Chapter 205 Military Secret

"Congratulations, Your Highness, for successfully joining the Qin Clan. It looks like obtaining the Nine Secrets is just around the corner."

After seeing an acquaintance walking out of Qinmen, Li Zhi suddenly appeared in front of her halfway.

"What His Highness? Where is His Highness?"

In front of Li Zhi, a young woman of average appearance who was at the Dragon Transformation level, immediately looked around after hearing this, as if she was looking for the so-called His Highness.

"Princess Yueling, we are all old acquaintances of the Qishi Mansion, so why do you have to deny it?" Li Zhi said with a smile.

The familiar person Li Zhi met was not Ye Fan, but Princess Yue Ling of the Jiuli Divine Dynasty, the Princess Yue Ling who was known as the second most beautiful woman in Zhongzhou.

"Master Taoist, you have recognized the wrong person. My name is Su'e, not Princess Yueling." Princess Yueling did not think that her disguise could be seen through by Li Zhi, so she denied it directly.

"You are Princess Yueling of the Jiuli Divine Dynasty. I won't make a mistake with my magical eyes. After all, I have met you several times in the Qishi Mansion, and I can see your life breath clearly." Li Zhi said with great confidence to Princess Yueling who continued to act.

Li Zhi's ability to identify people has long since gotten rid of the level of judging people by their appearance. Moreover, although Princess Yue Ling used a secret treasure to change her appearance and aura, the original life breath emanating from her body cannot be changed.

It’s like Li Zhi had already discovered Ye Fan who had sneaked into the main peak of Qinmen. Even if he used the method of changing the world to change his appearance and breath, as long as the source of his life did not undergo a qualitative change, Li Zhi would still recognize the changed Ye Fan at a glance.

"Who are you?" Princess Yue Ling's expression suddenly changed, and she stared at Li Zhi with vigilance.

In fact, Li Zhi forgot that when he was in the Qi Shi Mansion, he was always shrouded in a layer of fairy mist. Except for revealing his true appearance in front of a few people such as Saint Daoyi, Saint Yaochi and the old mansion master, no one else knew what he looked like.

It was a normal reaction for Princess Yue Ling not to recognize him. At this time, Princess Yue Ling even had the plan to summon a protector.

However, this place is less than ten miles away from the mountain gate of Qinmen. Once her protector shows up and fights with Li Zhi, it may alarm the powerful people in Qinmen, and her plan will fail.

Li Zhi said with a smile: "Wulian Tianzun, Your Highness Princess, I am Li Zhi. We have met several times in Qishi Mansion. Don't you remember me, Princess?"

"Are you Li Zhi, Li Changshou?" Princess Yue Ling stared at him with her eyes wide open, as if she couldn't quite believe that the pale, weak-looking cultivator in front of her was the mysterious evildoer who was rumored among the disciples of Qi Shi Mansion and who was specially cared for by the old mansion master.

Li Zhi actually didn't know that his life in Qi Shi Mansion, which he thought was low-key, had already been discussed many times in private by the disciples of Qi Shi Mansion.

Previously, when she was at the Qi Shi Mansion, Princess Yue Ling also wanted to get to know Li Zhi, but Li Zhi was too "arrogant" and only interacted with a few cultivators from the East Wilderness, and ignored the cultivators from the other four domains.

This has cast a veil of mystery over his personality and character for many people.

In terms of legendary nature, he is even more mysterious than the Central Emperor, the Southern Demon, and the Northern Emperor.

Li Zhi was puzzled by Princess Yue Ling's strange reaction, so he asked, "Is there something growing on my face?"

"Master Li, it's really you. Are you here for the Nine Secrets of the Qin Clan as well?" Princess Yue Ling immediately displayed the sophistication of a princess of the Immortal Divine Dynasty, and seemed to want to get closer to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi said, "Princess, you believe me now, right? I showed up to disturb you from exploring the secret just to ask you for a small favor, and I have no intention of exposing you."

Princess Yueling seemed very happy. She turned her head to look in the direction of Qinmen and said, "Master Li, why don't we talk somewhere else?"

Li Zhi looked at the powerful man sitting in front of the Qinmen Mountain Gate, nodded and said, "Just follow the princess' orders."

Then, the two of them stopped in a forest three thousand miles away, and Princess Yue Ling revealed her true appearance.

She is a beauty with graceful manners and charming demeanor, and her appearance is in no way inferior to that of the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi.

Seeing that Li Zhi did not show much lust because of her gorgeous transformation, Princess Yue Ling's evaluation of Li Zhi was raised to a higher level.

"Master Li, how did you come to Qinling Mountains? Are you here for the Immortal Transformation Pool in Qinling Mountains?" Princess Yueling asked curiously.

Li Zhi said: "The secrets calculated by the divine fortune teller are now spreading widely outside. All the major forces in the world have sent people to the Qinling Mountains. It is not surprising that I am here."

Princess Yue Ling asked: "Then how did you know that there are nine secrets in the Qin Sect?"

Li Zhi said seriously: "I read in a book that there is a legendary secret of the word Bing engraved on a mountain inside Qinmen. I came here just for it."

Princess Yueling didn't believe what Li Zhi said and thought he was talking nonsense.

Afterwards, Princess Yueling asked with concern: "Master, are you injured? Yueling sees that your complexion seems a little abnormal. If you need Yueling's help, please let me know."

Li Zhi sighed and said, "I encountered some minor troubles when I was overcoming the tribulation earlier. They are not a problem and will be solved soon."

Princess Yue Ling was surprised and asked, "Master, have you transcended the tribulation again?"

Li Zhi said with some surprise: "Have you seen me transcend the tribulation?"

Princess Yueling said quickly, "That's not what I meant. When I was in Qishi Mansion, I heard people say that the Dragon Head Divine Mountain and the Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder in the Immortal Mansion were created by you, Taoist Priest. I originally thought it was just a rumor, but I didn't expect it to be true."

After hearing what Princess Yue Ling said, Li Zhi thought to himself, "Sure enough, there are no secrets in this world. The Passerby Emperor will record everyone's behavior and then spread it."

Afterwards, the two of them had an in-depth and simple exchange.

Two days later, when Princess Yue Ling finished her work, she returned to the Qin Clan.

However, after this outing, she had an extra divine consciousness.

Fortunately, Li Zhi's spiritual power was strong enough to hide from the detection of the powerful man guarding the mountain gate.

The silver moon rose into the sky, the moonlight was like water, and in the blink of an eye it was late at night and everyone was asleep.

Princess Yue Ling came to the foot of Qinmen’s main peak and released a three-inch-tall puppet.

"Master, is this all right?" Princess Yue Ling sent a message to the puppet.

The puppet responded with divine thoughts: "Alright, Princess, go do your thing. Next, we will split up to find the whereabouts of the Bing character secret, but who has better luck?"

Then the two separated at the foot of the mountain.

The puppet man houses a wisp of Li Zhi's divine consciousness, which can synchronize everything it sees to Li Zhi's body in a timely manner. Moreover, the puppet man is made of a special material that can avoid being detected by the divine consciousness.

Li Zhi discovered that the layout inside the Qin Gate was indeed flawless, with only a few formations guarding the surroundings.

Li Zhi controlled the puppet to circle around the main peak, and there was no sign of being discovered.

Soon, on a stone wall covered by ancient vines in the back mountain, some stone carvings were seen. They were all weapons, such as bells, tripods, towers, swords, spears, knives, etc.

Those stone carvings had neither beauty nor Taoist charm. They looked like they were casually scribbled by a Qin Sect disciple when he was bored. Moreover, the traces did not look old, as if they had only been carved on the stone wall in the last few decades. But after Li Zhi saw them, he could no longer walk.

What others consider to be graffiti is a supreme scripture in Li Zhi's eyes.

Without any hesitation, Li Zhi came to the stone wall and stared at the images of weapons. His mind was quickly drawn into a mysterious world.

And those clumsy traces seemed to come alive. Under the illumination of the moonlight, each scratch evolved into the supreme rhythm of Taoism. Sometimes it looked like a real dragon, sometimes like Kunpeng, and sometimes like Qilin, giving birth to all kinds of immortal spirits, which was wonderful beyond words.

As Li Zhi observed, an ancient and mysterious breath came to his face, with a sense of vicissitudes and grandeur, as if the Heavenly Lord was preaching. There was also a faint supreme divine sound that spanned the past, present and future, ringing in his ears.

At this moment, the marks on those crude weapon drawings began to move, turning into lines again, and were arranged and combined, eventually evolving into mysterious and powerful weapons.

Li Zhi first saw a divine picture, which was born in the chaos, containing the yin and yang energies of heaven and earth, suppressing all the laws of heaven and earth, and finally turned into an eternal golden bridge that pierced through the chaos, as if exploring beyond heaven and earth.

Afterwards, Li Zhi saw a large tripod, a round tripod with three legs and two ears, covered with patterns of flowers, birds, fish and insects. It had a kind of charm that said “Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things”, as if it was a tangible carrier of the Great Dao.

The four words "Cauldron of the Source of All Things" inexplicably appeared in Li Zhi's mind.

Then, he saw a big bell, suppressed at the end of time and space, as if it was the only thing between heaven and earth, with a sense of the great way without beginning and end flowing on the bell. It even made people lose the ability to think.

Then, he saw a fairy sword, with hot fairy blood still dripping from the tip of the sword. It seemed to be a powerful killing weapon that had just come out of an ancient battlefield.

Then, he saw weapons that looked like the Void Mirror, Hengyu Furnace, Immortal Iron Rod, Golden Mace, etc., which appeared in his eyes one by one, each representing a supreme power of the Great Dao, manifesting in various mysterious time and space, unparalleled in the world, and unique in the world.

In the end, all that was left in Li Zhi's eyes was a nine-story ancient tower. The aura it exuded was extremely terrifying, as if it could completely suppress the entire universe.

Li Zhi's mind was completely attracted and immersed in the ocean of weapons. Faintly, there was a mysterious chanting sound in his heart, as if it was going to perform a supreme method for him.

In the end, all the magical weapons in his eyes disappeared, leaving only chaos.

It seemed as if those weapons appeared because of what he thought in his mind.

Soon, a word "Soldier" that flashed with immortal divine light appeared in the chaos in Li Zhi's eyes. Its appearance seemed to endow the chaos with the supreme divine power to evolve all the weapons in heaven and earth.

When the word "Soldier" appeared, the spiritual consciousness within the puppet showed signs of collapse.

Li Zhi, who was sitting in a cave thousands of miles away from Qinmen, immediately felt his soul being shocked, as if a mysterious sharp blade was attacking the wound of his soul.

It seemed to destroy his mind.

At the same time, a mysterious heavenly sound seemed to come from outside the domain, transforming into a magical weapon, slashing towards his soul, making Li Zhi's already pale face even paler.

That is the secret scripture content of the word "Soldier".

Every word was as sharp as a knife, every sentence as sharp as a sword, slicing people's souls. It put Li Zhi's soul nerves under great test, and the wound on his soul showed signs of splitting open again.

Fortunately, Li Zhi's soul had experienced more than twenty baptisms of heavenly tribulations, and the origin of his soul was strong enough, so he managed to remember all the contents of those scriptures in his mind.

But even so, he felt that his soul was damaged again.

The upper limit of mana that can be mobilized has dropped from 80% to about 60%.

When Li Zhi completely memorized the secret scripture of the word "Soldier" in his heart, the puppet man shattered on the spot and turned into a pile of ashes. The divine consciousness that he had separated also returned to his original spirit, which made him feel better.

It took Li Zhi a whole night to recover from the shock of obtaining the secret of the word "Soldier".

As if he had experienced a tough battle of souls, a deep feeling of fatigue appeared on his soul.

Being injured by the divine thunder in the thunder pool, the impact on his soul was much more serious than he expected.

However, after withstanding that shock, you will never be hurt by the content of the scriptures again.

The secret of the word "兵" is very different from the secret of the word "皆" obtained before.

It did not appear in the form of a divine pattern or Taoist diagram, but rather a long scripture filled with the spirit of war. However, those words seemed like amazing immortal weapons, capable of killing people and destroying their hearts, attacking the souls of practitioners.

If you don't subdue it, you will not be able to practice this secret at all, there is no such thing as gradual progress.

The difficulty of getting started seems to be more difficult than practicing the ancient scriptures of the Great Emperor.

Fortunately, Li Zhi successfully subdued it.

After reading the secret text of the word "Soldier", Li Zhi finally showed a hint of joy.

"The Secret of the Military Character is indeed worthy of being the supreme sacred technique for controlling weapons and equipment, and it can be called the pinnacle of the art of refining equipment and forging weapons."

Li Zhi obtained the methods of forging and maintaining soldiers that he had always dreamed of from the scriptures.

However, it is very difficult to truly master this secret, and the conditions are extremely harsh.

If you want to control all the weapons, you must first master one weapon and cultivate your own immortal weapon. This is the foundation, and only then can you control and master other weapons. The only immortal weapon is the foundation of the secret of the word "weapon". It is the only weapon for cultivators to prove their way and is the ancestor of weapons.

After reading the scriptures of the Secret of the Word "Bing", Li Zhi had a clear understanding of the classification of weapons in the world. At the same time, he had a new understanding of why the king's magic weapons and the holy weapons handed down from generation to generation were regarded as the continuation of the life of the holder.

Although the secret of the word "Bing" is extremely powerful, Li Zhi is not very concerned about whether he can master it.

He did not intend to forge a single immortal weapon, but to use the weapon to carry his great path and grow with him.

In his opinion, doing so would distract him and make him lose the possibility of comprehending the humanoid weapon.

However, the secret of the word "bing" was enough to solve the problem of insufficient weapons before it achieved enlightenment.

Li Zhi had the divine gold on him, but he did not forge it into weapons. He was just waiting for this day to come.

Only by using the sacred weapon-forging technique contained in the Secret of the Word "bing" can the true value of those immortal materials be brought into play, and the weapons forged from them can perform as well as ordinary divine weapons.

In fact, as for the method of forging weapons, Li Zhi also wanted to know the supreme secret method used by the Henren Emperor to forge the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Pot.

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar can transform between a jar and a human form, which is extremely magical.

This is very similar to the humanoid weapon conceived by Li Zhi.

(End of this chapter)