The ancestor is incompetent!

Chapter 17: Sunrise and Floating Earth
"Middle-grade magical weapon?"

Li Yuan's heart sank. It seemed that the other party was extraordinary. Even if he wanted to break out, he would have to block them for a while before finding a flaw.

"go with!"

Li Yuan stretched out his hand without hesitation and pointed, and dozens of rays of light appeared.

"Boom~"

The earth shook, and one tall puppet after another stood up, stepped on the earth veins to attract the nearby spiritual energy, and used the spiritual stones that had been placed long ago to activate the puppets.

Ten armored wood puppets protected Li Yuan, and three of them raised their swords and hammers and hit the three magical weapons.

The sword light was sharp, cutting through the puppet's body and continuing to rush forward.

But Li Yuan had an idea and three more puppets blocked him. This time, Fa Guang's weakened double swords and hammer were blocked by the Jiamu puppet.

The three were all shocked when they saw so many puppets. The tiger-faced man in the lead was even more incredulous and said, "Even the elders of Qi Ling Sect can't have so many puppets on their bodies, right?"

Li Yuan looked at the three people coldly. They really knew his identity. Without hesitation, he stretched out his hand and waved his finger at them.

The next moment, the seven Yi Mu puppets standing beside Li Yuan drew their bows and arrows, shooting out seven Yi Mu divine lights at the three people.

The three of them didn't dare to take it head-on and could only dodge.

Seeing this, Li Yuan didn't think twice and directly set up Baibi Wulan and rushed out in an instant.

The seventeen puppets tried their best to step forward to stop him, but in just a short delay, Li Yuan had already run a hundred feet away.

"What should we do? Should we continue to chase him?" asked one of the women.

"Chase? Haha, the information he gave us didn't say that this guy has so many puppets. Of course, we are not in breach of contract. What's more, we are about to reach the territory of Qi Lingmen, and we can't afford to risk our lives.

But these puppets are a windfall, much more valuable than the little money he gave us. Take these puppets and run away."

"Well, Brother Tiger is indeed wise!"

The three of them happily put away the puppets that had fallen into a deep sleep because their masters were too far away.

But who would have thought that as soon as they drove these puppets, a loud earth-shaking noise was heard, and a dazzling green light was so bright that it enveloped the three of them.

After the storm subsided, the tiger-headed man, with tattered clothes and blood all over his body, fled away, leaving only two broken corpses on the ground.

He cursed loudly: "Damn Qi Ling Sect!"

In the distance, Li Yuan, who was running wildly with Baibi Wulan all the way, finally arrived at the mountain gate. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the familiar mountain gate monument. He walked into the mountain gate panting due to excessive consumption of magic power.

Upon seeing this, the disciple on duty stepped forward to inquire.

"Junior brother, what happened? You are so flustered."

Li Yuan shook his head and said, "On the way back to the mountain just now, I encountered a group of people fighting. One of them even chased me, so I was so scared that I ran all the way back to the mountain. Fortunately, I am back to the mountain and safe now."

"I see. Junior brother is a smart man. We should not get involved in those fights between outsiders."

A senior brother said with a little emotion: "It is better to go back to the mountain and rest quickly."

"Yes, thank you two senior brothers." Li Yuan entered the mountain gate and went straight to his own courtyard.

When he got home, he felt relieved. The mountain gate was guarded by the ancestors and there was a mountain protection formation, so even a foundation-building cultivator would find it difficult to break through.

The mountain gate is hundreds of miles away and under the old ancestor's divine consciousness, no one dares to do anything wrong.

After Li Yuan had completely adjusted his breathing, he recalled his puppet.

Only twenty-three puppets have been made over the past few decades, and now there are only three Jiamu and three Yimu puppets left.

These puppets do not have the ability to fly, so they are naturally inferior to the monks in the sky.

If those three thieves didn't have flying magic weapons and were on the ground, then if his dozen puppets rushed up together, he would probably make a fortune.

Now his strength is too low, and he cannot read more contents of the Ten Thousand Puppet Scripture. Since it is called Ten Thousand Puppet, there must be many kinds of puppets, and he will not be disappointed in the future.

Looking at the formation and elixir he had obtained at the risk of his life, Li Yuan felt slightly relieved.

As long as he has these two things, he has hope of entering the late stage before the age of sixty!
According to the experience of the ancestors in the mountains, as long as one can enter the late stage before the age of eighty, it will only take one hundred years to one hundred years to condense the immortal bones.

There will still be enough time to impact the realm of true cultivation! Now I am only fifty-one years old, still young. Although I can't compare with geniuses like Li Yunming, I can still have enough time to prepare for the road ahead.

Li Yuan calculated the progress of his cultivation, and the pressure in his heart eased a little. Then he sat under the osmanthus tree with a pot of tea and took out a pile of letters.

Some were sent by the sect, such as congratulating a deacon for breaking through to the late stage and becoming an elder. Others were announcements of events within the sect, such as a disciple who had recently discovered a spiritual mine and was directly rewarded with many elixirs and magical tools by the peak master, and he soared to the sky.

Then there is the mountain gate recruiting mining deacons, voluntary registration, etc.

There were three letters from Ruan Jinghu among them. Li Yuan opened them one by one. The letters said that Ruan Jinghu had become the elder of Lingfeng and wanted to help him out of consideration of their former friendship as classmates. He asked him to remember to visit him when he returned from Chouyun Mountain.

These letters come about once every three to five years, which makes Li Yuan feel cold. Ruan Jinghu is now an elder and is valued by the peak master who has made efforts to train him. Naturally, such a person has many disciples who curry favor with him, but he still remembers himself.

He didn't think that their friendship was deep enough to make Ruan Jinghu miss him so much.

It seemed that he could not stay in the sect for long, and he had to go back to Chouyun Mountain. Otherwise, if Ruan Jinghu came to him personally and wanted to kill him, he would have no power to resist.

Even if he couldn't be killed inside the mountain gate, it was too easy for an elder to kill a deacon.

Li Yuan spent more than ten days in the mountain in fear. Fortunately, Ruan Jinghu was out and had not returned, otherwise he would definitely come to look for him.

After all, he and Ruan Jinghu are the only ones alive who know about the secret cave.

Ruan Jinghu had told him the approximate location back then. For a cultivator, this little information could reveal a lot of things.

There are even fortune-telling masters who can predict the location. Once the cave is discovered, many of Ruan Jinghu's secrets will naturally be exposed. For example, the inheritance of his martial arts skills may not be so important for late-stage cultivators.

But in the eyes of a true cultivator, any negligence may lead to death!
It is obvious that Ruan Jinghu is a person who is devoted to true cultivation, and I may bring a lot of uncertainties to him.

Li Yuan suffered for more than ten days, and finally a month later, he boarded the flying boat and returned to Chouyun Mountain without looking back.

After reporting his return journey at the garrison, Li Yuan returned to the cave abode. Holding the formation plate in his hand, he chanted one spell after another according to the formation outline recorded in the jade slips. Seventy-two black treasure flags fell one by one and were inserted into the ground. Then the formation plate was driven into the ground as the center of the formation.

Li Yuan held a bead in his hand, which was the core control bead of the Xuanyou Chenyu Formation.

Holding this bead in hand, one can master the control of the formation and transform it into a nine-layer defensive light curtain, each of which can withstand the full-strength attack of a mid-stage cultivator and a mid-grade magic weapon.

Li Yuan held the magic bead in his hand, and with a thought, the surroundings turned into heavy drizzle, blocking the sight and spiritual thoughts. The people in the water curtain bound the formation were like being trapped in a swamp, and they would sink deeper and deeper without realizing it.

The spiritual energy from the surrounding dark rivers also surged in and was merged into the formation to increase its power.

Seeing that this formation was extraordinary, Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction. It was worth his painstaking efforts to buy this formation. With this formation, it would be much safer. After all, the garrison was not as safe as the mountain gate, but with the strange Fengzi and Ruan Jinghu's unclear intentions, it was still safer here.

Although Elder Wang Xingyi was involved with Fengzi, he was also afraid of Elder Yu Guhong who controlled the core of the formation at the bottom of the mountain. As long as he didn't take the initiative to provoke him, he should be able to stay there safely until he broke through to the late stage of Qi Refining!

Li Yuan arranged the formation and sat cross-legged, guiding the Qi through his body and exchanging his spirit for blood. The spiritual power around him began to be replenished little by little, and his blood began to completely infuse the spirit and leave the mortal world behind.

As spring goes and autumn comes, snow accumulates in the mountains, and in the blink of an eye, the winter has changed three times.

On this day, Li Yuan was on duty as scheduled. His feet made a crunching sound as they stepped on the thick snow. The north wind blew, making Li Yuan's long gown sway in the falling snow.

Overhead, Chen Ming was hovering, keeping watch on the surroundings for his master.

Li Yuan walked slowly across the mountain ridge and looked down to see the sky and earth covered in silver.

He narrowed his eyes and looked outside the formation. He saw a Taoist in white standing with his hands behind his back. He walked to the front of the mountain and entered the formation without any hindrance.

Li Yuan was startled and quickly prepared to activate the warning talisman.

However, he saw many disciples meeting that man head-on in the snow, and they all bowed down to him.

Li Yuan did not dare to be negligent, so he walked up and bowed.

The man in white walked with his hands behind his back along the road formed by the two rows of disciples on the left and right, leisurely and at ease, with broad eyebrows slanting into his temples, slightly flattened brows, and eyes like the abyss. Even though he looked like a handsome man with a jade face, no one dared to disrespect him.

Wang Xingyi hurried over, bowed his head and said politely, "Greetings, Peak Master."

This person turned out to be Helian Wei, the master of Lingfeng Peak.

"Where's Elder Yu? Why can't I see him?"

"Junior Brother Yu has always been a solitary person. He stays at the foot of the mountain all day to nurture his evil spirit." Snow fell on Wang Xingyi's beard, but he did not brush it off.

"Let him come and see me. I'll be waiting at the top of the hill."

Helian Wei walked in front of the disciples and chuckled, "Thank you for your hard work, disciples."

No one dared to respond to this. Li Yuan just bent down and lowered his head like the other disciples, not daring to raise his eyes.

A dark yellow light flashed, and there was no one in front of the disciples.

Wang Xingyi glanced at the disciples present and said in a cold voice: "From this moment on, Chouyun Mountain is closed and all entry and exit are prohibited.

You are not allowed to say a word about what you have seen the Peak Master today! Anyone who violates this will be severely punished!"

"Yes, disciple, I obey!"

All the disciples responded in unison.

After Wang Xingyi left, the disciples were in an uproar, discussing Helian Wei intensely.

"Why did the Peak Master come to our Chouyun Mountain? It seems that he came alone in secret!"

"We're not going to get into any serious trouble, are we?"

"Ah? Don't spread rumors to confuse the public! We are all disciples of Qi Ling Sect. We are loyal and have never done anything that violates the sect's rules."

Li Yuan raised his head and saw a faint light on the dark white sky. The fluttering snowflakes fell into his eyes and turned into cold water.

On the top of the mountain, there stood Helian Wei, his clothes fluttering, like an immortal.

He turned around and left, continuing his patrol of the mountain.

Chen Ming fell from the sky and crouched on his shoulder. The breath in the sky made it instinctively sense the danger and it did not dare to spread its wings.

After Li Yuan finished patrolling the mountains, he came to the base and reported the situation, and everything was normal.

Senior Brother Wu Jiao, the deacon disciple, told him, "Junior Brother, the elders have ordered that from now on, all disciples do not need to patrol the mountain. Just stay in the cave and don't move around."

"Yes, Junior Brother, I'll remember that." Li Yuan said with a smile, "It's better not to go out on this snowy day."

"Also, Junior Brother, you'd better not practice for the time being." Wu Jiao said in a low voice: "Otherwise, the practice will go against your will and I'm afraid it will hurt your vitality."

Li Yuan was stunned when he heard this, "Why is this?"

Wu Jiao didn't dare to say anything else and just pointed his finger toward the sky.

Li Yuan understood and bowed, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother."

This Wu Jiao had once bought some dark crow's flesh from him, but he took advantage of it by buying it at a low price. However, this man had a good heart, otherwise there would be no need to remind him like this.

He himself practiced the Yuanshui Taoist school and originally lived in a cave under the Han Mountain. The master of Lingfeng Peak was obviously from some kind of Tude Taoist school, with a peak in the sky that suppressed all waters.

If I continue to practice in Sorrow Cloud Mountain, I am afraid that I may be affected by it and it will be difficult to control my spiritual power.

So Li Yuan could only make puppets in the cave out of boredom. He had already mastered the essence of the A-wood puppet and the B-wood puppet, and the failure rate was very low.

There are countless spiritual trees in the Ten Thousand Trees Realm, but now he can only find spiritual materials that are over a hundred years old or less than a hundred years old. But as long as he has an inexhaustible supply of spiritual trees, it is enough to defy the will of heaven.

After making puppets in the Wanmu Realm for more than half a month, Li Yuan suddenly noticed the earth shaking while he was resting.

Very light, but it is indeed rising slightly.

Li Yuan was startled and quickly put away the Xuanyou Chenyu Formation Plate, then walked out of the cave. When he looked up, he was stunned.

Not only him, dozens of disciples at the foot of the mountain also walked out of their caves and looked up at the top of the mountain in amazement.

The top of the Cloudy Mountain seemed to be inlaid with a bright pearl, shining with bright yellow light, making the mountain snow look like a vast expanse of yellow.

Yu Guhong, who had not been seen at the foot of the mountain for more than 20 years, also appeared in front of the disciples. His yin aura was three times more intense than before.

Wang Xingyi ordered, "The peak master is cultivating his magical powers. You are not allowed to use any of your magical powers. Just wait here quietly and don't move a step!"

"Yes, elder!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. The real master of supernatural powers, that was the ancestor who established the foundation! Living to be five hundred years old and possessing supernatural powers, in the eyes of all the disciples, was something they could only dream of in this lifetime.

Li Yuan stared at the sky intently. Being able to witness the scene of breakthrough in true cultivation with his own eyes was undoubtedly an opportunity that should not be missed.

On the top of the mountain, Helian Wei sat cross-legged with his eyes closed. The dark yellow light around his body illuminated the heaven and earth. His head supported the sky and his body held the mountains. The huge mountains hundreds of feet high floated little by little because of him. The snow melted and his light could be seen in the sky. The rosy clouds illuminated for hundreds of miles, as if the sky was full of golden light, which made people dare not look at it.

Above the clouds, a yellowish brown mountain appeared as if it were an illusion. Clouds gathered in all directions, and the snow stopped in all directions. Countless gravel particles slowly floated into the air and hovered in front of everyone.

Wang Xingyi saw this scene and said excitedly, "There are tiny particles appearing above the clouds, rocks and soil floating in the sky, and the rays of light are shining. This is... [Sunrise Floating Earth]!
The peak master has succeeded! The peak master has succeeded! "

(End of this chapter)