Chapter 86 The Fifth Rebirth

The military training ground of the Yao Chi Holy Land is located in the northeast of the holy land.

The underground fire room of the military training ground is located under a pitch-black cliff with no grass growing.

The cliff was completely black, as if it had been burned by fire for many years and had lost its original color. It also looked like a mountain of exposed coal.

However, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi told Li Zhi that the reason the mountain was black was not because of the burning fire, but because the cliff was originally that color.

This black cliff came first, and then the underground fire chamber came into being under the cliff.

Under the guidance of the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi, Li Zhi did not run around like a headless fly, but went straight to the underground fire chamber thousands of meters deep.

The wide alley was built very flatly, and it continued to extend deeper into the earth in a spiral downward trend.

Moreover, Li Zhi also saw many murals on the stone walls on both sides of the alley, on which were carved fairies who were refining magic weapons.

There are all kinds of magic weapons, such as bells, towers, tripods, swords, bracelets, hairpins, etc.
There are many types of magic weapons, and the methods of refining are different. It seems that the ancestors of the Yao Chi Holy Land who refined weapons here in the past imprinted the process of their magic weapon refining on both sides of the alley for future generations to admire.

But as he looked at them, Li Zhi discovered something strange about the murals.

Although the magic weapons refined by those fairies were different, they gave him a feeling that they all led to the same goal, as if different methods originated from the same method of refining weapons.

Li Zhi did not make a blind guess and asked Yao Chi Saint Lady directly: "Sister Yao Chi, does your Yao Chi Holy Land have a unique method of refining weapons?"

Yao Chi Saint Lady smiled and said, "You discovered it too?"

Li Zhi asked with some confusion: "What did you find?"

The Saint of Yao Chi did not play tricks and said directly: "These weapon refining diagrams are actually the process of my predecessor Yao Chi deducing the secret of the word 'weapon'. The legendary secret of the word 'weapon' is a magical art of controlling weapons, which can control all the gods in the world. It is also a magical art of offering sacrifices to weapons, which can be used to offer sacrifices to the only immortal weapon, known as the ancestor of weapons. The weapons that the predecessors who refine weapons in these diagrams have offered sacrifices to are their own divine weapons, which are also the only weapons for cultivators to prove their Tao."

Li Zhi felt a little puzzled and asked, "Is there any other requirement for the instrument of enlightenment?"

Yao Chi Saint nodded and said, "There are some rules. We cultivators can sacrifice and refine magic weapons with divine patterns in the secret realm of Lunhai. However, those magic weapons are not instruments that can carry the Tao, and they cannot make progress together with the cultivators. Only the innate magic weapon, that is, the instrument of proving the Tao, can survive and grow with the cultivators, and eventually reach a spiritual realm, as if it is an extension of the cultivator's Tao. According to my Yao Chi records, if a cultivator wants to sacrifice and refine a magic weapon into a innate magic weapon, the effect of using the secret of the word 'weapon' is the best, which can maximize the power and spirituality of the magic weapon, and allow the magic weapon and the cultivator to communicate with each other. It is even more magical than the only instrument recorded in the "Tao Sutra"."

Li Zhi asked: "Have you deduced it from Yaochi Holy Land?"

The Saint of Yao Chi shook her head and said, "No. The Nine Secrets are the supreme Taoist secrets, representing the ultimate in controlling and refining soldiers. Even the Queen Mother of the West did not leave behind a method of sacrificing soldiers that could rival the Secret of the Soldier Word. My ancestors of Yao Chi have also been constantly trying to deduce the Secret of the Soldier Word based on the notes of sacrificing soldiers left by the Queen Mother. Unfortunately, after the deductions of the ancestors of successive generations, although there have been some results, they are still far from the legendary Secret of the Soldier Word."

Li Zhi praised: "Your Yaochi Holy Land is worthy of the name of a holy land."

At the same time, he thought to himself that it seemed that any emperor wanted to surpass the Nine Secrets and wanted to create a supreme magic that could rival the Nine Secrets.

Unfortunately, there are only a handful of emperors who can truly create divine arts that are comparable to the Nine Secrets.

Then, the two continued walking along the alley.

They encountered many forks in the road along the way, but the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi chose to ignore them, thinking that they were not the passages leading to the largest underground fire chamber.

Along the way, Li Zhi did not feel any burning sensation in the air.

It was as if the heat from the underground fire chamber was completely isolated within the underground fire chamber by the Yao Chi ancestors.

This is the meticulousness of the nun.

Sure enough, when they arrived in front of two stone doors made of fire crystals, the Saint of Yao Chi stopped and said, "Inside is the largest underground fire room. No one has come here to offer sacrifices for many years. I don't know how much fire energy has accumulated inside. Next, you stand behind me."

Afterwards, the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi sacrificed her protective tower, and a holy light spread out, enveloping her and Li Zhi.

Then she chanted a series of complicated spells towards the two stone doors, and finally the door to the underground fire chamber opened.

An astonishing heat rushed out from inside.

"Quack."

At the same time, the sound of crows came along with the heat wave.

"Not good, the fire energy here is too strong, it has bred fire crows. Let's retreat quickly." The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi led Li Zhi to retreat.

"Wait." Li Zhi suddenly shouted, because he did not feel any strong magical fluctuations from the heat wave.

"Kill the dragon!" Li Zhi appeared directly in front of the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi, and with his sword gesture, he slashed out a sharp sword energy towards the red heat wave in front of him.

Wherever the sword energy passed, the red heat wave was split in the middle by Li Zhi.

Then the two of them saw a three-meter-tall red fire crow trying to come out of the door.

Afterwards, Li Zhi slashed out another sword energy.

With a "puff" sound, the sword energy directly pierced through the Fire Crow's head.

"Boom!" The Fire Crow's huge body fell directly to the ground.

Yao Chi Saintess also reacted at this moment, looking at the dead Fire Crow and said: "Strange, why is it a mortal beast?"

Li Zhi said: "If my guess is correct, all the lives in your Yaochi Ancient Land cannot open their spiritual wisdom. Although this fire crow was born from flames, it still cannot open its spiritual wisdom to practice. It has a huge body but no spiritual wisdom at all."

Walking in front of the Fire Crow, Li Zhi looked at the feathers of the Fire Crow that were flowing with red divine power, and said to the Saintess of Yao Chi: "Sister Yao Chi, this Fire Crow has absorbed countless essences of earth fire, and its body is full of treasures. Its feathers are enough to sacrifice a set of Red Cloud Fairy Clothes. Moreover, its flesh and blood contain pure fire energy, which is a rare delicacy. I guess there is also a Fire God Pearl in its body."

Yao Chi Saintess said: "Then you can keep it. It can be used as food for our next practice."

After Li Zhi nodded, he waved his hand and took away the huge fire crow.

Then the panoramic view of the underground fire chamber came into view.

It was a stone chamber as big as two basketball courts and several dozen meters high.

It doesn't feel depressing at all when you enter it.

In the room, there is a ground fire pool that is ten feet square. A pool of purple-red flames is constantly jumping, emitting pure fire spirit energy.

In the fire pool there is a crystal-like stone that keeps floating up and down in the flames. It seems to have been refined to a spiritual level, and it is impossible to tell what its original material is.

When the Saint Lady of Yaochi saw the stone, she was surprised and said, "There is actually a sacred Vermillion Bird Stone here."

Li Zhi didn't have much knowledge about refining materials, so he asked, "Sister Yaochi, what is the Vermillion Bird Divine Stone?"

The Saint of Yao Chi explained to him, “Legend has it that there is a kind of precious stone that cannot be burned even by the Vermillion Bird’s divine fire. It can be used to refine one’s own divine weapon, or even a tool for attaining enlightenment.”

Li Zhi immediately congratulated her, "Congratulations, sister, for getting a piece of immortal material."

The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi did not hesitate to take the sacred Vermillion Bird Stone away. After all, the stone originally belonged to Yao Chi.

Then, the Saintess of Yaochi said, "Is the Earth Fire Chamber here enough for you to transform?"

"That's enough." Li Zhi nodded, and then continued: "Sister Yao Chi, you will protect me first, and after my transformation is complete, you can transform yourself."

Yao Chi Saint asked, "Are you sure?"

Li Zhi said, "I'm 100% sure." Then, Li Zhi took out his Star God Iron Alchemy Furnace, poured half a cubic meter of Fairy Lake Divine Water into the furnace, and then took out a sealed red jade bottle.

There was a small half basin of colorful phoenix blood in it.

Li Zhi's body has undergone several transformations, so more colorful phoenix blood is needed.

If it were the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi, just a large bowl would be enough.

After pouring the colorful phoenix blood into the sacred water, the sacred water in the alchemy furnace immediately emitted colorful light. Then, Li Zhi placed the alchemy furnace on the fire-starting platform beside the underground fire pool.

When the fire gate was opened, the flame in the underground fire pool flowed to the bottom of the alchemy furnace like water.

As the temperature of the alchemy furnace increased, the colorful phoenix blood in the furnace gradually heated up, and faint phoenix calls could be heard from the furnace.

When the blood in the furnace began to boil, the life force in the water seemed to transform into tiny colorful phoenixes. Li Zhi saw this and immediately said to the Saint of Yao Chi: "Sister Yao Chi, I am about to begin. Help me protect the law. Don't let the flame go out before my transformation is complete."

"Just focus on your transformation, I will protect you." The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi said with a hint of anticipation.

Afterwards, Li Zhi jumped into the alchemy furnace and sealed the lid.

Li Zhi, who was soaking in the colorful phoenix blood, suddenly felt his body burning.

Tiny colorful phoenixes spewed phoenix divine fire towards his flesh and blood, attempting to burn him to ashes.

However, the divine fire contained an extremely pure life energy, which allowed the flesh and blood that could not withstand the burning of the flames to regenerate.

In the midst of the birth and death of flesh and blood, Li Zhi's body underwent a complete transformation.

In the outside world, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi looked surprised.

The ten-foot square pool of earth fire consumed almost half of its content during Li Zhi's transformation.

The divine iron furnace was like a black hole, swallowing endless fire energy.

Finally, a brilliant colorful light suddenly burst out from the furnace, and then a sharp phoenix cry sounded in the furnace.

The furnace lid opened with a sound, and then Li Zhi, with colorful divine light flowing all over his body, jumped out of the furnace.

"Haha." Feeling the huge energy contained in his body, Li Zhi laughed happily.

"Are you ashamed? Put on your clothes quickly." At this moment, the voice of the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi came from not far away.

Li Zhi immediately put on a brand new Taoist robe awkwardly.

Then he said, "Sister Yao Chi, it's your turn. The effect of the seven-colored phoenix blood is very good. I feel great now."

The Saintess of Yaochi glared at him and said, "Then you go out first."

Li Zhi said, "I still have to protect you. Sister, are you afraid of becoming naked after the transformation?"

The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi reached out and knocked on his head.

"Dang." There was a sound of metal colliding, and the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi felt a faint pain in her fingers like a broken bone.

"What a hard head." Yao Chi Saint said in surprise.

Li Zhi smiled and said, "A man's head should be hard."

Yao Chi Saint Lady laughed and said, "No matter how tough you are, you are still a kid."

This left Li Zhi speechless. Having a too small body was sometimes not a good thing, as it would make people ignore his identity as a man.

Afterwards, Yao Chi Saint Lady said to Li Zhi: "Start preparing."

Li Zhi asked, "Are you using my alchemy furnace, or the one you prepared yourself?"

After thinking for a while, the Saintess of Yaochi said, "Use your alchemy furnace. I'm afraid the alchemy furnace on me can't withstand the powerful impact of the fire energy in the fire pool."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Let's get started."

Afterwards, he poured out the waste water in the furnace, cleaned the furnace, refilled it with the divine water, and then poured in a large bowl of colorful phoenix blood.

Seeing this, the Saint of Yao Chi asked, "After entering the furnace, do I need to do anything?"

Li Zhi said: "You don't need to do anything, and don't mobilize your divine power to absorb the life essence inside. Just think of yourself as a stewed fairy phoenix, and rely on your body's instincts to complete everything."

The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi nodded and jumped into the alchemy furnace.

Afterwards, Li Zhi closed the furnace lid and waited for her transformation to be completed.

As the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi began to transform, Li Zhi also began his own practice.

This transformation could not be accomplished overnight. It took him thirty-six days to complete this transformation.

The transformation of the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi will probably take even longer now.

After all, her body couldn't withstand the firepower that Li Zhi used during his transformation.

Li Zhi also began to practice in the Taoist Palace Secret Realm, intending to open the next Taoist Palace Divine Treasure, the Kidney Divine Treasure, during this period.

Then, he took out a bunch of water-attributed alien sources and began to practice.

Eighteen days later, a sound of great Dao was heard from within the secret realm of Li Zhi's Taoist Palace, and the divine treasure of the kidney was successfully opened.

A rich divine power of water began to nourish his internal organs, making his body more resilient.

At the same time, Li Zhi's eyes also underwent a transformation, as if the energies of life and death were constantly switching in his eyes.

The phantom of a Tai Chi diagram rotated in his eyes, drawing in the life and death energies between heaven and earth to nourish his eyes.

When all the strange phenomena disappeared, Li Zhi opened his divine eyes and headed towards the alchemy furnace.

You see a mass of dead air and a mass of alive air intertwined together, constantly pulling at each other.

Sometimes death prevails, sometimes anger prevails.

Between the two energies of life and death, a nearly perfect body is being nurtured.

It is as if the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady is bathing in the mortal world, her body is snow-white and delicate, with well-proportioned curves and undulating curves, like solidified jade, bewitching people's minds.

Li Zhi couldn't help but sigh, no wonder the Saint Lady of Yao Chi was called one of the most beautiful women in the Eastern Wilderness by some shameless old people.

Sure enough, her real face is so beautiful that it seems unreal.

(End of this chapter)