Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 489: Life in the Wilderness
The sky is high and the wind is cold, the clouds are sparse and the moon is bright.

In the nameless valley, Li Zhi sang loudly in front of the fire, as if he was venting his depression, or as if he was sharing his happiness with the flames.

The unmelodic babbling sounds were particularly loud in the valley at night, even disturbing the birds in the nearby mountains and forests.

The singing was no more pleasant than the howling of ghosts and wolves, and it scared the colorful pheasants in the chicken coop so much that they became restless. They were supposed to lay eggs at night, but now they were fluttering back and forth in the cage with their tails between their legs.

In the sheepfold nearby, the little golden sheep curled up beside the ewe, wishing they could get back into the ewe's belly again.

But Li Zhi didn't know how unpleasant the song he sang by imitating the roars of thousands of beasts was.

Instead, he is immersed in his own world and cannot extricate himself.

Perhaps when he stands at the top of the sacred road one day and sings this song of all beasts again, it will be the sound of nature and the voice of the great way.

But Li Zhi, who was only at the Blood Moving Stage, had never reached that realm. His wild and uninhibited singing even awakened the ferocious beasts hibernating in the river outside the valley.

The river, which was originally flowing quietly, soon began to ripple.

Soon, a black alligator snapping turtle emerged from the mud at the bottom of the river.

The alligator snapping turtle looked like a crocodile wearing a turtle shell. It looked extremely ferocious, and its silver teeth flashed coldly in the moonlight, like sharp blades that could tear flesh apart at any time.

The pale yellow vertical pupils were filled with anger from being woken up.

After swimming to the shore, the alligator turtle climbed up the river bank silently, as if to vent all its anger.

After crawling for a distance into the valley, its sharp teeth began to emit cold light, which was the result of its magic.

"Buzz!"

As the alligator snapping turtle opened its mouth, dozens of cold rays flew out of its mouth like arrows, turning into sharp blades and shooting towards Li Zhi beside the fire.

Li Zhi, who was originally immersed in the "singing", suddenly felt his hair stand on end. He subconsciously performed a crocodile roll and moved directly from the fire to ten feet away.

"Oh!"

Dozens of cold lights instantly shattered the huge fire, and the burning firewood flew everywhere, blooming in the valley like fireworks.

"Whoosh!"

Li Zhi, who was attacked, subconsciously fought back and instantly threw the half-eaten barbecue with bones in his hand towards the alligator snapping turtle.

With the blessing of divine power, the flying rib was like a sharp arrow and hit the alligator snapping turtle directly on its back.

"when!"

The alligator snapping turtle's defense is very strong, it seems to be harder than a steel shield. The barbecued meat with bones hits the turtle shell, making a sound of metal hitting metal.

This move also completely angered the alligator snapping turtle.

Countless runes flickered on the tortoise shell, and dark divine light gathered on its back from all directions, and then a limbless divine crocodile appeared on its back.

"rub!"

In an instant, the divine crocodile turned into a black sharp blade like a sword drawn from its sheath and rushed towards Li Zhi.

Li Zhi's reaction was also extremely quick. He flew into the air in an instant, his hands turned into claws, and a torrent of divine power gushed out. He subconsciously used the attack method he learned from "The Original True Explanation". The power of his blood and qi condensed in the air into the giant claws of a golden-winged Roc and grabbed the alligator turtle.

The huge claw, carrying the power to tear dragons and split tigers, grabbed towards the alligator turtle's head.

"Crack!"

A golden phantom of a roc gracefully crossed the sky, avoided the alligator turtle's magic, and arrived above it. After a rapid sound of bone cracking, the alligator turtle, which could open up the earth and cave heaven realm, had its head crushed by Li Zhi's claw.

Looking at its crocodile eyes filled with anger and shock, Li Zhi suddenly realized that he seemed to have killed the wrong person.

"Brother Snapping Turtle, I'm so sorry, this is the Great Wilderness."

Finally, Li Zhi came to the fire holding the alligator snapping turtle's tail, pried open its shell, and said while taking out the turtle eggs.

Although it was killed by mistake, the eggs of this alligator snapping turtle that lives in the glacier are nutritious and delicious.

Since it was the one that broke the rules and destroyed his own fire, Li Zhi was unable to continue barbecuing and singing.

Then it is only natural to dig out the turtle eggs in its body, throw them into the remaining fire pit and roast them for a while as a snack.

This kind of alligator turtle eggs does not require any seasoning, just roasted over low heat and it will be the ultimate delicacy.

While Li Zhi was roasting the turtle eggs, on the other side of the mountain, a group of young men were quietly moving towards the valley.

When they could no longer hear Li Zhi's special "singing", everyone stopped temporarily.

"Brother Cang, the shouting has stopped, and the flames have also disappeared." A young man was as agile as a monkey. He climbed up a huge tree that was dozens of feet high in just a few steps. After looking for a while, he said to the bottom.

Young people living in the wilderness must not be measured by the physique of ordinary people. Even if they have not stepped into the threshold of cultivation and entered the blood-moving realm, they can still have thousands of pounds of strength through training. This is something that ordinary people in the period of covering the sky could not imagine.

"Monkey, come down first." The leader shouted at the young man on the tree. When traveling in the wilderness, learning to keep silent is a necessary practice.

"Brother Cang, is there really a treasure in that valley?" A young girl who was following Brother Cang suddenly asked in a low voice. Although she was a woman, she did not look weak at all. Instead, she looked stronger than the young men next to her.

"There must be treasures." Brother Cang, who was wearing a tiger-skin skirt, said with certainty. Especially the divine bow on his back, which was made of black iron and dragon tendons, and looked like it could shoot arrows with tens of thousands of pounds of divine power.

"Sister Hua, there is a huge phenomenon of energy gathering in the white sky above that valley. Brother Cang and I are definitely not mistaken." At this time, another young man explained to the young girl.

"The essence of heaven and earth is gathering abnormally, which is usually a phenomenon that occurs when cultivators open up a cave. If we go over in the dark, do we really have a chance to kill the people living inside?" Sister Hua asked with some concern.

In the practice of worldly Dharma in this world, each realm is a level higher than the next, and often a big realm difference will result in a crushing situation.

The Blood Moving Realm possesses divine power. Even at the limit of the Blood Moving Realm, the physical body only possesses more than 100,000 pounds of divine power. If one does not practice magic techniques, then in front of cultivators who understand magic techniques, no matter how powerful the physical strength is, it will be nothing.

"Sister Hua, don't worry. Although we are still in the Blood Moving Realm, Brother Cang has opened up the third cave some time ago. It's easy to deal with a stranger living alone.

We have already found out that the person living in that valley is definitely not very skilled. But his origin must be extraordinary, ordinary people cannot survive in that valley. Brother Cang has explored that valley before, and there is a cave inside, which is the nest of the ancient species to raise their cubs. He can make a home there, so he must have a powerful treasure on him, and even a powerful magic in his hands. "The young man who came down from the tree also spoke.

"Xiaohua, you have been practicing outside for these years, and you don't know how hard it is to live in the Great Wilderness. Our Bailin tribe does not have a powerful treasure inheritance, so we are destined to not be able to grow and develop. The beast tide incident that occurred in the eastern part of the Great Wilderness not long ago brought great pressure to the tribe members.

The Thunder Clan, Purple Mountain Clan, Luofu Lake, and Golden Wolf Tribe there were all powerful races that could roam the vast wilderness for a hundred thousand miles. But they were wiped out by a mere beast tide.

If we, the Bailin clan, want to continue to thrive in this wilderness, we must continue to make our heritage stronger. The current heritage of the clan can only allow us to cultivate to the level of spiritual transformation. Do you understand the significance of our trip? "Brother Cang also explained to the girl.

"Brother Cang, I understand." The young girl nodded.

Then, the group of people continued to walk towards the valley where Li Zhi lived.

The people who saw the vision during the day were not only people from the nearby tribes, but also some other people.

At this time, above the clouds not far above the heads of the Bailin tribe, there were two middle-aged men standing on magic weapons, calmly looking at the group of people heading towards the valley below.

When the group of Bailin people walked away, the middle-aged man on the cloud suddenly asked the middle-aged woman next to him: "Ziyun, what do you think?"

It seemed as if they wanted to follow behind this group of people and act like a jackal.

However, the middle-aged woman did not respond to him directly. Instead, she looked at the middle-aged man coldly and said, "Lei Peng, it seems that you did not come back to avenge your Lei clan this time."

"Although I, Lei Peng, am conceited, I also know my own limitations. Facing the beast tide launched by those most powerful beasts, I do not have the ability to kill all those ancient species." The middle-aged man Lei Peng did not get angry because his little thoughts were exposed by the woman. Instead, he said it openly.

"Since our purposes are different, then why are you following me?" said Ziyun, a middle-aged woman from the Zishan tribe.

A few days ago, she felt like the sky had fallen when she learned that her family had been wiped out by the beast tide. After arranging her family affairs, she returned to the Great Wilderness from the Stone Country, hoping to find clues about the beast that launched the beast tide.

Although she herself did not have the ability to avenge the Zishan clan, the family she married into did have that power.

Twenty years ago, she married into a marquisate in the Stone Kingdom from the Purple Mountain Clan in the Great Wilderness. Although she only married a marquisate's son who was not valued, her identity and status had undergone a qualitative change. Moreover, her descendants would also be able to access a more powerful inheritance. When her children grew up, they could borrow the power of the Shi Kingdom's marquisate family to avenge her mother's death.

The beast tide launched by those ferocious beasts fighting for the mountain treasures had a huge impact, and it has only just manifested itself now.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the beast tide that swept across 100,000 miles was a major event that could change the situation in the wilderness.

Facing Zi Yun's question, Lei Peng didn't seem to have any intention of hiding anything, and said directly: "Although my Lei clan was destroyed in the beast tide, the place where the inheritance treasure bones were stored was not destroyed in the beast tide. But after I returned and opened that secret place, I found that the treasure bones inside were lost."

As a direct disciple of the Lei Clan, although Lei Peng travels outside all year round, he knows all the secrets.

The Thunder Clan was destroyed in the beast tide, but as long as the inherited bones are still there, plus some surviving Thunder Clan disciples, with the speed of human reproduction, it won’t take many years for them to develop a brand new Thunder Clan again.

However, after the precious bone was lost, the Thunder Clan had no hope of rising again.

Moreover, he had searched the secret place repeatedly, but there was no sign of the precious bones. Even from the traces left there, it seemed that it was not the ferocious beasts in the wilderness that broke into the place.

Therefore, Lei Peng searched the nearby wilderness for the person who had robbed his Lei clan treasure. He believed that it was impossible for a tribe to obtain the Lei clan's inherited treasure bone and not practice it.

To survive in the wilderness, a powerful magic can create a large clan, this is beyond doubt.

The ancestor of the Thunder Clan at that time only obtained a piece of precious bone of a thunder beast by accident, and then their Thunder Clan developed into a large clan with a population of tens of millions in the wilderness.

And according to custom, after every beast tide, there would be many scavengers going to the wilderness to look for treasures.

After all, what humans value may not be valued by those ferocious beasts.

"Since you suspect that there is someone you suspect in the valley ahead, why are you following me?" Zi Yun said extremely calmly. She did not show any emotional fluctuations because Lei Peng revealed the loss of the Lei clan's inherited precious bone.

Based on her understanding of Lei Peng, he is not the kind of person who would give up easily.

"You and I both know the meaning behind the human beings who dare to live alone in the wilderness." Lei Peng said. The reason why he followed Zi Yun was that he wanted to take the opportunity to establish a relationship with the royal family of Shiguo.

After all, if the Thunder Clan wants to revive, it must have a powerful backer.

After all, it is not easy to find a powerful sacrificial spirit that can protect an entire ethnic group.

"Lei Peng, I haven't seen you for many years, but you are still so timid." Zi Yun snorted coldly, seeming to look down on Lei Peng.

"The brave ones are all dead, but I, a timid person, am still alive. Living in the wilderness, being timid is not a bad thing. Being bold is the way to disaster. I am being cautious." Lei Peng is not ashamed of it, but proud of it.

You know, his cultivation has reached the spiritual level, but he doesn't dare to go to the valley where Li Zhi lives to investigate in person.

Because his intuition told him that there seemed to be demons in that valley that devoured souls and people. If he went there in person, he would most likely lose his life there.

Being able to cultivate to the Spiritual Transformation Realm at his current age, he may even be able to enter the true realm of kings and princes in the future. He does not want his path to be cut off prematurely.

And since Zi Yun married the prince of the Shi Kingdom, her cultivation has not declined. In fact, after not seeing each other for many years, her cultivation is now higher than his.

When he was young, his talent was much higher than Ziyun's.

"Haha." Ziyun sneered at Lei Peng's words.

"Ziyun, you and I are old acquaintances. Can you tell me the truth, do the princes of the Stone Kingdom intend to intervene in this wilderness?" Lei Peng asked again. If the princes of the Stone Kingdom set their sights on this wilderness, then his next plan would have to change.

"Do you really think the kings and princes of the Stone Kingdom are beggars? The territory ruled by the Stone Kingdom is much more vast than this wilderness. The mountain treasures that those ferocious beasts fight for are probably not even taken seriously by the kings and princes of the Stone Kingdom." In Ziyun's mind, the so-called mountain treasures are nothing more than things like holy medicines.

"That's right. The Stone Kingdom is at its peak. How could it possibly be interested in this desolate place?" Although Lei Peng also knew that the strongest beasts had been fighting for several years to compete for the mountain treasure.

But outsiders have no idea what the mountain treasure is. Even the four ferocious beasts fighting for the mountain treasure are rarely known.

"In that case, Lei Peng will take his leave." After getting the answer he wanted, Lei Peng left.

However, Zi Yun was still staring at the Bailin cultivators walking through the mountains and forests, and no one knew what she was thinking.

A group of people from the Bailin tribe, like killers in the dark night, passed through one forest after another, and finally climbed to the top of a hill on the edge of the valley where Li Zhi was.

Looking at Li Zhi who was tasting turtle eggs in the valley, and the layout of the valley, they immediately showed excitement.

“Brother Cang, that person doesn’t have the unique aura of a Cave Heaven Realm cultivator. He should still be at the Blood Moving Level.” The person with the best eyesight said with a little excitement.

"He actually raised a group of colorful pheasants and several golden sheep. None of our tribe has such rare animals." Another person said enviously after seeing the colorful pheasants in the chicken cage and the golden sheep in the sheep pen.

Both the Five-Colored Golden Pheasant and the Golden Wild Sheep were rare and very nourishing. The flesh and blood of the Five-Colored Golden Pheasant could replenish bones, while the flesh and blood of the Golden Wild Sheep could replenish Qi and nourish blood, which was very beneficial for the cultivation of the Moving Blood Realm, so they were very valuable.

"Brother Cang, does that person have any precious bones?" someone also asked.

"Nine out of ten. Look at the pile of bones on the ground. Many of them are from ferocious beasts with the blood of ancient species." Brother Cang pointed to the place where Li Zhi threw the bones.

Li Zhi had lived in the valley for some time. Almost every day he would eat one or two ferocious beasts with the blood of ancient species. Naturally, he had accumulated a large pile of ferocious beast bones.

Although none of the ferocious beasts he imprisoned in the Beast Cave were true ancient species, most of them had extraordinary bloodlines, otherwise they would not taste good when eaten.

As Li Zhi wanted to comprehend the "Original True Explanation", he naturally had no time to go out hunting every day. Those ferocious beasts were plundered directly from the wilderness by him using the supreme magic weapon, the Void Divine Gold Pot.

"Brother Cang, when are we going to start?" asked the only woman in the team.

"No rush, let's take action after he falls asleep. The strange phenomenon that appeared in the sky above the valley before was definitely caused by him. Maybe he accidentally dug out a precious bone containing runes from the bodies of those ferocious beasts, which caused the strange phenomenon." Brother Cang said after pondering for a moment.

Just after they hid, Li Zhi, who was eating, also sensed their presence.

But Li Zhi didn't care about them.

When living in the wilderness, any conspiracy or trick is useless, and what you need is absolute strength.

Moreover, the group of people hiding in the mountains and forests did not emanate strong Qi and blood power. It was obvious that they were not cultivators from prominent families. Not even one of them had cultivated their physical Qi and blood power to the level that could trigger Qi and blood wolf smoke.

The energy and blood in them are inferior to those of Shi Linhu, Shi Feijiao and others in the Shi Village Hunting Team.

Since he dared to choose to live in this valley, Li Zhi was naturally familiar with the surrounding environment. There were several large tribes with tens of thousands of people within a few hundred miles. Even one of the tribes was not a human tribe.

After finally finishing the meal, Li Zhi saw that those people seemed to be dormant, so he subconsciously shook his head and whispered to himself: "The reputation of the man-eating wilderness is well-deserved. The threat is really everywhere."

Although Li Zhi did not want his hands to be stained with the blood of his fellow human beings, he would not be able to show mercy if those people retreated without knowing the difficulty.

If you want to become the king of men, you must have both a kind side and a decisive side.

Only by holding power in one hand and punishment in the other can the supreme majesty of the king be demonstrated.

Since Tuoba Yaoyang has the true blood of the Human King flowing in his body, Li Zhi is also interested in becoming a true Human King, or Human Emperor.

During the period of Shrouding the Heavens, he chose to practice alone because the secret realm of the human body did not require much external force.

However, the current Shinto system's practice method cannot be practiced to the highest level by simply closing the door.

Although the cultivation system of this world's law is not perfect and seems to be put together temporarily.

But strictly speaking, it is a branch of the Shinto practice system.

And the ancestral spirit Willow God, the master of the Shinto practice system, still needs three thousand divine kingdoms to assist in his practice.

It is conceivable that the Shinto practice system cannot be reached simply by relying on hard work.

This can also be seen from Emperor Huang Tian.

When Shi Hao was young, he served as the Human Emperor of the Stone Kingdom and was respected by the world as the Little Stone Emperor.

Later, he even became the Emperor of Heaven.

It is conceivable that Shinto practice cannot be separated from sentient beings and believers.

(End of this chapter)