Chapter 204 Qinmen Treasure Hunt
The millions of miles of Qinling Mountains not only gave birth to countless treasures and buried many secrets beneath the earth; there are also many secrets hidden above the ground, and there are also many powerful hidden ancient sects located among them.

Within two days after returning to Qincheng, Li Zhi learned from Duan De the exact date of the appearance of the Immortal Pond calculated by the divine fortune teller.

Afterwards, Duan De left Qincheng again and rushed to the vast ancient Qinling Mountains.

There are countless underground ancient tombs for him to explore, and naturally there are also countless immortal treasures buried here waiting to reappear in the world. How could Duan De miss such a good place?

Li Zhi rested in Qincheng for ten days, adjusted his condition to the best, and then left Qincheng.

Although the damage to his soul prevented him from exerting his full strength, as long as he did not use more than 80% of his strength, those injuries would not affect his combat effectiveness for the time being.

The red-haired monster is indeed a being that can cross dimensions to attack people, and can be regarded as a huge pitfall in the world of Shrouding the Sky.

I thought I was careful enough.

Even his body and mind had undergone the baptism of heavenly thunder, and he was not afraid of the influence of the red-haired monster. However, he did not expect that when he was lying in the fairy juice to recover, Li Zhi was still quietly invaded by that strange power.

Fortunately, he did not practice the source technique of the source master, nor did he practice the earth technique of the earth master. There was no foundation for the strange power to parasitize in his body, so he was able to use the evil-breaking power in the heavenly thunder to refine that strange power.

But even so, his soul was severely injured and his future path was almost ruined.

If the injuries on his soul cannot be recovered, Li Zhi will never be able to advance to the second level of immortal realm in this lifetime.

Not everyone is like Ye Fan, who can become the Emperor of Heaven while bearing the wounds of the Dao.

Ye Fan's future achievements have already shown that he will not be killed by any force when he is weak.

But Li Zhi did not dare to guarantee that he could survive with his Taoist injuries. After all, his future was still uncertain. Not to mention becoming a being above the Taoist priests, it was still unknown whether he could become an immortal.

As he entered the realm of immortals, Li Zhi's spiritual perception became more and more acute. It seemed that by practicing in this world, he might be able to live for three or four lifetimes against the will of heaven, but he would never be able to become an immortal in the mortal world.

Just like when Emperor Huangtian reincarnated during the reign of Emperor Luo.

In a complete big world, under the influence of the mysterious force of cause and effect, only one creature that transcends the limit is allowed to exist.

Otherwise, the situation will eventually lead to two strong rivals competing for supremacy, and the butchers in those days all fled to other areas.

Now, Li Zhi can vaguely sense the strength of the living beings' luck.

Even if he borrowed the good fortune from heaven and earth, it could not compare with the good fortune of those native creatures.

Before this, when Li Zhi was undergoing the tribulation, he had entered a near-death state, in a state of neither life nor death. He accidentally saw the phantom of a nine-orifice stone man stretching across the sky above the Qinling Mountains for millions of miles. The phantom of the stone man was completely formed by tremendous good fortune, as if he was a darling of God.

Compared with this, the good fortune from heaven and earth that Li Zhi had once borrowed was simply incomparable.

It’s a pity that after he survived the catastrophe and “came back to life”, he could no longer see the phantom formed by good fortune.

I tried every possible means but couldn't see it anymore, as if the good fortune from heaven and earth didn't exist at all.

Li Zhi's intuition told him that his chance to become an immortal might lie in another world.

Living with Ye Fan in this life is actually the sorrow of all living beings, and the Golden Crow Emperor is just a microcosm of it.

Even if under Ye Fan's protection, many people in the Heavenly Court will become immortals in the future, but they will also lose the possibility of being on par with Ye Fan, or even surpassing Ye Fan.

Li Zhi, who was reborn as a human being, has a deep understanding of this.

And as your cultivation level increases, this feeling becomes stronger and stronger.

Walking among the mountains and rivers of the Qinling Mountains, Li Zhi pondered the various secret techniques recorded in the "Book of the Earth" in his mind. As expected, they had many similarities with the art of Feng Shui, but they were completely different.

Refining the fragments of laws within the dragon marrow nurtured by tens of thousands of dragon veins in order to forge the supreme foundation of the geomancer, in Li Zhi's view, is like completely locking himself and the world together.

This kind of foundation goes against the original intention of practicing the five secret realms.

The method of the five secret realms focuses on tapping the supreme potential of the physical body. The more profound the level of practice, the more detached from the world, and the less connected with the heaven and earth.

Whenever he thought of this, Li Zhi couldn't help but wonder, some of the beings who were fighting against the Great Dao during the Three Immortal Slashes had accidentally embarked on the correct path of practicing the Five Great Secret Realms?

Severing a certain connection between one's own path and heaven and earth.

Li Zhi seemed to be walking leisurely in the wilderness, but every step he took could cross mountains and rivers of several miles. Although it was not a great magical power to shrink the distance into an inch, for him, it was also a speed of tens of thousands of miles a day.

In the vast mountains and rivers of the Qinling Mountains, from time to time people would see a pale young Taoist priest with a thoughtful look on his face, his figure flashing and disappearing in the mountains and forests.

Moreover, the young Taoist walked on the road silently, as if he was a ghost wandering in the world.

One day, Li Zhi suddenly met a group of monks in the mountains, so he stopped.

"Don't come over here." But before he could walk over, those people sacrificed various magical weapons against Li Zhi.

This scene surprised Li Zhi so much that he asked, "My fellow Taoists, have I offended you in any way?"

"Are you a human or a ghost?" A young man plucked up his courage and asked Li Zhi.

"Of course I am a human being." Li Zhi was a little confused by this question.

"Are you really a human? But why can't we sense the breath of a living person from you?" the man continued.

Li Zhi suddenly realized, and then released a little bit of his aura. As he cultivated the "Eternal Life Body Locking Technique" to the later stage, as long as he used all his strength to practice this technique, he would almost be turned into a lifeless stone.

It even has some ability to deceive the heavens, making it difficult to calculate.

Feeling the vigorous vitality of Li Zhi, the group of monks breathed a sigh of relief. An old man came out and said, "Excuse me, Taoist Priest."

"What are you going to do?" Li Zhi asked curiously.

"To be honest, we are going to catch ghosts. For some reason, many people have disappeared recently, and some people have seen a group of evil ghosts undergoing a tribulation in the mountains." said the old man.

"A vicious ghost undergoing a tribulation?" Li Zhi asked in surprise. Isn't this a scene of a tribulation that only occurs when one practices the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art? Could it be that someone here has practiced the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art?
"I am the Infinite Heavenly Venerable, I am Li Zhi. I have quite a bit of experience in catching ghosts and eliminating monsters. I wonder if you Taoist friends would be willing to let me follow you." Li Zhi spoke using the Heavenly Venerable's Taoist voice.

Instantly, a divine, purifying force descended upon everyone, bringing peace of mind to them, as if they were filled with strength.

"Master, please be merciful. We are willing." After feeling Li Zhi's magical power, the leading elders immediately said.

Their cultivation is only at the Dragon Transformation level, and they need a master like Li Zhi to join their ghost-catching team.

Then, Li Zhi followed those people into the mountains. On the way, the young man Gu Dali who had just spoken asked, "Master Li, what magical power did you just use? It made us no longer afraid in an instant. Can you teach me?"

Li Zhi said, "It's not that I don't want to teach you, but I learned that magical power from someone else, so I have no right to teach you. But Brother Gu is strong and healthy, with a strong blood and a bit of pure yang energy, so he shouldn't be afraid of ordinary evil spirits getting close to him."

Gu Dali said with a little disappointment: "What's the use of having a strong body? My talent for cultivation is not good, and I have only just opened a Taoist temple. Third Grandfather and the others said that I will have a chance to become a great master of the Four Extreme Secret Realms only when I am in my seventies or eighties."

Li Zhi asked: "Brother Gu, why are you trying to catch ghosts? Has anyone been hurt by a ghost?"

Gu Dali said, "No one was hurt by the ghost, but our ancestral tomb was robbed by the evil ghost, and our ancestors were eaten up. So the clan leader discussed it and asked us to form a ghost-catching team to see if we can catch the evil ghost nearby."

Then, Li Zhi asked again: "Brother Gu, are there any famous sects around here?"

Gu Dali said, "The most famous sect is the Qin Sect, which is eight thousand miles away. The old clan leader said that the Qin Sect is the most powerful sect in the area. I wanted to go to the Qin Sect to learn martial arts, but the clan leader did not allow it."

After following the group of people in the mountains for three days and not finding any traces of evil spirits, Li Zhi parted ways with them.

When he appeared again, he was already in Qinmen, eight thousand miles away.

The Qinmen is not large, with only more than a hundred people in total, and these more than a hundred people are divided into the inner gate and the outer gate.

The outer gate has four branches: east, south, west and north, each located on a low hill.

The main gate is located on a big mountain in the middle of four low mountains, only twenty or thirty miles away from the outer gate.

The entire main gate covers an area of ​​less than a hundred miles, which is a bit smaller than those paradises in Yan State.

However, among these more than one hundred people, Li Zhi saw more than twenty masters from the Xiantai Secret Realm, who were far beyond the reach of the cultivators from the blessed caves in the Southern Region.

There are some scattered villages around Qinmen, where ordinary people live.

They lived next to Qinmen, and some naughty children often ran to the low hill outside the gate to play, without anyone supervising them.

This kind of scene is rare. Generally speaking, monks will stay away from ordinary mortals.

"Are they all descendants of the Cai clan?" Li Zhi couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the monks on the mountain to treat these ordinary mortals like this unless there is a blood connection between them.

Sure enough, under Li Zhi's observation, he discovered the connection. Although those villages were scattered all over the mountain, the villagers more or less had the same bloodline.

Moreover, the source of the bloodline is not simple and seems to hide a kind of magic.

"I'm afraid these people are all descendants of Yuan Tianshi." Li Zhi thought so. After all, not all descendants of cultivators are suitable for cultivation.

After quietly wandering around the surrounding villages for a few times, Li Zhi arrived outside Qinmen again.

Within the Qin Sect, the rules do not seem to be strict, and many disciples can move freely. It does not look like a hidden ancient sect, but rather like the guardian of a family.

Li Zhi knew that there were masters within the Qin Gate, so he did not get too close to the Qin Gate.

Even when observing the situation in the outer gate, he did so from a distance. Fortunately, the masters of the four peaks in the outer gate were not as powerful as him. Although they were also at the first level of the fairy platform, they could not detect his prying eyes in secret.

After several days of observation, Li Zhi discovered that the strength of the four branches in the east, south, west, and north were similar. The peak master was a master of the first level of the Immortal Stage, and each branch had one or two disciples from the Dragon Transformation Realm. As for the other disciples, their cultivation levels were uneven.

Moreover, the Qin Sect treated the children from the surrounding villages equally and educated them all, regardless of their qualifications.

Only those who are unable to open up the sea of ​​suffering will be sent back.

Li Zhi looked at the main peak of Qinmen from afar, wanting to see clearly whether there were any stone carvings on the mountain, but there seemed to be a mysterious force around the main peak that was hindering his long-distance observation.

Logically speaking, Li Zhi's spiritual power span at this time is enough to see an ant crawling on the ground from a thousand miles away. There is no such thing as not being able to see the stone carvings clearly due to the distance.

"Sure enough, it's not that easy to get the secret of the word 'Soldier'." Li Zhi thought to himself.

Although it was a bit difficult, Li Zhi had never thought about joining the Qin Sect and then going to the back mountain to learn the "Bing" secret, one of the nine secrets.

Because Li Zhi didn't want to have any cause and effect relationship with the Qin Clan or Yuan Tianshi's lineage.

Having just been attacked by a strange and ominous force, Li Zhi was very resistant to that kind of thing.

However, although the secret of the word "Soldier" is within the Qin Gate, it does not belong to the Qin Gate.

It is the Dharma left by the nine great celestial masters of the mythological era. Although it is included in the Qin Sect, it does not belong to the Qin Sect.

Just like the secret of the word "皆" in Taixuan Sect, although it is in Taixuan Sect, it has never been included in the inheritance of Taixuan Sect.

Zhuofeng’s inheritance is the natural way, not the secret of “all”.

Moreover, there is an inheritance in the Qin Sect, the "Shen Jue" that makes Li Zhi very wary. God knows whether there are masters at the king level in the Qin Sect. Now that his soul is damaged, if he is attacked by someone using the "Shen Jue", he may be transformed into a thug of the Qin Sect.

Li Zhi has a clear understanding of himself on this point.

When the soul is damaged, it is best not to take the risk of trying to fight against those magical powers that can deal with the soul.

Especially the methods left by the ruthless emperor.

Li Zhi had a deep understanding of the magic of the Taoist talisman "Heavenly Transformation Palm" that he obtained from the Henren Taoist Temple.

The main peak of Qinmen is only a thousand meters high. It has neither majestic momentum nor misty beauty. It looks very ordinary and common.

But in Li Zhi's eyes, it contained supreme vitality and the fortune of heaven and earth. It was not just an ordinary short mountain.

Together with the four surrounding mountains, it forms a five-sided seal, firmly suppressing this beautiful place inside.

In addition to these people on the surface, Li Zhi is sure that there are a large number of powerful people hidden in the Qin Clan in the unknown secret realm.

As the descendants of Master Yuan Tianshi, there are probably still people in the Qin Clan who are secretly studying the techniques of Yuan Shu.

This can be seen from the place they chose, which is beautiful, restrained and simple.

The reason why they chose to settle here must be that they discovered the mystery of nature inherent in this place.

After observing for a few more days, Li Zhi suddenly saw a familiar face and immediately paid attention to it.

(End of this chapter)