Chapter 447 Candidates

After Li Yi told the story of cross-border cultivation, no cultivator in Taiyi Palace could resist such temptation. As former masters of the Three Flowers Realm, they hoped so much that they could recover their cultivation one day. However, they were in the Dharma Ending Age. Even if their strength was restored, it would be useless. As long as the spiritual energy was exhausted, their realm would soon fall again.

There is no hope of enlightenment in this world.

Originally, everyone had accepted this cruel reality, lived from day to day, and prepared to die one day.

But Li Yi’s words rekindled the hope in their hearts, and this hope was right in front of them, not illusory and unpredictable.

Under the current circumstances, even if they have extraordinary character, they cannot avoid going crazy at this moment.

But Li Yi still had to let them calm down first.

After about an hour, everyone’s emotions finally calmed down a lot. They put away their crazy postures and fiery expressions, regained their former composure, and sat back on the cushions. However, this time, their eyes were full of energy. Even the old Taoist priest who didn’t have much time left to live had all the dejection gone from his body, and his hearts were filled with hope for life.

“Dear seniors, my strength was low before I practiced Taoism. Although I was able to cross the border, the resources I had were limited, and I could only open the door to cross the border once at most. So I hope that after I cross the border with a few seniors this time, after the seniors recover their strength, they can help me obtain cross-border resources and slowly transfer the rest of the people away.” Li Yi spoke again at this moment.

“Taiyi, don’t worry. As long as I recover my cultivation, I will take the cross-border item for you even if it means destroying the city.” Xiang Xiangzi spoke immediately. She was full of murderous intent and thought that the cross-border item was the colorful stone, which was extremely precious and difficult to obtain, so she was ready to kill everyone.

Xuan Yuezi also nodded and said, “Since this is a matter of enlightenment, we will not hesitate to use some drastic measures.”

“Taiyi, please rest assured. If I can recover my strength, I will take all the cross-boundary items for you.” Wu Laodao also straightened his waist and said, and then said to the others: “Fellow Taoists, please rest assured. No matter who crosses the boundary first, they must help Taiyi and obey his orders. If anyone has impure intentions, heaven and earth will punish him together.”

He didn’t say anything harsh, but the Taoists all knew what he meant.

If someone crosses the border and leaves, ignoring others, or turns against them, or even attacks Taiyi, destroying others’ hopes of crossing the border, then they cannot tolerate it at all.

Li Yi’s eyelids moved slightly at this moment.

It can be seen from the attitudes of these cultivators that if they recover their peak strength, they will truly treat ordinary people as ants and will not take anyone seriously.

You are right to worry.

The bald Taoist sneered at this moment and said, “I can trust Taoist Taiyi. He can take the initiative to mention this matter, which shows his sincerity. But I can’t trust other Taoists. Once the three flowers bloom again, who can check and balance them? Just as Taoist Wu said, if they have impure intentions and are fickle, what can we do? They can’t be restrained by a sentence of heaven and earth.”

“The baldy is right, human hearts are hard to predict. You old guys are all shrewd. No matter how nice your words are, it’s useless. If you succeed in crossing over and your strength is restored, who knows what you will do. Unlike me, the flower of the soul is in Taiyi’s body. We prosper together and fall together.” Xiang Xiangzi said.

“Fairy, how could we follow Taiyi to Baoting and do such an ungrateful thing?” A Taoist immediately defended.

“Yes, I have been practicing Taoism for many years and have never betrayed anyone.”

“If my strength recovers, I will definitely serve you wholeheartedly and repay you.”

Many Taoists expressed their opinions, fearing that they would be misunderstood.

But at this moment, an old Taoist with missing teeth said gloomily: “It is useless to say more. Let’s cast the self-sacrifice spell. Everyone’s life will be under Taiyi’s control to avoid any accidents.”

The curse of self-sacrifice?
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of many cultivators changed slightly, but they soon became firm again: “It’s a self-sacrifice spell, and those who don’t cast this spell must have ulterior motives. We can just kill them directly to avoid any trouble in the future.”

“Good idea, use the self-sacrifice spell to save everyone from suspicion.”

“Yes, with the self-sacrifice curse, everyone’s life will be tied to Taiyi. If anything happens to Taiyi, everyone will be doomed.”

They immediately agreed to the idea without hesitation.

“What is the Life-Sacrificing Curse?” Li Yi had only been practicing Taoism for a short time and did not understand this spell, but he could roughly understand that it should be a spell that controls the life of others.

The goddess Yun Feizi said: “The self-sacrifice curse is a very cruel curse. It takes a strand of our respective spiritual power, refines it into a curse with secret techniques, and casts it on you. From now on, if you die, all of us will die. Moreover, you can also use this curse to take our lives. There is no solution to this curse, and it will accompany us for life. Unless we die, the curse will disappear from you.”

“Because the person who casts this spell is equivalent to giving up his own life, it is called the body-sacrifice spell.”

Li Yi was stunned for a moment.

This world of cultivation is truly outrageous. They actually invented such a spell. One can cast the spell by oneself and put one’s life in the hands of others.

“Since everyone has agreed, what are we waiting for? Those who are willing to sacrifice their bodies can stay and those who are not willing can jump off the top of the mountain and die. The news of cross-border cultivation must not be leaked out, otherwise it will attract masters who will forcibly restore their strength, and we will all suffer a devastating disaster.” The bald Taoist snorted at this moment.

Then, relying on the little remaining magic power in his body, he formed a simple spell, and then a clear light came out and wrapped around his fingertips.

“Too easy, cursed.”

next moment,
The bald Taoist pointed his finger, and a ray of light hit the back of Li Yi’s hand. However, after the back of his hand was hit by the light, a strange and mysterious spell immediately appeared.

This spell is branded on the skin like a tattoo and cannot be removed.

Even if Li Yi cut off this arm and it grew again in the future, this spell would reappear.

“Too easy, cursed.”

Taoist Wu and Aunt Liu were not to be outdone, and they also cast the self-sacrifice spell. Along with two rays of light flying over, two more spells appeared on Li Yi’s body. Seeing this, the two fairies and the goddess of Tiandao Sect were not to be outdone, and they cast the self-sacrifice spell without hesitation, fearing that if they cast the spell slowly, people would think they had ulterior motives.

Three more spells appeared on Li Yi’s body.

The remaining Taoists also performed the Self-Sacrifice Curse. Those who had no magic power borrowed spirit stones from the bald Taoist and restored some of their magic power. Those who did not know how to perform the Self-Sacrifice Curse learned from other Taoist friends. After all, this curse was not difficult. A master of the Three Flowers Realm only needed to look at it a few times and receive a few pointers to learn it immediately.

In less than half an hour, all forty-nine masters of the Three Flower Realm who were present had left their spells behind, without a single one missing.

Li Yi did not reject this behavior, because everyone would feel more at ease after being cursed.

“Taiyi, how many people do you plan to take with you when you cross the border this time? Do you have any requests?” As soon as the matter of the self-sacrifice curse was over, the bald Taoist immediately asked.

Li Yi said: “This time I am leaving across the boundary, I plan to take three seniors back to test the waters. As for the requirements, I hope that the seniors who can leave across the boundary with me this time are still at the same level, and the three flowers on the top of their heads have not fallen, so that they can recover their strength in the shortest time.”

“With the help of the three masters of the Three Flower Realm, I will be able to obtain what I need for the cross-border as quickly as possible. Then I will start the second cross-border and bring the rest of the seniors away from here one after another.”

“Three of you?” When everyone heard this, they all looked around.

There were more than forty people present, and I wondered who would be lucky enough to be the first to cross the border and leave.

“According to Taiyi, the three Taoist friends who are crossing the realm should preferably be those who have fully blossomed their three flowers. Only in this way can they immediately recover their strength, gain a solid foundation, and help Taiyi start the second crossing of the realm.” The bald Taoist said with some regret at this moment: “I have fallen below the three flowers realm, and my strength is no longer at its peak. Fellow Taoists may wish to recommend one or two of yourselves.”

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The Taoists all spoke out their own realms. A few only had one flower left, while most had lost all three flowers and fell back to the Chao Yuan realm. After all, in order to save their lives they could only cut off their own realms.

“It’s terrible. I’m only at Chaoyuan Realm now. Can’t I go with Taiyi on this trip?” Xiang Xiangzi was so heartbroken at the moment that she was almost crying. She looked at Li Yi with a pleading look, hoping that Li Yi could take care of her.

But Li Yi could only shake his head and refuse. After all, the survival of this cross-border relationship could not be taken lightly, and it was not so safe without the strength of the Three Flowers Realm.

“Taiyi, let me go. I am still alive. Once my strength is restored after this cross-border crossing, I will definitely help you succeed.” At this moment, Xuan Yuezi stood up immediately, unwilling to give up this opportunity.

The other practitioners of Tiandao Sect breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

In the end, there was a fairy lady who stood up and did not fall behind.

“I am in the Three Flower Realm, please let me go.”

Suddenly, an old Taoist raised his eyelids and slowly said, “In order to protect the three flowers, I have exhausted the foundation of the sect. Now my life span is almost over. This time I cross the border to practice Taoism. If my strength recovers, I will definitely repay Taiyi. If there is a chance in the future, please ask Taiyi to send me back again so that I can take care of the remaining disciples in the sect.”

“It’s Senior Xanthium.”

Everyone looked at the old Taoist priest with shock in their eyes.

The Dharma Ending Age has been going on for so long, and I didn’t expect that Senior Canglizi could still leave behind the Three Flowers. This is simply unbelievable.

No.

wrong.

Everyone’s heart soon trembled.

I am afraid that Xanthium sibiricum did not retain the three flowers, but its realm fell to the three flowers realm.

So Xanthium sibiricum was an enlightened being during his prime?
“Then I’ll have to trouble you, senior.” Li Yi said with a bow.

Xanthium’s old face moved slightly, revealing a gratified smile: “Taiyi, I should thank you. If it weren’t for this opportunity, I wouldn’t have survived this year.”

“The two people who will cross the boundary have been decided. They are the fairy lady from Tiandao Sect, Xuan Yuezi, and Senior Canglizi. As for the other person, there should be no one in the two flower realm present, so we can only look for him among the people in the one flower realm.” The bald Taoist said. Although he had no chance to cross the boundary this time, he was doing his best to plan the follow-up for Li Yi.
“I, Tianjizi, am one of the thirty-six guardians of the Tiandao Sect. I have unparalleled combat power and can cross the border to serve as the guardian of Taiyi.” Suddenly, a middle-aged man stood up from the cushion. Although the soul flower on his head was withered and almost dead, he was still a master of Taoism at the One Flower Realm.

“Tianjizi, step down. The Tiandao Sect has already taken one person. This last opportunity should be given to other fellow Taoists.” However, at this moment the goddess Yun Feizi said with a cold face.

“The goddess is right. It was my negligence.” The man named Tianjizi then bowed to everyone, apologized, and then sat back.

He is not a stupid person and he understands things immediately.

If the Tiandao Sect takes two of the three places, what will others think?
However, at this moment, Xiang Xiangzi said again: “Taiyi, I suggest that we let Taoist Wu go. He looks so old and trembling, and his life span is running out. He won’t last long.”

Hearing this, Taoist Wu, who was sitting on the mat, looked at Xiang Xiangzi in surprise. He had not expected that the fairy lady who often beat him would recommend him at this time.

Is it because my eyes are blurry and I am hallucinating?
Li Yi was also a little surprised, but then he nodded slightly, looked at everyone and said: “If everyone has no objection, the last person is Senior Wu.”

The other monks nodded and smiled without objecting.

They would love to see this happen.

After all, everyone will reach the end of their life span, and the fact that Taoist Wu is being taken care of at this moment is in line with people’s wishes. Moreover, Taoist Wu was not born in a top-level sect, which is also very important.

(End of this chapter)