The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 462 Lanze Asks the Moon (Part 1) (Page 12)

Last time, we talked about how the Moon Eye Project was successfully implemented, successfully cutting off the supply of Gu God to the Miao people of Sangchuan. However, Li Yi and Lan Ze had a disagreement about the future of Miao territory. So how will the story develop next? Let's find out together.

After a day of rest, Li Yi greeted Lan Ze somewhat awkwardly, and then continued with his electromagnetic experiments. After all, the biggest problem right now was the Gu God. If they couldn't get rid of this giant worm, Miao Jiang would have no future.

Perhaps due to his bad temper, Li Yi was unusually rough in the following experiment, but unexpectedly he made a breakthrough. He discovered that by using the Mirror Flower Water Moon in combination with an electromagnetic field, he could extract Li Nongxiang's consciousness from his body and seal it in the jade ring given to him by the Heavenly Dao!

If they could pinpoint the location of the Gu God's consciousness, they might be able to seal it within the ring. So, Li Yi continued his experiments along this line of thought, but it was a terrible ordeal for the old woman, Li Nongxiang, who had her soul repeatedly extracted by Li Yi every day.

Ten days later, You Tu returned to Sangchuan on his bumblebee. The high priest personally delivered the medicine, which naturally pleased the Miao people. So the difficulty wasn't there, but rather getting them to stop believing in the Gu God. The high priest of the Gu Cult traveled around persuading the Miao people to stop believing in the Gu God. Anyone would find it hard to accept this immediately, but fortunately, You Tu had completed his mission.

Now that the operation to cut off the supply to the Gu God is completely complete, there is only one thing left to do before the battle begins. Lan Ze found You Tu and told him about Li Yi's idea, asking for his opinion, but You Tu told her to make the decision herself.

Lanze was very dissatisfied with Youtu's attitude. If Li Yi wasn't a Miao person, it would be understandable if he only considered the pros and cons. But Youtu is now the spiritual leader of the Miao people, how can you ignore him! Lanze didn't know Youtu's predicament, so he had a big argument with him.

Especially You Tu's words, "You can't come to me for everything. You have to figure out how to solve your own problems. What will you do if I'm not around anymore?"

Lanze didn't understand the meaning of those words, thinking that Youtu was annoyed with him and didn't want to deal with him anymore. Once a woman gets angry, things can get really difficult to handle. Luckily, Little Corpse Girl appeared in time and pulled Youtu away…

A dejected Lanze walked alone on the streets of Sangchuan. When people greeted her, she just gave them perfunctory replies. Anyone could tell that something was on her mind.

"Saintess Sister! Saintess Sister!" A little girl ran over and held up a grasshopper made of straw in front of Lan Ze.

"Holy Maiden Sister, do you think the grass worms that Father made for us are pretty?"

"It's beautiful! Your father is so skillful!"

"But Dad said he won't make crickets for me to play with anymore, and he also said we can't pray to the Gu God for blessings anymore. Why is that?"

"Because the Gu God is evil. The Gu God wants to create a world with only Gu worms. In that world, there are no fathers and mothers, no older sisters or younger sisters, only worms."

"Where did Dad and Mom go?"

“They were sent to another world by the Gu God. That world has no sun or moon, only endless yellow sand and a road that can’t be seen to end. Father and Mother can only walk and walk on the road.” Li Yi stood behind Lan Ze.

"I don't want to be separated from Dad and Mom!" The little girl threw the grasshopper to the ground, stomping on it as she shouted, "I never want to be separated from Dad and Mom! The Gu God is so evil!"

"Alright, alright, since you don't want to be separated from your parents, then you should be a good girl and listen to them from now on, and grow up slowly, so you can always be with them. Here, this is for you." Li Yi gave the little girl some wildflowers he had picked at random.

The little girl took the flower, nodded, and ran home.

"Why didn't you stay in the mountains researching how to deal with the Gu God? Why did you come out here?"

"Now that I'm out here, I must have a way."

"Really?" Lanze asked with delight, "What method?"

"I haven't seen you smile so happily in a long time."

"It's all because of you two that I'm so angry!"

"Oh? Who else could make you angry besides me? Little Corpse Girl? Slaughter Cultivator? No way. Ah! I know, it's your Brother You who made you angry! Tell me, what happened?"

After Lan Ze explained the situation, Li Yi shook his head helplessly.

"Let's go, I'll take you somewhere."

"Where to go?"

"A place that can untie the knot in your heart." Li Yi picked up Lan Ze and rode away on his sword. After breaking through to the Transcendent Realm in the Dao Sect, his control over spiritual power had significantly improved, and his sword-riding speed had increased considerably.

This sect is the most unique among the three religions because cultivation requires extremely high talent. Therefore, they do not recruit disciples as widely as the Buddhist sects, and most of their disciples are stuck at the seventh-grade Core Formation stage.

Taoist priests below the seventh rank are not much different from ordinary people. Although they can master the basic operation of qi, such as breathing exercises, qi circulation, and tortoise breathing, and can also practice martial arts, at most they can do astrology and divination to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune.

But once an inner core is formed and reaches the seventh rank, things are completely different. It's like having a breakthrough. Whether it's magic, swordsmanship, or talismans, they can learn anything and master it very quickly. So, it takes a few months to break through from the seventh rank inner core to the sixth rank nascent soul.

However, starting from the Nascent Soul stage, each advancement is a difficult hurdle. If the Core Formation stage is like condensing spiritual energy into a spiritual embryo, then the Nascent Soul stage is like nurturing that spiritual embryo into an infant. The next stage, the Fifth Grade Deity Transformation stage, is like nurturing that infant into a primordial spirit. At this stage, the soul is strong enough to cultivate techniques like the Yang Spirit Transformation.

Although the name "Transformation into a Spirit" sounds quite prestigious, it is actually just a new beginning. The fourth grade in Taoism is called the Golden Elixir, which is to refine the original spirit that has been painstakingly cultivated into an elixir again. Scientifically speaking, concentrated essence is the best, and the Golden Elixir is no exception.

After that, it was a process of repeated cultivation to transform the Golden Spirit Immortal Embryo into a new primordial spirit. Through the lightning strike of the Longevity Tribulation, the primordial spirit was fused with the body, thus achieving the body of an immortal.

Li Yi's Purple Lightning Bone Tempering technique breaks with convention, skipping the preceding steps and directly refining his soul into a golden core through repeated lightning strikes. He then refines the golden core into a primordial spirit and integrates it into his bones and muscles. Therefore, when he completed the technique, he was only one Heavenly Secret away from the third-grade Integration Realm of the Daoist sect.

Looking at the Ailao Mountain in front of him, Lanze asked in confusion, "Are you taking me to see the Old Man of the Moon?"

"That's right. When you meet the Old Man of the Moon later, you might as well tell him all your thoughts and concerns. He will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

"Didn't you say that the Old Man Under the Moon is a righteous god of heaven and earth? Would he care about my thoughts?"

"The Heavenly Dao and Lady Tai'an might not, but the Old Man of the Moon certainly will. After all, he has only recently become a righteous god of heaven and earth and doesn't have that much airs. If you ask me to take you to see Lord Heavenly Dao or Lady Tai'an, I really don't have the guts."

You know, before he became a true god, he created an incarnation in the mortal realm, wanting to take me as his disciple, but I refused. Later, we became close friends despite our age difference, and I called him Old Silver Coin.

"So what? You still consider yourself someone else's disciple, don't you?"

"The situations are different. I was forced into it, but he had hostages!"

"Hostage? Oh, Heng'e, is that right?"

Lan Ze appeared unchanged, but Li Yi had already picked up on the underlying meaning and immediately changed the subject, saying, "The barrier of the Ailao Secret Realm is just ahead. We can't fly on swords there, so we need to find a means of transportation."

"Foot strength?"

Li Yi landed at the edge of the barrier and let out a monkey-like howl. Instead of the mountain demon, a giant dragon appeared. Having learned from his previous experience, he immediately tensed up and asked, "Hey, I didn't call you! Why are you here?"

The giant dragon didn't answer, but simply bent down and lowered its head, gesturing for the two to come up to it. Lan Ze glanced at Li Yi, who clearly didn't want to go.

"Is he trying to scheme against me again this time?!"

The giant dragon transmitted a message to the two, saying, "There was no ulterior motive. The mountain god sent me to fetch you."

"Really?"

"How could I dare to lie about the mountain god!"

Seeing the giant dragon's innocent expression, Li Yi gave Lan Ze a wink, and the two of them immediately leaped onto the giant dragon's head.

"Um, actually..."

Before the giant dragon could finish speaking, Li Yi shoved him into the ground! He pointed at the giant dragon and cursed, "I knew you'd never learn anything good from following that old silver coin! Trying to scheme against me? No way! Not even a window!"

“Divine messenger, I just wanted to say that the mountain god actually knew you were coming and asked me to wait here.”

Lan Ze looked at Li Yi awkwardly, whose expression changed quickly, immediately switching to one of concern as he said, "Hey, Brother Jiao, look at the mess this has made. How are you? Did you get hurt?"

The giant dragon suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. Upon seeing this, Lan Ze exclaimed in shock, "You went too far! You've probably caused internal injuries."

"I didn't use much force. Could it be that your power has increased after your breakthrough in the Daoist path? Brother Jiao, would you still be able to walk?"

"It might be a bit strenuous, but don't worry, Divine Envoy, I will definitely get you there!" After the great dragon finished speaking in its mind, it forced itself to stand up and let Li Yi and Lan Ze jump onto its head.

Lanze said with an embarrassed look, "Why don't you hurry back and rest? We'll go by ourselves."

"No, this is the mountain god's decree. If I don't do it, I'm afraid the mountain god will blame me."

Lan Ze reached up and touched his chin, then said to Li Yi, "Look how pitiful he is. He's so badly injured, yet he still has to complete the task assigned by the Old Man of the Moon. Hurry up and come up!"

"Brother Jiao, are you really able to walk?"

"Yes, divine messenger, come up quickly."

So Li Yi and Lan Ze jumped onto the giant dragon's head again, and the dragon carried them to the entrance of the secret realm, stopping every now and then to spit out a mouthful of sour water.

Lanze muttered under his breath, "Look how badly you beat him, it looks like he's about to vomit up his snake gall."

Li Yi said awkwardly, "Brother Jiao, why don't we walk on our own? I see you're really badly injured."

"No, no, I'm fine, really fine, wow..."

Lanze covered her nose and looked at Li Yi, her eyes saying: Look how badly you beat him up, aren't you going to make amends?

Li Yi scratched his head and said, "Brother Jiao, how about this? Consider this a favor I owe you. If there's anything you can do to help me in the future, just let me know. As long as it's within my power, I'll definitely help you."

"No need, no need. The mountain god said that my transformation from a snake to a dragon is the limit in this life. If I want to break through, I can only reincarnate and cultivate again."

"Then what do you think?"

"Since there's no hope of breaking through, there's no point in continuing to cultivate. After doing a few more errands for the mountain god, I'll go to reincarnation."

Upon hearing this, Lan Ze looked at Li Yi again, as if to say, "Look how pitiful he is, can't you think of a way to help him?"

Li Yi sighed and said helplessly, "The mountain demon sent me on a trip before, plotting to get me to help him overcome his tribulation. Since he was able to advance to the second rank, why can't you, who are also mountain guardian beasts, do the same?"

"To advance to the second rank, one must have done something significant that could affect this world, but I have been cultivating in the Ailao Mountains and have not done anything, so I have missed opportunities."

"What great things did that mandrill do?"

“The divine messenger should know that he is not a spirit of the Nine Provinces. He must have done something extraordinary before becoming a mountain guardian beast to be chosen by the mountain god.”

"Yes, he must have traveled a long way, perhaps even across mountains and oceans, to get here. He's not human, so it must have been a legendary journey. Hey, Brother Jiao, have you ever thought about coming down from the mountain to do something big? Like helping us deal with the Gu God?"