After Qi Xuansu came back to his senses, he asked Qi Jiaoyao a question.

"Qi Daoyou, I am from the Vientiane Dao Palace, I don't know who my parents are since I was a child, but I have a stepmother, she is from a noble background and has outstanding ability, I can have today's status, she is indispensable, why do you think my stepmother chose me from so many people?"

Qi Jiaoyao was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Li Taizong said that all the heroes of the world have entered my country, and after the Daomen became the lord of the world, there was never a shortage of geniuses, nor did there be a shortage of young people who were ambitious, daring to take risks, and had a resolute heart. Of course, the reason why your stepmother chose you is not just because of what good qualities you have seen, there must be other factors to consider, and as for what these other factors are, I don't know."

Qi Xuansu nodded, didn't go any deeper into the topic, and instead asked, "Is there anything good left here?"

Qi Jiaoyao's gaze never stopped: "Maybe, I hope Yao Zu will leave us with a little residue."

Qi Xuansu said, "It would be better if there were test subjects, I would love to see the effect of these stone hearts."

Why didn't Qi Xuansu directly use the remains of those female Taoist priests to verify his guess? Because he had to dig out the Heart of Stone and turn it into his own creation before he could verify it, and the process of digging it out completely destroyed the structure of the female Taoist monk's remains, making it impossible to use it anymore, so Qi Xuansu needed a new test item.

Qi Jiaoyao realized later: "No wonder your kid looked at me differently just now, you want to treat me as an experiment, right?"

Qi Xuansu smiled slightly embarrassedly: "It's just an idea, no matter what you do, there are no good people in the world. And this kind of little experiment is not fatal for the celestials, if you don't mind, then I will thank you most heartily."

"I mind." Qi Jiaoyao refused without thinking about it.

Qi Xuansu didn't force it: "Then forget it."

However, Qi Jiaoyao was still interesting enough, and began to help Qi Xuansu find the test sample, and at the same time asked, "You took a great risk to come to the Lingshan Cave Heaven, I want to know, do you want to be the enemy of that person?"

That person. did not name names, and both of them knew it.

Although he is not Yao Zu, he is also one of the chess players who sit in the Chongyang Palace of Wanshou in the Lung Mountain, and he cannot tolerate the slightest disobedience and provocation.

Qi Xuansu said expressionlessly, "I respect the earth master very much."

"Is it just respect?" Qi Jiaoyao laughed, "You want to keep your good life, so you came to Lingshan Cave Heaven, do you want to tell me that you are actually a sword pointing national teacher?"

Qi Xuansu also laughed, but with a slight self-deprecation: "Sword fingers? I look up to me too much, I'm just a struggling pawn, a sword that isn't so sharp at best. The reason why I was able to come to Lingshan Cave Heaven was not because I had the qualifications to provoke a certain chess player, but because there were other chess players who wanted me to come here and make five into one."

"Understood. You're pretty self-aware." Qi Jiaoyao nodded and said, "But then again, there are a lot of people in the big Dao Sect who are not chess pieces? In addition to a few Pingzhang real people, maybe Su Yuanyi, Pei Xuanzhi, and Li Wujian are not, but how many Daomen Sanxiu are there? You juniors are indeed far behind."

Over the next few hours, the two of them turned the underground building almost upside down, and really found something.

An intact Wu corpse, for some unknown reason, was not removed.

Several female Taoist remains, but it was suspected that the implantation had failed and were thrown aside at random.

There are also some totems of the Witch Sect and the talisman stone slabs of the Daomen, which seem to be materials for some kind of formation - Yao Zu is the head of both the Witch Sect and the Daomen, and he is very good at combining the two to arrange the formation, which is not unusual. After Yao Zu, successive generations of earth masters also inherited this fine tradition.

The intact Wu remains were the best test subjects, but these stone hearts were not suitable, they were a little too weak compared to the Wu remains, just like the ironclad ships used smaller boilers and small horse-drawn carts, which were not enough to drive.

The good news is that, according to the dossier here, these small stone hearts can be rerefined into a larger stone heart, which can then be adapted.

There is also bad news, the key artifact that can refine the heart of the stone has been taken away and is not here.

Qi Xuansu had two options.

One option is to continue to look for those artifacts that can refine the heart of the stone, with the size of the Spirit Cave, there should be some leftovers.

Another option is to gather the ingredients and wait until they go out to refine the Heart of Stone. As Qi Jiaoyao said, two hundred years ago, these technologies may still be secret, but two hundred years later, they have been put into large-scale use, and even have been made public.

Qi Xuansu thought about it, but decided to go out and talk about it.

Today's Lingshan Cave Heaven is too dangerous, it is not easy to run around, and there are too many variables to find things here. If Qi Xuansu couldn't leave the Spirit Mountain Cave Heaven, then it didn't matter what the truth was.

So Qi Xuansu dug up all the stone hearts that he could find, and put them into the Sumeru given by Jiang Dazhen, along with the remains of the Wu clan.

I have to say that this kind of Sumeru in the form of a half-immortal object is easy to use, not only can carry immortals and isolate immortals, but also the internal space is large enough.

Then the two of them left the place and continued their journey.

On the way back, Qi Xuansu asked about the creation project: "Was Yao Zu the absolute leader of the creation project back then?"

Qi Jiaoyao shook his head and said, "No, from beginning to end, Yao Zu's identity is the chief, that is, the first deputy. Strictly speaking, the real and only leader of the creation project is Xuan Sheng, in today's words, he is personally in charge, and Xuan Sheng is the convener, the leader, and the decision-maker. It's just that most of the time, Xuan Sheng is very busy, he has to retreat, he has to take care of the entire Dao Gate, and it is impossible to put all his energy on the creation project, so Shangguan Di Shi and Yao Zu, as the first deputies, will take over some of the duties and preside over the daily affairs."

Qi Xuansu, as the chief deputy master of the Daomen, did not understand the truth in this, Xuansheng should only grasp the general direction of the creation project, he could remove Yao Zu, but the specific affairs and middle-level and low-level personnel power were flexibly controlled by Yao Zu, Yao Zu was not the nominal leader, but the de facto leader.

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?" Qi Jiaoyao asked curiously.

Qi Xuansu said, "I'm wondering, where did the Li family's 'Heart of Immortal Stone' come from? Surely it wasn't given by Yao Zu, it was given by Xuansheng? Or did the Li family get it through some means or means?"

Qi Jiaoyao thought for a while and said, "Donghuang and Yao Zu are the deputy head of the sect at the same time, and Xuan Sheng is nominally the head of the Li family, but in fact, Xuan Sheng has no time to take care of the Li family's family affairs, and even many Li family members wish that Xuan Sheng leave it alone, because when Xuan Sheng remembered the Li family, it was mostly because the Li family did not conform to Xuan Sheng's wishes and was going to be punished by Xuan Sheng. Therefore, the Eastern Emperor is the de facto head of the Li family, which is very similar to Yao Zu's first deputy."

"But Xuansheng has a wife, and the marriage between Qin and Li has been since then. You should know what the son of the sect said, when Li Zu was alive, Xuansheng was the son and the son of the sect, and Mrs. Xuansheng was a real patriarch, shouldering the responsibility of a housekeeper, although the affairs were complicated, but she was also powerful. What's more, Mrs. Xuansheng also served as the great real person of Taiping Dao, so she can press on the Eastern Emperor. It's just that Donghuang has a good relationship with this sister-in-law, so he is not hindered by Mrs. Xuansheng. Mrs. Xuansheng's best friend is the patriarch of Cihang's lineage, but she also has a good relationship with Shangguan patriarch. In any case, Shangguan Patriarch is Yao Zu's old boss and Xu Zu's descendant, and he still has influence, and Yao Zu also wants her to score three points. You must know that Mrs. Xuansheng is not a vassal of Xuansheng, she is an independent individual, what she wants to do, she doesn't have to report everything to Xuansheng, except for decision-making involving major Daomen affairs, Xuansheng will not interfere at will."

Qi Xuansu fell into deep thought: "You are saying that Xuansheng upholds a fair posture and will not favor the Li family. But Mrs. Xuansheng won't scruple so much, the Li family's 'Heart of Immortal Stone' may come from Mrs. Xuansheng?"

"Maybe." Qi Jiaoyao wasn't quite sure, "The Eastern Emperor and Yao Zu are at the same level

, he said the same thing in Li's house and Taiping Road, but he couldn't directly intervene in the creation project. On the contrary, it is Mrs. Xuansheng, not only above the Eastern Emperor, but also for a long period of time in place of the retreating Xuansheng to preside over the affairs of the Golden Gate, and has a close relationship with the Great Xuan Court, and her power is so great that she is by no means comparable to the Lady of the Great Master of the Later Generations, and can almost be regarded as the second person in the Daomen. All I can say is that with her power, it can be done. As for whether she did it or not, it's not very clear."

Qi Xuansu was a little glad that she met Qi Jiaoyao at this time, although she was full of lies, always wanted to take advantage of him, had a good temper, liked to hide behind him in case of trouble, and was greedy for money and stingy, but she was well-informed, had a good background, and knew many past secrets, so she really explained many doubts to Qi Xuansu.

If the Li family's "Heart of Immortal Stone" also comes from the creation project, then where does the difference between the two "Heart of Immortal Stone" of the Li family and the Yao family come from?

Is it the difference in philosophy between Shangguan Dishi and Yao Zu?

Or did the Li family make some kind of change after getting the "Heart of the Immortal Stone"?

Or did Yao Zu and the previous generations of earth masters make improvements to the "Heart of the Immortal Stone" in the future?

Qi Xuansu is more inclined to the third possibility.

Yao Zu was playing duplicitous with Xuansheng, and in the face of Mrs. Xuansheng's request, she handed over a "Heart of Immortal Stone" that conformed to the concept of Taoism, and even the "Heart of Immortal Stone" left in the Huasheng Hall was also in line with the concept of Taoism, but behind the scenes, she refined a different "Heart of Immortal Stone", which was Qi Xuansu's piece.