Chapter 117 Dao Palace Great Perfection

On the edge of the ancient forbidden area, within the primeval forest, there is a vast and ancient area. Although the area is not large, it is home to a small number of terrifying ancient monsters.

Even the powerful ones can't do anything to them. Even the golden-winged Roc, whose young bird was stolen by Li Zhi, can't even be ranked among the top.

After returning from Jin State, Li Zhi headed straight for the ancient forbidden area.

When he arrived at the outskirts of the forest, he discovered that the number of monks active outside had increased exponentially.

It seems that the Yin-Yang Sect and the three holy places in the Eastern Wilderness have completed the blockade of the ancient forest.

Seeing this, Li Zhi did not force his way in, but turned around and left, planning to wait for Ye Fan's return in Yandu.

After arriving in Yandu, Li Zhi wandered around the streets and met many young cultivators.

There are cultivators from the various schools of thought in Zhongzhou, cultivators from the Guhua Dynasty, and cultivators from the major sects in the Southern Region. It seems that Yandu has become a small center of trouble recently.

This discovery made Li Zhi feel helpless, and he didn't know whether it would have an impact on his subsequent transformation.

Soon, Li Zhi saw many disciples of the Ji family on the street, but what was strange was that they did not go to those big restaurants to have fun, but gathered in a small tavern on the street.

Seeing this scene, Li Zhi suddenly remembered something. Could this be the pub opened by Ye Fan’s classmate Zhang Wenchang?

Li Zhi walked over with some curiosity.

Sure enough, in the tavern, Li Zhi saw Zhang Wenchang with gray hair on his temples. He looked old and frail, without a trace of vitality. Although he was not much of a talkative person when they met each other in the giant bronze coffin, he was an honest man who had expectations for life.

Now I am full of depression and life seems to be very unsatisfactory.

Moreover, in the tavern, there was a young man sitting there with a haughty face, who seemed to be openly monitoring him.

When Li Zhi walked into the tavern, the young man immediately glanced at Li Zhi and said impatiently: "Little Taoist priest, this place is closed."

"Boss, give me a stack of peanuts and a bottle of Wuliangye."

Li Zhi ignored the young man from the Ji family, sat down at an empty table, and shouted to Zhang Wenchang behind the counter.

Recently, due to the harassment from the Ji family disciples, no ordinary customers dared to come to Zhang Wenchang's shop. Now that he saw Li Zhi coming in, Zhang Wenchang did not move at all.

It was not until "Wuliangye" was shouted that Zhang Wenchang's expression changed and he looked at Li Zhi in astonishment.

Zhang Wenchang's reaction was all seen by the disciple of the Ji family.

The disciple immediately shouted at Li Zhi: "Ye Fan, you dare to appear in front of us."

His shouting immediately attracted other Ji family disciples on the street, who surrounded Li Zhi.

"Wulian Tianzun, is this what the ancient Ji family taught you?" After Li Zhi shouted, a purifying force instantly descended, which directly shocked the Ji family disciples' hearts and minds, as if they had been severely injured, and there was blood at the corners of their mouths.

"The Heavenly Lord, you are not the Holy Body Ye Fan, you are a disciple of the Daoyi Holy Land." The Ji family disciple who spoke first recognized the method that Li Zhi had just used, and said angrily.

"Holy Body Ye Fan, do I look like a Holy Body?" There seemed to be great majesty on Li Zhi, like a god in the temple, making those Ji family disciples dare not look directly at him.

"Little Taoist, isn't this a bit too much? We just recognized the wrong person, but you actually hurt him. Don't you respect my Ji family?" The disciple of the Ji family looked at Li Zhi angrily, but no one dared to take action.

Just now, with just one shout, all of them were injured. This strength is no weaker than the four moons of their families. These Ji family disciples are not all brainless and reckless. They naturally know when to pull the tiger skin and pull the banner.

“Of course I have great respect for the ancient Ji family, but your behavior of bullying the elderly and the weak makes me see that you are not disciples of an ancient family, but a group of ruffians. You are not worthy of my respect. I really don’t know how your Ji family educated you.” Li Zhi looked at those Ji family disciples as if he was very disappointed.

"You" Although those Ji family disciples wanted to refute, they had no words to refute.

"Okay, well said. Little Taoist, I agree with you." At this moment, a girl in purple, graceful and elegant, with two dimples on her face, grinding her shiny little canine teeth, walked in with a smile.

"Ji Ziyue, why are you here?" Li Zhi looked at her in surprise.

Ji Ziyue ignored the greetings from the Ji family disciples and sat down directly opposite Li Zhi. Then, she looked at Li Zhi with curiosity and asked, "Little Taoist priest, we haven't seen each other for two years since we parted at Taixuan Sect. Didn't you disappear? Why are you back now?"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "I'm here to look for your dear little Ye. Isn't Miss Ziyue waiting for him in Yandu?"

Ji Ziyue's cheeks turned slightly red, and she quickly denied, "Little Taoist priest, don't talk nonsense. I was just bored at home, so I came out for a walk. I didn't come to look for Ye Fan."

"Miss Ziyue, do you know this young Taoist priest?" The Ji family disciple who spoke just now asked when he saw that Ji Ziyue and Li Zhi seemed to be familiar with each other.

Ji Ziyue said: "I know him."

The disciple from the Ji family immediately shut up, and then tactfully left the tavern with the others.

Then, Ji Ziyue asked: "Little Taoist, will Ye Fan really come here?"

Li Zhi asked, "Are you worried about him? Are you worried that he might be encountered by Ji Hui from your Ji family?"

Ji Ziyue said excitedly: "If you really know where he is, then tell me quickly."

Li Zhi said: "I don't know where he is either. Maybe he is healing in some life restricted area. But, Miss Ziyue, why is your cultivation sealed? Do you want me to unlock it for you?"

Ji Ziyue was a little surprised and asked: "Can you remove the seal on me?"

Li Zhi said: "As long as it is not sealed by the masters of Xiantai Secret Realm, I can probably unlock it."

Ji Ziyue said quickly: "Unlock it for me quickly, my cultivation is only sealed by the cultivators of Hualong Secret Realm."

Li Zhi directly slapped out a Heaven Transformation Palm, dissolving the power sealed in Ji Ziyue's body, and then said: "Alright."

Ji Ziyue felt the divine power surge in her body again, and immediately said happily: "Little Taoist, thank you. I am finally free."

Seeing that Ji Ziyue was about to leave the tavern, Li Zhi asked, "Where are you going, Miss Ziyue?"

"Little Taoist, see you later." After saying that, Ji Ziyue turned into a stream of purple light and ran away. No one knew where she was going.

Maybe she came here to resolve the conflict between Ji Hui and Ye Fan.

After Ji Ziyue left, Zhang Wenchang walked up to Li Zhi hesitantly and asked in a trembling voice, "Who are you?"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "I am Li Zhi, do you remember?"

Zhang Wenchang looked at Li Zhi in disbelief and said, "You are Boss Li."

Li Zhi said, "It's me. From what I can see from your appearance, you haven't had a good time in Beidou these past few years. Are you missing home? Or are you missing your children?"

Zhang Wenchang's tears suddenly flowed down, and he said, "I miss them."

Li Zhi said: "I said back then that if you practice hard, you will be able to return one day. You don't seem to take my words to heart. I have met Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Li Xiaoman. Their cultivation is higher than yours."

Zhang Wenchang looked a little disappointed, and said, "I don't have much talent. I barely embarked on the path of cultivation, but I can't improve my cultivation as quickly as they do. I have tried very hard, but the effect is not obvious."

Li Zhi said: "Don't be discouraged, as long as you find the right path for yourself, you will eventually achieve something. Instead of missing your hometown, you might as well turn it into motivation for cultivation. Your children were not born when you came to Beidou. Instead of worrying about them, you might as well work hard to cultivate and earn a foundation for your children to bring back. As I said, there are cultivators on Earth too. Perhaps as long as I can go back in my lifetime, we will see each other again one day."

"Thank you, Boss Li." After Li Zhi's guidance, Zhang Wenchang's emotions finally stabilized, and even the depression in his body dissipated a lot.

Then, Li Zhi asked, "Has Ye Fan ever been to your place?" Zhang Wenchang shook his head and said, "No."

"Do you mind if I stay at your place for a few days?" Li Zhi said.

"Of course." Zhang Wenchang hesitated and said, "Boss Li, are you saying that Ye Fan will come to see me?"

Li Zhi said: "Nine out of ten, I'm not sure, but I think if he comes to the Ancient Forbidden Zone to heal his injuries, he will definitely come to you."

Zhang Wenchang said: "No wonder those Ji family disciples were unwilling to let me go."

Li Zhi said: "The person they want to find is Ye Fan, as for you, they won't care."

Zhang Wenchang said, "Boss Li, are they looking for you too?"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "They won't come looking for me. I have no grudges against the Ji family, and I am now the guardian of the Yao Chi Holy Land. I am not someone that those Ji family disciples can manipulate at will."

Afterwards, Li Zhi stayed in Zhang Wenchang's tavern.

It took more than a month before Ye Fan arrived.

And beside Ye Fan was the girl Ji Ziyue, but Ji Hui did not meet Ye Fan.

It seemed that Ji Ziyue had lured him away from Yandu.

Li Zhi thought to himself, could it be that Ji Hui saved his life because of this?

Seeing Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue, who had changed their appearance, appear in the tavern like a pair of happy enemies, Li Zhi said to Zhang Wenchang: "Let's go, it's time to leave here and find a suitable place to practice hard."

Zhang Wenchang nodded, and then he was put into Li Zhi's sleeve and left Yandu away from everyone's eyes and ears.

He met up with Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue in a forest three hundred miles outside Yandu.

After seeing the two of them, Li Zhi asked curiously: "Ye Fan, how did Ji Ziyue find you? Did she leave a mark on you again?"

Ji Ziyue smiled and said, "That's because I was smart enough to block him outside the ancient restricted area. You didn't see how miserable he was when he was struck by lightning."

Ye Fan never expected that after just coming out of the ancient forbidden area, he was not only struck by lightning, but also met Ji Ziyue who seemed to be waiting for him there.

Ye Fan asked: "Li Zhi, how did you know that I would return to the Ancient Forbidden Zone to heal my injuries? Also, how did you meet Wenchang?"

Li Zhi said: "Actually, I have been waiting for you for several months."

Ye Fan asked: "Are you waiting for me?"

Li Zhi nodded and said, "I wonder if you still have the seeds of the Qilin Immortal Elixir with you. I would like to borrow it, and my Taoist Palace Secret Realm will be perfect."

Ye Fan's eyes lit up and he said, "You want to use the seeds of the Qilin Immortal Elixir to condense the Qilin Companion Immortal Tree?"

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, now my Dao Palace Secret Realm is only missing a companion fairy tree hidden by the Lung God. I originally wanted to wait for the White Tiger Immortal Elixir in the future, but now, the White Tiger Immortal Elixir is still on Earth, and I can no longer wait until that time."

Ye Fan was surprised and asked: "What, the White Tiger Immortality Elixir is on Earth?"

Li Zhi nodded and said, "You will know when you return."

After hearing the conversation between the two, Ji Ziyue also interrupted and said, "You are indeed from outside the domain."

Li Zhi smiled and said, "All the people of Beidou come from outside the domain. Is it strange that we come from outside the domain?"

Seeing Li Zhi admit it so generously, Ji Ziyue was a little stunned, as if Li Zhi's reaction exceeded her expectations.

Li Zhi said: "The human race on the ancient Beidou star first moved here from the Ziwei star field. Later, they gradually took root in Beidou. Your ancestor, Emperor Xukong, was born in Beidou. However, Emperor Hengyu of the Jiang family was not from the ancient Beidou star, but from the Ziwei star field. It was only after he became an emperor that he took root in Beidou. In the past ten thousand years, Beidou was no longer suitable for cultivation due to the suppression of the Qingdi Avenue, so it lost contact with the extraterritorial civilization. During the prosperous period of cultivation, the exchanges between cultivators in various star fields were very frequent."

This news not only shocked Ji Ziyue, but even Ye Fan and Zhang Wenchang were shocked.

But at this point, Li Zhi suddenly stopped talking and said, "Children, work hard at cultivation. The universe is vast, but also narrow. One day you will find that the places that are out of reach now are only one step away."

"Little Taoist, how old are you? You act like an old man." Finally, Ji Ziyue was the first to react and said to Li Zhi.

Then, she said to Ye Fan: "Ye Fan, take care of yourself. I'm going home. If I don't go back, they will come out to look for me."

Seeing this, Ye Fan immediately took out a jade bottle of holy spring water and a jade box, gave them to Ji Ziyue, and said: "Ziyue, carry this bottle of holy spring water with you for self-defense, take this holy fruit back and drink it, it can make you reborn, don't let others find out."

Ji Ziyue showed a happy smile on her face, revealing her shining little tiger teeth. She reached out to take the gift from Ye Fan, but said, "Who wants your things?"

Li Zhi, who was standing by, whispered to Zhang Wenchang, "Wenchang, did you see that? This is what Xiao Yezi did. You should also work hard to give your child a brother or sister in Beidou so that you can take care of him in the future."

Zhang Wenchang's face turned red, and Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue felt a little embarrassed at the same time.

Ji Ziyue even directly rode away on the divine rainbow.

Afterwards, they left the State of Yan together and left the center of this turmoil.

Ye Fan planned to send Zhang Wenchang to Taixuanmen to become a disciple.

However, Li Zhi did not plan to return to Taixuan Sect. He just asked Ye Fan to bring some gifts to Senior Sister Mingshui at Lingyao Peak on his behalf.

It took Li Zhi half a month to finally condense the companion fairy tree of the Lung God's Treasure with the help of the seeds of the Qilin Immortal Elixir.

At the moment when the companion fairy tree was born, the five qi in Li Zhidao's palace rushed into the sky, forming an extremely gorgeous canopy above his head, making him look like the emperor of heaven descending to the earth.

An aura of eternal immortality emanated from the canopy, and the overwhelming vitality made Ye Fan feel frightened.

Ye Fan also has the Taoist Palace Scroll of "Innate Longevity Art" in his hand, but due to the particularity of the Holy Body Taoist Palace, he is unable to cultivate a companion fairy tree.

Now, after seeing Li Zhi's performance, I have a new understanding of this special health-preserving exercise.

It seems to be no weaker than those imperial scriptures.

At this point, Li Zhi's Taoist Palace Secret Realm has officially been cultivated to the level of great perfection.

Afterwards, Li Zhi returned the seeds of the Qilin Immortal Elixir to Ye Fan.

After Ye Fan put away the seeds of the immortal medicine, he asked, "Li Zhi, what are your plans next?"

Li Zhi said seriously: "Practice, practice non-stop. The golden age of cultivation is coming soon. If you don't want to become an ant, you must practice non-stop."

Finally, Ye Fan gave Li Zhi a holy fruit picked from the nine holy mountains, and then they parted ways.

Shortly after they separated, Ji Hui, along with a group of Ji family disciples, chased in the direction of Taixuan Gate.

Ji Ziyue kindly wanted to resolve the cause and effect between her and Ye Fan, but it seemed that the other party did not appreciate it.

　Goodnight everybody

　　
　
(End of this chapter)