From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 648 Ancestor Chen Tuan
The progress is encouraging, but the costs are enormous.

After finishing the entire fire crow, the reward for the Fire Offering Technique was almost used up as well. Although the monthly sustenance from Purgatory Valley was still much more abundant than that of the Great Li Dynasty, Li Yang couldn't accept the sudden shift from a life of lavishness to one of frugality.

It's that feeling where you're about to succeed, but then your back aches, you feel weak, and you slip out.

"Fire Raven has been dead for so long and hasn't been discovered yet. It seems that the Grand Elder didn't have any backup plans, or he's currently in a critical period of seclusion."

"Amitabha! Who cares about the future floods after I'm gone! I only have a year anyway, let's do it!"

Another day passed, and feeling his cultivation progress was slow. Li Yang's eyes glowed green as he once again carried his fishing rod to the sea of ​​lava and fire. He found a secluded spot and took out the fragment of the Sun Essence Wheel.

This time, Li Yang was more experienced. After reeling in his rod, he immediately followed up with a palm strike, then ran back to his cave to pluck his weapon. His speed was so impressive that even Li Yang himself found it unbelievable.

The gourd that Wu Qiye gave him was indeed useful. Li Yang felt that he had not left any flaws, and with the blessing of the fire crow meat, his cultivation level steadily improved once again.

In the third week, Li Yang once again went out with his fishing rod.

Week 4...

Unbeknownst to him, Li Yang had been in Purgatory Valley for a month, but the gains in this month were ten times greater than those in the six months he spent in Dali.

In the end, Li Yang grew tired of eating fire crow meat, so he directly used it in his alchemy furnace to refine pills. In one day, he went so far as to catch nine fire crows in a frenzy.

Even Li Yang himself felt a little guilty after being caught, so he secluded himself in his residence to gather intelligence.
Fire crows are becoming increasingly difficult to catch. It's unclear whether this is because the decrease in their numbers has alerted them to danger, or because Li Yang has already captured almost the entire colony...

Nine fire crows refined a total of thirty-six pills. The medicinal power was so terrifying that even someone with Li Yang's abnormal physique would need three days to recover after taking one pill. This was enough for three months of cultivation supplies!
Li Yang originally wanted to gather all the cultivation resources he had accumulated in a year, but he found it increasingly difficult to catch anything while fishing.

According to Wu Qiye, the Fire Crow migration ended exceptionally quickly this time, and the Fire Crow clan had already returned to the depths of the Flame Domain, so Li Yang had no choice but to give up.

During the month Li Yang spent in Purgatory Valley, the person he found most difficult to deal with was Wu Qiye. Ever since the accidental discovery of the Fire Crow, this Immortal Lord Danyu had frequently come to see Li Yang, or directly had his disciple Wu Nanfeng bring some unsightly image crystals, claiming to comment on his recent progress in dual cultivation...

In response, Li Yang said it was difficult to comment on the couple's daily life and interests.
The second hard-to-catch thing was that many Earth Immortal experts from Purgatory Valley returned to the valley one after another. Hearing that Yan Jin had returned from the ancestral star, they all wanted to reminisce, inquire about the situation on the ancestral star, and understand why the Nine Sects Alliance had failed last time.

Li Yang often used seclusion as an excuse to avoid the issue, and when he couldn't avoid it, he would only ramble on and on about trivial matters.

Most of these Earth Immortals were old acquaintances of Yan Jin, and they had different thoughts. However, what reassured Li Yang was that none of these Earth Immortals doubted his identity.

Only then did Li Yang realize the extraordinary nature of the "Ultimate Dao Treasure Mirror". You must know that although the Earth Immortal Dao Fruit is called a fruit, it is formless and intangible. The Great Dao is ineffable and the Great Void is ethereal. Although it exists, it is mostly in a state of nothingness. However, he was able to refine and absorb this ethereal thing!
Because of its unique and mysterious state, the aura of the Dao Fruit has always been the only anti-counterfeiting mark for Earth Immortals to identify their identities. After all, once they cultivate to become Earth Immortals, they have thousands of years of lifespan and like to take over other people's bodies or change their appearance from time to time, but the aura of the Earth Immortal's Dao Fruit cannot be changed.

Li Yang felt much more at ease.

Most of these earth immortals returned to the valley to investigate after learning of the emergence of the Fire Element Root Method, and their visits to Li Yang were mostly to inquire about the Fire Method.

Li Yang accepted all comers, passing on the fire technique to each one who came. He knew the difficulty of this technique, and these Earth Immortals and Celestial Immortals had already determined their Great Dao. Unless they were determined to disperse their cultivation and spend thousands of years rebuilding, the fire technique was only a reference for them.

If all the Celestial and Earthly Immortals from the Nine Sects could really be so ruthless as to dissipate their cultivation and start over, Li Yang would be laughing in his sleep. He could secretly sneak up on them and crush them all with a single finger. Most importantly, Li Yang's own fire technique was incomplete, only about 60% complete, missing many crucial parts. Even if he dissipated his cultivation and started over, it would cause serious problems, so Li Yang wasn't worried about it.

Fortunately, most of the Earth Immortals who returned to the valley went into seclusion after obtaining the Fire Technique, so it did not significantly affect Li Yang's life.

During his conversations with these immortals from Purgatory Valley, Li Yang not only subtly inquired about the movements of the Nine Sects at the Teleportation Platform, but also unexpectedly learned some news that greatly surprised him.

A female earth immortal named Changyin Xianjun brought news that traces of ancestral star experts had been discovered around the forbidden area of ​​Juexing Ridge.

"I heard that it was a cultivator from the Ancestral Star named Sa Shoujian and another named Chen Tuan who caused a great disturbance at the teleportation platform ten years ago. Currently, experts from the Xuanhuang Hall, Sword Tomb, Tianji Hall, and Mocha Pavilion have gone to besiege them."

"These cowardly fellows, now that they've resurfaced, are probably planning to disrupt the Nine Sects' attack on the Ancestral Star just like they did ten years ago. But they've underestimated the Xuanhuang Palace's resolve this time. With a Celestial Immortal giant taking action, we'll probably hear news of their heads being taken within two months!"

Having obtained the fire technique from Li Yang, Immortal Lord Changyin immediately thanked him and returned to his residence to enter seclusion.
Even long after Immortal Lord Changyin left, Li Yang was still in a daze and almost burst into tears of joy.

Master Sa and Patriarch Chen Tuan, two patriarchs whose status in Taoism on Earth was no less than that of Zhang Daoling, are still alive and working hard for Earth.

Since arriving in the unfamiliar and dangerous environment of the Realm of Ultimate Truth, this was the first time Li Yang had heard a familiar name.

I am not fighting alone after all!
"With a celestial being intervening, may Celestial Master Sa and Patriarch Chen Tuan escape unscathed and survive this calamity!"

Li Yang looked up sadly and prayed for the two patriarchs.

……

The sky is high and the earth is vast, but time flies like an arrow.

Gradually, Li Yang lost his sense of time and surprisingly reached a state of peace.

"Could this be the True Fire of Zhurong mentioned in the Zhurong Technique?"

On another day of roasting fire crow wings, Li Yang was surprised to find that the Dao fire he summoned by making hand seals was faintly reddish-gold in color, and the flames also faintly showed the cry of a divine bird. He was greatly surprised.

He had already consumed six fire crows, and the abundant innate fire spirit energy within his body continuously cleansed and improved his physique, subtly activating the accompanying offensive technique of this fire magic, condensing the Zhurong True Fire.

The wings of the fire crow, which normally take an hour to roast with a Daoist fire, were roasted to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside in just a quarter of an hour today. Li Yang was amazed. The power of the Zhurong True Fire was no weaker than that of the Five Elements Divine Thunder alone.

"This is truly an unexpected delight. It gives me an extra means of killing. Well, that's good. Yan Jin is a fire cultivator after all. If I use lightning and sword techniques when fighting, it will inevitably arouse suspicion. With this Zhurong True Fire as a cover, the safety of my disguise is enhanced!"

Li Yang was thrilled. This Zhu Rong technique was truly extraordinary. When mastered to a high level, it was no weaker than thunder magic or sword magic. He was worried that people would discover his true identity at the Yaochi Dharma Assembly six months later. Now that he had this fire, he could act boldly!

(End of this chapter)