Chapter 446: Immortal Dragon Vein

"Immortal Dao Dragon Vein Revival.""Dragon Qi of the Earth.""Burial Ground of Ancient Immortal Dragon Remains."

Li Weiyi found numerous records about the "Six-Clawed Immortal Dragon Qi" in ancient texts.

Opinions varied widely. Some accounts were based on genuine historical events in Yingzhou. Others were narratives from Immortals, extraordinary experiences recounted as essays. Still others were merely speculative, leading to preposterous legends.

For instance, the claim of the "Immortal Dao Dragon Vein's Revival" was particularly outlandish.

According to ancient texts, tens of thousands of years ago, Yingzhou had Immortal Dao Dragon Veins beneath its surface, which allowed for the flourishing of an immortal era. Ancient immortal beasts and giants coexisted, dominating the world, and the cultivation environment was far superior to the present day.

There were no Spiritlands or constantly emerging deathly anomalies; it was a land of life.

As the Immortal Dao Dragon Veins withered, ancient immortals vanished, and Spiritlands descended.

Later generations of martial cultivators could only establish ancient sects, schools, cities, and imperial courts near Heavenly Law Earth Springs.

Compared to the Immortal Dao Dragon Veins, Heavenly Law Earth Springs were like a pond to a river, capable of cultivating only a limited number of fish, and unable to nurture large ones.

The Immortal Dao Dragon Veins were so named because, in an era even more ancient than that of the immortal beasts, the entire Yingzhou was the domain of dragons. Various dragon species were the sole masters of the land.

The cultivation direction for all living beings was to transform into dragons, not into humans as it is now.

A thousand years ago, during the catastrophe where the Spiritlands of the Dead swept across countless living realms throughout Yingzhou, signs of the Immortal Dao Dragon Vein's revival appeared in the Canghai Rice Realm, where Rice Palace was located. Six-Clawed Immortal Dragon Qi surged from underground.

Unfortunately, at the time, all living realms were in turmoil, so this incident remained mere rumor and could not be verified. Later, Rice Palace vehemently denied it.

A more reliable account was the theory of ancient immortal dragon remains.

Many carcasses of ancient immortal beasts were buried deep beneath Yingzhou. The blood of these ancient immortal beasts, capable of transforming mortals into aberrant species, originated from these remains.

Among all the ancient immortal beast remains, those of the ancient immortal dragons constituted the highest proportion.

Places where ancient immortal dragon remains were excavated were often accompanied by the Six-Clawed Immortal Dragon Qi.

Li Weiyi closed the ancient text. Recalling the bone-bird message from Elder Xiao Zhou of the Rice Sect's Qingzhou branch, he pondered for a moment and decided to attempt something similar.

Regardless of what was truly happening in the East Sea, such a significant event definitely warranted notification.

Li Weiyi caught five bone doves, which possessed some level of intelligence. He subdued them using beast script and departed-spirit script, then implanted deathly spiritual flames within their bodies.

He wrote: "Six-Clawed Immortal Dragon Qi has appeared in the East Sea, at Phoenix Tree Dragon City, with fireflies stretching for a thousand miles. Obtaining the secret of the Six-Clawed Immortal Dragon will lead to great prosperity for the living realms. Losing this secret will result in powerful enemies emerging in the vicinity, bringing future disaster. The Nine Li Divine Hermit has already gone. If any of you come, please think twice and proceed with caution."

He wrote five such messages on paper slips, tied them to the legs of the five bone doves, and provided the locations and characteristics of the Nine Li Tribe, Huangjiang Border City, Qiuzhou State City, Lingxiao City, and the Northern Regions, before releasing them one by one.

Whether they would reach those five locations, only heaven knew.

Who would receive the messages was also completely beyond his control.

After all, these bone doves were not raised within a sect or clan.

However, as long as he could attract human experts, the situation would be thrown into chaos. With Li Weiyi's current cultivation, he would then have an opportunity to profit from the disorder.

Beneath the bone tower, Yang Qingxi, after absorbing the Six-Clawed Immortal Dragon Qi, glowed with ethereal light. A long river of magical energy swirled around her, making a rushing water sound.

As she breathed and circulated her cultivation technique, the river of magical energy continuously grew stronger.

"Such good stuff, such good stuff, wasted by you two. How much better if I had absorbed it," Water Civet Immortal muttered, feeling dejected. He secretly reviewed and reflected, searching for the reason for his utter defeat.

Li Weiyi sat cross-legged at the stern of the boat, carefully sensing the changes in the Dao Lotus within his Wind Palace.

The Seven-Clawed Heavenly Dragon's magical energy became even more powerful and concentrated, circling the Dao Lotus.

His bones, muscles, and skin, following the breakthrough in his cultivation realm, had improved to some extent beyond the three-tenths strength of an Immortal Physique.

Normally, martial cultivators who do not intentionally train their physical bodies would only reach about two-tenths the strength of an Immortal Physique by the ninth heaven of the Dao Seed Realm. While not weak—they could already kill Dao Lotus martial cultivators with their bare hands—

They had to dedicate all their energy and resources to martial arts cultivation to reach the ninth heaven of the Dao Seed Realm within their limited lifespans. Only then could they qualify to attempt breakthroughs to the Immortal Realm.

Only prodigies of extremely high lineage or those at the Legacy Holder level would cultivate their physical bodies simultaneously with their martial arts training.

This way, they possessed powerful combat strength at the same realm, had stronger vitality, and found it easier to attempt breakthroughs to the Immortal Realm at the ninth heaven of the Dao Seed Realm.

Cultivating an Immortal Physique required an extremely high amount of resources.

The demands on innate physique were even higher.

Legacy Holder martial cultivators typically could only cultivate their physical bodies to three to four-tenths the strength of an Immortal Physique while in the Dao Seed Realm.

Those who could cultivate to five-tenths were considered exceptional. This also included martial cultivators who were stuck at the ninth heaven of the Dao Seed Realm for decades, forced to spend a great deal of time on physical cultivation.

If a Legacy Holder like Yang Qingxi could cultivate her physical body to five-tenths strength at the ninth heaven of the Dao Seed Realm, her combat power would then rival that of second-tier Legacy Holders.

Xie Chucai was a typical example.

At the sixth heaven of the Dao Seed Realm, he had cultivated his physical body to three-tenths Immortal Physique strength, putting his physical body ahead of his cultivation realm.

His combat power directly caught up with that of Young Emperors at the same realm.

This was because most Young Emperors, when at the sixth heaven of the Dao Seed Realm, had physical bodies significantly weaker than his. Even by the ninth heaven, Young Emperors' physical bodies typically reached only six to seven-tenths the strength of an Immortal Physique.

Beyond that, each additional tenth of improvement was as difficult as ascending to heaven and required a vast amount of time. They would not waste time on this; breaking through to the Immortal Realm was paramount.

Individuals like Tang Wanzhou, who cultivated an Immortal Physique in the Dao Seed Realm within a very short period, were extremely rare.

Over the next few days, Li Weiyi began refining talismans, replenishing his stocks of Divine Movement Talismans and Immobilization Talismans.

He also began researching the Divine Sword Talisman.

The method for refining the Divine Sword Talisman was found in the interdimensional pouch given by Chan Hai Guanwu.

It was extremely complex.

It was beyond Li Weiyi's current level of spiritual power cultivation to refine.

However, there were simplified versions: Gold Sword Talisman, Human Sword Talisman, Earth Sword Talisman, and Heaven Sword Talisman.

The Gold Sword Talisman, which Chan Hai Guanwu had once passed to Li Ling, had a power equivalent to a full-strength strike from a martial cultivator at the fourth stage of the Five Seas Realm.

The Earth Sword Talisman's power could reach that of a full-strength strike from a martial cultivator at the seventh heaven of the Dao Seed Realm.

The Heaven Sword Talisman's power was comparable to a full-strength strike from a newly ascended Immortal Realm martial cultivator.

As for the Human Sword Talisman, its name didn't sound very appealing, so Li Weiyi did not intend to refine it, planning instead to begin his research directly with the Earth Sword Talisman.

The White Desert was vast; even traversing it by controlling the jade artifact boat took several days.

The desert gradually receded.

Thick, oppressive darkness once again enveloped the land.

They officially entered the territory of Old Yuzhou. The state boundary stele was still there, but it was overgrown with weeds, and only ruins remained.

In the White Desert, with unknown white light providing cover, the jade artifact boat was not conspicuous. However, traveling with it through the Spiritlands of the Dead in Old Yuzhou could at any moment attract a large number of departed spirits to attack.

Li Weiyi put away the jade boat.

The group proceeded on four soul steeds.

The soul steeds were released by Yang Qingxi from an artifact.

Li Weiyi and Yuer shared one steed, with Li Weiyi holding and studying a talisman scripture. The Earth Sword Talisman was not so easy to draw and refine; there was much to learn.

"Master, didn't you say you would teach me how to cultivate spiritual power?" Yuer asked.

Li Weiyi put down the talisman scripture and looked at her eager, hopeful expression. "Should I teach you now? But there's no light in the Spiritlands, and light is the most important element for spiritual power cultivation—it's the source of power."

Li Weiyi then explained in detail, imparting the "One Blade of Grass Meditation Method" to her.

On the back of the nearby soul steed, Water Civet Immortal revealed a mocking smile, thinking to himself, "If spiritual power could be cultivated in the Spiritlands, the East Sea demon race and departed spirits wouldn't be so lacking in spiritual masters. He doesn't even understand teaching according to aptitude. Ruined, that child is ruined... Hmm?"

The dark, vast wasteland suddenly lit up.

Water Civet Immortal abruptly raised his head.

He saw that above them, the darkness was rapidly receding, revealing a sky full of stars.

The starlight, like countless threads of misty light, descended and converged on Yuer and Li Weiyi, transforming the surrounding mile or two into a sea of light, as if billions of fireflies were twinkling.

Furthermore, it showed a tendency to spread even further.

Water Civet Immortal was stunned; the entire civet was dumbfounded.

Li Weiyi was startled and quickly shook Yuer awake, interrupting her meditation.

Yuer looked at Li Weiyi with confusion. "Master, what's wrong? I felt like I saw a sea of stars, immensely vast, incredibly brilliant and beautiful."

Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan observed the sea of light before them, then looked at Li Weiyi and Yuer with curiosity, wondering what had just happened.

They didn't suspect Yuer.

Instead, they thought Li Weiyi was using some secret treasure to trigger the starlight.

"Let's go, quickly, get away from here." Li Weiyi offered no explanation.

The four steeds galloped away.

The sight of the sky cracking open and starlight falling to the earth was visible from a great distance, alarming many formidable living beings and departed spirits across Old Yuzhou.

They dared not go forward to investigate.

They sensed a faint yet palpably real, heart-pounding aura, realizing that an extraordinary presence had arrived.

A day later.

The four steeds were now a thousand miles away, continuously approaching Old Yuzhou State City.

"Master, why aren't you letting me cultivate spiritual power anymore?" Yuer asked.

Li Weiyi pondered for a moment. "You don't have spiritual power talent! I think you're more suited for cultivating martial arts."

"Brother Ren, if I may be frank, this child is exceptionally gifted and will surely achieve great things in the future. Yesterday's celestial phenomenon was no accident; it must be a premonition of something." Water Civet Immortal said solemnly.

Li Weiyi said, "Shut up."

"Alright," Water Civet Immortal replied.

"Yuer, Master will teach you a breathing technique; we'll cultivate martial arts."

Li Weiyi regretted saying this immediately after.

He had no idea what the breathing technique for the "Empty Nether Art" was. Finding another breathing technique from the Divine Martial Tower scriptures for her to cultivate, and if she made a mistake, the consequences would be severe.

Seeing Li Weiyi delay teaching, Yuer quietly asked, "Master, is the breathing technique you mentioned the same breathing pattern you use every time you cultivate?"

Li Weiyi froze. "You can sense my breathing pattern?"

Yuer nodded gently, her eyes bright. "I tried it; it's difficult, but very miraculous. Once I entered that regular and natural state, my whole body felt lighter! Inside, qi was flowing everywhere."

"Don't ever cultivate haphazardly again! When practicing qi, practice moves first. When I have time, I'll teach you a few martial arts moves. Practicing moves first is easier and safer."

Li Weiyi extended his palm toward her Ancestral Field in her lower abdomen.

He hesitated, not daring to investigate, fearing a counterattack.

Even without the Other Shore Heaven Pill, the magical power surging from her Nine Springs was no ordinary force.

He, a Dao Seed Realm martial cultivator who had only practiced martial arts for three years, was about to teach a being who had cultivated for three thousand years. It was simply overwhelming. No matter how he taught, it felt like something would go wrong.