Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

"Absolute Divine Qi? What's that?"

"Shouldn't this mist be called Yin and filth Qi?"

He Li was puzzled by what Qingyang Mountain Spirit said.

The spirit of Qingyang Mountain shook his head.

"I know about Yin and filth Qi. It is a special Qi body that has been transformed from the body of a special and strange filthy Tai Sui."

"That thing will affect a cultivator's spiritual energy... While this Absolute Spirit Qi and Yin Filth Qi are similar, their effects are different. The effect of Absolute Spirit Qi is to isolate a cultivator's divine sense."

A simple explanation of Qingyang Mountain Spirit.

Finally, he added, "The Absolute Divine Qi... to use something like this to isolate the buildings below, no wonder even I never discovered that there was something else hidden down there."

"Others probably wouldn't have guessed that there's a building hidden here using the Divine Qi of Absolute Annihilation."

"Even if I figured it out, it wouldn't make a difference."

"They wouldn't dare to just tear this place down."

As she spoke, the spirit of Qingyang Mountain became very curious.

"They've even used their ultimate divine energy..."

"That means there must be something important or some other secret hidden down there."

"Let's go down and take a look!" He Li replied, then leaped down into the ancient tomb structure, which was nearly a hundred meters deep. Mu Lan and Qingyang Mountain Spirit followed closely behind...

Bang! ! !

As He Li landed first, his astonishing force shattered the special blue brick roof.

The three of them successfully entered the building.

That is, the instant it lands on the building...

Whether it was He Li, Mu Lan, or Qingyang Shanling, they could all clearly smell a strong, fishy stench. The smell was not like the smell of rotting organisms, but rather an indescribable fishy stench.

And in that flavor...

It also had a slight fishy smell.

"This smell... could it be from that dragon?"

Qingyang Mountain Spirit muttered to himself.

He Li shook his head without saying a word, and strode towards the dark and gloomy depths of the ancient tomb.

Both he and Mu Lan were martial artists of considerable skill level. Even without special abilities, they possessed the unique ability of having the vision of a triple-wielding martial artist as clear as day, so they were unaffected in the dark.

Needless to say, the spirits of Qingyang Mountain are even more so.

He is not human; his way of seeing things is special, and he is naturally not affected by darkness.

But it is precisely because they can all see clearly.

So as we keep moving forward...

As they walked along, the three of them could clearly see that the ancient tomb, which stretched downwards as if there were no end and became wider and wider, was filled with the skeletons of unknown creatures.

There were also quite a few humans among them.

Furthermore, He Li and the others even saw that there were also special Qi cultivators here who had lost their minds.

But unlike those crazy Qi practitioners outside.

These Qi practitioners who have lost their minds...

More like a wild beast.

When they saw He Li and his companions, their eyes turned red, and they rushed forward without any regard for safety, intending to devour them. Even when He Li killed their companions, it had little effect.

They don't know what fear is.

Driven only by the bloodlust of wild beasts, they attacked He Li with bare teeth and claws based on instinct...

"This guy... what's with the feeling..."

"It looks a bit like a zombie?"

At this moment, deep within the dark ancient tomb, Mu Lan stared at the Qi Refiner at her feet, whose head was broken and whose body was not yet fully decomposed, and spoke. He Li glanced at the corpse and sneered upon hearing this.

"If it doesn't look like one, then it's a zombie!"

He stared coldly ahead: "If I'm not mistaken, these are the inner disciples of the Blazing Sun Sect who failed to accept the power of the Yayu and were declared dead."

"They've all turned into zombies."

"However, it's actually hard to say whether they turned into zombies because they accepted the failure of their power..."

"Or perhaps those wizards deliberately turned these inner disciples of the Blazing Sun Sect into zombies; those wizards must be using these disciples to do something here..."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly stepped forward.

Mu Lan and the other person also became wary.

Because they sensed that something was rapidly approaching them from ahead.

That thing wasn't like the crazed Qi Refiner who resembled a zombie and was killed by He Li before, because that thing was too fast, it approached almost in the blink of an eye...

"You really did manage to find us."

As they drew closer, the shadowy figure spoke.

"When I saw her outside just now, I knew we couldn't hide here anymore."

"I just didn't expect you to react so quickly."

As the sound ended, He Li, Mu Lan, and the spirit of Qingyang Mountain finally saw that the approaching object was a tall young man dressed in a Taoist robe, with a pair of dragon horns on his head.

And listen to what he just said...

That clearly revealed his identity as...

"You are... that dragon?!"

He Li was somewhat surprised.

The young man shrugged and nodded: "No, it's not my name!"

Di? Wu Di?

He Li was even more surprised. He couldn't help but ask, "You're the wizard Jianfeng Daoist mentioned, the Wizard? You're actually a dragon? And you've been hiding here all this time?"

"I am not a dragon!" Wudi shook his head.

"It's just the body; it can transform into a dragon."

He grinned, his scarlet eyes gleaming with amusement: "This is the true power that Yayu bestows."

Transform into a dragon?

He Li and the other two were not surprised.

He Li had long sensed that the immortality of the bodies of those like Sword Wind Daoist was most likely not that of Yayu, and Yayu did not possess the power to bring living beings back to life.

Myths and legends only record that Yayu could transform into a dragon or something else.

Wu Di's words confirmed that their guess was correct.

Transformation is the power of Yayu.

As for immortality?

He Li narrowed his eyes: "Since you showed yourself on your own initiative, and knew we would find this place..."

"So you're planning to have a talk?"

"Not bad!" Wu Di nodded.

He shrugged: "Originally, I had no intention of talking to you lower-level warriors, and... I was even prepared to take care of you when you landed on the island."

"But... you give me too much of a dangerous feeling, and on top of that, you've slain a true dragon..."

That's why I had to give up taking action.

Hearing this, He Li smiled.

"Let's leave aside what you want to talk about for now. I'm just curious about the source of the power that makes those disciples of the Blazing Sun Sect, and you, appear zombie-like and immortal."

"And what are you planning to do?"

"The source of the power?" Wudi squinted. "You only need to know that it is the power of the upper realm."

"And it is the power of a supreme being!"

So don't even think about asking.

"I won't tell you, and you can't find out either."

"As for what you want to do?"

"It wouldn't hurt to tell you that."

After a moment's thought, Wu Di said, "Breaking the deadlock, this strange calamity has affected not only the Middle Realm, but also the Upper Realm. The gods of the Upper Realm have also been harmed by the calamity."

"They are investigating the origin of the disaster..."

"They are also trying to break the deadlock and survive, although I don't know how far they have come."

"But as far as I know, the calamity... if it can be completely resolved, it still depends on most of the Qi Refiners in the Middle Realm, but even knowing that it will not be easy to achieve..."

Hmm? Breaking through the tribulation requires a large number of ordinary cultivators?

Upon hearing Wu Di's words, He Li had a flash of inspiration and seemed to have grasped some clue.

Wu Di continued, "As you have seen, those cultivators who received the power of immortality and resembled zombies... in fact, they are not truly dead."

"They are possible..."

"Reborn, consciousness restored..."

Upon hearing Wu Di's words, He Li sneered.

He finally understood.

What grants immortality?

To put it bluntly, the demons, immortals, and Buddhas of the upper realm are conducting human experiments on the Qi cultivators of the middle realm in order to avert this potentially deadly and bizarre calamity.

Tsk, even cultivators conduct human experiments?

And those who supposedly failed to accept the power were clearly doing it on purpose by the shamans.

How laughable are those people from the Blazing Sun Sect...

Are you still gloating?

Did they really think they got a bargain?

But... why does breaking through tribulations require a large number of ordinary Qi cultivators?

Could it be...?

He Li had a vague guess in his heart!