Chapter 238: The Cause of the Past and the Result of Today
The oasis is thousands of miles in radius, and several small sects have taken root within it.

There are dozens of towns for mortals, and there is also a city where immortals and mortals live together, called Bishui City.

This state is very popular and is considered an excellent oasis in the Northern Territory.

After Li Zhi and the Holy Prince entered the oasis, they did not stay in any mortal towns, but headed straight for the Bishui City located in the center of the oasis.

There is a top-grade dragon vein entrenched in the city, making Bishui City an excellent place for cultivation.

Therefore, some of them stayed in the city.

After arriving in Bishui City, Li Zhi hosted a banquet for the Holy Prince in the most prosperous restaurant as an apology for the previous battle without warning.

Before, he took advantage of the fact that the Holy Prince had just come out of seclusion and took direct action, which was indeed a bit unjust.

Still, the outcome of the battle was very satisfying.

Although they fought fiercely for a day and a night without a clear winner, Li Zhi and the Holy Prince both got what they wanted through that battle.

The Holy Prince used that battle to consolidate his cultivation after the breakthrough, while Li Zhi vented all the depression in his heart through that exhilarating battle.

In the restaurant, the two of them feasted on a thousand-pound roasted purple-blood mutton and drank several jars of Bishui City’s specialty fruit wine.

After eating and drinking, the Holy Prince asked curiously, "Master Li, do you have a grudge against that little chicken?"

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "I have no grudge against the Emperor, I am just curious about the ancient scripture in his hand. Legend has it that the Immortal Emperor is a true phoenix bird from the fairyland. I am curious about the difference between the ancient scripture created by such a person and the ancient scripture created by the original creature, and whether it involves the laws of the fairyland."

The Saint Prince's eyes sparkled with gold, and he quickly asked, "Did you succeed?"

Li Zhi nodded first, then shook his head, and finally said with a tangled look on his face: "Let's not talk about that unlucky child. It's really my luck to meet Taoist Saint Prince here."

"Unlucky child?" After hearing Li Zhi's address to the Prince of Heaven, the Holy Prince was full of doubts.

That was the only offspring of the Immortal Emperor left in the world. Even though he had said before that he didn't take the Emperor's son seriously and even called him a little chicken, he knew it in his heart and was very afraid of the Emperor's son.

But listening to what Li Zhi said, it seemed like he was speaking like an elder would to a younger person.

He couldn't help but wonder what the relationship between Li Zhi and the Emperor's son was.

"Master Li, what's going on between you and the Holy Prince?" The Fighting Saint Ape clan was not good at thinking about these complicated things. The Holy Prince couldn't figure it out, so he asked directly.

Li Zhi was afraid that the Holy Prince would misunderstand that he and the Heavenly Prince had a close relationship, so he immediately shook his head and said, "It's not the kind of relationship you think. The dispute between you and the Heavenly Prince has nothing to do with me. You can beat him up however you want, even if you beat him to death, it has nothing to do with me."

But the Holy Prince felt that Li Zhi was not sincere, and then he asked again with a suspicious look on his face: "Master, are you really not related to the Heavenly Prince?"

Li Zhi thought for a moment and said, "To talk about relationship, there is still a little bit. But it is not the kind of friendship you think. This time I have resolved the cause and effect, and I will no longer have any connection with the prince of heaven."

"Master Taoist, did you really steal the ancient divine scripture from that little chicken?" The Holy Prince said in surprise.

"I have never snatched ancient scriptures from anyone. I just encountered some disgusting things this time, which made me feel a little upset. Now, after a fierce battle with fellow Taoist, I no longer have any negative emotions in my heart." Li Zhi said hurriedly, as if he no longer wanted to think of the perverted image he had created in the mind of the Emperor's son.

Seeing that Li Zhi seemed to have something to hide, the Holy Prince stopped asking about it and said, "Master, it turns out that you and I both use sticks. This fight has given me a lot of benefits. Why don't we take this opportunity to have a good exchange for a while?"

Just as Li Zhi lacked a strong enough opponent, the Holy Prince also lacked a strong enough opponent.

The opponents here refer to strong people of the same level, not opponents whose realm is far higher than theirs.

Every ancient prince was too gifted and seriously lacked various experiences in the early stages of their cultivation.

It seems like there is no problem, but in fact there is a big problem.

Although they can fight with people of higher realms, that kind of battle is not likely to spark the sparks of inspiration they need.

Only when two cultivators are at the same level and have similar talents, when they discuss the Dao together, are they most likely to spark inspiration and gain powerful benefits for each of them.

Now Li Zhi unexpectedly appeared in front of him, and his realm was equivalent to his, and his fighting ability was no worse than his. His physical body seemed to be comparable to that of the human holy body.

Today's Li Zhi is exactly the kind of sparring partner that the Holy Prince is expecting.

The other descendants of the ancient emperors were unable to compete with him for various reasons, which made the naturally warlike Saint Prince feel deeply regretful.

Saint Body Ye Fan was originally the person he expected to compete with, but Ye Fan's strength was too low at the time, and now he has left Beidou, making him lose the person who could become his fellow Taoist and become stronger.

Now that Li Zhi had unexpectedly appeared, his fighting power seemed to be no weaker than that of the Fighting Saint Clan, which made the Saint Prince want to have a good discussion with Li Zhi.

For a monk who is almost at the top of his peers, an opponent of equal strength is hard to come by.

Especially for ancient princes like the Holy Prince, it is actually very difficult to find an opponent who can match their progress speed.

In this life, being able to have so many descendants of the ancient emperors resurrected in the same life is actually a great thing for them.

Let them no longer worry about the lack of opponents.

It even gave them a glimmer of hope to surpass their parents.

But for achieving enlightenment, it is not a good thing. The birth of so many descendants of ancient emperors at the same time is a huge pressure for other cultivators.

After all, the descendants of the ancient emperor had too many advantages in terms of talent in the early stages of their cultivation.

If ordinary cultivators want to truly be on par with the descendants of ancient emperors, their cultivation must at least be raised to the level of Great Sage.

By then, the influence of the powerful blood force on the cultivator will become weaker and weaker.

Li Zhi agreed to the Holy Prince's proposal without even thinking about it.

Li Zhi had already enjoyed the benefits of sparring with the ancient emperor or the son of the great emperor when he was in the Ji family.

The gains he made from the six months of exchanges and discussions with Ji Zi were far greater than defeating a thousand cultivators of the same level, and he still can't forget it.

Now he and the Holy Prince are both in the realm of the 29th level of the Immortal Realm, and are both facing the heavenly gate of being cut off.

Perhaps after this discussion with the Holy Prince, he might have a chance to step into the realm of the Three Immortals.

After reaching a consensus, Li Zhi and the Holy Prince did not leave Bishui City, but stayed in an inn in the city.

In the days that followed, they would leave the oasis early every morning and fight fiercely in the depths of the no-man's land outside the oasis.

At lunch time, they would return to Bishui City and have a hearty meal in the restaurant. In the afternoon, they would return to the cave to lecture and discuss Buddhism.

This kind of communication day after day lasted for more than a month, and both Li Zhi and Prince Sheng benefited greatly.

Especially in terms of his understanding of stick techniques, Li Zhi has been completely transformed.

The monkey is indeed an expert in using a stick, and the fighting instinct of the Fighting Saint Ape clan is definitely one of the best in the entire universe.

That day, after the battle with the Holy Prince, Li Zhi asked curiously, "Brother Monkey, why don't you sacrifice and refine a Life Immortal Weapon Stick?"

The Holy Prince said, "Although we, the Fighting Saint Ape Clan, use weapons, we do not rely on them. Unlike you human cultivators, most human cultivators' combat effectiveness is reflected in the magic weapons they cultivate with their lives. Once they lose the magic weapons, their strength in bare-handed combat will drop significantly. We, the Fighting Saint Ape Clan, use the energy from refining weapons to temper our bodies, which is very similar to the Saint Body lineage in your race. We believe in conquering the world with a pair of iron fists."

"Then let's try it without using weapons?" Li Zhi said eagerly.

The Holy Prince was a little skeptical and said, "If I don't use weapons, my strength won't be affected at all, but Taoist Priest, can you hold on?"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Could it be that you have forgotten the memory of our first fight?"

The Holy Prince suddenly remembered that Li Zhi also had the magical power of transforming into a golden dragon, which was extremely powerful.

In the following days, Li Zhi and the Holy Prince practiced bare-handed fighting for more than a month.

After the competition, the Saint Prince saw that Li Zhi's body was not inferior to his own at all, and he said with emotion: "Your human race is indeed blessed by nature. The potential of the innate Dao body is really unlimited. You can actually temper your body to such a powerful level through acquired efforts."

Li Zhi also said: "I have benefited a lot from studying with fellow Taoists for the past three months. Now it is time to go into seclusion and try to cut the Dao."

The Holy Prince nodded and said, "That's exactly what I was thinking."

"See you later, goodbye."

After Li Zhi and the Holy Prince finished their discussion in the early morning, they parted ways without any further ado.

They didn't even return to Bishui City to have a farewell dinner, but just left separately in the depths of the no-man's land.

Before you can start the path of destruction, you need to settle down for a while.

The Holy Prince will also go back to a long period of seclusion. And Li Zhi will also practice the sixth wheel sea phenomenon to continue to tap the potential of the human body. He hopes to open as many wheel sea phenomena as possible before the beheading.

But what Li Zhi didn't know was that in the afternoon of that day, a group of uninvited guests suddenly came to Bishui City.

Led by an old man with tremendous dragon power, dozens of ancient creatures descended on Bishui City.

"Where are the Holy Prince and the Taoist of Longevity?" The group of people went straight into the City Lord's Mansion and asked the City Lord of Bishui City about the whereabouts of the Holy Prince and Li Zhi.

Having stayed in Bishui City for three months, it was impossible for Li Zhi and the Holy Prince not to reveal a trace of their whereabouts.

They also had no intention of hiding their whereabouts.

Because every noon they would have a fairy banquet worth thousands of kilograms of pure source in the largest restaurant in the city.

It has become a landscape of Bishui City.

In order to serve the two gentlemen well, the owner of the restaurant frequently went out to purchase various rare ingredients.

The income he earned in just three months was equal to his income from the previous hundreds of years.

Therefore, the news about Li Zhi and the Holy Prince in Bizhou Bishui City gradually spread.

"Senior, the Holy Prince and Taoist Li did not come back today. They should still be sparring in the deep uninhabited area in the east."

The city lord was a man of discernment, so he naturally saw the strength of the old man. He was at least a Great Accomplishment King, and was definitely not someone that a cultivator from the Dragon Transformation Realm like him could provoke. So he honestly told the old man everything he knew.

"Take us to find them." Old man Long Wei said directly.

"I will take you there right away." The Lord of Bishui City said respectfully.

The noise made by Li Zhi and the Holy Prince's competition was so loud that sometimes the earth-shaking sounds coming from deep in the no-man's land could be heard throughout the Bishui Province.

Before this, many cultivators from Bishui City took advantage of the time when Li Zhi and the Holy Prince returned to the city to rest in the afternoon to go to the depths of the uninhabited area to observe the place where the two left after their competition, which shocked them greatly.

Deep in the desert where they were fighting, there was an area of ​​land that was almost flattened by the two men. The ground sank hundreds of meters deep, forming a large pit shaped like a frying pan with a radius of over a hundred miles.

The ground at the bottom of the pit also became unusually solid because of their battle, and the magic weapons refined by the monks in the Dragon Transformation Realm could only leave a faint mark on the ground at the bottom of the pit.

Even the powerful magic weapon that interweaves "Tao" and "Principle" can only leave a small hole the size of a fist at the bottom of the pit.

This is the remains left after the fight between Li Zhi and the Holy Prince. One can imagine how terrifying the power they exerted at that time was.

When the mayor of Bishui City brought the old man and the group of ancient creatures to the big pit deep in the no-man's land, there was no one in the pit.

The old man observed the surrounding environment and found many fresh traces left over from the fight.

An ancient creature beside him, whose body was covered with silver scales, also saw those traces and said, "Sir, it seems that the Holy Prince and the Taoist of Longevity have just left this place not long ago?"

The old man nodded, then turned to the Lord of Bishui City and asked, "Where did they go?"

"Senior, I really don't know where those two adults have gone." The mayor of Bishui City said with a look of panic.

"If you don't know, then what's the use of you." The humanoid creature covered with silver scales slapped the city lord's right shoulder and smashed it.

"Senior, please spare my life. I really don't know where they have gone. They are all important people, and it is not possible for a villain like me to spy on their whereabouts." The mayor of Bishui City endured the severe pain in his shoulder and knelt in front of the old man to beg for mercy.

The old man ignored him and said to the ancient creatures behind him, "Separate and look around."

"Yes, sir." After receiving the order, the ancient creatures flew in all directions.

The Lord of Bishui City wanted to take this opportunity to slip away, but was burned to ashes by the old man's gaze.

If Li Zhi could recognize them here, he would know many of them among this group of ancient creatures.

They are all ancient creatures from the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest, and many of them have sparred with Li Zhi in the past.

As the ancestral kings of the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest gradually revived, as well as the most precious dragon girl, the lower-level ancient creatures were certain of one thing, that is, the so-called Golden Dragon Emperor did not exist at all.

After a secret investigation by the Ancestor King of Ten Thousand Dragons Nest, it was discovered that the so-called prince of the Golden Dragon Emperor who entered the Dragon Nest that year was actually a human cultivator disguised as the Taoist Changshou.

After learning this "truth", the ancient creatures in the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest became very angry.

Many ancient creatures of the Wanlong Clan were clamoring to make Li Zhi pay the price.

Some ancestral kings also showed great interest in Li Zhi, and even the dragon girl developed a strong curiosity about Li Zhi.

However, there are also some ancient creatures of the Ten Thousand Dragon Clan who firmly believe that Li Zhi is not pretending to be the prince of the Golden Dragon Emperor.

They believed the identity Li Zhi fabricated back then.

Then we must firmly believe that the Golden Dragon Emperor is not a figure among the ancient emperors, but the supreme ancient emperor before the mythological period, and a golden dragon that truly broke into the fairyland.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Golden Dragon Prince to know so much secret information about the Fairyland.

The representative of these ancient creatures of the Ten Thousand Dragons is the three-eyed boy who followed Li Zhi back then, who is now the rising star of the Ten Thousand Dragons, known as the genius Ao Xiao. He is the one who most firmly believes that Li Zhi is the prince of the Golden Dragon Emperor.

The name "Ao Xiao" was also changed by the three-eyed boy himself.

Because Li Zhi once said that the real dragon's surname is Ao. If one wants to evolve into a real dragon, he will be blessed with good fortune after changing his surname to Ao.

So after the three-eyed boy grew up, he immediately abandoned his original name and changed his name to "Ao Xiao".

In response to this, many people in Wanlong Nest were speechless.

There were also many people who secretly laughed at him for overestimating his own abilities.

The Dragon Girl therefore talked to him in person about some things about the Golden Dragon Emperor and the Golden Dragon Prince.

This is what Ao Xiao said to the Dragon Girl at the time. He said, "Prince Jinlong said that everything in the world can turn into a dragon, and those who can turn into a real dragon are the real immortals. Although the Wanlong Clan seems to have dragon blood flowing in their bodies, they are not the descendants of the real dragon bloodline. Strictly speaking, they are no different from the Jiaolongs in the demon clan. If you hold on to your old ideas and cannot open your mind to communicate, you will never be able to turn into a real dragon."

Ao Xiao told the Dragon Girl that he did not want to be bound by the rules and regulations of the Ten Thousand Dragon Clan. He wanted to break free from racial barriers and truly embark on the right path to becoming a dragon.

These words at that time shocked the Dragon Girl greatly.

Some time ago, when he heard that Li Zhi had come to the Northern Territory, he planned to go out and look for Li Zhi.

Plan to follow Li Zhi.

According to him, the probability of successfully transforming into a dragon is much greater if he follows Prince Golden Dragon than if he stays in the Ten Thousand Dragon Clan.

His father was so angry that he suppressed him directly.

Now Ao Xiao is still being held in the dragon cave by the ancestor king of the Ten Thousand Dragons Clan for reflection.

Ao Xiao’s choice caused great controversy in Wanlong Nest.

According to the ancestor king of Wanlongchao, the Golden Dragon Prince transformed by Li Zhi caused chaos among the people and made the people of the Wanlong clan become uneasy. He deserves to be killed.

In addition to Ao Xiao being imprisoned, some ancient creatures from the Wanlong Nest who firmly believed that Li Zhi was the son of a true dragon were also imprisoned.

This change within the Wanlong Nest made the top leaders of the Wanlong Clan hate Li Zhi to the core.

Some time ago, they unexpectedly received a letter about Li Zhi from the Eight Divine Generals.

Then they began to look for Li Zhi's whereabouts.

Just yesterday they received accurate information that Li Zhi was in Bishui City in Bizhou.

And then there is the scene today.

"Sir, it seems that Taoist Changshou has gone to the Divine City."

Half an hour later, those who were looking for Li Zhi came back.

Li Zhi did not hide his figure in the picture of returning to the Divine City, so naturally some cultivators saw him flying through the sky.

　Today's update is complete, good night everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)