Chapter 45 The Emperor's Heart Beats
Li Zhi, his body charred black, lay numb on the ground, his eyes staring at the blue sky and white clouds, as well as the divine rainbow that occasionally crossed the sky.

A vigorous vitality was bursting out of his body with astonishing energy, quickly forming a new layer of skin beneath the charred outer skin.

A tougher, denser skin.

Also his bones and muscles were recovering at an astonishing speed and becoming stronger.

Although the nine heavenly thunders cannot be considered a proper thunder tribulation, their effect on physical training is better than most other physical training methods in the world.

It was far superior to Li Zhi's previous running all over the mountains carrying stones on his back, and it was even better than the effect of using the evil water in the Black Water Lake to strengthen his body.

It’s just that the source of life in Li Zhi’s sea of ​​suffering has not yet been opened, and the divine power that can participate in the transformation and recovery of his body is limited.

So, Li Zhi just lay there without moving. Even though his whole body felt itchy as if the wound was healing, he did not move. Instead, he chose to empty his mind and not feel the pain.

Because he knew that the damage caused by lightning could be completely recovered by relying solely on physical instincts.

It just takes some time.

What Li Zhi had no shortage of was time.

After being baptized by thunder and lightning, the fresh blood produced in Li Zhi's bone marrow was already filled with mostly silver light.

The blood mixed with silver light carried tremendous vitality and flowed throughout Li Zhi's body, providing the necessary vitality support for his new life.

A layer of delicate, fair, jade-colored skin quickly grew.

At the same time, a thick layer of stubble finally grew on Li Zhi's little bald head.

No longer a shiny little bald head.

Two hours later, Li Zhi, who was lying on the ground, shook his body gently, and a layer of charred dead skin on his body fell off instantly.

He was like a shed bird, feeling cold all over.

Oh, the clothes are ruined again.

Li Zhi stood up and looked around. After making sure that there was no one around, he immediately rushed to a small river not far away.

Although there will be no dirt left on the body after shaking it with divine power just now, it is still not as good as washing it with cool river water to make people feel clean from the bottom of their hearts. Without a real bath with clean water, it always feels uncomfortable.

Lying in the clear stream, Li Zhi swam back and forth in the water like a small fish.

Afterwards, I enjoyed lying on a stone in the river, submerging my ears in the water and listening to the sound of the flowing water.

"Sister, look, there's a little kid taking a bath." At this moment, a white cloud seemed to float across the sky, and a girl's voice of surprise came from the cloud.

"You little girl. You even took advantage of a little kid's bath. When I get back, I will tell the Queen Mother that you are in love and marry you off."

"Sister, I was wrong. But that child is really cute. His skin is as white as jade, and his facial features are handsome and delicate. If he puts on women's clothes, he will definitely be more beautiful than many new junior sisters."

"Where is he? Is there really such a smart kid in this remote place?"

"It's all in the past. Sister, you are not lucky enough to see it."

Then, a burst of laughter and playfulness came from above the white clouds.

But soon, the noise of fighting stopped, and a light and pleasant voice came from the white clouds, saying to the cloud in front: "Which senior is this? Please show yourself. I am a disciple of Yao Chi."

"So you are the fairies from Yao Chi. I am Nangong Wentian. Have you ever seen a child of six or seven years old in the primitive ruins?" Nangong Wentian's figure flew out from behind the clouds not far ahead, came to the Yao Chi disciples and said.

“Greetings, Senior Nangong.” None of the Yao Chi disciples on the cloud had reached the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, and they were no match for Nangong Wentian at all. So after sensing the aura fluctuations of a cultivator at the peak of Dragon Transformation on Nangong Wentian’s body, they immediately dispersed the layer of clouds that were used to obscure the vision of mortals, and saluted Nangong Wentian one after another.

"We, the younger generation, are just passing by here and have not seen the child." The leading female disciple, who is in her twenties, said with clear eyes.

"Since you haven't seen it, forget it." Nangong Wentian didn't press them and just turned and left.

The Yao Chi disciples continued on their journey. After flying hundreds of miles, a female disciple who was about fifteen or sixteen years old asked, "Senior Sister Tian, ​​why did you lie to Senior Nangong just now? I clearly saw a six or seven-year-old child bathing in the river."

The Yao Chi disciple surnamed Tian said, "When we Yao Chi disciples are out there, we should try not to get involved in karma. Senior Nangong was obviously injured, but he still wanted to find a six or seven-year-old child. It's obvious that he had bad intentions. And we don't know his identity and origin. If he does something bad because of our reminder, wouldn't it ruin the good fortune of our sisters?"

"Remember, when you are out training, you should avoid talking too much. You should listen more, watch more, and think more. Sometimes a word we say carelessly can ruin a person's practice, or even kill a person, thus bringing karma upon ourselves."

"Yes, Senior Sister Tian." The Yao Chi disciples who followed Senior Sister Tian out for training spoke up one after another.

But they didn't know that although Nangong Wentian left, he left behind a divine consciousness following them.

Hear all of their conversation.

Afterwards, Nangong Wentian rushed into the forest below and began to look for a river along the way.

But as soon as he landed, he felt his heart suddenly being pulled.

It seemed as if someone squeezed his heart hard.

Nangong Wentian, who was already injured, suddenly became unstable and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

I quickly sat down and regulated my breathing.

But before he could steady his breath, he heard the sound of his heartbeat "boom, boom, boom", making his breathing even more disordered.

It seemed that there was a supreme being beneath this pristine ruin, who had revived after sleeping for eternity, and all spirits were sensing his revival.

At the same time, Li Zhi, who was enjoying swimming in the river, also felt his heart being inexplicably pulled.

But he was in good health and had no illness or disaster. He just drank two gulps of river water because of the stitch in the side, and his heart discomfort was gone.

Then, Li Zhi jumped out of the river, put on his clothes, and ran towards the outskirts of the original ruins.

In the Qing Emperor's Yang Tomb, apart from the imperial weapons and heart left for future generations, and the "Taoist Scripture" and the green copper obtained by Ye Fan, there are no other priceless items.

Going there may easily bring about fatal disaster.

However, before he could run far, an explosion was heard from behind.

Then, a torrent of yin energy rose into the sky.

The three ancient corpses were thrown high into the sky along with the evil energy that rose into the sky.

As luck would have it, the three ancient corpses fell five meters in front of Li Zhi. Li Zhi recognized them. The three ancient corpses were the three king-level monster corpses that he and Duan De had encountered in the underground Yinmai Cave not long ago.

And along with the inexplicable sound of heartbeats, it seemed that the hearts of the three ancient corpses began to beat again.

Li Zhi's face suddenly changed when he saw this, and he immediately said, "Taishang Laojun, please hurry up and obey the command."

Then three strands of divine power flew out from his brows, transformed into mysterious symbols and were directly imprinted on the foreheads of the three ancient corpses.

The three ancient corpses were instantly frozen in place, but their hearts were beating faster and faster, as if they were about to revive.

Moreover, according to Li Zhi's divine sense, it seemed that the divine power in their bodies had been reactivated.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhi bit his finger and squeezed out three drops of blood. He used the blood to transform it into three mysterious runes, which he imprinted on the foreheads of the three ancient corpses.

When the blood talisman was branded on the forehead of the ancient corpse, Li Zhi suddenly felt that he could control the three ancient corpses.

The movement of the corpses can be controlled with just a thought.

The method of controlling corpses taught by Duan De is so mysterious.

Such amazing effect can be achieved in the first use.

Afterwards, Li Zhi controlled the three ancient corpses and returned them to the underground Yin veins where they were sleeping.

At this time, he could gradually hear the "boom boom boom" sound of his heart beating clearly in his ears.

It seemed that the Qing Emperor's tomb had been opened, and the Emperor's heart sleeping inside began to beat again. The corpses buried under the original ruins were also startled by the beating of the Emperor's heart.

However, before Li Zhi walked out of the hall where the coffin was placed, Nangong Wentian's voice came from outside.

"So you're just a little tomb robber."

"Nangong Wentian? How did you get here?" Li Zhi exclaimed.

“Hmph! Little thing, if it weren’t for you, my Wheel of Life wouldn’t have been damaged by anyone. Come out to me.” Nangong Wentian shouted while standing outside the cave entrance.

The injuries on his body at the moment made him most afraid of Yin energy entering his body, so he did not go into the underground cave in person to capture Li Zhi.

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi immediately summoned out the three corpses of big monsters that had just been placed in the coffins.

And controlled them to rush out of the cave.

Because of the beating of the heart, a lot of divine power within the secret realm of the three ancient corpses in the Taoist Palace was activated.

The three corpses of the demon kings can emit strong attack power.

Nangong Wentian did not expect that Li Zhi could actually control corpses to fight him.

After feeling the three corpses coming towards him, Nangong Wentian immediately took out a magic weapon that looked like a flower basket.

"receive."

But Li Zhi shouted at the right moment: "Explode!"

"boom!"

The three ancient corpses that were about to be put into the flower basket by Nangong Wentian exploded instantly.

The emerald green corpse poison sprayed all over the ground.

Nangong Wentian, who was closest to him, looked as if his face was washed by the corpse poison.

It instantly covered his entire body.

The corpse poison bred in the king's body cannot be easily eliminated by the cultivators in the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

Nangong Wentian’s body seemed to be poured with sulfuric acid, and smoke of various colors began to emerge.

"Ah!" Then he let out a howl of pain.

At this time, Li Zhi turned around and went back into the underground cave. He took out the Luoyang shovel and started digging in another direction.

He didn't dare to gamble whether Nangong Wentian was killed by the self-explosion of the three ancient corpses.

After all, those ancient corpses only had some of their divine power reactivated inside their bodies because of the beating of the emperor's heart.

Li Zhi was not sure how powerful it could be.

I don't think it will be too powerful.

Even if they were great demons at the king level in their lifetime.

After all, the five secret realms have been dry for thousands of years.

Although the king-level body was not weak when alive, Li Zhi didn't know how powerful it would be after death.

After all, the physical body of a cultivator at the king level has not undergone any qualitative improvement. It is not the kind of physical body left behind by the immortal ancient sages.

In the outside world, after retreating to the Laoteng Mountain more than ten miles away, Nangong Wentian burst out with a strong life energy and began to heal his wounds on the spot.

Before long, he had expelled all the corpse poison from his body.

However, his appearance also changed from a young man in his twenties to an old man in his sixties or seventies.

His hair is gray, his skin is dry, and his eyes are cloudy.

It seems that the fire of life will be extinguished at any time.

"Little thief, I won't be a human being if I don't kill you."

After taking an extremely precious life-saving elixir, Nangong Wentian exuded a murderous aura.

But when he rushed into the underground palace, he found that Li Zhi had already dug a hole and escaped.

Then he followed the tunnel dug by Li Zhixin.

(End of this chapter)