noveltune Chapter 9: The gates of Zixiao Palace open, and people scramble for prayer mats!
Chapter 9: The gates of Zixiao Palace open, and people scramble for prayer mats!
However, Li Feng is currently too weak to even protect himself.
With his level of cultivation, even if he finds a Daoist partner, he won't be able to protect them.
So I can only keep this feeling to myself.
Meanwhile, Li Feng and his group found the location of Zixiao Palace.
Unexpectedly, three people were already standing outside Zixiao Palace, waiting for the palace gates to open.
The three people were an elderly man in a black and white Taoist robe, a middle-aged man in a dark yellow Taoist robe, and a young man in a blue Taoist robe.
Li Feng could tell at a glance that they must be the Three Pure Ones.
Besides the Three Pure Ones, Li Feng couldn't think of anyone else who could have arrived here earlier than them.
The Three Pure Ones also discovered them.
Seeing that Li Feng, Xi He, Chang Xi, Feng Yan, and Jin Ning were all calm.
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But when they saw Feng Yun, they immediately became alert.
Feng Yun exuded a terrifying and deadly aura, and the Three Pure Ones immediately realized that Feng Yun's cultivation level far exceeded their own.
After exchanging glances with the Three Pure Ones, Li Feng and his group found a secluded spot away from the Three Pure Ones in the square outside Zixiao Palace to cultivate in seclusion, ignoring the affairs of the outside world.
Zixiao Palace Square is indeed a good place for cultivation, with an extremely high concentration of spiritual energy, far surpassing many blessed lands and grottoes in the prehistoric world.
The progress in spiritual practice here is much faster than usual.
If no other powerful figures arrive, Li Feng will immediately set up the Yin-Yang Five Elements Gathering Spirit Array and focus all his cultivation efforts on it.
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More than 20,000 years have passed.
Di Jun, Tai Yi, Styx, Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, Kunpeng, Nuwa and other great beings of the primordial world have arrived here.
Li Feng has cultivated for over 20,000 years, but his strength has not broken through; only his internal magical power has become more refined.
Just as they were preparing to continue their cultivation while waiting for the Purple Cloud Palace to open, the system suddenly sounded.
"The gates of Zixiao Palace are about to open. Six futons within the palace, each offering a significant opportunity, will be contested. Please make your choice!"
Option 1: To play it safe, do not participate in the competition and give up the opportunity.
"Rewards: A thousand years of magical power, a complete Shangqing Immortal Manual, and the Mid-Grade Acquired Merit Spiritual Treasure, the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle!"
"Option Two: Vigorously compete for at least one futon and become a disciple of Hongjun Daozu."
"Rewards: A top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the twelfth-tier Black Lotus of Annihilation; a cultivation realm enhancement card; and a wisp of Primordial Purple Qi!"
"Option 3: Help Elder Fengyun take one of the six seats in the front row of Zixiao Palace."
"Rewards: The ultimate killing weapon, the God-Slaying Spear; increases your Constitution by one small level; and a map of the Three Immortal Islands!"
When Li Feng saw the three options provided by the system, he did not immediately rule out the first option.
Option one offers little reward, but it aligns perfectly with his plan.
Li Feng hesitated between option two and option three.
For Li Feng, completing either option two or option three would be easy.
Currently, the strongest innate demon gods among the great powers of the primordial world, such as the Three Pure Ones, are only at the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
Li Feng's side has Feng Yun, a late-stage Quasi-Saint, in charge.
Therefore, it would be very easy for Li Feng to seize one of the six front seats in Zixiao Palace.
Li Feng never intended to compete for the six front-row seats in Zixiao Palace.
Those six seats do indeed hold immense opportunities; sitting on them can lead to sainthood.
After becoming a sage, one's primordial spirit must be entrusted to the Way of Heaven.
This can achieve the immortality of the Way of Heaven and the eternal life of sages, but the life of sages is in the hands of the Way of Heaven.
When Hongjun merged with the Dao, he said, "Hongjun is the Dao of Heaven," but no one knows whether this statement is true or not.
If Hongjun Daozu ultimately takes control of the Heavenly Dao, he will become the new Heavenly Dao of the prehistoric world.
At that time, wouldn't Li Feng's life be entirely in the hands of Dao Ancestor Hongjun?
Li Feng possesses the ambition to devour the heavens; becoming a saint is no longer enough for him!
Of course, one can obtain the Primordial Purple Qi but not immediately attain sainthood.
However, this move would inevitably attract the attention of Hongjun Daozu.
Li Feng believed that it was foolish to provoke Hongjun Daozu when one's strength was insufficient.
Therefore, option two is absolutely not feasible.
Next is option three.
Option three offers very generous rewards: you will receive the ultimate killing weapon, the God-Slaying Spear, along with a map of the Three Immortal Islands, and your cultivation will be raised by one minor realm.
The Three Immortal Islands map alone is more valuable than all the rewards in Option Two.
The Three Immortal Islands contain countless treasures, and Li Feng will surely reap huge rewards once he finds them.
Even if there are no other treasures on the island, the rewards are generous enough just from the three top-tier blessed lands.
Although the reward for option three is very attractive, if Elder Fengyun can secure one of the six spots, he will certainly not be overlooked when Dao Ancestor Hongjun distributes the Primordial Purple Qi.
But after obtaining the Primordial Purple Qi, Dao Ancestor Hongjun will not accept Elder Fengyun as his disciple.
Zhunti and Jieyin occupied the six front-row seats, and Hongjun Daozu had no intention of taking them as disciples.
The two men shamelessly begged and pleaded until the other man reluctantly agreed to accept them as nominal disciples.
The fundamental reason why Hongjun Daozu accepted them as nominal disciples was to repay the karmic debts owed to the West.
Elder Fengyun is of mediocre talent, and since Dao Ancestor Hongjun has no karmic connection with the Phoenix Clan, the possibility of him taking Elder Fengyun as his disciple is extremely small.
What would happen if Elder Fengyun became a disciple of Dao Ancestor Hongjun but took control of the Primordial Purple Qi?
Thinking of this, Li Feng frowned.
The outcome is foreseeable: once all the powerful beings in the primordial world break through to the Quasi-Saint realm, they will definitely come together to forcibly seize Elder Fengyun's Primordial Purple Qi.
At that time, Elder Fengyun will be in danger, and the entire Phoenix Clan will be implicated.
Elder Fengyun will not hand over the Primordial Purple Qi.
The Primordial Purple Qi is the key to attaining enlightenment, and no one is willing to give it up.
Even if they handed it over, the Phoenix Clan couldn't bear the consequences and could only continue to evade the harassment of powerful beings from the primordial era.
If they abandon the Primordial Purple Qi, the powerful beings of the prehistoric world will think that the Phoenix Clan has declined and is weak and easily bullied.
All powerful races will come to divide up the Phoenix Clan.
Li Feng really wanted to choose the first path, but he held back.
It's painful to have benefits right in front of you but not be able to get them.
After hesitating for a long time, Li Feng finally made up his mind.
"Let's do it! I'll take a gamble. I choose option three!"
Li Feng made his stance clear to the system in his mind.
After making the decision, I began to think about how to talk to Elder Fengyun about this matter.
The Purple Cloud Palace had not yet opened, so under normal circumstances, Li Feng would not have known that there were six prayer cushions at the front of the Purple Cloud Palace.
They couldn't possibly know that those six prayer cushions held immense benefits.
If Li Feng were to directly tell Elder Feng Yun that the six prayer cushions at the very front of Zixiao Palace held great opportunities and that he absolutely had to grab one, he would be incredibly foolish.
Zixiao Palace is the Daoist temple of Hongjun Daozu, and Li Feng couldn't understand its intricacies at all.
Therefore, they would never tell Elder Fengyun how important those six prayer cushions were.
After thinking it over, Li Feng decided to only let Elder Feng Yun grab a front-row seat.
Li Feng immediately transmitted his voice: "Elder Feng Yun, once you enter Zixiao Palace, you must secure a seat in the very front row."
Elder Fengyun was very confused.
When the sage preached, the entire Zixiao Palace could hear him; there was no difference between the front and back rows.
Li Feng didn't explain, but continued to transmit his voice: "The closer you are to Sage Hongjun, the clearer you can feel his Daoist aura."
"You will understand the Tao more quickly, and you will progress faster."
"For the sake of the Phoenix Clan, you must get to the front row."
After hearing Li Feng's words, Elder Feng Yun responded directly through telepathy: "Since there are such benefits, then the clan leader must sit in the front row."
"The clan leader is the head of the Phoenix Clan. Only when you become stronger can the Phoenix Clan achieve glory."
Li Feng's heart sank when he heard Elder Fengyun's words.
He never expected that this would ultimately happen to him.
After a moment's thought, Li Feng continued to transmit his voice, "Elder Feng Yun is the strongest member of our clan and our last resort."
"Only when your cultivation improves can the Phoenix Clan intimidate all other races. My cultivation is insufficient, and I cannot break through in the short term."
"Therefore, improving your cultivation level is the best way to enhance the strength of the Phoenix Clan."
Elder Fengyun was about to speak.
Before he could finish speaking, a series of clicking sounds suddenly rang out.
Li Feng and Elder Feng Yun turned to look, and saw that the gates of Zixiao Palace were slowly opening.
Seeing this, Li Feng transmitted his voice to Elder Feng Yun again, saying, "The future of the Phoenix Clan is entrusted to you; you must complete this task!"
Elder Fengyun nodded in agreement and immediately transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards the gate of Zixiao Palace.
Li Feng, along with Xi He, Chang Xi, Feng Yan, and Jin Ning, flew towards the gate of Zi Xiao Palace.
Soon, the gate of Zixiao Palace opened a crack.
"call out!"
The moment the crack in the door appeared, Elder Fengyun rushed inside.
All the powerful beings of the primordial world were stunned.
They didn't expect someone to be so fast; before the gates of Zixiao Palace were even fully open, a powerful figure had already broken in.
Why are you in such a hurry to hear the sage preach?
Immediately afterwards, the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Fuxi, Kunpeng, Hongyun, Zhenyuanzi, Dijun, Taiyi and other great beings of the primordial world also flew into Zixiao Palace.
Di Jun and Tai Yi were also taking the opportunity to build relationships with other prehistoric cultivators in preparation for establishing the demon race in the future.
Soon, the gates of Zixiao Palace opened, and numerous powerful figures poured in.