The shrill cry of the six-winged golden silkworm subsided, and Li Yang and Xiao Bai returned to normal. Li Yang looked at the six-winged golden silkworm in front of him, about a foot in size, its wings trembling silently as it lay there motionless. Li Yang felt very excited and happy. This golden silkworm now only had its physical body left; its will had been completely obliterated, making it essentially a walking corpse. He could easily dispose of it as he pleased in the future. Li Yang rubbed his hands together and immediately cast a spell. Although his cultivation level was only at the early stage of Qi Refining and Body Entering cultivation, he had a strong foundation of internal energy, allowing him to force out a portion of his magical power—far more powerful than releasing external Qi.
Although the spell was weak, the six-winged golden silkworm had already lost consciousness and was immediately controlled by the spell. Its body shrank rapidly, like a deflated balloon, and instantly returned to the size of a little fingernail. Li Yang easily picked it up and placed it in his palm.
"Alright, it's time to leave. There's no need for me here for now." Li Yang nodded and walked out of the secret chamber. Chi Zhen, standing at the door, was shocked and asked, "Holy Lord, it's already a success?"
"Ah, yes. We all have to rely on you!" Li Yang patted Chi Zhen on the shoulder, not wanting to ask him where he got the six-winged golden silkworm larva. He figured Chi Zhen had just caught it as an ordinary poisonous insect, and even if he explained the power of the six-winged golden silkworm, Chi Zhen wouldn't understand.
"It's what I should do!" Chi Zhen said respectfully.
"Go and prepare a few small bottles!" Li Yang instructed.
"Alright!" Chi Zhen immediately went down.
"Here are the bottles!" Chi Zhen handed Li Yang several small, transparent glass bottles. Li Yang took the bottles, first placing the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm into one of them, then turning back into Chi You's tomb and filling all the smaller bottles with Chi You's essence blood. The bottle containing the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm was also filled with Chi You's essence blood. As a race blessed by the Ancestral Witches through the Nine Li Heavenly Vein, the power of their essence blood was astonishing.
Not to mention a great shaman like Chi You? Li Yang couldn't withstand the power of the essence blood, but this six-winged golden silkworm was extraordinary. Not only could it absorb it, but it absorbed it with great relish, seemingly enjoying itself in the bottle, constantly absorbing the power from the essence blood to enhance its own strength.
Chapter 776: Seeking Li Yang's Protection
If it were simply allowed to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to evolve on its own, it would still take five hundred years in ancient times when spiritual energy was abundant. In this era of scarce spiritual energy, it would probably take more than three five hundred years.
However, with the catalyst of Chi You's blood essence, Li Yang guessed that the six-winged golden silkworm might evolve a second pair of wings within a few decades, or even a few years. Thinking of this, Li Yang felt he needed to quickly increase his strength. He hurriedly sent a wisp of his primordial spirit into the six-winged golden silkworm's body. With this second primordial spirit, essentially a second clone, his immense power would allow him to roam freely not only the mortal world but also the cultivation world!
After letting out a smug laugh, Li Yang finally stepped out.
"You all protect Chi You's tomb well, I will come back!" Li Yang said to Chi Zhen.
"Your Majesty may depart, but I will certainly protect you well!" Chi Zhen said respectfully.
"Okay!" Li Yang nodded slightly, left Wenshan Miao Village, and flew back to Jiangdong City. However, he encountered a thorny situation as soon as he returned to Jiangdong City. The turmoil surrounding his disappearance had subsided, and Yu Tihu had returned home and recovered after a period of rest. When Li Yang returned to Zhenwei Martial Arts School, he saw Takagi Maria, whose eyes were swollen to the size of walnuts, and Nan Xiangmei, who was frowning and standing by her side.
"What's wrong with you?" Li Yang asked, looking at them with a puzzled expression.
Chu Hong frowned and said, "Not long after you left, their master had an accident!"
"Something happened? What happened?" Li Yang was surprised. He hadn't even bothered them yet, and they were already in trouble? Who understood him so well? Ye Gucheng?
“My master has been captured by a powerful force, and they are threatening to force me to go back and get married!” Maria Gao Shu said, choking back tears.
"Get married? Marry whom?" Li Yang found it amusing. What the hell? What era are we living in? People still force marriage?
“It was the Kujuku family and the Yagyu family who made the move!” Maria Takagi said.
"I'm asking you who you're going to marry!" Li Yang said.
“I’m marrying the son of the CEO of a large Japanese conglomerate!” Maria Takagi said.
"Who are you?" Li Yang asked suspiciously.
“I am a member of the Japanese Imperial Family, similar to a princess in your ancient times!” Maria Takagi said, bowing her head.
"Damn, she has such an amazing background?" Li Yang exclaimed inwardly. He took a closer look at Takagi Maria and found that she was indeed extraordinary. She was beautiful to begin with, and her temperament was so outstanding. She was truly a femme fatale!
"The Nine Chrysanthemum Clan and the Yagyu Clan must be very powerful, right? They even dared to mess with your master?" Li Yang asked, frowning.
"My master, Ran Wugong, is the second-best martial artist in Japan. The best is Daishu Zangyi, ranked fourth on the World Dragon Ranking. But besides martial arts, we Japanese also have shikigami (spirits/spirits) who possess unpredictable supernatural powers. They are extremely mysterious and their identities are shrouded in secrecy. They are generally responsible for Japan's national security, much like China's National Security Bureau. They are full of people with extraordinary abilities and skills. They all obey the orders of the state. I never expected that they would target my master this time!" Takagi Maria revealed many shocking secrets, which Chu Hong was unaware of. She frowned as she listened, but at least she learned something about this aspect. Li Yang, on the other hand, was not surprised. He had already met people from the National Security Bureau and had even received Chi You's legacy at the Chi You Tomb, so he was even less curious or surprised by such things.
"I see. I understand now. It seems they want you to give in. But in my opinion, as long as you don't give in, your master will definitely be fine and won't be in any danger. Once you return to Japan and are captured by them, then your master will probably be in grave danger!" Li Yang analyzed.
“I, I think so too, so I’ve been stalling for time and just won’t go back to Japan!” Maria Takagi nodded immediately.
"What do you want me to do?" Li Yang asked, puzzled.
"I...I want your protection!" Maria Takagi pleaded.
"You want me to protect you? Not to go to Japan to see your master?" Li Yang asked in surprise.
“I don’t dare to ask for anything more, just that you protect me is enough. I feel like they’re losing patience and will soon send people to China to take me back!” Maria Takagi said.
"Alright. You can stay here and I'll protect you!" Li Yang agreed to Takagi Maria's request. After all, they were friends, and he had only joked about causing trouble for their master.
"Thank you so much, Li Yang!" Maria Gao Shu said gratefully.
"We're friends! Don't be so polite!" Li Yang waved his hand and said.
Then Li Yang began instructing Xue Tao and Yu Tihu to keep an eye out for any special jade artifacts or refined iron in the country. He wanted to refine talismans, jade tablets, and array flags, because his current strength was too low; he was only at the Qi Refining stage. Although he had completely surpassed the physical realm and far exceeded the so-called Transformation of Strength, Embracing the Core, and the Way of the Body and Spirit, he had only just begun his journey in car repair, barely scratching the surface.
He gave these instructions. That night, he sat cross-legged in his room, setting up a spirit-gathering array to condense the essence of the Taiyin star, the moon, to temper his body and enhance his power. At the same time, he began refining the Dao Heart True Fire according to the incantation, because both the refined iron and the jade tablet required true fire to be successfully refined. However, Li Yang's current magical power was too low; he could only refine the lowest level of Dao Heart True Fire, which was far inferior to the Samadhi True Fire of the immortals, or the Doushuai Fire of the Supreme Lord Laozi!
Li Yang absorbed the essence of the Taiyin Star for most of the night and felt his strength increase significantly, much faster than when he trained alone or did "that kind of thing" with Chu Hong. For the first time, he felt the joy of cultivation.
"Let's take a look at the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm. Let's refine it again to prevent it from slipping out of our control. The more we refine it, the more flexible we'll be when using it against enemies!" Li Yang took out the glass bottle containing the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm and immersed it in a bottle full of Chi You's essence blood. It seemed like no consumption, but in fact, a hair-thin amount of essence blood had already been devoured by it.
He opened the glass bottle and released the six-winged golden silkworm. Sure enough, the silkworm swelled up again, growing from the size of a fingernail to about a foot in size. Its plump body emitted a golden glow, and its pair of fan-like wings trembled slightly—it was truly magical. Li Yang felt an urge to kiss it.
This is a treasure! A priceless treasure of heaven and earth! After staring at it for a long time, Li Yang calmed down, regulated his breathing, and then cast spells one after another on the six-winged golden silkworm, each spell mixed with a trace of Li Yang's primordial spirit.
By the time he finished this ritual, he was exhausted and covered in sweat.
"Damn, extracting a wisp of my primordial spirit is excruciatingly painful. This path of cultivation is truly not something ordinary people can do; it's defying the heavens!" Li Yang muttered to himself for a few moments before retracting his Six-Winged Golden Silkworm. Then, he felt somewhat frustrated. Chi You's essence blood was such an incredible thing, yet he couldn't absorb it for the time being. So frustrating!
Chapter 777: The Twelve Heavens of Yin and Yang
However, Li Yang looked at the still trembling six-winged golden silkworm and tapped its shell. It produced a metallic clang, its hardness surpassing any steel in reality. Li Yang tried increasing the force, but even after using almost half his magical power, the six-winged golden silkworm remained unharmed. Furthermore, the wisp of divine sense Li Yang held within its mind sensed no danger.
"Excellent, incredibly resilient! This thing is truly a masterpiece for a second primordial spirit! However, it seems incomplete, not yet finished! According to the Great God Chi You's 'Outline of Weapon Refining,' the cultivation of a second primordial spirit requires the mixing of essence blood and divine thought. I've only mixed in divine thought; essence blood still needs to be infused..."
Li Yang nodded slightly, forcing out a drop of his own essence blood, about the size of a broad bean, radiating the unique fluctuations of essence blood, containing a trace of the Jiuli bloodline's essence blood, and trembling with a mysterious power. Following the records in the outline, he chanted profound and difficult-to-understand incantations, his fingers drawing strange symbols on the body of the six-winged golden silkworm, especially its head. A bizarre pattern quickly appeared on the six-winged golden silkworm's head. Suddenly, a sense of connection came, and Li Yang could immediately sense the six-winged golden silkworm's every move, especially everything inside its body.