I planted the spiritual roots for my people, and they bestowed upon me a body inscribed with incense

After a short rest, Li Yuan exchanged all ten battle merits for pills needed by late-stage Qi Refining cultivators to restore their mana. There was only one type of pill available for exchange in Daqing, called the Gathering Mana Pill.

This elixir has the effect of purifying mana for cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining.

After Li Yuan exchanged the pills and returned to his tent, Luo Tong came looking for him.

"Brother Li, we shouldn't have any more missions coming up, so why don't we set off immediately?"

Li Yuan recalled the location and slowly said:

"Brother Luo, that location should be close to the Kingdom of Mosa. With war raging, Brother Luo, please tell me, is it truly as you say?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Tong nodded quickly.

"I have no intention of deceiving you. It's just that if I go to that place alone, the chances of obtaining the treasure are slim. That's why I wanted to invite Brother Li along as well."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan nodded.

"I trust Brother Luo this time. Let's meet outside the military camp tomorrow at noon."

"Alright, then see you at noon tomorrow." With that, Luo Tong left Li Yuan's residence.

The next day, two figures were traveling between Daqing and Mosa. These two were Li Yuan and Luo Tong. As they traveled, Luo Tong took out the map to study it.

As darkness fell, the two stopped at a deserted, barren spot. Luo Tong repeatedly checked the map before looking at Li Yuan.

"Brother Li, this is the place. Let's split up and sense if there's anything unusual here."

Li Yuan nodded, and then the two began to carefully explore the vicinity.

The desert was so barren that it almost discouraged people from exploring it. Li Yuan and Luo Tong searched for a long time but found nothing wrong.

"Brother Luo, are you sure you haven't come to the wrong place? This place doesn't look like it contains any ruins."

At this moment, Luo Tong looked at the contents of the black beast skin and was clearly somewhat shaken. He then handed the black beast skin to Li Yuan.

"Brother Li, this is the place marked on the map. It was passed down from my ancestors and there is absolutely no problem with it."

Looking at the map, Li Yuan confirmed that his location was correct, but he felt something was missing. He then pointed to a corner of the map and said:

"Brother Luo, did your ancestors ever mention what this red thing is?"

Luo Tong glanced at Li Yuan, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly said:

"This is the family legend of the Blood Moon rising, the secret realm opening, and the dragon appearing." However, my ancestors only recorded a few words about it, and I know nothing more.

Just as the two were discussing, behind the Daqing Imperial Palace.

"At this moment, the vegetation around the palace grew wildly, and the great array surrounding the entire imperial city was also opened, in the basement."

Suddenly, a cultivator with half-white hair broke through the basement and slowly rose into the sky. A giant golden dragon emerged from the imperial city because of the appearance of the half-white-haired cultivator, its roar resounding through the sky. Everyone in the imperial city with cultivation noticed this scene.

Of course, this strange phenomenon shocked not only the people of the imperial court. At this moment, in a mountainside in Green Wave Slope, Ouyang Lan, who was sitting together drinking tea, saw the strange phenomenon in front of her and quickly stood up. Then, Ouyang Lan took out a red token and dripped her own blood essence onto the token.

The moment the essence blood dripped onto the token, it automatically flew into the air and then turned into specks of silver light, scattering around Green Wave Slope. At the same time, the blood pool at the foot of Green Wave Slope suddenly began to tremble violently.

Zhou Tian, ​​standing to the side, was somewhat surprised by Ouyang Lan's actions, while the shaman realized something was wrong the moment he saw the token on Ouyang Lan's head.

"Soul Blood Token, Ouyang Lan, what are you trying to do? Do you intend to expose this place to the Medicine Sect?"

"Also, how did the Soul Blood Token end up in your Ouyang family's possession?"

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Lan looked at Shaman Yi and Zhou Tian with deep apology.

"Shaman, Brother Zhou, there's no other way. If my Ouyang family doesn't do this, we'll probably be wiped out in an instant."

The Medicine Sect is located within the grotto-heaven of Lingyao Peak.

"Lingyaozi, the Purple Mansion True Person of Lingyao Peak, slowly spoke towards the mist in the sky:"

"Senior brother, Ouyang Xiao has already begun his path to enlightenment, but there are still unusual phenomena around the three southwestern kingdoms. Shall we set off now?"

"Delay will only lead to complications, so let's do it now." With that, the black mist vanished from the cave. At the same time, figures from the Medicine Sect's Outer Affairs Peak and Spirit Beast Peak rushed towards the three southwestern kingdoms.

In the deepest part of the Medicine Sect, in a pool of spiritual energy, a hunched figure clearly sensed something. He then stopped his seclusion and disappeared into the pool of spiritual energy in a flash.

Back in the imperial city, Ouyang Xiao stood in the air for a long time until he sensed the strange phenomenon at the boundary, and only then did he feel at ease and ascend into the sky.

As Ouyang Xiao ascended higher and higher, the roar of the golden dragon coiled above the imperial city grew louder and louder, initially echoing throughout the imperial city and later spreading directly to the surrounding areas.

At this moment, Ouyang Xiao's aura began to rise gradually, and the spirit-locking array around the imperial city was fully activated. Countless spiritual energies converged into the imperial city, and three figures rose up near the imperial city, their sharp eyes scanning the surroundings.

After a while, thunderclouds rumbled in the sky. If you looked closely, they looked like thunder dragons roaming around the sky. A moment later, when Ouyang Xiao reached a certain height, the rolling thunder dragons in the sky began to attack him.

Seeing the approaching thunder dragon, Ouyang Xiao shouted, "Golden Dragon Protection!"

Instantly, the golden dragon of fortune that had been hovering above the imperial city appeared directly in front of Ouyang Xiao, firmly protecting him.

As if provoked, the thunderclouds in the sky unleashed three more bolts of lightning. The golden dragon coiled above the imperial city withstood only two of these thunderbolts before being shattered.

The third bolt of lightning struck Ouyang Xiao. Ouyang Xiao's aura was clearly no longer at the Foundation Establishment stage, and he showed no fear in the face of the lightning.

With his hands raised to the sky, a heaven-supporting Dharma image appeared above the imperial city. The dazzling Dharma image directly grasped the thunderbolt in its hands, and then prepared to refine the thunderbolt into its own Dharma image.

At this moment, four or five hidden auras had appeared in the sky, each observing Ouyang Xiao's every move. Ouyang Xiao's actions clearly made all the observing cultivators gasp in astonishment.

As Ouyang Xiao grasped the thunderbolt in his hand, its Dharma form gradually began to disintegrate under the attack of the thunderbolt. Ouyang Xiao was clearly not afraid. He roared and mobilized all his magic power, determined to refine the thunderbolt.

As time passed, Ouyang Xiao's Dharma form disintegrated and then reformed. After being tormented several times, Ouyang Xiao's true body had become extremely weak.

However, Ouyang Xiao did not give up. With a wave of his hand, the great formation in the imperial city was activated at full power, providing spiritual energy to the area where Ouyang Xiao was located.

A moment later, the thunderbolt, which had been reduced to a mere trace of its original essence, was finally absorbed by Ouyang Xiao's Dharma form. Just as this wisp of thunderbolt was absorbed by Ouyang Xiao, the sky began to change abruptly, and a sky full of rosy clouds began to appear.

Then, centered on Ouyang Xiao, golden lotuses spread out in all directions, enveloping the imperial city and highlighting Ouyang Xiao's breakthrough to the Purple Mansion realm.

However, Ouyang Xiao did not let his guard down, but looked around.