Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 498 The Chaos Continues

"Boom!"

Smoke and dust rose on the distant horizon, as if there was a muffled thunder, which directly disturbed the peace of the wilderness.

The birds and animals in the forest fled, and at the same time, they alarmed the prey that Li Zhi had set his eyes on, a big black dog as strong as a calf.

The frightened big black dog turned into a black lightning like a lightning rabbit and disappeared into the depths of the jungle, making Li Zhi very angry.

In order to get close to the big black dog with extremely high vigilance but shiny black fur, Li Zhi had been lying in ambush there for several days.

There are many ferocious beasts in the wilderness, but pure yang ferocious beasts are hard to find.

The big black dog that ran away in fear was the most ferocious beast with the strongest yang energy Li Zhi had ever encountered. Its yang energy was even stronger than that of the black flame tiger king he had eaten before.

The blood flowing in the big black dog's body definitely contains some of the blood of the legendary Roaring Sky Dog that can swallow the sky and eat the sun.

They were almost successful, but at the critical moment it was ruined by a roar coming from afar.

Li Zhi jumped onto a tree that was several dozen feet high and looked around. He saw a group of people riding on ferocious beasts, led by a golden lion, running towards the forest recklessly.

"Another vicious bandit? Could it be that Xiao Xitian discovered the whereabouts of the Supreme Divine Treasure and actually sent out a golden lion?" Li Zhi thought to himself.

Ever since Shanbao was born, there has not been a single day of peace in the Great Wilderness, and the foreign forces are increasing in number.

In just the few days when he was out hunting, he encountered no less than ten spies from major forces, who were searching the wilderness for the whereabouts of the Supreme God's treasure.

In this land, there has been a legend since ancient times that a peerless supreme being left his legacy here and was buried in an ancient cave, which recorded his Taoist tradition.

Throughout history, no one knows how many people have come looking for it, but all have returned empty-handed.

But every once in a while, news of the appearance of the Supreme God’s treasure would come out, attracting a large number of people to come and look for it.

Although we always return empty-handed, we still enjoy it.

Li Zhi knew that the supreme divine treasure they were looking for was the supreme palace located on the back of the giant turtle.

Looking at the golden lion following the fierce bandit, Li Zhi suddenly thought that it was also a pure yang ferocious beast.

Although it is not a pure-blooded golden lion, a golden lion that was accepted into the Buddhist sect and trained as a mountain guardian beast should have inherited some of the talents of a fearless lion in its blood.

"You have startled my big black dog, so you must pay with your flesh and blood."

Li Zhi immediately took out an iron bow, put on a meteorite arrow and shot it towards the golden lion.

"Whoosh!"

With the blessing of the overwhelming divine power, the sharp arrow instantly turned into a black stream of light, crossed the mountains and forests for more than ten miles, suddenly shot out from the dense forest, and shot directly into the back of the golden lion.

"Ow!"

The golden lion roared in pain, and a burst of golden light burst out from its body, squeezing out the sharp arrow stuck in its back.

"Enemy attack."

The leader of the fierce bandits immediately drew out the precious sword hanging on the neck of the white jade war elephant and shouted loudly in the direction where the arrow flew.

"It's not dead." Li Zhi was quite surprised at the strength of the golden lion. Its power was so strong that ordinary beasts in the Spirit Transformation Realm could not withstand the arrow, but the golden lion only suffered some minor injuries.

"Since bows and arrows can't kill you, then try the Hundred Bone Sword that the centipede monster personally refined." Li Zhi took out the Hundred Bone Sword that was left after the centipede monster died, and then used the treasure to kill it.

In an instant, the sword lights in the sky poured down like a rainstorm, instantly covering the group of vicious bandits.

The golden lion roared continuously, activating its innate magic to form a golden bell to protect its body.

However, under the heavy rain of swords from the Hundred Bone Swords, it ultimately could not escape the fate of defeat.

Looking at the ferocious bandits who had turned into pieces and the ferocious beasts they were riding, Li Zhi did not feel any discomfort.

He came directly to the side of the golden lion, but at this moment he suddenly heard a sound of praise like the sound of nature.

"That's amazing, little brother Tuoba, you really opened my eyes."

Li Zhi turned his head and saw Xia Youyu, who was dressed in black armor, had a high ponytail and exuded heroic spirit. She was riding a sword and slowly flying towards him.

"Miss Xia, why are you here?" Li Zhi was quite surprised that Xia Youyu had returned. Didn't she already return to Butian Pavilion? Why did she come here alone again?

"I came here specially to look for you, little brother Tuoba. I didn't expect that as soon as I found your whereabouts, I was so surprised. You are worthy of being a peerless genius from a secluded family." Xia Youyu said familiarly.

The tone was as if they had been old friends for many years.

In order to win over Li Zhi, she and her uncle, one in the open and one in secret, returned to the shore of Taiyin Pond, but found that there was no trace of Li Zhi except a pile of leftover animal bones.

Originally, the uncle wanted to take Xia Youyu away directly, but Xia Youyu insisted on looking for more.

Then they went downstream along the Taiyin River and soon saw several traces of fire pits where ferocious beasts had been cooked by the river.

Xia Youyu concluded that Li Zhi was using the Taiyin River to cultivate to the spiritual realm.

After all, to practice in the Spiritual Transformation Realm, one needs to rely on a special treasure land that possesses extreme yin and yang forces to hone oneself.

Then, based on the characteristics of those bones, she discovered that Li Zhi seemed to eat ferocious beasts with pure yang bodies, which indirectly confirmed her speculation.

Then she began to search for the whereabouts of the Chunyang beast around the Taiyin Pool, and then she found Li Zhi.

"Ms. Xia, I'm really sorry. I have my own practice plan, and Butian Pavilion is really not suitable for me." Li Zhi refused directly again.

"Brother Tuoba, are you not interested in Baiduan Mountain either? Baiduan Mountain is about to open, and my Butian Pavilion, as a pure land passed down from ancient times, has the quota to enter Baiduan Mountain." Xia Youyu directly showed his chips.

"Do you need any qualifications to enter and exit Baiduan Mountain?" Li Zhi asked curiously.

"Of course it is necessary. Baiduan Mountain opens once every few hundred years. If there is no limit on the number of people entering, wouldn't countless young cultivators flock in every time it opens?" Xia Youyu introduced to Li Zhi the rules formulated by many forces.

The secret realm of Baiduan Mountain is a place of great fortune, and all major forces do not allow independent cultivators to enter.

Moreover, each faction was limited in the number of young disciples allowed to enter. For example, their Butian Pavilion only had less than ten people who could enter the Baiduan Mountain Secret Realm.

After listening to Xia Youyu's introduction, Li Zhi immediately frowned.

He had originally planned to go to Duankong City and wait for the opening of Baiduan Mountain after completing the training in Taiyin River, but now it seems that he had taken it for granted.

How could such a secret realm with infinite creation allow independent cultivators without any sect to enter?

Seeing that Li Zhi seemed to be somewhat moved, Xia Youyu continued, "Brother Tuoba, we in the Butian Pavilion do not restrict the freedom of our disciples. Many princes and nobles in the Wilderness once trained in our Butian Pavilion when they were young. But it does not prevent them from leaving the Butian Pavilion to build their careers."

"Can you give me a few days to think about it?" Li Zhi said.

"Of course you can. But little brother Tuoba, you'd better leave this place as soon as possible. If you kill the golden lion of Xiaoxitian, it is very likely to attract the guardian of Xiaoxitian to come." Xia Youyu reminded.

"Could this golden lion have another origin?" Li Zhi asked.

"It should be the descendant of the guardian beast of Xiaoxitian Mountain. If you kill it here, the Lion King will definitely feel it. He might even come down the mountain himself to look for the murderer who killed its descendant." Xia Youyu said.

"In that case, it doesn't matter." Li Zhi didn't care whether the Lion King came to seek revenge.

He is not afraid of any future threats as long as they don't appear in front of him now.

After all, the rune mark that the Golden Lion wanted to activate before his death had been swallowed and decomposed by the Centipede Demon's Hundred Bone Sword.

Following Li Zhi to the Taiyin Pool, Xia Youyu reminded him, "Brother Tuoba, you use the Taiyin power in the Taiyin Spring to temper your body. Although the effect is remarkable, it may not be the best to just eat the flesh and blood of these pure yang beasts. It is best to use the Taiyin power and the sun power alternately to temper your body, so that it will be easier to cultivate the Spiritual Transformation Realm to perfection."

"I am not practicing the Spirit Transformation Realm here. I am just using the Taiyin power here to sharpen my foundation. I am only a Cave Heaven Realm cultivator now." Li Zhi looked at Xia Youyu with a little surprise. What made the other party think that he was a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator?

"You are not in the Spiritual Transformation Realm?" Xia Youyu was obviously stunned, her face full of shock. "No, I just opened up the ninth cave not long ago." Li Zhi said.

"You mean, with your Cave Heaven Realm cultivation level, you can jump into this Taiyin Spring to practice?" Xia Youyu confirmed again and again.

"Actually, you can too. The Taiyin power here is neither violent nor extreme. Instead, it is very gentle. It has a miraculous effect on tempering the body and consolidating the foundation." Li Zhi said.

"Forget it. I'm a girl and this place is not suitable for me." Xia Youyu quickly shook her head.

The Taiyin power they had collected here before had to be diluted before it could be used normally after being brought back.

After Li Zhi stewed the golden lion, he jumped directly into the Taiyin Spring to practice, which made Xia Youyu tremble with fear.

"What a powerful body! How strong a physique has he cultivated in the Blood Moving Realm?" At this moment, Xia Youyu's uncle also appeared on the shore.

"Master, why did you come here suddenly? Didn't you say we would be in the dark?" Xia Youyu asked. She and Master had already divided the work, she was in the light, while Master was in the dark, just to dispel Li Zhi's vigilance.

"I'm here to tell you. The legendary supreme treasure has appeared in this wilderness. Now all forces have sent a large number of troops into the wilderness to search for the whereabouts of the treasure. You can't continue to stay in the wilderness to train, you must return to the Butian Pavilion as soon as possible." The middle-aged uncle said with a very serious expression.

"Isn't the Supreme Divine Treasure something illusory? How could it really appear?" Xia Youyu asked in confusion.

"That's not just an illusory legend. Just a year ago, an earthquake suddenly occurred in the Great Wilderness, causing a mountain range to collapse, exposing an ancient cave. Inside the ancient cave, there was an abandoned teleportation array. After analysis, someone concluded that it could lead to the location of the Supreme God's Treasure."

"It looks like this vast wilderness is going to be in chaos again." Xia Youyu sighed.

"I just got the news that the leader of the Wood Clan and their sacrificial spirits have set out together. The War King of the Stone Kingdom has also entered this wilderness with a group of soldiers." The middle-aged uncle told Xia Youyu all the news he had heard not long ago.

"Xiao Xitian sent a golden lion to explore the way, and more powerful people should come later." Then Xia Youyu told her uncle what she had seen.

"What's stewed in the pot is the golden lion, the guardian beast of Xiaoxitian?" The uncle then carefully observed what kind of meat was stewed in the big pot by the lake.

"Uncle-master, little brother Tuoba is even more powerful than we thought. The golden lion in the late stage of spiritual transformation has no power to resist him at all. Moreover, he is not in the spiritual transformation realm, but in the cave heaven realm." Xia Youyu looked at the bubbling water in the Taiyin Spring and still felt incredible.

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"Wow!"

An hour later, Li Zhi, who had finished performing a set of Ten Thousand Beasts Fist at the bottom of the pool, jumped out of the water again.

However, this time he was not frozen through, only his limbs were cold.

Ignoring the shocked looks of Xia Youyu and her uncle, Li Zhi went straight to the big pot of stewing golden lion and began to devour it.

In less than a cup of tea, he had finished the whole pot of golden lion meat and the broth.

Then Li Zhi started practicing boxing without caring about the presence of outsiders.

The golden energy and blood rushed at high speed in his body along with his fists, as if a river was roaring in the sky, or as if a real dragon was swimming in his body.

The blazing breath was like a little sun setting into the valley.

"What a wonderful boxing technique." The middle-aged uncle could not help but marvel at the boxing technique that Li Zhi was practicing, and thought to himself, "To temper the body, he actually has such a wonderful method. It seems that Brother Tuoba's origins are even more mysterious than we thought."

"The Family of the Human King. What kind of family can call itself the Family of the Human King?" Xia Youyu also began to wonder in her heart.

After Li Zhi finished practicing the Ten Thousand Beasts Fist, Xia Youyu told him the current situation of the Great Wilderness and invited him to leave together.

"It's really a constant turmoil." Li Zhi thought to himself after listening.

I'm afraid he has something to do with the source of this turmoil.

However, Li Zhi still rejected Xia Youyu's invitation, but agreed to temporarily join the Butian Pavilion.

They agreed to meet again when Butian Pavilion opened to accept disciples soon.

Afterwards, Xia Youyu and his uncle left the Great Wilderness.

Li Zhi continued to practice by the Taiyin Pool.

Now, he was just able to ensure that the core parts of his body did not lose temperature in the Taiyin Spring, but he was far from reaching his limit.

When he can make his limbs and ears protected from the erosion of Taiyin force at the bottom of the Taiyin Pool, he will have completed this stage of practice.

In the next few months, Li Zhi kept going in and out of the wilderness to hunt pure yang beasts.

During this period, conflicts with others are inevitable.

Therefore, Li Zhi started fighting with those cultivators who entered the Great Wilderness, and his fighting style was as fierce as a demon.

Even all the major forces knew that there was a very ferocious humanoid beast in the wilderness.

However, the humanoid beast was elusive and had amazing perception, so it never fell into the traps they set.

The ferocious humanoid beast was Li Zhi.

After months of fighting, not only did his strength increase greatly, but he also developed a special ferocity.

It seemed to finally live up to the ferocious power that a creature that grew up in a very dangerous place should possess.

Unfortunately, he still couldn't catch the big black dog that he had been thinking about all the time.

The opponent was just as slippery as the Black Emperor who had practiced the Xing character secret, and his speed of escape was extremely amazing.

Li Zhi waited for it in the wilderness several times, but it eventually escaped due to various accidents.

This made Li Zhi feel a little disappointed.

It's rare to come across a big black dog that looks more powerful than the Black King. It must taste unique. It's a pity to miss it.

However, Li Zhi no longer planned to wait for it any longer. Now that he had cultivated his Qi and blood to the Pure Yang state, he planned to go to the Butian Pavilion to keep his appointment.

Inside Baiduan Mountain, there are magical treasures that can allow him to continue to open the cave in his body.

After several months of accumulation, Li Zhi has figured out how to open up the last three caves in his body.

However, powerful external objects are needed to assist, otherwise the success rate would be less than 30%. After all, without the auxiliary objects, once an accident occurs when opening up this cave beyond the limit, this physical body may be destroyed.

So, he had to go to Butian Pavilion.

After all, one needs a quota to enter and exit Baiduan Mountain, and Butian Pavilion is willing to provide him with a quota.

Although he needed to give corresponding compensation to the Butian Pavilion after coming out, he didn't know any other major forces besides the Butian Pavilion.

Moreover, the price of borrowing the quota of other major forces to enter Baiduan Mountain may be higher than borrowing the quota of Butian Pavilion.

Looking at the various animal bones piled up like a mountain beside the Taiyin Pond, Li Zhi couldn't help but sigh: "The Great Wilderness is indeed a paradise for foodies."

However, as soon as he walked out of the valley where the Taiyin Pool was located, his way was blocked by a group of young people.

"Tell me your name, boy. Which sect are you from and what are you doing here at Taiyin Spring?" A young man sitting astride a dragon-scale horse with an ironwood spear in his hand asked Li Zhi with the tip of the spear.

"Disciples of the Mu clan? How did you find this place?" Li Zhi asked curiously.

"Brothers, hurry up. He is a ferocious beast in human form." As soon as Li Zhi opened his mouth, a young man at the back of the crowd shouted in fear. It seemed that he had heard Li Zhi's voice before.

"Humanoid beast?"

"kill!"

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(End of this chapter)