Lao Tzu is Ji Gong

Li Duotian, quick-witted as ever, didn't lie. After all, he and Li Xiu had entered the place almost simultaneously, and he had simply replaced Li Xiu with someone he supposedly didn't know, which should be enough to fool them.

Hearing Li Duotian say this, the other sect leaders didn't make things difficult for him, but simply said, "Alright, kid, there's nothing more for you to do. You can leave now."

However, Li Duotian couldn't leave yet, so he said, "Since you believe what I say, you shouldn't mind. I'll stay here and see who will go out in a while."

"I also want to broaden my horizons. After all, it would be a bit of a pity to just look around in the treasure cave without actually seeing it."

The other sect leaders also didn't take him seriously, saying, "Fine, since you want to stay here and see what's going on, then so be it. But I still have to advise you to behave yourself and not cause trouble there."

Li Duotian, having learned his lesson, naturally wouldn't do anything futile like throwing an egg against a rock. He said, "Don't worry, sect leaders, I will be completely honest. I just wanted to see what your treasure looks like."

Then Li Duotian was very sensible. He found a seat at the back and sat down. He neither spoke nor did anything else. He just meditated and waited for the time to pass by.

Seeing that this guy was somewhat sensible, the sect leaders didn't make things too difficult for him. He continued to settle scores and grudges, constantly sparring with them.

Although the outside world is now practically surrounded, Li Xiu and Nuwa are still walking along the path that led into the cave, trying to find an entrance as their exit.

Li Xiu chatted with Nuwa quite a bit along the way, and on one occasion, he asked, "Nuwa, do you like your things?"

Nuwa was also puzzled and said, "Why do you ask that? Nobody is a three-year-old child anymore; we're way past the age of playing in the mud."

"Oh, no, I was just asking. I have a feeling you must be a very skillful girl."

Li Xiu's words, interspersed with some flattery from experts, made Nuwa blurt out everything she knew, saying, "Hmph, you know how to talk. I did love sculpting all sorts of things when I was very young, but I don't know what shapes they were."

"I don't even know if this kind of thing actually exists, I just like it."

"I see. What about you? What did you like to do when you were little?"

"its me."

Hearing Nuwa ask this, Li Xiu was lost in memories. If we were to calculate it according to the timeline, I should have been a child when I first transmigrated. After all, having experienced so many timelines, Li Xiu's age could no longer be calculated using the normal timeline.

Li Xiu then said in a joking manner, "My favorite thing, what I used to love most, was dreaming, and I still love it now."

"dream?"

Chapter 1397 Li Xiu's Memories

"Are you kidding me?" Nuwa's face immediately darkened when she heard Li Xiu's perfunctory answer, as if she was about to beat him up.

Li Xiu chuckled and said, "If you won't believe me even when I tell the truth, then I can't help you."

In fact, what Li Xiu said was the truth. After all, every time you travel to a new world, the previous world, apart from the cultivation techniques, weapons, and memories it left behind, is really like a dream. You can't go back to it, but it feels unusually real.

Thinking about how many worlds he had traveled through, Li Xiu felt a mix of emotions. After all, this should be his last time traveling through worlds. If he couldn't break through the true limit this time, he might really have to spend the rest of his life in this boundless prehistoric world.

If he were to return to the time when he first transmigrated, he would probably live an ordinary life for thousands of years without it being enough.

Li Xiu was starting to feel homesick. After all, he had been away from home for so many years and was getting a little tired of it. Although every world was wonderful, the stories he experienced were all pretty much the same. If it weren't for his pursuit of the highest level, he probably would have been bored to death long ago.

Li Xiu secretly vowed that this time he must reach his limit, break through his own barrier, and become the number one person with the strength of a founder. That way, when he finally returned home, it would be a triumphant homecoming.

Thinking of all this, Li Xiu stopped talking and mechanically followed behind Nuwa. He didn't even notice when Nuwa stopped. If he hadn't bumped into Nuwa's petite body, Li Xiu might not have woken up for a while.

Seeing Li Xiu walking so carelessly, Nuwa said angrily, "Hey, are you trying to take advantage of me on purpose? How can you walk around like this without watching where you're going?"

Li Xiu explained, "Ah, it's nothing. I was just thinking about something and got distracted."

"Has it meant we've found the exit?"

"What exit? I clearly remember coming in from here, but why is there no sign of an exit now?"

Upon arriving at the place Nuwa had mentioned, Li Xiu took a closer look and found that it was indeed true; to be honest, this place really didn't look like it had any mechanisms at all.

At least Li Duotian had some light spots filtering through the leaves as a clue, allowing him to recall the formation he had encountered when he entered. On the other hand, Li Xiu and Nuwa had arrived at the end of a cave, a pitch-black place where they couldn't see anything and it was just a dead end, which felt extremely hopeless.

"What should we do?" Nuwa immediately cried out, sitting on the ground.

That's just how this little girl is; she reacts very strongly to anything. When she's happy, she forgets all her unhappiness in the next second, but now, when she encounters a problem, she immediately cries as if the end of the world has come.

Li Xiu felt quite helpless about Nuwa's appearance. Although he had gotten used to it, Nuwa's desperate expression still shocked him every time.

Li Xiu also said, "Don't rush, let's think of another way."

Is there any way to do this?

"It's a dead end. No matter how hard we try, we can't get out. Honestly, it's because you kept pretending that we were late for getting back. If we had come earlier, we might have gotten out."

Chapter 1398 Receiving the Inheritance of the Primordial Bell

In her desperation, the girl shifted all the blame onto Li Xiu.

Li Xiu accepted the offer without hesitation, after all, he had indeed become a bit arrogant and needed to take some blame to suppress his inflated ego.

However, what Li Xiu and Nuwa couldn't see was that the cave wasn't actually completely dead. On the other side, there was a connecting cave, which was the very same cave of the demon race that had been occupied by Donghuang Taiyi and the others.

The mechanisms of these two caves were actually consistent with Li Xiu's initial guess. To truly open the connection of the entire Buzhou Mountain, the inheritance of both caves needed to be obtained by someone. Only then would Buzhou Mountain's mission of inheritance come to a complete end, thus turning it into an ordinary divine mountain.

Meanwhile, Donghuang Taiyi had already arrived at the place where the treasure was passed on. The treasure that Donghuang Taiyi obtained was actually something similar to a weapon, which was quite strange.

Normally, if a legacy cave is left by one person, it shouldn't be divided into two, and it shouldn't produce two identical items. It would either be a weapon, a piece of armor, or a cultivation technique weapon.

It's quite unusual that they've kept two weapons.

Li Xiu knew the true origin of the Hongmeng Sword in his hand. Divine artifacts that could rival the Hongmeng Sword were probably rare even in the primordial world.

The weapon in the cave where Donghuang Taiyi was located was indeed a divine artifact, namely the Hunyuan Bell!

However, Donghuang Taiyi didn't care about all that. After arriving at the treasure cave, he saw something like a large bell hanging in the center of the cave, and he was quite excited.

It's not that the demon race doesn't want to use weapons, but rather that they rarely have any suitable ones. So they very primitively use the rocks that fell from Buzhou Mountain, relying on the sturdiness of the rocks as their weapons.

If someone could forge divine weapons for them, they would naturally be happy to use them.

After all, they are physically strong, and if they have weapons that can withstand the infusion of their fierce power, it would be a huge boost to their strength.

Upon seeing the bell, Donghuang Taiyi was overjoyed and immediately unleashed the black dragon attack formed from his three black holes, slamming it fiercely into the bell.

As a result, the entire space was shaken by the huge echo. Even Donghuang Taiyi, who was closest, couldn't withstand it and spat out a mouthful of blood. It was truly a very powerful counter-shock ability!

Donghuang Taiyi, who was tricked by this treasure, was not angry. On the contrary, he was even more excited. After all, the fact that the treasure could reflect his attack so fiercely meant that the level of the treasure was quite high.

Furthermore, Donghuang Taiyi doesn't particularly like cold weapons like knives, swords, and bows. He prefers tools that are like treasures, which are more in line with his genius.

So Donghuang Taiyi walked over despite the sound of the bell, wanting to receive the inheritance of the Hunyuan Bell.

It seems that the Hunyuan Bell was previously unclaimed, and its only reaction was a stress response from some divine artifacts protecting themselves.

When Donghuang Taiyi truly lowered his guard and walked step by step toward the divine artifact, the Hunyuan Bell did not offer much resistance and quickly established a connection with Donghuang Taiyi.

Chapter 1399 Experimental Baby

However, Donghuang Taiyi was not very interested in the divine consciousness of the treasure, and he simply named it Donghuang Bell.

In other words, it was a declaration that they had taken possession of the bell.

This Hunyuan Bell was only recently created and didn't have a strong sense of self. When it saw its first owner calling it that, it also started calling itself that.

Therefore, the weapon that Donghuang Taiyi used in the four directions was later called the Donghuang Bell.

If Li Xiu saw this ridiculous scene, he would definitely curse that Donghuang Taiyi had no talent for naming things at all. Such a good treasure, instead of calling it by its original name, actually added his own name into it. He really had no shame.

However, Donghuang Taiyi was not very interested in the divine consciousness of the treasure, and he simply named it Donghuang Bell.

In other words, it is a declaration that one has claimed this mouthful as one's own.

This Hunyuan Bell was only recently created and didn't have a strong sense of self. When it saw its first owner calling it that, it also started calling itself that.

Therefore, the weapon that Donghuang Taiyi used in the four directions was later called the Donghuang Bell.

If Li Xiu saw this ridiculous scene, he would definitely curse that Donghuang Taiyi had no talent for naming things at all. Such a good treasure, instead of calling it by its original name, actually added his own name into it. He really had no shame.

But there was nothing he could do. After all, whoever got such an unclaimed item first had the right to possess it. Donghuang Taiyi was quite pleased with the name he had chosen, feeling that he was very talented. He thought the name was so catchy that others would definitely think of it as the treasure of the famous demon prince, Donghuang Taiyi.

The acquisition of the Hunyuan Bell was much simpler than Li Xiu's acquisition of the Hongjun Sword. After all, the Hunyuan Bell was originally ownerless. After Donghuang Taiyi carefully sensed it and approached him, the Hunyuan Bell immediately accepted Donghuang Taiyi and became one of the treasures under his control.

After Donghuang Taiyi successfully obtained the Hunyuan Bell, his cave dwelling began to change. The originally closed passage was now filled with radiant light.

If Li Xiu's side transformed into a galaxy after obtaining the Hongjun Sword, this side was like the desolation and bleakness of a setting sun, with a strong sense of chaos reminiscent of the beginning of creation.

Just after the Hunyuan Bell was completely taken away, the cave dwellings also began to change. Not only the Eastern Palace of Li Xiu, who was on Donghuang Taiyi's side, but also the passage where he and Nuwa were originally located, which was a dead end, began to change after Donghuang Taiyi successfully obtained and mastered the Hunyuan Bell.

At the end of the dead end, a formation resembling a mechanism gradually appeared on the stone wall, looking like a map.

"Nuwa, do you see the changes on this stone wall?" Upon seeing this, Li Xiu hurriedly asked Nuwa.

Nuwa replied, "Yes, just now it was a perfectly clean stone wall, so why has it changed like this?"

Li Xiu also thought of the situation when he and Li Duotian parted ways, and he explained, "Perhaps this cave isn't just on our side; there might be another cave, and these two caves complement each other."

Chapter 1400 The Biggest Doubt

"The passage will only open smoothly when both caves are in the same state. We were able to enter because neither of the two inheritances had been obtained by anyone. Now that I have obtained the inheritance of the Hongjun Sword, the inheritance on the other side of the cave has also been obtained by someone, so the passage will open."

Li Xiu's guess was quite accurate, but now his biggest question was: who exactly obtained this treasure?

Is it Li Duotian or someone else in Li Duotian's cave? If it's not Li Duotian, is Li Duotian in danger or even in life? But Li Xiu doesn't have much time to think about these things now, since the secret passage is about to open.

He couldn't tell what was at the end of the secret passage—whether it led directly out of the cave or to meet someone in another cave.

Li Xiu was extremely nervous at this moment, because he tried to contact Li Duotian, but he didn't feel that growing sense of familiarity; they were still so far apart, and he couldn't get in touch with him.

Upon sensing this unfamiliar feeling, Li Xiu's expression turned cold. If anyone from the other passage dared to harm Li Duotian, he would not hesitate to be ruthless. No matter what kind of monster or demon they were, he would make sure they met their demise and be buried with Li Duotian.

Li Xiu's situation has temporarily come to an end.

Back to Donghuang Taiyi, he was still immersed in the joy of obtaining the Hunyuan Bell, a treasure he truly couldn't put down.