Chapter 280 Entering the Ancestral Temple
Time passed in a flash, the Zhongzhou ancestral temple was opened on time, and all the heroes appeared.

The qualifying battle also came to an end, and even resulted in many powerful people being bleed.

The opening of the ancient ancestral temple that had been sealed for more than 200,000 years finally gave people today the opportunity to explore the heritage of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty.

In addition to the main gate, the ancestral temple also has many small gates lined up in a row, as if welcoming visitors from all directions.

The Yuhua Ancestral Temple is filled with an eerie and gloomy atmosphere, and people rush in one after another, as if they are completely unaware of the danger lurking inside the temple.

However, the disaster happened soon. The first group of people who broke into the ancestral temple screamed and soon fell silent.

The little Qilin beast hid behind Li Zhi in fear and asked, "Master Changshou, why did they rush in without caring about their lives?"

"People are always like this, they like to overestimate themselves and underestimate difficulties. Only by paying the price of blood can people recognize their own insignificance. Often this price is too high, and they need to pay it with their lives. You must remember that the most taboo thing in life is to overestimate yourself. It is easy to know the enemy, but difficult to know yourself. Only by seeing clearly your true position in the world can you better climb to a higher level."

Li Zhi held the little Qilin in his arms, calmed its fear, and explained to it the principles of being a human and doing things.

"Why would someone overestimate themselves?" The little Qilin beast found it difficult to understand why someone would overestimate themselves. Since it was born, it had never experienced the situation of overestimating itself.

Past experiences made it remember one thing clearly, that is, it is a very weak Qilin and anyone can bully it.

Li Zhi laughed and said, "Because they were deceived by the belief in invincibility that they had developed after defeating one enemy after another."

"I understand. They love to deceive themselves the most. They think that they have defeated their opponents and won the qualification, and then they mistakenly believe that they have the ability to ascend to heaven and enter the ancestral temple." The big eyes of the little Qilin were shining with wisdom.

Afterwards, the Qilin beast's body continued to shrink, eventually becoming the size of a fist. It then lay on Li Zhi's shoulder and tied its tail with Li Zhi's hair, as if it was afraid of falling off Li Zhi's shoulder.

Huo Qilin and Huo Lin'er, who were standing not far from Li Zhi, always felt that the conversation between Li Zhi and the little Qilin beast was playing tricks on them.

Huo Lin'er was a lively girl who did not seem to agree with Li Zhi's reasoning. She said directly, "Master Li, according to you, it is most important for a cultivator to know himself. Whether he can defeat the enemy is not important."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Daoist Huo Lin'er is indeed very smart. He hit the nail on the head and revealed the essence of cultivation."

Huo Lin'er's eyes widened, her pretty face full of surprise, and she thought to herself, "Could it be that this Taoist priest Li can't hear that I'm mocking him?"

Then, Huo Lin'er smiled and said, "Master, don't you want to become an emperor?"

The smile on her face was very charming, with curved corners of her mouth. Her snow-white teeth sparkled against the backdrop of her red lips, exuding an intoxicating charm, and her long blue hair sparkled like water waves.

"Haha, you have a human head but you don't even understand such a simple truth. There is no need for Boss Changshou to speak, I, the Queen, can tell you the answer. To become an emperor, it is not about whether you can defeat all opponents, but whether your own strength can conquer this world. You don't even understand this truth, and you say that you are the child of the ancient Qilin Emperor. You are a fake Qilin." The little Qilin on Li Zhi's shoulder turned its head and looked at Huolin'er and laughed.

The smile on Huo Lin'er's face suddenly stopped, and then he stared at the Qilin beast and said, "Little guy, are you mocking me?"

"It turns out that what the longevity boss said makes sense. Beautiful women are all fools." The little Qilin stared at Huo Lin'er's cheek, with a trace of contempt in his eyes.

"Shut up! When did I say that beautiful women are fools? I clearly said that beautiful women love to lie. They not only lie to others but also to themselves. You can't misinterpret my words." Li Zhi hurriedly patted the little Qilin on his shoulder and said.

"Ouch, Boss Changshou, why did you hit me?" After the little Qilin beast was hit on the head, the pain jumped from Li Zhi's right shoulder to his left shoulder, and then he rubbed his head and said, "You even lied to yourself, what else can you be but a fool?"

"Fellow Daoist, please don't take it seriously. No one taught it since it was young, and I didn't know its ability to understand would be so outrageous." Li Zhi hurriedly explained to Huo Lin'er on his right.

Huo Lin'er was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Master Li, don't you want to be invincible for the rest of your life and fight your way into the Ancient Emperor realm? Since ancient times, all the powerful emperors have been number one in the world, and have no rivals in the world."

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "I have no interest in fighting and killing. Instead of constantly defeating opponents, it is better to constantly defeat yourself. The so-called invincibility in the world is just a joke. Fellow Daoist Huo Lin'er, please don't take it seriously."

At this moment, even Huo Qizi was attracted and asked, "Master, what do you mean?"

"It means exactly what it says. To be invincible in the whole world is nothing but a title in one's own circle. Who dares to claim to be invincible, who dares to claim to be undefeated, cannot be seen even in the era of the emperor's fall. Whether one can prove his Dao and become an emperor has nothing to do with whether one can be invincible in the whole world. For example, fellow Taoist's opponent has never been someone else." Li Zhi said with a hint of meaning.

"Master, you think I'm stupid, then can you tell me the answer?" Huo Lin'er's eyes flickered, and he stared at Li Zhi with a smile, as if he was very angry.

"As the descendants of the Ancient Emperor, your greatest opponent has never been an outsider, but the Ancient Emperor's Great Dao in your blood. Only by defeating it can you achieve enlightenment. Otherwise, even if you can kill all the enemies in the world, what is the point?"

Li Zhi has always felt that as the biological children of the ancient emperor or the ancient great emperor, their cultivation should have the first goal of defeating the imperial laws in their blood.

Only when they break the shackles of the imperial rule, can they be themselves.

Otherwise, they are just extensions of the Ancient Emperor.

Constantly challenging themselves, inheriting the Ancient Emperor's Avenue in their bloodline, and using the Ancient Emperor's Avenue as a whetstone to sharpen out their own Avenue, is the way for people like them to achieve enlightenment.

If you don’t defeat yourself, you will never achieve enlightenment.

There is not a single trace of his mother, Xihuang Dadao, or his father, Dacheng Shengti Dadao, on the body of Wu Shi Great Emperor.

In this regard, all descendants of ancient emperors should learn from Emperor Wu Shi.

Instead of following the path that the ancient emperor took when he was young.

"Is this the reason why the Taoist priest was able to improve his cultivation to the Great King realm so quickly?" Huo Lin'er asked curiously.

"Not entirely." Li Zhi said.

Afterwards, Li Zhi saw that they were almost inside, so he said to Huo Lin'er and Huo Qizi: "My two Taoist friends, it's time for me to say goodbye to you. There are countless opportunities in the Yuhua Ancestral Temple, I wish you both good luck."

After saying that, Li Zhi entered the Zhongzhou Ancestral Temple alone.

As for the monks who were checking identities at the door, Li Zhi simply ignored them.

The token given by the Holy Son Yaoguang was sold by Li Zhi while he was shopping.

Whether he is qualified to enter and leave the Yuhua Ancestral Temple is not decided by the Yaoguang Holy Land, the Four Immortal Divine Dynasties, or the people of the world.

Those forces that participated in the qualifying battle actually placed themselves under the control of rules set by others from the moment they participated.

Just as Li Zhi said, after the Yuhua Ancestral Temple was opened, the so-called entry qualification became a mere decoration.

After seeing a group of masters who entered the ancestral temple die inexplicably, the cultivators from the four immortal divine dynasties and the Yaoguang Holy Land no longer dared to stop the cultivators who wanted to enter and leave the ancestral temple.

I saw Li Zhi walk into the ancestral temple from the main gate.

Huo Lin'er said to Huo Qizi, "Brother, do you think what Taoist Li said just now makes sense?"

"Sister, you won't really believe his nonsense, right?" Huo Qizi looked at Huo Lin'er with some confusion.

"What nonsense?" Huo Lin'er was a little confused. "That Taoist priest Li, from beginning to end, has been talking about some flashy and empty principles. It seems that he is talking to us about the path of cultivation, but in fact, he did not mention anything truly useful." Huo Qizi said.

"Not a word?" Huo Lin'er's face was full of doubts, and there was even a hint of confusion on his smooth forehead.

"Think about it, how many words has Taoist Li said since he met us? But among those words, how many can be verified? And everyone knows the principle of knowing yourself and knowing your enemy. But how to know yourself and how to defeat yourself, did he tell you?" A trace of disdain flashed in Huo Qizi's eyes.

"Brother, is that Taoist Li playing tricks on us?" Huo Lin'er's gem-like eyes were filled with anger.

"He's not playing tricks on us. Instead, he's targeting you and me. Although I don't know what he wants from us, my intuition tells me that it's very precious." Huo Qizi said.

"Princess, human hearts are hard to predict. You'd better not deal with Taoist Li. Although he has no murderous intentions, I can't see through him." The ancestor king of Huolin Cave also appeared behind them in time.

He will not enter the next Yuhua Ancestral Temple, and can only rely on the abilities of Huo Lin'er and Huo Qizi.

Just now he received a warning from Gai Jiuyou.

Only monks of all races below the level of saints can enter the Yuhua Ancestral Temple.

Even though he was the protector of Huo Qizi and Huo Lin'er, he could not take action himself.

The situation inside the Yuhua Ancestral Temple had already been seen clearly by Gai Jiuyou using his supreme spiritual power.

There was no Cauldron of Immortality that the ancient tribes wanted to obtain, no Immortal Scripture of Ascension, and no Emperor Ascension.

Naturally, it became a stage for the younger generation of monks to gain experience.

There is no doubt that the divine thoughts of those who have achieved enlightenment in other ways are just the most basic operations of looking up to the sky and exploring the underworld.

Except for the area blocked by the Perfect Emperor Formation, there is no place that can stop the spiritual thoughts of cultivators of that level.

Not to mention that Huo Qizi and Huo Lin'er, brother and sister, had already regarded Li Zhi as a liar.

After entering the Yuhua Ancestral Temple, Li Zhi found himself in a terrifying community of small worlds.

From the outside, it looks like an ancient temple, but the interior has long been a world of its own, and almost every courtyard is an independent little world connected to each other.

The work of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty is truly astonishing.

Just to evolve this group of small worlds, I don’t know how much immortal treasures will be consumed.

However, the small world was empty.

There was nothing else except some monks who had just died.

Li Zhi didn't stop and walked straight in.

After passing through four courtyards in a row, Li Zhi arrived at the fifth courtyard without encountering any trouble.

Then I saw the scripture engravings left behind by the Yuhua Divine Dynasty.

Li Zhi opened his third eye and instantly saw the truth behind those engravings. They were a special rune that required living beings to sacrifice.

These sacrificial runes played an indispensable role in Emperor Yuhua's transformation into a true holy spirit.

After Li Zhi memorized the rune, he continued to walk inside.

Coming in late has its advantages.

The dangers ahead were almost all eliminated by the monks who were fighting for the immortal treasures.

It was not until the eleventh courtyard world that Li Zhi encountered some minor trouble.

Different from the previous ten courtyards, the space of the eleventh courtyard directly turned into a small world that was vast and open.

In this small world, there are mountains, rivers, ancient beasts and plants. Although there is no sunlight, it is still full of vitality compared to the previous ten spooky courtyard small worlds.

Li Zhi did not quickly travel through this world, but instead began to observe within this small world.

Sure enough, I saw many descendants of ancient beasts with strange bloodlines.

It seems to have many connections with the ancient beasts in the small world where Emperor Yuhua conducted experiments.

However, the types are not as rich as those in the small world of the testing ground, there are only a few.

However, the ancient beasts living in this world are extremely powerful.

When Li Zhi was investigating the truth of the small world, he was attacked by two beast kings of the third level of the immortal realm. The two beast kings were covered with scales, like unicorns and divine beasts, with strange and ferocious appearances, as if they were born for killing.

Li Zhi teased the little Qilin beast and said, "See? They may have the same ancestor as you."

"They are so ugly! I don't want to have the same ancestor as them." The little Qilin looked at the two ferocious beasts with a face full of displeasure.

Li Zhi nodded slightly and said, "It's a little ugly. However, as a descendant of the temple guardian beast carefully selected by the Yuhua Divine Dynasty, it has an extraordinary bloodline and should be a good ingredient."

"Boss Changshou, you are too cruel. You actually want to eat them? Doesn't our temple still lack guardian beasts? Why don't we capture them and use them as guardian beasts to guard the mountain gate?" The little Qilin has the weakest cultivation in the temple, and it has long wanted to recruit a few younger brothers.

Li Zhi thought about it and felt that the Qilin's suggestion was good.

Being able to cultivate to the level of the third level of the Immortal Slash Dao, the Beast King's talent is naturally top-notch. Moreover, the King's cultivation is also enough to be able to take on the responsibility of being a mountain guardian beast.

Afterwards, Li Zhi took action personally and suppressed the two ferocious beasts.

Although the Beast King is strong, he can't make any waves in front of Li Zhi, who is already a great king.

With just one move, they became Li Zhi's spoils of war.

Now we have a ferocious beast guarding the mountain gate.

Finally, Li Zhi pushed open the door of the twelfth courtyard with satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)