From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 653 Building a Wooden Tower

Seeing Li Yang's statement, the Earth Immortals below all breathed a sigh of relief; they certainly didn't want to go to that miserable place.

As a terrestrial immortal, one should naturally live a life of ease and comfort, accepting offerings from one's disciples. There is no reason for one to take risks. Therefore, even Lingguang Immortal Lord, with whom Li Yang had always been at odds, chose to ignore Li Yang's cultivation as a human immortal.

When the Grand Elder saw that Li Yang had volunteered, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Good good!"

"Yan Jin, you have devoted yourself to the Valley, and the Valley will never treat you unfairly! There must be some cultivators causing trouble at the Nanming Crystal Mine, but their cultivation level is not high. I allow you to go to the sect's warehouse, choose a magic weapon to keep by your side, and return it after a hundred years!"

"As the Grand Elder commands!" Li Yang bowed respectfully, but his face showed joy, as he hadn't expected such an unexpected gain.

"Elder, I am also willing to go!"

Unexpectedly, Wu Qiye also stepped forward, becoming unusually serious: "Qiye also wishes to contribute to the sect, and hopes that the Valley Master will grant his request!"

A buzzing sound filled Li Yang's mind, and he immediately felt a headache coming on.

He volunteered to go to this damned Nanming Li Crystal Mine just to escape this witch. If Wu Qiye also went, wouldn't he be asking for trouble?

Faced with Wu Qiye's initiative to volunteer, the Grand Elder was obviously a little surprised. After thinking for a moment, he stroked his long beard and said, "Nanming Lijing Mine is mostly staffed by male disciples. It would be inconvenient for you to go. Besides, I have many things to arrange here. You should stay in the valley for now."

The meaning behind the Grand Elder's words was quite clear, and his remark that the disciples in the Nanming Crystal Mine were all male was particularly pointed. The group of Earth Immortals below watched Wu Qiye's swaying figure with amused expressions.

Thus, Wu Qiye gave a coquettish sigh and had no choice but to give up, swaying her waist as she got down.

Li Yang immediately breathed a long sigh of relief.

The rest was about trivial matters within the valley, which Li Yang had no interest in and did not listen to in detail.

Around noon, the high-level meeting of Purgatory Valley finally came to an end. The immortals bid farewell one by one and left the hall on fiery clouds.

Li Yang was also preparing to return to the valley when a voice suddenly called out to him from behind.
"Yan Jin, please stay. I have some questions for you."

Li Yang's scalp tingled; being stopped by a celestial giant was not good news.

"Yan Jin obeys the law!"

Although alarm bells were ringing in his mind, Li Yang remained outwardly calm and had no choice but to stay.

Wu Qiye passed by Li Yang, gave him a meaningful look, and then followed Lingguang Immortal Lord out of the Golden Hall.

In an instant, the entire empty golden hall was left with only Li Yang and the phantom image of the Grand Elder on the platform.

"Yan Jin, come up here."

"Yes."

Li Yang remained calm, flipped over, and walked up to the Grand Elder. As they got closer, a powerful and overwhelming pressure made Li Yang's breathing become weaker, and the fluctuations of the "Extreme Dao Treasure Mirror" within his body were reduced to the lowest level. Even the Nanming Sword dimmed and gathered dust.

This wasn't the Grand Elder deliberately displaying his power; rather, the Celestial Immortal's every word and action carried the might of Heaven. Even without doing anything, even if he was just a phantom formed from divine consciousness, Li Yang still felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy, his heart pounding with fear.

"You don't need to be nervous. I specifically kept you here just to ask you some questions about our ancestral planet."

The Grand Elder stroked his beard, seemingly noticing Yan Jin's nervousness, and reassured him, "I've never seen you so nervous before. Why are you so reserved after your trip to the ancestral star?"

Li Yang smiled faintly, knowing that saying too much would lead to mistakes, so he simply remained silent.
He could tell that Yan Jin's original form seemed to have a close relationship with this elder.

“I know even if you don’t say it, you’re still complaining about how I forced you and Qi Ye to become Daoist partners. You even went so far as to accept the temptation of the Xuanhuang Palace and be the first to go to the ancestral star. I’m really disappointed in you.”

The elder shook his head, his words filled with desolation, as if he were angry at their lack of ambition:

"Do you know that Wu Qiye is a natural-born top-grade cultivation vessel? If you cultivate with her using the method I taught you, you can replenish your yin and yang, which is enough to replace a hundred years of your hard cultivation. You are unaware of this. Ling Guang is clever and quick-witted. He saw that Wu Qiye's physique is special and cares about her more than you, his Daoist partner."

Li Yang frowned slightly, not expecting there to be such a twist and turn in the matter.

"Alright, I know you've always been stubborn. I've kept you here mainly to ask you some questions." The Grand Elder shook his head, then changed the subject and asked Li Yang with a serious tone, "The Valley Master and I are still keeping your return from the Ancestral Star a secret from the other eight sects; it hasn't been leaked."

"Let me ask you, do you possess any other means of entering the ancestral star?"

Li Yang sighed inwardly. He knew this question would be asked, but he didn't expect the Grand Elder to be so patient and only ask now.

"Reporting to the Grand Elder, I crossed over here by taking advantage of the loopholes in the native cultivators of that ancestral star. I took advantage of their unpreparedness and replaced one of their cultivators. They do indeed possess a special path to our world, but I do not know how to operate it."

Li Yang spoke sincerely; this was an explanation he had prepared long ago.

To Li Yang's surprise, the elder seemed to have great faith in Yan Jin, and upon hearing this, a look of disappointment immediately appeared on his face:

"Is this so..."

"If only you knew how to enter and exit that passage, then my Purgatory Valley might be able to seize that blessed land on the ancestral star before the Nine Sects Alliance. By then, it would be too late, and even the Xuanhuang Palace wouldn't be able to say anything..."

The Grand Elder shook his head: "Are Li Wujiu, Ling Xuzi, Xuehe Moyan, and the others truly all dead?"

Li Yang nodded: "Yes, I saw them killed by the cultivators of the Ancestral Star with my own eyes. Even their souls didn't escape."

"What about the pagoda in the Xuanhuang Hall?"

"He was also killed. He and the strongest person on the ancestral star were both seriously injured, and it seems that they died together."

Given that one of the people from the ancestral star had already been controlled by the Nine Sects' Soul Search, Li Yang couldn't hide certain things, so he had to reveal them in a mixture of truth and falsehood.

"Even that bastard Futu suffered a crushing defeat on the ancestral star. This time, the ancestral star has produced a truly remarkable figure..."

"Now that old codger in the Xuanhuang Palace who took the tower must be furious. His precious treasure, which he has nurtured for hundreds of years, has been lost at the hands of the natives of the ancestral star."

Upon hearing that Futu and the strongest of the ancestral star had perished together, the Grand Elder was astonished, but his face showed a hint of schadenfreude.

Li Yang remained outwardly calm, but his mind was racing. These nine sects were indeed not a united front; each had its own selfish motives.

The old immortal carrying the pagoda that the Grand Elder mentioned should be Futu's master, a celestial being from the Xuanhuang Palace. However, to be called an "old immortal" by a celestial being, Futu's master must be quite extraordinary.
At the very least, it can be confirmed that this person is definitely a supreme immortal, possessing the Wood Root Technique.

As for that tower, it should be one of my goals for this trip: to build a wooden tower!

(End of this chapter)