The Alternative Way of Enlightenment

Chapter 39 Target: Taichu Ancient Mine
Liu Shan jogged all the way and escaped from the stone archway of the Yao Chi Holy Land.

He stopped in a deserted place. He calmed down and realized that he was really courting death. He actually dared to use his clairvoyance to look at the Saintess in someone else's territory. If he was discovered, even if he was Master Yuan, he would probably be beaten to death, right?
"Oops," Liu Shan felt a little regretful. He ran too fast just now. Did he get exposed? It was the first time he did such a dirty thing. He had no experience.

He must have been exposed. If he ran away with a guilty conscience, they would definitely guess something. They also knew that Master Yuan Tian had the Yuan Tian Divine Eye.

Liu Shan regretted it even more. If he had known he would be discovered, he would have looked more. He only looked at the face and neck. If he had known, he would have looked more.

But to be honest, the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi is indeed beautiful, not inferior to Yan Ruyu at all, and each has her own unique charm.

Liu Shan recalled the peerless beauty he had seen before and made up his mind that when he became emperor, he would marry the Saint Girl of Yao Chi and take her to become an immortal together.

In the original text, the whereabouts of the Saint of Yao Chi were unknown. She either died in the dark turmoil or was only a great saint. What a pity! She needs my help! Liu Shan thought excitedly.

Finally, Liu Shan found Ye Fan in a small stone archway. Liu Shan didn't expect that Ye Fan didn't cause any trouble this time. There were no big shots around to watch him cut the stone, only some ordinary monks watching the fun.

Liu Shan also pretended to be a spectator and watched from the side. Liu Shan appeared in the stone archway, and Ye Fan also recognized him, but the two did not recognize each other directly.

Both of them have opened a lot of good things this time, and it is estimated that many people are staring at them. Recognizing each other at this time will only make things more troublesome.

After looking at the stone archway for a while, when Ye Fan had cut out all the stones, he left the stone archway together with Ye Fan.

Ye Fan was walking in front, and Liu Shan was hanging far behind. Liu Shan found that there seemed to be a lot of people behind Ye Fan, who were probably people with bad intentions. These people also found Liu Shan, and they probably thought that Liu Shan was the same kind of person as them, so they didn't pay too much attention to him.

Ye Fan stayed in a restaurant that looked very special. The restaurant covered a large area and there were not many buildings around it, making it look particularly conspicuous.

After Liu Shan waited for a while, he saw that many tails had disappeared.

"Does this restaurant have any special background? It actually scared away so many people." Liu Shan thought curiously.

Without waiting any longer, Liu Shan also walked into this special restaurant.

A waiter came up to greet them. Ye Fan was still sitting in the hall drinking tea. Liu Shan looked at him without saying hello. After booking an independent courtyard, Liu Shan was led to his residence by the waiter.

After the waiter left, Liu Shan made a cup of tea in the courtyard and waited for Ye Fan to arrive.

As night fell, there was a knock on Liu Shan’s door. Liu Shan opened the door and saw Ye Fan outside. He welcomed him in.

"It's relatively safe here. I've asked around. There's a holy place behind this restaurant. No one will cause trouble in this restaurant. We just need to be careful of the people inside the restaurant." Ye Fan said to Liu Shan.

Liu Shan nodded in understanding. Yes, the reputation of a holy land can scare away many small tails. Now we just need to pay attention to the people in the restaurant. In the original text, Ye Fan lived in the residence of Yaoguang Holy Land, and then he was ambushed by the Taoist gods of Yaoguang Saint.

"Did you get anything good today?" Liu Shan asked Ye Fan.

"It's nothing, just a few rare treasures, tens of thousands of kilograms of source stones, and, oh, a purple-gold stone gall. What about you?" Ye Fan said to Liu Shan proudly.

Liu Shan didn't expect that Ye Fan could cut out a stone gall, and it was purple and gold. It was better than what Liu Shan got from Zhangjiazhai, and he was worthy of being the protagonist.

Now that Ye Fan has obtained the stone gall, he can practice the Source Heaven Divine Eye. At that time, he will be able to practice the Source Heaven Technique even faster.

"I cut out a very small black gold sword with dragon pattern." Liu Shan pretended to be calm and took out the black gold sword with dragon pattern.

Ye Fan ignored Liu Shan's pretense, took the dragon-patterned black gold sword from his hand, and began to play with it.

Liu Shan told Ye Fan that he was discovered by the Yao Chi Holy Land, and then was invited into the stone workshop and asked to use the Six Prohibitions of Sealing Immortals to seal the stone.

"Then how did you get away? Are we being targeted by the Yao Chi Holy Land now?" Ye Fan asked solemnly.

"The Yao Chi Holy Land should have no ill will towards me. I walked out of the stone archway of the Yao Chi Holy Land openly and honestly." Speaking of openly and honestly, Liu Shan felt a little guilty. Liu Shan hesitated for a moment and said, "I may have accidentally offended the Yao Chi Holy Lady."

Ye Fan became interested and asked quickly, "Tell me in detail."

"I failed to control my divine eyes and saw the true appearance of the Saintess of Yao Chi. I think she discovered me."

"I just saw the real face? You didn't lie to me, did you?" Ye Fan was a little disappointed.

"What do you want to see first? After seeing too much, I really can't walk out of the stone archway of the Yao Chi Holy Land today!" Liu Shan replied helplessly.

"Then how did you know you were discovered?" Ye Fan continued to ask.

"They recognized me as Yuan Tianshi because I used the Yuan Tian Divine Eye. Then I ran out of the stone workshop with a guilty conscience, and Yao Chi Saintess would definitely find out." Liu Shan regretted it when he thought that it was his guilty conscience that led to the incident. You have to do this kind of thing more often to gain experience.

"If she finds out, then she'll come looking for trouble. We can join forces to suppress her, and then make the matter a fait accompli." Ye Fan said domineeringly.

"Then let's discuss how to suppress the Holy Maiden Yaoguang. If this is done, I will find you a sister-in-law." Liu Shan said to Ye Fan jokingly.

Ye Fan also grinned, he was just talking. He was not stupid, the heir of the holy land was at the Four Extremes Realm, how could they suppress him with one Dao Palace and one Wheel Sea?

His cultivation is higher than theirs, he has been practicing longer than them, and he has no shortage of resources and secret techniques. How could he be suppressed by them?
Liu Shan actually said this on purpose. He had set his sights on the Saint of Yao Chi, and he told Ye Fan about it in the hope that if Ye Fan really faced the Saint of Yao Chi in the future, he would suppress her, and not strip her naked like he did to the Saint of Yao Guang, Yao Xi, leaving only her underwear.

Ignoring this topic, Liu Shan said to Ye Fan seriously, "I think we are both being watched this time. It's not safe to just use the Heaven-Changing Earth Method to change our appearance and walk out of the Holy City. I was recognized before. Do you have any good ideas?"

After thinking for a while, Ye Fan shook his head. It was his first time in the Holy City. He was not familiar with anywhere and didn't know what good solution was.

Seeing that Ye Fan had no other choice, Liu Shan told him his plan, "I want to go to the Taichu Ancient Mine. I learned that there is a Phoenix Blood Red Gold Stone in the Taichu Ancient Mine. This thing is good for my cultivation, and I plan to take the risk to get it."

Although Ye Fan knew that the Taichu Ancient Mine was one of the seven forbidden areas and must be full of dangers, but when he heard that Liu Shan wanted to take the risk and go deeper for the Phoenix Blood Red Gold Stone, he did not hesitate and said that he wanted to go with him.

When Liu Shan saw Ye Fan, he was moved to go on an adventure with him without any hesitation. The two of them discussed to practice in the Holy City first, and then go to the Taichu Ancient Mine together.

Liu Shan planned to take the opportunity to put the dragon-patterned black gold sword he had obtained before into the Taoist Palace, let the Black Emperor god assist in absorbing the Xuanhuang essence, and then transform it into new Xuanhuang Qi, and then practice the second Taoist Palace.

Before the retreat, Liu Shan found Ye Fan. He wanted to take the opportunity to pass on the Dou character secret he got from the God King Jiang Taixu to Ye Fan.

The reason why it had not been passed on before was that, after all, the secret of the Dou character belonged to the Divine King Jiang Taixu, and it would be inappropriate for him to pass on other people's secret techniques without their consent.

Now they plan to go to the Taichu Ancient Mine. Passing it on to Ye Fan will give him an extra means of saving his life. Moreover, Ye Fan also gave the God King Jiang Taixu two holy fruits of the Nine Wonderful Immortal Elixir.

I believe Jiang Taixu would not mind too much after knowing that Liu Shan had passed on the secret of the word "dou". After all, these two holy fruits saved his life and the life of Fairy Caiyun.

"You want to teach me the Dou secret?" Ye Fan couldn't believe that Liu Shan was actually going to teach him the Dou secret, one of the nine secrets. This was the number one secret technique in fighting.

"Yes, this is what I learned from the God King Jiang Taixu when I met him in Purple Mountain. He passed it to me when he was in danger. I have wanted to pass it on to you for a long time, but this is someone else's secret technique after all, and I can't pass it on to you privately without their consent. Now that we are going to enter the Taichu Ancient Mine, I need to give you another way to save your life."

Ye Fan frowned when he heard this. Although he wanted to fight the word secret, he was very conflicted because it would make it difficult for his friends.

When Liu Shan saw Ye Fan's expression, he understood his thoughts and continued, "You don't have to think too much. You gave him two Nine Wonderful Holy Fruits before. The value of these two holy fruits is much more important to the God King than the secret technique."

After listening to Liu Shan's words, Ye Fan felt much more accepting. As long as he didn't make things difficult for his friends, that was enough.

Returning to his own courtyard, Liu Shan began to practice. The Taoist deities were already cooperating with the Xuanhuang essence and began to absorb the dragon-patterned black gold sword. Liu Shan began to guide and accelerate this process.

(End of this chapter)