Chapter 1022: Subjugation

"Life-bound soul plaque!" Han Li revealed a look of surprise.

When he got that blood-red wooden plaque, he hadn't had time to look at it carefully, but it did seem unusual compared to ordinary treasures. Now, hearing the ugly woman say this, he couldn't help but feel a bit suspicious.

Immediately, without a word, he patted his storage bag at his waist. A streak of blood light flew out, circled once, and landed in his hand.

It was precisely that wooden plaque!

Han Li's eyes flashed with blue light, and only then did he truly see the appearance of this object clearly.

It was palm-sized, its surface covered with a layer of blood light, and on the front, a small cloud-like grayish-white thing appeared, wriggling slightly in the blood light, as if it were a living thing.

Han Li's spiritual sense swept over it rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, a hint of joy appeared on his face. He pinched a spell with one hand and raised his hand to cast a cyan light.

Instantly, the blood light on the wooden plaque erupted, and that small cloud of grayish-white mist dissipated immediately, but a black and white spirit tortoise pattern appeared within it.

"Black Rock Tortoise! Your true form is this kind of Heaven and Earth Spirit Beast! No wonder your defense is so astonishing, and you could support yourself in the Arctic Yuan Light for so long!" Han Li stared at the wooden plaque for a long time, his blue pupils converged, and he raised his head to say calmly.

"Fellow Daoist already knows that I didn't lie to deceive you. This life-bound soul plaque was personally refined by the three Mount Kunwu elders back then. Now, no one in the human world can refine this kind of top-tier life plaque anymore. As long as this plaque is in hand, our lives are in the hands of the plaque's master." The ugly woman explained while motionless in the Arctic Yuan Light, fearing that she would provoke Han Li's misunderstanding.

"That's true. However, this life-bound soul plaque also depends on whose hands it falls into. If a cultivator below the Core Formation stage wants to refine this plaque and make you bow your head and listen to orders, I'm afraid their cultivation level won't be enough, and they will be backlashed by the restriction on the plaque instead." Han Li said calmly.

"Why, Fellow Daoist, are you still not at ease with me even though you possess this plaque?" The woman's ugly face became even uglier.

"Of course I'm not at ease! Although I have refined this plaque and can restrict you at any time, your cultivation level is far above mine. If you are willing to risk your life, it's not impossible for you to break free from the control and counterattack. Why would I keep you?" Han Li's face suddenly sank, and at the same time, the Yang ring above his head emitted a humming sound, and the silver threads that had surrounded the ugly woman instantly began to stir again.

"If Fellow Daoist is still not at ease, I am willing to attach a small part of my primordial spirit to the life-bound plaque. If I truly have any malicious intent, Fellow Daoist will immediately notice it." The ugly woman was startled in her heart and blurted out loudly, not caring about anything else.

"Oh! Splitting the primordial spirit! This method is indeed possible. Since you have said so, then split your primordial spirit." Han Li remained unmoved, his eyes flashing as he said.

Hearing Han Li say this, the ugly woman hesitated. But when she saw Han Li's eyes turn cold again, the monster felt a chill and didn't dare to hesitate anymore, patting the back of her head with one hand.

With a "puff" sound, black and white strange light flashed on the top of her head, and a naked ugly woman's primordial spirit appeared above her head.

This primordial spirit opened its mouth and spat out a ball of green light.

After the ugly woman showed a look of pain, the green light trembled rapidly, transforming into two slightly smaller balls.

One of them circled once and immediately drilled back into the primordial spirit's nose and mouth. The other hesitated for a moment before slowly flying toward Han Li.

Seeing this, Han Li didn't stand on ceremony, shaking the wooden plaque at the flying green light.

A burst of blood light sprayed out, rolling and pulling the green light into the wooden plaque. The blood light on the wooden plaque erupted, and a clear sound was vaguely heard.

Han Li lowered his head and looked at this object, finding that the black and white spirit tortoise on it had become much clearer, and it was raising its head and flicking its tail, as if it had come alive.

Only then did Han Li truly feel at ease, opening his mouth and swallowing the object in his hand directly into his abdomen.

The ugly woman opposite saw this scene, and her heart felt cold, knowing that from now on, unless she advanced to the Spirit Transformation stage, she would never be able to escape the other party's control.

After swallowing the wooden plaque, Han Li felt a great sense of relief in his heart. Immediately, he raised his finger and pointed at the ring in the air.

Instantly, the Arctic Yuan Light that had originally surrounded the ugly woman scattered in all directions.

Han Li's figure flickered, and he arrived in front of the ugly woman in an instant. After looking at the monster's miserable appearance with a missing arm, he frowned.

He flicked his finger casually at the protective cover in front of him.

Instantly, murky light flashed, and the light shield transformed by the Yin ring also covered the ugly woman, isolating the remaining silver threads all around.

"Don't worry, I don't mean to bind you forever. As long as I sit down or can ascend to the Spirit Realm, I will naturally return your freedom. I don't mean to make you a spirit beast for my family or sect." Han Li put away the other Yang ring and said lightly.

"Are Fellow Daoist's words true!" The ugly woman heard this, and her originally dejected expression lifted, blurting out the question.

"Whether you believe it or not, Fellow Daoist will naturally know in the future. But our human lifespan is fundamentally incomparable to you Heaven and Earth Spirit Beasts. As long as you serve me wholeheartedly during this period, I will naturally not treat you unfairly. Moreover, you are not the only spirit beast I have. Soon you will discover that being my spirit beast might not be a bad thing!" Han Li said with a faint smile, not caring about the monster's failure to change her form of address despite his status.

"What can I do if I don't believe it? But as long as Fellow Daoist truly keeps your promise, serving you for some years is nothing." The ugly woman smiled bitterly.

"Alright, what kind of person I am, Fellow Daoist will naturally understand after more contact in the future. You should first take what's in the small bottle and recover your magic power and injuries." Han Li's expression stiffened, and he threw out a small bottle.

"Recover magic power? Eh, could it be that what's in this bottle is..." The ugly woman took the small bottle suspiciously and opened the cap. A burst of extremely pure spiritual energy rushed toward her face, making her exclaim.

"Inside is a drop of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Liquid, enough for you to recover your lost magic power. I still need you to exert effort immediately." Han Li said leisurely with his hands behind his back.

"Many thanks, Fellow Daoist!" With such a good thing, the ugly woman naturally wouldn't refuse, thanking him with her mouth before immediately sucking the spirit liquid in the bottle into her mouth.

After the spirit liquid circulated in her body, it transformed into a stream of extremely pure spiritual power, filling every part of her body in a moment.

The ugly woman was overjoyed, pinched a spell with one hand, and black and white spiritual light flashed all over her body. Then, she turned her head to stare at her severed arm, chanting something in her mouth.

A scene that made Han Li secretly startled appeared.

Only to see black and white spiritual light weaving and gathering at the ugly woman's wound, countless flesh buds growing crazily in the light. In the blink of an eye, a complete arm took shape.

"Undying Body!" Han Li was moved.

He had only seen this rare monster divine ability once on the Fire Toad Beast in the Fallen Demon Valley. And the ugly woman's divine ability was clearly much stronger than that Fire Toad's. In just a few breaths, the entire arm had grown out.

This made Han Li greatly shocked.

It seemed that he had been very lucky to be able to subjugate this monster.

If it weren't for being in this Arctic Yuan Light, where the monster's magic power had been greatly depleted to resist the Yuan Light, just this great divine ability alone would have been absolutely not something easy to deal with.

In fact, Han Li didn't know that the ugly woman had already suffered great magic power damage passing through the Gold Magnetic Spirit Wood restriction earlier. Otherwise, resisting this Arctic Yuan Light, she might have been able to persist for even longer.

After all, this monster was a Level 10 monster, and her deep cultivation was still beyond Han Li's expectations.

"Alright, it's truly worthy of being Millennium Spirit Liquid. If I had to recover my magic power and repair my body myself, I'm afraid it would take two or three days of meditation and rest!" The ugly woman stopped chanting, and at the same time, she waved her newly grown arm, her complexion looking much better.

"Han doesn't know how to address Fellow Daoist yet, but since you were mixed up with that Silver-Winged Nightcha, you must have heard him mention some things about me." Han Li said slowly from the side.

"This one is called Gui Ling. I have indeed heard of Fellow Daoist Han's affairs. But it was only a little bit about Fellow Daoist's divine abilities." The ugly woman replied hesitantly.

"As for my affairs, I will naturally find time to tell Fellow Daoist Gui. Your cultivation and divine abilities are extraordinary. Although I control your life plaque, I won't really treat you as a low-level monster to be driven. In ordinary times, you and I can still interact as peers." Han Li suddenly said with a light smile.

"This one thanks Fellow Daoist. I don't know what matter you just said you needed me to exert effort for?" The monster remembered what Han Li had said earlier and showed a hint of solemnity on her face.

She was truly worried that this person would ask her to deal with the Silver-Winged Nightcha and that Lion-Bird Beast. Although she couldn't be considered a life-and-death friend with the two monsters, they did have some friendship.

"In a while, when Old Demon Qian enters the Arctic Yuan Light and passes through here, cooperate with me to strike and destroy this person." Han Li's eyes flashed with cold light, but his mouth spoke lightly.

"Old Demon Qian, are you talking about that late-stage Core Formation cultivator who uses demonic arts?" The ugly woman felt relieved in her heart and asked cautiously.

"Not bad, it is this old demon. Originally, I didn't intend to strike here. After all, this person's demonic arts are extraordinary, and his escape technique is even more extraordinary. Even if I could control the Arctic Yuan Light, the hope of leaving him behind was slim. But now with Fellow Daoist Gui assisting from the side, it is naturally very different." Han Li said with a cold laugh.

"Since Fellow Daoist has said so, I will naturally assist Fellow Daoist with all my strength." The monster was under the control of others, so she agreed readily.

"Then I will trouble Fellow Daoist Gui. However, when striking in a while, leave the primordial spirit for now; I still have some things to ask."

"Understood! However, please forgive me for speaking bluntly, Fellow Daoist. Even if you occupy the geographical advantage and have my assistance, heavily injuring this Old Demon Qian is an easy task, but wanting to truly destroy him, the chance is still not great. I saw with my own eyes that he can use demonic arts to not fear the piercing of the Arctic Yuan Light. If he is determined to escape, it will be very difficult for the two of us to block him." The ugly woman turned her head and looked in the direction Han Li came from, hesitated for a moment, but still reminded him.

"Indeed, relying on just the two of us is still a bit thin. But what if we add another late-stage Core Formation cultivator!" Han Li suddenly revealed a strange expression on his face.

"Another late-stage Core Formation cultivator?" The ugly woman was stunned to hear this, subconsciously looking all around, but didn't find anyone hiding nearby. Then, she dropped her gaze back onto Han Li, her expression full of suspicion.

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