Chapter 165: Familiar People Meet Without Recognizing Each Other

"My fellow Taoist, has the Peach Festival in Yaochi ended?"

After returning from the no-man's land and walking into the oasis where the Yao Chi Holy Land was located, Li Zhi came to a small town on the edge of the oasis and asked a young cultivator who seemed to be from a powerful force.

"Little Taoist, are you here to attend the Peach Festival as well? Do you have an invitation?" the disciple asked back.

"Do I need an invitation to attend the Peach Festival?" Li Zhi seemed a little surprised.

"Little Taoist, you didn't rush here just because you heard that the Peach Festival was being held in the Holy Land of Yao Chi, did you?" said the young man, looking at Li Zhi curiously.

"I haven't heard about any invitation. Can't I participate even though I've become a cultivator in the Four Extremes Secret Realm at such a young age?" Li Zhi said.

“Haha, little Taoist, you are so funny. It is indeed extraordinary for you to enter the Four Poles Secret Realm at your age, but those young geniuses who can follow their elders into the Yaochi Pure Land to participate in the Peach Festival, all of them entered the Four Poles Secret Realm at a young age. Many heirs of the holy lands have now broken through to the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm. I advise you to go back to where you came from.” The young man said to Li Zhi with the look of a senior.

"Then I should go take a look outside the Yaochi Pure Land, right?" Li Zhi said.

“Of course I can, but all the good spots have been snatched up. Otherwise I wouldn’t stay in this small town on the edge.” The young man said with a depressed look on his face, as if he was very disappointed that he couldn’t enter the Pure Land of Yaochi.

Li Zhi could tell that the other party should be a young man who came to the Peach Banquet with his elders to gain some experience. Unfortunately, because his cultivation was so appalling, he was not allowed to enter the Pure Land of Yao Chi.

After leaving the small town, we passed by many cities in the oasis. As expected, there were cultivators everywhere, almost all of whom were cultivators who were not qualified to enter the Pure Land of Yao Chi to participate in the Peach Festival.

The largest number of cultivators are at the Dao Palace level and the Four Extremes level.

There are also quite a few cultivators in the Hualong Secret Realm. As for whether there are any half-step great masters in the Xiantai Secret Realm, Li Zhi has not encountered them.

The closer they are to the Pure Land of Yaochi, the stronger the monks who gather in groups of three or five become.

It seems that the Peach Festival is not only attended by those who are invited to the Pure Land of Yaochi.

These ordinary cultivators, who are ten or even a hundred times more numerous than those holding invitations, also want to attend the conference, but unfortunately none of them have received an invitation from the Holy Land of Yao Chi.

You can only stay in the oasis outside the pure land of Yaochi.

Li Zhi estimated that tens of thousands of foreign monks had poured into the oasis where the Yao Chi Holy Land was located.

They were all ignored by the powerful and geniuses at the Peach Banquet.

On a mountain near the Pure Land of Yao Chi, Li Zhi met a group of five people consisting of three men and two women.

Their cultivation is all in the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

When Li Zhi passed by them not far away, a man suddenly stood up and shouted to him: "Young Taoist priest, please stay."

"Are you calling me?" Li Zhi turned his head to look at them, then pointed at himself and asked.

The man immediately flew in front of Li Zhi and said, "Excuse me for disturbing you, Taoist priest. I am Yimao."

The two men and two women who stayed on the mountain started chatting out of curiosity.

"Second brother, what is eldest brother doing?" said the woman in red.

"Fifth sister, don't you realize this? Big brother is trying to find a way to get us into the Peach Festival." said the woman in green next to him.

“Third sister is right. That young Taoist priest has reached the level of Dragon Transformation at such a young age. He must be from a great sect or a direct disciple of a senior master. He dares to come to Yao Chi alone to attend the Peach Festival. He must have an invitation.” A middle-aged sturdy man wearing an animal skin robe and with two bare bronze arms spoke.

"I just wonder if this young Taoist priest will disappoint us." said another monk who looked younger.

At this time, their eldest brother Yi Maocai also started talking to Li Zhi, and it seemed that they were communicating well. The two flew towards the mountain together.

After greeting each other, Li Zhi asked curiously, "Several seniors are masters of the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm. Doesn't Yaochi Holy Land give anyone a place to enter the Pure Land?"

The red-dressed woman said, “Only cultivators who have reached the Xiantai Secret Realm are eligible to be invited to the event without an invitation.”

The five brothers and sisters all seemed to care very much about whether they could enter the Pure Land of Yaochi.

Li Zhi asked, "Is the Peach Festival really that attractive? Isn't it just eating some peaches? The Yaochi Holy Land will not really take out the sacred fruits from the ancient peach trees to entertain everyone."

"Young Taoist priest, do you really not understand the meaning of the Peach Festival?" asked the woman in green.

"Is there any special meaning?" Li Zhi said.

Later, Li Zhi learned the reason why they were eager to enter the Yaochi Pure Land. Any cultivator who was invited to participate in the Peach Festival would have the potential to become a great power at the level of the Immortal Platform in the future, and it was also a symbol of identity and status.

The five of them used to be independent practitioners, and recently they were planning to start a small sect.

If I have the opportunity to enter the Pure Land of Yaochi and attend the Peach Festival this time, even if I sit on the edge where no one greets me, it will be a recognition of my status.

Although not as glorious as those geniuses of various religions who can sit outside the Heavenly Palace, being qualified to participate in the Peach Festival in the oasis where they are preparing to establish their religion is also a supreme honor, which will bring many potential benefits to the future development of their sect.

After listening to their introduction, Li Zhi thought to himself, "It turns out that the Peach Festival has this meaning among ordinary cultivators. I have learned a lot. I have really learned a lot."

"Master Li, as long as it is a sect in our Northern Territory, no sect will give up the qualification to participate in the Peach Festival." Finally, the boss Yimao emphasized.

At this moment, Li Zhi seemed to sense something and suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the Pure Land of Yao Chi.

A divine light shot up into the sky, and a special aura began to spread outward, as if there was a fluctuation of royal blood.

When Li Zhi saw this, he thought of the Emperor's son, and then said to the five people: "Seniors, I have something important to do, so I won't bother you any more."

After saying that, Li Zhi quickly flew towards the Pure Land of Yaochi.

Seeing Li Zhi leave, the fourth brother said in disbelief: "Could it be that this little Taoist priest really has an invitation?"

"Maybe it's true. Let's go, our chance has come." The boss Yimao said hurriedly.

Then he took the lead to chase after him.

But when they arrived at the mountain gate of the Yao Chi Holy Land, they saw Li Zhizheng being blocked by two Yao Chi disciples.

Li Zhi said to a Yao Chi disciple, "Sister Fairy, can't you let me in? I promise I won't run around in your Yao Chi Pure Land. The breath just now seemed to be the mark left by the Undead Emperor. I'm here to remind you Yao Chi to be careful of the ancient creatures."

"Young Taoist priest, I cannot let you in since you don't have an invitation. This is the rule of Yao Chi. As for the Immortal Emperor you mentioned, I have never even heard of him. But we in Yao Chi appreciate your kindness." Huqin looked at the very polite Li Zhi and smiled.

"Fairy sister, how can I enter your Yao Chi?" A hint of curiosity flashed in Li Zhi's eyes. He and Hu Qin were old acquaintances, but now he stood in front of Hu Qin in a swaggering manner, but the other party did not recognize him.

"Unless you have an invitation, or follow your elders." Huqin explained patiently to Li Zhi.

"I see. I'll take my leave then." Li Zhi showed a look of disappointment.

"Young Taoist priest, there is no need for you to be disappointed. In fact, the real Peach Festival has ended. The reason why those powerful people did not leave was because of some other reasons. Even if your sister lets you enter our pure land of Yaochi, you will not be able to eat peaches." Huqin said.

At this moment, Sun Yi suddenly flew out from inside the Yaochi Pure Land, came to Huqin, and said, "Senior Sister, Changshou is missing. The Saint asked us to take people to find him."

"What, Changshou is missing? How could he be missing? Hasn't he been practicing deep in the Pure Land?" Huqin said in shock.

Sun Yi said: "I don't know when Changshou left. I asked the sisters on duty, and they all said they didn't see Changshou leave."

"Two fairies, are you looking for someone? I am proficient in the calculation of celestial secrets and perhaps I can help you." Seeing that Sun Yi didn't seem to recognize him, Li Zhi had an idea and spoke.

"Young Taoist priest, are you really proficient in the art of divination?" Sun Yi seemed to have just realized that Li Zhi was standing opposite her, and said hurriedly.

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Although I am not very skilled, I have learned the art of fortune-telling from my master for many years. A simple fortune-telling like finding someone is not difficult for me."

"Then come with me." Sun Yi said.

Hu Qin said quickly: "Junior sister, this is probably not appropriate. The elders have issued an order not to allow outsiders to enter our Yaochi Pure Land casually."

"Don't worry, senior sister. I will take responsibility if anything goes wrong." Sun Yi said very confidently.

Afterwards, Li Zhi followed Sun Yi and Hu Qin into the Pure Land of Yaochi.

After seeing this scene, Yimao and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

The woman in green sighed and said, "Brother, let's not rush to establish a religion. Let's contact some capable people first, otherwise our sect will definitely have obvious shortcomings."

Yimao nodded and said, "We must recruit some of the masters of formations, source techniques, weapon refining, and alchemy. I wonder if Taoist Li is willing to join our Tianwang Sect."

“I’m afraid the possibility is not high. If that young Taoist priest can really find someone through fortune-telling, he will definitely be sought after by all the major holy places.” The woman in red also spoke up.

"Just now the Fairy of Yaochi said that the Peach Banquet has ended, so let's leave. I'm afraid what those big shots are discussing has nothing to do with us." The second brother also spoke up. Then, they left the oasis where the Yaochi Pure Land was located.

On the other hand, Li Zhi, who followed Sun Yi and Hu Qin into the sacred land of Yao Chi, had a very wonderful feeling.

It turns out that this is the process for ordinary cultivators to enter the Pure Land of Yaochi.

You can't look around randomly, you can't run around randomly, and you can't leave the ten-foot range of Sun Yi and Huqin.

Sure enough, in the world of cultivation, the weak have no human rights, even in front of the most gentle Yao Chi Holy Land.

Feeling the mark of the Immortal Emperor rising from the direction of the ancient peach tree, Li Zhi asked curiously: "Fairy Hu, what is that place? Why is there such a strong breath of the Immortal Emperor? Did you catch the immortal egg left by the Immortal Emperor in the human world?"

"You actually know the Immortal Emperor? Who are you?" Sun Yi and Hu Qin immediately looked at Li Zhi warily, especially Sun Yi, who even released a hint of murderous intent.

It was because of the mark of the Immortal Emperor that the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi sent someone to invite Li Zhi, but unexpectedly found that Li Zhi's residence was deserted.

This made Sun Yi go out to look for Li Zhi's whereabouts.

"It's me, Changshou." Seeing this, Li Zhi stopped pretending and said with a smile.

"Impossible, how could you be Changshou's younger brother?" Sun Yi directly denied Li Zhi's identity.

Seeing this, Li Zhi took out the token that represented the identity of Yao Chi's guardian. Sun Yi and Hu Qin looked at him in surprise and said, "Are you really Little Changshou?"

"It's me." Li Zhi nodded.

"Why have you changed? Are you being chased by your enemies? Then let's go find the Queen Mother quickly." Sun Yi said.

Li Zhi said, "Don't worry, sisters. I became like this to avoid unnecessary trouble. Don't tell anyone else for now. I will explain it to the Queen Mother in person later. Now can you take me to see the fairy egg left by the Immortal Emperor? I wanted to catch it last time, but it hid it. I must not let it go this time."

Afterwards, Li Zhi followed Sun Yi and Hu Qin to the place where the Stone King was on display.

There gathered many extraordinary people, and many powerful people who were famous throughout the world were also paying attention to the stone kings.

As they passed by, everyone was looking at a stone the size of a millstone.

There is an egg inside, mysterious and unpredictable, coming out from the wall, leaving its shape clearly imprinted in the void, flowing with thousands of auspicious colors.

No one paid any attention to Li Zhi's arrival. It seemed that no one knew him and thought that he was also a strange man invited by the sacred land of Yao Chi.

When Li Zhi passed by Yan Ruyu and the Saint Girl of Yao Chi, neither of them recognized Li Zhi.

In the crowd, only the little girl looked at Li Zhi with some curiosity.

When the Saintess of Yaochi saw Sun Yi, she hurried over and asked, "Junior sister, have you found Changshou?"

Sun Yi said: "Found it."

"Where is he? Please invite him over quickly." said the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi.

Sun Yi followed the instructions given to her by coach Li and said, "Brother Changshou said he didn't want to see anyone, so he didn't come."

At this time, Li Zhi also wandered over to the Stone King and saw the big black dog holding an ancient imperial order, hesitating and muttering beside the strange stone containing the fairy egg.

"Have you sensed the ancient emperor's order? We are from the same source."

Seeing this, Li Zhi smiled slightly, then he looked around the Stone King, then he knocked on the stone with his hand and said, "Little Fairy Phoenix, do you want to go find your father, do you want to go back to your hometown? If you do, please worship me as your master."

Upon hearing this, Hei Huang immediately turned his head to look at Li Zhi and asked, "Little Taoist priest, who are you?"

Li Zhi turned around and sent a message to Hei Huang: "Hei Huang, is the half of the Creation Eye that gave birth to this fairy egg still in the Purple Mountain? Can you take me there to have a look some other day?"

Hei Huang was somewhat horrified, and he also sent a voice message: "You are the Taoist priest of longevity, how did you become like this?"

Li Zhi said truthfully: "It was killed by Chaos Green Lotus."

"It turned out that you were the one who caused the revival of the Green Lotus Emperor's Weapon. You actually used the Emperor's Weapon to kill yourself. You have great courage." Heihuang laughed and transmitted a message to Li Zhi.

"Do you know my situation?" Li Zhi asked curiously.

Black Emperor said, "Even a fool can see that there is something wrong with you. You look much better now. Actually, cutting off part of your foundation is not a bad thing for you. There was obviously something wrong with your situation before. Your soul, magic power, body, and Taoism were not complementary. If you continue to practice, after reaching a certain level, you will find it extremely difficult to make progress."

Heihuang was indeed the dog raised by the Wu Shi Great Emperor, and he could actually see the problem with him.

Li Zhi only understood this truth after he cut himself off. If you want to go higher and further, you must make progress together, let the magic power, the soul, the body, and the Taoism blend and promote each other, so that the Taoism practiced by a cultivator can become close to perfection.

Now it seems that the number of times that Emperor Wu Shi preached to Hei Huang alone was probably far more than just one or two times.

In fact, the scriptures he practiced were probably those specially crafted by the Great Emperor Wu Shi according to his body shape.

Although Black Emperor's cultivation was not high, his eyesight was no worse than anyone else's.

Afterwards, Black Emperor continued to ask in a voice transmission: "Do you know about the situation of this fairy egg?"

Li Zhi also responded with a voice transmission: "I know a little, but not much. Legend has it that the Immortal Emperor once had two children. One was nourished with half of the Origin Eye to build his foundation, and the other was nourished with five Origin Eyes to build his foundation. This fairy egg was born at this time, and it should be the little fairy phoenix that used half of the Origin Eye to build his foundation."

The Black Emperor asked, "What are you going to do?"

Li Zhi said: "Take advantage of the fact that he has not yet been born to steal the Immortal Phoenix mark in his blood. The Immortal Emperor is a real Immortal Phoenix from the Immortal Realm. The origin mark in his blood is completely different from that of people in our world."

Hei Huang said: "Little Taoist priest, I find that you are really brave."

Li Zhi said, "Hei Huang, do you want to join forces to do this? There are too many people around now, so let's wait until night to do it. If he is taken away by the ancient king in Purple Mountain in a few days, he will have no chance to observe this innate imprint from the origin of life. When he breaks out of the shell, this innate imprint will no longer exist."

The Black Emperor said, "Are you sure you can break the restriction imposed by the Immortal Emperor on the eggshell?"

Li Zhi said: "I'm not trying to kill him or rob him of his life source. I'm just observing him. There's no need to break the restriction. I have a way to bypass the restriction and see the imprint of his life source."

"Damn it, the brave ones will die of overeating, and the timid ones will die of starvation. This is what I will do." said the Black Emperor.

Li Zhi said: "Then let's meet in the evening."

Afterwards, he left the place where the Stone King was displayed and returned directly to the residence prepared for him in the Yao Chi Holy Land.

After returning to his residence, he sent a message to the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi.

Soon, the Saintess of Yaochi arrived there. After seeing Li Zhi, she was obviously stunned and said, "Fellow Daoist Changshou, how did you become like this?"

Li Zhi said: "I'm sorry to have made you laugh, but now I am the real me."

Yao Chi Saint Lady looked Li Zhi up and down and said, "It's incredible. You just wandered in front of me twice and I didn't recognize you. Your secret method of changing your appearance is probably more sophisticated than Yuan Tianshi's method of changing the world."

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "This is my true appearance, not caused by the mysterious method. I just cut off the unnecessary things on my body."

Yao Chi Saint Lady said: "Could it be that the person Yan Ruyu was talking about is you?"

Li Zhi asked, "What did Yan Ruyu say?"

Yao Chi Saint Lady smiled and said, "I won't tell you."

Then she looked Li Zhi up and down again and said, "But you look quite cute now, like a proper little Taoist priest, just like when you were a child, full of Taoist spirit."

Li Zhi said, "Fellow Daoist Yao Chi, please keep my current appearance a secret for me."

Yao Chi Saint Lady said: "Don't worry, I will keep it a secret for you."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Then let's get down to business. Can you provide me with some refining materials?"

Yao Chi Saint asked: "What kind of magic weapon do you want to refine? What kind of materials do you need?"

Li Zhi said: "I need gold, jade, and wood, three kinds of five elements, to refine a one-time magic weapon. Gold is required."

When Li Zhi finished stating all his requests, Yao Chi Saint Girl nodded and said, "Okay, I'll get it for you now."

"Thank you, Taoist Yao Chi." Li Zhi thanked him.

"You are also the guardian of Yao Chi, so it is only natural for Yao Chi to provide you with some things. Moreover, the things you want are not of high value. I can make the decision and get them for you right away." said the Saint of Yao Chi.

(End of this chapter)