Chapter 122: The Response of the Two Holy Lands

Li Zhi left the Southern Region.

However, he didn't know that at this moment, two people from the Holy Land were heading to the Southern Region because of his matter.

One of them was that the holy maiden Yuchen from Daoyi Holy Land brought a group of disciples to Yandi through the domain gate to look for the whereabouts of Li Zhi.

Another group of people came from the Holy Land of Yao Chi. After receiving the news from Sun Yi, the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi personally led people to Yan to confirm Li Zhi's life or death.

Compared with other forces, Daoyi Holy Land and Yaochi Holy Land are more aware of Li Zhi's value.

They did not believe the rumors that Li Zhi had died in the heavenly calamity.

After the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi arrived in Yandu, she directly asked Sun Yi and Li Zhi about the whole process of their tribulation.

Then, she asked the beautiful uncle who came with her, "Uncle, what kind of heavenly tribulation is it that can destroy the minds of those people just by observing it? Why have I never seen any relevant description in my Yao Chi records?"

The beautiful uncle also showed doubts and said, "In theory, no heavenly tribulation has this ability. Only some beings that surpass the great powers can release invisible killing thoughts to wipe out all the small cultivators who see their true bodies. But Xiao Changshou does not have this ability at all. He has only experienced the heavenly tribulation of the Four Extreme Secret Realms. It should be impossible for him to summon something that even the great powers dare not look directly at."

Yao Chi Saintess thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that his mysterious protector took action in secret?"

Yao Chi's beautiful uncle said, "It is very likely that his protector did something behind the scenes. According to what I learned from fellow Taoists in the Four Symbols Holy Land, Changshou's mysterious protector possesses the power of a great king, and also has a holy weapon in his hand. Perhaps Little Changshou didn't want people to see the true appearance of the last thunder tribulation he went through, so he chose to wipe out those cultivators."

The strength of the thunder tribulation that a cultivator has to endure can actually best reflect the cultivator's true talent.

That is something that can better reflect the potential of a cultivator than actual combat ability.

Therefore, when the geniuses cultivated by big forces go through tribulations, they often do so in secret.

This is to prevent the enemy from judging the true level of the genius through the strength of the thunder tribulation.

After all, combat capability can be artificially improved through cheating, making it appear extremely powerful to outsiders.

But the thunder tribulation cannot be overcome by cheating.

The monks are required to display their truest level.

Often, large forces would record various types of heavenly tribulations for their disciples to learn from.

It is to enable them to have the most accurate judgment of their own potential.

When Li Zhi was going through the tribulation before, he encountered a human-shaped tribulation that was resembling the Green Emperor, which was the most advanced tribulation that all cultivators had to go through.

It is said to be a natural calamity that can only be encountered by those who truly possess the potential to become an emperor.

To go through that kind of heavenly tribulation is equivalent to fighting with the young emperor.

Ordinary geniuses would never encounter a heavenly tribulation of that level.

Even if one tries their best and triggers that kind of heavenly calamity, only a few people can survive it.

There are relevant records in the secret scripture library in the holy land of Yao Chi.

Previously, when the Holy Body was breaking through the four poles, he encountered various thunder fairy beasts or human-shaped heavenly thunders, which had allowed the major forces to judge that he was a peerless genius who truly possessed the qualities of a great emperor.

It is not a holy body with insufficient potential, but a holy body that truly has the qualifications to achieve great success.

In comparison, many people from powerful forces had already realized the real gap between their so-called geniuses and holy bodies at that time.

It’s just that all the major forces maintained a surprising consensus and did not publicize this matter.

Now, Li Zhi is undergoing a tribulation in the primitive ruins. The intensity of the thunder tribulation is even greater than that of the holy body undergoing the tribulation, which makes people full of fear about his future.

In fact, at that time, many powerful people planned to wait until Li Zhi had completed his tribulation and then suddenly attack and kill him.

However, an accident occurred during the last heavenly tribulation. No one knew what kind of tribulation he was going through, and even his life and death were unknown.

Only a blood lotus fell from the calamity cloud.

This is also one of the reasons why people from powerful forces want to observe the blood lotus.

However, the emperor's uncle of the ancient imperial dynasty was not stupid. He did not take out the blood lotus for everyone to observe, but returned directly to Zhongzhou afterwards.

This makes it impossible for some people who suspect that Li Zhi is still alive to determine whether he is alive or dead.

After all, Li Zhi's protector is very powerful, and killing him is as easy as killing a chicken. If you want to wipe him out, you must make full preparations in advance.

This beautiful uncle of the Saint of Yao Chi was obviously one of the people who were full of doubts about Li Zhi's tribulation.

No one blamed the deaths of those people on the power of heavenly calamity, but instead blamed their deaths on Li Zhi's mysterious protector.

After listening to her uncle's explanation, Yao Chi Saint asked, "Uncle, why did Changshou act like this? He shouldn't be a cruel person. Although he likes to joke and is a little childish, he is also a kind-hearted person. Why did he kill so many people in public? Was it just to cover up his heavenly tribulation? If so, why did he undergo the tribulation in public? He carries a lot of Xuanyutai on him, which were personally sacrificed by the supreme elders. It is easy to avoid the eyes of those people."

The beautiful master smiled and said, "Silly girl, you may have misjudged that little guy. He seems to be very kind to everyone, and sometimes even acts cute, but he never really cares about human life. In his eyes, human life is just like the flowers and plants around him, with almost no difference."

Yao Chi Saintess was obviously stunned, and then asked in surprise: "Could it be that he has cultivated his mind to the point of forgetting emotions? He has reached the state of true unity of heaven and man, the state of 'Heaven and earth are not benevolent and treat all things as straw dogs'?"

The beautiful uncle said, "I'm not sure either, but Xiao Changshou's spiritual cultivation is indeed extraordinary. When we first met, he even gave me the feeling that he was in the world but his mind was outside of it, and that he looked at everything in the world as if he were looking at a painting. It was as if we were all people in the painting, but he was the only one looking at the painting."

These words made the Saint of Yao Chi fall into deep thought, and she recalled her previous experience with Li Zhi in the small burial world beneath the former site of Yao Chi.

However, her mind had completely immersed in the spiritual world created by the remnant soul of the Holy Spirit.

However, Li Zhi was able to break free from the spiritual world created by the remnant soul of the Holy Spirit. Every time the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi recalled the experience at that time, she found it incredible.

That was the spiritual world created by the remnant soul of the Holy Spirit that was about to become perfect. Not to mention that she was just a cultivator who had just entered the Hualong Secret Realm.

Even if she was a powerful immortal, she could not escape from that spiritual world.

The Saint of Yao Chi, who is familiar with all kinds of Yao Chi classics and has had close contact with the unborn Holy Spirit raised in the Holy Land of Yao Chi, knows better than anyone how terrifying the Holy Spirit that is about to become powerful is.

Unless the emperor is resurrected, no one can suppress that kind of existence.

Their hearts and minds are no longer something that can be shaken by the small monks in the secret realm of the Taoist Palace.

She found it strange at the time.

Now, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi is increasingly wondering what the special aura that occasionally emanates from Li Zhi means.

It was as if he did not belong to this ancient history, and there was a hint of disharmony between him and this ancient history.

Afterwards, Yao Chi Saint Girl asked again: "Uncle Master, is there really a divine treasure hidden in the Green Emperor's Tomb? Why did Changshou choose to transform here?"

The beautiful senior uncle said with some melancholy: "The place chosen by the emperor to sink the corpse is not a place for people like us to get a glimpse of the truth. The reason why they were able to open the Green Emperor's Yang Tomb back then was because the Green Emperor wanted to leave his imperial weapons to future generations. Otherwise, even if the West Emperor Pagoda was completely revived, it would not be possible to open the tomb arranged by the Green Emperor himself." The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi and the beautiful senior uncle discussed the matter of Li Zhi in Yandu, and at the same time looked for Li Zhi's whereabouts.

The disciples of Daoyi Holy Land, led by their saint, the little Taoist nun Yuchen, came to the original ruins.

Looking at the former crater, it has been razed to the ground by a natural disaster, and lava is flowing everywhere.

The young Taoist nun Yuchen stood quietly in the void and began to chant sutras to liberate the wandering souls between heaven and earth.

Moreover, the scripture she recited did not belong to Daoyi Holy Land, but the "Hou Tu Wangsheng Sutra" perfected by Li Zhi.

"Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, soul to earth, death"

As the young Taoist nun Yuchen began to chant scriptures, a mysterious power seemed to appear between heaven and earth, which took away the souls of all the monks who had died because of Li Zhi's tribulation.

The area within hundreds of miles became quiet.

As a result, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth became active again.

"What is the Saint doing?" One of the elders from the ordinary Dragon Transformation Secret Realm who followed the Taoist nun Yuchen to the original ruins of the Daoyi Holy Land asked another elder beside him.

"How would I know what the Saint is doing? The scripture she is chanting now is not the "Salvation Sutra" of our Taoism, nor is it the "Salvation Sutra" passed down in our holy land. She must have learned it from that long-lived young Taoist priest."

"I never thought that the little Taoist priest was so powerful. If he had joined our holy land, I'm afraid we wouldn't have encountered the crisis at that time."

"Don't say such things when you get back."

"I know that our Saint Son has always been dissatisfied with that little Taoist priest. He even wanted to teach that little Taoist priest a lesson in person."

"Everyone knows that our Saint Daughter despises the Saint Son, but she is obsessed with that little Taoist priest and even regards him as her best friend."

"Now it seems that our vision is not as good as the Saint's. The intensity of the thunder tribulation caused by that little Taoist priest is comparable to that of the ancient emperor when he was a teenager. Even compared with the thunder tribulation of the Saint Body, it is not necessarily inferior in the slightest."

"I just don't know if he is willing to join our Daoyi Holy Land. If he joins, our Daoyi Holy Land may be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Yaochi Holy Land and the Yaoguang Holy Land in the future. Perhaps a true Taoist Celestial Lord will be born, and the nine Celestial Lords of the mythological period will not be outshined."

"Brother, your expectations for him are so high. The nine great celestial masters of the mythological era were the supreme beings who created the Nine Mysteries. How can he be compared to them?"

"Junior brother, listen carefully to the scripture that Yu Chen is reciting now."

"It's just an ordinary scripture for the salvation of the dead. Nothing special, right?"

"No, listen carefully." The elder said seriously.

Another elder immediately listened carefully. The more he listened, the more shocked he became. Finally, he stammered, "How is this possible?"

"This supreme scripture seems to be able to communicate with the legendary power of reincarnation. What do you think of the talent of the person who created it?" The elder's expression became extremely respectful, as if he had the intention of worshipping Li Zhi.

"Brother, dust returns to dust, ashes returns to ashes, I understand that, but why should the soul return to Hou Tu? What kind of existence is Hou Tu? How can she let the soul be under Her control?" the elder asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"I'm afraid this Hou Tu is an almighty emperor in the mythological age, just like the Hades who founded the underworld in the legend." The elder said uncertainly.

"I don't think it's that simple. It is said that great emperors never believe in reincarnation. How could anyone choose to control the power of reincarnation?"

"Forget it. These things are not something we can discuss clearly. Let's just see how the Saint is going to find the longevity Taoist priest next."

"That's right. The Saint determined that he did not die in the heavenly tribulation, so he definitely did not die in the heavenly tribulation."

At this time, Taoist nun Yuchen had also completed the cleanup work for Li Zhi.

The reason why they wanted to liberate the souls of the dead here was due to the influence of Li Zhi.

At that time, when they were discussing the Dao in the Three Saints Temple in Daoyi Stone Archway in the Holy City, Saint Daoyi had discussed with Li Zhi what a real battle should be like and what to do after the battle in order to avoid being contaminated by cause and effect and not damaging one's own merits.

Then Saint Daoyi listened to Li Zhi's explanation of the Ash Raising Technique that was developed and promoted by another person, Li Changshou.

After killing the enemy, you must perform a salvation mission and never leave any residual soul or obsession.

The more powerful the enemy is, the more we need to save him.

They must not be allowed to leave any tangible traces in the world.

At that time, Li Zhi also said that if he had the ability, it would be best to erase all information about the enemy from the world and let the world forget his existence.

Only in this way can we truly kill people without being affected by cause and effect.

At that time, Saint Daoyi was stunned by Li Zhi's remarks.

Now, seeing that Li Zhi had killed hundreds of cultivators because he didn't want others to see the last tribulation he had endured, he began to believe what Li Zhi had said back then.

That’s right, Saint Maiden Daoyi also didn’t believe that those cultivators who died after just one look at the heavenly tribulation were wiped out by the power of the heavenly tribulation.

She believed that it was Li Zhi who secretly killed those people.

Now that she has helped those people’s souls to be reborn, she is also doing the cleanup for Li Zhi.

After her continuous purification, when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of hundreds of miles was restored to its original state, Saint Daoyi took out a message talisman left to her by Li Zhi.

She had tried to activate this talisman to contact Li Zhi before, but Li Zhi had not responded.

This time, the young Taoist nun Yuchen activated the talisman again.

Soon, a line of small words appeared on the message token, "I am in the Central Region."

This was Li Zhi’s response to Yu.

Afterwards, the young Taoist nun Yuchen brought the people from Daoyi Holy Land back to the Central Region.

It can be said that he came and left in a hurry, leaving everyone confused.

However, their actions were seen by the people of Yao Chi Holy Land.

Upon seeing this, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi concluded that Li Zhi should have left the Southern Region.

Afterwards, she took the disciples of Yao Chi and left Yan State and headed for the central region of the Eastern Wilderness.

Li Zhi did not leave any way for the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi to communicate across domains.

He only had one pair of divine communication talismans that he had picked up at a bargain price in the Holy City, and he had already given them to the Taoist nun Yuchen from the Daoyi Holy Land.

(End of this chapter)