Chapter 20: A very covert approach
The pace of time will never stop and wait because of the appearance of a person.

The long river of time will not flow backwards because of one event.

The sadness of parting always belongs to those who can't forget the past.

Only those who keep looking forward can be protected by time.

After successfully obtaining the Wheel Sea Scroll of the "Eternal Life Sutra", Li Zhi began to practice without distraction.

It’s a pity that the thin essence of heaven and earth makes cultivation extremely difficult.

The West Mountain Villa area where he lived was not a place where spiritual veins gathered, and Li Zhi was not a genius in practicing Taoism who could open up the Sea of ​​Bitterness without a teacher.

Although he did not gain much from his practice, he gradually gained his own insights into the Sutra of Immortality in the Wheel Sea Scroll.

The "Eternal Life Sutra" is profound and extraordinary. It seems to focus on the Wheel of Life, pursuing the flawlessness of the Wheel of Life so that the monks can remain young forever.

Simply mastering the Wheel Sea Scroll can extend a person's lifespan by five hundred years.

Li Zhi now doesn’t know how long the lifespan of an ordinary cultivator who has cultivated to the Wheel Sea Secret Realm can be, but it will definitely not exceed five hundred years.

Unless he is an ancient monk who cultivates in a single secret realm.

The Sutra of Immortality is known for its vitality, but is not very suitable for combat.

The scripture summarizes this characteristic in one sentence: People of the same level are three points weaker than others.

As for whether the "people" here refer to cultivators who have practiced the Emperor's Scriptures, cultivators who have practiced the Saints' Scriptures, or cultivators who have practiced ordinary techniques, Li Zhi is not very clear.

After all, he had not yet entered the world of cultivation, had not come into contact with other cultivators, and had no samples for comparison.

Although he has not been able to get started in his practice, Li Zhi is looking forward to the subsequent scriptures of this sutra on longevity.

How could a martial art with such amazing vitality be an ordinary one?

Maybe it is a scripture of the great emperor.

Unable to make progress in his cultivation, Li Zhi devoted all his energy to studying the delicate patterns on the rubbings.

By chance, he glanced at the huge satellite map hanging on the wall from a distance.

Suddenly I felt that some of the mountains in the Qinling Mountains viewed from the sky were quite similar to some of the patterns on those rubbings.

Li Zhi immediately became interested and copied the patterns onto transparent cellophane and began to compare them with the mountains and rivers in the Qinling Mountains.

Finally, a clue was found in the central Qinling Mountains, in a place called Baixiantai.

To the west of Baixiantai there is a mountain range with a very peculiar direction. Only when it is covered with snow in winter can you discover that the mountain range is like a giant dragon lying across the Qinling Mountains. The location of Baixiantai is exactly where the dragon ball is.

According to the rudimentary Feng Shui secrets that Li Zhi mastered, that was the place where the dragon soul ascended to heaven.

Could it be that the subsequent skills are hidden there?
This unexpected discovery made Li Zhi quite surprised. If that was the place where the ancient monks lived in seclusion, it must be a Feng Shui treasure land. Maybe practicing there would allow him to sense the existence of the Sea of ​​Bitterness.

After saying hello to Zhou Mei, Li Zhi immediately packed up and headed for Qinling Mountains.

This time, he traveled alone and brought all his family heirlooms with him.

Luoyang shovel, oil lamp, small brush, small flat shovel, compass, and the snakeskin bag that was so strong that even bullets couldn't penetrate it.

Li Zhi planned to tie it on his body and wear it as a bulletproof vest in critical moments.

If necessary, he can also temporarily crawl into the bag to avoid danger.

Just as Li Zhi was about to set off.

Yao Le, who had been hiding abroad for half a year, smuggled back when he saw his popularity was declining.

This time he returned to China, he did not come back alone, but brought back a group of foreigners who were proficient in Chinese.

And those foreigners all have yellow faces.

They were even one step ahead of Li Zhi and arrived at the location of the Immortal Worship Platform deep in the Qinling Mountains.

At this time, Yao Le and a young squinty-eyed woman were standing on a cliff near the Baixiantai with eight bodyguard-like figures.

"Ms. Ke, this is the location of the ancient monk's cave shown on the map." Yao Le said to the squinty-eyed woman with a flattering look on his face.

"Mr. Yao, you should know the price of deceiving us." The squinty-eyed woman narrowed her eyes even more and threatened as she spoke.

"Please rest assured, Miss Ke. Once I find the longevity fruit, I will offer it to you with both hands as soon as possible. I will never forget the care that Mr. Ke has given me before." Yao Le said.

"Then I will trust you this time. My people will follow your instructions on how to find it next." Miss Ke didn't seem to trust Yao Le very much.

Then, Yao Le said to the eight bodyguards behind them, "Everyone, divide into two groups. Use our newly purchased geomagnetic anomaly detector to carefully search for every inch of geomagnetic anomaly in Baixiantai."

Eight bodyguards wearing outdoor gear immediately took out from their backpacks the handheld geomagnetic detectors that Yao Le had specially customized abroad.

Finding a monk's cave is not an easy task for mortals.

Before this, their Yao family had already mobilized a lot of manpower and resources to search for the ancient monk's cave.

But nothing was found.

The cave seems to be hidden within the formation barrier.

It is not something that can be discovered by mortal men with flesh and blood.

This time, Yao Le got a secret recipe from a master from abroad, who said that wherever there is a formation or barrier, the earth's magnetic field will become irregular and disordered.

Therefore, Yao Le planned to start from this aspect and look for the caves left behind by the ancient monks.

A day later, they finally made a discovery.

In front of a cliff, they found an area of ​​geomagnetic disorder.

"Mr. Yao, don't you want to tell me that the ancient monk's cave is inside this cliff?" Miss Ke said to Yao Le with squinted eyes and a bad look.

Yao Le also explained anxiously: "The abilities of the ancient monks are not something that we mortals can understand. Maybe the cave is really behind this rock wall."

Miss Ke said, "Mr. Yao, this rock wall is obviously natural, without any trace of artificial excavation. How can you make me believe that the cave is inside?"

Cutting mountains and chiseling stones is not an easy task.

Even if they had large-scale mechanical equipment, it would be impossible to complete it in a short time.

What's more, their identities are somewhat sensitive, and it is impossible for them to build large-scale projects deep in the Qinling Mountains.

Yao Le said, "Miss Ke, you don't seem to understand what I mean. What I mean is that the entrance to the cave is somewhere on this rock wall, not that the entire cave is hidden in the cliff."

Miss Ke said, "Since we have helped Mr. Yao find the entrance, shouldn't Mr. Yao fulfill the agreement he reached with my father?"

Yao Le shook his head and said, "The agreement between your father and I is that I will give you the original copy of the technique only after you help me find the cave. But now we have only determined the location of the cave entrance, which is far from meeting the conditions of the agreement."

Miss Ke frowned, stared at Yao Le for a while, and then said to the bodyguards, "Blast this rock wall for me."

"Mr. Yao, if we use explosives now, will it cause trouble?" The bodyguard did not take action immediately, but asked Yao Le.

"As long as you don't blow up a mountain in large quantities at once, the mountains here are high and the forests are dense, so it won't attract the attention of outsiders." Yao Le said confidently.

The villagers who used to live nearby had already been moved out by the Yao family.

This directly turned the dozens of miles of land around Baixiantai into an uninhabited area.

Soon, dense roars were heard near the Baixiantai, and Li Zhi, who was dozens of miles away, could hear the sounds.

He thought there was an extreme thunderstorm in the mountains, which made him hesitate whether to continue going into the mountains.

After thunderstorms and heavy rains, there will inevitably be mountain torrents and mudslides.

If he were caught in a mudslide, with his current strength, there would be absolutely no chance of survival.

I climbed up the surrounding mountains and looked in the direction where the thunder came from, but there seemed to be no trace of dark clouds in the sky.

I recalled the weather forecast I saw before entering the mountains, and it shouldn't rain in the next few days.

After waiting for a while and still seeing no sign of the stream rising, Li Zhi felt that the thunder seemed strange.

Then he quickened his pace.

Four hours later, he finally arrived near Baixiantai.

From a distance, I saw several people hanging on ropes on a cliff, drilling holes and installing explosives.

The thunder seemed to be the noise they made.

Li Zhi quietly moved to a place less than a hundred meters away from those people. He hid in a big tree and watched them continue to blow up the mountain.

At the same time, he was also secretly observing the Feng Shui around the Baixiantai.

Finally, his eyes also set on the cliff.

It turned out to be the structure of a dragon-trapping wall.

No wonder those people used explosives to blast the mountain, it turned out they were looking for an entrance.

However, Li Zhi looked at their crude methods and felt that they were wasting their efforts.

With their clueless way of bombing, they wouldn't find anything even after bombing for a month.

As he expected, when night fell, squinty-eyed Miss Ke and Yao Le had a disagreement again.

The explosives they carried had been used up.

It was impossible to get explosives in a short period of time.

Seeing that the men she brought with her were almost too tired to stand up, Miss Ke said angrily: "Mr. Yao, you should give me an explanation."

Yao Le's eyes flashed with a strange look, and he said, "Ms. Ke, I have to tell you a cruel truth."

Miss Ke asked, "What's the truth?"

Yao Le said: "If we want to open the barrier of the ancient cultivator's cave, I'm afraid we can only use the blood sacrifice method now."

Miss Ke said coldly: "You are kidding me."

Yao Le said, "I have no intention of teasing you, Miss Ke. But since the explosives are no longer effective, we can only resort to blood sacrifice. This has been agreed by your father."

Miss Ke said calmly: "Why do you want to use my people?"

Yao Le said: "Because they have no identity. Even if they are dead or missing, it will not arouse anyone's vigilance."

Miss Ke said, "Aren't you afraid that they will kill you after knowing the truth?"

Yao Le smiled and said, "With Miss Ke's cooperation, how could they possibly know the truth. If Miss Ke feels that they should know the truth, then please go ahead. Perhaps before you die, they would rather send you to see the King of Hell first."

Miss Ke gritted her teeth and stared at Yao Le and said, "You did it on purpose."

Yao Le laughed and said, "Ms. Ke also grew up abroad, how come you still have such naive ideas? Only those who control capital are human beings. Aren't others animals in human skin in your eyes? Your country has even abolished the death penalty, isn't it just to make it easier for people like you to use lynching?"

Miss Ke was speechless after hearing what Yao Le said and finally agreed with his approach.

Yao Le said: "Tomorrow morning, we..."

Li Zhi heard everything the two discussed in secret without missing a word.

Li Zhi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, even ordinary mortals are very powerful.

Hen Zhatian is a word coined by Li Zhi, which is used to describe the state of treating human life as worthless.

The Supreme of the Forbidden Zone devours the lives of billions of creatures every time he is born. He simply treats all the creatures in the universe as leeks, harvesting them one after another.

If even the Supreme Being is like this, then naturally others will follow suit and not take human life seriously.

Moreover, the birth of every great emperor is often accompanied by corpses along the way.

The murderous aura is so strong that it stands out among all the heavens and the worlds.

A single drop of blood from a saint holds boundless murderous intent, which is unimaginable in other immortal cultivation worlds.

Li Zhi didn't feel much sympathy in his heart.

This is the general environment of this world. Since we cannot change it, we have to learn to adapt to it.

The next morning, Li Zhi watched with his own eyes the eight bodyguards drink the poisoned oatmeal.

Then, when drilling a hole in the mountain, he suddenly started bleeding and spurted out blood in large mouthfuls.

A large area of ​​the cliff was dyed red.

Seeing this, Li Zhi did not dare to be distracted at all and watched the changes on the rock wall intently.

Finally, in an area six meters above the ground, all the blood seeped in.

Seeing this, Yao Le said excitedly: "The entrance is right there."

"Mr. Yao, now that we have found the entrance, you can go die." Miss Ke suddenly took out a pistol and pointed it at Yao Le's head.

Yao Le was startled and said quickly, "Miss Ke, what are you doing? Are you going to violate the agreement between me and your father? Don't you want the jade book that records the skills?"

Miss Ke said, "Since the cave has been found, the jade book in your hand has no value. Mr. Yao, you are right. In our eyes, they are just animals, but you seem to have forgotten that you are also one of the animals who have nothing."

Upon seeing this, Yao Le dodged immediately, but unfortunately Miss Ke was not an easy target and shot him directly in the chest.

Yao Le gradually lost his breath under the incredulous gazes.

After confirming that Yao Le was dead, Ms. Ke took out a satellite phone.

It seems like he is going to call someone.

Unfortunately, before she could start pressing the buttons, a Luoyang shovel flew from behind and directly cut a big hole in her back.

Moreover, the edge of the big hole was very smooth, and one could even see the bone marrow flowing out of the broken spine, and the heart that was missing half of its atrium was constantly bleeding.

After just a few seconds, Miss Ke, like Yao Le, closed her eyes forever.

Five minutes later, Li Zhi slowly walked out from the darkness and picked up Luoyang City.

With a slight shake, the blood stains were completely wiped off.

Only at this moment did he have the mood to observe the stone wall carefully.

　The previous one was blocked. You can see it after it is unblocked.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)