Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 78: Incense, Smoke

The next day, early in the morning.

Master Liu came to Li Zhi's room and saw Li Zhi sitting upright on the bed. He knew that Li Zhi had already woken up and was waiting for him.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the Director's Peak." Master Liu said.

Li Zhi followed Master Liu to the mountain. Looking at the towering mountain and the rugged and winding mountain road, Li Zhi was a little amazed.

He muttered, "We shouldn't go up there."

Upon hearing this, Master Liu glanced at Li Zhi and said, "You can go up if you want."

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge bird flew down from the sky.

Li Zhi couldn't recognize what kind of bird it was, but from the faint evil aura emanating from it, Li Zhi knew it was a monster.

"There are monsters in Xiaoyao Mountain?" Li Zhi asked curiously.

Immortal Master Liu was somewhat disgusted with Li Zhi's strange behavior. He said, "Who said that there can't be monsters in Xiaoyao Mountain? Our Xiaoyao Mountain is not like Shu Mountain where we kill monsters as soon as we catch them. Monsters are sometimes more useful than humans."

As Master Liu was speaking, the huge bird demon crouched down, and Master Liu stood on it directly.

Seeing Li Zhi still standing there stupidly, Master Liu frowned and said, "What? Do you really want to go up?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi immediately stood on the back of the bird monster.

After Li Zhi stood on it, the bird demon spread its wings, then carried Master Liu and Li Zhi and flew towards the top of the mountain.

Galloping all the way, Li Zhi only felt the strong wind blowing on his face. He held on to two feathers tightly, fearing that he would fall down.

After a while, the bird demon flew to the hall on the top of the mountain.

There was a huge square with birds of various shapes and forms. Some of them were dozing with their eyes closed, some were circling in the air, some were flying here and there.

Obviously, these are the mounts raised by the immortal sect.

The bird demon carrying Master Liu and Li Zhi landed steadily on the square.

Li Zhi quickly got off it. He really didn't feel safe standing on it.

Compared to Li Zhi's embarrassment, Master Liu was very calm. After he slowly walked down from the bird monster's back, he took out a pill from his sleeve and threw it to the bird monster.

Upon seeing this, the bird demon quickly opened its mouth and swallowed the pill, then its huge bird head pointed at Master Liu in a humane manner.

Master Liu ignored it and turned to walk towards the hall not far away.

Li Zhi hurriedly followed behind and asked, "Master, does this bird demon charge for a ride?"

Immortal Master Liu knew that his actions just now had caused Li Zhi to misunderstand him, so he said, "Although these monster birds are kept in captivity by the Immortal Sect, as long as they do not harm others, the Immortal Sect does not restrict them. So when some disciples have something to do and go out, they will ask these monster birds to take them with them."

As Master Liu spoke, he flipped his hand and a red pill appeared in his hand. He continued, "This Qi and Blood Pill is not difficult to refine, and the materials are not difficult to find. It is not very useful to cultivators like us, but it is a feast for these monsters. Feed them a few pills when you have nothing to do, and they will naturally do their best when you need them in the future."

As they were talking, they arrived at the main hall.

The hall was empty except for an old man in an old Taoist robe lying on a recliner.

Hearing the sound of someone talking, the old man raised his eyelids, took a look, and then slowly sat up.

Immortal Master Liu said to the old man, "Deacon He, I am here with my disciples to register."

Hearing this, Deacon He looked up at Li Zhi, then said to Master Liu: "It's strange that you also accepted a disciple..."

Immortal Master Liu had no expression on his face and did not respond to him.

Deacon He was obviously quite familiar with Immortal Master Liu, and he didn't say anything more. He just said to Li Zhi: "It is not difficult to enter the list of Xiaoyao Mountain, but you need to burn incense to the Immortal Ancestor first. After that, you can enter your name into the list."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi bowed to Deacon He and said, "Then I'll trouble Deacon He!"

"Hey, that's quite polite, but a little different from your master."

Deacon He joked, pointed to the corridor inside, and said, "Go inside, and someone will tell you what to do."

Li Zhi looked back at Master Liu and saw him nod slightly, so Li Zhi walked in.

 …

It was a long corridor, and strangely, no matter which way Li Zhi walked, he could not see the end in front of him.

Li Zhi frowned and looked back, only to see a long corridor behind him.

Illusion?

Li Zhi picked up the black sword and flicked it with his left hand.

"Den!"

A scarlet eye suddenly appeared.

However, the surrounding scene did not change at all.

Li Zhi put away the black sword and continued to move forward. Although he didn't know what was so strange about this place, he believed that if there was really any danger, Master Liu would not just sit there and do nothing. After all, the energy he invested in Li Zhi had not yet yielded any results.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, a stone gate appeared in front of him. Li Zhi felt a little relieved, although he didn't know what was behind the stone gate or whether there was any danger.

But Li Zhi felt that no matter how dangerous it was, it should be better than walking endlessly like this.

Li Zhi walked forward quickly and pushed the stone door open with force.

As the stone door was slowly pushed open, a heavy friction sound was heard, and the scene behind the door gradually appeared before Li Zhi's eyes.

An old smell blows in the face, carrying with it traces of time and the sedimentation of history.

Li Zhi looked up. It was a little dark inside, with a faint light flickering on the wall.

Li Zhi took a deep breath and stepped into the stone gate carefully. His feet stepped on the ground covered with ancient stone slabs. The ground under his feet seemed to tremble slightly.

Li Zhi's eyes gradually adjusted to the dimness, and he found himself in a spacious stone hall.

The walls of the stone hall are engraved with strange symbols and patterns. It is these patterns that emit a faint light, which prevents the entire stone hall from falling into complete darkness.

Li Zhi walked in slowly and saw a high platform in the center of the stone hall. On the platform was a small stone table with an incense burner on it.

Behind it was a huge stone tablet, which was engraved with dense words. Li Zhi squinted his eyes and looked at it from a distance, but could not see clearly what was written on it.

Suddenly, Li Zhi noticed a slight sound of footsteps behind him, and he turned around vigilantly.

I saw a figure gradually emerging from the darkness.

A Taoist priest, who was also wearing a Taoist robe, looked at Li Zhi with a serious face and said, "Are you the disciple who came to register today?"

A look of vigilance flashed across Li Zhi's eyes, but he still answered truthfully: "Exactly!"

The Taoist nodded and said, "Don't be on guard against me. I am the deacon here."

The Taoist priest walked over as he spoke, and Li Zhi then realized that he was holding an unlit incense stick in his hand.

"Light it up, and then burn incense on the platform!"

The Taoist handed the incense in his hand to Li Zhi.

After Li Zhi took it, he found that there was no fire. How to light incense without fire?

He turned his head and said, "Borrow a light..."

At this moment, he found that the Taoist priest had disappeared, as if he had never been there.

This made Li Zhi a little confused. How should he burn the incense?

Li Zhi frowned and thought for a long time, but couldn't find a way to light the incense.

Just as Li Zhi was becoming increasingly upset, an idea suddenly occurred to him.

Do I have to use Qi to light this incense?

Li Zhi did it as soon as he thought of it. He did not hesitate and carefully circulated the Qi in his body.

The Qi in the body flowed along Li Zhi's meridians and into his hands. With a "whoosh", the incense was lit.

Looking at the green smoke rising from the incense, Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and then slowly walked towards the platform.

At this time, Master Liu, who was waiting for Li Zhi in the hall, suddenly stood up.

He looked at the green smoke floating out of the corridor with a gloomy look, and his face became extremely ugly.

"Blue smoke!"

"You guys want to kill my apprentice, right?"

Immortal Master Liu's eerie and cold tone made Deacon He stand up with a serious expression.