This ancient temple is full of eerie atmosphere, with ghostly statues transforming into Buddha statues. A lone lamp has been burning for years without extinguishing. The old tree behind the temple grows in a way that makes it look like a real person. All of this seems too abnormal.

  As soon as Guo Ye stepped onto the first stone step, he felt dizzy and his mind was filled with Buddhist chants, as if tens of thousands of monks were reciting scriptures in his ears. The ancient temple also transmitted a magical call, "Come in, come in..."

  Suddenly a red figure descended from the sky, as if an immortal fairy had come down to earth. She was tall and slender, her red clothes were like blood, her eyes were like two black stars in the cold night, floating in mid-air, as if treading on auspicious clouds.

  The red-clothed woman grasped Guo Yao with one hand and pulled him back, then stepped on the ground with one foot, emitting a brilliant red light from her body, and shouted: "You're still not at peace even in death!"

  She stepped on the ground with one foot, and everything around her suddenly shattered like a phantom, the ancient castle was fragmented, the palace sank into the ground, the desolate mountain was torn apart along with the ancient temple, and everything turned to dust.

  When Guo Yi opened his eyes again, he found that everything had disappeared, and he was standing by a deep and cold pool, just one step away from stepping into the pool. The water in the pool was icy cold, extremely cold, even if a piece of raw iron was thrown in, it would be frozen to crack, and if a person fell in, they would surely die, but for some reason, the pool water did not freeze.

  In the distance, Hua Er Lou was lying on the ground, hugging an ancient tree trunk, just like an ostrich burying its head in the soil.

  "Is this really the real world? Was everything before an illusion?"

  Guo Yi stared at the cold pond in front of him, his heart still racing with lingering fear, and hastily retreated, pulling Hua Er Lou out from the edge of the pit.

  "Huh? What's going on? Where is that ancient temple? And those ancient castles, palaces?" Hua Er Lou asked in surprise.

  Guo Yi didn't expect this guy to be so timid and said in a bad tone: "How would I know, why don't you ask her!"

  The lady was still wearing her red dress, holding a huge iron sword, standing by the cold pond, with jade skin and snow-like complexion, her black hair fluttering in the wind, like a goddess gazing at the waves. It was she who had just saved Guo Yao.

  Seeing the extraordinary beauty of Ji, Hua Er Lou's eyes lit up instantly, his nosebleed sprayed wildly, he licked his thick tongue and smiled lewdly: "Whose girl is this, she can be compared to Yan Honglei."

  The lady's elegance was extremely terrifying, Guo Yao had seen it before, and he thought to himself that Hua Pingzi actually dared to tease her like this, didn't he want his life?

  Of course, if Guo Yi knew that Ji You Ran was the master of You Jin City, he would admire Hua Er Lou's courage even more.

  Hua Erlou patted Guo Yao's shoulder and glanced at Ji You Ran, saying: "Little Smoke is yours, this red-clothed beauty belongs to me."

  Guo Yi patted Hua Er Lou's shoulder again, with a big question: "You've been in the isolated city for so long, don't you recognize her?"

  Hua's eyes lit up and he exclaimed: "Could it be that you know the boss? If so, introduce me to him. You can't keep this to yourself!"

  "Of course, she's the one who gave me the house arrest order. Her surname seems to be Ji... Eh, what's wrong with you?"

  Hua Er Lou hadn't even finished speaking when he was scared unconscious, and only came to after being slapped twice by Guo Yi. However, his entire body was now paralyzed, lying on the ground like a dead pig, muttering non-stop: "It's all over, I actually flirted with the City Master, my life is forfeit."

  "Is Ji You Ran actually the lord of the secluded city?"

  Kuo Yeh also suddenly became reverent, and hastily pulled up Hua Er Lou. The two of them simultaneously fell to the ground: "Greetings, Lord of the City, your power is boundless, your divine abilities are vast, your longevity rivals that of Heaven..."

  Ji Yu Ran glanced at Hua Er Lou without looking, and said to Guo Yao: "Not bad, you've actually broken through the mortal body and are about to open the door to cultivating immortality, two months faster than I expected."

  Kwok Yat flattered: "It's all due to the city master's excellent teaching."

  "You're so glib with your words, I hadn't planned on teaching you anything before you entered the Wu List." Ji You Ran's expression was cold and detached, devoid of any warmth.

  Guo Yidao said: "But you said that as long as I break through to Wu Sheng within half a year, you will teach me the Xian Ling Jue. You can't go back on your word, can you?"

  Ji's face was pale and cold, a spark of divine light flashed on her fingertips, an ancient book with a radiant glow floated in the palm of her hand, then flew to Guo Yao's face.

  "This 'Nine Changes of the Mysterious Fire Scripture' - the Scarlet Fire Chapter, I'll let you cultivate it. Once you defeat the five young masters on the Martial Board of Youyun City, I'll formally accept you as my disciple and teach you the complete 'Nine Changes of the Mysterious Fire Scripture'." Ji You said

  Hua Er Lou whispered: "As soon as the city master makes a move, it will be clear whether he has it or not. He can easily take out a heavenly-grade spiritual manual, which is priceless!"

  After breaking through the mortal body, one must cultivate the spiritual formula to go further, open the door of immortality, and then step onto the path of immortality, entering the profound realm of the spiritual state.

  "Jiubian Xuanhuo Jue" is divided into nine chapters, and "Red Fire Chapter" is only the first chapter, which is also the most basic one.

  Guo Yi poked his hand, put away the first chapter of "Jiubian Xuanhuo Jue", and smiled: "You just teach me the spiritual mantra for cultivating immortals, as for taking me as an apprentice, I think it's better to forget about it."

  Hua Er Lou was so envious that he couldn't help but stare at the "Nine Changes of the Mysterious Fire Technique", drooling, and hastily said: "He doesn't want to be a disciple of the city master, I'll do it, being a junior apprentice is also fine."

  The girl stared at Guo Yao with a cold and detached gaze, instantly causing a layer of frost to appear on his body. She said in a chilly tone: "If you can't be my disciple, I'll kill you myself."

  She drifted away like a gentle breeze, disappearing into the depths of the icy pool like a red-clad fairy. Her voice emerged from the vast mist: "Remember my words, defeat the five top martial artists of Youjin City's 'Wu Bang', and then come find me here again. If you lose even one match, I'll chop off one of your hands."

  "This woman is too ruthless! I only have two hands, if I lose three games which one should I cut off?"

  At the time of Ji You Ran's departure, it seemed that he had said something to Hua Er Lou in a low voice. The dead fat man, facing Han Tan, shouted loudly: "Lord City Master, I will definitely help you supervise him. For the sake of Lord City Master, Hua Er Lou is extremely honored."

  "What did the fat woman say to you?" Guo Yi asked.

  Hua Er Lou looked at Guo Yi with even more respect, smiled and said: "Young City Master, the City Master asked me to help you arrange a decisive battle with several top-ranked martial artists from the Wu Bang. If we succeed, she will give me a spiritual manual."

  "What kind of nonsense is 'Young City Master'? You make it sound like I'm some kind of illegitimate son of Ji Youyan."

  Hua Er Lou said with envy: "Each generation of the master of the Sealed Castle will only have one apprentice, and this apprentice is the next generation's master of the Sealed Castle. As long as you defeat those five top martial artists on the 'Martial Arts Ranking', you can become the true fifth-generation master of the Sealed Castle. What would they call you if not Young Master?"

  No wonder Hua Er Lou rushed to become Ji You Ruan's apprentice earlier, it turns out there were these secrets.

  Two people walked back and forth along the edge of the cold pool, and on the way, they didn't see any ancient castles or palaces. There was only one stone staircase leading to the outside world. On both sides of this ancient road were planted with phoenix trees, under which there were some broken tiles and crumbling wall stones, it is unknown how many years and months they have existed.

  "You said that the ancient castles, palaces, desolate mountains and old temples we saw on our way here, were they just illusions or did they really exist in the past?" Hua Er Lou couldn't help but ask.

  Guo Yi thought for a long time and said, "I think what we saw not only existed in the past but may still exist now. They should be between reality and illusion, it's just that we can't see them now. Maybe we're walking outside a lifeless palace without even realizing it."

  Hua Erlou was so frightened that he shrunk his neck and cast a sideways glance around, as if there were vengeful spirits staring at him.

  Kuo Yi's eyes were deep and profound, with a matter that he couldn't let go of in his heart. Was the black figure in the ancient temple really Li Xiao Yan? He could clearly feel the real existence of the ancient temple on the desolate mountain, absolutely not an illusion. So where did the ancient temple on the desolate mountain go? Or was it that the ancient temple on the desolate mountain remained in its original place, but we were taken to another place by Ji You Ran?

  "It seems that I can only defeat those few high-ranking masters on the Martial Arts Ranking first, and then come here to find the answer."

  The two of them walked nearly ten miles on the ancient path before returning to the main road, where the magnificent carriage pulled by nine lion-tiger beasts was still parked by the roadside, everything seemed perfectly normal.

  Hua Er Lou said: "Boss, it's already late at night, why don't you come and stay at my place for the time being?"

  "Isn't this a bit inconvenient?"

  "Hua Er Lou hastily said: 'My family is quite large, even if hundreds or thousands of guests come, they can all be accommodated. Moreover, my father and grandfather are very hospitable, if they knew your identity, I'm afraid they would have welcomed you at the gate of our mansion early on.'"

  It can accommodate thousands of people, how big a mansion is needed? What does the Huazhi family do after all? Guo Yao happened to have nowhere to go and naturally became less polite.

  There were indeed many large households in the city of Youjin, but this was still the first time Guo Yi had seen such a large mansion, even the former Guo household was far from being so big.

  Ninefold palace walls and ninefold pavilions, in the midst of which is a deep boudoir.

  Guo Yi this time truly saw what a big household was, the previous ones were just thatched cottages compared to the former mansions and Hua Er Lou's house. The courtyard walls were built as high and large as city walls, with a height of tens of meters, three zhang thick, one layer surrounding another, with a total of nine layers of courtyard walls. On top of the city walls, there were guards standing every three steps, each with the cultivation of a martial saint.

  The entire mansion covers an area of tens of miles, with magnificent ancient halls, pavilions and even small artificial hills and lakes built in each layer of the city wall. Every detail has been carefully considered, and it is absolutely a masterpiece of garden design.

  Deep within the entire mansion, there was a faint glow of spiritual light, and an ancient and majestic palace stood in the center, with a vast and ethereal aura as if it were a divine palace.

  "Nice to meet you, young master."

  Hua Erlou led Guo Yao into the mansion through a side door, and all the guards, servants, and maids along the way bowed to him. Most notably, these maids and servants were all practitioners of Wu Sheng's martial arts.

  "Fat boy, just how big is your house?"

  Guo Yi had mentally prepared himself, but he was still shocked. It took him an hour to walk through the five layers of city walls before arriving at his residence.

  Hua Er Lou smiled and said: "Boss, let's talk about other things tomorrow, you rest first tonight."

  This is a five-story pavilion, magnificent and majestic, with a large garden, where hundreds of flowers bloom, strange rocks are dense, water flows, and the scenery is endless. This is the residence arranged by Hua Er Lou for Guo Yao alone, and he also sent four beautiful maids to serve him, saying that they were serving his bed, but were rejected by Guo Yao.

  Lying in bed, Guo Yi couldn't sleep, so he took out the "Nine Changes of the Mysterious Fire Technique" given to him by Ji You Ran.

  The Cultivation of Spiritual Techniques is divided into three levels: Human-grade Spiritual Techniques, Earth-grade Spiritual Techniques, and Heaven-grade Spiritual Techniques.

  Every single spiritual manual is extremely precious and invaluable, with the entire city of Yu Yin having an extremely small number of spiritual manuals, totaling no more than ten volumes, all in the hands of the three major spiritual palaces and four major aristocratic families. This is also why so many people in Yu Yin City want to join these seven major forces. However, even these spiritual palaces and aristocratic families cannot possess a second volume of spiritual manual because the number of spiritual manuals is simply too small.

  Without a spiritual formula, it is impossible to open the door of cultivation and even more impossible to embark on the path of cultivation. Even the lowest-grade human-level spiritual formula can make countless martial saints fight for it.

  "The Nine Transformations of the Mysterious Fire Manual" is a top-grade spiritual manual. Although only the first chapter, "The Scarlet Fire Chapter", exists now, it still can't be compared to those low-grade spiritual manuals and is enough for him to cultivate to the realm of a Spiritual Being.

  Of course, Guo Yi himself has a complete spiritual formula "Burial of Heaven Spiritual Formula", unfortunately, the "Burial of Heaven Spiritual Formula" must be assisted by the Burial of Heaven Small Sword to cultivate, now the Burial of Heaven Small Sword is in a half-banned and half-awakened state, there is no way to cultivate it. Maybe he really needs to break through the realm of the spiritual practitioner, only then can he awaken the sword spirit of the Burial of Heaven Small Sword, at that time, who knows, it may be a difficult battle of life and death.

  Guo Ye held a ancient scroll made of unknown material, carefully studying it and began to cultivate according to the method described on the scroll.

  Breaking through the mortal coil has already transcended the limitations of the flesh, and power is almost doubled. However, only by opening the door to immortality within the body can one's strength undergo a rapid transformation and rise to new heights.

  "Opening the door to spiritual cultivation allows for the initial use of spiritual energy, although it cannot be stored within the body, but can initially exert the power of spiritual techniques."

  Kuo Yixiu practiced for a whole night, only to grope for the entrance of the cultivation method, but it was difficult to grasp. It's like having the key to open the door, but can't find where the lock is?