Chapter 60: The Opening of the Clumsy Peak

Half an hour later,
A boy of about fourteen or fifteen stood on the top of Zhuo Peak and looked down at the disciples of Xing Peak who had just arrived and shouted, "Are you also here to help build Zhuo Peak?"

There was a hint of asking for a beating in his words, who else could it be but Ye Fan.

Senior Sister Mingshui also looked curiously at Ye Fan who was standing on the top of the mountain and declaring war on the Xingfeng disciples in front of the mountain gate, and said: "It seems that the young disciple recruited by Zhufeng this time is a warmonger. He was able to beat the Xingfeng disciples so hard that they dared not even take a step beyond the mountain gate."

When Li Zhi saw this, his eyes lit up. At this moment, the other peaks had not sent disciples to Zhuo Peak, so it seemed that the inheritance of Zhuo Peak had not yet been opened.

Seeing Ye Fan begin to mock those Xingfeng disciples, Li Zhi asked Senior Sister Mingshui: "Senior Sister, what is the general level of cultivation of the core disciples of each peak?"

Logically speaking, even if Ye Fan is a holy body, his body, which has not been baptized by the tens of millions of pounds of source in the Taoist Palace Secret Realm, is not enough for him to cross the secret realm and fight against others.

Mingshui explained to Li Zhi: "If you want to become a core disciple of each peak, you must generally reach the Dao Palace Secret Realm, and you must enter the Dao Palace Secret Realm before the age of 20. Moreover, the core disciples of each peak cannot always enjoy the treatment. If you cannot break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm before the age of 40, you will lose your status as a core disciple and become a deacon disciple of each peak, and you need to perform tasks assigned by the sect. Or help the elders deal with some miscellaneous matters in the sect, or be sent to various industries outside our Taixuan Sect. But you don't have to worry. With your talent, plus the training of the peak master and the elders, you will definitely be able to become a strong man in the Four Extremes Secret Realm before the age of 20, and be on par with our Taixuan Sect's true disciples. Maybe a hundred years later, you will have a chance to compete for the position of peak master."

Senior Sister Mingshui's explanation solved many of the things that had previously puzzled Li Zhi. For a top-level sect, it was impossible for the disciples to not be classified. Ordinary disciples, core disciples, and true disciples, there were indeed classifications.

Although the Taixuan Sect does not have positions such as Holy Son or Holy Daughter, the weight of a true disciple should not be light.

But Li Zhi hasn’t seen any true disciples these days.

After asking Senior Sister Mingshui, he learned that the true disciples spent most of their time in seclusion or out for training, and rarely participated in the various affairs of the sect. The sect trained them to make them grow up as quickly as possible, and after they became powerful monks, they could protect the sect from wind and rain.

In the Taixuan Sect, the elders of each peak are generally cultivators from the Four Extremes Secret Realm or the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

Even some of the weaker peak masters’ cultivation levels were only at the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

There are only a few peak masters in the Xiantai Secret Realm.

Within Taixuan Sect, there are not many cultivators in the Xiantai Secret Realm.

Although he didn't know the exact number, Li Zhi estimated that it would not exceed a hundred people.

After all, Beidou is not in the prime of cultivation at this time. Under the suppression of Qingdi, the higher the cultivation level, the more severe the suppression, and the more difficult it is to improve the realm.

Li Zhi was not sure whether there were more than ten cultivators at the second level of immortality in the entire Taixuan Sect, including the supreme elders who had been in seclusion for many years.

On the surface, only the headmaster and several supreme elders who often move in front of the disciples are cultivators at the second level of immortal power.

Perhaps because he had only been a disciple for a short time, Li Zhi was unable to get a glimpse of the true strength of Taixuan Sect, which seemed to be not much different from what he had guessed.

After all, the rise of Taixuan Sect has only been over ten thousand years, which is not enough for them to have the so-called foundation sealed with the Divine Source Liquid.

Mingshui seemed to have great confidence in Li Zhi, which made Li Zhi feel a little embarrassed. He said, "Senior sister, you think too highly of me, your junior brother."

Mingshui said, "Don't look at me, Senior Sister. My cultivation is not high and my fighting power is not strong, but my intuition is still good. You give me a more lively feeling than Junior Brother Hua Yunfei from Xingfeng. Maybe in the future, our Lingyao Peak will have a chance to have a great man."

Is it a woman's intuition?

Li Zhi always felt something strange, as if this senior sister was hiding something from him.

Then, Li Zhi pointed at the Xingfeng disciples who were standing in front of the Zhuofeng Mountain Gate and didn't dare to go up and fight Ye Fan, and said, "Senior sister, look, those Xingfeng brothers and sisters seem to be scared out of their wits. There are so many people, but no one dares to go up and fight with that little brother from Zhuofeng."

Although Li Zhi's voice was low, everyone present was a cultivator with sharp ears and eyes, and they heard his words immediately.

Several Xingfeng disciples turned their heads and looked at them with a look of slight anger on their faces, but when they saw Mingshui beside Li Zhi dressed as a core disciple of Lingyao Peak, they didn't say anything.

Although Xingfeng is one of the top three inheritances in Taixuanmen, they are just ordinary disciples of Xingfeng after all, and their status and position are far inferior to those of the core disciples of other peaks.

Especially there is a qualitative gap in cultivation.

Among the group of Xingfeng disciples, not a single one’s cultivation had reached the Dao Palace Secret Realm, and even fewer had reached the level of the other shore.

At this moment, many more disciples flew over from the direction of Xingfeng.

Many disciples also flew from other main peaks to watch the fun.

Most of them were like Mingshui and Li Zhi, who were merely standing on the edge of the mountain gate outside Zhuofeng Mountain, participating in the dispute between Xingfeng disciples and Zhuofeng disciples.

But at this moment, Ye Fan on the mountain suddenly sounded the call to retreat, turned around and ran to the top of the mountain and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Those Xingfeng disciples looked at each other, all with confused expressions on their faces.

"What is he doing? Did he see my brother coming and chose to close the door to avoid the fight?"

Li Zhi, who had a keen sense of perception, suddenly looked up in the direction of the top of Zhuofeng Mountain and seemed to sense a mysterious void there.

Li Zhi glanced at all the disciples in front of Zhuofeng Mountain Gate, then pulled Mingshui's sleeve and asked, "Senior Sister, I seem to have seen a mysterious palace suddenly appear in the sky above Zhuofeng. What is that?"

Mingshui's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he blurted out, "Could it be that Zhuofeng's inheritance is about to reappear?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the disciples outside the gate of Zhuofeng Mountain showed expressions of surprise.

They have heard the legend of Zhuofeng from their elders more than once.

That is a supreme secret technique that even the ancient families and holy places would envy.

"Senior Sister, Zhuofeng's inheritance has reappeared, can we learn it?" Li Zhitian's innocent voice sounded again.

Mingshui hesitated and said, "Zhuofeng is different from other peaks. If you learn the secret techniques of Zhuofeng, you will probably have to join Zhuofeng."

Li Zhi said, "In other words, the sect rules do not prohibit disciples from other peaks from learning the secret techniques of Zhuofeng? Senior sister, then you should go up the mountain and gain insights. I heard that the scriptures engraved on the mountain will evolve the true meaning of the Great Dao every time they appear in the world. If you can capture the evolution process of the true meaning of the Great Dao, it will be of great benefit to your future practice."

As soon as these words were spoken, the disciples from other peaks who were originally hesitant in front of the mountain gate of Zhuo Peak climbed up to Zhuo Peak one after another, randomly chose a place, sat cross-legged there and began to attain enlightenment.

We are all disciples of Taixuan Sect, so we naturally know the power of Zhuofeng’s inheritance.

At the same time, we also know that mountains are scriptures and scriptures are mountains.

Everyone followed suit, and soon they all climbed to the top of the Zhuofeng Mountain and began to sit there to attain enlightenment.

However, no one climbed to the top of the mountain. All of them sat below the halfway point to comprehend the avenue of the peak.

Li Zhi also followed Senior Sister Mingshui to the top of Zhuo Peak, hoping to comprehend the true meaning of Zhuo Peak.

at the same time,

On the top of Zhuo Peak, Li Ruoyu seemed to be petrified, sitting cross-legged opposite the Nine-Step Heavenly Ladder. The Nine-Step Heavenly Ladder emitted a hazy halo, which seemed to be constantly expanding, and finally reflected the image of a magnificent building in the void.

It was unknown how much time had passed, but Li Ruoyu slowly rose into the air, pulled by a mysterious force, and directly entered the ethereal palace.

On top of the mountain, within the void, it seemed as if a world was evolving, but it did not emit any rays of light.

However, there seemed to be an inexplicable rhythm of Tao flowing between heaven and earth, evolving the supreme natural laws along an extremely mysterious trajectory.

Afterwards, various mysterious patterns began to arrange and combine, forming words that were full of the true meaning of the Tao. They were the scriptures of sages that carried Zhuofeng's natural Tao.

Deeper in the void, there are even more mysterious runes evolving, which seem to be the magic engraved in the mountain. And all of this evolution process is invisible to the naked eye.

Only by being consistent with Zhuofeng's artistic conception and having a similar state of mind can one capture the process of the birth of the scripture in one's heart.

Senior Sister Mingshui beside Li Zhi seemed to have sensed something, and the "Compendium of Materia Medica" began to run autonomously. At the same time, a mysterious chanting sound was heard in her Taoist palace.

The last hidden treasure of the heart that had not been opened was suddenly opened under the influence of the Tao rhythm of the evolution of all things.

However, Li Zhi, who was sitting next to Mingshui, did not catch any trace of Tao and reason in this process.

Just like other disciples, he could not comprehend Zhuofeng's inheritance no matter how hard he tried.

Li Zhi, feeling somewhat anxious, subconsciously asked for help from the Hundred Herbs Map hidden in the Sea of ​​Bitterness, "Boss Tu, please lend me a hand."

At the same time, he offered all the more than 100 kilograms of source bestowed by the master and elders of Lingyao Peak to the Hundred Herbs Map, and the remaining holy spring water from his cultivation was also watered to the roots of the longevity fruit tree.

Moments after the sacrifice was completed, the longevity fruit tree in the small world suddenly moved without wind, and a mysterious Taoist rhyme emanated from the fruit tree and was directly infused into the "immortal tree" in Li Zhilun's sea.

Li Zhi's mind also quickly merged with the fairy tree.

Then, invisible roots stretched out from his sea of ​​suffering and took root directly in the mountain of Zhuofeng.

The originally invisible trajectory of Tao and reason was now extremely clearly imprinted in Li Zhi's mind.

It seemed that at this moment, the fairy tree world and Zhuofeng merged together and became a part of Zhuofeng.

But he was like a bystander flipping through a book, using the "immortal tree" as his eyes to directly see Zhuofeng's inheritance.

It was as if the scriptures and secret techniques imprinted within the mountain no longer protected him from attack.

At the same time, the Stealing Heaven's Secret Breathing Method began to operate autonomously, and a trace of natural force accumulated by Zhuo Feng was also absorbed by Li Zhi's body, giving his flesh and blood a sense of returning to nature.

It was as if there was no longer any barrier between me and the natural world.

Even if he doesn't practice the "Eternal Life Locking Body Technique", as long as he wants to calm his energy and blood, his vast energy and blood will not leak out at all.

The inheritance of Zhuofeng reappeared. Although there was no grand scene of fairy mist and fairy music, the Taoist charm it exuded still alarmed the strong men on other main peaks. They looked far away and could even see Li Ruoyu directly in the palace.

Not long after, the commotion on Zhuo Peak alarmed the headmaster of Taixuan Sect and the supreme elders.

They flew in from the floating mountain and stood on the clouds, looking at Li Ruoyu who was gaining enlightenment on the ninth-level ladder.

Almost all the powerful men focused their attention on Li Ruoyu. As for Ye Fan on the top of the mountain and the disciples below the mountainside, they all ignored them.

Only they knew in their hearts that even if Zhuofeng's inheritance was opened, it would be very difficult to comprehend the true meaning of Zhuofeng's inheritance scriptures.

Otherwise, the master of Zhuo Peak and the supreme elder of Yaoguang Holy Land would not have died together, and the inheritance of Zhuo Peak would not have been cut off for the most part.

If you want to practice Zhuofeng’s inheritance, you not only need a strong understanding, but also a suitable state of mind.

When Zhuofeng was at his peak, few people had that kind of understanding and state of mind.

Therefore, the head master and the strong men from each peak did not think that those ordinary disciples could gain anything.

The fact was just as they expected. Apart from Senior Sister Mingshui who seemed to be influenced by the rhythm of nature, which deepened her understanding of the "Compendium of Materia Medica" and directly opened the last secret treasure of the Taoist Palace, the other disciples were either scratching their heads or pretending to think hard. They didn't look like they had seen the true scriptures at all.

This fact cannot be hidden from the discerning eyes of the Sect Master and the Supreme Elder.

However, Li Zhi's process of comprehending Zhuo Feng's fundamental scriptures and the secret of the word "Jie" was extremely smooth, so smooth that it seemed unreal.

It was as if Zhuofeng’s fundamental scriptures and riddles were placed before him for him to read at will.

There was no sign of enlightenment on his face, as if he was just sitting there reading a book.

After memorizing the scriptures of the Great Way of Nature and the riddle, Li Zhi retracted the invisible roots of the immortal tree.

Then he sat there thinking about the longevity fruit tree in the Hundred Herbs Map.

The fruit trees are abnormal, very abnormal.

It is not an ordinary demigod fruit tree at all.

The Tao rhythm that was just injected into the immortal tree was like drinking a pot of enlightenment tea.

Could it be that the first generation owner of the Hundred Herbs Picture, Taoist Changshou, did not choose to become a Taoist at the end of his life, but instead poured everything he had into this fruit tree, thus making the fruit tree complete?

Otherwise, how could the essence of a mere Great Sage produce a fruit that possessed almost 60% of the efficacy of the elixir of immortality?

The fact that the Taoist priest of longevity could live for fifteen thousand years shows that the source of his life force was at least as strong as that of an ordinary emperor.

The more Li Zhi thought about it, the more he felt that the situation behind this quasi-imperial weapon was somewhat complicated and far from as simple as he had previously understood.

Now that he has joined Taixuan Sect under the pseudonym Li Changshou, could this be a kind of karma and reincarnation?

Li Zhi had a thoughtful expression on his face, even frowned, and sat there in a daze.

To outsiders, it seemed that he was frowning because he had not gained anything.

It was not until Senior Sister Mingshui called him that Li Zhi came back to his senses.

"Little Changshou, what were you thinking about just now? I called you several times, but you didn't respond." Senior Sister Mingshui said with a bright smile. It seemed that she was very satisfied with the harvest just now.

Li Zhi looked at Senior Sister Mingshui's happy expression and asked, "Senior Sister, how much have you learned? I just counted and there are so many of us sitting here to comprehend the truth, but only you seem to have realized something. The rest of us have gained nothing."

Senior Sister Mingshui said happily: "Although I failed to comprehend Zhuofeng's fundamental text, under the influence of that Dao rhyme, I unexpectedly opened the last divine treasure of the Dao Palace Secret Realm, which at least saved me three to five years of hard practice. Soon, I will be able to cultivate the Dao Palace Secret Realm to the perfect state."

Li Zhi quickly congratulated her, "Congratulations, Senior Sister, on your successful achievement."

Mingshui looked at the disciples who were gathering in front of Zhuofeng Mountain Gate and said, "Let's go back. Senior Sister, I will cook a big meal to celebrate. We will bring some delicious food to thank Master Li in a few days. I guess Master Li doesn't have time to entertain us now."

Hearing this, Li Zhi volunteered: "Senior sister, I can grill meat."

The departure of the two did not attract the attention of other disciples, and even the elders did not pay attention to them.

They are just too ordinary.

Only the master of Lingyao Peak, who had come to wait for Li Ruoyu to show up, showed a look of satisfaction after seeing Mingshui and Li Zhi.

The cultivation of his core disciples has greatly improved, and he, as the peak master, is also proud.

Unlike the disciples at Xingfeng, there were dozens of disciples seeking enlightenment there, but none of them gained anything.

(End of this chapter)