CHAPTER 894: CHAPTER 671: CROSS-WORLD REQUEST FOR AID (PART 2)

"Although I don’t know what’s sealed inside, I can feel an overwhelming essence qi leaking out."

"Even with the red gold blocking it, the leaking essence qi is terrifying. It’s hard to imagine what precious things might exist inside once it’s opened. Could it really be Divine Blood?"

Jiang Mingtian’s eyes lit up as he heard this: "Did you really find something?"

While speaking, Li Yi cleared a relatively spacious area within the mine tunnel, took out the Cross-border Machine from the Five Elements Bracelet, and woke up the Intelligent Computer Lan Ji to start adjusting it.

"Since there’s truly a treasure, and it’s extremely important to our cultivation, why not take a gamble and fight this so-called Mountain Lord? If we win, we can take over the entire Red Gold Mountain and become its master, with the mountain’s treasures falling into our hands. If we lose... we’ll either die here, or we’ll flee for our lives."

Jiang Mingtian was taken aback, not expecting Li Yi’s ambitions to be so great as to replace and become the Red Gold Mountain Master.

Crazy as it might sound, what if they actually succeeded?

Then it would be a complete turnaround and takeover.

Thinking about this made Jiang Mingtian’s breath grow heavier. Having mined here for over a year, he was well aware of how much red gold had been produced and the resources it could buy. If they could seize it, just getting a small share would make him rich.

Then there would be nothing he couldn’t buy.

Moreover, since Li Yi dared to do this, he must have some level of confidence, not entirely without assurance.

"Alright, let’s battle the Red Gold Mountain Master. You prepare here, I’ll go contact Zhao Fangji and also find that mutant beast, Qióngqí, to confirm whether my Beast Taming Talisman worked or not. If luck is on my side and the talisman worked, we’ll have a Mountain Lord level of fighting power on our side."

Jiang Mingtian decided to gamble with Li Yi.

After being subservient for over a year, how could he rise without taking a risk? Even if he escaped later, returning to Earth without enough resources would mean falling behind in cultivation, which he didn’t want at all.

"Alright, be careful. As long as you stay hidden, the Mountain Lord won’t act against you; remember, you’re still a slave in identity, and nobody will pay you any attention," Li Yi reminded him.

Because those who knew Jiang Mingtian’s true identity were already dead.

"I understand." Jiang Mingtian nodded, then stored the bodies into a Storage Magical Artifact, effectively destroying evidence, and disguised himself as usual to run out of the mine tunnel.

Meanwhile, Li Yi was installing the Cross-border Machine.

Using Dragon Scale, Luanyang Feather, and the World Heart Gem as energy sources, the Cross-border Gate easily opened again, directly locating the world of the Incense Fire God through coordinates.

In reality, Li Yi still had another miracle called the Candle Eye Pearl, which he had bought at great cost from a Gem Merchant in Beihuai City, though for now he didn’t plan to use its energy.

As the Cross-border Gate opened.

An astonishing flow of Incense Fire Energy was drawn towards him like a tide.

With the infusion of incense power, Li Yi’s strength increased in unimaginable ways, making him feel almost godlike, with a sense of boundless power.

"With the power of Incense Fire and my Treasure Moon Bow and Black Gold Arrow, there’s no way I can’t defeat a Mountain Lord," Li Yi thought to himself.

But while absorbing incense power, he didn’t forget to cast spells.

His mana coalesced into a cloud, which then transformed into an Immortal Crane, spreading its wings and flying into the World of the Incense Fire God.

This was a small spell from the Cloud-Riding Technique called Immortal Crane Communication.

Li Yi now only guarded the Cross-border Machine, keeping the gate open while continuing to absorb the power of incense.

Fortunately, the energy from three complete miracles was sufficient, making it easy to maintain the Cross-border Gate for an extended period. Without enough complete miracles, it would be hard to keep the gate open for long, and once the energy ran out, the gate would close.

Thus, opening the Cross-border Gate was quite an expensive endeavor.

At the same time.

In the Incense Fire God’s world.

This place was three hundred miles away from the Capital, but beyond the capital, a Dao Mountain suddenly appeared one night, with major construction taking place atop it, soon erecting numerous Dao Palaces.

It was said to be the palace of the State Preceptor Master Taiyi.

Inside the Taiyi Hall on Dao Mountain at this moment.

An exquisite and mature Taoist Nun sat atop a meditation mat carved from Warm Jade, surrounded by incense smoke and shrouded in five-colored light, three translucent Tao Flowers blooming above her head, with a lotus fragrance wafting all around.

Xiang Xiangzi was in this world, using the power of incense and a Seven-Colored Stone gifted by Li Yi to regenerate her body, recovering her cultivation, and even advancing further to reach the level of Five Qi Chaoyuan and Three Flowers Gathering at the Top.

One more step forward, and it could be called Great Perfection.

To achieve this level in such a short time, Xiang Xiangzi marveled countless times at the wonders of this world.

Meanwhile, beside her.

Xuan Yuezi also sat on a Warm Jade Meditation Mat, with a large square seal floating before her eyes, the Heavenly Dao Seal refined by Tu Daoist by combining the Heavenly Dao Map and a damaged Xuanhuang Seal.

At that moment.

The Heavenly Dao Seal seemed to breathe, absorbing the gathered incense power from the world.

With the help of this incense.

Three Immortals who had perished within the Heavenly Dao Seal were indeed revived anew.

Their ethereal figures hovered around the seal, using incense power to reveal their true forms. Yet the newly revived Immortals were still fragile, and it would take a long journey to reach the level of Xiang Xiangzi, reconstruct their bodies, and bloom their three flowers.

"Master Taiyi is indeed blessed, no lie, with the Dao Machine Seal on him. Under Taiyi’s guidance, we arrived in this world and actually used incense power to revive three sisters," Xuan Yuezi couldn’t help but sigh.

"Five Qi Chaoyuan, Three Flowers Gathering at the Top."

Xiang Xiangzi’s lips curled in an alluring smile, "I thought I would never reach this realm in this life, yet it happened so quickly. Moreover, borrowing falsehood to cultivate truth means my realm won’t fall even when I cross worlds in the future."

"It’s all thanks to Emperor Shenwu, gathering world incense under the name of Master Taiyi’s Seven Immortals, for this achievement today. If Emperor Shenwu hadn’t agreed, things wouldn’t have been so smooth. By the way, Xiang Xiangzi, how did you persuade this Emperor Shenwu?" Xuan Yuezi asked.

The world’s incense was limited, and even Emperor Shenwu was reluctant to hand over his incense power.

Xiang Xiangzi licked her enticing red lips, "I told Emperor Shenwu that both you and I are Taiyi Dao Companions, destined to dual cultivate into the Dao. Naturally, Emperor Shenwu agreed to this small request."

"..." Xuan Yuezi stared at her, momentarily speechless.

"You’re deceiving both the Emperor Shenwu and Taiyi," she then furrowed her brow slightly.

Xiang Xiangzi smiled, "I didn’t deceive Taiyi; borrow the false to cultivate the true, don’t you understand this principle, Xuan Yuezi? Moreover, I’m quite skilled in dual cultivation techniques and will teach you in time."

"Nonsense, what borrowing the false to cultivate the true?" Xuan Yuezi’s face blushed at the thought, and she couldn’t help but give a brief scold.

"Don’t be shy, a man should marry, a woman should wed, finding a good Dao Companion isn’t easy. While our Seven Immortals are still respected, we should seize the chance. If in a few years Taiyi reaches Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, Five Qi Chaoyuan, we might not reach him. So don’t be too reserved; time passes quickly," Xiang Xiangzi laughed.

Xuan Yuezi did not retort, only pursing her lips, her eyes flickering with thought.

But at this moment.

An Immortal Crane suddenly appeared outside the hall and let out a cry.

"An Immortal Crane Communication of Cloud Riding Technique?" Both their smiles instantly disappeared, then they shared a glance.

In the entire world of the Incense Fire God, only the two of them could use this method.

Yet clearly, this Immortal Crane wasn’t created by either Xiang Xiangzi or Xuan Yuezi.

The only possibility was that this Immortal Crane came across worlds.

"This must be Taiyi seeking us," Xuan Yuezi said, making a gesture to open the door, allowing the crane to fly right in, then disperse into a cloud before them.

Within the cloud, a message emerged.