Chapter 0791: The Hongmeng Spiritual Vein

Hao Li could only nod in response.
“Alright, I need to see the clan leader. You go ahead and have someone secretly monitor the Naisi family,” said Bota. With Hao Li’s farewell, he turned and left.
After Bota left, Hao Li recalled being kicked away by Pi Long. Shame, anger, and a desire for revenge still filled his heart. Although Bota had said to let the Naisi family live a few more days, he couldn’t shake this hatred unless he vented it now.
However, he couldn’t take action himself—he didn’t have the strength.
Hao Li’s eyes flickered, his expression changing. Finally, he turned and flew toward the Taiyi Hall, a branch of the Hongmeng Hall. This hall was used by the Golden Ape clan for meditation.
Upon arriving at the Taiyi Hall, Hao Li told the clan’s guards that he wanted to see Elder Youduo, the fifth elder of the Golden Ape clan. Recognizing him as Elder Leipeng, the guards didn’t dare neglect him and quickly informed Elder Youduo, inviting Hao Li inside.
“Haha, Brother Hao Li! What a rare visit! Why did you take the time to come today?” As soon as Hao Li sat down in the main hall, a hearty laugh rang out. Looking up, he saw a tall, handsome young man and a beautiful woman entering. The man was indeed Elder Youduo, the fifth elder of the Golden Ape clan, and the woman was Elder Tailifi, the sixth elder. They were husband and wife.
Seeing this, Hao Li stood up, clasped his fists, and said, “Brother Youduo, Sister Tailifi.”
Youduo and Tailifi nodded with smiles and then asked Hao Li to sit down.
After they sat down, Youduo glanced at Hao Li and asked in surprise, “Brother Hao Li, what happened to you? Who hurt you?” Although the footprint on Hao Li’s chest had disappeared, the injuries inside his body were not hidden from Youduo’s keen eyes.
Hao Li’s expression darkened as he sighed and said, “To be honest with you, Brother Youduo, I was hurt by the second elder of the Naisi family.”
“What?! The second elder of the Naisi family!” Youduo and Tailifi were shocked.
“That’s right. I arranged a meditation hall for the Naisi family. Luos and his men said the Black Bear clan was nothing special and that they would defeat the five clans—Leipeng, Tianfeng, Tianlong, Golden Ape, and Silver Fox—and take first place. They also called the five great lords and the Black Bear clan nothing but dogs. When I heard that, I angrily rebuked them. Unexpectedly, the second elder of the Naisi family attacked me. Even Elder Livaku of the Black Bear clan couldn’t match him, so how could I?” Hao Li shook his head in anger.
“Arrogant! Truly arrogant!” Youduo snapped angrily, slapping the wooden table beside him into powder.

“That Naisi family dares to claim the first place! They disregard us, the five great rulers, and even hurt Brother Gao Li—such crimes are utterly unforgivable!” TaliTali also furrowed her brows in anger, her face filled with fury.
Gao Li said, “I ran into our eldest elder on the way just now. He told me to endure for a while, but I really can’t bear this humiliation. With no other choice, I came to consult Brother Youdu and Sister TaliTali.”
Youdu snorted, “Elder Bota is too timid. What’s there to worry about over such a minor Naisi family? Just destroy them. Will the other families dare to criticize us, the five great rulers?!” As he spoke, his aura surged, radiating dominance.
“That’s right, Brother Gao Li. Come on. If Elder Bota won’t avenge you, we will. We want to see if this Naisi family is truly that arrogant—such a tiny existence daring to claim the first place!” TaliTali said angrily, standing up abruptly.
Youdu also stood up.
Although the two knew not everything Gao Li said was true, most of it seemed genuine—at least the fact that he had been injured by Naisi’s second elder was true.
“However…” Gao Li hesitated. “There are Hongmeng restrictions inside each hall of the Hongmeng Hall, so it’s not easy for us to act.”
Youdu frowned upon hearing this. “That’s indeed a problem. Then we’ll wait until they leave the Hongmeng Hall before taking action!”
“Strange. Naisi’s second elder defeated Brother Gao Li, but why wasn’t he affected by the Hongmeng restrictions?” TaliTali asked.
“Hmph. That Lusu is an expert in formations. It’s likely his doing. But it doesn’t matter. The Hongmeng Hall can’t protect them forever. I don’t believe they can hide inside it for a whole month,” Youdu said.
After that, Youdu and the others sent people to closely monitor the Sun and Moon Hall. As soon as Huang Long and the others left the Hongmeng Hall, they were to report immediately. At the same time, the three contacted the other five rulers and elders. After all, given Huang Long and the others’ strength, the three knew they couldn’t handle them alone.
However, they didn’t expect Huang Long and the others to cultivate secretly in the Sun and Moon Hall for half a month without coming out.
One day, Huang Long drew back the two dragons wandering outside his body, opened his eyes after meditating, exhaled, and checked his internal condition. Nodding in satisfaction, he realized that this primordial energy was indeed beneficial for cultivation. During these days of seclusion, his magical power had increased further.
Yet, this primordial energy was extremely rare, existing only in certain places in the Hongmeng Realm—only Hongmeng spirit veins could produce it. That’s why a Hongmeng spirit vein was suppressed beneath the Hongmeng Hall.

The Hongmeng Spirit Vein is a type of spirit vein that took tens of millions of years to emerge. It is extremely rare in the world and even more precious than Hongmeng Spiritual Treasures. Huang Long never expected that the gods and kings of this Hongmeng realm had found one and were suppressing it beneath the Hongmeng Hall with their supreme divine power.

Huang Long extended his divine sense, penetrating beneath the Hongmeng Hall. After descending tens of thousands of feet, he encountered a powerful restriction, realizing that this was the barrier set up by the gods and kings to suppress the Hongmeng Spirit Vein. However, he did not dare to break it forcefully for fear of attracting their attention.

After activating his Heavenly Eyes, Huang Long saw that beneath the restriction, a stream of spiritual energy akin to a Milky Way was constantly flowing back and forth. Within this stream of spiritual energy, a vague shadow kept changing shape—resembling both a dragon and a human. It turned out to be the spiritual consciousness of the Hongmeng Spirit Vein attempting to take human form.

If this spiritual consciousness could achieve human form, it would become an existence that shook the heavens and earth. Even if not a god-king, it would still be close to one, just like Huoyang, who had taken on the form of the Chaos Fire Sun and could surely become a god-king eventually.

Huang Long was delighted. If he could use the World Tree to devour and refine this spiritual consciousness, his magical power would soar. Combined with obtaining the Heavenly Cauldron and fusing it with the world, he might even be able to slay the two corpses and reach the peak of quasi-sainthood.

Of course, this was just Huang Long’s speculation—it might not succeed. If it did, he wouldn’t need to collect various materials like gold and jade to refine the Nine-Revolution Golden Elixir.

Yet, breaking through the gods and kings’ restriction and devouring this spiritual consciousness was too difficult, almost impossible. After all, breaking such a restriction would surely alert the gods and kings.

It was similar to the Heavenly Cauldron in the sacred hall—the chances of seizing it by force were practically zero.

Huang Long’s joy faded, and his brows furrowed.

“Second brother,” came Huang Yi’s voice at that moment.

“What is it?” Huang Long focused his thoughts.

“Tomorrow is the second round of competitions. What do you think? Should we go out for a stroll?” Huang Yi asked. It turned out that twenty-nine days had passed since they began their seclusion.

Huang Long stepped out of the seclusion room. Beside Huang Yi were Huang Liang, Pi Long, Thunder Beast, and others—even Huoyang was there. It seemed everyone agreed.

Huang Long looked at Huang Yi’s expectant expression and smiled, “Good idea. Let’s go out for a walk.”