Chapter 286: Rice Sect Headquarters
Six Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors flew over the lake surface like sparrows leaping about, occasionally taking a bite of the Flame Lotus. Upon reaching the shore, they flew to Li Weiyi’s side, chattering nonstop.
San Feng told Li Weiyi that Yao Yin treated them very well, and the exotic flowers and plants in the garden could be eaten freely.
“Are you stupid? You don’t even recognize Yao Yin anymore? She just looks similar.”
Li Weiyi grabbed San Feng’s wings and gave her a scolding.
The white-clothed woman’s figure, beautiful like a painting, walked along the lakeside stone path planted with black trees, and her clear, cold voice came: “The quota for Yao Yin to cultivate at Du’e Temple—was that given to her by you?”
Li Weiyi released San Feng and looked at her warily.
This was a Longevity Realm giant; even Tang Wanzhou had been severely injured by a single palm from her.
“How do you know?”
Li Weiyi felt a powerful mental pressure, as if what approached was not a peerlessly beautiful woman, but towering waves dozens of meters high crashing down layer by layer.
The white-clothed woman stopped six or seven zhang away, her hands hidden in wide sleeves, with rosy glow flowing over her body and wind and mist swirling around: “Not only do I know that you gave her the cultivation quota, I also know you helped her cultivate the battle intent of the Jiu Li God, in Qin Garden, that Silver Coffin. Fortunately, you treated her quite well, so you have a chance to live.”
Li Weiyi’s heart shook greatly; the other party must have secretly visited Qin Garden.
Or… there was someone of hers among the hidden people?
Yao Yin? Yin Twenty-Four?
“You really are Yao Qingxuan?” Li Weiyi said.
The white-clothed woman did not respond to him, gazing at him for a moment: “One hundred and eight veins, Feng Fu thirty-six thousand, all veins golden—quite a flavor of being unmatched ancient and modern, not bad aptitude.”
“Senior Yao is too disrespectful to this junior’s privacy, isn’t she?”
Li Weiyi hurriedly inwardly inspected and probed; strangely, the Divine Aperture and the twelve golden veins connected to the Divine Aperture had truly disappeared! But… he could sense that they were still there.
Who did it?
The gourd guardian wife who hid them?
Good as long as it wasn’t discovered.
The white-clothed woman said: “Your Zu Tian has been repaired?”
“That’s right, the old ancestor of the Confucian Dao at Zuo Qiu Gatehouse used exceptionally precious Ancient Heavenly Emperor spring fluid to repair my shattered Zu Tian,” Li Weiyi said.
The white-clothed woman said: “A reasonable explanation, but answered too quickly, too smoothly—looks like the truth is in doubt. No matter, whether it’s wasted or not doesn’t matter; I’m just slightly curious about your physique. The one who truly wants to see you isn’t me—it’s the Hall Master of Spirit Valley Hall.”
Li Weiyi did not explain or remedy further; the more he explained, the more it would arouse suspicion.
He needed to be more cautious in the future.
He pondered inwardly whether, relying on his relationship with Yao Yin, he could fight for a way to live, so he quickly followed the white-clothed woman, asking as respectfully as possible: “Senior Yao, may I ask why the Hall Master of Spirit Valley Hall wants to see me? And when?”
The white-clothed woman said nothing, advancing one step every two zhang.
Her steps were not large, and she walked very elegantly, as if she could shrink distances.
Returning to the residence, she saw the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone fragment that had vanished from the lamp shade, and her expression froze for an instant. Another Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone fragment appeared between her fingers, which she flicked inside.
“Before the Hall Master of Spirit Valley Hall returns, stay obediently in Southern Clear Palace. If you’re bent on seeking death, you can go out, but you should know this is the Divine Sect Headquarters.”
“Also, if you touch my Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone again, I will sever your hands.”
The white-clothed woman passed through the beaded curtain and screen, arriving in the half-open room, sitting cross-legged on the mat by the stream, her entire person turning to stone-like stillness, motionless.
Li Weiyi said: “Divine Sect Headquarters—which Divine Sect? Twin Rice Cult?”
“When exactly will that Hall Master of Spirit Valley Hall return?”
“Yao Yin and I are as close as brother and sister; Senior Yao, can you point out a way to live? I have very high talent; in the future, I can protect her.”
“I saved Yao Yin’s life; you have to help me.”
…
Li Weiyi talked for a long time, trying various methods, but the white-clothed woman treated him like air; helplessly, he could only take his leave.
After leaving, he hurriedly removed the second-grade Hundred Character Artifact Battle Robe from his body.
This was the battle robe of the rice person Zuo Shi, who was lurking inside Zuo Qiu Gatehouse.
If he was truly in the Twin Rice Cult headquarters now, he had to be extremely careful.
Was the Twin Rice Cult headquarters in the Underground Immortal Mansion?
This news left Li Weiyi unable to digest it for a long time!
The Twin Rice Cult definitely had not moved its headquarters to the Underground Immortal Mansion just ten months ago. Rather, it had already occupied this place for an unknown number of years!
Was there another entrance to the Underground Immortal Mansion?
Li Weiyi thought deeply and finally understood why Yao Qingxuan had knocked him out earlier.
She did not want him to know the path to the Twin Rice Cult headquarters!
In that case, the dangers encountered by those martial cultivators probing the Underground Immortal Mansion were very likely mostly secret attacks from the Twin Rice Cult.
Was the rule that Longevity Realm giants could not enter the Underground Immortal Mansion also the work of the Twin Rice Cult?
The more Li Weiyi thought, the more he felt this matter was extraordinary. Had Zen Sea Observing Mist come to probe impatiently because she discovered this secret in Wang Zhi and Wang Shouxin’s memories?
Had she and the three masters found the headquarters?
Perhaps they were still circling the outskirts of the Underground Immortal Mansion.
Li Weiyi saw the governor’s official robe inside the Blood Handprint Demonic Armor and hurriedly removed it, storing it in his boundary bag, his heart filled with shock and doubt, unsure if Yao Qingxuan had probed the governor’s official robe.
Probably not.
If she had probed it, how could this governor’s official robe still be on him?
“That Hall Master of Spirit Valley Hall doesn’t know what background she has; probably not a good sort, perhaps also wanting to probe my physique and then body snatch.”
“Yao Qingxuan is too cold! If she cared about Yao Yin, how could she throw Yao Yin in the Medicine Li Tribe and ignore her for over ten years? Yao Yin’s days were not easy.”
“If she doesn’t care about Yao Yin, why does she know Yao Yin’s recent situation so well?”
“Forget it; I can’t pin my hope of survival on a woman who could abandon her own daughter. Anyway, she only said it’s dangerous outside but didn’t say I can’t go out?”
At this thought, Li Weiyi no longer hesitated and decided to leave Southern Clear Palace to see just how terrifying the so-called Divine Sect Headquarters really was; perhaps he could find a way to escape.
Taking the six little ones along, under their lead, he found the insect bag that Yao Qingxuan had thrown on the ground.
He put the six little ones into the insect bag.
Li Weiyi tried every exit of Southern Clear Palace and even attempted to climb over the palace walls, all ending in failure.
Finally, he arrived at the southeast corner of the Blood Lake.
There was a two-meter-wide Blood River here, with water flowing in from outside, continuously pouring into the lake.
Since water could flow in…
“Splash!”
Li Weiyi swam upstream along the Blood River and finally left Southern Clear Palace.
After landing, he used magic energy to evaporate the river water from his body and looked back at the deathly silent massive palace and garden behind him, muttering to himself: “A hundred secrets, one secret? Perhaps she simply doesn’t care; after all, this is some Divine Sect Headquarters.”
Footsteps sounded.
Two twin young men carrying skull bone lamps walked over from afar.
They appeared fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in dark green martial attire.
Their black cuffs were embroidered with two blood-red Spirit Grains.
Li Weiyi saw that their cultivation was not low; they were Five Seas Realm martial cultivators.
So young, with limitless futures.
While he observed the two, they were also secretly sizing him up.
When the two drew near, Li Weiyi said coldly: “What are you looking at? Do you know who I am?”
The two young men saw that this person’s cultivation was immeasurably deep and did not dare provoke him, shaking their heads repeatedly.
Li Weiyi puffed up his chest, one hand behind his back, thumb pointing behind him: “I’m from Southern Clear Palace!”
The two young men were greatly alarmed and hurriedly bowed in salute, saying in unison: “Greetings, Senior Disciple Brother! So Senior Disciple Brother is a person of the Southern Venerable, forgive our disrespect, truly forgive our disrespect.”
“Yao Qingxuan is the Southern Venerable?” Li Weiyi naturally could only keep these words in his heart.
He had heard from Yin Nine that the Twin Rice Cult had five venerables, responsible for the east, south, west, north Four Territories, and matters of Lingxiao City.
The Southern Venerable and the seven state elders under her—Qiu, Li, Li, Han, Fu, Coffin, and Shuzhou—were responsible for matters of the Southern Territory.
One of the young men, somewhat puzzled: “I heard the Southern Venerable never accepts disciples, lives in seclusion, is the most mysterious, and Southern Clear Palace disciples are almost never seen at headquarters.”
“What, are you doubting my identity?” Li Weiyi released his battle intent.
Most in the evil path bully the weak and fear the strong; Li Weiyi naturally borrowed the Southern Venerable’s prestige to set up a banner for himself.
At the same time, this was also to test Yao Qingxuan’s bottom line.
Right outside Southern Clear Palace, she couldn’t possibly not sense it.
The two young men were directly pressed to kneel on the ground by Li Weiyi’s intent, trembling as they said: “We dare not doubt Senior Disciple Brother; it’s just that Senior Disciple Brother isn’t wearing a Rice Robe, and has never appeared at the training ground or dojo, very unfamiliar, so… so, Senior Disciple Brother, please withdraw your battle intent; we’re just two inner disciples who just broke through to Five Seas Realm…”
Li Weiyi had probed quite a bit of information, glanced at the Rice Robes they wore, withdrew his battle intent into his body, and snorted coldly: “Only low-realm inner disciples like you must wear Rice Robes. Who am I? Even the Fourth Divine Son Wang Shu has to give me some face.”
The name “Wang Shu” was learned from Long Ting.
The two young men stood up with lingering fear, not daring to lift their heads. One said: “Naturally, anyone looked upon by the Southern Venerable must be a true disciple of the cult, and a great true disciple at that.”
The other said in a low voice: “Senior Disciple Brother, may we leave?”
Seeing them easy to handle, Li Weiyi maintained his cold arrogance and asked: “Where are you going?”
“Spirit Valley Hall!”
“True Disciples Ye Nanfeng and Ye Beifeng will be at the dojo today, instructing new inner disciples on some knowledge about impacting the Sea of Qi and opening String Pulses.”
The two answered cautiously.
“Still needing others to instruct? Trash!”
Li Weiyi scoffed disdainfully, then had a thought—perfect chance to scout what kind of place Spirit Valley Hall was.
After the two left, he cast the Disguise Art, changing his appearance and build, and quietly followed.
The headquarters was enormous, with numerous Heaven Earth Spring Dao Domains rich in magic energy, forming various cultivation zones.
Some cultivation zones were built atop Spirit Mountains thousands of meters high. Some along lakes. Some were even market towns.
Li Weiyi gradually realized his worries were unnecessary; the Rice Cult headquarters had vast numbers of martial cultivators, each zone with at least hundreds; no need to fear exposure.
“First solve the Rice Robe issue, otherwise too conspicuous!”
Li Weiyi landed outside a market town-like cultivation zone, glanced at the two Rice Ancestor statues at the town entrance, and strode boldly into the town.
The market town wasn’t large, just one street of two to three hundred meters with blue-tiled and white-walled houses.
On both sides of the street, many twin rice people were setting up stalls, selling precious medicines, ancient artifacts, fierce insects, golden body Buddha statues, Buddha steles… seemingly all excavated from the Underground Immortal Mansion.
A not insignificant proportion of pedestrians on the street wore masks, as if concealing identities.
“Wonder if there’s anyone selling Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone fragments.”
Just as Li Weiyi had this thought, a familiar voice rang in his ears.
“Your insect eggs can really hatch commander level strange insects? How come I don’t quite believe it? Heh heh, I warn you, though I’m just an inner disciple, I have a great backer at home; if you dare deceive me, the consequences are severe.”
Not far away, Yang Yun wore a black demon mask, his tone was negative, speaking to a core disciple stall owner.
…
Monthly Ticket!
