Chapter 186 Lunar Sun
The sacred mountain is majestic, with no grass growing on it. It is surrounded by fairy mist and is full of vitality. There are flying cranes and singing phoenixes, all of which are created by spiritual energy, making people feel as if they have arrived at the gate of the fairyland.

The fragrance is wafting in the air, refreshing the heart. A strong medicinal aroma coming from the sacred mountain makes people feel excited.

"This is... the fragrance of the elixir of immortality!" A powerful man exclaimed, as if he couldn't believe it was real.

There was a commotion among the crowd, but no one dared to act rashly.

It seemed that the earth-shaking feat before had made these people remember the three elements of treasure hunting.

In front of the sacred mountain, there is an eight-zhang-high stone gate standing, which fits perfectly in front of the mountain, causing countless monks to frown.

This portal, which was suspected to be left by an ancient emperor, seemed to have troubled them, and they were not sure whether it could be opened.

Li Zhi in the crowd whispered to the old blind man, "Old senior, why don't you go and grab it? There must be an ancient medicine king behind the stone gate. It is a supreme treasure that can prolong life."

The old blind man shook his head and said, "That stone door is not so easy to open. I'm afraid a bloody incident will occur. There may even be a blood sacrifice."

But as soon as he finished speaking, he was slapped in the face.

A powerful man from the ancient Hua Dynasty came to the stone gate and pushed it open with a light push.

This surprised countless monks.

The old blind man was not embarrassed at all, and said: "The Nine Absolute Land is not that simple. If you want to take something out of it, you need to sacrifice a huge number of lives. Let them explore the way first."

This old blind man is indeed a living fossil, and his knowledge is truly extraordinary.

The cause and effect of this burial ground of gods is so huge that it is impossible to take advantage of it casually.

The cause and effect of the Immortal Emperor is not so easy to deal with. Not everyone is called Ye Fan and can be fearless of the cause and effect of the Immortal Emperor.

Even Taihuang, the founding ancestor of the Great Xia Dynasty, paid the price with blood for this.

Soon, the Emperor of Zhongzhou, the Divine Monk of Western Desert, and the Demon Lord of Nanling, after confirming that there were no restrictions on the stone gate, all came to the stone gate and pushed open the two stone doors completely.

The stone gate opened wide, and a rich and dense spiritual mist gushed out, making people feel the charm of the innate spiritual energy that was full of vitality.

The spiritual mist is also mixed with the scent of magical medicine, which makes people excited.

Seeing that all the emperors, divine monks and demon lords had entered the stone gate, others also rushed in.

A moment later, a huge roar was heard from the stone gate. It seemed that the monks who had entered had discovered the immortal treasure and had begun to fight for it.

Li Zhi and others did not move, but waited for the old blind man to tell fortunes.

Along the way, they have come to know that the old blind man's fortune-telling skills are extremely effective and can help them avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.

"It's a great opportunity!" After the hexagram appeared, the old blind man shouted excitedly, then rushed out and ran towards the stone gate.

"Old rabbit!" Duan De cursed at him and followed him in.

Afterwards, Ye Fan and Dongfang Ye rushed in as well.

But Li Zhi and Jue Youqing had no intention of leaving.

Seeing that most of the cultivators had already rushed into the stone gate to seize the fortune, Li Zhi asked Jue Youqing beside him: "Why don't you follow Senior Tianxia and the others in to seize the fortune?"

Jue Youqing held the bodhi branch in his hand, his white clothes were as white as snow, his eyes were clear and bright, and he showed a warm smile and said, "I believe in the choice of fellow Taoist more."

Hearing this, Li Zhi looked Jue Youqing up and down, and then asked: "Why do you believe me? I am just a small cultivator who has reached the ninth level of the Dragon Transformation Heaven."

Jue Youqing said seriously, "My intuition tells me that only by following fellow Taoists can I avoid making a wasted trip and avoid being entangled in karma."

Li Zhi asked curiously, "Why do you think so highly of me?"

Jue Youqing said, "Because I didn't sense any obsession with the immortal burial ground in front of you. It seems that you have no desire for this immortal burial ground, and even have a feeling of visiting it, which is completely different from the thoughts emanating from other people."

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Daoyou is really thoughtful."

He certainly didn't have an obsession with getting the things in the Immortal Burial Ground, but that didn't mean he wasn't interested in the ancient scriptures inside.

But then again, ancient scriptures can be copied and are not unique resources, so it is normal that Li Zhi has no obsession with them.

Afterwards, Li Zhi flipped his hand and took out a mysterious three-layered altar the size of a fist. There was a faint golden light of merit flowing on the altar.

Jue Youqing looked at the three-layer altar in Li Zhi's hand with a little surprise. The materials of the altar were very valuable. They were carved from earth-breaking stone, cerulean jade and saint's bones, and were engraved with dense and mysterious runes.

"Fellow Daoist Li, is there anything I can do for you?" Jue Youqing asked knowledgeably.

Li Zhi said: "Fellow Daoist, you have practiced Buddhism and must have collected a lot of power of faith. Can you infuse some of it into this altar of mine?"

Jue Youqing did not ask for the specific reason, and a mysterious relic flew out from the lotus mark between her eyebrows, and then a pure power of faith was instilled into the altar by her.

Seeing that the power of faith had filled up one level of the altar, Li Zhi quickly cut off the infusion channel and said, "That's enough."

Afterwards, Li Zhi took out a mysterious dragon energy and infused it into the altar. In an instant, the three-layer altar emitted three-colored divine light.

The three colors of divine light, bright yellow, khaki and light yellow, interweave together, making the altar look extremely sacred.

"hidden!"

Li Zhi began to cast a spell to refine the altar. After the last spell was cast, the altar slowly flew to a place ten feet above his head, and then emitted a mysterious power that enveloped him. At the same time, the altar itself was hidden directly in the void, invisible to both the spiritual consciousness and the naked eye.

"It's done. You can follow me as long as you stay no more than ten feet away. You and I will have a share of the good fortune left by the gods here." Li Zhi said confidently and happily.

A strange look flashed in Jue Youqing's eyes. He nodded slightly and then walked to Li Zhi.

Afterwards, the two of them entered the two stone doors under the illumination of the invisible divine light emitted by the altar.

Inside the stone gate, it seemed like an immortal cave, with surging spiritual energy far surpassing that of the outside world.

Perhaps because they came in a little late, the cave was empty and there was nothing left.

Without too much of a pause, the two passed through the first level of the cave and entered the second level of the cave, which was still empty. Apart from the richer spiritual energy, there were no other immortal treasures.

Continuing to walk further inside, the two saw the remains of many monks along the way. They should be the monks who were killed while fighting for the immortal treasures in the cave.

Jue Youqing looked at the somewhat empty cave and asked, "This place doesn't seem like the burial place of the ancient gods?"

Li Zhi said: "The real burial place is not here, it should be in the deepest part of the cave."

Finally, the two of them arrived safely at the deepest part of the cave.

A large lake filled with spiritual energy appeared before their eyes.

The lake is vast and boundless, as if a vast blue sea blocks the way for many people.

Suddenly, a mysterious chanting sound came from the depths of the lake. Jue Youqing's expression changed slightly and he said, "Could it be that the gods have appeared again?"

Li Zhi said, "It's time."

Afterwards, clouds appeared under Li Zhi's feet, lifting him and Jue Youqing up. Then, under the surprised gazes of everyone by the lake, the two of them flew calmly towards the depths of the lake.

Many monks by the lake were shocked when they saw this, but when they tried to fly, they were all unable to fly and could only move forward on the water.

When Li Zhi and Jue Youqing arrived at the depths of the lake, they saw thousands of monks chanting scriptures there. There was brilliant light, and many people were immersed in a strange state of mind, as if they were praying for the salvation of gods.

The mysterious light covered the sky and the earth, making the void seem extremely sacred.

But there was no trace of the gods around.

Jue Youqing asked, "Has the divine consciousness been destroyed?"

Li Zhi said: "It's not that easy to eliminate. It is estimated that it has escaped to the real immortal burial place."

Above the lake, there is a mysterious ladder that seems to have fallen from the Milky Way in the sky. It hangs in mid-air and leads to the depths of the sky. The fairy mist makes people feel extremely mysterious.

Ignoring the people chanting scriptures below, Li Zhi carried Jue Youqing up the ladder to heaven, and soon passed through the mist and came to a mysterious little world.

In the small world, all things are born, spiritual energy is like water, spiritual medicine is everywhere, and vegetation is flourishing. Looking around, there are spiritual rivers flowing and pure sources forming. Just taking a breath can feel the life force increase a little. Jue Youqing was surprised and said, "Could this be a world from the ancient times?"

Li Zhi nodded and said, "It is indeed the ancient world, but now we should meet up with Senior Tianxia and the others first. There are too many powerful people here, and it may be dangerous for the two of us to act alone."

When Li Zhi and Jue Youqing found Duan De and the others, Ye Fan and the other three were under a fire tree king and were planning to steal a golden crow's nest on the tree.

Seeing Li Zhi and Jue Youqing flying over on a cloud, Dongfang Ye was surprised and asked, "You can actually fly here?"

Li Zhi said: "In order to catch up with you, I have to use some secret methods."

Glancing at the crow's nest on the tree, Li Zhi said, "It seems like you are very lucky. You found the whereabouts of the Great Emperor's ancient scripture just after entering this immortal burial ground."

"What, there is an ancient scripture of the Great Emperor here?" Everyone exclaimed when they heard it.

Li Zhi said: "I'll take you up."

Then, he asked everyone to stand on the cloud and flew directly to the crow's nest on the branch of the Fire Tree King.

In the center of the crow's nest, there are three golden divine eggs and a mysterious bone with a light golden glow.

"The bones of a saint."

"The immortal holy bones."

"This is the Taoist bone left behind after the ancient saint became a Taoist."

When everyone saw the divine object in the nest, they immediately exclaimed.

Afterwards, there was a scramble for the items. Ye Fan, who had mastered the "Xing" secret, moved the fastest and got the Golden Crow Egg and the Holy Bone first.

Li Zhi dug out a piece of emerald green copper from the crack of Wuchao.

After Duan De saw the copper piece, he came directly to Li Zhi and stared at it for a while. A trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes, and then he said in surprise: "It turned out to be a page of book cast from Immortal Tears Green Gold."

"Could this be the ancient scripture of the Great Emperor that fellow Taoist mentioned?" Jue Youqing, who had been following Li Zhi, also spoke at this moment.

Everyone else was staring at the copper piece in Li Zhi's hand.

Li Zhi was not worried that they would snatch the copper piece from him, so he flipped through it on the spot and did not stop others from watching.

However, the text on the copper plate was written in ancient divine script, and they could not understand it.

After a cursory reading, Li Zhi smiled and said, "It contains the Dragon Transformation Volume and the Immortal Platform Volume of the Sun Sutra, the mother scripture of my human race."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone stared at the fairy tear green and gold page with envy.

Ye Fan asked: "Li Zhi, when did you learn the ancient divine text?"

Li Zhi said: "I learned it when searching the souls of ancient creatures."

Afterwards, Li Zhi handed the Immortal Tears Green Gold Book to Jue Youqing beside him and said, "Everyone please write down the scriptures above. This is the mother scripture of my race, and many emperors have used it as a reference when they created the imperial scripture."

"Ok!"

Jue Youqing, who was holding the green and gold pages of the Fairy Tear Book and trying hard to memorize the words on them, suddenly groaned and subconsciously threw the book away.

Upon seeing this, Duan De and the old blind man took the scriptures almost at the same time, and began to observe and memorize them.

But they were unable to write down the original text of the scriptures.

"The supreme divine pattern on this page of Immortal Tear Green Gold Paper prevents others from remembering the contents on it."

"Let me see." Dongfang Ye said.

Duan De handed over the Fairy Tear Green Gold Page very generously.

Afterwards, Dongfang Ye and Ye Fan also tried to read and memorize the text, but they didn't recognize a single word and could only stare blankly, unable to do anything.

At this time, Li Zhi said, "Do you want a translated version of the Sun Sutra?"

"Brat, since you understand the ancient sacred text, why don't you translate it quickly?" Duan De said.

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan handed the Immortal Golden Book to Li Zhi, wanting to hear him translate the scriptures.

However, Li Zhi did not come to translate the scriptures. Instead, they saw him take out a set of rubbing tools, which puzzled everyone.

Then Li Zhi explained, "This page of the Immortal Tears Green Gold Book was most likely forged by the Sun Saint Emperor or an ancient strongman of our human race who practiced the Sun Sutra. My translation may not be accurate, so I copied all these ancient divine texts. You can take them back and slowly comprehend them."

Afterwards, Li Zhi translated while making rubbings, and soon distributed all the translated versions and rubbings to everyone.

Finally, he put away the page of the Immortal Tears Green Gold Book and said, "In the future, if anyone wants to borrow this page of the Immortal Tears Green Gold Book to comprehend the true meaning of the Great Dao of the Sun Sutra, they can come to me to borrow it. I suspect that the nine emperor characters of the Sun Sutra are hidden in this page of the Immortal Gold Book."

The Holy Sun Emperor and the Human Moon Emperor were both human emperors with broad minds and great courage. They did not treat the ancient scriptures they created as private property and pass them on only to their bloodline descendants, but taught them widely to various tribes of the human race at that time.

Therefore, these two scriptures are widely circulated among the human race, and many human cultivators have benefited from them.

Its dissemination range is much wider than that of the ancient scriptures created by the great emperors of the human race in later generations.

Perhaps it is for this reason that they are the only ones respected as human emperors by the world.

"Little Taoist, I really admire your vision." The old blind man sighed after listening to Li Zhi's words.

Li Zhi said, "The Sun Saint Emperor is magnanimous. I am just offering him a gift. Although the Sun Sutra is a supreme scripture, it is extremely difficult to master. However, as a reference, it is still very beneficial. Maybe in this immortal burial ground, in addition to the Sun Sutra, there is also the Moon Sutra."

Once these words were spoken, everyone was completely excited.

Then they continued on their journey, heading deeper into this small world.

Finally, in a fairy cave deep in the earth, they encountered a river formed entirely by the true water of Taiyin.

The river was calm and peaceful, flowing quietly there, crossing the road ahead, like a black abyss that almost swallowed up people's minds and souls.

"Is there really Taiyin True Water in this small world?"

"Doesn't that mean that there is a high possibility that the Taiyin Sutra appears here?"

Earlier on the journey, Li Zhi had told everyone his guess that the three-legged golden crow represents the sun, so the immortal pages of the Sun Sutra are hidden in the golden crow's nest.

If you want to find the Taiyin Sutra, you have to find the place where the Taiyin Qi gathers.

Now, they really saw a river of Taiyin real water in the fairy cave, which was shocking.

"I don't know if there are any living creatures in this Taiyin River. If there are, it is very likely that the Taiyin Scripture is hidden in its lair." Looking at the Taiyin River in front of him, a hint of surprise appeared in Li Zhi's eyes.

As soon as the words fell, the river water churned, and then a dorsal fin appeared from the water. Everyone saw a creature shaped like a blood dragon swimming in the river, and soon sank to the bottom of the river.

Seeing this, everyone was a little excited and said, "Are there really creatures living in the Taiyin River?"

Seeing this, Li Zhi flashed a yellowish-brown light on his body and said, "I'll be back soon."

After saying that, Li Zhi jumped into the Taiyin River without any hesitation.

"Isn't Taoist Li too fierce? This is a river formed by the true water of Taiyin. It jumps as soon as it is told to." Dongfang Ye exclaimed.

"Good boy, when did this method come into being? I didn't even know about it." Duan De also exclaimed.

Soon, the Taiyin River began to churn, as if a great battle had taken place at the bottom of the river.

But the waves only lasted for less than ten breaths before disappearing again.

Just as everyone was worried about Li Zhi, a huge block of ice ten feet high suddenly flew out from the Taiyin River near the opposite bank.

The lump of ice was like a dark ancient monument, smashing heavily onto the ground, emitting an extremely cold aura. Even across the Taiyin River, they felt as if their bodies were being torn apart.

"Let's go over there too. It seems that Li Zhi really found the Taiyin Sutra."

(End of this chapter)