Primordial Era: I rule the great sect and command all immortals.

Chapter 3: Guarding a precious land in vain, yet missing out on opportunities.

Having cultivated to the Xuanxian realm, Li Yunjing's strength increased dramatically, becoming more than ten times stronger than before. The next realm is the crucial Golden Immortal realm.

Reaching the Golden Immortal level means becoming a pillar of the era, a powerful shaman or general among the witch and demon races, no longer an insignificant figure.

Li Yunjing searched for five hundred years at Buzhou Mountain, during which he obtained many rare treasures, including a low-grade innate spiritual treasure called the "Nine Heavens Divine Sword". When this sword was wielded, rolling divine lightning from the nine heavens would strike down, and its power was boundless, making it a powerful weapon.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard Li Yunjing searched, he still couldn't find the "gourd root". It took him a full five hundred years, plus five hundred years of travel time, and a thousand years in total, but he still came up empty-handed. The opportunity hadn't come yet, and he couldn't force it. This made Li Yunjing somewhat disheartened.

Over the years, Li Yunjing has lived on Buzhou Mountain for five hundred years, and has fought with all kinds of beings. His name has gradually spread throughout the mountainside of Buzhou Mountain.

Within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, countless living beings knew that such a person had appeared in the vicinity.

On this day, a demon expert named Golden-Winged Eagle, whom Li Yunjing had befriended, found him. This Golden-Winged Eagle was a demon expert with whom Li Yunjing had become acquainted through a fight, but he had not joined the Heavenly Court and lived a carefree and solitary life.

"Li Yunjing, Master Diao's cultivation has greatly improved; I'd like to challenge you to another round!"

The enormous golden-winged eagle spread its wings, covering an area of ​​more than ten miles. This golden-winged eagle boasted that it had the bloodline of the Golden-Winged Roc. Although Li Yunjing did not know if it was true or not, its peak Xuanxian combat power was undeniable.

"You bastard! I'm refining pills! Your stunt has ruined a whole batch of excellent elixirs!"

A small valley, about three or four miles in circumference, with a few stone houses, was Li Yunjing's "cave dwelling" on Buzhou Mountain. Buzhou Mountain was full of natural treasures, and Li Yunjing, having nothing to do, began to study alchemy. Anyway, he had no capital to spare, so he could do whatever he wanted.

Over the years, although Li Yunjing did not inherit any powerful skills, he did manage to develop some remarkable techniques. He even experimented on some minor demons with some new types of pills that he dared not take himself.

Needless to say, those unlucky souls who died were spared, but some minor demons benefited, and Li Yunjing's reputation as a "master alchemist" slowly spread. Those demons who were not good at alchemy all came to his door, and before long, the Golden-Winged Eagle and the others became Li Yunjing's "fellow Daoists".

Among these demons, the Golden-Winged Eagle was the most warlike. Not only did it seek pills, it would also spar with Li Yunjing every now and then. Over time, the two became familiar with each other, and Li Yunjing did not dislike its straightforward nature.

"Hahaha! If it's ruined, just refine it again! Anyway, there are plenty of spiritual herbs here!" The golden-winged eagle circled in the void once, then with a movement, its huge body disappeared, and a young man in brocade robes appeared in Li Yunjing's stone house.

"Weren't you going to spar with Master Dao? What are you doing here?" Li Yunjing looked at the pretty boy in front of him with annoyance.

"Have some tea first! Bring out your spiritual tea! Drink it before you fight!" The golden-winged eagle didn't stand on ceremony and picked up the cups and teapot on the stone table, asking Li Yunjing to brew tea.

"You really don't know how to be polite!"

Ever since the golden-winged eagle had the chance to taste the "Enlightenment Spirit Tea" from Wuyi Mountain, it knew that this stuff was a good thing and wanted to try it every time it came to the area.

The golden-winged eagle didn't take it for nothing. As a native of Buzhou Mountain, it had sent Li Yunjing many good things from the mountain. Li Yunjing wasn't a stingy person. Although the "Enlightenment Spirit Tea" was precious, he had a Heaven and Earth Spirit Root in his hand, so he wasn't afraid that others could drink it out of his pocket.

Li Yunjing skillfully brewed some spiritual tea, poured a cup for the golden-winged eagle, and then asked, "You didn't come here just to fight, did you? What brings you here?"

"You're really cunning! You guessed my intentions right away. I've found a great place! Unfortunately, there's a natural barrier blocking me from the outside. I've tried everything, but I can't get in, so I had to come to you. Let's join forces. If we can break the barrier, we'll split the profits 50/50!"

The golden-winged eagle held its teacup and slowly savored the tea with an expression of enjoyment. It was clear that it was a tea master and had definitely caused Li Yunjing a lot of trouble.

"If you can't open it, then calling me won't help either. We're both equally incompetent." Although Li Yunjing said this, he still stood up and prepared to go out with the Golden-Winged Eagle to take a look.

"Hey! I knew you'd be interested in this. Let's go!" With that, the Golden-Winged Eagle finished the spirit tea in one gulp and walked out of the stone house.

Seeing the golden-winged eagle spread its wings, ready to fly away, Li Yunjing shouted, "Wait! Give me a ride, my legs are slow!"

"Damn it!"

The golden-winged eagle cursed inwardly, thinking that this bastard was trying to take advantage of him again. However, he still let Li Yunjing stand on his back before spreading his wings and covering three thousand miles in an instant.

"It would be great if this guy could be my mount!"

The Golden-Winged Roc could travel three thousand miles in a single span of its wings, moving at an incredible speed. Li Yunjing was quite envious, but since they were too familiar with each other, he was too embarrassed to make a move. He secretly thought to himself that he would have to catch a Golden-Winged Roc as his mount someday.

In the blink of an eye, the golden-winged eagle was already circling in the void. Li Yunjing looked down at the ground and saw a valley hidden in a thick fog, making it impossible to see what was inside.

"This is it, let's go down!"

The golden-winged eagle muttered something, then its body swayed and transformed back into human form, flying downwards. A cloud of auspiciousness rose beneath Li Yunjing's feet, and he followed it down to the mouth of the valley.

After carefully examining the area, Li Yunjing turned to the golden-winged eagle and asked, "Is this the place?"

"That's it! This is the place! We, the Golden-Winged Roc Clan, have innate divine eyes that can see through all things. After I discovered that something was wrong here, I came here three times, but I have never been able to rush into the valley."

The golden-winged eagle pointed to the barrier outside the valley and said, "Following the direction of his finger, there are still traces of the rampage of magic power. It seems that this guy really put in a lot of effort. That pit that is more than ten feet deep shows that he really used his full strength."

"Then let's give it a try! Behold my 'Great Heavenly Circulation Destruction Divine Light'!"

Li Yunjing shouted and swung the "Nine Heavens Divine Sword" in his hand towards the thick fog in front of him. With a "boom", dark clouds gathered and thunder roared in the sky. The rolling thunder, along with the brilliant sword light of the "Nine Heavens Divine Sword", struck the natural barrier at the entrance of the valley.

"Soaring through the heavens! Endless rain of swords!"

Seeing Li Yunjing make a move, the Golden-Winged Eagle swayed and soared into the air, revealing its true form. With a flap of its wings, thousands upon thousands of gusts of wind formed a rain of swords that slashed down towards the restriction!

(End of this chapter)