Chapter 222 Experimenting with the Immortality Method

The black mountain, the towering peaks, the lush vegetation, the Immortal Mountain is filled with a fairyland atmosphere that is isolated from the world.

The myriad ways of heaven and earth in the mountains are simple and natural, as if they were the ancient Taoist rhyme that has existed since the creation of the world, and are filled with a long-lasting life-long artistic conception.

The lifespan of the creatures living there is at least much longer than that of the cultivators in the outside world.

An extremely weak essence of immortality escaped from the Immortal Mountain and nourished all living things in the mountain.

Compared to the last time, Li Zhi's cultivation has undergone tremendous changes. Some places that seemed dangerous to the cultivators in the Four Poles Secret Realm are no longer enough to threaten his life.

This time, Li Zhi did not follow the path left by Emperor Void to enter the Immortal Mountain.

Instead, he used the power of the human-shaped elixir of immortality, crossed the airtight restriction, and came directly to the ancient tea tree of enlightenment.

The effect of stopping Ye Fan and the others from messing with the old tree last time has appeared.

The ancient tea tree of enlightenment did not run to the central fairyland of the Immortal Mountain, but remained where it was.

Moreover, Li Zhi came at the right time, as the 108 tea leaves on the Wudao ancient tea tree were about to mature this year.

Just in time to replenish his stock.

Following the previous practice, he watered the Wudao ancient tea tree with some magical spring water and chatted with them for a while.

Then, Li Zhi sat down cross-legged under the ancient tea tree to attain enlightenment.

Practicing here for one year is equivalent to a hundred years of practice in the outside world. Li Zhi will not give up this rare opportunity.

While the creatures in the Immortal Mountain are still asleep, Li Zhi wants to make good use of the ancient tea tree for cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed and Li Zhi's cultivation successfully broke through to the sixth realm of the second level of the Immortal Realm. However, he activated the Heaven-Deceiving Array Pattern engraved on his robes to prevent him from being struck by the heavenly calamity for the time being.

It took another month to consolidate his cultivation. During this time, the ancient tea trees matured and Li Zhi collected all the tea leaves without hesitation.

Only then did he take out the Phoenix Blood Stone Cauldron that the Prince of Heaven had given to the blue-haired woman.

A strong divine aura emanated from the stone tripod, making Li Zhi's eyes brimming with envy.

Then, he took out a black stone, and after using his magic power to activate it, a mysterious flame immediately rose from the stone.

The flame seemed to be composed of infinite runes, appearing extremely mysterious.

It is a divine flame separated from the immortal fire in the Fire Realm. It can burn all living things and burn down the heavens.

It was a divine flame that Li Zhizhuang's grandson had tricked from the fairy fire, and it resided in the black stone.

The stone is not a divine object, but just the most common stone on the tenth layer of the Fire Domain. It has only been burned by the fairy fire for many years, which has changed its properties. Even if it leaves the Fire Domain, as long as the stone is not destroyed, the divine flame can exist for a hundred years.

After summoning the divine flame, Li Zhi directly began to refine the weapon in the void.

The reason why his Star God Iron Furnace was not used was because the God Iron Furnace could not withstand the scorching heat of the God Flame and would be burned.

The Phoenix Blood Stone Cauldron, which was half a cubic meter in size, began to slowly melt under the burning of the divine flame.

A divine substance was gradually separated out, and the Phoenix Blood Stone Cauldron eventually became a ball of liquid emitting colorful glow.

After collecting those divine substances separately, Li Zhi shaped the ball of phoenix blood stone liquid into a stone jar the size of a human head, which could be used to seal the divine liquid. The effect was much better than that of an ordinary jade jar.

After putting away the Phoenix Blood Stone Jar, Li Zhi began to use the divine flame to refine those divine substances.

As the divine substance was being burned by the rune fairy flame, the sound of all living beings' thoughts being shattered could be faintly heard from the divine liquid.

It took Li Zhi seven days of refining to finally finish refining the fist-sized ball of divine substance.

It turned into a colorless and transparent liquid, as if it was a divine liquid liquefied from the pure power of faith between heaven and earth, exuding a breath that even the soul longed for.

However, Li Zhi did not let his soul absorb the divine liquid, but instead refined the divine liquid into the secret realm of the Taoist Palace.

After being nourished by the divine liquid, the divinity of the five great Dao Palace gods immediately surged, as if they were gods from the divine realm.

They chanted scriptures together, making Li Zhi's Taoist palace even more mysterious. It seemed that the secret realm of the Taoist palace was expanded by three points, and more mysterious doors in the Taoist palace were opened.

Li Zhi's aura suddenly surged.

Li Zhi, who had just entered the sixth sub-level of the second level of immortality, directly increased his cultivation to the late stage of the sixth sub-level.

"The Crown Prince is such a good boy." Li Zhi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Afterwards, he began to practice the vision of the Immortal Palace of Immortality.

With the blessing of the ancient tea tree of enlightenment and the environment of the Immortal Mountain, and the Taoist temple in the other world as a template, Li Zhi cultivated the fourth wheel sea phenomenon in just seven days.

This strange phenomenon has no offensive power, but after suppressing itself, it seems to be able to draw a ray of mysterious energy from between heaven and earth, like the Immortal Mountain, delaying the lifespan of the monk.

Although it could only delay it by about one percent, Li Zhi was very happy.

This is only the initial effect of the vision. If he cultivates this vision to the extreme in the future, will he be able to turn one percent into one tenth?
It’s exciting just thinking about it.

However, after cultivating the fourth wheel sea phenomenon, there was no obvious feedback to himself to improve his cultivation.

Still in the late stage of the sixth small level of the second level of Immortal.

At this point, Li Zhi’s purpose of entering the Immortal Mountain was fully achieved.

Looking at the bare ancient Wudao tea tree, Li Zhi suddenly thought of the immortal treasures buried in the Immortal Mountain.

There are countless divine sources buried underground in the Immortal Mountain, and perhaps there are also ancient imperial scriptures buried underground.

According to the history he investigated, there were at least more than ten supreme beings who had lived in seclusion in the Immortal Mountain.

The Void Emperor had killed two Immortal Mountain Supremes successively, and the Beginningless Emperor seemed to have also dealt with two Immortal Mountain Supremes. The Great Saint Body who had a grudge against the Immortal Mountain should have also killed an Immortal Mountain Supreme.

In addition to the ancient supreme beings who passed away naturally, there are definitely many supreme inheritances in the Immortal Mountain.

Li Zhi felt the urge to conduct a large-scale archaeological investigation on the Immortal Mountain immediately.

Fortunately, he knew that in the Immortal Mountain there were not only sleeping ancient supreme beings, but also their descendants and subordinates. It was not a dangerous uninhabited place.

Sitting under the ancient tea tree to meditate again, Li Zhi did not comprehend the laws of heaven and earth this time, but began to practice the magical powers he had obtained.

Half a year passed in a flash, and Li Zhi couldn't even remember how many kinds of magical powers he had practiced during this period.

He even incorporated the mysterious power of the Star-Picking Hand into the Sky-Dropping Hand.

The seven-style free-hand fighting has also evolved again.

His cultivation had even reached the pinnacle of the sixth realm of the second level of the Immortal Realm. With a little effort, he could break through to the late stage of the second level of the Immortal Realm and become an extremely powerful person.

However, while inside the Immortal Mountain, Li Zhi did not choose to break through. Instead, he suppressed his power as much as possible, intending to break through after getting out.

Afterwards, Li Zhi began to try to restore the vague Wheel Sea Scroll scriptures he had created under the ancient tea tree of Wudao.

Unfortunately, he failed, and it seemed that there were still many years of sedimentation before the scripture could appear in the world.

It is the day when the tea leaves for enlightenment mature again. It has been nearly a year and two months since Li Zhi came to the Immortal Mountain to practice.

Li Zhi had a vague feeling that if he didn't leave, the creatures in the Immortal Mountain would probably come to him.

After all, he had picked up all the enlightenment tea for two consecutive years, which not only disappointed the people guarding outside the Immortal Mountain who were trying to collect the tea, but also made the gatekeepers inside the Immortal Mountain feel strange.

Looking at the ancient Wudao tea tree that had become bare again, a bold idea suddenly came to Li Zhi's mind.

He wanted to use the ancient tea tree of Wudao to test the method of longevity that he had once obtained.

Integrate the primordial spirit into the elixir of immortality, transform it into the fruit of immortality, and thus realize the opportunity of immortality and obtain another kind of immortality.

This is a magical power recorded in the "Longevity Method of Immortal Elixir". It allows the cultivator to first understand the mechanism of immortality elixir, and then prepare for the future transformation into immortality elixir.

Now, Li Zhixiu has become a pure yang soul, and can already make his soul move independently.

Li Zhi did what he said and first communicated with the Wudao Ancient Tea Tree.

"Senior, you must have had enough of the dull days. I have a fun game here, do you want to try it?" Li Zhi said, grabbing a branch of the Wudao ancient tea tree, like a bad uncle who lures good boys into the sea.

"Rustle!" The Wudao Ancient Tea Tree seemed to sense something bad, and its branches immediately began to shake, as if rejecting Li Zhi.

“Senior, this is very interesting. You will know once you try it. It can definitely make you reach the peak of tree life.” Li Zhi held on to the branch of the Wudao Ancient Tea Tree and continued.

Seeing that the Ancient Tea Tree of Enlightenment refused but had no intention of leaving, Li Zhi said, "Senior, it will be fine soon."

Li Zhi jumped directly onto the branch of the Wudao Ancient Tea Tree and tied his body tightly to the tea tree with an iron chain.

Then his soul left his body and used a secret method to directly enter the body of the ancient tea tree of enlightenment.

The ancient tea tree seemed to be extremely frightened after having its soul enter its body.

Above the tree, there was a bright light, five colors rising into the sky, seven colors blocking out the sun, the old tree was uprooted from the ground, and its two big main roots were like human legs, and it began to run around in the Immortal Mountain.

He rushed forward like a bull that had taken a large dose of aphrodisiac.

Sometimes it ran to the place where creation was born, and sometimes it ran to the place of death covered with dense Taoist patterns.

Fortunately, Li Zhi's body was just a shell at the moment, and it was firmly tied to the trunk of the Wudao Ancient Tea Tree, so he did not suffer any disaster.

"Senior, please don't run. Slow down, slow down. I will leave immediately."

Li Zhi was extremely scared, fearing that the Ancient Tea Tree of Enlightenment would run directly to the Central Fairyland deep in the Immortal Mountain. By then, even if he had nine lives, they would not be enough.

Finally, under Li Zhi's extreme comfort, the Wudao Ancient Tea Tree finally calmed down.

Then they just took root on a sacred mountain.

At the same time, Li Zhi's soul felt a sense of fear, as if this action reminded him of past events that he could not bear to recall.

"Senior, we humans have a very good saying, if something happens once, it will happen again and again. Since you can't resist the compulsion of life, just enjoy the happiness of life. Once you get used to anything, you won't be afraid or terrified anymore."

Li Zhi's soul used all the rhetoric he had learned throughout his life to try to calm the grumpy old tree.

Just as Li Zhi was thinking about how to leave the ancient tea tree of enlightenment, the old tree suddenly stopped responding, and even the fluctuations of its spiritual consciousness fell silent.

It seemed that he had hidden his spiritual consciousness to prevent being controlled by Li Zhi.

Seeing this, Li Zhi was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he used his magical powers. His soul spread out and turned into mysterious rays of light that merged with the old tree's cells, temporarily replacing the old tree's consciousness.

It was as if at this moment he had turned into an ancient tea tree that had attained enlightenment.

One can clearly sense that the mysterious juice in the old tree seems to be a tangible carrier of the Tao.

Li Zhi curiously forced a ball of juice out of the old tree and poured it directly into his stomach.

However, after absorbing the liquid, there was no obvious change in the body.

Afterwards, Li Zhi controlled the ancient tea tree of enlightenment, broke out of the ground, and began to stroll in the Immortal Mountain.

At this moment, any Dao patterns within the Immortal Mountain were ineffective against him.

If someone sees the situation inside the Immortal Mountain, they will find that the Wudao Ancient Tea Tree is constantly strolling around in the Immortal Mountain like a vagrant.

Stop here, look there, knock here, dig there.

After digging up good stuff, they would all be collected by the old tree without exception and stored in the five secret realms of the flesh body tied to it.

When he dug through a cave and saw rows of Divine Source Blocks inside, Li Zhi ran away.

Because there are cultivators sealed in those divine source blocks, the aura of some of the cultivators is particularly strong, and they seem to be great sage-level warriors.

Fortunately, he did not destroy those divine source blocks and did not alarm the monks who were still in a sleeping state.

After digging out the cultivator who was sealed in the divine source, Li Zhi seemed to have found a way to make a fortune.

Then Li Zhi continued to dig holes on the mountain, and soon he saw two stone tablets in a deserted cave. Each of them actually recorded a volume of "Xuanwu Sutra", namely the Xuanwu Sutra Wheel Sea Volume and the Xiantai Volume.

Li Zhi also found many broken blocks of divine source in the cave.

He collected all the divine source blocks without any hesitation.

This discovery further strengthened Li Zhi's determination to dig holes in the Immortal Mountain. Then, based on the special terrain recorded in the "Book of the Earth", he began to focus on looking for caves that had once housed monks who had been sealed by the Divine Source.

He also found some scattered divine sources and some ancient medicinal fields, but he never found any volume of the ancient imperial scripture.

Instead, they found many stone tablets recording the achievements of the ancient emperors, which made Li Zhi understand their original affiliations.

When driving the Wudao Ancient Tea Tree past a lake, Li Zhi saw a stone crocodile and a sacred stele at the bottom of the lake, which was engraved with dense ancient sacred characters.

Li Zhi fished the sacred stele out of the lake and then carefully read the contents on it.

After reading it, Li Zhi was quite shocked. The sacred stele turned out to be the scripture left by the Stone Emperor, "Insights from God".

Although it is not a cultivation method, the scripture explains the principle of communicating with heaven and earth, and it seems that the secret of the birth of the Holy Spirit is hidden behind it.

Li Zhi memorized the scripture firmly in his heart.

But at this moment, his soul suddenly felt a great fear, as if if he didn't leave the Immortal Mountain, he would never be able to leave.

He quickly let the old tree take root by the lake to avoid the creatures in the Immortal Mountain. However, he waited and waited but did not find any creature approaching the old tree.

Afterwards, Li Zhi ran and ran to the depths of the Immortal Mountain, to the ancient forest where the Void Emperor left the void formation pattern.

Then his spirit condensed again in the body of the ancient tea tree of enlightenment.

But just as his soul was about to return to his body, he discovered that part of his soul had been assimilated by the old tree, and it seemed that it would never be able to leave.

The great terror he had sensed before did not come from the outside world, but from the origin of his soul.

Li Zhi became furious and transformed his spirit into a sword, cutting off the assimilated parts.

Then the remaining pure soul drilled out of the old tree and returned to the physical body.

A feeling of weakness suddenly emerged in his heart, but Li Zhi did not dare to stay here for a moment longer. He immediately untied the chains on his body, moved away from the ancient tea tree, and came to the void array plate.

After adjusting the coordinates, there was a flash of light and he disappeared from the Immortal Mountain.

Half a day later, the consciousness of the ancient tea tree revived, and its branches waved a few times in the direction of the void array, then broke out of the ground and ran directly to the depths of the Immortal Mountain.

Its consciousness seemed to become more intelligent.

If Li Zhi saw its changes, he would find that the old tree was absorbing the power of the soul he had cut out, and analyzing the fragments of Li Zhi's memory from those soul fragments.

It seems that this action can enhance its wisdom.

And in the depths of the Immortal Mountain, it seemed that a powerful existence sensed that the formation pattern left by the Void Emperor was triggered, and then a pair of eyes saw through the void, intending to find Li Zhi's whereabouts.

Unfortunately, after looking around, I found nothing.

There was a look of doubt in that look.

After being teleported to the Central Region, it is impossible to escape his eyes unless some imperial soldiers cut off his vision.

(End of this chapter)