Chapter 182: Immortal Burial Ground Opens

Wearing a purple jade black hair crown, a purple Taoist robe, and holding a silver dragon magic whisk, a young Taoist who looks to be about seventeen or eighteen years old and not very handsome, suddenly appeared at the entrance to the fairy world controlled by the Qi Shi Mansion, attracting the attention of many cultivators.

The young Taoist looked ordinary, and his aura seemed to be no different from that of the ordinary geniuses in the Qi Shi Mansion, but he gave people an inexplicable sense of intimacy, as if no one could have any hostility towards him.

This seemingly unfamiliar little Taoist priest caused the geniuses from the Palace of Strange Scholars who entered and exited the Immortal World to take a second look at him, but no one considered him a competitor.

The young Taoist priest was Li Zhi, whose true appearance was revealed.

He waited outside the fairy cave for more than half an hour, and then he saw Duan De, Ye Fan and Dongfang Ye coming together.

After seeing Li Zhi, Duan De showed a hint of surprise in his eyes and said, "Little Li Zhi, it's only been a few days since we last met, and your Taoism has grown to such a level. It really gave me a huge surprise."

Li Zhi smiled and said, "I figured out some things and cleared some confusions in my heart. This is what I gained. It's not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning."

"Pa!" Duan De slapped Li Zhi on the shoulder and said, "I praised you a few words, and you became proud."

Seeing the interaction between Li Zhi and Duan De, Ye Fan asked curiously, "Li Zhi, you actually know Taoist Duan?"

Li Zhi did not explain the relationship between him and Duan De, but said: "Congratulations, Xiao Ye. You have finally broken through to the Hualong Secret Realm. With your source skills, I'm afraid you will be able to break through to the Xiantai Secret Realm in less than two or three years."

Ye Fan couldn't sense Li Zhi's specific realm, so he asked: "Li Zhi, have you broken through to the Xiantai Secret Realm?"

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "No. I am still at the ninth level of Dragon Transformation. I am afraid it will take another year or two for me to break through to the Xiantai Secret Realm."

Ye Fan asked: "With your talent, you shouldn't be stuck at the ninth level of Dragon Transformation."

Li Zhi said: "My current accumulation is still not enough, and I can't touch the forbidden realm of the gods. I want to accumulate in the Hualong Secret Realm for another two years, and then break through to the Xiantai Secret Realm after I can touch the forbidden realm of the gods."

Dongfang Ye, who was standing by, looked at Li Zhi in shock and said, "Master Li, you actually want to touch the forbidden realm in the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm? I have read a related record about the forbidden realm in the Qishi Mansion. The most amazing cultivators in ancient times could only touch the forbidden realm at the level of the second-level immortal."

Duan De patted Li Zhi on the shoulder and said, "You are courageous, little brat. I support you. The path of cultivation is never a race of speed. If you want to reach the end of the avenue and obtain extraordinary Dao fruit, it is necessary to walk slowly in the initial stage of cultivation and build an indestructible foundation for the avenue. Your previous cultivation level was improved too quickly. I was thinking of reminding you after we came out of the Immortal Burial Ground. Now it is the best that you can understand it yourself."

Ye Fan knew that Duan De was very mysterious, and he asked, "Master Duan, is the fast cultivation speed also a hidden danger?"

Duan De stared at Ye Fan with a half-smile, and said, "It depends on the person. You don't have to be afraid of practicing fast. You have a special physique. Your lineage has a special secret method to consolidate the foundation. There is no such thing as a foundation that is unstable if you practice fast."

Ye Fan felt that Duan De had seen through his disguise, and hurriedly asked Li Zhi: "What exactly is there in the Immortal Burial Ground?"

Li Zhi said, "I don't know what's inside. It could be the remains of the Immortal Emperor, or an ancient scripture left by the Great Emperor of the Human Race. We need to go in and see what's inside to know. But what you want must be inside."

Ye Fan felt that Li Zhi seemed to be referring to something, but he didn't know what he was referring to, so he didn't continue asking.

At this time, Dongfang Ye, who looked like a devilish muscle man, also asked, "Master Li, are you also a disciple of Qishi Mansion? Why haven't I seen you in the mansion?"

Li Zhi just smiled and did not tell Dongfang Ye about his specific situation. Instead, he said, "It's getting late. Let's go into the Immortal Mansion World first and talk while walking."

The four of them passed through the entrance to the fairy world controlled by the Qi Shi Mansion and entered the ancient world again.

Looking around, there is a primitive atmosphere, and the spiritual energy is many times denser than that of the outside world. There are birds and beasts roaming between the mountains, many of which are ancient species that have become extinct outside, and their aura is extremely powerful.

In order to prevent the beast tide from being triggered again, all major forces have agreed that it is strictly forbidden to hunt and kill those ancient alien species, and it is strictly forbidden to steal their cubs. Anyone who dares to violate the rules will be severely punished once discovered.

After the four of them went deep into the Immortal Mansion World, looking at those prehistoric species with mysterious bloodlines, Dongfang Ye said, "There are so many species here, it's a pity that we can't kill them and eat their meat."

Li Zhize said, "There is definitely a chance. It is estimated that there will be a wave of turmoil when the Immortal Palace World is about to close. At that time, if you collect carefully, you will definitely be able to collect a lot of delicacies. Brother Savage, do you want to form a team? After the Immortal Burial Ground is opened, let's travel the entire Savage World together."

Dongfang Ye's eyes lit up and he said, "Okay."

The four continued to move forward, and after going five thousand miles deep, they temporarily stopped in front of a mountain range.

Ye Fan took out a map of immortal burials and asked Li Zhi, "Li Zhi, you said before that you have walked around the immortal world. Have you found any treasures that are not marked on the map of immortal burials?"

Li Zhi said, "Just take a look at this Immortal Burial Map, don't take it too seriously. The treasured lands marked on it have probably turned into bloody battlefields by now. However, after I went around the Immortal World, I did find a lot of secrets. Some places seem to be breeding amazing dragon marrows, and those places are not marked on the Immortal Burial Map."

Duan De also asked curiously: "Little Li Zhi, you actually went around the Immortal Mansion World, what did you do?"

Hearing the test tone in Duan De's words, Li Zhi said, "This ancient world is about 80,000 miles in radius. To mortals, a world of 80,000 miles in radius can indeed be called vast and boundless, but to cultivators like us, it is just a small corner. Previously, in order to practice combat skills, I walked around the entire Immortal Mansion World and indeed made many discoveries. The biggest discovery is that there seem to be nine top-grade dragon veins under the land of this ancient world."

Having said that, Li Zhi used his magic power to condense a miniature sand table shadow of the entire ancient world in the palm of his hand. In the outermost area of ​​the world, Li Zhi marked out nine dragon tails and half of the dragon body extending towards the center of the world.

It seemed as if the heads of the nine dragon veins were all heading towards the central area of ​​the fairy world.

Dongfang Ye looked at the shadow of the sand table in Li Zhi's palm and asked, "Why is there only such a small section of the dragon vein?"

Li Zhi said truthfully: "Because I haven't been to other places yet."

Duan De looked Li Zhi up and down and said, "In order to improve your fighting skills, you challenge those ancient beasts everywhere? Little Li Zhi, how come I didn't realize that you have such a warlike side before?"

Li Zhi smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Master, please don't make fun of me. I was ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth before. I was too excited to fight, so I challenged those beasts everywhere. Do you think I am still a warlike person now?"

Ye Fan looked at the sand table condensed in Li Zhi's palm and the immortal burial map in his hand. After comparing them, he was surprised and said, "This place actually has the structure of nine dragons guarding a pearl. Who left this ancient world behind? Could it be the legendary Immortal Emperor?"

Duan De then asked, "Little Li Zhi, do you have any other discoveries?"

Li Zhi said: "I found that the top-grade dragon veins underground are not the top-grade yang dragon veins commonly seen in the outside world, but top-grade yin dragon veins. In the dragon ball where those dragon veins converge, it is very likely that yin will give birth to yang, giving birth to a fairyland with peerless vitality. Perhaps there we will have the opportunity to see the process of the evolution of the divine source liquid."

Duan De nodded and said, "Yes, your Feng Shui skills have reached a high level."

Then, Li Zhi asked again: "Master Duan, can you find any traces of the path to immortality here?"

Duan De did not speak, but Dongfang Ye asked with a puzzled look on his face: "The Path to Immortality? What is that?"

Ye Fan also stared at Li Zhi curiously. He thought of the mysterious sounds he had heard in the ancient locust tree forest before. It seemed that they were not only coming from this ancient world, but also from other places.

Li Zhi explained: "The road to immortality is the road to the immortal realm. The ancient creatures are revived at this time just to wait for the opening of the immortal road."

Ye Fan said: "Is there really a road leading to the fairyland in this world?"

Li Zhi did not answer him, but said: "Ye Fan, you will know these things naturally after your holy body is fully developed. Now, can you use the source technique to help everyone see if there is any top-grade dragon marrow bred under the earth? I feel that the dragon marrow bred by the top-grade Yin Dragon Vein deep in the earth of this ancient world should be completely different from the dragon marrow produced in the outside world. It is very likely to be the legendary Yin Dragon Marrow that can nourish Yin and replenish the soul."

Afterwards, Li Zhi marked out more than thirty areas on the Immortal Burial Map, all of which were suspected to be the locations where the Yin Dragon Veins under the earth gave birth to Dragon Essence.

"Are you Ye Fan, the evil saint body Ye Fan from the Eastern Wasteland?" Dongfang Ye suddenly heard Li Zhi calling out Ye Fan's name and looked at Ye Fan with surprise.

Duan De seemed to have known Ye Fan's identity for a long time and did not show any surprise.

"I can't reveal my identity for the time being, so please keep it a secret for me, Brother Savage." Ye Fan said.

Afterwards, they set out and came to the area marked by Li Zhi and began to check the thirty or so areas one by one.

Finally, after searching fifteen places, Ye Fan finally identified a place where immortal treasures were suspected to be bred underground.

Li Zhi said to the three people, "Please wait for a moment, I will be back soon."

After he finished speaking, a silver coffin appeared under Li Zhi's feet, and then the Coffin of Life emitted a silver light that wrapped Li Zhi up.

In an instant, Li Zhi and the Coffin of Life disappeared from the earth.

Seeing that there was no trace of damage on the ground, Dongfang Ye was surprised and asked, "Master Li is actually proficient in earth escape techniques?"

Generally speaking, monks can only dig holes if they want to go underground.

However, Li Zhi seemed to have merged into the earth. This kind of method is often possessed by source-based geomancers or dragon-seeking geomancers.

In less than half an incense stick of time, Li Zhi emerged from underground.

The Coffin of Life under his feet was also directly taken into the Four Poles Secret Realm by him.

Li Zhi said happily, "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission. There is indeed a pool of Yin dragon marrow underground, but the quality is not very high, only medium-grade dragon marrow."

Then, he took out a small white jade tripod, which contained fifty-six drops of mysterious dragon marrow sparkling with silver light.

Duan De saw this, a trace of greed flashed on his fat face, and he said: "These Yin Dragon Marrow, each drop is worth 100,000 Jin of Source. If it is auctioned, the value will be even higher."

"Whoever sees it gets a share." Li Zhi divided the Yin Dragon Marrow into four parts, and then they went to the next place.

One day later, they dug out Yin Dragon Marrow in five places, which was a fruitful harvest.

However, there was no top-grade dragon marrow among those dragon marrows. The best was a pool of high-grade Yin dragon marrow, which had only twelve drops.

It seemed that the dragon vein power of those top-grade Yin dragon veins deep underground had all been taken away by the dragon balls, leaving the dragon marrow lacking the necessary nourishment of Yin dragon energy. But even so, each of them received no less than thirty drops of Yin dragon marrow.

Whether taken directly or made into pills, it is enough to temper the soul.

"Where are we going next?" asked the barbarian Dongfang Ye after digging the last dragon's lair.

"Let's go to the immortal burial ground." Duan De said.

At this time, there were already a lot of cultivators coming in from this wild world. The treasure lands marked as blessed by good fortune on the Immortal Burial Map had all become battlefields. There were battles everywhere, and cultivators were falling almost every moment.

Not all cultivators who enter the Immortal Burial Ground have that place as their destination. Many of them are self-aware and know that there are too many powerful people gathered there. Even if they gain something, they may not be able to keep it in the end and it will only become the wedding dress of the powerful forces.

Along the way, they encountered many strange beasts blocking the way, as well as monks lying in the wilderness. In order to avoid conflict with those strange beasts, they kept taking detours.

Not long after, they finally arrived at their destination. There were suddenly more cultivators they saw, and there were almost no cultivators below the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

“It is indeed a place that reaches the sky.”

Just ahead, there was a vast expanse of cliffs, blooming with auspicious light and colorful clouds. On the cliffs, orchids grew, dragon grass took root, and there was a mist of purple air floating in the air. It looked like one had arrived at the outskirts of a fairyland.

After walking forward for a distance, they suddenly found that they could not fly. It seemed that a mysterious force suppressed everyone's flying ability.

"Is it true that there are imperial soldiers suppressing us here?" Duan De rarely showed a solemn look, and his eyes kept changing, showing surprise, excitement, and fear.

Li Zhi looked at the cliff and felt that it was not formed naturally, but was raised by humans.

Feeling that his divine power was functioning normally, Li Zhi tried to fly into the air.

However, just as he was three inches in the air, he felt a mountain appear on his body.

Li Zhi was not convinced and continued to use his divine power to fly into the air. As a result, the pressure on his shoulders became greater and greater, and it seemed as if a mountain had turned into a sacred mountain.

After reaching a height of three feet, Li Zhi could no longer fly any higher.

Then he landed on the ground again, and the pressure on his shoulders disappeared instantly.

Dongfang Ye saw this and asked in surprise: "Master Li, you can actually fly?"

"I'm verifying what level my strength has reached, and whether there is a gap compared to the ancient emperors at my level, or how big the gap is." Li Zhi said seriously.

"Is there such a function of testing one's strength here?" Dongfang Ye said with some doubt.

"Look at everyone's performance. The pressure we feel obviously varies from person to person. It's not the kind of indiscriminate pressure that prevents us from flying. The reason why we can't fly, I think, is that we are suppressed by the great way. But this kind of suppression must have a limit. As long as you can surpass the limit, you will be able to fly. Or use the imperial weapon to offset the pressure from the great way, and perhaps you can fly." Li Zhi said after thinking for a moment.

Afterwards, Dongfang Ye and Ye Fan both tried it and found that they were able to fly into the air after the divine power in their bodies reached its peak. However, once they were in the air, it was as if they were carrying a sacred mountain on their backs.

"Little Li Zhi, your observation is becoming more and more detailed. You can even discover this kind of situation." Duan De praised.

Li Zhi discovered that although Dongfang Ye was able to fly into the air, he could not maintain the height, while Ye Fan was able to maintain the height without falling.

Obviously, although Dongfang Ye can burst out strength beyond his limit, his real strength does not exceed his limit because he cannot maintain it.

Ye Fan, like him, can truly maintain the altitude, but no one knows how high Ye Fan can fly under extreme conditions.

They just tried to fly one foot into the air before falling back to the ground, which did not allow Li Zhi to see their limits.

Li Zhi couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "It is indeed a treasure land for cultivation. If I continue to cultivate here, it is very likely that I will break through my limits."

However, this point does not seem to be taken seriously by those monks, or perhaps they have not noticed it.

This fairyland is simply a supreme place for cultivation prepared for the peerless geniuses. If they can fly freely, perhaps they will break through the true limit, and in terms of cultivation and realm, they will reach or even surpass the Great Emperor's current level of comprehension of Taoism.

Unfortunately, everyone's attention was attracted by the magical treasures in the immortal burial ground, and Li Zhi couldn't stay to practice for the time being.

"what……"

Suddenly a scream was heard, interrupting Li Zhi's meditation. It turned out that a group of supreme elders from the ancient holy land were swallowed by a black turtle that suddenly jumped out from the water while crossing a large lake.

Then, monks continued to fall in front of the cliff, and the ferocious beasts hiding in the dark acted like killers, reaping the lives of these foreign monks.

Although many people died, they were not scared.

"There are imperial soldiers suppressing this place..."

Instead, it strengthened the confidence of many people and made them even more excited.

Finally, after killing a beast king, a supreme saint successfully reached the place full of spiritual energy and entered the pure land, which aroused the greed in everyone's hearts.

That piece of land that reaches the sky is surrounded by various complex terrains, including abysses, huge lakes, swamps, etc., almost all of which are full of unknown dangers.

After looking around for a long time, Duan De chose a direction and said, "Let's go to the swamp over there."

Afterwards, the four of them continued to move forward, encountering many primitive and strange species in the swamp along the way, such as the golden-threaded toad, the ichthyosaur crocodile, etc.

Dongfang Ye seemed to be very knowledgeable about those ancient alien species and explained to everyone their innate magical powers.

Almost every time Li Zhi encountered a prehistoric alien species, a group of monks died, which made him sigh at the fragility of life and the greed of human nature.

"It has always been like this..."

Suddenly, a mysterious and wonderful sound came from afar, which seemed to have a great power to purify the heaven and earth. Li Zhi immediately turned his head and saw a beautiful woman shrouded in Buddha's light sitting cross-legged on a lotus platform, constantly chanting mysterious ancient scriptures, purifying the surrounding swamps, as if she was fighting against a group of demon insects.

After seeing the mysterious girl, Duan De was surprised and said, "Hey, isn't this the girl from the Western Desert who is said to be able to attain enlightenment as a Bodhisattva? Why is she walking with an old blind man?"

Beside the Buddha Light Girl, a very shabby old blind man waved to them and shouted: "Everyone, how about we move forward together? There is strength in numbers. The ancient scriptures will be divided equally, and the holy soldiers will depend on their chances."

Duan De glanced at him and muttered, "Who is this old blind man? He doesn't look like a good person at first glance."

Li Zhi said: "He may be the second most powerful blind old man in the Northern Territory. He was the first one to sell the Immortal Burial Map that was circulated outside."

In the end, Li Zhi, Duan De, Ye Fan and Dongfang Ye walked over together.

But as soon as they got there, they were shocked.

Dozens of strange insects were circling around the young girl and the old blind man, constantly gnawing at the protective divine light outside their bodies.

Each bug looked like it was wearing golden armor and was as long as a finger. Although the girl had already refined dozens of bugs, there were still more than thirty bugs gnawing at the Buddha light on the outer layer of her lotus platform. The light curtain outside the old blind man's body was also gnawed into pits and holes.

"What kind of bug is this?" The barbarian was shocked. Even though he had lived in the wild forest for many years, he had never seen this kind of bug.

"Could this be the kind of magical insect in ancient legends?" Duan De was horrified and quickly took a few steps back.

“That’s right, they are the God-killing Bugs, but their bloodlines are not pure, and they are not as scary as the legend says.” The old blind man called a few people and asked them to help refine them.

Li Zhi was surprised when he saw this and said, "Supreme immortal treasure, it's really delicious. There are god-killing insects here. I'm really lucky. Don't fight with me for them. Let me take all these god-killing insects."

After saying that, Li Zhi waved the whisk in his hand and rolled most of the god-killing insects in front of him.

Then a mysterious light shot out from between his eyebrows and enveloped those god-killing insects. All of them seemed to have their spiritual consciousness wiped out in an instant and died on the spot.

Dongfang Ye and Ye Fan each caught a god-killing insect and crushed it to death with brute force, which made people marvel at their divine power.

But compared to Li Zhi's methods, crushing the God-killing Bug to death is not such an outrageous thing.

The old blind man looked at Li Zhi in surprise and asked, "Little Taoist priest, what is your method? You can even kill the God-killing Bugs directly without using any mana to refine them."

The girl on the lotus platform also looked at Li Zhi in shock. You know, she had put in a lot of effort to refine those insects just now, but Li Zhi just killed them with ease.

Li Zhi did not answer him, but put away the God-killing Bug in his hand and said excitedly: "The God-killing Bug is most delicious when roasted. It does not need any seasoning. It is a supreme treasure. Moreover, eating its flesh and blood can strengthen the body. If you eat it for a long time, you can obtain an indestructible body without practicing. Old senior, have you found the insect nest? A few dozen are too few, not even enough to fill the gaps between your teeth."

"Good guy, I didn't expect that you are a foodie. I didn't even know that the God-killing Bug was edible, but you knew it." Duan De looked at Li Zhi with surprise.

Li Zhi said: "I also saw it in a food encyclopedia in Qishi Mansion. I just didn't expect to encounter the God-killing Bug so soon."

Unfortunately, no one believes this explanation.

Finally, after searching the nearby swamps and finding no trace of the insect nest, they continued on their way.

(End of this chapter)