Chapter 52: Fairy's Nest

Stayed in the inn for ten days.

Before the agreed three-month period, Duan De appeared in Wei capital.

He seemed to have a secret method to sense Li Zhi's exact location. As soon as he arrived in Wei capital, he directly found the inn where Li Zhi was staying.

After meeting in the guest room, seeing that Li Zhi was almost not tired at all, Duan De asked curiously: "Little Li Zhi, how many days in advance did you arrive in Weidu?"

According to his estimation, if Li Zhi ran at full speed and did not slack off on the way, he should be able to reach Wei capital within two days, so he arrived at Wei capital in advance to wait for Li Zhi.

However, he did not expect that Li Zhi seemed to have arrived at Wei capital several days earlier.

After seeing Duan De, Li Zhi pouted and said, "Uncle Taoist priest, I have been waiting for you here for ten days. Please remove this armor for me, and the seal on my body. I have run a total of 12,000 miles, which is very tiring. I have hidden injuries all over my body. If I don't use the essence of the Life Spring to nourish my body, my body will definitely have serious problems."

Looking at Li Zhi, he looked full of energy, full of qi and blood, strong tendons and bones, his flesh shell faintly emitting precious light, and without any hidden injuries on his body.

Duan De simply ignored Li Zhi's complaints.

Instead, he looked Li Zhi up and down, then saw the source stone in Li Zhi's arms and asked, "You kid actually got rich?"

Li Zhi quickly held the source stones tightly and said, "This is the money given to me by the fairy sister from Yaochi. Uncle Taoist, you can't steal my money."

Duan De said in amazement, "I actually met a Yao Chi disciple on the road. Little Li Zhi, you are so lucky. Acting cute shouldn't be enough to get Yao Chi disciples to give you money, and it's more than ten kilograms of source, which is enough for an ordinary cultivator to complete the entire life spring level of cultivation. Tell me, how did you fool those Yao Chi disciples?"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Uncle Taoist priest, you are not lucky enough to miss a delicious meal. I accidentally caught a green and colorful fish on the road, and after I asked the sisters in Yao Chi to eat it, they gave me a lot of money and many snacks that are specialties of the Northern Territory."

Then, Li Zhi took out a few snacks and handed them to Duan De, saying, "I have some more here, Uncle Taoist, you can try some too."

"What did you say? You ate the Biling Five-Colored Fish? Was the Biling Five-Colored Fish you ate one foot long?" Duan De said with a look of regret.

"The Biling Multicolored Fish we ate was about one meter long, and its scales glowed with colorful luster." Li Zhi said very proudly.

Duan De's face immediately turned red, and then he grabbed Li Zhi's shoulders, shaking him back and forth, saying, "You are wasting what God has given you. You are really wasting what God has given you. Why are you so greedy, kid? That's a dragon fish that has completed its first metamorphosis. Eating it is enough to extend the life of the cultivators in the Dao Palace Secret Realm by dozens of years."

The Biling Five-Colored Fish is a type of dragon fish. When it grows to one meter in length, it will undergo the first metamorphosis and produce colorful dragon scales. When it grows to three meters in length, it will undergo the second metamorphosis and produce real dragon blood in its body. When it grows to ten meters in length, it will undergo the third metamorphosis and grow dragon claws, thus completely completing the process of transforming into a dragon.

After Duan De explained the knowledge about the Biling Five-Colored Fish to Li Zhi, Li Zhi was also surprised. No wonder his physical strength, which had been stagnant, broke through directly after eating half a fish.

It turns out that this fish is so precious.

"Uncle Taoist priest, don't be angry. We only ate the fish meat. I didn't eat its scales. Those scales looked pretty and sharp, so I collected them. Do you want to take a look? I heard that fried fish scales are very crispy. Otherwise, why don't you ask the kitchen to fry them and try them?"

As he spoke, Li Zhi took out a small bag containing colorful fish scales and handed it to Duan De.

After Duan De took the small package, he opened it and saw the fish scales emitting colorful light. A look of annoyance appeared on his face.

Compared with the Biling multicolored fish, his harvest in the past two months can be described as dismal.

Then Duan De threw the small bag of fish scales to Li Zhi and said viciously: "Next time you come across a delicious meal and don't leave half for me, I will seal your mouth and make you run a million miles."

"Uncle Taoist priest, please forgive me." Li Zhi said with a sad face.

Afterwards, Duan De untied the armor on Li Zhi and very stingily took it back.

Then the seal of Li Zhilunhai was unlocked.

After Li Zhi felt the long-lost magical power, he asked happily: "Uncle Taoist, what did you ask me to do in Weidu?"

Duan De said, "I'll take you there to broaden your horizons. I've discovered that you're very lucky. If I take you with me, maybe I can get a few more drops of the Great Emperor's blood from that little girl."

Li Zhi was surprised, but asked curiously, "What is the Great Emperor's blood essence?"

Duan De said mysteriously, "You'll know when you go there. It will definitely be a feast for your eyes."

Then Duan De said, "Master, I still have some things to prepare. You stay in the inn first. Don't run around. Wait for me to come back."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "I won't run around."

With more than ten kilograms of source in his hands, Li Zhi now wants to refine them all.

The sea of ​​suffering had been sealed for nearly three months, and now was the time to practice vigorously. After Duan De left, Li Zhi began to practice hard in the inn.

More than ten kilograms of source were continuously refined by him, and the depth of the life spring was further reduced by more than ten meters.

The amount of life essence gushing out from the Fountain of Life increased, and the magic power also increased significantly.

However, there is still a long way to go to reach the peak of the Life Spring.

After refining those sources, the feeling of rapid growth in cultivation disappeared immediately.

Li Zhi had to find a way to get some more sources back.

Unlike the State of Wei and the State of Yan, there is a super sect in the State of Wei - the Taixuan Sect, which is ranked within the top 100 in the entire Eastern Wilderness.

Therefore, the world of immortal cultivation in the State of Wei was very prosperous.

There is a market in Wei capital that is specifically for cultivators to conduct transactions.

Li Zhi exchanged all the things he didn't need for Yuan in the market.

The most valuable item turned out to be the bag of scales of the Biling Five-Colored Fish, which was worth eight kilograms of source.

The other things combined only exchanged for less than five kilograms of source.

In fact, Li Zhi really wanted to sell the martial arts that Nangong Wentian had practiced, but unfortunately, selling the martial arts was too dangerous, so he suppressed the idea.

The Thirteen Jin Source took Li Zhi more than half a month to practice.

The Life Spring went down another thirteen meters.

Li Zhi also discovered a pattern. Almost every time he refined a pound of source, the depth of his life spring would increase by one meter.

And the depth of his sea of ​​suffering seemed to be hundreds of meters deep.

In other words, he needed to refine hundreds of kilograms of source before he could completely dig through the Fountain of Life and touch the Wheel of Life.

Where can I get more sources?
This became the natural barrier that stood in front of Li Zhi.

If there is no source, and one only relies on breathing in the essence of heaven and earth to practice, the limit would be to be able to dig the life spring down one or two meters every year.

At this rate, it would take him hundreds of years to cultivate to the peak of the Life Spring.

It's simply unacceptable.

It is no wonder that the monks of small sects often have to wait until they are in their seventies or eighties to barely cultivate to the Divine Bridge realm and become the elders of a sect.

Practicing cultivation without resources is indeed an increasingly difficult process.

There is no such thing as difficult first then easy or easy first then difficult, but it becomes increasingly difficult.

Just when Li Zhi fell into the vortex of poverty, Duan De, who had disappeared for more than a month, finally came back.

He took Li Zhi away from Wei capital directly.

After flying eastward with Duan De for more than 500 miles, they arrived at a big mountain.

Among the green peaks and valleys, shrouded in clouds and mist, there lies a small sect called "Xuanyuan".

Following Duan De through many twists and turns, they entered the mountain gate of Xuanyuan Sect without even alerting the monks in the sect.

Then the two of them did not go to the palaces and towers where the monks of Xuanyuan Sect lived, but bypassed the mountains of Xuanyuan Sect and went directly to the forbidden area in the back mountain of the sect.

On the way, Li Zhi asked, "Uncle Taoist, where are we going?"

Seeing an ancient peach forest suddenly appear in the distance, Duan De smiled and said, "A den of demons."

(End of this chapter)