Chapter 150: Peerless Dragon Nest
The Northern Territory is vast, with desolate and uninhabited areas everywhere.
After passing dozens of oases along the way, Li Zhi finally came to a vast ice field.
The ice field is located at a very high altitude and is covered with ice and snow all year round, a vast expanse of white. Moreover, the terrain of the ice field is very flat, not like a natural terrain, but as if it was flattened by humans.
After going thousands of miles deep into the ice field, we saw a huge snow-capped mountain towering into the sky. It is almost the only mountain range on the ice field.
The Ice and Snow Palace of the Northern Territory Grand Sect is located on this big snowy mountain. The ice palaces located on the top of the snowy mountains look magnificent under the sunlight.
There is a powerful leader in the Ice and Snow Palace, and it is a major force that can be ranked in the Northern Territory.
According to legend, the founder of the Ice and Snow Palace was an old ape with profound cultivation. However, the Ice and Snow Palace did not develop into a demon force, but became a human sect.
In addition to the disciples of the Ice and Snow Palace living on the big snow mountain, there is also a group of snow apes protected by the Ice and Snow Palace living in the back mountain.
Li Zhi stood in the void, opened his third eye, and used the Feng Shui technique to observe the trends of the ground veins around him. Soon he saw a huge dragon vein under the earth.
The peaks on the only remaining snow-capped mountains stand proudly against the sky like dragon spines, and have a completely different aura from the surrounding flat terrain.
The quality of this dragon vein even surpasses the strongest dragon vein in the Tenglong land of the Tianxuan ruins. It seems to be an extremely high-quality supreme dragon vein.
It is worthy of being the place where the peerless dragon nest is located. Seventy or eighty thousand years ago, the God King of the Jiang family held the Hengyu Furnace and wiped out the ancient holy land, the Mingshen Palace, located here, but he failed to break this dragon vein.
Thinking of this, Li Zhi had a strange feeling in his heart. Could it be that the person who wiped out the Palace of the God of the Underworld that year was the ancient saint-level great god king that Li Zhi brought out from the Jiang family cemetery.
He shook off the strange feeling in his heart and opened the pupil of life and death between his eyebrows.
The vitality and death under the earth instantly came into view. Under this ice-covered land, the overwhelming essence of life gathered together, as if a huge sun was sealed under the earth. Only a large number of divine sources piled together can form this sun of life.
Three or five divine sources simply don't have that kind of overwhelming breath of life. Only when thirty or fifty divine sources gather together can there be such an amazing performance.
It is worthy of being the resting place of the ancient royal family. The number of divine sources is simply beyond imagination.
After seeing this, Li Zhi wanted to find a place where an ancient race was sleeping and make some big moves.
Of course, it's just a thought. Almost all the ancient tribes have sage-level ancestor kings who are sleeping, and they have awakened one after another. It's no longer the time to make a move.
Li Zhi couldn't help but wonder if there was a holy land back then that specifically went to find those dormant ancient races and then engage in a group-annihilation war.
If you think about it carefully, this kind of thing must have happened many times in history.
Otherwise, after the ancient tribes revived in the future, their numbers would not be so small, and there would not have been incidents of ancient creatures frequently appearing and causing chaos in history.
I think it was because mining had reached the sleeping place of ancient creatures that caused them to be born and cause chaos.
Otherwise, these ancient creatures who are waiting for the path to immortality to be opened would never suddenly appear in the world for no reason before the time comes.
Thinking in this way, those sleeping ancient creatures seem powerful, but in fact they are just a group of pitiful creatures with powerful cultivation.
When they chose to sleep, they had actually chosen to withdraw from the position of the master of Beidou.
Without a large number of grassroots cultivators to support the development of the ethnic group, unlike the human race, there can be a steady supply of immortal seedlings that can grow into saint-level masters.
Five hundred years later, when the golden age officially arrives, it will be clear.
The absolute number of saints of the human race quickly caught up with those of the ancient races, and was even more than the total number of their ancestral kings.
We must not follow the old path of the ancient races. Only by constantly struggling in the world can we hope to achieve the fruit of immortality.
History has proven that among all those who have cultivated the fruit of immortality, not one of them chose to live in disgrace and wait for the path to immortality to begin.
They all struggled to survive in the world of mortals and thus achieved immortality.
Passing by the scorching sun of life formed by the light of divine source, Li Zhi began to look for the dragon energy hidden deep beneath the earth's veins.
Sure enough, I saw a long underground river formed by the dragon energy.
The amount of dragon energy is so huge that it far exceeds that of the Tianxuan ruins.
At the same time, in the place where the dragon energy gathered, Li Zhi also saw an extremely shocking death energy, condensed and pure, as if it could bury the heavens.
With just a quick glance, Li Zhi's mind seemed to have suffered a severe blow, and blood even flowed from the corner of his mouth. He dared not continue staring at the deathly aura.
The peerless Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest is worthy of being the place where the ruthless emperor uses to nurture his body and part of his soul. The deathly aura emitted by the four lives buried here is truly earth-shaking.
If the dead air could be directed out of the coffin, I'm afraid all the ancient creatures in the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest would be destroyed.
Stepping on the void, Li Zhi was like a ghost, and arrived at the back mountain of the Ice and Snow Palace without disturbing anyone.
Seeing a group of snow monkeys playing in the mountains, Li Zhi ignored them and walked straight into a cave full of dragon energy.
It seemed to be the place where the old ape who founded the Ice and Snow Palace once lived. The cave was empty, dry and very tidy. Apart from some stone daily necessities, there was nothing else.
It seems that the snow apes outside have never regarded this cave as their home.
The cave is vast and leads deep into the mountain.
Li Zhi walked leisurely in the cave and soon came to a place where the dragon energy was the strongest.
There was a big hole like a wellhead, and wisps of dragon energy escaped from the wellhead.
But the mouth of the well was blocked by a piece of black ice.
In the black ice, there is a tall, snow-white old ape sitting in meditation with its eyes closed. Its expression is peaceful and lifelike, as if it is just sleeping and may come back to life at any time.
The old ape exuded an aura of great unity with heaven and earth. Sitting in the black ice, it seemed as if it was suppressing something with its body.
Li Zhi could tell at a glance its cultivation level during its lifetime, which seemed to have reached the king level.
With a thought, the guardian warrior shrouded in black mist walked out of the purple jade crystal coffin.
Then, he waved his hand to remove the piece of black ice that was blocking the cave entrance.
An extremely cold air mixed with powerful dragon energy suddenly erupted, as if to freeze Li Zhi's protective generals.
However, a faint light flashed on the body of Li Zhi's protective warrior, and all the cold air that spewed out of the wellhead was absorbed by her.
Even the piece of black ice that froze the old ape melted, and the old ape's body instantly turned into a pool of corpse water after coming into contact with the air.
Li Zhi looked at the wellhead that was emitting cold air, waved his hand and drew out an extremely cold air from the cave, freezing the cave.
He didn't want his subsequent practice to be disturbed by the snow apes outside.
Afterwards, the road guard led the way, and Li Zhi followed behind him and went directly into the well. Following a black ice passage, Li Zhi finally arrived at a huge underground palace.
The underground palace is extremely vast, with no end in sight, like an independent little world underground.
Li Zhi only glanced at the underground palace that was full of traces of time. There was almost nothing valuable in the stone chambers and stone halls.
Without staying in the underground palace, he headed towards the source of the dragon energy.
After walking for dozens of miles, we finally arrived at a steep cliff.
Standing in front of the cliff, a huge abyss stretched before Li Zhi. It was as dark as ink below, like a bottomless pit, which seemed to be able to devour people's minds and make people sink into it.
However, in the dark abyss, there was a long river of dragon energy flowing endlessly, and from time to time a wave would roll up, and the torrential dragon energy would immediately gush out, occasionally mixed with tiny abyss particles, rushing out from the abyss.
The pitch-black environment could not block Li Zhi's sight. He saw an ice palace floating around in the abyss.
There are three large crystal characters "Palace of the God of Hades" on the ice palace.
Inside the ice palace, there was an extremely beautiful woman sitting cross-legged, and she seemed to be sleeping just like the old ape.
But in Li Zhi's eyes, that wasn't a peerless beauty at all, but an evil ghost hiding in a corpse.
"Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth, and the soul returns to Hou Tu." Li Zhi ordered the guards to freeze the crystal clear ice palace, and then began to chant the "Hou Tu Rebirth Sutra."
"Ah!" A shrill scream came from the frozen woman, but under Li Zhi's salvation, the evil ghost had no choice but to be saved.
As the evil ghost was liberated, the corpse in the ice palace turned into a pool of corpse water.
Li Zhi waved his hand and took the ice palace, then wiped off the Taoist patterns left by the evil spirit on it.
He planned to use it as a palace for his future practice and retreat.
Afterwards, Li Zhi and his guards will continue to descend to the bottom of the abyss.
But after descending six kilometers deep, a huge golden hand suddenly stretched out from the darkness and grabbed Li Zhi directly.
Li Zhi seemed to have already noticed his presence and immediately ordered the guards to suppress him.
The guardian warrior directly released an extremely cold air, freezing the owner of the golden hand.
It was a golden creature with a human upper body and four arms covered with scales. Its lower body was like a golden python.
Li Zhi looked down at the creature with an indifferent expression, and then scolded him in the divine language common to all ancient tribes: "You are so bold that you dare to attack this prince. Even if your princess stood in front of this prince, she would not dare to attack me."
At the same time, Li Zhi exuded a unique aura that belonged to the descendants of the ancient emperor.
The golden creature looked at Li Zhi in shock, and then apologized to Li Zhi repeatedly.
In the ancient tribe, the hierarchy is extremely strict, and these creatures that have not yet completely transformed into human form are almost the lowest level of existence.
Then, Li Zhi asked, "Has your ancestor king awakened?"
"In reply to Your Highness, our ancestor king is still sleeping and has not yet awakened." The golden creature said to Li Zhi very respectfully, as if he had no doubt about Li Zhi's identity.
Li Zhi thought to himself that the blood simulation ability was indeed magical, and even the ancient creatures could not find any clues.
The aura of ancient emperor's bloodline that he simulated came from the unfortunate prince who blocked the immortal guillotine for him.
"This prince wants to use the boundless dragon energy in your Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest to practice a magical power. You lead the way." Then, Li Zhi asked the guarding general to remove the seal on the golden creature.
"Your Highness, do you want me to wake up the Ancestral King?" the golden creature asked carefully.
"There is no need to wake up the ancestral kings. They are waiting for the path to immortality to be opened. Do not disturb their sleep. You can take this prince to a dragon cave where dragon energy gathers to practice. When your princess wakes up in the future, this prince will naturally thank her." Li Zhi gave the order directly, not giving the golden creature any chance to refuse.
It seemed as if he was not worthy of communicating with me at all.
Later on the road, the golden creature took Li Zhi on the road with a flattering look on his face and introduced him to everything about the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest.
I came to the bottom of the abyss, and an ancient and desolate atmosphere hit me in the face, as if I had returned to the ancient times.
The terrain here became extremely empty, and it didn't seem like the bottom of an abyss, but rather an ancient wasteland.
There are nine ancient caves lined up in a row at the base of the thousand-meter-high cliff. They are internally connected. The dragon energy is surging like the water of a river, and finally flows into the nine ancient caves.
Outside the ancient cave, there are some ancient and dilapidated buildings, which seem to be the residences of the monks of the Wanlong clan.
What Li Zhi valued most was a five-colored altar, which seemed to lead to their ancient star.
Seeing that Li Zhi was staring at the five-colored altar, the golden creature asked, "Your Highness, do you have any other needs? I will definitely take care of it for you."
Li Zhi said with emotion: "After millions of years, the ancient altar built by His Majesty the Ten Thousand Dragon Emperor is still immortal. It really makes us admire it."
The golden creatures seemed to become stiffened by Li Zhi's words.
Then, he said to Li Zhi: "Your Highness, please come this way. I will take you to the secret room where the Zuwang Sect is in seclusion to practice."
Li Zhi nodded slightly and said, "Lead the way."
The golden creature took Li Zhi directly into the dragon cave under the cliff and came to the deepest part of the ancient cave, which was closed by two stone doors.
As if sensing Li Zhi's inquiring gaze, the golden creature quickly explained, "Your Highness, several years ago, a few human thieves came to the Dragon's Nest to steal treasures. In order to prevent them from being disturbed by those greedy humans, the commander closed the gate of the Dragon's Nest."
Then he opened the stone door and personally invited Li Zhi to come in.
As soon as the stone door opened, Li Zhi saw a vermilion coffin placed not far away, and there was a pile of divine sources around it.
On top of that pile of divine source, the True Dragon Immortal Elixir was rooted there. The True Dragon Immortal Elixir, more than a foot high, was golden in color, dazzling and full of the aura of ten thousand dragons. It had nine leaves, like nine golden clouds, beautiful and dazzling.
On the golden branches, there grew a palm-sized golden dragon, crystal clear and lifelike, as if it had life.
Seeing this, Li Zhi praised: "Your clan's immortality medicine is well protected. It didn't fly into the life forbidden zone."
Then, he continued, "Whose coffin is that? It is placed so brazenly in the dragon's nest. My ancient tribes do not have the habit of using coffins."
The golden creature seemed to be afraid that Li Zhi would cause trouble, and said with a look of fear: "Your Highness, that is a coffin left by the gods, and it must not be desecrated. Once, an ancestor king wanted to mix it up, but was annihilated by a breath escaping from the coffin."
Li Zhi nodded and said, "When this prince's cultivation reaches the supreme realm like my father, I will help you solve these eyesores."
The golden creature quickly thanked him, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Afterwards, he took Li Zhi into the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest and came to a secret room where the dragon energy used by the Ancestral King for retreat was almost liquefied.
(End of this chapter)