From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 658 The Immortal Path Values ​​Life, Boundless Salvation of People

He said that Nanming Sword has always been a picky eater, so why was he so excited just now, like a woman who had been thirsty for a long time? It turns out that's the key!
The principle of "yin arising from yang" has already touched upon the mechanism of creation. For human cultivation, it is a great achievement, and for things, it is the creation of heaven and earth. Apart from the Kunlun embryo, the predecessor of his disciple Li Ling'er, this Nanming Yuan Crystal is the second most extraordinary stone that Li Yang has come into contact with!
"Can something the size of a fist be used to refine a magic artifact of a terrestrial immortal?"

"How big was what I just saw?"

"As expected, I should have realized it sooner. How could something that could allow a celestial being to conceal their remains be an ordinary item?"

Li Yang's mind immediately became active. He looked inward at the Nanming Sword in his ancestral aperture between his eyebrows and found that, compared to before he went down into the mine, the entire sword had a crystalline blue line flowing through it, and its spirituality had subtly increased.

If he could absorb all of that large piece of Nanming Origin Crystal, to what extent would his Nanming Sword evolve?

"Ahem, I think I can handle what's down in the mine, but some preparations are needed. For now, let's not disturb the Grand Elder and the Immortal Lord in their cultivation."

Li Yang, without blushing or panting, decided to first calm these immortals down.

Gu Yunzi and the other immortals looked at the calm Li Yang with suspicion, their expressions filled with disbelief. They were clearly recalling Li Yang's panicked escape just moments before.
"It was just a matter of insufficient preparation. Besides, I am not the kind of person who would joke with my life. The thing below is not powerful; it's just a bluff. I can handle it in a few months."

"For the next few months, you will stay outside and guard the cave. Do not enter the cave without permission!"

Li Yang's expression was solemn as he spoke each word carefully. Gu Yunzi and the other immortals exchanged bewildered glances, and could only bow in agreement.

In any case, judging from the combat power just displayed by this person, all of them combined as Human Immortals wouldn't be enough to defeat the opponent with just one hand. Although the principles of Purgatory Valley are said to be without principles, there is one ironclad rule that applies throughout the entire cultivation world.
Might makes right!

Gu Yunzi and the other immortals withdrew. Li Yang summoned Gu Yunzi to fetch a piece of Nanming Li Crystal. As expected, it was orange-yellow in color and full of fire energy, but Nanming Sword showed no interest whatsoever.

"We have no choice but to go down now..."

Li Yang stroked his chin, a thoughtful expression on his face.
He was genuinely reluctant, terrified of the skeleton inside the Nanmingyuan Crystal below.
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After leaving the main hall, Gu Yunzi and a group of immortals went to suppress the miners' riot.

He grabbed a miner at random, skinned him, and pulled out his tendons. The bloody lump of red flesh was hung on a pole to dry, and the miners screamed pitifully. Sure enough, the remaining miners became obedient and stopped shouting.

"Senior Brother Gu Yunzi, are we really going to leave the Immortal Envoy to handle the things down in the mine all by himself?"

A young immortal looked at the miners kneeling obediently in rows, turned to speak with Gu Yunzi, and said...
"Nonsense! The immortal envoy is young and impetuous, and so are you!"

Gu Yunzi looked at him coldly, showing no obsequiousness towards Li Yang: "You saw the state of the immortal envoy just now. He was obviously afraid of losing face and was just putting on a brave face."

"Judging from the situation, this guy is a relative of the Grand Elder. You've seen his combat power at the Human Immortal realm. He can beat cultivators like you and me at the same level like it's nothing. If he causes trouble down there because of his bravado, do you think the valley will blame him or punish us?"

The young man's face turned pale instantly.

"Senior Brother Gu Yunzi is indeed highly experienced; I admire him!"

"Admirable? If you admire me, hurry up and send a message to the valley to ask for help again. What are you still standing here for?" Gu Yunzi stepped forward and gave the young man a sharp rap on the head. The young man hurriedly went to send a message for help.

The screams of the red flesh hanging on the boom were so pitiful that Gu Yunzi was annoyed. With a wisp of sword energy, the poor man who had been skinned was finally freed.

"If you keep making noise and disobeying, this is what will happen to you! You worthless bastards, get back to your sleep, you're all like pigs!" With a curse, Gu Yunzi flicked his long sleeves, turned around, and flew back to his cave.

Meanwhile, Li Yang, inside the main hall, was already planning his second descent into the mine.

"That golden skeleton is terrifying, but it doesn't seem to have the ability to attack people on its own. As long as I'm careful enough, I should be able to get some Nanming Origin Crystals, right?"

"Anyway, there are so many..."

Li Yang is not a person who dwells on things. He is now a ruthless bandit with only five words in his mind: "Fortune favors the bold!"

Let's take a gamble and crush the Nine Immortal Sects!

A glint of light flashed in his eyes, and he made up his mind. When the night was dark and starry, Li Yang secretly made his way to the entrance of the mine.
As soon as he reached the entrance, a strong, pungent smell of blood assaulted his nostrils in the pitch-black night, causing Li Yang to frown.
With a flick of its wrist, a strip of naked, red flesh was hung from the pole, its intestines and heart dangling downwards due to gravity. Its eyes bulged out, still bearing resentment.

Li Yang stared at the long-dead corpse, then suddenly stopped.

He couldn't explain why he stopped; it was a perfectly normal thing to do in Purgatory Valley.
“Don’t look at me. Although the motto of Baiyun Mountain is ‘The immortal path values ​​life and saves countless people,’ I cannot save you.”

"Alright, I'll recite a sutra for you at most."

Li Yang shook his head, made a hand seal, and began to softly recite scriptures:
"In the beginning of the Azure Heaven, a song sang in the azure sky, and the great floating earth appeared. Receiving the Primordial Beginning's salvation, one attained immeasurable supreme rank… Flying clouds and crimson skies, green carriages and jade wheels, feathered canopies casting shade. Flowing essence and jade light, five colors flourishing, illuminating the vast sky. Seven days and seven nights…"

This is the "Scripture of Salvation," a supreme scripture of Taoism in China. Li Yang was unsure whether this scripture was effective or not; reciting it now was merely for his own comfort.

Once the chanting was finished, perhaps due to psychological reasons, he felt that the resentment of the skinned corpse had lessened considerably, and the bulging eyeballs gradually developed a layer of white film.
"This seems to be the second time I've recited the 'Save-People Sutra' in this world; the first time was in Lanling Village..."

"I wonder how that girl Li Qing is doing these days?"

With that thought on his mind, Li Yang stepped back into the cave.
The formations set up by these immortals, like Gu Yunzi, were useless to him.

Here, Li Yang was fully armed, his Yuan Guang Chan Yi (a type of protective garment) pressed tightly against his body, the Golden Light Mantra flowing, and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Divine Powers ready for battle.
Following his memory with practiced ease, he descended deeper and finally arrived in front of the enormous Nanmingyuan Crystal.
To his slight relief, from a distance, the skeleton showed no signs of moving out.

“Fellow Daoist, every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt its debtor. How you ended up like this has nothing to do with me. I was just taking some broken stones. I hope you won’t make things difficult for me.”

Li Yang muttered to himself, tentatively summoning the Southern Sea Sword again.
The Nanming Sword was still excited when it appeared, the blue lines on its blade glowing brightly as it was carefully controlled by Li Yang to devour the Nanming Origin Crystal in front of it.

Li Yang focused all his divine sense on the golden skeleton in the source crystal. If anything seemed amiss, he would immediately get up and fly away.

Li Yang had considered extracting benefits from this celestial being's skeleton, but whenever the thought crossed his mind, a chill ran down his spine, his hair stood on end, as if he had unknowingly offended something terrifying.
Although Li Yang is very brave now, he is not reckless and has decided to follow his instincts.

As for carving out a few pieces of celestial skeleton to make artifacts? Li Yang felt it would be safer to consider it after he reshaped his own earth immortal Dao fruit.

(End of this chapter)