After the Skyfall

Chapter 560 Let the Emperor Come
At this moment, Li Yi still didn't know what was happening in the imperial palace in the capital.

He was now sitting on a flower boat that was parked in the center of the lake, motionless, as if it was fixed. Under the cover of the starry sky, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to form an energy storm, converging towards this side and rushing into his body as quickly as possible.

Li Yi formed a spell with his hands, and his whole body was wrapped with the power of incense and faith. This power was gained when he was in the capital before.

Although he simply pointed the way to the passers-by, his image was seen by people, who mistakenly thought he was an immortal descending to earth. In just less than two hours, he had already received the power of incense and faith. Moreover, as time passed, the power of incense and faith increased, and continued to flow to various places in the capital.

Immortal, the legend of Taiyi Immortal is spreading in the capital.

The more people know about it, the more faith and support it will gain.

Although it does not last long, it is sufficient for practice in a short period of time.

After all, he followed the path of using the false to cultivate the true, and the power of incense and faith was only borrowed, not relied upon.

"Instead of filling up the acupoints slowly, it is better to open them up first and leave a seed. It will not be too late to accumulate them slowly after leaving this world." Although Li Yi has opened up the fifteenth acupoint at this moment, his strength has not changed, because his fifteenth acupoint is not yet complete.

Neither the Qi and blood were replenished, nor the Gold Qi was gathered, and the Heart Fire was not tempered, only the embryonic form was left.

But he found that this did not affect his continued opening of acupoints.

Thinking of this.

Li Yi closed his eyes and continued to use the power of incense and faith to find the sixteenth acupoint.

With his previous experience, he tried boldly and swiftly this time. He was not worried about taking the wrong path at all. After all, the power of the incense and faith would not harm him.

And this time.

Li Yi was a little shocked.

After only three attempts, the sixteenth acupoint was successfully found and opened up. The speed was a world of difference from the previous one.

"Why is this happening?"

He explored it carefully and found only one possibility, that is, he had more incense than before. When there are more incense, it seems like your wishes will come true, which helps your practice and change.

Li Yi left behind the seeds of qi and blood, waiting to grow stronger in the future, and then bypass the sixteenth acupoint and try to open the seventeenth acupoint.

The development speed this time was obviously much slower.

Relying on the power of his current incense and faith, Li Yi tried more than a dozen times before he succeeded. But even so, he was still very surprised.

"I understand. The more incense you burn, the faster the acupoints will be opened. However, the later it is, the more difficult it will be. As long as the incense is enough, everything will be fine. It is not even difficult to open all 365 acupoints in the body."

this moment.

Li Yi had a new understanding of the power of incense and faith.

This is simply cheating.

No.

Becoming a god through incense is a cheat. After an ordinary person dies, as long as the incense and faith are enough, they can fly into the sky and hide underground within a day, and their strength is comparable to that of immortal cultivators. Although they will fall back to being mortals after the incense and faith collapse, this power is real and cannot be achieved in any other world.

Li Yi felt that he had come to the right place after crossing over to the industry.

Another moment passed.

The eighteenth acupoint was opened up.

Apart from the twelve heart orifices, he now has six lung orifices. If he opens up six more, after he has absorbed all the golden energy from heaven and earth, he will be able to reach the second level of the Five Qi Realm.

However, Li Yi also clearly felt that the speed at which the incense helped to open up the acupoints was rapidly decreasing.

Fortunately, there was a steady stream of incense offerings from all over the capital, which allowed him to barely keep up with his practice.

When Li Yi opened up the twentieth acupoint, the power of the incense was no longer enough.

Because the difficulty of opening the acupoints will increase later.

"I really want to rebel."

This thought popped up in Li Yi's mind. If he could gather the incense from all over the world, there would be no worry that he could not achieve the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top of the Head and the Five Qis Returning to the Origin.

He had wanted to continue practicing to see if he could open up the twenty-fourth acupoint in one go, but at this moment, he already felt someone boarding the painting boat.

He had bought the painted boat for a gem.

The female guests on the painting boat had been driven away by him long ago, and now the boat was empty.

But now, he sensed the breath of the cultivator.

"I am Lu Bin, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. I am honored to meet Taoist Taiyi." Suddenly, a voice sounded, and then a person came to the deck and bowed respectfully to Li Yi who was sitting on the bow.

"Didn't the Jinyiwei tell you not to bother me?" Li Yi's voice was cold, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry. Commander Lu Bin immediately said, "Reply to the Taoist priest, His Majesty has ordered that the Taoist priest go to the palace."

"Your emperor invited me?" Li Yi was stunned for a moment.

He remembered that Prince Xin went to look for the person who was suspected to be a cross-border person. How did this matter come to the attention of the emperor? Or did the emperor also know about the existence of cross-border people and was quite curious about himself, so he wanted to invite him to the palace?

Or is the emperor the one who crosses the border?
But this is impossible.

Prince Xin is already twenty-one years old.

The emperor gave birth to him at least 21 years ago, when the earth's spiritual energy had not yet recovered, so where did the cross-border person come from? So the second possibility is almost impossible.

"I'm afraid it's the Hongmen Banquet." Li Yi said in his heart.

Once he entered the palace, his magic power was blocked and his strength was no longer at its peak. If he encountered danger, he might get trapped and unable to get out.

Think of this.

He said calmly: "I will not go to the palace. Your emperor wants to see me. Come here."

"What?" Commander Lu Bin was a little shocked.

This Taoist is truly lawless, he actually wants the emperor to leave the palace to see him.

He wanted to get angry and draw his sword to teach the Taoist a lesson, but when he thought that this Taoist was the person His Majesty had specifically requested, he could only suppress his unhappiness.

"Master Taoist, your Majesty is worth a fortune, how can you come in person? It's better for you to accompany me to the palace to meet him. The carriage and horses are ready. If you don't like carriages and horses, you can take this flower boat." Commander Lu Bin said.

Li Yi said: "I will wait here for the emperor to come. If he really wants to see me, he will leave the palace. If he doesn't want to, I won't force him."

He felt that if the person who crossed the border was really his father, he would definitely show up. If he refused to show up, then it didn't matter whether he was his father or not. He would turn around and leave the capital, travel around, accumulate incense and faith, practice for a period of time, and then cross the border and leave.

"Master, His Majesty is waiting for you in the palace. Please be flexible and don't make things difficult for me." Commander Lu Bin said.

Li Yi said: "Just reply to the letter."

Commander Lu Bin hesitated for a moment.

"You are so arrogant, you dare to let the current emperor come to see you, are you really not afraid of death?"

However, at this moment, a small boat came down the river from the north of the capital. A middle-aged man with a long beard sat on the boat, holding a paddle in his hand. But in Li Yi's sight, it was not a paddle at all, but a big knife. The knife was buzzing and flashing with divine light, which was extremely terrifying.

Li Yi took a glance and smiled: "Who am I? It turns out I am a god of incense and fire. What is your relationship with Zhang Jiangong, the god who protects the country?"

He had only seen this level of power of faith and belief in Zhang Jiangong.

Only the righteous gods of the imperial court could gather so much power of incense and faith, turn the virtual into the real, and walk around the city like peddlers.

"He is the Southern Protector of the Nation, and I am Wang Qijun, the Northern Protector of the Nation. I heard that an immortal appeared in the capital, so I disguised myself as a boatman and came here to investigate, lest anyone play tricks in the capital and ruin our reputation as Protector of the Nation." The middle-aged man named Wang Qijun said indifferently.

"The Northern Guardian General? Why are the other three missing?" Li Yi asked.

Wang Qijun opened his eyes slightly: "This place belongs to the north."

"I didn't expect you to divide the territory." Li Yi said, "I am not interested in you, the guardian gods. Get out of my way."

"You have no respect for your sovereign and the law, and you even look down on the divine generals who protect the country. How can a demon like you stay in the capital? You deserve to be killed." Wang Qijun was furious, then slowly stood up, holding a big knife in his hand, full of murderous intent.

At this moment, Lu Bin, the commander of the Jinyiwei, was shocked to see this and immediately said, "General, His Majesty has ordered that Taoist Taiyi be invited to the palace."

"This demon disobeyed the imperial edict and refused to enter the palace. How can we keep him? After I capture this demon, I will hand him over to you. You will escort him back to the palace to meet His Majesty." At this moment, Wang Qijun took a step forward and walked out of the boat. The scent of incense lingered under his feet, and his tattered clothes disappeared, turning into a suit of black armor, mighty and majestic.

Li Yi just sneered and said, "You feel unhappy that my name has spread and gained the power of incense and faith in the territory under your jurisdiction, so you want to kill people to silence them. If you want to do it, just do it. Why bother to talk about all those high-sounding reasons?"

"Looking for death." After his thoughts were revealed, Wang Qijun no longer restrained himself. He revealed his true form of a divine general, holding the national sword in his hand, and chopped down with one blow.

In an instant, a brilliant divine light shone between heaven and earth. This divine light slashed down like the light of a sword. Although mortals could not see it, strong winds and lightning could still be seen at any time.

"Well, today I will kill you, the god who protects the country." Li Yi was not afraid at all. The Taoist robe on his body changed immediately and turned into a red-feathered purple-gold armor. With the infusion of magic power, this middle-grade Taoist weapon emitted a red glow, and a red divine bird cried and flapped its wings, suddenly meeting the falling knife light.

boom!
The power of the incense and faith confronted the mid-grade Taoist weapon, and the powerful force was released, almost overturning the entire lake.

"not good."

Jinyiwei commander Lu Bin was horrified upon seeing this and quickly retreated. The aftermath of such a battle was something he could not withstand. If he was affected by it, he would really die.

"Inform His Majesty of this matter immediately."

As he retreated frantically, he also issued his orders.

(End of this chapter)