Immortal Mist Sect Orphan

The Universe Lock faced by Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivator are all different.

Some are indestructible, even Young Son of Heaven cannot break them after a hundred years, until he grows old and gray. Others are as faint as clouds and mist, even someone of mediocre talent can break them in a single night.

These are all rather rare, yet they are things that are indeed happening all the time.

No matter how formidable one's combat power is within the same realm, one might still be blocked by a certain Immortal Lock, unable to advance. There are countless cases of people being blocked by a Longevity Lock for a hundred years.

That is why this transcendent state is called "the other shore".

Li Weiyi felt that his Universe Lock was quite strong, but still within the normal range. With several years of effort, it could eventually wear down even the hardest stone.

"Splash!"

The body's vital energy circulated around the Longevity Golden Pill in the Shenque acupoint, and then rushed towards the Trace Meridians and Xianmai, surging out at the fastest speed.

Like a great river opening its sluice gates and releasing water, rushing straight towards the Universe Lock. The mighty river will break through the iron lock that blocks the river.

With a loud bang, the surging magical energy throughout his body rushed towards his back.

The Universe Lock connecting the top of the head, spine, and tailbone flickered violently. Li Weiyi's body trembled, and a sharp pain shot through his back, as if his spine was about to separate from his body.

The violent and chaotic magical energy shattered some of the Trace Meridians and the string meridians, and surged wildly throughout the body, causing beads of sweat to pour from every pore.

"Again."

Li Weiyi Breathing and Exhaling and controlled the chaotic magical energy within his body, circulating it through one cycle after another. Then, he launched a second attack on the Universe Lock on his back.

A piercing, tearing sensation shot through Li Weiyi's body. He gritted his teeth, his whole body trembling, and the sweat on his body turned blood red.

After a quarter of an hour of adjustment, Li Weiyi made his third attempt. The sound of chains scraping against each other echoed through his back bones, and he briefly lost consciousness from the pain.

The internal Trace Meridians and wiry meridians, were severely damaged, and even the internal organs were injured.

Li Weiyi paused temporarily and did not continue the attack.

"Two cracks have appeared on the Universe Lock. Let's leave it as it is for now!"

Two days later, they were to depart for the Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin, Li Weiyi did not want to seriously injure herself.

Moreover, he feared that further impact would leave irreparable damage to the foundation.

Once the injury heals, and after a few more attempts, breaking it will definitely not be difficult.

Li Weiyi spent three days healing his injuries, experiencing the profound mysteries of the Longevity Golden Pill in the Divine Palace, and further integrating and refining the remaining power of the Dragon Seed Golden Elixir, hoping to reach a state of perfect harmony between intention and energy as soon as possible.

"The liquid magical power gushing from the Tenth Spring Divine Que is comparable to a healing elixir; wherever it is transported, even Trace Meridians and string-like meridians can be repaired."

"Whoosh!"

Li Weiyi waved his arm, breaking out of the Time Cocoon. He first put on three layers of armor with the Thousand Character Artifact, then donned the Provincial Governor's Official Robe, and checked the various talismans hidden in the sleeves of the robe.

The Lesser Yang Division's magical artifact, the Martial Robe Bracelet, is not yet activated; it is worn on the wrist.

Even a top expert like Mo Duanfeng never takes off his three layers of armor, so Li Weiyi naturally takes his own defense very seriously.

"Yu'er, how's your understanding going?"

Li Weiyi came up behind Yu'er.

Yu'er sat cross-legged in front of a three-foot-high Buddhist shrine, inside which was the <Bright Star Book>. The pages of the book emitted a soft glow, casting a faint rosy hue on her face, giving her an ethereal and otherworldly charm.

"I have no clue, it's so difficult."

Her serious expression suddenly crumbled, she spread her hands, and said, "Besides cultivating, is there nothing else I can do?"

Li Weiyi has fully comprehended all 468 scriptures on this page of the "Bright Star Book," imprinting them on his Divine Elixir and transforming them into his own Dao.

But after fully comprehending the entire text, Li Weiyi realized that this was not the end, but rather another beginning.

More scriptures and Daoist teachings emerged as a result, seemingly endless.

Li Weiyi sighed, "This is the Great Palace Master's intention!"

Why are you listening to her?

Yu'er stood up, pouting coquettishly, and looked at Li Weiyi pitifully. "Master, I also want to go to the Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin. I'm stronger now, and I can hit things very accurately. Please, take me there!"

Li Weiyi pried her hand off her arm. "The Great Palace Master must stay here to recuperate her soul! I'm in a difficult position too, there's nothing I can do, I can't beat her."

"Master, can't you be a little more assertive? What are you afraid of her for? Does she think she can eat you up?" Yu'er complained, looking at her with a disappointed expression.

Li Weiyi was in a daze, looking at the girl's face before him, which already resembled the Great Palace Master in the painting by seven or eight tenths, and thought he had misheard, "You... you're encouraging me to fight against the Great Palace Master?"

"It's not about confronting her, it's about not being afraid of her, not just obeying whatever she says. Why should we? Right?" Yu'er said confidently.

Let me think about it.

Li Weiyi quickly regained his senses and looked at Yu'er: "You almost led me into a ditch. She has cultivated for three thousand years, and I have only been cultivating for a short time. Of course you are not afraid, because she is you... Well, you wrote what you just said into your diary yourself, it has nothing to do with me."

"Splash!"

Inside the room, the suspended Lesser Yang Star and Taiji mark shimmered with light.

Li Weiyi exited the Blood Mud Space and returned to her room in the Qingyin Pavilion.

"What are you talking about? Kids are getting harder and harder to raise."

He gestured with his left and right hands, switching back and forth between Yu'er and the Great Palace Master, trying to figure out how to get along with them. For a moment, he was unsure how to strike the right balance.

The Great Palace Master certainly couldn't eat him, nor would he repay kindness with ingratitude.

However, since he needed the protection of the Great Palace Master, he had to make some compromises.

The relationship between him and Yu'er is based on affection. For her, Li Weiyi has been her everything since childhood.

But for the Great Palace Master, these two years were nothing more than a grand dream in her three thousand years of life.

"Squeak!"

Li Weiyi sighed softly, stopped thinking about it, and pushed open the door. Outside, the morning mist was thick, a vast expanse of white.

Birds chirped and insects hummed in the mountains, and a stream babbled outside the house.

Tang Wanzhou stood ten paces away, sword in hand, his Black Robe robes and straight eyebrows giving him a dashing and handsome appearance. His gaze was fixed on him. "There is indeed a subtle change in your aura and spirit. Shall we have a fight?"

"What are you trying to do? Are you trying to transfer your anger towards Mo Duanfeng and Bai Chuan onto me?" Li Weiyi said.

Tang Wanzhou was silent for a moment. "If I break the third lock, why should I swallow this insult? There's no other way; strength is power."

"What did the Deputy Sentinel Lord say?" Li Weiyi asked.

Tang Wanzhou said, "He said that Bai Chuan and Mo Duanfeng, one is the New Armor Rank Second in the Sword Dao Imperial Court, and the other is a prodigy from the Imperial Capital. They are of noble birth and have bright futures, yet they chose to join the Sentinel Spirit Army, abandoning the decadent life and the bustling Capital for danger and responsibility. They are flawless in their sense of righteousness. Their cultivation and mental fortitude have also been tested. He told me to cooperate with them well, since they are both Sentinel Spirit Army, both dedicated to eliminating evil and fighting against the Netherworld."

Li Weiyi chose to join the Dongxu Camp for two reasons: first, for cultivation resources, and second, for the protection afforded by this identity.

However, Bai Chuan and Mo Duanfeng did not have such a need. It's no wonder that the Deputy Sentinel Lord held them in such high regard, given their esteemed status in joining the Sentinel Spirit Army.

"That's it?" Li Weiyi asked.

Tang Wanzhou said, "To appease Lesser Yang Division, his Willow Wood Clone expended his cultivation to condense a Dao technique and gave it to me as a precaution. What do you see as the risks in Mo Duanfeng and Bai Chuan's proposal?"

She knew Li Weiyi was intelligent and could always grasp subtle details that others missed, so she consulted him.

Li Weiyi said, "I think the biggest risk isn't with the enemy, but with these two. They're too impatient. Perhaps they're after fame and fortune, or perhaps they're genuinely afraid that Chu Yutian will break through to the next realm before them, or maybe they want to seize some treasure from Chu Yutian, or for some other reason."

"In short, what if Chu Yutian had known about their urgency all along?"

Tang Wanzhou's expression turned solemn. "It's like creating a weakness for yourself without even realizing it."

Li Weiyi said, "Perhaps I overestimated Chu Yutian! Anyway, you have so many trump cards; even if something unexpected happens, escaping shouldn't be a problem. Have you purchased the supplies?"

"The Dongxu Camp has distributed enough Blood Valley Pill, as well as three Low-grade Spirit Crystal and three top-grade healing pills per person," Tang Wanzhou said.

Li Weiyi sighed, "Three Low-grade Spirit Crystal, worth Ten Million Spring Coins. That's a huge sum! But if we really want to stay in the Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin for at least ten years, we'll have to buy some other supplies, otherwise it will be so boring."

Tang Wanzhou and Li Weiyi left the Immortal Mist Sect camp and headed to an ancient city in the Chi Ming Realm, a thousand miles away, to go on a shopping spree.

Li Weiyi went to the Thousand Mile Mountain Chamber of Commerce, took out the waist token given to him by Lu Jingshen, disposed of most of his magical artifacts, and used all the money to buy spirit crystals, as well as materials for alchemy and talisman making.

In the Netherworld of the Departed, one cannot Breathing and Exhaling the Heaven and Earth Mana Qi; one can only rely on the magical power gushing from the spring within one's body to replenish energy and fight. Normal cultivation is naturally unaffected, but one cannot sustain prolonged combat.

Spirit crystals are therefore of utmost importance, as they are the only way to quickly restore magical energy.

The two returned to the Immortal Mist Sect camp, by which time it was already dark.

On their way to Yan Jue Mountain, Li Weiyi and Tang Wanzhou spotted a graceful figure in green standing outside the Qingyin Pavilion. She stood by the stream, her serene demeanor conveying a sense of quiet waiting.

Tang Wanzhou stopped and smiled slightly, "Shall I step aside for a bit?"

"When did you, Tang Wanzhou, become so dishonest?" Li Weiyi asked.

"It's not about avoiding suspicion, it's just that I don't want to disturb you two. Given Qing Ziqin's personality, if I, as a Saint, stand to the side, I'm afraid she won't be able to say many things!" Tang Wanzhou said.

Just as Li Weiyi was about to offer a few words of explanation, Qing Ziqin was in the distance, sensed something and looked over.

Tang Wanzhou, having wisely disappeared, was nearby.

"Captain, have you purchased the supplies? I just went to Jade City, sorry to have kept you waiting!"

Li Weiyi transformed into a wisp of green smoke, appearing like a fleeting shadow several miles away outside the Qingyin Pavilion, smiling as he stared at her.

Qing Ziqin was a serious and taciturn person. She stared at him for a long time, as if trying to see through him to understand what kind of person he was. "Come with me."

She walked ahead, her hands clasped to her lower abdomen, her steps light and slow, following the path along the stream to a garden only a few hundred feet away from the Qingyin Pavilion.

That's her residence.

Ancient trees are planted all over the garden, and the moon hangs high on their branches. The ground, the streamside, and the rooftops are covered with red and yellow fallen leaves. In the twilight, there is a tranquility that is very enjoyable.

Qing Ziqin activated the formation and pushed open two massive vermilion ancient doors.

Standing before the door, Li Weiyi sensed the extraordinary ancient charm of the place. The Formation Script carved on just the two doorposts were so profound that he couldn't understand them at all with his current mental power.

Deep within the garden, towers and palaces stand amidst clouds and mist, with a dozen Formation Disk floating in the fog, exuding an awe-inspiring power.

Standing beneath the two-zhang-high vermilion gate, Qing Ziqin was a splash of green amidst the crimson expanse. "Yan Jue Mountain was once the residence of the Immortal Mist Sect Master. There were once magnificent palaces there, and thousands of disciples from various sects cultivated there."

"A hundred years ago, on that night, the sect leader fought against the curse and razed all the buildings on the mountain to the ground, except for this Qingyi Garden, which was preserved."

"You guessed right, the sect leader is my great-grandfather, and I... am the only survivor of the Immortal Mist Sect."