains, Li Zhi saw the ruins of a magnificent ancient building complex.

Looking around, there was almost no intact building; all had collapsed. However, the spiritual energy around was extremely abundant, even more abundant than that in several major paradises of the Yan State, and there was a sense of vigorous vitality brewing in it.

In the center of the endless ancient building complex, a volcano with roiling magma is emitting amazing fire spirit energy.

That is where the Qing Emperor’s Yang Tomb is located.

Although the ancient temple where the Green Emperor's heart was stored no longer exists in the volcano.

However, the structure of the volcano was not destroyed by the war that year.

The tomb of the Green Emperor, one yang and one yin, embraces Tai Chi. The fiery heart is buried in the yang tomb, and the desolate tower is placed in the yin tomb.

Inside the dark pool where the Yin tomb is located, there is an extremely yin place representing death. Then in the crater where the heart is located, there must be an extremely yang place representing vitality.

I don't know whether the Feng Shui pattern of this place was created by the Green Emperor himself or it was created naturally.

However, the place chosen by the Green Emperor as a resting place, even if it is not as good as the Purple Mountain or the Chaos Dragon's Nest chosen by the Henren Emperor, is definitely a rare treasure in the world.

Going to compete with those people for the burial objects in the tomb of the Green Emperor first is really like buying the casket and returning the pearl.

If we find the extremely yang place in the Yang Tomb that represents vitality, it will definitely be much more valuable than the spiritual artifact left by the Green Emperor in the ancient temple.

This is the place chosen by the emperor to store his heart.

It is definitely not an ordinary treasure land.

After opening his eyes of life, Li Zhi began to look for places with abundant vitality inside the volcano.

But after searching for a long time, he found nothing and did not see any extremely sunny place with strong vitality.

"Could it be that the vitality in the Extreme Yang Land was used by the Green Emperor to nourish his heart? Has he already sucked the treasures out of that land? But the Extreme Yin Land has not collapsed, and the yin and yang in the original ruins are not out of balance, so it shouldn't disappear, right?"

Li Zhi began to murmur in his heart.

Then he jumped into the volcanic lava and began to look for traces of the Extreme Yang Land in the magma.

The ancient temple definitely had not been floating in the magma for thousands of years. It must be located somewhere deep in the magma.

It will not float to the surface of the magma until the time limit of the Dao pattern that imprisoned it is up. Otherwise, with the means of the Green Emperor, how could the power of a mere ten thousand year restriction be weakened?

The deeper you go into the magma, the thicker the surrounding fire spirit energy becomes.

There were even wisps of divine fire spirit liquid condensed from the fire spirit energy.

Seeing that he could not find the location of the extremely yang place for the time being, Li Zhi sat cross-legged in the magma and began to absorb the divine fire spirit liquid to cultivate the divine treasure of the heart in the secret realm of the Taoist Palace.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.

After absorbing countless amounts of divine fire spirit liquid, Li Zhi's heart spirit finally reached perfection.

At this point, Li Zhi's Taoist Palace Secret Realm has truly reached the level of great perfection.

Except that the companion fairy trees in the Lung Divine Storage and the Heart Divine Storage have not condensed, Li Zhi's current level of cultivation is enough for him to choose to enter the Four Extremes Secret Realm at any time.

After flying out of the magma pool in the crater, Li Zhi planned to go to the Fire Region of Jin State to condense the companion fairy tree of the Heart Divine Treasure.

The immortal fire in the center of the fire zone is no worse than the immortal elixir.

Using the template of the companion fairy tree for the Heart's Divine Treasure might be even better than using the elixir of immortality as a template.

And by the last transformation, Li Zhi had already made a decision in his heart.

That is to be done in the active volcano where the Green Emperor chose to bury his heart, which is the extremely yang place that represents vitality and which he has not yet found.

As a place carefully selected by the Green Emperor, there is no need to doubt it.

Even though the true mystery of this terrain has not been fully understood, the Qing Emperor has placed his heart of emperor here, which is definitely not comparable to ordinary terrain.

Apart from the seven forbidden areas for life, Li Zhi really couldn't think of a better place than this one.

Recalling the advice Duan De gave him after hosting a banquet for Sun Yi and Hu Qin in the Holy City, Li Zhi believed that choosing this place as the ninth metamorphosis would at least double the chances of success.

And since Duan De had successfully refined the Heaven-Repairing Pill, Li Zhi believed that he would not fail.

At that time, Li Zhi asked Duan De: "Uncle Taoist, what should I pay attention to when I undergo the ninth transformation?"

Duan De said very seriously: "First, you'd better improve your cultivation to the realm of Dao Palace Great Perfection, just like Ye Fan, who immediately broke through to enter the Four Extremes Secret Realm after completing the transformation."

Li Zhi asked: "Why do you want to break through immediately?"

Duan De explained, "So as not to have too many dreams at night. The foundation of the Great Perfection of the Tao in the future will not only be envied by the heavens, but also by people. You see, Ye Fan is just a saint body. When the saint body was a small success, there were so many people who didn't want him to have a small success of the saint body and forge the supreme foundation of the Great Perfection of the Saint Body. Even if there was a group of people to protect him, they still encountered many interceptions. They even used the Great Emperor's formation pattern to suppress him. It was only because the God King Jiang Taixu had a good practice and held the emperor's weapon that he could resolve that kind of peerless murderous intent for him. If it was only the Red Dragon Taoist, the Peacock King, the Green Dragon King and others who protected Ye Fan, I'm afraid he wouldn't even wait for the Dao map to fall from the sky, and his foundation of the Tao would be broken by others.

You have to remember that the stronger the Dao base, the more dangers you will encounter. You know Yao Yuekong from the Heavenly Demon Palace. He has a Heavenly Demon Body, but he was plotted against and his Dao base was damaged. Now he can only find ways to make up for it. As a result, he missed the best period for forging the Dao. Now, his combat power is obviously not as good as other perfect Dao bodies.

Fortunately, you are still young, and you have undergone several transformations before, but they are not known to outsiders and your reputation is not well-known in the world.

Otherwise, you will encounter no fewer disasters than Ye Fan. The reason why you are allowed to break through immediately after the transformation is to make the state of perfection in your body as short-lived as possible. With your current state of mind, you simply cannot maintain that state permanently. "

At that time, Li Zhi asked again: "What else should I pay attention to?"

Duan De said, "Second, you have to choose a suitable place for transformation. It is best to choose a place with excellent Feng Shui, which can greatly alleviate the impact of the heavenly tribulation on you. Only in this way can you more easily forge a supreme foundation of Tao. Remember, it is not the case that you have forged a perfect foundation of Tao after you have been reborn. At the moment of transformation, you will experience a baptism of the Great Dao. That baptism is the key to whether your foundation of Tao can be perfect."

At that time, Li Zhi continued to ask: "What about the third point?"

Duan De said, "Third, it's best not to let anyone find out that you are transforming. If you have the chance, it's best to kill all those who saw you forging the Dao. I believe you have a way to deal with this. You are extraordinary. You can even resist the innate Dao diagram of the holy body. Maybe you can really forge a rare acquired Dao foundation of great perfection."

After giving Li Zhi these three instructions, Duan De left, and Li Zhi didn't know where he went.

Standing in the ruins outside the crater, Li Zhi decided to condense the two companions before undergoing the final transformation.

The lungs belong to the element of metal, and the best companion fairy tree to match them is the White Tiger Fairy Tree. However, the White Tiger Elixir is on Earth and cannot be reached.

As a second best option, the Qilin Immortality Medicine in Ye Fan's hand can actually be used as an object for observation.

After making up his mind, Li Zhi planned to temporarily leave the original ruins to find Ye Fan.

I don’t know whether he has come out of the ancient restricted area at this moment.

But before Li Zhi left, a group of monks appeared in the ruins of the palace.

"Little Taoist, come here." After seeing Li Zhi, a young monk shouted at Li Zhi very arrogantly.

Li Zhifei came up to them, frowned slightly, and asked, "Who are you?"

"Oh, the little Taoist priest has a bad temper. He actually dares to speak to us in this tone." The young man laughed.

"Little Taoist, where are your elders? Why do you come here alone to explore opportunities?" a young female cultivator asked Li Zhi.

Li Zhi did not answer them, but continued to ask: "Are there many people coming here?"

"Haha, little Taoist priest, you don't think you're the only smart one. Let me tell you, this piece of primitive ruins has been sealed off by the six great caves of our Yan State. Anything you pick up on the battlefield cannot be taken away."

It turned out that he was a cultivator from one of the six blessed lands of Yan State, and he was actually planning to take advantage of the battlefield.

Sure enough, as long as enough people die, there will always be some things buried underground and not discovered.

"Besides the people from your six great caves, is there anyone else who is eyeing this piece of pristine ruins?" Li Zhi asked.

"Are we asking you, or are you asking us?" a young man from Yuding Dongtian said somewhat unhappily.

"Were the demons that previously lived in the primitive ruins wiped out?" Li Zhi asked.

"Little Taoist, have you picked up a treasure here?" asked a young man from Yanxia Dongtian.

After thinking for a moment, Li Zhi said, "There is no treasure here. You should all go back. Don't lose your life in vain."

But at this moment, Li Zhi caught two young men secretly communicating, "Brother Wu, this little Taoist must have treasures on him. How about we do something and kill him? Then, we can divide the treasures on him equally between us."

"It's not appropriate. This little Taoist priest didn't provoke us."

"Why is it inappropriate? This little Taoist priest is obviously not a native cultivator of our Yan State, but he wants to come to the primitive ruins to snatch the fortune that belongs to our Yan State cultivators."

"Let's ask for everyone's opinion. This little Taoist priest is very magnanimous. Don't kill the wrong person and bring disaster to us."

Afterwards, the two men secretly sent messages to others to ask whether they should surround and kill Li Zhi.

In the end, everyone agreed with their point of view.

But on the surface, he chatted with Li Zhi very enthusiastically.

As if to relax Li Zhi's guard, they began to move unconsciously and soon surrounded Li Zhi.

"Little Taoist brother, it's easy to meet bad people when you are outside alone. Don't go out alone in the future." The female disciple from Lingxu Dongtian said to Li Zhi very friendly.

"Do it!"

At this moment, a young man behind Li Zhi, whose cultivation had reached the Divine Bridge realm, suddenly shouted.

In an instant, seventeen or eighteen magic weapons flew out from those people's hands and smashed directly towards Li Zhi.

"Buzz!"

But when those magic weapons were three feet away from Li Zhi, they were suddenly trapped in the void by a huge force.

Li Zhi's eyes flashed with anger, and he calmly said to the young cultivators whose faces were filled with shock: "Before you take action in the next life, you'd better confirm the other party's cultivation level first."

"Who are you exactly?"

The young men who seemed to be stuck in a quagmire asked with horror.

Li Zhi said: "I am a Taoist of longevity, but it is a pity that you cannot enjoy the longevity brought by your cultivation."

"change!"

Suddenly, Li Zhiduan shouted, and a strange decomposing force turned the group of young monks who were surrounding him and their magic weapons into ashes.

Looking at the ashes on the ground, Li Zhi seemed a little depressed.

Why is this so?
He didn't provoke the other party, so why did the other party suddenly kill him?

To deal with these young cultivators who have not reached the other shore level, Li Zhi does not even need to deliberately use the Heaven-Transforming Divine Palm. With just a small amount of divine power, he can turn them into ashes.

Then, Li Zhi took a step forward and disappeared on the spot.

Soon, eight elders from the six great caves appeared there.

There was horror in everyone's eyes.

(End of this chapter)