After Wu Youzheng returned with Lin Yixue, he came specially to kowtow to Li Qiye to express his gratitude.
"Some things are in the past, and the ancestral heritage may not be able to be maintained. If you are really capable, it is also a good choice to break it and then build it up." Li Qiye said lightly.
Wu Youzheng couldn't help but laugh dryly, and said in embarrassment, "I'm not afraid of the young master's jokes. I, I, what ability do we have to create a foundation like our ancestors? I, I'm just holding on to luck, hoping to escape.
That ancestral legacy is still there.”
Speaking of this, Wu Youzheng also sighed softly and said: "At my age, I can't live much longer. Sooner or later, I will turn into a piece of loess. While I still have breath, I can do something for future generations and see if I can
Just keep this foundation, if you can't keep it, I won't have any regrets..."
"...Besides, if I can die in my own home, it will be fine. This is also the best destination for me. I have grown up here all my life, and I can finally be buried here. This can be considered a complete life."
Here, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
When a person leaves his hometown, it becomes a luxury to be able to bury his bones in his hometown.
Li Qiye just sat there cross-legged and didn't say anything.
"It's just that this child is stubborn." Wu Youzheng looked at Lin Yixue with some helplessness, smiled bitterly, and said: "I won't let her come back, but she insists on coming back with me. She is following me back to die."
"Master—" Lin Yixue lowered her head and said, "This, this is my home too. I, I, I want to stay. If I die here, I, I, I have nothing to be afraid of."
"Silly boy, you are still young." Wu Youzheng shook his head gently and said helplessly: "The future is still full of unknowns and opportunities."
Lin Yixue lowered her head and said nothing. She also had a stubborn temper. Once she became stubborn, even nine cows could not pull her back.
"The current Mingluo City is no longer your Mingluo City." Li Qiye glanced at them indifferently and said calmly: "If you want to preserve the inheritance of your ancestors, forget it, it is just a matter of death.
If anyone wants to, they can lift a finger and kill you."
Wu Youzheng opened his mouth to speak, but in the end he smiled bitterly. He also understood that Li Qiye was telling the truth.
In fact, when he first came back, Wu Youzheng was also shocked. He thought he had gone to the wrong place. Mingluo City suddenly became so lively, and so many great sects appeared in Mingluo City.
Wu Youzheng was stunned at this moment.
Especially when he saw so many strong men coming in and out of Mingluo City, and these strong men often started out as true gods, and many of them ascended to the true gods, this immediately made Wu Youzheng feel hairy in his heart and his scalp went numb.
If these powerful men really want to seize the inheritance of their ancestors, how difficult will it be? Especially for those powerful Taoist gods, once they take action and destroy them, it will not be an easy task.
"Stay here for the time being. If you go out, you will die." Li Qiye glanced at their master and apprentice and said calmly.
Wu Youzheng and Lin Yixue couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. They never dreamed that Li Qiye would take them in. After all, Li Qiye was not related to them. The last time he was able to save their Shushi Sect, he was already showing great mercy.
"Thank you, Master -" Master and disciple Wu Youzheng came back to their senses and hurriedly bowed. Especially Lin Yixue, who was extremely happy in her heart. They couldn't help but glance at Li Qiye secretly, but they didn't dare to look more or take a peek.
After one glance, he immediately withdrew his gaze and lowered his head.
Despite this, Lin Yixue couldn't say how happy she was in her heart. Being able to stay here, even if she had to eat in the wind and sleep in the dew, she was still happy in her heart.
Of course, Master Wu Youzheng and his disciples did not live in the open air here. In the end, they took matters into their own hands and built a small wooden house here as a temporary residence for the three of them.
Of course, for Li Qiye, it didn't matter whether he had a place to live or not. If he wanted to, he could lift mountains and grab the moon, and tall buildings and ancient palaces could rise from the ground at any time.
Although this was just a simple log cabin, Lin Yixue was still very happy. She kept the cabin clean, with bright windows, and decorated it with some flowers and plants to make it lively.
"Sir, why do so many great religious leaders come to Mingluo City?" After staying in the cabin, Wu Youzheng couldn't help but be curious and couldn't help but ask.
After contacting him, Wu Youzheng discovered that although Li Qiye was actually very talkative and ruthless in his actions, he was very approachable to others.
"Could it be that a treasure has really been discovered?" When Wu Youzheng came back, he also heard such rumors, and he even saw many local monks digging on his own land.
"Treasure, do you think there is a treasure here?" Li Qiye said with a faint smile.
"This -" Wu Youzheng thought for a moment, smiled bitterly, and said: "If we really have treasure hidden in Mingluo City, I'm afraid it won't be our turn. Previous generations have already taken it away."
The Shiyun Taoist tradition has been in decline for a long time. It can be said that the previous generations have long been poor and crazy. There were strong monks who had dug up Mingluo City long ago. If there were really valuable things, they would have been taken away long ago.
Will descendants like them still get their turn?
It is precisely because of this that Shiyun Taoism's peerless skills and invincible divine weapons were lost one by one, because in the past, when many great religious countries wanted to flee Shiyun Taoism, they either took these things away or took them away.
The things are auctioned off and exchanged for more supplies to escape from here.
It can be said that after those great religious kingdoms fled, they left the barren land behind for those who could not escape.
"However, there are some things that you can't just take away if you want." Li Qiye smiled faintly.
"Could it be Taoyuan?" Wu Youzheng came back to his senses and couldn't help being surprised. After all, he is one of the few top masters of Shiyun Taoist tradition and knows more.
"Do we still have the source of Taoism?" Lin Yixue couldn't help but be shocked when she heard her master's words. Their Shiyun Taoism had already declined to this point. She was afraid that the source of Taoism would be exhausted and disappear long ago.
"Yes -" Wu Youzheng nodded heavily and said seriously: "We still have the source of truth, but we don't know where it is. I have discussed it with several true gods, but unfortunately we have not been able to succeed. If we don't have the source of truth,
It has long since collapsed. However, although our lineage has declined, it has been stuck in the imperial lineage world and has not fallen. Therefore, this means that the source of the lineage is still there. Unfortunately, we cannot find the source of the lineage."
After all, Wu Youzheng is the strongest true god in Shiyun Taoism, so they have also explored it and wanted to understand the mystery behind it, but unfortunately, they have not been able to succeed.
"Although it's not the source of Taoism, it has a great relationship." Li Qiye nodded lightly and said.
"Young Master is here for this too?" Wu Youzheng blurted out: "No, Young Master is here for the evil in the underground -" At this point, he couldn't help but laugh.
Because Li Qiye said before that he came to pursue evil. If he now said that Li Qiye came for treasures, it seemed disrespectful to Li Qiye, so he quickly changed his words.
"There is nothing unspeakable about this." Li Qiye said calmly: "I did come here to chase evil things, but I also came here for this thing."
Wu Youzheng laughed dryly and couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
"Is this a supreme treasure?" Lin Yixue couldn't help but be curious, raised her head and glanced at Li Qiye secretly.
"Depending on how you think about it, it is something that will bring disaster." Li Qiye said lightly: "Why else would your Shiyun Taoism decline overnight? Otherwise, why would your Taoism source be still there, but your Taoism dry up.
"
"Did the evil thing come for this thing?" Wu Youzheng couldn't help but lost his voice, and then he was shocked in his heart and said: "No, it should be said that this evil thing came a long time ago, or this is the reason for the decline of our Shiyun Taoism.
From that moment on, evil things have been causing trouble, and the evil things came for this thing in the first place.”
Wu Youzheng had pondered and studied this matter before, but now with Li Qiye's advice, he suddenly understood the mystery behind it, and it suddenly became clear to him.
"You can also say that." Li Qiye nodded gently.
Wu Youzheng came back to his senses and couldn't help but ask: "Master, can you get rid of this evil thing?"
"If this evil thing is not eliminated, the problem will be huge." Li Qiye said calmly: "At that time, it will not only be your Shiyun Taoist lineage, but the entire imperial lineage will be in big trouble."
"So scary?" Wu Youzheng couldn't help but feel horrified when he heard this.
"This does not belong to this world." Li Qiye couldn't help but look into the distance, his eyes focused.
"If this evil thing is eliminated -" Wu Youzheng was stunned and muttered to himself. He trembled and said in a voiceless voice: "If this evil thing is eliminated, then, then, then, then our Shiyun Taoism
Couldn’t the source of Tao be restored?”
Thinking of this possibility, Wu Youzheng couldn't help but feel ecstatic. After all, this was great news for their Shiyun orthodoxy.
"If it is removed, your Shiyun Taoism will be revitalized, the avenue will be majestic, and a new atmosphere will usher in." Li Qiye said lightly: "There will be great prosperity."
"That's true." Wu Youzheng thought about it and was ecstatic. He knelt down on the ground and said, "Young master, by removing this evil thing, you will be our Shiyun Taoism's great benefactor for generations. Shiyun Taoism will set up longevity tablets for you from generation to generation."
"Don't thank me in a hurry." Li Qiye sat there and said calmly: "Maybe it will make your Shiyun Taoism disappear into ashes. A shocking blow can even break your Shiyun Taoism."
These words were like a basin of cold water poured on Wu Youzheng's head. However, he came back to his senses and still bowed, saying: "But, at least there is hope. If Shiyun Taoism continues like this, it will inevitably die, and it will eventually end."