From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 607 The Great Abyss of Candlelight
In addition, an enormous amount of medicinal power is still deposited in Li Yang's limbs and bones, which is a great blessing that will further nourish Li Yang's new self and become his fighting force.

Just as Li Yang was further sensing his physical condition, a golden streak of light flew from afar, circled twice in the sky, but dared not land directly. Finally, it landed on the steps of the Pill Hall, two hundred meters away from Li Yang.

"Lord Li, the island lord has something to discuss with you and has asked me to invite you to the Dao Palace for a chat."

The golden light faded, revealing Jiang Huan, whom he hadn't seen for several days. He glanced at Li Yang with a mixture of anger and rage, but dared not vent his anger, and was also somewhat fearful.

So he could only look at Feng Yun, who stood there like a wooden statue, his eyes seemingly spitting fire.

If this is not stopped, all the rare and precious plants that have been cultivated on the island for thousands of years will likely end up in Li Yang's belly.

"understood."

Li Yang replied casually, then stretched, straightened his clothes, and stood up.

"However, I am a little tired and do not like to travel. If your island lord is truly sincere in wanting to see me, then let him come to me himself."

"Li Yang, don't push your luck!"

Jiang Huan was furious and couldn't help but raise his voice by a octave.

"You're not qualified. If you have anything to say, let your island lord come and say it to me himself!"

Li Yang narrowed his eyes to slits, revealing a cold glint. With a flick of his sleeve, a strong gust of wind blew Jiang Huan off the ground. He spun around a few times amidst screams, heading back the way he came.

Jiang, Ji, Feng, and Youxiong are all ancient surnames, clans that produced human emperors or immortals in ancient times. Their ancestors shed their last drop of blood to protect this land, so these ancient surnames are also the upper class of Fangzhang Island as designated by the island lord. They can live on the inner island and regard the residents of the outer island as slaves.

Li Yang didn't know how to judge it. He knew that this was a means used by the island lord to manage and enslave the entire Fangzhang Island. He was disgusted by the cowardice and despicable nature of these second-generation immortals, yet he admired the great achievements of their ancestors who had worked hard to build the island.

Of course, while he admires him, if someone like Jiang Huan or Ji Chengyue dares to provoke and annoy him again, Nanming will show no mercy under his sword.

"By the way, Feng Yun, didn't you say that there's a place on your island that keeps secret manuals of Taoist magic and supernatural powers? I'm very interested in it. Why don't you take me there to see it?"

Li Yang turned his head and smiled innocently at Feng Yun.

Feng Yun was stunned for a while, his face showing hesitation. He realized that, judging from Jiang Huan's expression just now, the island lord's "please go ahead" did not seem to mean the same thing as what this outsider said.

Li Yang continued, "Take me there, and I can return the Zhuyin Sword to you."

Feng Yun heard it clearly; this time, Li Yang did not use the word 'consider' in his words.

"Okay!" After weighing the pros and cons for a long time, Feng Yun nodded.

This time, Feng Yun took Li Yang directly to a mountain peak on the island. After several twists and turns, the two stopped at the entrance of a cave with three large tadpole-like characters carved on the cave.

Despite being a crucial location on the island for storing supernatural powers and techniques, the cave was not guarded by any armed forces. Perhaps the island lord was confident that no one on the island would dare to trespass into the cave without his permission.

As usual, Feng Yun did not enter the cave, but silently guarded outside with his lips pursed.

“Lord Li, my island lord has sincerely invited you. He said he can tell you about the ‘Kunlun Tunnel’!”

From afar, Jiang Huan, disheveled and disreputable, shouted from the sky, attempting to stop Li Yang from entering the Hidden Martial Cave.

"Oh."

Li Yang waved his sleeve, and a violent current of air rose up, blowing Jiang Huan in the sky off course and sending him flying to who knows where.

Upon entering the cave, one first encounters a passageway. After walking for about a hundred meters, one finds the cave walls densely inlaid with luminous pearls and fluorite, emitting a hazy glow in the darkness and illuminating the entire cave as brightly as day.

At the end of the passage was a tightly sealed, heavy stone door. It was made of some unknown material and could somehow deceive Li Yang's senses. It was engraved with many tadpole-like characters, mysterious and complex, ancient scripts, many of which Li Yang did not recognize.

After trying many methods without success, and figuring out that even going out to find the island lord wouldn't open the door for him, Li Yang looked regretful and summoned the Nanming Sword, smashing the stone door to pieces with a single, deafening strike.

The passageway was instantly filled with smoke and dust, but it did not obstruct Li Yang's vision. He picked out a few of these stones that could block his senses and put them into his storage ring. Li Yang then slowly stepped through the stone gate.

The layout behind the stone gate is somewhat similar to the ancient sword immortal's ruins at the foot of the cliff of Emei Mountain. Many stalactite platforms naturally rise up, and there is a jade box on each platform, sealed with sealing wax.

The stalactite pillars bear descriptions and information about each martial art technique and supernatural power, all in tadpole script. Li Yang could only roughly translate them and could make out the names of the techniques and supernatural powers.

"Purple Clarity Treasure Seal", "Golden Light Across the Land", "Three Heads and Six Arms", "Record of the Spiritual Traces of Wind and Fire Cliff", "Palm Leaf Zen Sutra"...

As he recited each one, even someone as skilled as Li Yang couldn't help but feel a surge of warmth in his heart.
These jade boxes contain cultivation techniques, supernatural powers, escape methods, and visualization techniques, encompassing everything. Each one would be a treasure to behold in the outside world, and mastering even one of them would make one a great name in the cultivation world.

Among them was the "Palm Leaf Zen Sutra" that Li Yang was familiar with. He had obtained a fragment of the sutra from the Wutong Temple, which was very helpful for protecting his soul and condensing his Yin spirit in his early days. He never expected that the whole sutra would be here.

As for the "Ziqing Baozhuan", it is a priceless treasure passed down orally by countless Taoist practitioners. It also has another name among the people, called "Heavenly Book". It is said to record a method that is no less effective than the method of absorbing Qi.

When ancient Taoist priests compiled legends and tales of the strange, they often liked to fabricate stories such as Laozi (the Supreme Lord Lao) giving them a heavenly book in a dream, and the heavenly book in that story refers to this book.

However, when Li Yang excitedly opened the jade box, he found that most of the jade boxes were empty, with nothing inside. The "Purple Clarity Treasure Seal" that Li Yang was most interested in even had a corner cracked in its jade box, as if it had been hit by a heavy object.

As they opened the jade boxes, almost ninety percent of them were empty. Only a few boxes, such as "The Record of the Spiritual Traces of Wind and Fire Cliff," "The Explanation of the White Sun Diagram," and "The Golden Light of the Vertical Earth," contained pages of immortal books.

"The Investiture of the Gods was too brutal, and the defeat may have been even more tragic than I imagined. Could it be that Fangzhang Mountain, which was originally used by Emperor Zhuanxu to pass on Taoist magic and supernatural powers, also lost such a large number of scriptures and alchemical texts?"

Li Yang spoke in a deep voice, feeling extremely heartbroken. Some of these alchemical texts might have been lost over the past five thousand years, while others were likely stolen by the Ultimate True Realm. In either case, there was no possibility of them reappearing. Among these existing alchemical texts, the one that surprised Li Yang the most was "Golden Light Across the Earth."

This book is divided into three volumes, upper, middle and lower. Its appearance is a unified whole, like a piece of beautiful jade. Only the four corners have a circle of rectangular silk patterns. The scrolls are filled with tadpole-shaped characters in red ink and wild cursive script, like dancing dragons and snakes.

This is a real spell, just like sword control. It requires people to cultivate it step by step. Once you have mastered it, traveling a thousand miles in one step and reaching the ends of the earth in an instant will no longer be a myth.

Many of Li Yang's seventy-two Earthly Fiend Divine Powers can increase speed, such as riding the wind, borrowing the wind, and soaring through the clouds. However, these all require the use of external objects in the world, which exposes their weaknesses when fighting against the Buddha.

If Li Yang had practiced the "Golden Light Across the Earth" technique four years ago during the battle, and combined it with the Sword Control Technique, he was confident that his speed would have surpassed that of Fu Tu, and there wouldn't have been the later incident where Chi Yan Hong sacrificed himself to destroy the Sun Essence Wheel to trap Fu Tu.

With great care, Li Yang stored all the existing elixirs and jade scrolls into his storage ring. Although these techniques were powerful, Li Yang would not use most of them except for "Golden Light Across the Earth". He wanted to take these techniques and supernatural powers out of Fangzhang Mountain and pass them on to the Dao Alliance and the disciples of Baiyun Mountain.

"Fellow Daoist Li, your greed is insatiable; you've gone too far!"

Just as Li Yang was picking and choosing, an old Taoist priest with gray hair entered the cave. He looked at the jade boxes scattered all over the ground, all of which were empty, and his face was full of anger.

“These treasures will only continue to gather dust on your Abbot Mountain. I am simply taking them to a more suitable place.”

Li Yang replied unhurriedly, storing the last volume of "The Record of the Spiritual Traces of Wind and Fire Cliff" into his storage ring. Satisfied, he clapped his hands and looked up at the island lord.

The island lord's face turned a deep purplish-red as he roared, "Li Yang, since you know my background, you should know the achievements I've made for Kyushu and Blue Star. I once drew my sword against a Celestial Immortal! If you push your luck any further, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"No, Feng Yu, who was hailed as the 'Eternal Spirit Pivot' and once drew his sword against a celestial being, died in ancient times. You are merely a ghost clinging to life in his body; you are not him."

Li Yang spoke calmly, with a hint of desolation in his tone: "Besides, you must have thoroughly studied these scriptures and jade tablets over thousands of years, so taking them away won't cause you any direct loss."

"By the way, your island should have at least one root method, but I haven't found it here. The jade slip records that it was passed down orally on your island. Could you recite it so I can refer to it?"

Seeing that Li Yang not only showed no shame, but instead went even further in demanding the root cultivation formula, the island lord was instantly enraged, and his aura surged even higher.

"Li Yang, I can understand your rampant looting of spiritual plants and pills. You just want to prolong your life, repair your damaged Dao Fruit, and hope to live a few more years in this world. But the Root Cultivation is the foundation of my island. Don't even think about it!"

"Okay."

Li Yang nodded, indicating his understanding.

The island lord took a deep breath, suppressing his rising anger: "I can tell you about the 'Kunlun Tunnel,' but you must promise me that after I tell you, you must leave Fangzhang Mountain immediately and never set foot there again!"

"can."

Li Yang nodded, a smile spreading across his face. He had obtained everything he could want on the island, including what he had unexpectedly acquired. His recent feasting had also nearly depleted the spiritual medicine reserves of Fangzhang Mountain.

Taking another deep breath, the island lord suppressed his anger and began to speak, word by word:

"'Kunlun Tunnel' is an ancient road to heaven, unlike 'Dengbao Mountain', 'Jianmu Ladder', and 'Juling Jin'. This is an ancient road to heaven exclusively used by the ancient emperors, which we call 'Yujing Mountain' or 'Tianzhu'."

"In ancient times, Emperor Zhuanxu severed the connection between heaven and earth, cut down the Jianmu tree, filled the spiritual energy, and hid on Mount Dengbao. However, even with the combined efforts of Yinglong, Hanba, and other experts, they could not destroy the ancient road to Kunlun. Therefore, they could only seal the ancient road with an array and send their experts Lu Wu and Kaiming to guard it."

At this point, the island lord looked at Li Yang with a strange expression: "I don't know why you want to know these ancient secrets, but I advise you to be careful. The karma involved is too deep for a dying earth immortal like you to bear."

Li Yang remained calm, unconcerned by the warning in the island lord's tone.

“Since it’s an array, it means there’s a possibility of breaking it. I don’t believe that the ancient emperor Zhuanxu didn’t have a backup plan. His original intention in severing the connection between heaven and earth was to allow Blue Star to recuperate and not be disturbed by the Realm of Ultimate Truth. Therefore, he must have left a way to reopen the ancient road in order to launch a counterattack in the future! I need to know how to reopen the ‘Kunlun Tunnel’!”

Li Yang knew very well that the ancient emperor Zhuanxu's severing of the connection between heaven and earth had a major problem; otherwise, Blue Star would not have suffered a great defeat in the Investiture of the Gods two thousand years later. Moreover, the fact that 'Dengbao Mountain,' one of the four ancient roads, namely Penglai, was opened multiple times over the following thousands of years also indicated that Zhuanxu had not completely sealed the four ancient roads and had left a back mountain.

"You're a madman, you really are a madman!"

"Emperor Zhuanxu once commanded countless gods and demons, including celestial immortals, yet he dared not launch a counterattack into the Realm of Ultimate Truth. You, a mere Earth Immortal, on the verge of death, actually dare to attempt to open the ancient path!"

The island owner gasped, instantly understanding Li Yang's plan, and a mocking expression appeared on his face.

Just because you can't do it doesn't mean I can't.

Li Yang shook his head, neither humble nor arrogant.

As if he had thought of something, the island lord chuckled again: "That's right. For thousands of years, the Realm of Ultimate Truth has invaded Blue Star many times through the Penglai Ancient Road. Now, the side of the Penglai Mountain Gate must be guarded and watched by many giants of the Realm of Ultimate Truth. If you enter the Realm of Ultimate Truth from Penglai, as soon as you show your face, you will probably be crushed like an ant."

Li Yang remained expressionless, awaiting the island lord's next words.

The island owner, however, laughed even more heartily, and the wrinkles on his face smoothed out somewhat.
"Hahahaha! Li Yang, don't even dream of entering the Realm of Ultimate Truth through the 'Kunlun Tunnel'! There are two ways to open the 'Kunlun Tunnel'. One is through the decree of the Human Emperor, with the consent of Lu Wu and Kai Ming stationed there, allowing you to enter the formation. But those two old geezers were nailed to death by the Celestial Immortal giants of the Realm of Ultimate Truth during the Investiture of the Gods!"

"There's another one I can tell you about: the two swords forged by the ancient Emperor Zhuanxu, Zhuyin and Dayuan! These are the only keys to unlocking the formation."

Upon hearing this, Li Yang's expression changed drastically, turning slightly pale.

The island lord's laughter grew louder and louder, as if he were venting all the frustration he had accumulated from being tormented by Li Yang these past few days.
After laughing enough, the island lord's expression returned to calm, and he looked at Li Yang with a hint of schadenfreude, his eyes gleaming:

“That’s right, the Zhuyin Sword is now in your hands, but Dayuan, this is the sword passed down from Yingzhou Island. During the War of the Gods three thousand years ago, Yingzhou Island was found by a great cultivator from the Realm of Ultimate Truth and was sunk!”

"The Great Abyss Sword has definitely been stolen and taken to the Realm of Ultimate Truth. Li Yang, you will never be able to open the 'Kunlun Tunnel' in this lifetime!"

(End of this chapter)