From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 657 Nanming Source Crystal
"This Nanming Li Crystal is indeed strange. It's clearly a special cultivation material for fire cultivators, but it carries a trace of yin energy. Yin arises from yang, so it's no wonder that the Nanming Sword is so excited..."

This piece of Nanming Lijing raw stone is extremely large and its energy is extremely pure. Even the Nanming Sword would find it difficult to devour it completely in a short time.

"There seems to be something sealed inside this ore?"

As the ore powder fell away in a flurry, the outer impurities were removed, revealing a purer inner surface, crystal clear and a bright blue like flowing water, illuminating Li Yang's body in a blue light.

Within this crystal-clear ore, however, lay a dazzling golden shadow. Li Yang couldn't see it clearly, so he activated his Illusion-Dispelling Divine Power to look again. Suddenly, his hair stood on end.
That wasn't some rare and precious treasure from the northern desert, but a skeleton, a golden, gleaming skeleton that looked just like gold!

Even though he was still several meters away from Li Yang, an unprecedented sense of crisis suddenly erupted from every cell in Li Yang's body, shouting out...
That golden skull skeleton! It moved!
And it seems to be smiling at me?!

Without hesitation, Li Yang's hair stood on end. He immediately summoned back the Southern Sea Sword, merging the sword and man into one, and fled back the way they came. He unleashed the golden light of the earth and the seventy-two Earthly Fiend Divine Powers simultaneously.
If I don't escape, I will die!
An inexplicable thought arose in Li Yang's mind. He had never felt this kind of horror since he began cultivating. Even the Grand Elder of Purgatory Valley had never given him this feeling!

Not daring to hold back, Li Yang used his fastest supernatural speed to run out of the mine in an instant. He didn't even dare linger on the ground, flying thousands of meters into the air before stopping, looking down at the mine with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.
What exactly is that skeleton?
When Gu Yunzi and the other immortals guarding the mine entrance saw Li Yang fleeing in such a panic, their expressions changed drastically, and they scattered like startled birds, flying into the sky without daring to linger.

The miners were in a terrible predicament. Seeing the immortals fleeing in panic, they also wanted to escape, but they were shackled. In the ensuing chaos, they immediately crashed into each other, creating a truly chaotic and miserable scene.

"What happened to the celestial messenger? What exactly is down there?"

Gu Yunzi's face turned pale as he cautiously approached Li Yang, ready to flee at the slightest sign of trouble.

"No, I don't know, I'm not sure!"

Li Yang, his face cold and filled with suspicion, sensed the aura of the skeleton he had just encountered within the ore.

Celestial Immortal is definitely related to a Celestial Immortal Giant!
Could this be the so-called 'Celestial Tomb'?

Legend has it that when each celestial being is about to ascend to immortality and die, in order to prevent their physical body from being desecrated, they will create a special place to hide their body. However, the cultivation of celestial beings is so powerful that the resentment at the time of death will cause their physical body to be tainted with great terror, which is a great cause and effect that makes cultivators turn pale at the mention of it!

Back on Blue Star, Li Wujiu and Xuehe Moyan were scared out of their wits by a Shangri-La secret realm that resembled the 'Heavenly Immortal Tomb'. They mentioned that in the Realm of Ultimate Truth, there was a Heavenly Immortal Tomb that left behind a Heavenly Immortal's skin, which devoured more than a dozen top-tier Earth Immortals who went there to explore for treasure!
Li Yang suspected that beneath the current mine vein lay a celestial tomb!

"But Li Wujiu only mentioned the skin of a celestial being, while this is clearly just a skeleton! Moreover, I didn't sense any fluctuations from a grotto-heaven or secret realm..."

Li Yang frowned, deep in thought, his suspicions growing stronger.

That chilling, spine-chilling feeling still lingers to this day.

"That must have been left behind by a celestial being who specialized in yang-attribute cultivation techniques. For some reason, it leaked yang energy. First, the miners were infected by this yang energy, and then the human immortal. If I hadn't been extremely sensitive to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, I'm afraid I would have fallen victim to it too!"

Having figured out the ins and outs of the matter, Li Yang fell into deep thought again, considering the potential benefits this incident could bring him.
Seeing Li Yang's profound loneliness, Gu Yunzi and the other immortals were even more frightened, retreating back and swallowing hard.

"Why don't we go back to Purgatory Valley and ask a few Immortal Lords for help? Or even, perhaps we could call upon the Grand Elder..."

Gu Yunzi and the others were truly terrified. Those who weren't afraid had all died in the mine; only they, the cowards who dared not go down, survived. They now understood the wisdom of their decision even more. "The Grand Elder is extremely busy, and the Immortal Lords are also preoccupied with important matters. How could they possibly come here for such a trivial matter?"

Li Yang waved his right hand, rejecting Gu Yunzi's suggestion.

Gu Yunzi's face immediately fell.

After waiting for a long time, there was still no movement from down in the mine. Li Yang could barely confirm that the skeleton wasn't grumpy when it woke up; at least it hadn't chased after him and attacked him because he had disturbed its rest.
Looking down at the miners who were trampling and crying, Li Yang said calmly to Gu Yunzi behind him, "Let's go down and discuss this in detail."

After saying that, Li Yang slowly lowered his body. Gu Yunzi and the others looked at each other and had no choice but to follow suit and land on the ground.

Back in the main hall of the base, everyone had different thoughts, quite different from before.

"Immortal Envoy, are we really not going to call for outside help in the valley anymore?"

Gu Yunzi was not giving up and still wanted Li Yang to send people.

"Let me think about this further."

Li Yang shook his head, about to speak, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of several yellow crystal-like objects in the bronze lamps in the corners of the main hall. They were glowing and radiating heat, making the entire hall feel warm and cozy.

"What it is?"

Gu Yunzi was worrying when he heard Li Yang's question. He glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and immediately said, "Reporting to the Immortal Envoy, that is the Nanming Li Crystal that we are going to mine. This is the residue after the original stone was stripped off. We use it as lighting. Being exposed to this light will also benefit us fire cultivators."

Li Yang was startled, but remained outwardly calm: "But I overheard the Grand Elder and Immortal Lords in the valley talking about how the Nanming Li Crystal should be completely blue, like flowing water, right?"

Li Yang lied. He had no idea about the Southern Ming Crystal. He spent his days in seclusion in the Purgatory Valley, stealing fire crows and cultivating. How would he know anything about such things?

So when he was down there, he naturally assumed that the huge blue ore containing the celestial skeleton was the raw Nanming Li Crystal Ore.

"A completely clear blue Nanming Li Crystal? Yes, it exists, but it's extremely rare. I, Gu Yunzi, have been on duty at this mine for a hundred years, and I've only managed to extract a piece the size of a fist. I was quite surprised at the time, but later I learned that if the fire energy of this Nanming Li Crystal is concentrated to a certain degree, then the yang energy gives rise to yin, and there is a tiny possibility that a single Nanming Yuan Crystal will be formed!"

"This Nanmingyuan Crystal can already be called a divine treasure! I heard that when it was sent to the valley, it was refined into a top-level magic weapon by a man named Wude Immortal Lord. It was because of this that I was rewarded with a pill, which allowed me to barely break through to the Human Immortal realm."

Gu Yunzi murmured, his face showing reminiscence, while at the same time becoming more and more convinced of Li Yang's identity.

No wonder he has connections with the Grand Elder; he even knows about a rare and precious object like the Nanming Yuanjing!
Li Yang was taken aback, and his expression immediately became somewhat strange.

(End of this chapter)