From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 39: Refining Sparrow Stone Carving
"Um, I can't remember."

"I have the habit of collecting stones on a daily basis. During this month's geological internship, I picked up a lot of stones. How can I remember where you picked up this one in your hand?"

Nie Wei paused and asked curiously, "Is there anything special about this stone?"

"It may be just an ordinary stone to you, but it is a priceless treasure to me." Li Yang smiled mysteriously, put away the stone, and continued to climb up.

The spiritual energy of the stone has been completely absorbed by Li Yang, and the experience bar of the Jade Toad Qi-eating Method directly increased by +2. Moreover, after the spiritual energy in the stone was consumed, it was actually recovering slowly.

Li Yang looked at the green mountains and white clouds, feeling filled with emotion.

It is worthy of being a Taoist cave. Spiritual stones have actually begun to appear at this time.

Seeing that Li Yang didn't want to answer, Nie Wei curled his lips.

"Thank you, big brother!" After saying that, Nie Wei happily ran towards Zhang Meng.

Although he didn't know how Li Yang made him recover so quickly, his first priority was to get Gao Yue away from Zhang Meng.

Li Yang smiled and walked past the few people calmly.

This climb took another half an hour. During this time, Li Yang walked and stopped, constantly feeling the changing spiritual energy of Mount Emei.

The temperature gets lower as you go higher. By the time you reach the Longmen Cave scenic spot, the concentration of spiritual energy has reached 1.1, which basically meets the spiritual energy standard for cultivation.

Here, the entire mountain is covered with snow. The sun sets in the west, and the afterglow of the sunset shines on the snow on the mountain, making it sparkle and glitter.

Under the snow-covered mountains, there is an image carved on a mottled stone wall. The style of the stone carving is similar to the cliff carvings of Qingyin Pavilion at the foot of the mountain, but without the large vermilion characters of later writers.

The color of this stone wall is different from other places. It is light purple, as if purple clouds are everywhere. On the stone carving, a nine-story alchemy furnace is bubbling with mist.

Li Yang stepped forward and swept away the moss attached to the stone carvings, revealing four graceful carvings of flying birds and cloud patterns beside the alchemy furnace.

"What are you doing?"

While I was thinking, a clear voice came from behind.

Li Yang looked back and saw a girl leaning on a monkey stick looking at him breathlessly.

"This is a famous scenic spot in Mount Emei. Tourists are not allowed to destroy it casually." Zhao Ziyao stared at Li Yang with a serious face. This was a special reminder from her teacher when she was doing internship.

"Classmate, aren't you following the friends behind?"

Zhao Ziyao's face turned awkward. She had indeed climbed the mountain with Zhang Meng, but now Gao Yue and Nie Wei were like two peacocks, showing off their beauty in front of Zhang Meng. They were arguing with each other for every step they took. It was so awkward. How could she, the irritable little queen, have the patience for that, so she climbed up first.

"Don't worry about it. Our teacher said that the stone sculptures on the mountain are cultural treasures that are hundreds or thousands of years old. They can't be touched casually."

Zhao Ziyao suddenly stood in front of the stone carving, trying to stop someone's immoral behavior.

"Student, what your teacher said is not complete. Some things are historical relics that need to be protected, but some things are heritage. The two are different." Li Yang answered calmly and seriously.

"What do you mean?"

"Inheritance is something that our ancestors leave to future generations. If we do not take it and let the treasures be covered in dust and obscurity, it would be disrespectful to our ancestors."

"Don't lie to me. What treasure is left in this stone carving for you to take?"

Zhao Ziyao looked distrustful, but Li Yang didn't waste any words and pushed her away.

"Do you know what these four flying birds are?" Li Yang asked, pointing to the four flying birds on the stone carvings.

"Phoenix?" "No, this is the Vermilion Bird. The Phoenix represents auspiciousness, and the Vermilion Bird is one of the Four Spirits, representing the stars. Normally, Taoist stone carvings usually have the Four Symbols gathered together, but here there are four Vermilion Birds carved. This must be refining something."

"Hmm? What would require the firepower of four Suzakus? Brother, have you read too many novels?"

"Indeed, what would require such a huge firepower..." Li Yang did not respond to the second half of Zhao Ziyao's sentence. After thinking for a moment, he pushed her away.

"Hey, why are you pushing people?"

Zhao Ziyao was about to condemn, but she was stunned to see a white right hand stretched out, and then, in front of her astonished eyes, it inserted into the stone wall!
"What are you doing?" Zhao Ziyao asked subconsciously.

"It's okay, I'll see what treasure the ancestor is refining." Li Yang's heart moved, and he felt that the sword energy attached to his right hand was blocked by something.

The thrust made such a loud noise that the snow on the stone wall fell down. Zhao Ziyao was close to the wall and quickly put her arms in front of her to protect herself.

"Puh, puh, puh" he was unable to dodge and swallowed two mouthfuls of snow. When Zhao Ziyao opened her eyes again, she saw Li Yang holding a strange lump of stone in his hand and playing with it from side to side.

Looking at the stone wall again, Zhao Ziyao was dumbfounded. There was a pit with a diameter of ten centimeters dug out in the center of the alchemy furnace on the stone wall.

"This...this..." Zhao Ziyao looked at Li Yang who had a calm face, she was speechless and her lips trembled.

She moved closer to the stone wall and pressed it with her hand. The hard and rough texture was no different from that of ordinary stone.

"How did you do it?" Zhao Ziyao almost jumped up. Damn, who is this brother?
"Is it difficult? Wouldn't it be better if you exercise more?"

"Bullshit, who can train to be able to pierce a stone with one hand?"

"Then you need to look for the reasons in yourself and see if you have worked hard in all these years of training."

While perfunctorily dealing with Zhao Ziyao, Li Yang smashed the stone in his hand to the ground, revealing an oval piece of metal inside.

The metal block was very irregular in shape, blue-green in color, and resembled copper or iron, with ancient patterns on its surface.

The important thing is that this piece of metal is very spiritual!
"Good stuff!" Li Yang's eyes lit up and he put the iron block away.

After putting away the iron block, Li Yang's mood, which had been gloomy because of the golden toad, improved a lot.

"Is there really a treasure?" Zhao Ziyao thought that Li Yang was just talking nonsense, but she didn't expect that there really was a treasure hidden under the stone carvings.

Li Yang ignored Zhao Ziyao, found some stones to fill the holes in the stone wall, and then walked leisurely towards Jiulao Cave.

Li Yang's figure suddenly walked away. Zhao Ziyao looked at the stone wall, then looked at Li Yang, gritted her teeth and followed him.

Li Yang was running very fast. The slippery mountain road covered with ice and snow was as flat as the ground under his feet. If he hadn't stopped from time to time to sense the concentration of spiritual energy, Zhao Ziyao would not have been able to catch up with him even if she tried her best.

"What's your name? Do you have any special abilities?"

"How do you know there's something under the stone carving? Hey, can you slow down?"

……

Zhao Ziyao was carrying a small black bag, had pink headphones hanging around her neck, and was chattering all the way.

Li Yang responded perfunctorily at first, but then he got tired of being asked and simply stopped responding.

The two of them walked one in front and one behind, and Zhao Ziyao chased and caught up, and finally arrived at Jiulao Cave at five o'clock in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)