Rice Cult Headquarters

Six Phoenix Wing Moth Emperor fluttered joyfully across the lake, occasionally taking a bite of the flame lotus. When they reached the shore, they flew to Li Weiyi's side and chattered incessantly.

Three Phoenixes told Li Weiyi that Yao Yin treated them very well, and they could eat the exotic flowers and plants in the yard as they pleased.

"Are you stupid? Don't you recognize Yao Yin? She just looks like her."

Li Weiyi grabbed Three Phoenixes's wings and launched into a tirade.

The woman in white, her figure as beautiful as a painting, walked along the lakeside stone path lined with black trees. Her clear, cold voice rang out. "Did you give up Yao Yin's spot to cultivate at the Du'e Temple?"

Li Weiyi released Three Phoenixes and looked at her warily.

This was a Longevity Realm Giants; even Tang Wanzhou was severely injured by her palm strike.

How did you know?

Li Weiyi felt a powerful mental pressure, as if it wasn't a stunningly beautiful woman approaching, but rather a towering wave dozens of feet high pressing down on her layer by layer.

The woman in white stopped six or seven zhang away, her hands hidden in her wide sleeves, her body shimmering with light and swirling with mist. "I not only know that you gave her the cultivation spot, but I also know that you helped her cultivate the God of Jiu Li's Combat Intent, in the Silver Coffin in Qin Garden. Fortunately, you treated her well, so you had a chance to live."

Li Weiyi was deeply shocked; the other party must have secretly visited Qin Garden.

Or... is she one of the hidden figures?

Yao Yin? Hidden Twenty-Four?

"Are you really Yao Qingxuan?" Li Weiyi asked.

The woman in white did not respond to him, but stared at him for a moment. "One hundred and eight Trace Meridians, thirty-six thousand in the Wind Mansion, all of them Trace Meridians, quite unparalleled throughout history, impressive talent."

"Senior Yao, aren't you being incredibly disrespectful to the privacy of a junior like me?"

Li Weiyi quickly examined his inner self, and strangely enough, the Divine Gate and the twelve Golden Meridian Lines connected to it had indeed disappeared! But... he could sense that they were still there.

Who did it?

The taciturn Guardian Wife is hiding?

It's good that nothing was found.

The woman in white asked, "Has your ancestral land been restored?"

"That's right. The Old Ancestor of the Zuoqiu Courtyard Confucianism and Daoism used the extremely precious Ancient Son of Heaven's Spring Fluid to repair my shattered ancestral fields," Li Weiyi said.

The woman in white said, "A reasonable explanation, but the answer was too quick and too practiced, so the truth is questionable. It doesn't matter, whether you're crippled or not is the same. I'm just a little curious about your physique. The person who really wants to see you is not me, but the Lord of the Spirit Grain Hall."

Li Weiyi didn't try to explain or make amends; the more she explained, the more suspicious it would become.

We need to be more careful in the future.

He secretly pondered whether he could secure a way out by relying on his connection with Yao Yin. So he quickly caught up with the woman in white and asked as respectfully as possible, "Senior Yao, may I ask why the Lord of the Spirit Grain Hall wants to see me? And when will you see me?"

The woman in white remained silent, taking two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) steps at a time.

She walked with small, graceful steps, as if she could shrink to an inch.

Back at her residence, she saw the missing Spiritual Platform Blazing Star Stone Fragment inside the lampshade and froze for a moment. Another Spiritual Platform Blazing Star Stone Fragment appeared between her fingers and flicked it in.

"Until the Lord of the Spirit Grain Hall returns, you will stay obediently in the Southern Clear Palace. If you are determined to die, you can leave, but you should know that this is the headquarters of the Divine Sect."

"Furthermore, if you touch my Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone again, I will sever your hands."

The woman in white passed through the beaded curtain and screen and entered the semi-open room. She sat down on a futon by the stream and became completely still, as if petrified.

Li Weiyi asked, "The headquarters of the Divine Cult? Which Divine Cult? The Twin Rice Cult?"

"When will the Lord of the Spirit Grain Hall return?"

"Yao Yin and I are as close as siblings. Senior Yao, could you please show me a way out? I have great talent and can protect her in the future."

"I saved Yao Yin's life, you have to help me."

Li Weiyi talked for a long time and tried various methods, but the woman in white ignored him completely. Helpless, he had no choice but to take his leave.

After leaving, he quickly took off his second-grade Hundred Character Artifact Battle Robe.

This is the battle armor of Zuo Shi, the rice man lurking inside Zuoqiu Courtyard.

If we are truly now at the headquarters of the Twin Rice Cult, we must be extremely careful.

Is the headquarters of the Twin Rice Cult located in the Underground Immortal Mansion?

This news left Li Weiyi struggling to process for a long time!

The Twin Rice Cult certainly didn't just move its headquarters to the Underground Immortal Mansion ten months ago. Rather, it has been entrenched here for countless years!

Could there be another entrance to the Underground Immortal Mansion?

After careful consideration, Li Weiyi finally understood why Yao Qingxuan had knocked him unconscious earlier.

This is to prevent him from knowing the way to the main altar of the Twin Rice Cult!

Therefore, the dangers encountered by those martial artists who explored the Underground Immortal Mansion were most likely due to covert attacks by the Twin Rice Cult.

Could the fact that even Longevity Realm Giants are barred from entering the Underground Immortal Mansion also be the work of the Twin Rice Cult?

The more Li Weiyi thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was no small thing. Could it be that Zen Sea Observing Mist came to investigate because he had discovered this secret in the memories of Wang Zhi and Wang Shouxin?

Did she and her three masters manage to find the main altar?

Perhaps it's still lingering on the outskirts of the Underground Immortal Mansion.

Upon seeing the Provincial Governor's Official Robe inside the Blood Handprint Demonic Armor, Li Weiyi quickly took it off and put it into his bag, feeling uneasy and wondering if Yao Qingxuan had examined the Provincial Governor's Official Robe.

Probably not.

If they had investigated, how could he still be wearing the Provincial Governor's Official Robe?

"I wonder what kind of person that Lord of the Spirit Grain Hall is. He's probably not a good person. Perhaps he also wants to probe my physique and then possess my body."

"Yao Qingxuan is too cold-hearted! If she cared about Yao Yin, how could she have abandoned Yao Yin in the Yao Li Tribe for more than ten years without ever asking about her? Yao Yin's life has not been easy."

"If she doesn't care about Yao Yin, why does she know so much about Yao Yin's recent situation?"

"Forget it, I can't pin my hopes for survival on a woman who would abandon her daughter. Anyway, she only said it was dangerous outside, she didn't say I couldn't go out."

Thinking of this, Li Weiyi no longer hesitated and decided to leave Southern Clear Palace to see just how terrifying the so-called headquarters of the Divine Cult really was, and perhaps find a way to escape.

With the six little ones by their side, they found the Insect Pouch that Yao Qingxuan had thrown on the ground.

Put the six small Insect Pouch.

Li Weiyi searched every exit of the Southern Clear Palace and even tried to climb over the palace walls, but all attempts ended in failure.

Finally, he arrived at the southeast corner of the Blood Lake.

There is a two-meter-wide Blood River here, the water of which flows in from outside and continuously pours into the lake.

Since water can flow in...

"Splash!"

Li Weiyi swam upstream along the Blood River and finally left the Southern Clear Palace.

After reaching the shore, he used his magical energy to evaporate the river water from his body. Looking at the desolate, vast palace and gardens behind him, he muttered to himself, "Even the best plans can have flaws? Perhaps she doesn't care at all, after all, this is the headquarters of some kind of cult."

Footsteps sounded.

Two twin boys carrying skull lamps walked from a distance.

They looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in dark green martial arts uniforms.

The black cuffs were embroidered with two blood-red spirit grains.

Li Weiyi could tell that their cultivation level was not low; they were martial artists at the Five Seas Realm.

So young, with a bright future ahead.

He was observing the two men, and they were also secretly observing him.

When the two approached, Li Weiyi said coldly, "What are you looking at? Do you know who I am?"

The two youths could tell that this person's cultivation was unfathomable, and dared not provoke him, shaking their heads repeatedly.

Li Weiyi straightened his chest, put one hand behind his back, and pointed his thumb behind him. "I am from the Southern Clear Palace!"

The two youths were greatly surprised and quickly bowed, saying in unison, "Greetings, Senior Brother! So you are one of Venerable Nan's men. We are so sorry, so very sorry!"

"Yao Qingxuan is the Venerable Nan?" Li Weiyi could only keep these words to himself.

He had heard Hidden Nine say that the Twin Rice Cult had five Venerables who were in charge of the affairs of the four borders of the East, South, West, and North, as well as Lingxiao City.

The Venerable Nan and the seven elders under his command—Qiu, Li, Li, Han, Fu, Guan, and Shu—are responsible for affairs in the southern region.

One of the boys asked with some doubt, "I've heard that Venerable Nan never accepts disciples, lives a secluded life, and is extremely mysterious. Disciples of the Southern Clear Palace are almost never seen at the main altar."

"What, are you doubting my identity?" Li Weiyi released his Battle Intent.

Most people in the evil path bully the weak and fear the strong, so Li Weiyi naturally borrowed the name of Venerable Nan to establish a powerful banner for himself.

At the same time, this was also a way to test Yao Qingxuan's bottom line.

It was right outside the Southern Clear Palace; there was no way she wouldn't sense it.

The two youths were forced to their knees by Li Weiyi's will, their voices trembling as they said, "We dare not doubt you, Senior Brother. It's just that you weren't wearing Rice Robe, and you've never appeared in the training grounds or lecture halls before. You're quite unfamiliar with us, so... so, Senior Brother, please put away your Battle Intent. We are just two inner disciples who have just broken through to the Five Seas Realm..."

Li Weiyi gleaned a considerable amount of information, glanced at the Rice Robe they wore, withdrew his Battle Intent from his body, and snorted, "Only low-level inner disciples like you are required to wear Rice Robe. Who am I? Even the Fourth Divine Son, Wang Shu, has to give me some face."

I learned the name "Wang Shu" from Long Ting.

The two boys stood up, still shaken, not daring to look up. One of them said, "Of course, anyone chosen by Venerable Nan must be a true disciple of the sect, and Great True Disciple at that."

The other person whispered, "Senior brother, can we leave now?"

Seeing that they were easy to manipulate, Li Weiyi maintained a cold and arrogant demeanor and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Spirit Grain Hall!"

"The true disciples of Ye Nanfeng and Ye Beifeng will be in the lecture hall today to instruct the newly promoted inner disciples on some knowledge about breaking through the Qi Sea and opening the String Meridians."

The two answered cautiously.

"Does this even need someone to tell you what to do? Useless!"

Li Weiyi snorted disdainfully, then a thought struck him: why not take this opportunity to find out what kind of place the Spirit Grain Hall really was?

After the two left, he used Disguise Art to change his appearance and figure, and quietly followed them.

The main altar is so large that it contains numerous Heaven Law Earth Spring Dao Domains rich in magical energy, forming various cultivation gathering areas.

Some cultivation communities are built on a sacred mountain thousands of meters high. Some communities are built along a lake. Some communities are even towns.

Li Weiyi gradually realized that his worries were completely unnecessary. The number of martial artists at the Rice Cult headquarters was enormous, with at least several hundred martial artists in each gathering area, so there was no need to worry about his identity being exposed.

"Let's solve the problem of the Rice Robe first, otherwise, they'll be too conspicuous!"

Li Weiyi landed outside a cultivation gathering area that resembled a market town, glanced at the two Rice Ancestor Stone Statue at the town entrance, and swaggered into the town.

The town is small, with only one street, about two or three hundred meters long, featuring blue tiles and white walls.

Along both sides of the street, there are many Twin Rice People setting up stalls, selling precious medicines, ancient artifacts, ferocious insects, Golden Buddha Statue, Buddha Stele... all of which seem to have been unearthed from the Underground Immortal Mansion.

A significant proportion of the pedestrians on the street were wearing masks, as if to conceal their identities.

"I wonder if they sell Spiritual Platform Blazing Star Stone Fragment."

Just as Li Weiyi had this thought, a familiar voice rang in his ears.

"Your insect eggs, can they really hatch into Commander-class Mysterious Insect? I find it hard to believe. Hehe, let me warn you, although I'm just an inner disciple, I have a powerful backer. If you dare to lie to me, the consequences will be severe."

Not far away, Yang Yun, wearing a black demon mask, spoke in a sinister tone to a core disciple who was setting up a stall.

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