Li Zhi and Ao Ling walked down the secret passage.
I don't know how far I have walked, but I feel that the temperature around me is getting higher and higher. Even with Li Zhi's cultivation, he can hardly bear it anymore.
"Kuro, please hold on a little longer, I feel that the treasure is right in front -"
Ao Ling glanced at Li Zhi beside him. At this time, Li Zhi had a hollow nose and temples, and was sweating profusely. The clothes on his front and back were stuck to his body. However, years of upbringing had prevented him from taking off his clothes.
Ao Ling felt a little sorry. After rummaging through his storage bag for a long time, he finally found something.
"Kuro, please put this on, it should be effective."
As he spoke, a cloak appeared in front of Li Zhi, which looked like it was sewn from the skin of some animal.
"This is made from the skin of the North Sea ice python. It is a cooling artifact. It was a gift from my fourth uncle on my 200th birthday. I have never used it. You should put it on first to resist it."
Li Zhi had actually seen such a thing before. Li Shimin had one in the palace, and it was said that it was left behind by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty.
However, it is only made of ordinary python skin, and its cooling effect is definitely not comparable to the North Sea ice python skin in front of you.
"Thank you Sister Long for the generous gift, but I'm so disrespectful -"
Li Zhi took it without hesitation and put it on his body.
Don't tell me, this is really a good treasure. As soon as it was put on his body, Li Zhi felt waves of coolness coming over him, especially in this hot place. It was many times more comfortable than the air conditioners of later generations.
"Housi? Hey, did I say I wanted to give it to you? Just stop and speak clearly before leaving..."
Li Zhi pretended not to hear. With this ice python cloak, he was no longer afraid of the heat and volunteered to walk ahead.
As you continue walking down, the temperature gets higher and higher, and the rocks on both sides seem to be burning, turning red.
The light is getting brighter and brighter, and there is no longer any need for luminous pearls for illumination. Now the light is enough to see everything around you clearly.
"Ah, I found it——"
Suddenly, Ao Ling exclaimed, and his excitement was self-evident.
"Sister Long, what is that?"
The two of them had reached the end of the secret passage, and saw a huge deep pool, as large as ten acres of land.
It's said to be a deep pool, but what flows in it is not any kind of water, but churning magma?
In the center of the magma pool, there is a row of huge boulders floating in red color. There is a stone tree or an irregular pillar on top of the boulders.
On top of the stone pillar, three red fruits the size of goose eggs hung impressively, crystal clear and as bright as blood.
Even from such a distance, Li Zhi could smell a faint sweet fragrance, and his veins suddenly became clear, and his fatigue was gone.
When Ao Ling saw these three red fruits, his eyes almost burst out.
"Jiulang, this...this is actually the 'Blood Bodhi', and it is also the most royal 'Three Talents Blood Bodhi'——"
Although Ao Ling was excited, he was not carried away by the excitement. He still remained vigilant and carefully checked his surroundings.
Wherever there are treasures of heaven and earth, there must be something extremely powerful waiting, but Ao Ling could not feel any threat.
"Blood Bodhi"? What is that?
Li Zhi said that he had never heard of it, but he also used the "Golden Eyes of Destruction" to help Ao Ling inspect this mysterious cave.
"Huh? Is it there?"
The "Breaking Dream Golden Eyes" has been promoted to the orange level, and Li Zhi is keenly aware that the huge boulder in the middle of the magma pool is the energy source of the entire magma pool.
However, he didn't feel any danger. This pool of magma seemed to be churning, but it was more like a child playing, letting his mood go up and down.
"May I ask which senior is here? I'm Tang Jiu, and Ao Qi accidentally entered Guidong Mansion. Please forgive us for coming uninvited——"
Li Zhi raised his hands and said loudly to the huge stone in the center.
When Leng Buding heard what Li Zhi said, Ao Ling beside him was very surprised, but he saw that the lava pool in front of him was churning more and more fiercely, and it was threatening to gush out and flood the entire secret passage.
"Senior, what's the problem? As long as you are of use to me, you should do your best and never refuse!"
Li Zhi has confirmed that there is a living being, but the other party has not appeared. Normally, there are three possibilities.
First, the other party's cultivation and realm were too high, and he didn't even bother to show up to deal with the two of them.
Secondly, the other party is very weak and timid. He doesn't want to see strangers and only wants to delay or wear away the two of them.
Thirdly, the opponent is trapped here. Even if he has strength, he may not be in a normal state.
Li Zhi believes that the third scenario is the most likely.
"Who are you?..."
A voice came out, and it really came from the stone in the middle of the magma pool. But, how could the stone speak?
The voice was a little deep, but it didn't look old, just a little weak. Li Zhi couldn't judge the other party's cultivation level.
"I am Tang Jiu, a human being. The one who comes with me is Ao Ling from the East China Sea."
Li Zhi's report was more specific, but he did not tell himself the true identities of the two of them.
"The human race? It's just a very weak race created by Empress Nuwa. The surname of Donghai is Ao? Are you a descendant of the dragon race?"
Hearing Ao Ling's origin, the other party was not very surprised, but seemed more interested in Li Zhi.
"Senior, how long have you been here? Don't you know that the protagonist here is the human race?"
Li Zhi was immediately confused. What did "Nuwa Empress just created" mean?
Is this guy out of his mind, or has he really been stuck here for too long?
"How could it be the human race? Where is my demon race? Where are my father and the Eastern Emperor?——"
The lava pool roared completely. Li Zhi quickly pulled Ao Ling and jumped back ten feet, watching the lava roaring there.
After a long time, perhaps because the other party was tired of tossing, he slowly calmed down, and the magma pool returned to its previous state. Although it was tumbling, it was like wind and waves.
"Tell me, what happened, how is my heavenly family? Even if my demon clan is defeated, the one who becomes the protagonist of the world at this time should be the wizard clan. How can it be the turn of the weak human clan?"
The other party's voice was very low, as if the roar just now had consumed all his energy.
"Senior, do you want me to start talking about the 'Lich War'?"
Li Zhi was a little unsure. This guy was talking about either the demon clan or the witch clan, and he also mentioned heaven?
The heaven he talks about is probably not the current heaven dominated by the Jade Emperor. It should be the demon clan heaven in ancient times, right?
It's just that he also calls himself "Father Emperor" and "East Emperor". Could this be one of the top ten princes of the Demon Clan back then?
Thinking of this, Li Zhi felt relieved.
No wonder it's so hot here, no wonder the other party cares so much about the demon clan.
"Little baby, you don't have to think wildly. I am the sixth son of the 'Demon Emperor' Di Jun. I believed other people's slanders and all ten of my brothers ran away together."
"On the tenth day of the flight, I was shot down one by one by the great witch Houyi. The power of the sun-shooting arrows was really terrifying. Once I was hit, my soul was shattered."
"I don't know what happened to the other brothers, but my own remnant soul wandered here, and I used my last strength to build this shelter for myself."
"It's a pity that a remnant soul will always be a remnant soul. If you hadn't found this place, I'm afraid I would have completely disappeared soon..."
Originally, the other party was asking Li Zhi. Maybe he hadn't talked to anyone else for a long time, so he himself introduced someone first.
Although Li Zhi had some guesses in his mind, Li Zhi was still a little shocked when this man personally admitted that he was one of the ten princes of the Demon Clan back then.
"It turns out that my senior is actually the prince of the demon clan. I am disrespectful and disrespectful. When the lich fought, the disaster would last for more than a thousand years?"
"Neither the Demon Clan nor the Witch Clan took any advantage. The extreme combat power of both sides was wiped out one after another in this battle."
"As far as I know, both the Demon Emperor and the Eastern Emperor of the Demon Clan died in the battle, and among your ten princes, only the youngest one seems to have survived. It's just that it's been so long, and I can't tell where he is.
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"The Witch Clan was also miserable. Eleven of the Twelve Ancestral Witches were killed in the battle, and Donghuang killed eight of them alone. He even revealed that Donghuang Zhong and Xuan Ming died together."
"The only one left with great achievements is Queen Houtu. She transformed into the Six Paths, opened the underworld, and established reincarnation, and her merits are immeasurable. Now she is revered as one of the six emperors, and is even called the 'Mother of the Earth'..."
Li Zhi didn't have any logic. As far as he knew, he talked about a lot of things about the Lich War.
Not to mention the sixth prince of the demon clan, even Ao Ling beside him listened with interest. There were many secrets in it that Ao Ling had never heard of.
"Haha, so that's it, that's it. Damn Kunpeng, who deserves to be called a demon master, actually escaped from the battlefield——"
The magma pool became angry again, but this time it lasted for a much shorter time and was not as violent as before. It seems that the remnant soul of the sixth prince of the demon clan is not an empty lie.
"Little doll, thank you very much for telling me so much. Can you promise me two more things at the end?"
"I also know that it may be a bit difficult, but my remnant soul is about to dissipate, and I don't know if I can go to the six paths of reincarnation you mentioned. Let this be my last words."
The other party's voice became even lower, but Li Zhi heard the begging?
Who is the other party? One of the top ten princes of the demon clan who was once arrogant, can he actually talk to a human clan in a begging tone?
"Senior, I have a destiny, and I will try my best to fulfill it. I am afraid that my low skills will delay senior's affairs."
Li Zhi said "sincerely", but was met with a blank stare from Ao Ling.
"Haha, you are such an interesting little guy. I won't treat you badly when I ask you to do things."
As soon as he finished speaking, a weak flame flew out from the big rock in the center of the magma pool.
"This is my natal magical power - the True Fire of the Sun. It has been nurtured for so many years and is still so weak. Now I will give it to you for self-defense."
The weak flame flew slowly in front of Li Zhi and "swooshed" into his Dantian.
When Li Zhi was promoted to the "Nascent Soul" realm, the black and white Nascent Soul and the big black gun moved into the sea of consciousness, leaving his Dantian empty.
Now, the Dantian is actually occupied by the flame of this "True Sun Fire".
Immediately, an article of exercises appeared in Li Zhi's mind, which was about how to cultivate and use the "True Sun Fire".
"Thank you, senior, for teaching me this skill——"
That was the "True Sun Fire", one of the ten great divine fires in the ancient world, and the other party passed it to me without hesitation?
Li Zhi couldn't believe that this was true, and he respectfully made a "teacher's salute" to the huge stone in the magma pool.
"You don't need to thank me. Without your arrival, this fire would have been trapped here. I have conditions for giving you the 'True Sun Fire'."
"To be precise, I want you to find two people for me if your strength allows. One is my poor tenth brother you just mentioned."
"Give him my life mark. He is the last Golden Crow in the world. I hope he can melt my life mark and become stronger."
"The other one is that Kunpeng. After so many years, I'm afraid his strength has become quite terrifying. I don't demand that you must eradicate him for me. If necessary, you can just lend a helping hand to my tenth brother."
Good guy, the sixth prince of the demon clan mentioned two characters in a row, and Li Zhi's head got six times bigger.
Suddenly, I felt that the flame of "True Sun Fire" in my Dantian was no longer fragrant.
What kind of existence are these two?
After surviving for hundreds of millions of years, the worst it can do is reach the "Quasi-Saint" level, right?
Moreover, those two are not serious people. Not to mention that they may not be able to meet each other. Even if they do meet, wouldn't they just hide as far away as possible?
"Senior, you also know that I am a person of low ability. You said that those two people don't know where they are. I'm really afraid of living up to my trust!"
Li Zhi looked troubled and said that these two things were indeed very difficult, but he did not want to give up the "True Sun Fire" that he had already obtained.
"I understand your difficulties. Everything depends on chance. Don't take it too seriously. Thousands of years, ten thousand years, if you encounter it, just do it. If you don't encounter it..."
The voice of the sixth prince of the demon clan was no longer heard, and the huge boulder in the center of the magma pool was seen to be shrinking and getting smaller visibly to the naked eye.
Eventually, it turned into a piece of red gold, shaped like a flying bird half the size of a palm, but this flying bird had three legs.
The magma pool cooled quickly, no longer churning, no longer burning, and instantly turned into an ordinary rock. There was no "pool" anymore, and there was just a whole piece of bare magma stone.
And in the center of this magma stone, there are three bright red "blood bodhis".
Ao Ling did not dare to neglect, and rushed over, carefully holding the three "Blood Bodhis" in his hands, with such a respectful look, for fear that they would fly away or disappear on the ground.
"Jiulang, do you have in your hand the 'birth mark' that the sixth prince of the demon clan just mentioned? It's really a three-legged golden crow."
Regarding the Three-Legged Golden Crow, it is a legendary existence for both Li Zhi and Ao Ling, but they did not expect to encounter it here today.
"Hey, this cause and effect, I still don't know whether it will be a blessing or a disaster in the future, just take it one step at a time."
Li Zhi respectfully kept the Golden Crow mark close to his body. He could feel that the original remnant soul had left and floated away along the passage they came from.
The remnant soul leaves with hope. With the six reincarnations, you always have to try your luck.
Li Zhi even felt that maybe his fate with the sixth prince of the demon clan was not over yet, and there would be a chance to meet again in the future?
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"Kuroro, are you really leaving? I plan to practice in seclusion here, and at least I have refined these three 'Blood Bodhis'. If they are as magical as the legends say, maybe when I leave seclusion, this girl will be a Xuanxian
, even the Golden Immortal realm.”
The two of them left the secret realm and returned to the Crystal Palace again. Thinking back on what happened just now, it felt like they were in another world.
"I have been separated from my clan uncle and senior brother for too long. I want to rush back as soon as possible. Thanks to Sister Long's blessing, I have gained a little bit this time..."
Li Zhiyuan wanted to say something modest, but when he saw Ao Ling's glare, he immediately shut up.
Ao Ling himself is a fire dragon, and he practices mostly fire-based exercises, but he just watched Li Zhi get the "True Sun Fire", and he would be lying if he said he wasn't jealous.
However, the opportunity is not her own, so should she take it?
Then he thought about the hammer and chisel he took out, as well as the cloak made of North Sea ice python skin. They were all magic weapons at worst, and the pair of hammers and chisels had the power of acquired spiritual treasures.
However, if we look at Li Zhi's hands and body, where can we find their shadows?
"Hehe... Sister Long, I'm just borrowing those treasures temporarily. When I get stronger in the future, how about I return them to you with my own hands?"
Seeing that Ao Ling still had a dark face, Li Zhi had no choice but to say reluctantly again.
"If you are worried, how about...why don't I write you an IOU?"
"Get out - get out, my aunt never wants to see you again -"