Chapter 79: Immortal Scriptures
"Have you heard that Tianyao Baoque is preparing to auction off holy weapons and saintly scriptures?"

"Is this true? Heavenly Demon Treasure Palace is so generous?"

"Your information is outdated. I heard that there are not only holy weapons, but also a group of kingly divine weapons."

"I have also heard about this news. It is said that there are still some cultivation scriptures and notes left by the king."

"Your information is accurate. My ancestor's senior brother's ancestor has received an invitation from Tianyao Baoque. It is said that the items for this auction are very rich, including magic weapons, skills, and materials. Whoever can buy all those items will have enough to establish a great sect."

"Has Tianyao Baoque gone mad? It actually auctioned off so many treasures at once."

"Who knows? However, recently, the great elders of the major holy places, the giants of the demon race, the dynasties of Zhongzhou, the mighty ones of Beiyuan, and the divine monks of Ximo have almost all received invitations from Tianyao Palace. I think the special auction held by Tianyao Baoque this time should not be fake news."

"It is indeed true. Yesterday I saw the chariot of the great man of the ancient Ji family and the chariot of the great man of the ancient Jiang family outside the city. They have already arrived in the Holy City."

"I also heard that the Queen Mother of Yaochi Holy Land was alarmed and wanted to come to the Holy City in person."

Walking on the streets of the Holy City, Li Zhi heard countless news about the Tianyao Baoque special auction.

In this way, Li Zhi searched for the items he needed while observing the movements in the holy city.

After Tianyao Baoque released the news of the special auction, the Holy City really became lively.

All the major forces reacted very quickly, and almost all of them sent powerful people to participate in the auction.

Even many holy masters of holy places went to the holy city in person.

Many heads of major families also showed up.

But what surprised Li Zhi was that the monks from the Five Elements Palace, the Illusion Palace and the Wanjie Sect seemed indifferent.

It seemed that they didn't care about those things that obviously came from the ancestral tombs of their respective religions, and not a single important figure came to the holy city.

Not to mention that their headmaster or supreme elder came in person, even the disciples who were previously active in the holy city were suddenly summoned back.

Not only Li Zhi felt strange, but even Yao Yuekong was very confused about this.

Logically speaking, in order to prevent the leakage of their own scriptures, they would communicate with Tianyao Baoque in advance, and then spend a large price to "redeem" those scriptures back.

However, the reaction of the three religions was too indifferent. They did not send anyone to communicate with Tianyao Baoque as Yao Yuekong had expected.

They neither sent anyone to confirm whether the items being auctioned at Tianyao Baoque were their family's property, nor did they send anyone to conduct a high-profile search to find out who had dug up their ancestral grave.

It was as if nothing had happened.

In order to prevent the three families from not getting the news of the auction, Yao Yuekong also sent people to deliver invitations to the three religions, and even sent people to secretly investigate whether their ancestral tombs had been robbed.

But the news that came back made Yao Yuekong fall into deep thought.

There are no signs of theft at the location of the ancestral tombs of the three religions.

Moreover, the leaders of the three religions all refused to participate in the special auction. Their reasons were surprisingly consistent: they could not compete with those holy places and aristocratic families.

This reaction of the three religions also made those who wanted to laugh at them a little confused.

at the same time,

Inside the Yao Chi Stone Archway in the Holy City, powerful people from the ancient Ji family, the ancient Jiang family and the Yaoguang Holy Land all came secretly to visit the Queen Mother of Yao Chi.

And what they discussed went straight to the heart of the matter.

In an elegantly decorated quiet room heavily guarded by formations, the great man of the Ji family said, "The ancestral tombs of the three religions were robbed. It should not be the work of the unscrupulous Taoist Duan De as publicized by the Heavenly Demon Palace."

Duan De had appeared in the Ji family's cemetery before, and was finally scared away by the Ji family's powerful man, so the Ji family knew something about Duan De.

The Jiang family's great man directly asked the Queen Mother of Yaochi who was present: "Daoyou have been to the three religions before, did you gain anything else?"

The Queen Mother of Yaochi said in a deep voice: "I invited all of you Taoist friends to come here to discuss this matter. The three religions are already frightened and dare not react at all."

The mighty one from Yaoguang Holy Land asked, "What could have frightened a large sect so much that it dared not respond to such evil deeds?"

"Underworld," Queen Mother Yao Chi said only two words, and the other three powerful men immediately fell silent.

Others may not know what the underworld is, but as a force with the power to suppress the emperor's soldiers, they know it clearly.

Especially the Yao Chi Holy Land, which is almost a mortal enemy of the underworld.

When the sacred land of Yao Chi abandoned its old site and moved to its present location, it had something to do with the underworld.

At that time, the ghost soldiers from the underworld used some unknown means to break through the defense of the Fairy Tears Green Gold Tower and directly entered the Yaochi Fairy Lake, intending to take away the Queen Mother of the West and the Great Saint Body who were sleeping at the bottom of the fairy lake, thus triggering the backup plan arranged by the Wu Shi Great Emperor.

Although the underworld's ghost soldiers failed to succeed in leading the Queen Mother of the West and the Great Saint Body, the foundation of the Yao Chi was greatly reduced in one day.

Even the Fairy Pond experienced strange changes because of this, and the entire Yaochi Holy Land had to be relocated.

When this generation's Queen Mother of the West learned that stone tablets inscribed with "The Underworld is the final resting place of all spirits" had appeared in the three religions at the same time, she immediately set out to investigate the matter in person.

Originally, the three religions were clamoring to seek revenge on the tomb robbers.

But after the Queen Mother of the West explained to them the horrors of the underworld, the leaders and elders of the three religions immediately wilted.

The holy places that possessed the imperial weapons all found the underworld terrifying. How could their great sects, which were not even holy places, fight against the mysterious underworld?

Therefore, after discussing, the great powers of the three religions all chose to give in unanimously.

If you can't afford to provoke someone, you can always avoid him.

After the storm, they are still a major sect dominating the Northern Territory.

Because they found that the situation underground was really like the passage of ghost soldiers described by the Queen Mother of the West.

There were even strange sounds of chanting echoing in those burial pits.

Some elders who went down to investigate the situation all had a strange feeling that their souls were about to be sent to reincarnation after hearing the chanting.

Combined with the warning of Queen Mother of the West, the three religions simply chose to be cowards.

Although the three religions retreated, Queen Mother of the West felt that the matter was not that simple. After arriving at the Holy City, she directly invited the other three powerful men who possessed imperial military power.

The forces with imperial weapons and the forces without imperial weapons are two completely different levels of forces.

When faced with a real crisis, forces without imperial soldiers were directly excluded from the group that could negotiate on an equal footing.

For example, now, so many powerful people from the East Desert Holy Land and aristocratic families have come to the Holy City, but the Queen Mother of the West has only invited powerful people from the Ji family, the Jiang family and the Yaoguang Holy Land to discuss matters related to the suspected birth of the underworld.

The Jiang family's great man said in a heavy tone: "Is it possible that the East Wasteland is going to see another dark turmoil?"

The great man of the Ji family said: "The underworld is different from other forbidden areas of life. It will not directly launch dark turmoil. Perhaps there is a deeper reason."

The mighty one from Yaoguang Holy Land said in a very stern manner: "We don't need to have any wild thoughts, we just need to prepare for war."

The Queen Mother of Yaochi shook her head and said, "Preparing for war makes too much noise and will cause unnecessary panic. Besides, the situation is unclear now. Let's wait until the Tianyao Baoque special auction begins and make a decision after we contact the cultivator who provided the auction items."

The Jiang family master said: "Although there is no need to prepare for war for the time being, some methods that can restrain the underworld's ghost soldiers and cultivators with special bodies need to be collected and trained in advance."

"What you said makes sense, fellow Daoist." The other three agreed with the suggestion of the Jiang family's powerful man.

After sending off the three powerful men, Queen Mother of Yao Chi asked someone to call the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi over.

"Master? Why did you come to the Holy City?" After seeing the Queen Mother, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi showed a hint of surprise in her eyes. It was obvious that the Queen Mother of Yao Chi came to the Holy City secretly.

The Queen Mother of Yaochi had no intention of reminiscing with the Saint of Yaochi, and asked directly, "Yao'er, can you still contact the little Taoist priest who accompanied you into the Taichu restricted area?"

A trace of doubt rose in Yao Chi Saint's heart, and she said, "Master, are you talking about the Taoist priest Changshou?"

The Queen Mother of Yaochi nodded and said, "It's him."

Yao Chi Saint asked: "What happened to him?"

The Queen Mother said, "Not long after you returned to Yaochi, the young Taoist priest reappeared in Yuancheng. Someone saw him being followed by the elders of the Hualong Secret Realm of Huanmie Palace. Later, the two elders of Huanmie Palace died."

Yao Chi Saintess was somewhat surprised and asked, "Was it Taoist Changshou who killed him?"

The Queen Mother shook her head and said, "I don't know. However, some people saw Jian Wuji of the Five Elements Palace and Lei Long of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect appear in Yuancheng, but they are all dead now. After that, the ancestral tombs of the three religions were robbed. It is certain that the items auctioned at the Demon Treasure Palace today all came from the ancestral tombs of the three religions."

The Queen Mother of the West was very well-informed. She analyzed from clues that the changes in the three religions seemed to be related to Li Zhi.

But he was not sure whether there was some special connection between Li Zhi and the underworld.

After all, the sentence "The underworld is the final resting place of all souls" seems to be full of demonic meaning, and few cultivators know it.

If it weren't for the fact that Yao Chi used the West Emperor Tower to kill a strange being from the underworld, he wouldn't have had the chance to hear the demonic words shouted by the other party before he died.

Therefore, the Holy Land of Yao Chi is extremely sensitive to the emergence of the underworld.

Recalling the various miraculous performances of Li Zhi, the Saint Lady of Yao Chi began to believe the Queen Mother's guess.

I guess it was Li Zhi who did it.

Yao Chi Saintess said: "I don't have a way to contact him. But I know someone who seems to be able to contact Taoist Changshou."

The Queen Mother of Yaochi asked, "Who is it?"

Yao Chi Saint said: "Saint Body Ye Fan."

Yao Chi Queen Mother frowned slightly and said, "Is it the Saint Body Ye Fan who suppressed the Golden Winged Little Peng King, the Yaoguang Saint Son and the Saint Daughter in Licheng a few days ago? How did they know each other?"

Yao Chi Saintess thought for a moment and replied, "These are all my guesses. When we met at the Taichu Ancient Mine, I didn't know that the young Taoist who was proficient in the source technique was Saint Body Ye Fan. Now that I think about it, when I mentioned Taoist Changshou in front of Ye Fan that day, Saint Body Ye Fan's reaction seemed to be that they had known each other for a long time. Even when Saint Body Ye Fan was practicing in the Taichu Forbidden Zone, he didn't show much surprise, as if he knew that Taoist Changshou had this ability."

The Queen Mother of Yaochi said: "Saint Body Ye Fan is also a little sly. The Ji family and the Yaoguang Holy Land are hunting him all over the world. It is not easy to find him."

Yao Chi Saint said: "Saint Body Ye Fan is on good terms with the descendants of those great bandits, and the cultivation of the Saint Body requires a vast amount of source stones. If I am right, he should come to the Holy City soon. After all, the Holy City is where a vast amount of source stones are gathered. At that time, I only need to pay attention to the movements of the descendants of those great bandits, and I have a great chance of finding Saint Body Ye Fan."

The Queen Mother of Yaochi said, "I'll leave this matter to you."

Yao Chi Saintess said: "I will definitely live up to Master's trust."

Just when the Saint of Yao Chi was planning to find Li Zhi through Ye Fan, Li Zhi had already used the Star Dao Fire under the Holy City to refine the Star God Iron Furnace into a real magic furnace.

At this moment, he has begun his journey to visit various stone archways.

Compared to those luxurious places of enjoyment filled with decadent music, Li Zhi prefers the environment of major stone archways.

There you can not only see all kinds of strange stones, but also witness extreme joy, sorrow and sadness, which is of great benefit to your spiritual cultivation.

However, Li Zhi only looked and did not buy. Even if the stone was worth only ten kilograms, he would not be tempted at all.

Because he had no confidence at all when it came to gambling on stones.

When gambling on stones, if you don’t have the ability to see through the cheating methods of the stones, you are just wasting your resources.

It is said that nine out of ten gambling cases are scams, and gambling on stones is similar. You will never win if you rely solely on luck.

Only by cheating can you become the final winner.

Li Zhi never believed in the existence of so-called experts in gambling on stones.

At the gambling table, he trusts more those masters who can see through the other party's cards.

However, Li Zhi lacked the means to see through the stone skin, so he would not gamble, not even a pound of source.

If these source stones are still buried deep under the earth, he can also judge whether they are valuable based on the theory of vitality in the Feng Shui Burial Sutra, just like the stone he found near the Taichu Ancient Mine.

However, this kind of source stone, which had changed its original environment and was placed in the open air in the stone workshop, made many of Li Zhi's theories invalid.

As for the stone he dug out, he would not be able to unlock it until his cultivation reached a certain level. He believed that the things in the stone must be extraordinary.

After visiting those small stone gambling shops, Li Zhi came to the stone shop of Daoyi Holy Land.

The environment there is elegant, and there is an ancient Taoist temple.

Many big trees are planted around those Taoist temples, which are lush and green. In this worldly world, Daoyi Stone Archway is much quieter than other places, giving a feeling of returning to nature.

It seemed as if the aura of a great road was flowing through the stone archway, and even the guests coming in and out could not disturb the tranquility.

Li Zhi also followed the crowd into the stone archway, looking left and right along the way, trying to determine which source stone the human-shaped elixir of immortality was within.

However, after looking around, I didn't see any source stone that looked like the original stone that sealed the elixir of immortality.

There are millions of source stones in Daoyi Stone Workshop. Trying to pick out a seemingly ordinary stone from it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Finally, Li Zhi came to the Tianzihao Stone Garden in Daoyi Stone Archway.

The price of each piece of stone in the stone garden is extremely exaggerated, and the minimum is several thousand kilograms of pure source.

Therefore, there are almost no stone gamblers here picking stones, and it seems particularly quiet.

When Li Zhi walked into the Tianzihao Stone Garden, he saw three old Taoist priests and a middle-aged Taoist nun drinking tea and discussing Taoism under an old vine.

When they saw Li Zhi, who was dressed in Taoist robes, coming in, they did not stop to greet Li Zhi.

Instead, a beautiful young Taoist priestess, after seeing Li Zhi, indicated that he could choose any stone from the area.

Afterwards, the Taoist girl continued to observe the stones in the stone garden, as if she was also looking for an opportunity.

Li Zhi bowed slightly to the Taoist girl, and then they started to look at the stones in the garden as if they had nothing to do with each other.

He looked very carefully, because he knew that there was an elixir of immortality in this stone garden, but after observing for a long time, he could not confirm whether it was inside the source stone.

In his opinion, the source stones here are no different from those in the stone garden outside.

Finally, Li Zhi walked up to the Nine-Aperture Stone Man and stopped again.

After observing the stone man for a long time, Li Zhi sighed softly and muttered in a low voice: "Daoyou is also unfortunate. He was born in the wrong era and his transformation was interrupted by others. I think he must be unwilling to accept it."

Then Li Zhi placed one hand on the center of the eyebrows of the Nine-Aperture Stone Man, trying to comprehend the great Dao contained in the stone man's body, but in the end he gained nothing.

"The world is vast, the path to immortality is long, the passage of time and the passage of time have completely wiped out the immortal laws in Brother Dao's body."

After a burst of emotion in his heart, Li Zhi sat cross-legged in front of the Nine-Aperture Stone Man and began to gain enlightenment.

It seemed as if he would not give up until he understood the immortal principles hidden in the stone man's body.

As Li Zhi gradually entered the realm of Tao, a Taoist aura emanated from him.

At the same time, it seemed that an invisible tree of the road appeared between him and the stone man, and it grew rapidly.

In an instant, it turned into a towering divine tree emitting endless Taoist charm, drawing in all the Taos of heaven and earth, and enveloping Li Zhi and the Nine-Aperture Stone Man in endless Taoist charm.

Li Zhi's mind seemed to be pulled into an ocean of Tao, and gradually he was able to sense the special Tao rhyme coming from the Nine-Aperture Stone Man.

I don’t know how much time had passed, but Li Zhi felt an extreme sword energy from the stone man, which seemed to be able to slay dragons and destroy immortals.

Under the entanglement of the Dao rhyme, the ultimate sword energy turned into a symbol of the Dao, and gradually turned into an immortal scripture in Li Zhi's mind.

The immortal scripture seemed incomplete, with loopholes everywhere, but Li Zhi could still roughly comprehend that it was a kind of immortal sword technique.

That sword technique seemed to possess supreme power to create the world.

But now it is extremely incomplete, not even one-tenth of the original text.

Li Zhi seemed to also feel an extreme resentment, as if the stone man's path to the Holy Spirit was interrupted and he could never return to the immortal path.

At the same time, an inexplicable aura emerged from his body.

It directly affects the external environment of heaven and earth.

The old Taoist priests and nuns in the Tianzihao Stone Garden, as well as the beautiful young Taoist priestess, were all alarmed by the aura emanating from Li Zhi.

No one immediately dodged and appeared ten meters behind Li Zhi, and restrained their breath for fear of disturbing Li Zhi who was gaining enlightenment.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Zhi suddenly opened his eyes, sighed, and said to the Nine-Aperture Stone Man, "Well, let me see you off for the last time."

“Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth, and the soul returns to Hou Tu. The human path is vast, and the immortal path is vague. The mortal world is full of worries, but death is not to be feared. Death is not the end of life, but the beginning of reincarnation. I wish fellow Taoists can find a new starting point on the road of reincarnation. The compassionate and virtuous Hou Tu, the infinite heavenly master!”

As Li Zhi chanted the "Hou Tu Rebirth Sutra", a special aura that made everyone's soul tremble seemed to appear in the Tianzihao Stone Garden of Daoyi Stone Arch.

The breath came and went quickly, and when Li Zhi stopped chanting, it completely disappeared.

The five Taoists standing behind Li Zhi were all shocked by this scene.

When everything faded away, the Tao aura around Li Zhi was completely absorbed into his body, making him become ordinary again.

But the five people present can all be considered Taoist masters, so it is clear that Li Zhi is special.

"Fellow Taoist, what were you doing just now?" An old Taoist priest actually called Li Zhi like this.

"Send a fellow immortal who is in trouble to reincarnation." Li Zhi said lightly after turning around and seeing the five Taoists from Daoyi Holy Land.

"My friend?" The Taoist girl stared at Li Zhi with wide eyes and asked, "Do you know what is hidden inside this nine-hole stone man?"

Li Zhi said, "The secret of heaven cannot be revealed."

"Are you bragging?" The young Taoist girl seemed somewhat dissatisfied with Li Zhi's answer and said directly.

"Wulian Tianzun, fellow Taoist, just treat this as me bragging."

After finishing speaking, Li Zhi planned to leave the Tianzihao Stone Garden of Daoyi Stone Square.

Having obtained a incomplete immortal scripture from the body of the Nine-Aperture Stone Man, Li Zhi now urgently wants to comprehend the specific content of the immortal scripture.

I don't have time to chat with the people from Daoyi Holy Land.

Moreover, Li Zhi also wanted to know what kind of existence the invisible fairy tree that could guide all the paths was. It could help him absorb the pure spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and even the Xuanhuang essence.

Now it can even transform into the "Ten Thousand Dao Tree", allowing him to connect with the Nine-Aperture Stone Man on the level of Dao.

This ability to help people attain enlightenment is comparable to that of the ancient tea tree.

Li Zhi wanted to leave, but the Taoists in Daoyi Stone Archway were unwilling to let him go.

"I think you must be digesting what you have just learned. I dare not say that Daoyi Stone Square is the best place for enlightenment in the Holy City, but it is definitely one of the most peaceful and natural places. You can rest assured to meditate and comprehend the great Dao here."

An old Taoist priest warmly invited Li Zhi to stay, and then he said to the beautiful young Taoist priest: "Yuchen, take this Taoist friend to the Three Saints Temple to rest."

The Taoist girl walked up to Li Zhi, her eyes clear and her voice like the sound of nature, with a hint of curiosity and expectation, and said, "Daoyou, please follow me."

Seeing that Li Zhi had no intention of following her, the Taoist girl continued, "We are all Taoists, so it is only natural for us to entertain fellow Taoists. Moreover, in this holy city, there is no place closer to nature than our Daoyi Stone Archway. The Three Saints Temple in our stone archway was once home to three ancient saints, which will be very helpful for you to comprehend what you have just learned."

"Thank you all for your kindness, fellow Taoists."

Finally, at the enthusiastic invitation of the Taoists in the Daoyi Holy Land, Li Zhi followed the Taoist girl to the San Sheng Temple in the Daoyi Stone Archway.

On the way, the Taoist girl asked curiously: "Daoist friend, what is your Taoist name? My Taoist name is Yuchen."

"I call myself Changshou, you can call me Taoist Changshou." Li Zhi said.

The Taoist girl's eyes flashed with surprise, and she said, "How old are you? You actually call yourself the Taoist of Longevity. You are too much..."

For a moment, the Taoist girl didn't know how to evaluate Li Zhi.

Just after the two left, three old Taoists and a Taoist nun surrounded the nine-hole stone man and kept looking at it.

But after looking for a long time, I found nothing.

Finally, the middle-aged Taoist nun said, "If you want to know the secret of the stone man, I'm afraid you can only learn it from the young Taoist priest."

The old Taoist priest said, "That young Taoist priest looks a few years younger than Yu Chen. The two young people should have a lot of common topics."

The old Taoist's meaning was very clear. He wanted the young Taoist to get specific information about the Nine-Aperture Stone Man from Li Zhi.

Could it be that there was a remnant soul hidden in the stone man's body?
(End of this chapter)