Although the Wuliang Sect and the Daqing Mountain where Li Yan's hometown is located belong to the same Ten Thousand Mountains, the actual distance between them is a million miles.
The name of the Ten Thousand Mountains comes from the people in the mortal world who often go into the mountains to hunt. Their ancestors have been exploring the mountains for generations, but they have never been able to reach the end of the mountains. In their minds, they think that a hundred thousand miles is the limit, so they gave it this name.
Li Yan and his two companions traveled for three days. During these three days, they visited six immortal cultivation sects and four immortal cultivation families.
No matter which immortal cultivation sect or family they went to, the cultivators there, after seeing the Wuliang Sect tokens taken out by the three people, sensed that the three people had powerful cultivation and had reached the level of elders or even ancestors of their family or sect.
Everyone was extremely respectful and greeted us with smiles everywhere, even the spirit stones for teleportation were waived.
Especially some young talents in the sect, when they saw the peerless looks of Gong and Zhao, and the demon-like figures created by the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique, they were all shocked.
In private conversations, they secretly sighed that there was such a stunning woman in the world. Many people were already bewitched and admired her very much. They were even a little jealous of Li Yan beside them, and even felt extremely jealous. However, how could they dare to show their dissatisfaction on their faces
With the cultivation level of Li Yan and the other two, he could hear very clearly even when those young talents were whispering.
The two girls couldn't help but frown, and Li Yan's attitude began to turn cold. The behavior of his disciples angered the sect's ancestor, who secretly ordered his disciples not to approach, and those who violated the order would be severely punished.
However, they knew how terrifying the Wuliang Sect was. If the disciples below were not careful and angered the three immortals, their entire clan would probably be destroyed soon.
On the first day of the trip, they caused a sensation among the families and sects they passed through, and half of the reason was the appearance of the two women.
On the second day, the two women simply used magic to cover their bodies so that others could only see two balls of mist, which saved a lot of trouble.
It was said that on the morning of the fourth day, in an area about three thousand miles deep in the Daqing Mountains, there were mountains far and near, peaks and ridges one upon another. In the mist between the mountains, only the birds in the forest were singing, and low-level monsters on the ground were jumping or stopping in the mountain streams.
Suddenly, a low "buzzing" sound came from a mountain peak, startling the nearby animals, some of which scattered, or pricked up their ears. But the sound came and went quickly, and after a while, there was no sound anymore...
Li Yan looked at the light in front of him, which began to become brighter. He took a step out of the teleportation array. Behind him, two groups of faint mists also lightly followed him down from the teleportation array.
Li Yan looked around carefully. This was a cave, only a dozen feet in size, with nothing on all sides. In the middle there was a teleportation array altar. In the middle of the cave ceiling, there was a huge night-shining pearl suspended above it, making the light in the entire cave extremely soft.
At this time, in a corner of the cave, a man in a black robe was sitting cross-legged. When the light of the teleportation array appeared, this man woke up from his meditation and looked at the teleportation array with vigilant eyes.
When the light of the teleportation array faded away, the moment Li Yan walked down, he saw clearly that the person was not from his sect and his face was extremely unfamiliar. He immediately stood up and secretly formed a spell in his hand.
At the same time, his spiritual sense swept towards Li Yan's direction, and just as he was about to shout in a deep voice, the next moment, his face changed drastically.
The moment the formation stopped, Li Yan had already discovered the black-robed man in the corner of the cave. With a sweep of his spiritual sense, he could clearly see that it was a black-robed man who was about thirty years old and had reached the late tenth level of Qi Condensation.
They had encountered this kind of thing several times in the past few days, and he was very familiar with it. Just when the man in black robe stood up, Li Yan raised one hand and a black light shot towards the man in black robe.
The man in black robe sensed the other party's unfathomable magical power and was about to shout out loud, but he saw a black light shooting towards him and his whole body suddenly collapsed. However, the black light that came in an instant revealed a breath that he was very familiar with.
In a flash, he had guessed something. Although he was still alert, he no longer dodged, but grabbed the black light in his hand.
This is a gray token with a pattern in the shape of a red leaf on it. This pattern is exactly the same as the one embroidered on the collar of the black-robed monk.
When the black-robed monk saw the token clearly, his expression relaxed. After a careful inspection, he was even more frightened. He hurriedly bowed deeply to Li Yan and the two people who were looming behind him.
"Xu An greets the three seniors. I didn't know you were coming, but if you have any orders, I will obey them."
The token in his hand is the token of his own sect, and it is of the highest grade gray. This kind of token is only in the hands of the sect leader and the ancestors of the sect. Generally, it is only given to extremely distinguished guests when they come to the sect.
This shocked the black-robed monk who called himself "Xu An", and what frightened him even more was the cultivation level of the three people in front of him.
The young man in front looked to be only about twenty years old, but his cultivation level was similar to that of the Sect Leader.
The person in the mist behind him obviously did not want to show his true face, but the vague aura of pressure emanating from him was something he had only seen in the sect's ancestor. What was more, he was certain that the cultivation levels of these two people were even stronger than the ancestor's. How could he not be frightened
"Oh, that's not necessary. You activate the protective formation and we can go out."
Li Yan said lightly.
After hearing this, Xu An felt relieved, as he knew that this must be a cultivator from a superior sect who was passing by here.
Although they are a third-rate sect that governs this area, and even the three mortal dynasties here are like ants in their eyes, they are well aware of the fickle moods of immortal cultivators.
Especially those cultivators from second-rate and above sects, they are afraid that if they say something or do something wrong, not only their own lives will be in danger, but also the entire sect will be destroyed in an instant.
Upon hearing this, Xu An hurriedly stepped forward, respectfully handed the gray token back to Li Yan with both hands, then quickly took out a black token from his arms and waved it towards a corner of the cave.
On the originally ordinary mountain wall, under the illumination of the night pearl on the top of the cave, the light was distorted, and a cave entrance slowly appeared. Outside the cave entrance, fresh morning light was shining in.
Seeing this, Li Yan nodded slightly, said nothing more, and walked straight towards the cave entrance.
Looking at the three people who stepped out of the cave and disappeared, Xu An wiped the sweat from his forehead until they flew away.
Although Li Yan and the other two did not deliberately release their aura, the pressure from the three high-level cultivators still made him feel suffocated, he thought to himself.
"Where did this high-level cultivator come from? The spiritual energy here in Daqing Mountain is very thin. If it weren't for the purpose of managing the three mortal dynasties here, they would never have set up a teleportation formation here.
Normally, there are only some casual cultivators passing by here flying here on their own. No cultivators are interested in this place at all. This is strange."
While pondering secretly, he waved the black token in his hand again, and the hole in the mountain wall became an ordinary mountain wall again in the distortion of light.
Xu An thought about it, but he also felt that he had no clue, so he lost interest. He was assigned to guard the teleportation method here. In another year, he could return to the sect. As long as the teleportation array was intact during his duty, it would be fine. Shaking his head, Xu An returned to the corner of the cave again, sat cross-legged, and was about to enter meditation to practice.
Although the spiritual energy here is thin, there is still some. Just when his eyes closed, they suddenly opened and he let out a cry of surprise.
"Could it be... the monks there?"
Li Yan came out of the cave, and the entrance behind him slowly closed. He looked around and found that the three of them were standing on a cliff, and under their feet was a rock protruding from the mountain.
There was a thousand-foot cliff in front of him, the wind was howling all around him, and clouds and mist were rolling and floating past him from under his feet.
“This is a good place to hide a teleportation array. After using the array to conceal it, even if there are cultivators passing by, it would be extremely difficult to find it if they don’t know the situation.
The Blood Leaf Sect has its own unique way of forming formations. According to the Blood Leaf Master, they also set up this teleportation formation themselves, instead of hiring a formation master to do it with spirit stones."
Li Yan seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be talking to the two people behind him.
They traveled in a hurry for four days, but it was still much slower than normal teleportation. He remembered that Yu Yiyong had said before that it only took three days to teleport him to the Wuliang Sect.
But this time, every time they arrived at a sect or family, the host would warmly invite the three of them to stay for a while. Li Yan was anxious to go home, so he was naturally unwilling to do so.
However, among the ten places they passed through, only three were second-rate immortal cultivation sects, and the rest were third-rate immortal cultivation families or sects. There was no chance for them to get close to the behemoth like the Wangliang Sect on a normal day. Now that they had the opportunity this time, they naturally took out a lot of precious treasures.
This forced Li Yan and the other two to leave without any mercy for the time being, and they had to stay for a while under the hospitality of the guests. As for some valuable treasures that caught their eyes, Li Yan and the other two were not polite at all and accepted them directly with a smile.
At the same time, during these few days, Li Yan accidentally obtained a thumb-sized piece of "Red Mother Essence", which was exactly what he had been looking for everywhere. It was one of the five main materials for refining Guiyi Fenshui Ci, which made Li Yan extremely surprised.
I didn't expect that such precious things could be found in these small sects. However, what made Li Yan a little regretful was that the amount he needed should be at least half the size of a fist, and this piece was obviously not enough.
But this kind of rare material is often collected slowly. After Li Yan thought about it, he was still happy.
The "Red Mother Essence" was obtained from the "Blood Leaf Sect" last night. Although the cultivation base of "Master Blood Leaf" was only in the late stage of foundation building, he was already 172 years old. When he was young, he had practiced in many places and had traveled across almost half of the Desolate Moon Continent.
He had escaped death several times, and this time he spared no expense to give this extremely precious "Red Mother Essence" to Li Yan, because he felt that the end was near.
In the remaining twenty years or so, given his aptitude and his declining body, he would not be able to condense the golden elixir unless he had a heaven-defying opportunity.
The current leader of the "Blood Leaf Sect" is his direct disciple, who successfully established his foundation twenty years ago. There is also an elder in the sect who is in the middle stage of foundation building and is over 130 years old.
As a result, when the day comes that he dies, the sect will lose a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage, and the overall combat power will plummet.
Although their sect had chosen a place where the spiritual energy was not too strong as its base, there were still two powerful enemies lurking nearby. Over the years, they were afraid of his cultivation in the late stage of foundation building and did not dare to attack.
These two powerful enemies are just like the "Blood Leaf Sect", and they are the other two immortal cultivation families that jointly control the three mortal dynasties in this area. Don't underestimate the mortal dynasties, they can provide a lot of immortal cultivation resources every year.
As for the three families including the Blood Leaf Sect, they only need to send a disciple who is at the third level of Qi Condensation Stage or above to sit in their imperial capital. It is for this reason that the two immortal cultivation families are eyeing them covetously.
Once the "Blood Leaf Sect" becomes weak, they will swallow up the other party without hesitation. Each of these two families has an ancestor in the late foundation building stage.
Master Xueye reluctantly gave Li Yan the treasure he had obtained at great risk of death in his early years, simply because he wanted to cling to the power of the Wuliang Sect.
After obtaining this stone, no matter how he studied it, forged it with fire, destroyed it with spiritual power, or warmed it with his dantian, it was just like a dead object. However, Master Xueye could feel a heart-stirring aura inside it.
This time he gritted his teeth and sent it out. At first he was worried that these three monks from the upper sects would not be able to see the mystery of the stone. When he was about to explain it to them, he didn't expect Li Yan to recognize it at a glance.
Li Yan was already familiar with the materials for refining Guiyi Fenshui Thorn. Pingtu even explained to him the different forms and names of these materials in ancient times. Li Yan's knowledge was not comparable to that of Master Xueye.
After Li Yan obtained this piece of "Red Mother Essence", he asked Master Xueye in detail about the process of obtaining it. Seeing that Li Yan was so concerned, Master Xueye knew that he had made the right bet this time, so he told him the origin of the stone.
After hearing this, Li Yan's heart moved. This "Red Mother Essence" actually came from the North Ming Land of the Wild Moon Continent.
In his early years, Master Xue Ye spent a huge price to break through to the middle stage of foundation building, and finally got a chance to enter the Pure Land Sect's "Beiming Demon Suppression Tower" for training.
As soon as this stone appeared, a crazy fight broke out on the spot, and soon more than thirty foundation-building cultivators died.
When Master Xueye was dying, he escaped to a quagmire and used the sect's secret method "Blood Breath Method" to stay alive by relying on only a tiny bit of spiritual power in his blood. He deceived the people who were chasing him and escaped after hiding for seven days.
After knowing the source of "Red Mother Essence", Li Yan began to have ideas in his mind, but this matter still needs long-term consideration.
All the disciples of the Pure Land Sect died in the Wheel of Life and Death. Given their relationship with the Ten-Step Courtyard, they might be able to find out some information about themselves from Wang Lang, which forced Li Yan to act with caution.
Although this is just a possibility, Li Yan always plans before taking action.
At the same time, he also became interested in the "Blood Breath Method" mentioned by the man on the Blood Leaf, but he just thought about it for a moment and gave up. For now, he was unable to steal other people's secret methods.
Li Yan has never been a person who bullies the weak. With his intelligence, how could he not know what Master Xueye was thinking, considering the value of this "Red Mother Essence" and its information.
Li Yan thought for a moment, then took out a jade slip, engraved his own aura on it, and gave it to Master Xueye as a token, telling him that with this jade slip as a token, he could act for the Xueye Sect three times.
Master Xueye took the jade slip and was overjoyed. He carefully put the jade slip into his storage bag.
He believed that when the sect was in great trouble, as long as Li Yan appeared once, it would scare the other two sects and prevent them from taking action for a hundred years. In a hundred years, the Blood Leaf Sect would surely have a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage, not to mention that Li Yan had promised to take action three times.
Finally, Master Xueye personally sent Li Yan and the other two into the teleportation array, and then left with joy.