Chapter 376 Farewell to the Saint of Yaochi
The fiftieth city on the ancient human road did not experience much turmoil after Gu Lin became a great sage after a fierce battle with Li Zhi.

At the same time, no ignorant forces came to harass Li Zhi.

Reputation is sometimes worthless, and sometimes it is priceless.

Previously, when Li Zhi and Gu Lin fought in the depths of the starry sky, he displayed the true power of a great sage, making people suddenly feel the huge gap between them and Li Zhi.

The forces that wanted to win over Li Zhi decades ago have all retreated and no longer dared to express their intention to recruit Li Zhi.

At the Guide's donkey meat restaurant, Li Zhi, the Guide who had returned from the starry sky, and Gu Lin were enjoying a delicacy made from a sacred beast.

After successfully surviving the Great Saint Tribulation, Gu Lin, whose vitality was damaged, did not go back to seclusion immediately, but instead offered this delicious holy beast for everyone to enjoy.

"My long-lived Taoist friend, it is all thanks to your help that I was able to break free from the shackles that have constrained me for more than a thousand years. I toast you." Gu Lin was as happy as a little child and drank a glass of thousand-year-old spiritual wine in one gulp.

"Senior Gu, you are too polite. The reason you were able to break the shackles is because of your rich accumulation. It has little to do with me." Li Zhi said hurriedly.

As soon as Gu Lin passes through the Great Sage Tribulation, he will reach the realm of the third level of the Great Sage. In the future, there will be no problem for him to become a master at the peak level of the Great Sage.

If you can survive the dark turmoil, there is a great chance that you will become a quasi-emperor in the future.

He had cultivated to the peak level of Saint King at the age of about three hundred. This aptitude was no worse than the top-ranked geniuses among the Ancient Road Trialists.

"Brother Changshou, you don't have to call me senior. I am a few years older than you. Just call me Brother Gu." Gu Lin said.

"Okay, you two stop showing off to each other here. The food is getting cold." Zhao Gongyi said directly after seeing the two people being humble to each other.

He even interrupted Li Zhi from calling Gu Lin "Big Brother".

Gu Lin has good talent and will have the opportunity to become a prominent figure in the human race’s ancient road protector in the future.

However, it is unlikely to be promoted to quasi-emperor.

But with Li Zhi's talent, perhaps in a few hundred years, he will become a true quasi-emperor.

Gu Lin's action of asking Li Zhi to call him "big brother" seemed inappropriate.

After Zhao Gongyi's interruption, Gu Lin instantly understood and took out a jade bottle.

"Brother Changshou, this is the blood essence of a divine beast that I obtained in a small chaotic world. Now that I have broken through to the Great Sage realm, this blood essence is no longer of any use to me, so I'll give it to you." Gu Lin directly gave the bottle of ancient blood that exuded a terrifying aura to Li Zhi.

"Is this the essence and blood of Kunpeng?" Li Zhi said with some surprise after feeling the blood and qi fluctuations emanating from the ancient blood in the bottle.

"Yes, it is Kunpeng's blood essence, and it is Kunpeng's blood essence that has been stripped of its murderous aura. Back then, by chance, I broke into a small chaotic world with a loose seal and found two bottles of blood essence from mythical beasts. One bottle is the blood essence of the purple unicorn, and the other is the bottle of Kunpeng's blood essence in front of you." Gu Lin briefly introduced to Li Zhi his experiences of that year.

Li Zhi could sense that the Kunpeng's blood in the bottle was at least the blood from a high-level quasi-emperor, and it was even possible that it was the blood left by Kunpeng of the ninth level of the quasi-emperor.

Without the unique aura of the emperor's blood, it is highly unlikely that it is the blood left behind by a strong man at the alternative level of enlightenment or the emperor.

Gu Lin continued, "This bottle of Kunpeng's blood essence is of the same quality as the purple unicorn's blood essence I used. If you want to use them, it's best to smelt them with extreme weapons. There are strange powers in the blood essence that cannot be completely refined by saints like us. Although I have now broken through to the great saint realm, the unicorn blood in my body has not been suppressed. Now I can't be considered a true pure-blooded human. I am similar to those humans with demon blood flowing in their bodies."

"This blood is too precious. I cannot accept it." Li Zhi pushed the bottle of blood back in front of Gu Lin.

"My dear friend Changshou, please don't be polite. Since it is a thank-you gift from Gulin, you should accept it. You helped him break the shackles of the Qilin bloodline in his body. The help you have given him is far more valuable than this bottle of essence blood." At this time, Zhao Gongyi began to persuade.

"In that case, I would like to thank Senior Gu." Li Zhi did not mean to call Gu Lin "Big Brother".

After the three of them discussed the Dao for a while in the donkey meat restaurant of the guide, Li Zhi took the initiative to leave.

After Li Zhi left, Zhao Gongyi said, "Gulin, are you confused as to why I refused you to get close to Taoist Changshou?"

Gu Lin said: "His talent is much stronger than mine. Even if we can be brothers now, we won't be brothers in the future. After all, I am not his friend who grew up with him."

Zhao Gongyi said: "It's best if you can understand. Taoist Changshou is a peerless genius who is destined to soar to the sky. Being friends with him will cost you a lot."

Gu Lin nodded and said, "I understand."

Anyone who aspires to become an emperor will encounter cruel tribulations in the mortal world.

If you make friends with that kind of person, you must be prepared to face the possibility of being killed by countless powerful people at any time.

Many people who failed in the imperial competition would transfer their hatred for the winner to their relatives and friends.

Since ancient times, great emperors, before achieving enlightenment, would have to go through endless bloody battles and incur endless revenge from their opponents.

Therefore, many emperors did not dare to reveal their background before becoming emperors, for fear of implicating their relatives and friends.

The Demon King Xue Yueqing did not dare to return to his hometown until he became an emperor.

All of Emperor Luangu's relatives and friends were killed.

Making friends with a cultivator who is qualified to compete for the position of the Great Emperor is a very dangerous thing.

Especially before the Great Emperor attained enlightenment.

But after attaining enlightenment, how many of those who became friends along the way can feel at ease enjoying the protection of the Emperor?

Only those monks who were friends of the Great Emperor when he was weak can continue to interact with the Great Emperor without any barriers after the Great Emperor achieves enlightenment.

For example, the founder of the Human Desire Dao in the Ziwei Ancient Star Domain was a close friend of Emperor Hengyu who grew up together.

Li Zhi was really surprised to get a bottle of blood essence of the ancient beast Kunpeng from Gu Lin.

After leaving the 50th human city, he carefully studied the bottle of ancient blood.

Sure enough, it was not the normal Kunpeng blood essence, but the Kunpeng blood essence that had been specially refined. Bathing in this blood would pollute one's own blood and transform one's own blood into Kunpeng blood.

If a Kunpeng with impure blood uses it, it can greatly improve the purity of Kunpeng's blood.

After understanding the function of the ancient blood a little, Li Zhi put it away.

Now is not the time to study various ancient bloods.

The first goal is to catch up with the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi, walk to the end of the ancient road together, and then return to Beidou.

However, this pursuit lasted for twenty years.

The ancient starry sky road in the latter part of the ancient human trial road is intermittent and sometimes deviates very far.

Sometimes, in order to comprehend the great Dao, Li Zhi would unknowingly move away from the scope of the ancient road.

There were even several times when he ran directly to the ancient trial roads of other races along some abandoned and dangerous ancient roads.

At the same time, Li Zhi discovered that other ancient trial roads were the same as the ancient trial roads of the human race. The further you went into the later stages, the less strict direction of advancement there was, and the trial-taker needed to find and construct it himself.

Therefore, Li Zhi met many monks from various races who went there for trials on some abandoned ancient golden roads and mythological roads.

Almost all of them are powerful people from various races at the Saint King level.

However, Li Zhi did not have any conflicts with them, but it also broadened his horizons. It turned out that there were so many species of life in the universe.

It seems that all life has an evolutionary instinct, and the ultimate goal is to become an immortal.

"Dare to ask God, is there any immortal?"

Li Zhi had not only seen similar rumors on an ancient road, he had even witnessed with his own eyes the tragic process of several old monks turning into ashes in order to break through to a higher realm and gain more lifespan.

After witnessing the scenes of all living beings in the universe struggling to survive in the mortal world, Li Zhi's Tao heart received a great baptism.

Twenty years later, Li Zhi returned to the ancient road of the human race and came directly to the star field where the 81st city of the human race was located.

The 81st level of the human race’s holy city is magnificent and huge, suspended in the starry sky, shrouded in silver-white starlight, looking sacred and peaceful.

Li Zhi entered the city alone and did not attract anyone's attention.

The strong men in the city seemed to be completely unaware of Li Zhi's existence.

After twenty years of experience in the starry sky, Li Zhi's Taoism has returned to its original state. Not a single bit of his aura has leaked out, and even the great Dao he cultivated has been confined within his body. Under normal circumstances, he tries to reduce the integration of his own great Dao with the myriad Daos of the outside world as much as possible.

This is to exercise the independence of the Tao.

After Li Zhi survived the ninth-level thunder tribulation of the Saint King realm, his mind underwent a transformation, which made him realize that as long as the great Dao he cultivated continued to interact with the myriad Daos of heaven and earth in the outside world, he would unknowingly be contaminated by the aura of the myriad Daos of heaven and earth in the universe.

His intuition told him that the closer he became to the laws of heaven and earth, the more restricted he would be by them.

Before he had the ability to trample all the laws of heaven and earth under his feet, Li Zhi was able to rely on the method of "Eternal Life Locking Body" to block the fluctuations of his own avenue.

Only after reaching his current state of mind did Li Zhi realize how admirable it was that the Taoist longevity master created the "Eternal Life Locking Body Art".

After mastering this secret technique, the life span of the cultivator can be greatly prolonged.

This method seems to have evolved from the longevity method created by the ancient emperors.

And it does not have the disadvantages of other self-sealing methods.

After entering the holy city of the 81st level of the ancient human road, Li Zhi found an inn to stay in.

Then he went to inquire about the whereabouts of the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi.

At this time, there were not many trial-takers in the ancient city, so it sounded very easy for Li Zhi to pass the trial.

The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi had indeed been to the ancient city, but she had left in a hurry a month ago.

Li Zhi found a female saint who had practiced together with the Saint of Yao Chi.

"Fellow Daoist, I wonder why the Fairy of Yao Chi left this city in a hurry?" Li Zhi asked the female saint.

"The Fairy Yao Chi met many suitors along the way, including descendants of the protectors of the ancient road. In order to avoid being entangled, she left in a hurry." Under the influence of Li Zhi's magical power of speech, the female saint told Li Zhi what she wanted.

Afterwards, Li Zhi left the 81st checkpoint of the human race.

Continuing on the road, half a month later, Li Zhi had just walked out of a five-colored altar when he saw a great battle going on in the starry sky not far away.

The Saint Lady of Yao Chi is being besieged by three men.

"Fairy Yao Chi, just agree to Brother Cang's pursuit. We can stop then. Otherwise, if we continue fighting, it will hurt the fairy's body, which will be bad." One of the men who was at the fifth level of the Saint King realm said frivolously.

“Fellow Daoist Yao Chi, as long as you agree to practice dual cultivation with me, just let me know if you have any requests.” Another man who was at the sixth level of the Saint King realm and looked to be in his early thirties said to the Saint Girl Yao Chi.

"You frivolous playboy, stop polluting people's eyes and ears." The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi, holding the fairy sword, struggled to resist the joint attack of three mid-stage Saint King cultivators.

"Brother Cang, this girl is so ungrateful, we should just suppress her and take her back. We will wait until the matter is settled and see how she can resist." Another Saint King said.

"Fairy Yao Chi, my two brothers are very anxious. I still say the same thing. If the fairy agrees to my pursuit, everything will be easy." The cultivator named Cang said with pretended affection.

"Hmph!" The only response they got was a cold snort from the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi and an even sharper sword energy.

Li Zhi could see that the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi, whose cultivation was only at the second level of the Saint King, would probably not be a match for the three men if she did not use the quasi-emperor magic weapon.

However, those three people seemed to have hidden forbidden weapons in their bodies that could be used to fight against quasi-imperial soldiers.

He didn't seem to be worried at all that the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi would sacrifice the Quasi-Emperor Divine Tower.

After watching for a long time, seeing that the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi was about to be defeated, Li Zhi appeared and slapped the three Holy Kings with his palm.

"Oh!"

Without any surprise, the three Holy Kings were turned into bloody mist by Li Zhi's palm.

"Changshou, why is it you?" The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi said in shock after seeing that the person who attacked was Li Zhi.

"Long time no see." Li Zhi said with a smile.

"Yeah, long time no see." After seeing Li Zhi, Yao Chi Saint Lady seemed to become relaxed, and then asked: "What is your cultivation level?"

Among the three Holy Kings who besieged her, two were descendants of the Protector of the Ancient Road, and the other one was the direct descendant of a big family on the Ancient Road. Li Zhi actually killed all three of them with just one palm. This kind of fighting power was beyond imagination.

"The ninth level of the Saint King realm." Li Zhi said truthfully.

"That's good. Let's leave here first." The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi seemed a little worried that the Great Sage behind the three people would catch up with them, so she said to Li Zhi.

"Don't worry. With me here, even if the Great Sage comes after us, he can't do anything to you and me." Li Zhi said confidently.

Afterwards, the two of them came to an extremely ordinary star nearby to reminisce about the past.

The Saintess of Yao Chi recounted her gains over the years.

He set out on the journey alone, went through hundreds of battles, and finally survived the Saint King Tribulation five years ago, becoming a true Saint King.

Because she did not leave the ancient path of the human race, she did not receive many great fortunes.

We set out in a hurry because we wanted to reach the end of the ancient road as quickly as possible and then return to Beidou.

After the great changes in heaven and earth, the Holy Land of Yao Chi had become the most sacred place for cultivation in the universe. Moreover, there was a holy spirit that was about to become successful and was giving back to the Holy Land of Yao Chi, making it a rare place for cultivation.

After being away from Beidou for a hundred years, she also missed home.

After witnessing all kinds of geniuses along the way, she knew that she did not have the potential to achieve enlightenment, but it was already very good if she could cultivate the Great Sage Dao Fruit as soon as possible and protect Yao Chi in this chaotic world.

After listening to the introduction of the Saintess of Yao Chi, Li Zhi said, "Then let's go together."

"Changshou, are you also planning to return to Beidou?" Yaochi Saint asked. In her opinion, Li Zhi should stay and continue to fight for the Emperor Road.

"The experience on the ancient road has little effect on me. Beidou at this time is the real treasure land of creation. After returning to Beidou, my Taoism can continue to advance by leaps and bounds." Li Zhi said.

(End of this chapter)