Shrouding the Heavens: Starting by joining the Holy Land of Yao Guang

Chapter 196 The Invitation from the Qishi Mansion

Li Yao nodded: "That's right. The phoenix's divine egg has an astonishing origin and involves an ancient secret. It would actually be a good thing for Yaochi to hand it over."

"Do immortals really exist in this world?" The Holy Maiden of Yaochi was somewhat astonished.

"Have you ever heard of the Immortal Emperor?" Li Yao asked.

The Immortal Emperor existed for far too long, millions of years ago. He was a figure from the late mythological era and early primordial era, and has long been a legend in the world. Many people even regard the Immortal Emperor as a legend rather than a real person.

The Holy Maiden of Yaochi nodded. Yaochi Holy Land had a profound history and had naturally heard of the name of the Undying Emperor, but only in scattered records and did not know the full story.

"Legend has it that the Immortal Emperor was a celestial phoenix," Li Yao said.

This legend is known to some extent to the powerful, but for most cultivators in the world, it is enough to shock them for eternity.

"The Immortal Emperor truly exists, and he is a Celestial Phoenix!" Yaochi Saintess's eyes widened, and a look of shock appeared on her face.

"Ancient Emperor Mountain was the Daoist temple of the Undying Emperor. Later, it was taken over by the Great Emperor Wushi, who suppressed the Emperor lineage. The fifth generation Source Master entered Purple Mountain. Considering all this, when you look at this egg again, doesn't everything become clear?"

Li Yao pointed to the trembling egg in front of him. The Crown Prince was now awake and was extremely excited to hear his father's name.

"This..." The Holy Maiden of Yaochi was shocked and stared intently at the stone egg.

So... Master Yuan stole the young master of Ancient Emperor Mountain and brought him to Yaochi, hoping to use the Western Emperor Pagoda to suppress this egg.

“Fairy, Yaochi now has two choices: not to seal the egg and let the people of Ancient Emperor Mountain take it away to get rid of this big trouble, or to seal it, but the risks involved are so great that even Yaochi may not be able to withstand them,” Li Yao suggested.

Don't be fooled by the fact that there are only a few members in the Ancient Emperor Mountain clan now, and it can only be considered a royal family. The influence of the Undying Emperor in the Ancient Clan is enormous.

In the original work, when the Heavenly Emperor raised his arm to call, many ancient races would serve him, and even the royal family and the imperial family would give him some face.

The Jade Pool Sacred Land has kept this stone egg. When all the ancient races are born, if the news leaks out, an ancient king will inevitably descend in the future, and there may be more than one.

On the other hand, if we hand it over now, at most only one Ancestral King will come, and that one will be the kind that doesn't emerge from the Divine Source.

These two situations are completely different.

Although Yaochi is an extremely powerful force, it is not always safe and secure amidst the turbulent times.

After all, the ancient races were just looking for a target to establish their authority when they were born. With the news of the Heavenly Emperor's son coming out, those ancient races who believed in the Immortal Heavenly Emperor would spontaneously gather together to attack Yaochi.

The royal family, however, would not let this opportunity pass. They might not participate in the battle, but they would take the opportunity to lend out ancient royal weapons.

Furthermore, the royal families will also take advantage of the chaos and join the ancient clans that are attacking Yaochi, quickly gathering a large number of powerful individuals.

Ancient imperial weapons are available, and powerful individuals are not lacking. At that time, Yaochi's resources will only be available for one battle, which will deplete the holy land's accumulated strength.

The Holy Maiden of Yaochi was unsure of what to do and needed to consult the Queen Mother of the West.

“Alright, let’s not seal the stone egg for now, until you make a decision.” Li Yao nodded, and then began to move.

The Stone King is the king among Origin Stones. They are all objects that have seized the creation of heaven and earth, and some of them are divine objects or some kind of powerful creature.

Such a wondrous object is difficult to seal using ordinary methods, but now Li Yao is infinitely close to the Source Master, and his mastery of Source Techniques has reached a sublime level.

In the Northern Region, a land rich in Origin Qi, he could suppress ordinary Dao-Slaying Kings with just Origin Techniques.

Li Yao activated his Origin Technique, continuously drawing lines on the strange stone. The dragon energy on the ground rose up, moving with his fingertips.

One after another, mysterious and unpredictable primordial patterns quickly took shape, forming a complex Dao diagram, which was then injected into the Stone King.

"Buzz!"

The Stone King trembled, unwilling to be sealed, but powerless to resist. If it were an ordinary Source Technique Grandmaster, sealing the Stone King would be very difficult, and it might require the combined efforts of several people to do so.

But for Li Yao, it was very easy, with little difficulty, and he quickly sealed the two stone kings.

"boom!"

Just then, Li Yao's expression suddenly changed, and he looked towards the direction of the Immortal Pool.

"A wisp of supreme immortal power from the Western Emperor Tower!" Yaochi Saintess Yu Rong was startled and immediately vanished from the spot.

Seeing this, Li Yao followed suit.

Upon arriving at the Immortal Pool, they witnessed an astonishing scene: Ye Fan's body was surging with golden blood energy, and the Cauldron of All Things Mother Energy was atop his head, as if he were about to fly into the sky carrying the supreme divine might.

At that moment, high in the sky, the little girl screamed and plummeted toward the ground, her big eyes filled with terror.

"boom!"

The underground dragon energy surged, and a golden dragon soared into the sky, bearing the might of the supreme Dao, struggling to fly into the air, catching the falling little girl, and retreating back. "Thank you, Brother Dao," Ye Fan said gratefully, putting away the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron.

If Li Yao hadn't intervened, he was prepared to carry the ultimate divine power to the sky to pick up Xiao Nannan.

"It's nothing." Li Yao waved his hand. When he saw the little girl flying, he knew what was going on.

Sure enough, as Ye Fan recounted the events, they were not much different from what happened in the original story.

The little girl absorbed the essence of the Holy Spirit, and a powerful field was formed between them that no one could separate. Under the Black Emperor's mischievous ideas, she imagined herself to be a god.

This method is just a figment of my imagination for others, but it's different for Xiaonannan; she truly possesses immense power within her.

This fantasy immediately conjured up a scene of ascending to heaven in broad daylight, riding on the clouds, and even nearly opened a passage in the Immortal Pool, thus alarming the Western Emperor Tower, which spontaneously drew down a trace of supreme imperial might.

"This child..."

Several Supreme Elders of Yaochi surrounded the little girl, as if they were examining some rare and precious treasure.

Although the divine power that the Western Emperor Tower had just unleashed was very weak, it was still the supreme imperial power, and all of them were unable to move.

On the other hand, the little girl seemed completely unaffected except for her panic.

They were very curious about the child, but Yaochi's way of doing things meant that they would not forcibly detain the little girl.

"I didn't mean to, that rock bit me and I couldn't let go." The little girl was a bit uneasy when she saw so many people surrounding her, knowing that she might have gotten into trouble.

The Nine-Aperture Stone King was unharmed, which relieved the people of Yaochi. Although they were curious about the little girl's origins, they did not make things difficult for her.

After everyone left the Immortal Pool, Ye Fan and the others breathed a sigh of relief, all thankful that Yaochi had a peaceful state of mind. If this had happened in another holy land, they might have been tempted by greed.

"If Yaochi does this, I'm afraid it will bring great disaster in the future. Cultivating Holy Spirits is definitely not an exception in ancient history, but in the end, they all suffered great calamity." The Black Emperor's expression was somewhat solemn.

It has an emotional attachment to Yaochi, the home of the Great Emperor Wushi, where it once lived for a time. If the Holy Spirit is born in the future, Yaochi will be destroyed...

"Why worry so much? Five thousand years from now, our bones will probably all have rotted away, and these things will be none of our business."

“That’s right. Even if the Holy Spirit is born five thousand years later, there will still be the Holy Lord of Yao Guang and Ye Zi. Even the Great Perfection Holy Spirit will not be able to cause trouble.”

The bandits were in a good mood. Five thousand years was too far away for them. Apart from Ye Fan, Li Yao and the monkey, it would be difficult for anyone else present to live to see five thousand years from now.

"The Holy Spirit Clan doesn't necessarily emerge at the appointed time. They can remain in the stone and live for a very, very long time, even until a great emperor falls," the Black Emperor said quietly.

In the next ten thousand years, with Li Yao and Ye Fan as formidable figures, that Holy Spirit may not necessarily be born, but the two will eventually perish.

They continued on their journey and soon came to a swamp with a muddy pond in which several golden lights were leaping.

Several elderly men stood watching from the side of the muddy pond.

"A loach!" The big black dog's eyes lit up instantly, and his previous worries vanished without a trace. He quickly ran towards the edge of the muddy pond.

"A leopard can't change its spots." Li Yao couldn't understand how Black Emperor, who was once the number one spirit pet under Wu Shi and had seen countless good things, could act like he had never seen the world.

"These are dragon loaches! They are the ultimate treasure for alchemy, even more precious than spiritual herbs that are tens of thousands of years old. There are actually three of them here!" The big black dog was extremely excited, drooling constantly.

The dragon loach is about a foot long, shaped like a real dragon, and its whole body is golden. It contains extremely strong spiritual energy, and its entire body is a treasure. Even a drop of its essence blood is priceless.

Beside the swamp stood several imposing old men, and the one who greeted them was none other than the Queen Mother of the West, the ruler of Yaochi.

Li Yao stared intently at the three old men. Although he had never seen them before, he had a general idea of ​​their identities.

"This generation is truly astonishing. A supreme holy master who can defy kings in his twenties, a fighting holy ape, and a holy body have all appeared in the same generation." An old man dressed in gold robes sighed.

"What a gathering of heroes! The fierce competition to come might be quite frightening," an elderly man in purple robes remarked from the side.

"These three are experts from the Central Plains' Extraordinary Talents Bureau. They have come to observe the prodigies of the Eastern Wilderness," said the Queen Mother of the West, her demeanor elegant and graceful, her eyes clear as water.

"Would you two be willing to go to Zhongzhou to cultivate?" The old man in the golden feather robe looked at Li Yao and Ye Fan.

Ye Fan was puzzled and didn't understand why the old man said that; he didn't quite grasp the other person's meaning.

"The Central Plains' Extraordinary Talents Palace opens once every ten thousand years, gathering all the geniuses from the five major domains. It is a pure land for the growth of kings." Seeing that Ye Fan did not know, Li Yao explained to him, and then looked at the old man in the golden feather robe.

"Thank you for the invitation from Qishi Mansion, but I will not go. The struggles among the younger generation are of little use to me."

For other prodigies, the Central Plains Extraordinary Talents Academy is a rare opportunity for training, but for Li Yao, it is not very meaningful because he already has no rivals among the younger generation, and the Extraordinary Talents Academy is of no help to him.

　I've been very busy lately, so I'll have to postpone the extra chapters I owe you all until I'm less busy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)