Seeking the Tao in the Mortal World

Zhou Yuncheng crushed the exit jade stone in fear.

A gust of wind blew past, and the suffocating power swept over. Qin Yi subconsciously guarded himself. Zhou Yuncheng and Ci Ming were all taken away by a pair of giant palm phantasms.

"Eh?" The ghost face shrank to a few inches, and it jumped on his shoulder and said, "What are you doing? Why did the Radiant Yang Stage cultivator intervene in your fight? Why didn't he kill you instantly?"

Qin Yi glanced sideways at his shoulder. His hands were itching to hammer.

"You can't hit me, hahaha." Liu Su laughed with her arms on her waist. "You don't know the spiritual attack method yet, so you can't deal with the spirit entity. …”

Qin Yi expressionlessly took out the jade flute and played a soul-stirring sound.

Liu Su was caught off guard and rolled off his shoulder. She recovered quickly, grabbed his clothes, and climbed up, "You just wait, you little man..."

Qin Yi was still squinting. "You can fly, but why are you climbing up my clothes? Trying to act cute?"

"It's none of your business!"

"It's a matter of cultivation level." Liu Su sat on his shoulder and made a grimace. "I won't tell you."

It was strange to see a ghost face making grimace. Qin Yi's cheeks twitched for a while before he said, "I remember that the ghost face I saw back then was much more ferocious than this."

"That's an image. It's not my face at all, idiot!"

"So this is what your face actually looks like?"

"Hmph." Liu Su didn't answer.

Qin Yi never inquired about something that she didn't answer, knowing that it would be useless to ask. He said, "You wake up at the right time, otherwise I couldn't really deal with the spirit entity..."

"Right time?" Liu Su jumped up again, and a mace was transformed out of her hand. "How did you come up with the idea of using a mace to beat the gong? Are you deliberately trying to prevent me from sleeping? I'll kill you!"

The opponent's weapon is a gong? What can I do? Qin Yi really couldn't argue with this. He was also a little sorry for waking Liu Su up. He didn't know if it would affect Liu Su's recovery of strength, so he could only hold his head and let her knock for a while.

After knocking for a while, Liu Su was finally satisfied. She asked, "What is the current situation? What's going on in this place full of beastkin aura?"

Qin Yi sat down and explained the whole story of the immortal palace discussion to her.

Liu Su touched her chin. "You seem to be hiding something..."

"Why would I?"

"Something doesn't feel right. The relationship between you and your Senior Ju is weird..."

"... Nosy Stick, this is none of your business!"

Liu Su leisurely said, "Yes, it's none of my business. Although this tao conference is not dangerous, it is a very complete event. There are fights and schemes. In this event, you have never relied on me."

Qin Yi thought about it. To him, it was interesting to look at it from this perspective. Liu Su was not involved in this event. It was probably the first complete event that Qin Yi dealt with independently from Liu Su since he crossed over.

Moreover, he was the protagonist in this event. Almost all the matches revolved around him.

Without Qin Yi, this tao conference might not have developed like this.

This proved that without Liu Su, he could handle the problem. Although this event was not a big one, it was indeed an important sign of Qin Yi's maturity.

"So this monk was taken away. Do you have any evidence that they colluded with outsiders?"

"I have." Qin Yi took out the 'navigation map' and said with a smile, "Last time you said that the image mirror is just a simple trick. It is indeed simple. Senior Ju can simply draw a painting with such an effect. The painting will temporarily record what happened just now. I just have to hand it up when I get out. This can at least prove two facts. First, there is a traitor who secretly sent the people of Temple Great Joy into the secret realm. Second, Zhou Yuncheng backstabbed me when I was fighting the monk."

Liu Su nodded, "Then I won't comment on this tao conference, but I indeed woke up at the right time."

"Why so?"

The little figure on his shoulder stood up straight. "This is a blessed land with countless treasures. Do you really just want to get a celestial fruit?"

"Ugh... isn't it bad to steal things from the Immortal Palace?"

"Stop pretending to be a good guy." Liu Su was angry. "Can't you cut some twigs and take them back to plant? Even if artificial cultivation loses the effect of natural materials, it is still effective! Also, just because they didn’t take certain items doesn’t mean they’re saving them. It might just be because they don’t know their value!”

"What do you know?"

"Of course I know." Liu Su pointed to the ground under the rock with celestial fruit, opposite the fruit trees, where the beastkin snakes were entrenched. "If you dig in, there will be a ball of green soil inside that is different from the surrounding soil. Dig it out and take it away.”

Qin Yi went to dig the soil as he was told. After digging less than a foot deep, he saw a green mud ball that was different in color from the surrounding ground. It didn't look special on the surface and it didn't have aura at all.

"This is……"

"The long-term dripping of celestial fruit tree juice, combined with the venom of the snakes, it will evolve into azure nether soil after a long time. It can be used to refine weapons and create potent poison. The toxin can directly disintegrate the aura inside the body. There is basically no antidote for it. If you refine well, even a Radiant Yang Stage cultivator may not be able to withstand it. It can also be combined with celestial fruit to refine elixir, which can solve some very special situations." Liu Su said proudly, "Most people who pick celestial fruits don't know about it. I discovered it by accident myself."

Qin Yi flattered her. "Stick Stick is the best."

"Of course." Liu Su held her head high and said, "Take me around, maybe we'll find something else."

"Some areas are dangerous. We can't just walk around blindly."

"Don't you have a map? Let's go, let's go. I want to see this blessed land. Maybe there is something I want..."

Qin Yi subconsciously stretched out his hand to rub the head of the little figure but failed to do so. So he picked up the mace and flicked it twice, "Okay, but you have to return to the mace, otherwise I can't explain if the others see you."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Hmph." Liu Su didn't insist and quickly returned to the mace.

While Qin Yi was telling Liu Su about the current situation, Zhou Yuncheng and Ci Ming were brought to a big hall.

The two fell to the ground. When they looked up, Tian Jizi and Zheng Yunyi were standing in front of them, looking at them.

"How can you even lose?" Zheng Yunyi asked in disbelief, "You two besieged Qin Yi and even launched a sneak attack. How did you lose to the point where you had to crush the jade stone to save your life?"

Zhou Yuncheng's face flushed and said nothing. He was at the Piano Heart Stage level 8. Facing Qin Yi who was going all out, he didn't feel that he had a higher cultivation than Qin Yi. Instead, he was crushed like a kid. He really didn't don't know how to put it.

Ci Ming stood up with a solemn expression, "Qin Yi is nothing like what you originally described as a dual cultivator of martial arts and tao. He’s an exceptionally strong martial arts cultivator. All his tao spells are only for assisting martial arts combat. Even piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting are all just for enlightenment. The judgments you provide are totally different!”

Zheng Yunyi said, "So you mean you are no match for Qin Yi at all?"

Ci Ming didn't answer.

Zheng Yunyi glanced at his master, and Tian Jizi had a blank face.

In fact, both of them were a little shocked.

Fighting against a higher level was not unusual for them. Some people's cultivation was empty, just like some people in Temple Great Joy who forcibly advanced through external means. That kind of cultivation was empty and messy. The cultivation sounded good, but the actual combat power was very weak. It is normal to be beaten by those of lower cultivation level.

But Ci Ming was not like that. His cultivation was very stable. It was not easy to defeat Ci Ming with a lower cultivation level. There was no second disciple in the Immortal Palace whose cultivation was lower than that of Ci Ming. Never mind that he was defeated by Qin Yi, but even Zhou Yuncheng had to ask for help... Zhou Yuncheng couldn't even restrain Qin Yi at all.

No matter what the plan was, the premise was to know oneself and the opponent.

They knew so little about Qin Yi that they felt ridiculous, so how could they possibly win this game?

The question was where did Qin Yi come from? His bone age was indeed only seventeen. Did he start training from his mother's womb?