Chapter 518: Retreat in the Temple
Chapter 518: Retreat in the Temple
In the sea of ink, stars rise and fall, emitting faint light.
Li Yuan squinted his eyes to adapt to the change in light.
If the secluded area covered by the Bafang Temple is a deep darkness, like a deep night without moon or stars, then this secluded area is like the beginning of the night after sunset. Although it is still dim, you can vaguely see it.
"Ang~"
The bloody little elephants swung their trunks, surrounded Li Yuan in the middle, and stood alert.
“Really came out?!”
The little female dragon poked her head out, still feeling unbelievable: "Just, just walked out like that?"
"What are those glowing things?"
Li Yuan concentrated and sensed that the aura emitted by those 'stars' was too terrifying. Even watching them from an unknown distance away, he felt a chill in his heart.
The stars illuminated the gloomy world. What was even more terrifying was that he could vaguely see lights and shadows flickering among the "stars", as if there was a Taoist sitting cross-legged.
There are dormant blue dragons and roaring giant beasts.
"That's God!"
The little female dragon didn't dare to look directly at him. She just took a quick glance and lowered her head, her voice full of awe:
"The gods live in the Netherworld, illuminating all realms, and are worshipped by all realms... They guide the way forward for all races and illuminate the Netherworld."
“Illuminating all realms, worshipped by all races… Is this God?”
Li Yuan suddenly felt his eyes sore, and when he lowered his head, he saw blood oozing from his eyes. He couldn't help but be shocked. He couldn't even see?
"The power of God is unfathomable and cannot be peeped into."
The little female dragon was extremely awed and had great longing: "Only gods are qualified to accept offerings from all races, live in the secluded realm forever, and live forever..."
Li Yuan wiped the blood from the corner of his eyes:
"What is the realm of God?"
"..."
The little female dragon looked up, and the monster seemed to look at him. Unable to bear his questioning, she still shook her head:
"Information about God is also taboo in my Mirage Dragon Clan. I, I am still young and have never seen it... But their disciples can travel across the Tianshiyuan and command all the clans..."
Li Yuan didn't dare to spy on the stars again, but his heart was beating fast.
May you live long and see clearly.
He couldn't help but look at the stars again, his eyes burning.
To achieve immortality and be worshipped by all races, how much incense would one need to accumulate?
"correct."
The little female dragon seemed to have thought of something and suddenly spoke:
"I, I heard from my ancestors that the Supreme God can be called 'Almighty'."
"Mighty?"
Li Yuan glanced at her and frowned slightly: "The Supreme God is the Almighty? Didn't you say before that there are only a few Almighty people in Tianshiyuan?"
This little female dragon is unreliable.
Li Yuan didn't dare to look directly at the stars, but with a quick glance, he had counted them and found that there were as many as ninety-three.
"Is this too much?!"
The little female dragon looked at a fool and said, "You, do you know how big the Tianshiyuan is? Compared to the Tianshiyuan itself, the stars are just dust!"
Tianshiyuan is so big that it seems endless.
The hundred gods of Tianshiyuan are the strongest among all races, accumulated over billions of years in this boundless continent!
"Mighty..."
Li Yuan was thinking in a subtle way: "Then what about the supreme power?"
"what?"
The little female dragon was stunned, obviously this was beyond her understanding.
"nothing."
Li Yuan decisively dropped the topic. With the help of the light of the gods, he glanced around. All he saw was a desolate and dilapidated place with no grass growing, like an ancient battlefield.
Is this the true face of the underworld?
"Isn't this place dangerous?"
Li Yuan frowned. The light of the gods had become extremely weak here. God knew how far away it was.
"Yes, probably."
The little female dragon looked around vigilantly, but saw no signs of human development, and was unsure:
"How can we get through here?"
She had only been out of the house once, but the dangers of the Netherworld were well known to everyone. From ancient times to the present, there were many rumors of gods falling in the Netherworld.
Even the roads opened up by various races and holy places are accompanied by huge dangers, let alone the wild roads?
"Is there any way?"
Li Yuan was wearing red armor, holding the Black Whale Fighting Hammer in one hand and the token of the Bafang Temple in the other, and he was very alert.
This place is very quiet, so quiet that it is creepy. It feels much more dangerous than the secluded area covered by the Bafang Temple.
"There is no way. There is no way."
The little female dragon shook her head repeatedly, beating her chest and stamping her feet in annoyance: "How hateful! If only my 'General Knowledge Ball' hadn't been lost..."
"Roar!"
Before the little female dragon could finish her words, she was interrupted by a loud roar.
Li Yuan's reaction was so quick that the token was activated the moment the roar was heard, and he retreated into the pylorus in a flash.
"Moo..."
At the moment of retreating, Li Yuan looked into the distance.
The roar was like that of a dragon or an ox. When it first sounded, no one knew where it came from, but in a moment it was a hundred miles away. It was accompanied by a blazing fire and a red body, as if it were an ox or a horse.
It came with tremendous ferocity and power, and a hundred miles was just a moment's distance under its feet.
boom!
In the cave of Bafang Temple, Li Yuan staggered. The sound wave came at him like thunder, making his eyes go black and he almost fell to the ground.
"The supreme beast!"
After closing the pylorus, Li Yuan broke out in a cold sweat. If he had not been alert and not let go of the token, he would have been in serious trouble.
This is too dangerous!
"Unless I can transform into any form and enter the blood, and have the support of the Heavenly Weapons, I will not be able to contend with this level of strange beast!" Li Yuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
The beast that looked like both an ox and a horse was extremely ferocious and extremely fast. The violent aura contained in its roar was almost the same as that of the strange dragon on the Black Whale Road.
It's not something he can contend with right now.
"Blood-horned bull!"
The little female dragon finally reacted:
"Once these strange beasts appear, they always appear in groups of three or five. They rarely appear alone. When I was traveling through the Netherworld on the Luanlong Boat, I encountered a group of them."
"In groups of three or five..."
Li Yuan's mouth twitched. They couldn't even handle one alone, and they came in groups of three or five?
He immediately gave up the idea of going to Tianshiyuan to investigate. If there were only strange beasts of this level along the way, even if the Dragon Demon Taoist or the Pure Yang Patriarch were reborn, they would not be able to make it.
This is not just a one or two step journey.
“Unless we can find the roads opened up by those holy places, we won’t be able to get through.”
The little female dragon was a little dejected.
"Holy Land of Cave Heaven?"
Li Yuan's heart moved, and he thought of the three aliens. The Poison Dragon Academy is known as one of the five great caves in Tianshiyuan. Its disciples should know about it, right?
"Ugh."
The little female dragon sighed and was extremely troubled.
Despite the legendary fortune in front of her, she gained nothing. After leaving the area covered by the Eight Directions Temple, she was unable to contact her ancestors.
"call!"
Li Yuan calmed down. He was naturally curious about Tianshiyuan, but he didn't have any obsession.
For him, the Bafang Temple is the best place to practice martial arts.
"I want to go to Tianshiyuan, but I am not in a hurry. Wait until I enter the Dao, wait until I break through the Tiangang..."
After calming down, Li Yuan felt excited again.
With his current talent and the Dragon-Tiger Health Pill, although the road to enlightenment is not smooth for him, it is within his reach.
Reaching out and wrapping the somewhat autistic little female dragon around her waist, Li Yuan relaxed his muscles and bones, took up his stance, and began to push the dragon and tiger pile.
Now that the blood transfusion is complete, he will also plan to enter Taoism.
"Transfusing blood to enter the yin and yang is divided into four steps: soul leaving the body, kneading the qi, blood and true qi, melting the body, and the unity of body and soul..."
"I have already been able to separate my spirit from my body. I have also achieved the transformation of my body shape ahead of time thanks to the Dragon Demon Heart Sutra. I only need to knead my true qi and blood, and then I can try to break through!"
Li Yuan practiced the standing meditation slowly and visualized in his mind. He multitasked with divergent thoughts and planned his next practice.
In addition to kneading the true energy and qi and blood, he also controls the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer and the Thunder Beast Spirit Pill to continue to change his bones, while transforming into blood. At the same time, he also needs to be prepared to control the Dragon and Tiger Health Furnace.
"It's not difficult to control the Dragon Tiger Health Furnace. I just need to follow the steps of controlling the Sea-Splitting Mysterious Whale Hammer again... But I don't think Wanxing will be enough."
Li Yuan pondered in his heart.
The Thunder Beast Spirit Pill can change into a thousand forms, the shape of the Sea-Splitting and the shape of the Black Whale are probably roughly the same. Adding the Star Dragon and Tiger of the Health-Preserving Furnace, there are at least four thousand forms.
The two major blessings of the Chezhang Health Preserving Furnace are 'Dragon and Tiger Harmony' and 'Health Preservation', but they may not necessarily change one's constitution.
In other words, he needs more magical weapons, or in other words, the mysterious weapons of heaven.
"Heavenly Profound Soldiers..."
With his eyes closed, the twelve spots of light that he had seen through the token before emerged in Li Yuan's mind. He had already memorized the directions and locations of the ruins road in the Tianyun Xuanbing.
"We have to find a way to identify which Xuanbing it is, so as not to run into Wan Zhuliu head-on, which would be a lot of fun... Among the twelve Tianyun Xuanbing, the only one without an owner should be the Great Wilderness Sea Purple Gold Spear..."
"Well, there is also the Changhong Yiqi Sword..."
Thinking and planning in his mind, Li Yuan gave up the idea of leaving the temple and began his retreat at the foot of the mountain.
With the gray stone platform, he always had pots and pans ready all year round, and with all the elixirs on his body, it made no difference to him where he went into seclusion.
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Great Fortune Capital.
In the side hall, Emperor Qian and Huang Longzi were playing chess.
"His Majesty."
Outside the hall, a soldier knelt on one knee: "Everything required for the ceremony is simple, the incense cauldron is ready!"
"Oh?"
Huang Longzi's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help feeling a little surprised. The wealth of the Dayun court was really too huge. How could they have prepared everything in just a few days?
"Fellow Daoist Huanglong, after the grand sacrifice is split up, there shouldn't be any more trouble, right?"
Emperor Qian gave birth to a son.
"After the split, a small sacrifice only consumes ten incense cauldrons. Even if some evil spirits are attracted, it won't matter."
Huang Longzi gave up and admitted defeat, then stood up and bowed: "Your Majesty, how about moving?"
"hope so."
Emperor Qian stood up and walked out of the hall. He was more concerned than Huang Longzi.
It’s nothing, it’s just that the price was too great.
In order to raise funds for incense, he not only refused to compromise with the five major Taoist sects, but also issued huge amounts of gold and silver to support temples in the Henglong and Wanlong sects to attract believers.
In the square below the observatory, the ministers of Dayun had been waiting for a long time.
There was an altar on the open ground, with ten incense-containing tripods placed in different directions. After Huang Longzi had counted them, he looked at the armored man waiting on the side.
This person was naturally the one selected by Emperor Qian and the first one to enter the temple.
(End of this chapter)