Super System in the Early Tang Dynasty

Upon hearing the girl's question, Li Xingzhi repeated what he had just explained to Zhou Rou'er.

"Now that you're cultivating Taoism and practicing Qi with me, you must have heard of the blessed lands and grotto-heavens recorded in Taoist texts!"

"A blessed land? Is this the abode of immortals mentioned in the books?" The girl suddenly realized, "You mean, this is a blessed land where immortals live? Brother Li, are you an immortal? Yes, if Brother Li isn't an immortal, how could he be so powerful!"

The young girl was a little confused and asked curiously, "Aren't the immortals supposed to live in the Zhongnan Mountains? How did they end up here?" She only knew from tales and legends that the Zhongnan Mountains were home to many hermits and hermits, and that was her assumption. As for Taoist scriptures, while they mentioned blessed lands and grotto-heavens, they were all vague and unclear. At this moment, Sima Chengzhen of the "Map of Heaven and Earth Palaces" was still unaware of which woman's belly he was inside!

Having said that, she continued to mutter to herself, "Could it be that Brother Li used some divine magic to bring us to Zhongnan Mountain? Oh dear! Why did he take us directly to Chang'an? These past few days, riding horses all the way here, I'm exhausted!" As she spoke, she assumed that was the case, and without waiting for Li Xingzhi's reply, she gave him a reproachful look.

Seeing that the girl was like a curious child, and was about to continue talking, Li Xingzhi quickly interrupted her.

“This is indeed a blessed cave dwelling. This cave dwelling is a small world of its own, and only I can come and go as I please. I don’t have the ability to send you directly to Zhongnan Mountain. We will leave from the same place where we entered this cave dwelling.”

After hearing Li Xingzhi's words, the girl remained silent for a while, her little brain working over and over before she finally managed to digest the information he had said.

"So, the immortal techniques we cultivate are all the ones you found in this cave?"

"Of course," Li Xingzhi said, and he wasn't lying. After all, the system and the cave dwelling were originally together, and even if he explained it, the girl might not understand anything strange like a system.

"Then will we be able to live forever?!" the girl exclaimed excitedly. She looked at Li Xingzhi with hopeful eyes.

"This... probably won't work. However, it can prolong life. As long as I don't make any mistakes, living to be a hundred or so years old should be possible."

Li Xingzhi didn't know what would happen to his Longevity Technique in the end, or whether he would truly be able to break through the void and ascend to immortality. He dared not even imagine what kind of world lay beyond the void. However, he knew that the two women's Quanzhen Heart Sutra could not grant them eternal life.

He did want to teach the two women some better cultivation methods. However, whenever he felt the surging, life-giving true energy within his body, seemingly threatening to destroy the heavens and earth, break through everything, and burst forth from his body, he felt uneasy and dared not let the two women try other cultivation methods. After all, even with his current abnormally enhanced body, which had been extremely strengthened by the system, he found it difficult to withstand the circulation of true energy, cultivating with extreme caution every day, as if walking on thin ice. One could imagine what would happen if others tried to cultivate it—perhaps this thing was not meant for humans to cultivate at all. On the other hand, the Complete True Qi, this balanced and peaceful Xuanmen Taoist cultivation method, was quite suitable for them to cultivate. With his supervision, there wouldn't be any problems.

"Oh—" The girl's expression immediately fell upon hearing Li Xingzhi's words.

The desire to live is the deepest thought within a being, and even a naturally oblivious girl like Li Linzhi couldn't help but harbor such a foolish notion.

"This little world is unimaginably vast. Look at all these exotic flowers and rare herbs everywhere! It truly is a blessed land of immortals! Brother Li, could you show us around?" The white-clad girl standing beside Li Linzhi, noticing her dejected expression, spoke up—a rare occurrence for Zhou Rou'er. Since beginning her cultivation, Zhou Rou'er had become increasingly absorbed in her practice, and it was uncommon for her to speak so openly. Perhaps she was also stunned by everything that was so incredible.

"When I first obtained this small world, it was only a few dozen acres in size. However, as my cultivation improved, it grew larger and larger. Now, it is about several dozen miles in circumference, and the sky is over a thousand feet high."

Although the two women were somewhat prepared, they were still shocked by Li Xingzhi's words—not because the small world was so large, but because it was actually growing larger as Li Xingzhi's cultivation level increased. It was conceivable that if one day Li Xingzhi's cultivation level were high enough, this small world would transform into a large world!

"I'll take you up to the sky!" As soon as Li Xingzhi finished speaking, wisps of mist began to gather beneath their feet, eventually transforming into a white cloud that lifted the three of them up, sending them soaring higher and higher...

Beneath our feet lie mountains, plains, basins, and irregularly shaped medicinal herb fields; and winding rivers and streams like jade ribbons...

Just then, a white crane spread its wings for more than ten feet and soared into the sky, its clear cry piercing the air! Not far away, a black kite-like eagle flashed across the sky like a black lightning bolt and arrived in front of the group. The eagle soared into the sky and cried out in a sharp voice, like the sound of a golden cup shattering, echoing in the mountains and forests!

At this moment, a sound like the beating of gongs and drums came from the ground, echoing the cries of eagles and cranes!

"Squeak! Squeak—!" Several impatient squeaking sounds suddenly rang out in the air, clearly reaching the ears of the group amidst the cries of cranes, hawks, and horses, holding their own in the slightest.

Hearing the sound, the group looked over and saw a mischievous, golden little head pop out from under the white crane's neck, nestled in a tuft of snow-white down. Seeing that they had noticed him, the little head swayed proudly, chirping happily. Just as he was feeling smug, his tiny claws, which were tightly gripping the crane's feathers, suddenly loosened, and his entire body fell off the crane!

"Ah!" Li Linzhi had just recovered from the shock of flying when she saw the little golden mouse fall from the sky and crash to the ground!

Just as it was about to fall to the ground, the little mouse's golden fur bristled all over, making its entire body seem to swell several times its original size instantly. Fluffy and shimmering gold, it truly became a little ball of fluff! The already adorable little creature completely captivated the two girls at that moment! Even Zhou Rou'er couldn't resist going out to pet it!

The little mouse landed on the ground, its fluffy fur tucked up again, and it pointed at the white crane in the air with a hurried, slightly annoyed cry, squeaking. Then it looked at Li Xingzhi, who was watching with his bare hands, and kept squeaking and glaring, making noises that were unclear.

"Brother Li, what is it saying?"

"It's saying, 'Why didn't I catch him?'"

"It's so far, how will Brother Li go to pick it up?!" Although she was charmed by the little mouse again, the girl still remembered the trouble she had suffered at the hands of this little mouse! At this moment, she spoke up for Li Xingzhi.

"Have you forgotten how we took flight?" Li Xingzhi looked at the girl and smiled smugly.

"Ah!" The thick-skinned girl suddenly remembered that they were still in the sky and exclaimed, "Brother Li really is a god!"

Looking down at her feet, she asked, "Is this what immortals call 'riding the clouds' when they travel?" As she spoke, she curiously reached out to touch the clouds beneath her feet, but found nothing. These clouds were originally gathered by Li Xingzhi on a whim, and were no different from ordinary white mist, formless and invisible, so naturally they could not be touched.

“I am just like you, a mortal with flesh and blood. However, this small world is just like my own body. I can fly through the air, move mountains and fill seas in this world as easily as lifting a hand or a foot. It’s nothing special.”

"Oh--"

Zhou Rou'er thought more deeply than Li Linzhi—what difference was there between someone like Li Xingzhi and a true immortal?