Chapter 155 Return to Yaochi

Three years later, Li Zhi came to the holy land of Yaochi again.

Just like last time, there was no chance to appreciate the beauty of the Yao Chi, let alone the grand occasion of the Peach Festival.

His condition was not good at all, and even seemed to be worse than the last time he came to Yao Chi.

There are cracks all over his body and soul, and it seems like he will die at any time.

If it weren't for the nine drops of True Dragon Immortality Elixir in his body that kept him alive, and the True Dragon power that forcibly glued his broken body together, he would probably have been shattered into pieces long ago.

I don’t know if it was because the ruthless emperor thought he was interesting and created that chaos barrier specifically to “test” him.

Or maybe she wanted Li Zhi to stay by the Chaos Dragon's Nest and keep vigil for her.

In short, that layer of chaotic energy that seemed to have no power was extremely unfriendly to Li Zhi.

Even though the pressure in the void channel created by the True Dragon Immortality Elixir had been greatly reduced, Li Zhi was still severely injured. Especially after fighting with the Holy Prince, his body, which had already been severely injured, became what it is now.

Possessing a kind of broken beauty.

It seems like it will break apart at any time, yet it stubbornly holds itself together.

After returning to Yaochi, the Queen Mother of Yaochi was in a hurry to go to the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest to rescue people, so she did not say much to Li Zhi, and handed him over to the care of her junior sister, Elder Yang, the beautiful elder who used the divine source to buy the Star God Iron from Li Zhi.

"Little guy, I haven't seen you for a few years. You've grown so big. What trouble have you run into now? How did you get yourself into this state?" After taking Li Zhi from the Queen Mother of the West, Elder Yang stared at Li Zhi's body, which seemed about to be crushed, and asked curiously.

"Senior Yang, could you send me to the Immortal Tear Tower to practice first? My current injuries need to be treated as soon as possible, and I need to use the ultimate power of the Immortal Tear Tower to help me suppress my body and soul, so as to refine the alien divine power in my body." Li Zhi felt that his condition seemed to have gotten worse, so he directly asked the beautiful elder.

"Little Changshou, you have such good luck that I don't know what to say about you. You actually encountered the elixir of immortality again. Also, how did you appear in the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest? Did you follow them? Yao'er has been looking for you for a long time and wanted to invite you to Yao Chi to participate in the Peach Festival, but couldn't find your whereabouts." Elder Yang asked like a curious baby at this time.

"Don't mention those idiots. If they hadn't disturbed the ancient clan in the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest, I could have continued to practice there for a while. Those greedy and stupid powerful people simply ruined my practice." Li Zhi said with a depressed look on his face, as if he was very angry.

"Tell me quickly, what is going on?" Elder Yang's eyes were filled with gossip.

Li Zhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Senior Yang, seeing how I am now, can you let me heal my wounds first, and then I will tell you the whole story in detail."

"Yes, your condition is not optimistic." The beautiful elder, who was full of the charm of a mature woman, seemed to have just remembered that Li Zhi needed to heal his injuries as soon as possible.

Afterwards, she put Li Zhi into the magic weapon, avoided everyone's gaze, and came to the small world of sages located above the ancient peach tree.

The small world of sages has hardly changed from the last time Li Zhi came here.

After seeing Li Zhi, the three retired supreme elders who were practicing under the shadow of the Immortal Tear Tower felt a little strange as to why such a strange and seriously injured patient was sent here.

Li Zhi quickly introduced himself and said, "Hello, three seniors."

"Little guy, it's you. It's only been three or four years since we last met, and your cultivation has already reached perfection as a dragon. It's incredible." One of the kind-looking old ladies spoke up.

"I had some adventures, I'm sorry to have made fun of you three seniors." Li Zhi said modestly.

"Why are you covered in wounds every time you come to my Yao Chi? What happened this time?" Another old lady stared at Li Zhi and asked curiously.

"It's hard to explain in a few words." Li Zhi sighed and said, "Three seniors, I want to use the power of the West Emperor Pagoda to suppress my body and heal my wounds. I hope you will allow me."

"The injuries on your body are indeed a bit strange. It seems that they were squeezed out by a pure force and then suffered a huge impact. If you are not careful, your body will fall apart." These living fossils of Yao Chi have very unique eyesight and they can see the source of Li Zhi's injuries at a glance.

Then an old lady said, "Come sit next to us."

After Li Zhi thanked them, he sat next to them and felt an extremely powerful divine presence.

It seems that the West Emperor Tower is in a state where it can recover at any time.

At the Peach Festival, it seems that the West Emperor Tower is the only thing that can truly stabilize the situation, making everyone dare not act rashly or break the rules of Yao Chi.

And the reason why they are sitting here seems to be to provide a constant supply of divine power for the revival of the West Emperor Tower.

I don’t know if there is any saint who has resurrected in the space inside the West Emperor Tower.

Afterwards, an old lady drew a gentle divine power from the phantom of the West Emperor Pagoda above her head to suppress Li Zhi's body, so that his body would not collapse when he was using his magic power.

After feeling the restraining force coming from his body, Li Zhi said, "It's not enough, it's too weak. Senior, please increase this force tenfold."

"This is already a repressive force comparable to that of a powerful being. Are you sure you want to increase it tenfold?" the three old ladies asked in shock.

"I'm sure that my physical body has reached the level of a great king. I need divine power comparable to that of a semi-saint to suppress my body so that it doesn't collapse while healing." Li Zhi said very confidently.

Afterwards, the three old ladies attacked together, drawing in an extremely powerful force, suppressing Li Zhi on the spot.

Under the influence of this suppressive force, Li Zhi began to frantically digest the nine drops of true dragon blood and the massive amount of dragon energy accumulated in his body.

Afterwards, the real dragon's medicinal blood turned into golden little dragons and began to swim in Li Zhi's body, constantly emitting tremendous life essence and mysterious medicinal power.

The huge amount of dragon energy accumulated in his body seemed very difficult to digest.

However, under pressure, Li Zhi's body released a greedy devouring force and began to plunder the boundless medicinal power in the medicinal blood.

The dragon energy is still being absorbed and refined by the physical body.

Gradually, the cracks on Li Zhi's soul disappeared.

Soon after, the cracks in his flesh disappeared.

Moreover, during this process, some mysterious dragon patterns began to appear on his bones, and golden scales began to grow on his skin, as if his body was evolving in an inhuman direction.

The three old ladies who had been observing the changes in him all looked solemn.

Scales grow on the body, which is a characteristic that only appears on ancient creatures or monsters.

Li Zhi is a pure human being. Once scales grow on his body, it means that his bloodline is polluted.

Seeing this, an old lady asked Elder Yang, "Yang Qian, what exactly did Xiao Changshou go through, and how did he get the injuries on his body?"

"Uncle Master, I don't know much about Changshou's experience. I just know that he practiced in the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest before. It was not until the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest was attacked by people from various forces that he followed Senior Sister and left the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest." Elder Yang said.

The golden scales that grew on his skin greatly increased Li Zhi's physical strength.

It seems that even the recovery speed of injuries has accelerated a lot.

But these "foreign objects" were not what Li Zhi wanted, so he opened his eyes with a serious look and said to the three old ladies: "Seniors, adjust the suppression power of the West Emperor Tower to the saint level."

“The power that the West Emperor Tower is using to suppress you is now comparable to the might of a king’s divine weapon. The power of a divine weapon is a qualitative change, and you can’t withstand it.” An old lady explained to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi said: "During this period of time, I have been practicing in the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest, and I have been infected with too much of the aura of the Ancient Emperor. If I can't eliminate that aura before my blood source is polluted, I am afraid I will really become a monster like the ancient creatures in the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest."

In fact, Li Zhi did not expect that the dragon energy in the Chaos Dragon Nest was mixed with the breath of the Ten Thousand Dragon King.

Now that aura is impacting his blood, transforming his body, and making him evolve towards the direction of an ancient creature.

The Henren Emperor is much more powerful than the Ten Thousand Dragon Emperor, so he will naturally not be affected by the Ten Thousand Dragon Emperor's aura. But Li Zhi is different. He is too weak. The Ten Thousand Dragon Emperor's aura is both a great tonic and a great poison to him.

Instead of hiding away to recover from his physical injuries, Li Zhi came to the sacred land of Yao Chi to use the power of the West Emperor Tower to refine the medicinal power. This step was the right one for him.

Otherwise, if he relied on himself, even if he absorbed and refined the medicinal power of the True Dragon Medicine, his body would be affected by the aura of the Ten Thousand Dragon King and would undergo inhuman changes.

After listening to Li Zhi’s explanation, the three old ladies immediately communicated with the gods in the West Emperor Tower.

Afterwards, a truly supreme divine power fell from the Western Emperor Tower in the sky and directly pressed down on Li Zhi, shattering the aura of the Ten Thousand Dragon Emperor in his body.

Fortunately, Li Zhi's body was only contaminated by the aura of the Ten Thousand Dragon King, not the true blood of the Ten Thousand Dragon King. A weak ray of extreme divine power dispersed the aura of the Ten Thousand Dragon King in his body, and at the same time did not hurt Li Zhi at all.

This is the power of the ultimate weapon. It not only has powerful destructive power, but also has powerful power of creation.

The West Emperor Tower suddenly released an extremely powerful force. Although it was weak, it still alarmed the powerful men and extraordinary people who came to attend the Peach Festival.

They were all very curious as to why the West Emperor Tower would release its ultimate divine power for no reason.

Upon seeing this, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi, who was originally entertaining the guests, hurriedly left the Heavenly Palace.

After arriving at that small world of sages, she saw Li Zhi sitting under the West Emperor Tower.

At this moment, Li Zhi was surrounded by a dragon aura and looked very sacred, as if a real dragon was practicing.

His true identity was concealed tightly.

"Uncle-master, who is this? Why does he appear in my Yao Chi Secret Realm?" Yao Chi Saint asked Elder Yang Qian.

Elder Yang Qian smiled and said, "You don't recognize him?"

"Do I know him?" The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi was a little confused. Among the people she knew, there was no one else who practiced dragon energy except those from the Great Xia Dynasty.

But she had never seen anyone from the Great Xia Dynasty who could cultivate dragon energy to this level.

Prince Xia Yiming of Great Xia, who was still a guest in the Heavenly Palace at this time, did not have such pure dragon energy on his body. Even the dragon energy of the Emperor's uncle of Great Xia was far inferior to that of Li Zhi.

Moreover, the Prince of Daxia and his sister Xia Yilin are currently communicating with the young geniuses of the Eastern Wilderness, so it is impossible for them to come to the Yaochi Secret Realm.

Seeing that Yao Chi Saintess was full of doubts, Elder Yang Qian said, "He is the young Taoist priest of longevity."

"What? Taoist Changshou is back. What happened to him? When did he come? Why didn't he tell me that he was back?" Saint Maiden Yao Chi said with some surprise.

"He was brought back by your master half a day ago. According to him, he had been practicing in the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest before. Now he is refining the power of the True Dragon Immortality Elixir. Yao'er, uncle, am I seeing things right? Is this long-lived young Taoist priest blessed by heaven? That was the True Dragon Immortality Elixir, but he took a bite of it.

According to your master, six heroes have died in the Dragon Nest, and they didn't even see what the True Dragon Immortality Elixir looked like. But Xiao Changshou has already taken part of the True Dragon Immortality Elixir. And his cultivation has broken through to the ninth level of the Dragon Transformation Heaven. When he wakes up, he will soon become a half-step great power in the Xiantai Secret Realm. You also have to work hard and strive to break through to the Xiantai Secret Realm as soon as possible. "Elder Yang Qian said to the Saint of Yaochi.

While they were chatting, Li Zhi finally refined the power of the True Dragon Medicine and the dragon energy in his body.

There are many mysterious dragon patterns engraved on the bones of the whole body, as if that is the real source of dragon power.

His body also underwent a complete transformation, and it seemed that his strength had increased by more than double.

The True Dragon Immortality Elixir is suspected to be the immortality elixir that was transformed after the death of the True Dragon, the leader of the Ten Evils in the ancient times. Its efficacy is absolutely extraordinary.

It seems to be a level higher than the immortal peaches, ginseng fruit, and Xuanwu immortal medicine.

As expected, there are different levels of elixirs of immortality.

Nine drops of True Dragon Immortality Elixir's blood, plus the boundless dragon energy he had previously refined, finally allowed his body to transform again.

It is gradually approaching the physical body of a powerful king-level warrior who is practicing body refining.

At the same time, the soul seemed to have received an extreme tempering. After recovery, it released a layer of sacred golden light and seemed to become more resilient than before.

When all the dragon energy lingering outside his body was absorbed, the handsome Li Zhi finally no longer had any inhuman features.

A strong aura emanated from him, and there was even the illusion of breaking free from the suppressive force.

Upon seeing this, the three old ladies immediately withdrew their suppressive force.

Afterwards, Li Zhi felt that the breath of heavenly calamity seemed to be approaching.

His face changed drastically, and he quickly said to the three old ladies: "Seniors, please send me out quickly, my heavenly tribulation is about to come."

The three old ladies' faces changed slightly, and then they waved their hands to activate the Dao patterns around them. After that, Li Zhi could no longer feel the breath of the heavenly tribulation.

"Heaven-deceiving Dao Patterns!" After seeing those Dao Patterns, Li Zhi immediately understood their effects.

"Changshou, it's really you." At this time, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi also walked over with a look of surprise on her face.

"Fellow Daoist Yao Chi, long time no see." Li Zhi hurriedly greeted the Saint Maiden Yao Chi, who was still extraordinary and beautiful like a fairy.

"Yes, I haven't seen you for more than two years. You have changed a lot." The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi was a little stunned, as if she was not used to it. Li Zhi, whom she had not seen for two years, had actually grown a head taller than her.

At this time, the beauty elder Yang Qian also asked: "Young friend Changshou, now that your injuries have recovered, shouldn't you tell us how you ended up in the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest?"

Yao Chi Saintess also asked: "Changshou, several major forces in the Central Region have issued a wanted order for you, you must be careful."

Li Zhi said nonchalantly, "They should be careful. If they don't withdraw the wanted order against me soon, they will be embarrassed in the future. If they dare to send people to hunt me down, I don't mind taking on a group of heroes once again. I just don't know if they can bear the loss of a powerful person."

Seeing that Li Zhi seemed to have become more warlike than before, a hint of worry flashed in the eyes of the Saintess of Yao Chi.

Elder Yang Qian, however, showed a hint of approval and said, "This is the youthful spirit that young people should have."

"Changshou, how did you get to the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest? Can you tell us about the situation inside?" Elder Yang Qian asked again.

Li Zhi nodded and said, "The Ten Thousand Dragons Nest is a dojo left by the Ten Thousand Dragon Emperor in the ancient times. There are many sage-level ancestors sleeping in it, and perhaps there are also great sage-level ancestors sleeping. But I didn't see any great sage-level ancestors. The reason why I appeared there was to borrow the dragon energy there for cultivation. There is a Chaos Dragon Nest deep in the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest. The dragon energy there is the purest dragon energy in the world, which has a miraculous effect on cultivating the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm."

Then, Li Zhi took out his mini dragon nest, extracted nine strands of pure dragon energy from it, handed them to the Saint of Yao Chi, and said, "Fellow Daoist Yao Chi, these dragon energies are given to you. They will help you practice in the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm. However, before using them, you only need to use the West Emperor Tower to refine them first."

The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi looked at the nine pure dragon auras in Li Zhi's hand in a daze. It seemed that after refining these dragon auras, her cultivation level would immediately increase by one or two small steps.

However, Elder Yang Qian and the three old ladies focused their attention on the mini dragon's nest.

Li Zhi said: "My mini dragon nest is just a replica of the Chaos Dragon Nest. The real Chaos Dragon Nest is a treasure of heaven and earth, and was used as a coffin by the ruthless emperor. Outsiders cannot touch it at all, or they will be killed by the Chaos Sword Qi. The ancient creatures in the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest cannot touch it either. The real dragon immortality medicine was also frightened and has now escaped into the Chaos Dragon Nest. It will never be seen by outsiders again."

When Li Zhi told the elders of Yao Chi about his life in the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest, they all looked at Li Zhi with strange eyes.

Even the three old ladies and Elder Yang Qian soon looked at Li Zhi with caution, as if they were afraid that he would abduct the Saint of Yao Chi with just a few words.

This person is someone who could even deceive an ancient royal family.

It's very worrying.

Only the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi showed a bright smile after hearing Li Zhi's story.

He even said: "If those heroes knew that it didn't take that much trouble to enter the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest, they would probably be shocked."

Li Zhi said, "With their eyesight which is not much better than that of a blind person, they still want to seize fortune from the ancient creatures and obtain the elixir of immortality. That is just a foolish dream. They don't know how much they are worth and whether there is any danger ahead. They don't know the basic principles of knowing oneself and the enemy. They deserve to be killed by those ancient creatures."

Elder Yang Qian, however, showed a trace of solemnity and said, "The ancient creatures are about to revive, and I don't know whether it is good or bad. I'm afraid the world will not be peaceful anymore."

Li Zhi said, "Senior, you worry too much. The ancient creatures have been lingering on until now. Although there are some masters, the number of young descendants is seriously insufficient. As long as the major forces can work together to block their first wave of attacks and buy more than a hundred years of growth time for young cultivators like me, they will not be able to make any waves. When the golden age comes, the ancient creatures are just meat on the chopping board. There is no need to worry too much."

Seeing Li Zhi's confident look, the three retired old ladies from Yao Chi and Yang Qian all showed a hint of appreciation.

After chatting with them for half an hour, Li Zhi said, "Senior, please send me out. My heavenly tribulation cannot be left to me for long."

One of the old ladies said to Elder Yang Qian, "Yang Qian, you go out with Changshou and protect him. Don't let anyone disturb him from transcending the tribulation."

Yao Chi Saintess also said: "Uncle Master, I will go with you."

She also wanted to see what level of strength Li Zhi had reached at this moment.

(End of this chapter)