After subduing the Kui Niu in the space, Li Yao began to recover his energy.
This time, in order to seize the Dragon-Subduing Cauldron, he fought a great battle with the Ghost King, which consumed a lot of his spiritual power.
In addition, storing the massive Fulong Cauldron and Kui Niu into the space consumed a great deal of divine soul.
Later, he subdued the Kui Niu, which again consumed a lot of his spiritual energy.
The series of exertions had left him exhausted, and he needed to quickly restore his magical power.
Fortunately, he had planted many spiritual herbs and medicines in his space.
With the help of the Six-Tailed Fox, the Three-Tailed Fox and Little Fire gathered many spiritual herbs and medicines and refined a lot of spiritual pills.
After taking the elixir, Li Yao felt his spiritual power recover considerably.
Meanwhile, by cultivating the "Great Dao True Scripture," he spent two hours finally restoring his spiritual power to about 80-90%.
Thanks to the help of the six-tailed and three-tailed beasts, Li Yao recovered so quickly this time.
It seems that putting the Six-Tails and Three-Tails into the space earlier did indeed play a significant role at a crucial moment.
After recovering most of his spiritual power, Li Yao checked on the condition of the Kui Niu.
The Fulong Cauldron was suspended in mid-air, and a huge red halo was formed around it.
This is the Dragon-Trapping Gate Formation!
Inside the magic circle was the Kui Niu, which had already been subdued.
At this moment, the Kui Niu lay there, utterly powerless, unable to escape.
Now that he had obtained the Dragon-Subduing Cauldron and the Kui Niu, Li Yao wondered if he should try to activate the Four Spirits Blood Array, just like the Ghost King had done.
However, this matter is not urgent and can be put aside for now.
Right now, he has an even bigger goal.
In fact, besides obtaining the Fulong Cauldron and the Kui Niu from the Ghost King, Li Yao also obtained the second volume of the "Heavenly Book".
Earlier, the moment he entered the space, he picked up all the attribute orbs that had fallen from the Ghost King.
This includes the second volume of "The Book of Heaven".
Therefore, for Li Yao, the Ghost King's contribution this time was considerable.
I wonder what the situation is like outside right now?
Li Yao gave Xiao Huo a few instructions, telling him to keep an eye on the Kui Niu's condition, and then he left the space.
In an instant, he reappeared at Liubo Mountain.
The place where he appeared was the place where he had disappeared.
At this moment, dawn was approaching, and the east was shrouded in a hazy gray.
He found the place very quiet, with no one else around.
It seems that both the righteous and the demonic forces have left.
However, he vaguely heard a few faint shouts coming from not far away.
A relieved smile appeared on Li Yao's face as he murmured, "I didn't expect Xiao Fan and the others to be so filial."
Indeed, he had already recognized that the shouts came from Zhang Xiaofan and his two companions.
He summoned the Overlord Spear, rode it, and rushed towards the sound.
Soon, he saw Zhang Xiaofan and the others on a coastline, searching and shouting loudly.
Besides Zhang Xiaofan and the other two, there were also Faxiang, Qi Hao, and several others.
"Xiao Fan, Jing Yu, Ke'er, your master is here!"
Li Yao shouted.
"Master, Master..."
Zhang Xiaofan and the others were overjoyed to see Li Yao and immediately used their respective magical treasures to fly over.
Lin Jingyu quickly asked, "Master, where did you go before? We were all so worried!"
Everyone looked at Li Yao, wondering how he had vanished into thin air in front of everyone.
Also, where did that giant cauldron and that enormous Kui ox go?
Li Yao had already prepared a response to this.
He explained, "Previously, I used a trick to move the Dragon-Subduing Cauldron and the Kui Niu away. I have already released the Kui Niu, but the Dragon-Subduing Cauldron fell into the deep sea. I was injured by the Dragon-Trapping Formation on the Dragon-Subduing Cauldron, so I found a secluded place to heal."
Although this explanation is not perfect, it is difficult for others to find any flaws in it.
After all, neither the Fulong Cauldron nor the Kui Niu could be found, so no one could verify Li Yao's statement.
However, Zhang Xiaofan and the other two believed Li Yao's statement without a doubt.
Although they had never witnessed any illusions, they all believed that their master could disappear into thin air using illusions.
Based on this alone, I doubt there is a single cultivator in the world today who could achieve this.
Therefore, they admired Li Yao even more.
Next, Li Yao inquired about what happened after he left.
Through Zhang Xiaofan and others' accounts, he figured out what happened next.
It turned out that after he entered the space, the Ghost King and the others fled in panic under the cover of the Azure Dragon.
In fact, he had known all along that the Ghost King was not dead.
Because he did not kill the Ghost King.
For Li Yao, the Ghost King is still of great use and cannot die yet.
Later, the remaining members of the Demonic Sect fled Liubo Mountain under the cover of night.
The righteous people, including Cangsong, did not press their advantage.
Afterwards, Cangsong and the others searched the place where Li Yao disappeared for half an hour before giving up the search.
Cangsong led most of the righteous people away from Liubo Mountain.
Zhang Xiaofan and the other two were worried about Li Yao, so they insisted on staying to search for him.
Because Faxiang and other people from Tianyin Temple had a good relationship with Zhang Xiaofan and others.
Therefore, Faxiang and the others stayed behind to search for Li Yao with Zhang Xiaofan and the others.
Seeing this situation, Cangsong had no choice but to keep Qi Hao and Song Daren behind, so that they could also participate in the search for Li Yao, lest they be ridiculed by the righteous path of the world.
After all, Li Yao had previously stood with the righteous path to fight against the demonic sect.
If Qingyun Sect were to abandon Li Yao and leave on their own, they would surely be ridiculed by the righteous sects of the world.
Chapter 352 Li Yao's Early Life Remains Unrecognizable
Zhang Xiaofan and the others spent the entire night searching for Li Yao, unable to sleep.
Therefore, they were all exhausted at this moment.
From Liubo Mountain, located on an isolated island outside the East China Sea, it would take at least ten days to return to the mainland.
Therefore, Li Yao and the others rested at Liubo Mountain for a day and a night to recuperate.
The next day, they set off to leave Liubo Mountain.
They remained silent the entire way.
It took them several days to finally cross the sea and return to land.
Afterwards, they spent two more days arriving at Changhe City, the largest city closest to Liubo Mountain.
It was already late at this moment.
Li Yao then decided to find an inn in Changhe City to rest for the time being, and continue his journey the next day.
Among the group, Li Yao held the highest status.
Therefore, everyone followed his instructions along the way.
Having traveled for more than ten days, Li Yao certainly wouldn't treat himself poorly.
So he went directly to Haiyunlou, the most famous luxury inn in Changhe City.
Li Yao and his group entered the inn, and Li Yao went straight to the counter.
A shopkeeper who was doing the accounts noticed someone entering and immediately looked up, a smile spreading across his face. He politely asked Li Yao, "Honored guest, are you looking for a room?"
Li Yao reached into his robes, took out a gold ingot from his ring space, placed it on the counter, and said, "Prepare a few superior rooms for us!"
This gold ingot must be worth at least a hundred taels of silver.
The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he immediately smiled so broadly his eyes widened. He said even more respectfully, "Honorable guest, please rest assured, our shop is a century-old establishment. We guarantee you will feel at home, come with peace of mind, and leave satisfied..."
As he spoke, he called to the shop assistant and asked him to lead Li Yao and his group to the guest rooms on the second floor.
Just as Li Yao and the others were about to go upstairs, a voice suddenly came from behind: "Ah, young man, this old Taoist sees that you have a full forehead and a square jaw, you are definitely not an ordinary person!"
Li Yao and the others were taken aback and turned around.
Before them stood an old Taoist priest, his hair and beard all white, his face gaunt and refined, exuding an air of otherworldly grace and the appearance of a highly accomplished Taoist master, inspiring a sense of respect in one's very first glance.
In the old Taoist's hand, he held a bamboo pole with a white cloth hanging on it, on which were written four words: "The Immortal Points the Way!"
Beside the old Taoist priest was a little girl of eight or nine years old, with two pigtails sticking up in the air. She was lively and cute, and was holding a string of candied hawthorns in her hand, eating them with relish.
With such obvious features, Li Yao didn't need to think much to guess the identities of the two people.
That old Taoist priest must be Zhou Yixian, who swindles and cheats people all day long.
The adorable little girl must be Zhou Xiaohuan, the granddaughter adopted by Zhou Yixian.
I never expected to run into these two people here.
"Ah, it's the old immortal who's back!"