Chapter 206 The Sick Old Man and the Sick Taoist
After comprehending the secret of the word "soldier" in the cave for several days, Li Zhi left Qinmen directly.
As for whether Princess Yue Ling could find the cliff where the secret inheritance of the word "Bing" was engraved, Li Zhi had no idea.

He had already made it very clear before. As for whether Princess Yue Ling could understand the meaning of his words, it was not something Li Zhi could control.

In the following days, Li Zhi recovered from his injuries while searching for the trace of the Huaxian Pool in the Qinling Mountains.

It has to be said that there are quite a lot of "Huaxian Ponds" in the Qinling Mountains. Any lake that looks a bit like a wonder is often named Huaxian Pond.

In less than a month, Li Zhi came across seventeen ancient tablets engraved with the words "Huaxianchi".

Moreover, along the way, Li Zhi also met many monks who were looking for the trace of Huaxian Pool.

However, Li Zhi knew that the real Immortal Pond had not yet appeared, and all the Immortal Ponds outside were fake.

Even if those "Immortal Ponds" are fake, they are also places where the spirits of heaven and earth converge, and they may be able to give birth to some natural treasures.

Li Zhi decided to try his luck and see if he could find some extremely yang things that were bred in an extremely yin environment in those "Immortality Pools" and extract the pure yang energy from them to repair the injuries on his soul.

In this way, more than a month passed and Li Zhi gained nothing.

Almost all the immortal pools have been visited by people, and anything of value inside has been taken away in advance.

In a Huaxian Pond, Li Zhi fished out a piece of broken stone that exuded a pure Yang aura. He was so angry that he stood beside the Huaxian Pond and cursed directly: "Are you all the reincarnations of Taotie? You really don't leave any good things for me. You are so heartless, so heartless. Have you completely thrown away the glorious tradition of leaving a way for others to meet again in the future? People's hearts are really not the same as they used to be. People's hearts are not the same as they used to be."

"Cough cough..." A violent cough suddenly sounded from behind Li Zhi.

Moreover, there seemed to be a hint of laughter in the cough, which made Li Zhi even more annoyed.

Turning around, I saw an old man who was over 50 years old, with sparse hair, gray beard, skinny and sickly, covering his mouth and laughing.

"What are you laughing at? Do you think my appearance just now was funny?" Li Zhi said with a dark face.

"Little Taoist, it's useless for you to curse here. If you want to find the Huaxian Pond, you must be someone who has a destiny with it." The sick old man said with a smile between his brows.

"I'm not looking for the Immortal Pond. If the fairy lake in front of me is the real Immortal Pond, I wouldn't dare jump in." Li Zhi's face was pale, his voice was weak, and he looked like he was seriously injured and had not recovered.

The sick old man was a little surprised and said, "You don't want to find the Huaxian Pond? Do you know what is in the Huaxian Pond?"

Li Zhi said: "They are nothing more than some magical medicines. They are not really a fairy pond connected to the fairyland. The magical objects produced by them are just like that."

The sick old man looked at Li Zhi deeply and said, "Little Taoist priest, you are really special."

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "I'm not special at all. I just want to find some pure yang things now."

"Aren't you curious about the ancient dragon cave and the immortal pool in the Qinling Mountains?" the sick old man asked again.

"I am curious, but I don't have the strength to kill a holy spirit, so my curiosity is useless. Unless someone kills the holy spirit in the ancient dragon cave, whoever goes there will die."

Li Zhi said this subconsciously, but he was stunned after he finished speaking. It seemed that he spoke without thinking. He just said whatever the other party asked. Then he asked, "Old senior, may I ask your name?"

The sick old man said: "My last name is Gai, you can call me Old Man Gai."

Li Zhi was stunned, then asked carefully: "Is it the Gai of Gai Jiuyou?"

The sick old man smiled and nodded and said, "It's Gai from Gai Jiuyou. I didn't expect that you have heard of the name Gai Jiuyou at such a young age."

Li Zhi said with a look of regret: "It's a pity for Senior Gai Jiuyou. He met the Qing Emperor, who is ranked high among the great emperors throughout history. If he could wait a little longer and strive for the emperor realm after the suppression of the Qing Emperor's avenue dissipated, he might have a chance to achieve enlightenment."

"Little Taoist, who told you these words?" The sick old man asked with a trace of loneliness in his eyes.

Li Zhi said: "I calculated it myself."

The sick old man seemed very interested in this and asked, "Can you tell me more about it, old man?"

"It's not impossible, but senior, let's talk while we walk. I am Li Zhi, a disciple of Zhongzhou Qishi Mansion." Li Zhi introduced himself, and then left the fairy lake with the sick old man.

On the way, after hearing Li Zhi's introduction, the sick old man was surprised and asked, "Are you the audacious Li Changshou?"

Li Zhi said with some surprise: "How can you say I am so bold? I am always cautious and never get carried away. How can I be so bold?"

The sick old man said in a gloomy voice, "I have never seen a cultivator from the Dragon Transformation Realm who dared to steal the Supreme Imperial Law from the Five-Colored Divine Skin of the Immortal Emperor. If you are not brave enough, there will be no more daring people in this world."

Li Zhi's face changed slightly, but he soon relaxed and said, "It seems that the Passerby Emperor is really omnipotent. I can't even keep some mystery."

"Emperor Passerby? How come I have never heard of such an emperor in the world?" said the sick old man.

However, Li Zhi said seriously, "The Passerby Emperor is a know-it-all in the universe. They know everything about all the major events from ancient times to the present. From the emperor's childhood to the scenery on the road to becoming an immortal, nothing escapes their eyes and ears. They are the emperors who live forever in the hearts of all living beings. They are the supreme gods who know everything and are the beacon that guides us on our way to becoming an immortal. As long as we get the comments of the Passerby Emperor during the process of cultivation and do everything in reverse, we will definitely be able to become an immortal."

"Master Li, who did you learn this ability to talk nonsense from?" The sick old man almost sprained his waist because of Li Zhi's words.

Li Zhi shook his head, looked at the sick old man with disappointment, and said, "Old Gai, why don't you believe what I say? Take the invincible senior Gai Jiuyou for example. The comment of Passerby Emperor Jia on him was that he was arrogant and had amazing talent, but lacked the most important thing, self-knowledge."

"Gai Jiuyou lacks self-awareness. How can you say that?" The sick old man's tone seemed to become a little stern.

Li Zhi said, "Isn't it obvious? The Green Emperor had just passed away less than two thousand years ago, and he tried to achieve enlightenment. But before achieving enlightenment, he had no self-knowledge and did not weigh clearly whether his strength could penetrate the Ten Thousand Daos and suppress the Supreme Emperor's mark left by the Green Emperor. I guess after he forcibly achieved enlightenment, he must have suffered a joint backlash from the Ten Thousand Daos of Heaven and Earth and the Green Emperor's Dao mark. Even if he was lucky enough to survive, his life span would be greatly reduced. Even if the fruit of the complete Immortal Medicine was obtained, it might not allow him to live another life."

"Yes, Gai Jiuyou is an arrogant and reckless man." The sick old man sighed endlessly.

Li Zhi changed the subject and said, "In fact, it is not a bad thing for him. If he is talented enough, he can use the backlash force to form an unrivaled divine fetus in his body, just like the ruthless emperor back then. If he sheds his old body and forms a divine fetus, his cultivation will definitely go to a higher level. Even if he is not an emperor, he can reach the level of the forbidden zone supreme."

As soon as these words came out, the sick old man looked at Li Zhi with a very strange look, and then asked: "Master Li, who told you these things?"

Li Zhi said frankly: "The Passerby Emperor. The Passerby Emperor knows a lot. Old Gai, what else do you want to know? I am in a good mood today, so I will not charge you for the consultation fee."

The sick old man thought for a moment and said, "You seem to know the strength of the Green Emperor? Can you tell me about it?" Li Zhi pondered for a moment and said, "The Green Emperor's true strength should be comparable to that of the Heavenly Emperor. Before he retired from the world, he was much stronger than ordinary emperors. Perhaps when he was on the throne of the emperor, his fighting power was similar to that of the Wu Shi Emperor after he became the emperor. After all, the origin of the elixir of immortality is extraordinary, it is..."

At this point, Li Zhi suddenly shut up, and then said to the sick old man: "You know, some words will be struck by lightning, so I won't say them. But just remember one thing, except for a small number of immortal elixirs that are the degeneration of immortal immortal elixirs, the origins of other immortal elixirs are terrifying. Therefore, the strength of the Green Emperor can never be measured by that of an ordinary emperor."

The sick old man was stunned, then he sighed and said, "I see."

But Li Zhi asked: "Old Senior, what do you want to find when you search for the Immortal Pond?"

The sick old man said, "I am looking for a chance to be immortal, but unfortunately... it is hard to find one by chance. It seems that I have no hope."

Li Zhi was a little surprised and said, "With your cultivation level, do you still need to seek help from outside? Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"

A gleam of light flashed in the sick old man's eyes, and he said, "Do you recognize me?"

Li Zhi nodded and said, "I was not sure at first, but now I am sure. You are the senior Gai Jiuyou who was invincible eight thousand years ago."

"Yes, I was invincible eight thousand years ago, but eight thousand years later I am already very old and my life is coming to an end." The sick old man sighed.

But Li Zhi said: "I believe that you will not die so easily. Perhaps in the last moments of your life, you can follow the example of the Emperor Huang Tian, ​​cut off your old body and leave only a life seed, and then the life seed will regenerate and live another life."

"It's not easy to live a second life, and I know my own condition." The sick old man shook his head. His condition was not simply due to aging, but there were other reasons.

Li Zhi said, "Well, it's up to you. Anyway, everything in this world will die in the future, whether it's early or late."

Although Li Zhi spoke so lightly, the sick old man felt that there was something else behind his words, because Li Zhi's tone was very affirmative when he said these words.

It seemed as if he had witnessed the scene of the death of heaven and earth with his own eyes, which made Gai Jiuyou feel absurd.

Then, he shook off the absurd feeling in his mind and asked curiously: "Master Xiao Li, since you have seen through life and death, why do you work hard to practice?"

Li Zhi said: "Because I don't want to die, I want to try my best to transcend the cycle of life and death. Even if I fail in the end, my life will not be in vain."

"Haha," the sick old man suddenly laughed. Only then did he feel that Li Zhi was a reliable young man.

Afterwards, they appeared together in various immortal pools in the Qinling Mountains.

The combination of sick old people and sick Taoists is gradually being recognized by some people.

But no one dared to mess with this sick duo.

Finally, in a fairy pond, Li Zhi dug out a sacred lotus root.

After eating it, the injuries on his soul were mostly recovered, and he could exert about 90% of his strength.

"I'm lucky. There is actually a piece of lotus root of the Chaos White Lotus left here. Maybe this Immortal Pond was a fake pond of the real Immortal Pond." Li Zhi, feeling relaxed, showed a bright smile.

The sick old man looked again and again by the pool, and then said: "It is indeed a place of good fortune, but it's a pity that the fairy treasure has been lost."

Li Zhi said, "The ancient dragon cave under the Qinling Mountains gave birth to the Supreme Holy Spirit. Old senior, do you think I can go to the place where the Holy Spirit was born to practice meditation? I plan to use the power of heaven and earth to nurture my immortal platform. Can it make my immortal platform closer to immortality?"

"You'd better give up this idea. Although the place where the heaven and earth gave birth to the Holy Spirit is a place of supreme fortune, for flesh-and-blood creatures like us, it is of no benefit to practice in such a place and share the burden. Instead, it will give birth to shackles that hinder the path in our bodies."

After getting acquainted with Li Zhi, it was not the first time that Gai Jiuyou heard Li Zhi talk about his imaginative method of cultivation.

And most of these methods are dead ends.

There are only a few methods of cultivation that make it impossible for cultivators of Gai Jiuyou's level to be sure of success.

But Li Zhi said: "Don't be afraid of shackles. Be locked by shackles, then cut off the shackles and continue to practice. This is the path that all supreme strong men must take. The Emperor Huang Tian was like this in the past, and the future person will also be like this. They all broke the shackles on their bodies and finally achieved the supreme Tao fruit."

"Who is that?" Gai Jiuyou asked curiously.

"He is the one who could make the emperor so angry that he started cursing. You can't say more. If you say more, the secret will be revealed." Li Zhi said.

"Well, it's my fault, Meng Lang." Gai Jiuyou shook his head helplessly.

This is not the first time this has happened.

Moreover, Gai Jiuyou felt that Li Zhi, who seemed to like talking nonsense, gave people the feeling that most of what he said would really happen or had already happened.

It was as if he had read the entire ancient history.

Being with Li Zhi, Gai Jiuyou felt that his mentality had become much younger.

He was particularly surprised by Li Zhi's confidence in his practice and his unquestionable attitude towards achieving enlightenment.

He had asked about this before, but Li Zhi just said calmly: "Since you have embarked on the path of cultivation, if you can't even become an immortal, what's the point of cultivation?"

This sentence had a great impact on Gai Jiuyou.

Confidence and composure, this was a mentality he had never seen in any other monk.

During the previous communication, Li Zhi's understanding of the difficulties he would encounter on the road of cultivation far exceeded the level that a cultivator at his level could understand.

Gai Jiuyou even had a strange feeling that if all those difficulties were solved, everyone could become an emperor.

There were even some difficulties that he didn't even know existed on the path of cultivation, which was simply outrageous.

(End of this chapter)