Chapter 80 Dragon Slaying Sword Technique
At the Daoyi Holy Land Stone Archway, under the guidance of the young Taoist priest, Li Zhi was quickly brought to the San Sheng Temple.

A small Taoist temple covering only half an acre.

Inside the Taoist temple, there are three trees with very thick branches and lush leaves, which almost occupy half of the temple.

The young Taoist nun Yuchen introduced to Li Zhi: "Friend Changshou, these three trees were planted by the saints who lived here in the past. The oldest one has a history of tens of thousands of years."

Li Zhi looked at the branches of the big tree. They were vigorous and strong, but without any signs of decay. He immediately felt an extraordinary artistic conception, as if this was the true meaning of immortality.

Without any intelligence, relying solely on instinct, it can survive in the world for tens of thousands of years without decaying.

Looking at the three ordinary trees, Li Zhi's mind flew beyond the sky, and he remembered the method of nurturing the immortal tree in the Taoist Palace Secret Realm.

Perhaps, nurturing the immortal tree in the Taoist palace is not the only option. This ordinary life that can achieve immortality in the ordinary is the true meaning of human immortality.

Because no matter how much you imitate the elixir, it will never be possible to produce the elixir's unique wheel of longevity in your body.

Seeing that Li Zhi seemed to have understood something, the little Taoist nun Yuchen stood quietly beside him and waited.

After more than three hours, the Taoist girl finally spoke: "Fellow Taoist Changshou, you are really special. You are also the first guest who had an epiphany after seeing these three trees. Can you tell me what you realized?"

A glimmer of wisdom flashed in Li Zhi's eyes, and he said, "The way of man is to live forever."

The Taoist girl looked at him with confusion and asked, "What is the human way of immortality? Is there a difference between the human way and the immortal way of immortality?"

Li Zhi nodded and said, "There are indeed two types of immortality: human immortality and immortality. You practice cultivation and comprehend the laws of the world, and you are on the road to immortality. What you pursue is immortality, but human immortality is different. You strive to achieve immortality in the mortal world."

The Taoist girl said, "Is there any difference?"

Li Zhi said, "Yes, and the difference is huge. The immortal path is based on the immortal laws. As long as we can transform the great laws we have mastered into immortal laws, we can achieve the status of a true immortal and embark on the immortal path. Human immortality is different. The great laws we have comprehended do not transform into immortal laws, but continue to transform in the mortal world until the years pass and we achieve the immortality of the human world."

At this moment, Li Zhi suddenly realized that the five secret realms left by Emperor Huang Tian seemed to be pursuing not immortality but human immortality, and did not require one's own path to transform into immortal laws.

Instead, we constantly use the myriad laws of heaven and earth in the outside world to sharpen the internal avenues that support the five secret realms of the human body, allowing the inner avenues to last forever in this sharpening, and eventually achieve the fruit of immortality in the human way, which is the legendary immortal in the mortal world.

Of course, strictly speaking, the Red Dust Immortal is not an immortal, but a human.

If you want to truly become an immortal, you must overcome the heavenly tribulation and withstand the torture of the heavenly tribulation before you can truly become an immortal.

However, there is no necessary connection between whether one can overcome the tribulation and become an immortal and whether one can cultivate the human way and achieve immortality.

In an instant, Li Zhi's understanding of the five secret realms had a qualitative leap. Even his Wheel Sea Secret Realm and the Liver Divine Treasure of the Dao Palace Secret Realm that had already been opened were affected, and there seemed to be an additional aura of transcendence.

Li Zhi also became a more ordinary person, as if he could jump out of the world at any time.

It's just like the aura exuded by those who go against the Great Dao.

The little Taoist nun Yuchen, who had been observing Li Zhi attentively, now had a bright look in her eyes, as if she had been inspired. Taoist aura surged from her body, as if she was about to break through her current realm.

"Fellow Daoist Changshou, you can go to the main hall to rest. No one will disturb you. What you said just now has given me a lot of inspiration. I am also going to go into seclusion."

After saying that, the Taoist girl hurried to the side hall of the Taoist temple, sat on a cushion and began to comprehend the great Dao.

Seeing this, Li Zhi also walked into the main hall.

There are no statues of the Three Pure Ones enshrined in the hall, but only three portraits hanging on the wall, which seem to be the three ancient saints who had lived here as mentioned by the little Taoist nun Yuchen.

Li Zhi sat on the cushion in front of the portrait and soon began to meditate.

At the same time, the other four unopened divine treasures in the secret realm of Li Zhidao Palace showed signs of being opened, as if as long as he wanted, he could immediately open the next divine treasure in the Taoist Palace.

However, Li Zhi was not in a hurry, because he had not yet undergone a complete transformation and was not in a hurry to open the next divine treasure.

According to Li Zhi's plan, he will undergo five transformations in the Taoist Palace Secret Realm.

Even if the five transformations are not complete, it is better than nothing.

When he completes five transformations in the Taoist Palace Secret Realm, his immortal body will surely reach the minor success level directly like his holy body.

All the blood in the body will also transform into silver-red blood of immortality.

By then, his vitality will surge and he will become a real invincible cockroach, and his blood bar will grow to an extremely exaggerated thickness.

There is no other cultivator of the same level in the world who can compete with him in vitality.

Sitting cross-legged on the cushion that the saint once sat on, Li Zhi began to comprehend the immortal scriptures he had learned from the body of the nine-orifice stone man.

The nine-orifice stone men that appear between heaven and earth, except for a small number of them that are born and raised as innate stone fetuses, the vast majority are acquired creatures, or even immortal creatures, who evolved into stone men through their flesh after their extinction.

From this perspective, Li Zhi's understanding of the Nine-Aperture Stone Man surpasses that of other cultivators.

Moreover, in today's era, there are also cultivators who choose to actively transform into stone fetuses for transformation, such as Emperor Yuhua.

Therefore, it was not surprising at all that Li Zhi was able to comprehend the incomplete parts of the immortal scripture in the stone womb.

If he didn't sense anything, Li Zhi would feel that the Nine-Aperture Stone Man was not worthy of its name.

After carefully studying the scripture, Li Zhi gradually comprehended a sword technique.

Those incomplete immortal scriptures created a magnificent picture in his heart.

An immortal holding a magic sword waved the sword in his hand, releasing unparalleled sword energy, and killed a real dragon with a dark body with one sword.

Then, dragon blood spilled all over the earth and invaded the bodies of other creatures, causing those creatures to transform into evil dragons.

The sword-wielding immortal swung the sword once again, releasing a burst of sword energy that killed all the evil dragons, restoring peace and tranquility to the world.

The scene ends here.

In the end, Li Zhi comprehended two sword moves from the Taoist rhyme, one to slay the dragon and the other to destroy the dragon.

To slay a dragon means to slay a real dragon in the battle formation.

To destroy a dragon means to destroy all dragons.

One is simple, the other is complex; one gathers and the other disperses; all are in perfect harmony and form, as if this is how the sword art in the world should be.

Although there are only two moves, Li Zhi named it "Dragon Slaying Sword Technique".

Although it is not known whether the Nine-Aperture Stone Man was a true sword immortal in his previous life, the sword-fighting concepts he learned from the incomplete scriptures gave Li Zhi a deep understanding of the sword-fighting.

All great principles are like this. Between simplicity and complexity, gathering and dispersion, the true great principles are revealed.

There are not so many fancy things in the world. Most of them are somewhere between simple and complex, which is why they appear varied.

In fact, it is enough to be able to achieve extreme simplicity and extreme complexity.

If it is still not enough, it only means that the understanding of the Great Dao is not deep enough, and you are at a disadvantage in the Dao level. This disadvantage in the Dao level is a gap that cannot be made up by any skills, even the legendary "all" secret and the fighting sacred method cannot make up for the gap in the Dao realm.

Li Zhi also practiced the "皆" character secret, so he naturally knew the power of the "皆" character secret.

Moreover, Li Zhi discovered that the secret of the word "皆" seemed to really be able to enhance people's understanding.

After being triggered, one will briefly enter a realm similar to "God's Forbidden Zone". Standing in the God's Forbidden Zone will not only multiply the combat power, but also make enlightenment much easier.

Therefore, during his daily enlightenment, Li Zhi would often choose to trigger the secret of the word "皆" to assist in his enlightenment.

It is rumored in the world that a strong person at the level of the Great Emperor can permanently reside in the "God-forbidden" area, and the world has no way of guessing how powerful the Great Emperor is.

Even the people around them could not clearly know how many times the Great Emperor's combat effectiveness increased after he became an emperor compared to when he was in the ninth level of quasi-emperor.

Residing permanently in the forbidden area of ​​God almost gives a person the terrifying ability to be omniscient and omnipotent within a certain range.

This ability is simply beyond description.

At least when Li Zhi triggered the secret of the word "all" and briefly entered a state of enlightenment similar to the forbidden realm of gods, he realized much more than when he did not trigger the secret of the word "all".

In the same amount of time, what can be realized is almost ten or even a hundred times different.

The ability to sense the remaining traces of immortal scriptures from the body of the Nine-Aperture Stone Man was also thanks to Li Zhi's successful triggering of the "all" secret.

Otherwise, with his level of comprehension, he probably wouldn't be able to comprehend the incomplete rhyme of the immortal scriptures hidden in the body of the nine-orifice stone man.

The immortal scripture that Li Zhi comprehended did not mean that there was really an incomplete immortal scripture in the body of the Nine-Aperture Stone Man, but rather the remaining immortal rhyme.

Just like when Ye Fan comprehended the Western Emperor's Legacy Inscriptions at the old site of Yao Chi and comprehended the Taoist Palace Scroll of the Western Emperor's Sutra, they were all cultivation scriptures transformed by the rhythm of Taoism.

The Taoist rhyme of the immortal scriptures in the Nine-Aperture Stone Man was so incomplete that it only allowed Li Zhi to comprehend the way of attack, but failed to comprehend the fundamental method of cultivation.

I have to say, this is also a pity.

But for Li Zhi, the gain this time was huge.

It is much more cost-effective than simply obtaining the dragon-patterned black gold sword in the body of the Nine-Aperture Stone Man.

Moreover, without spending a single pound of resources, he became a guest of honor at Daoyi Holy Land.

Perhaps, because we are all Taoists, there is a natural sense of closeness.

Although the Taoist priest Li Zhi is a fake Taoist priest, as the anonymous disciple of the real Taoist priest Duan De, he cannot be considered a fake Taoist priest.

At least the old and young Taoist priests in Daoyi Holy Land did not doubt his identity as a Taoist priest.

Just as Li Zhi and the young Taoist girl were in seclusion, the special auction of Tianyao Baoque was about to be held.

But when the day came, Li Zhi still hadn't delivered the items.

Yao Yuekong sent people to the inn in the Five Elements Palace to look for Li Zhi, but they did not see him in person. Instead, they met a strange child of seven or eight years old in his room.

The child handed a letter and a bag to Lu Lao who went to Tianyao Baoque to look for someone.

Afterwards, Old Lu returned to the Tianyao Treasure Palace with the letter and the bag.

Yao Yuekong opened the envelope and saw some words of thanks written on it.

Then Li Zhi told Yao Yuekong in the letter that all the proceeds from the auction were put into that bag, and the bag should be hung on the eaves bell of Tianyao Baoque the day after the auction, and Li Zhi would send someone to pick it up.

As for the items, he had already put them in the bag.

His words and deeds showed an attitude of extraordinary trust towards Tianyao Baoque, and he didn't seem to worry that Tianyao Baoque would embezzle his auction proceeds.

After reading the letter, Yao Yuekong frowned and said to Lu Lao, "Lu Lao, you can open the bag and take out everything inside."

At the same time, he taught Li Zhi a bag-opening formula that he had attached to the letter.

According to the formula, Lu Lao directly unsealed the seal on the bag and said to Yao Yuekong: "This seal is very powerful. It seems to be the law of the holy way left on it by the holy soldiers."

Yao Yuekong nodded slightly and said, "Take out all the things."

Old Lu poured out everything in the bag, and it was exactly the same as the description on the list of items they had seen before.

After counting the treasures, Elder Lu said, "Everything is perfect."

Yao Yuekong said, "What a courageous and ruthless Taoist."

Yu'er, who was following Yao Yuekong, also said, "Young Master, why does that ruthless Taoist trust us so much?"

Yao Yuekong said: "He doesn't trust us, but he has the ability to make us keep our promises. So many days have passed, don't you realize how powerful that ruthless Taoist is?"

Yu'er asked, "Is he very powerful? He seems to be just a cultivator from the secret realm of the Taoist Palace."

At this time, Lu Lao said, "Miss Yu'er, this is the mystery of the ruthless Taoist priest. We have sent so many people to search for his whereabouts these days, but the ruthless Taoist priest seems to have disappeared from the Holy City. He even had the guts to hire a child to keep these things for him, and he is not afraid that our Tianyao Baoque will breach the contract. Do you still think he is an ordinary Taoist priest?"

"This..." Yu'er frowned.

Yao Yuekong looked puzzled, with a bitter smile on his face, and said, "I'm sure that if we dare not pay after selling the goods, he will dare to dig up the ancestral tomb of my Tianyao Palace."

Only then did Yu'er understand how difficult it was to deal with the ruthless Taoist priest.

Yao Yuekong continued, "Moreover, he calls himself Jueqing, but that may not be his real Taoist name. Have you noticed that he did not introduce himself during the two times we met? He only called himself Jueqing Taoist after we asked him. This person's actions are almost flawless."

A trace of worry flashed across Yu'er's eyes, and she said, "Should we still hold this auction? He is using our Tianyao Baoque and you, the young master, as a pawn."

Yao Yuekong said: "It doesn't matter. What I do at Tianyao Baoque is the auction house business. Since I can get high returns, I naturally have to bear the corresponding risks."

Then, Elder Lu said, "Young Master, the auction will begin in three days. Do you want to visit the powerful people of various sects in advance?"

"No need." Yao Yuekong shook his head, and then he asked: "Has Jin Chixiao arrived at the Holy City?"

Yu'er said, "I have already sent people to watch at each city gate. Once there is news of Jin Chixiao's arrival, I will inform you immediately."

Yao Yuekong said: "The auction is important, but Jin Chixiao is more important to me."

Obviously, the physical defects made Yao Yuekong quite anxious, and he wanted to make up for those congenital defects as soon as possible.

The current situation in the world gives rise to signs that the golden age of spiritual practice is about to arrive.

Various physiques emerged one after another, even the ancient holy body reappeared, and he could not delay any longer.

　Good night everyone, we will continue tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)