Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 425 Kunpeng Banquet

"Master, the two masters Yan Yixi and Li Tian from the Way of Human Desire want to see you."

Li Zhi, who was studying the cooking method of Kunpeng meat in Baiwei Hall, suddenly heard a report from his disciples outside the hall.

"Take them to the reception hall." Li Zhi said without turning his head and continued to cook the stir-fried kidney in his hand.

The disciple who was reporting outside the hall smelled a fragrance like that of a magical medicine coming from the kitchen before he could even open his mouth to respond. He felt that his energy was beginning to grow stronger.

Then he took a deep breath of the meaty aroma floating in the air, and the energy in his body suddenly surged uncontrollably. Even some hidden injuries left over from excessive physical training were healed after inhaling that aroma.

It was as if he had taken a magical aphrodisiac pill. Yang energy surged in his body, and his qi and blood began to churn uncontrollably, and even his body began to ooze out essence.

Blood began to spurt out of his mouth and nostrils.

The "no" that should have been in response to Li Zhi turned into an unclear and extremely unpleasant "uh".

When Li Zhi placed the stir-fried Kunpeng kidneys that had just been taken out of the pot on a jade plate carved from spiritual jade, he saw the little disciple who was struggling to suppress the energy that was bursting out of his body at the kitchen door.

Li Zhi smiled when he saw this, waved his hand and helped the young disciple suppress the bursting energy in his body, and then said: "You are quite courageous, you dare to smell the things here."

"Grandmaster, I know I was wrong." The young disciple said in fear and trepidation.

"You are lucky. This is freshly-fried Kunpeng kidney. You also have the chance to taste the saltiness." Li Zhi did not mean to blame him, but said instead.

"Grandmaster, spare my life. I won't dare to do it again." The young disciple begged for mercy. He couldn't bear the smell alone and almost exploded to death. What's more, if he ate the meat, he would turn into ashes on the spot.

"Don't be afraid, I'm watching you here, how can I harm you? Eat it." Li Zhi waved his hand and took a piece of kidney the size of a thumb from the plate and put it directly to the little disciple's mouth.

The young disciple's eyes suddenly showed an open-minded look of being willing to sacrifice himself, and then he swallowed the piece of Kunpeng kidney in one gulp.

The expected explosion of energy did not occur.

"How does it taste?" Li Zhi asked quickly.

Cooking new dishes with Kunpeng's flesh and blood will naturally not be successful all at once, so it is understandable that they are not tasty.

"Grandmaster, Grandmaster, I am actually fine?" The young disciple said with a look of surprise after he reacted.

"You kid, you are really not someone who can eat fine bran. You'd better go and invite Yan Yixi and Li Tian." Li Zhi said to the young disciple speechlessly.

When eating, you don't even chew the food in your mouth to taste it, but just swallow it directly. How can you taste the food?

Since Li Zhi dared to let him taste it, he must be sure of it. After being cooked, Kunpeng meat is no longer the kind of thing that can burst an ordinary cultivator with just one drop of blood. Anyone who eats it can digest it slowly according to their own digestive conditions.

Swallowing it directly into the stomach like he does is no different from the way wild animals eat. There is no joy in eating at all.

As for the vast essence contained in the quasi-emperor's flesh and blood, they had already been integrated into Li Zhi's cells during the cooking process. After being eaten into the stomach, the internal energy and essence would be slowly absorbed according to the strength of the stomach's digestive and absorptive capacity.

Of course, the murderous and evil spirit contained in the quasi-emperor's flesh and blood were naturally all eliminated by Li Zhi during the cooking process.

"Grandmaster, I will take my leave."

When the young disciple heard this, he knew that he had just missed a great opportunity.

But I have already eaten a piece. Although I didn’t taste it, I was very satisfied.

The piece of kidney that he swallowed seemed to be continuously releasing essence, making him feel warm all over. It seemed that his body, which could not become stronger through ordinary body training, began to slowly become stronger after absorbing the essence released from that piece of meat.

It seems possible to take the physical body to a higher level before breaking through the four poles, thereby gaining the opportunity to use the Golden Body Liquid.

The young disciple went to invite the guests happily.

Since Li Zhi established the supreme Taoist temple, he naturally passed down the method he created.

However, the method passed down was not the version of "The Great Way of Longevity Sutra" that Li Zhi was practicing now, but the nine scriptures separated from "The Great Way of Longevity Sutra".

According to different attributes, Li Zhi split "The Great Way of Longevity Sutra" into scriptures suitable for practice by different cultivators.

As for the disciples who are qualified to comprehend the entire "Great Dao and Longevity Sutra", there is no one else except Li Xianer and Jin Ming.

Even the four great maids and the divine deer Xiaobai were not qualified to comprehend the complete version of "The Great Way of Longevity Sutra" and could only comprehend some fragments.

It's not that Li Zhi is stingy, but Li Zhi found that after he upgraded "The Great Dao and Longevity Sutra" to the quasi-emperor level, the scripture became more and more complicated. People who are not qualified can easily hurt themselves if they comprehend the entire scripture. They may even directly transform into the Tao in the process of enlightenment because of their pursuit of the supreme realm described in Li Zhi's scripture.

Li Zhi also understood why, among the families left behind by the ancient emperors, although they were practicing the same ancient scripture, the fruits of their cultivation were so different.

This is because most of the Great Emperor's bloodlines who are not talented enough are simply unable to comprehend the true meaning of the Great Emperor's scriptures. Even if they practice the Great Emperor's scriptures, they are not necessarily more powerful than the King's scriptures or the Saint's scriptures practiced by others.

The scriptures created by Li Zhi are particularly difficult to practice, because this practice is adjusted in time according to his physical condition. The later the practice, the higher the requirements for qualifications, even higher than the requirements for practicing the scriptures left by the ancient emperors.

After all, the great emperors of ancient times had made great contributions to the creation of nature. After they achieved enlightenment, they revised the ancient scriptures and returned to their original simplicity. The same scriptures can contain principles of varying depths.

But Li Zhi is unable to do this now, and the scriptures can only become more and more refined and profound as his cultivation level improves.

The imperial scriptures left behind by the ancient emperors have returned to their original simplicity. No matter if one has strong or weak talent, as long as one has a certain level of qualifications, one can practice them. The only difference is that the results achieved will be worlds apart.

Perhaps, this is also the reason why the scriptures left behind by quasi-emperor-level strongmen do not seem to be easier to pass down than the cultivation scriptures left behind by great emperor-level strongmen.

Because Li Zhi had already discovered that the number of quasi-emperors in the world far exceeded the number of great emperors, but the number of quasi-emperor scriptures that existed in the world was not proportional to the number of great emperor ancient scriptures that existed in the world.

It seems that the circulation of the Quasi-Emperor's scriptures is not as wide as that of some of the great holy scriptures.

Only after becoming a quasi-emperor did Li Zhi understand the reason behind it.

Because of the special nature of the Quasi-Emperors, if one wants to practice the scriptures they created, one’s talent and physique must be as close as possible to the Quasi-Emperor who created the Quasi-Emperor scriptures.

Even the cultivation scriptures left behind by quasi-emperors who have achieved a different level of enlightenment cannot be compared with the universality of the ancient scriptures of the great emperor.

Because the scriptures of those who have achieved enlightenment in other ways have not been verified with the laws of heaven and earth, there will be some overly distinctive features in the scriptures created by the Quasi-Emperor.

However, these outstanding aspects have become obstacles in the practice of later generations who are less talented.

This also greatly reduces the universality of the Quasi-Emperor's scriptures.

Therefore, the nine different "Longevity Sutras" that Li Zhi split out from the "Great Dao Longevity Sutra" were all great saint-level scriptures, and they were used as the ancient scriptures of the nine veins of the Supreme Dao Field. Li Zhi divided the nine outer fairy islands that guarded the Seven Star Dao Field into the nine veins of the Supreme Dao Field, and each of them had a "Longevity Sutra" as the ancient scripture to stabilize the veins.

They are: "Lihuo Longevity Sutra" which is biased towards fire attribute, "Xuanshui Longevity Sutra" which is biased towards water attribute, "Void Longevity Sutra" which is biased towards space attribute, "Yi Mu Longevity Sutra" which is biased towards wood attribute, "Geng Jin Longevity Sutra" which is biased towards gold attribute, "Hou Tu Longevity Sutra" which is biased towards earth attribute, "Tianlei Longevity Sutra" which is biased towards thunder method, "Jiujian Longevity Sutra" which is biased towards fighting and killing, and "Longevity Sutra" which has no attributes and is biased towards health preservation.

These nine "Longevity Sutras" that have reached the level of great sacred texts are all derived from Li Zhi's "Great Way Longevity Sutra".

Li Zhi combined many scriptures, as well as the Great Holy Scripture deduced and revised using the Xiantian Bagua diagram. It is not the kind of scripture that has no room for improvement. If someone can use it to cultivate to the quasi-emperor level, they can create their own quasi-emperor level cultivation scriptures based on these scriptures.

As for what kind of Taoist fruit these nine scriptures would eventually evolve into, Li Zhi was not sure.

After all, the difficulty of creating a quasi-emperor scripture is far greater than that of creating a great holy scripture.

After all, every quasi-emperor is someone who is already on the path to success. It is impossible for Li Zhi to study other avenues before his own avenue has reached the limit of heaven and earth.

These nine great sage-level "Longevity Sutras" were divided out during the fifty years when he founded the Nine Heavens Kingdom.

After the young disciple left, Li Zhi left Baiwei Hall and came to the Yingbin Hall. He laid out the thirteen dishes he had cooked earlier, which were made from various parts of Kunpeng, and waited for Yan Yixi and Li Tian to arrive.

"Master Li, how are you?" Li Tian and Yan Yixi quickly arrived at the reception hall. After seeing the thirteen dishes with restrained charm in front of Li Zhi, they did not show any strange expression, but greeted him.

"My two fellow Taoists, it's been a long time since we last met. Come and try my cooking. This is a dish that I specially researched and cooked, and I was looking for someone to share it with." Li Zhi invited them to take a seat.

"Then my brother and I have arrived at the right time. I happen to have a pot of thousand-year-old spiritual wine in my hand. Let's drink while we eat." Li Tian took a look at the restrained aura on the dishes and knew that they were good stuff.

Although they couldn't tell what kind of meat was used to cook the dishes, as great sages, they could still sense the tremendous essence contained in the meat in those dishes.

After both parties took their seats, they immediately started toasting each other like old friends reuniting.

However, the two brothers did not come here to drink, and soon got down to business.

"Master Li, I wonder what you think about the killing of ancestor Kunpeng? Recently, all the major forces on the ancient star Ziwei have been thrown into panic by this incident, fearing that the strange quasi-emperor will come to Ziwei. Let us make preparations in advance." Yan Yixi asked.

"Let's not talk about anything else for now. Let's eat first, and then talk about other things after the meal." Li Zhi smiled and invited them to continue enjoying the delicious food.

Afterwards, the two brothers tasted Li Zhi's various dishes.

Both of them were great saints, so they naturally wouldn't wolf down the food like that little disciple.

After taking a few bites, I immediately realized the extraordinary nature of the thirteen dishes in front of me.

When it enters your stomach, you can feel a surge of vital energy escaping. If you practice internal energy to refine it, you can even feel that each piece of meat is equivalent to a magic pill.

"Master Li, what kind of meat is this? It smells so good. I have eaten and drunk good things, but I have never tasted such delicious food." Li Tian almost swallowed his tongue into his stomach. He finished two plates of delicacies in no time. Then he felt full and couldn't eat anymore. He said while rubbing his stomach.

You know, he is the Great Sage, but there is a day when he needs to slowly digest food like a mortal after eating.

"It's really delicious. It's much more delicious than the various delicacies Ye Fan brought back from the Ancient Starry Road that we had in Tianzhi Village." Yan Yixi's eating manners were much more elegant, but he could only finish two plates of delicacies.

The remaining seven dishes all went into Li Zhi's stomach.

"This is a dish I made using the meat of the quasi-emperor. Naturally, it tastes better than the dishes made from the meat of the holy beast that Ye Fan brought back from the ancient trial road." Li Zhi said with a smile.

“So this dish is made with quasi-emperor meat. No wonder it smells so good.” Li Tian leaned back in his chair and said subconsciously.

"The meat of the quasi-emperor is indeed delicious." Yan Yixi also nodded.

"Quasi-Emperor Meat?"

But the next second, the pair of brothers exclaimed in surprise, and even stood up from their chairs, staring at Li Zhi.

"Don't get excited, both of you. It's just quasi-emperor meat. My cooking skills are worthy of your approval." Li Zhi quickly waved his hand to calm them down.

"Quasi-emperor meat, we ate quasi-emperor meat? Could this be the flesh and blood of ancestor Kunpeng?" Yan Yixi picked up a one-inch long piece of meat from the leftovers on the plate and began to observe it.

"Master Li, please don't tell me that Patriarch Kunpeng was killed by you." Li Tian said with disbelief still in his eyes.

"He was indeed killed by me. He was a powerful man known as the ancestor of Kunpeng, but he came to steal when I was not at the Taoist temple. After I came back, I would naturally not let him go. After my research, I found that the meat from different parts of Kunpeng can be used to cook dishes, and the taste is different." Li Zhi said with a smile.

Li Zhi then introduced to Li Tian and Yan Yixi which parts of Kunpeng were used to cook the dishes they had just tasted: "The meat on Kunpeng's wings can be grilled with honey; Kunpeng's belly can be made into cold fried dried shredded pork; Kunpeng's kidneys can be stir-fried with kidney flowers; Kunpeng's bone marrow can be boiled into a yin-yang essence-replenishing soup..."

The more they listened, the wider their mouths opened.

Finally, after Li Zhi finished his introduction, the two of them swallowed their saliva. Li Tian gave Li Zhi a thumbs up and said, "Master Li, you are really my idol. You must have common topics with Mr. Dongfang Taiyi."

Then, Yan Yixi asked again: "Li Daochang, now that you have been promoted to Quasi-Emperor, do you have any means to find Ye Fan's whereabouts?"

Since the end of the dark turmoil, the people of Heaven have never given up their efforts to find Ye Fan's whereabouts.

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "If Ye Fan hadn't died, after the only true path was opened, he would have been led to the Feixian battlefield inside the Emperor's Pass by the secret power contained in the crystal tablet in front of the Emperor's Pass."

“In the blink of an eye, more than two hundred and fifty years have passed since the Dark Turmoil. The impact of that bloody catastrophe on various domains has gradually disappeared. Even among the younger generation born after the Dark Turmoil, some have been promoted to Great Sages one after another.” Li Tian said with emotion.

After staying in Li Zhi's dojo for only three days, Li Tian and Yan Yixi said goodbye and left.

After returning to the Shenzhou Human Desire Dao Ancestor Temple, Li Tian asked: "Brother, what realm do you think Taoist Li is in now? Ancestor Kunpeng is not someone you can easily mess with. After being promoted to Quasi-Emperor, he is definitely more difficult to deal with than an ordinary Quasi-Emperor."

“His cultivation must be higher than the first level of Quasi-Emperor. We didn’t sense any breath of him transcending the tribulation at Ziwei Ancient Star. He must have gone to a desolate place in the universe to transcend the tribulation. Before he was promoted to Quasi-Emperor, he already had the combat power of a Quasi-Emperor. Now that he has been promoted to Quasi-Emperor, he will definitely be much stronger than the average Quasi-Emperor who has just been promoted to Quasi-Emperor. It is even possible that he will break through two levels and directly transform into the strongest person of the second level of Quasi-Emperor. Otherwise, the battle with Patriarch Kunpeng would not have ended so quickly.” Yan Yixi said.

"Brother, when will we be able to be promoted to quasi-emperor?" Li Tian said with emotion.

Although their cultivation has gradually improved to a level close to the peak of the Great Sage, they themselves know their own situation. If they want to break through to the Quasi-Emperor, their current accumulation is far from enough.

After seeing off Li Tian and Yan Yixi, Li Zhi stayed in the Taoist temple for another half a year, dealing with some miscellaneous matters in the sect.

Based on the nine fairy islands and the quasi-emperor halberd left by ancestor Kunpeng, he arranged a quasi-emperor-level Zhoutian Star Array to protect the safety of the Taoist temple.

From then on, his supreme temple no longer had to worry about some great sage sneaking in and stealing.

Then Li Zhi left Ziwei Ancient Star quietly.

(End of this chapter)