Chapter 1076

"Are these your companions?" Han Li finished examining the disk in his hand, a flash of green light appeared and he put it away, his gaze sweeping over the few people behind him, and he asked somewhat unexpectedly to Gu Tianqi.

"These few fellow Daoists are acquaintances I made not long ago; since we all wished to join the Small Extreme Palace, we traveled together. What's wrong? Is there something improper?" Gu Tianqi was startled and became somewhat uneasy.

"It's not that it's improper, but rather that one of them is improper." Han Li stared at a young, beautiful female cultivator below and coldly snorted.

"What?" Gu Tianqi was still somewhat bewildered.

"A demonic beast is hiding among you—you say that isn't improper?" Han Li curled the corner of his mouth and said lightly.

"Demonic beast?" Upon hearing this, Gu Tianqi's face 'color' changed drastically, and he hastily looked toward the female cultivator.

The remaining few cultivators also jumped in fright, instinctively hurriedly distancing themselves several steps from this woman, all wearing expressions of shock 'color'.

"Senior is joking; I am a disciple of the Ning family of Frost Commandery—how could I be a demonic beast?" The young woman widened her eyes, also startled by these words, and hastily stammered an explanation.

"Yes, senior! You must have made a mistake. Fellow Daoist Ning is indeed from the Ning clan; I have seen him several times before." The youth who had previously taken the elixir saw the young female cultivator's face lose its color and could not help but speak up for her.

The remaining few also couldn't help but show 'color' of hesitation.

Han Li, as if he hadn't heard, let out a light snort:

"A mere trifling nascent soul, daring to play tricks before me! Come out!"

As the words fell, Han Li made a grasping motion in the void with one hand; instantly, a flash of spiritual light appeared above the young woman's head, and a green 'color' large hand emerged, then reached down to grab her.

The woman, who had originally worn an expression of grievance, upon seeing the large hand appear, her body trembled, the surprised expression on her face vanished, replaced by a gloomy, resentful look; then her figure suddenly flickered, transforming into a streak of startled rainbow that shot out, instantly appearing in the air over twenty zhang to the side.

This was no longer the cultivation level of a Qi Refining stage; even a Golden Core cultivator could not possess such astonishing escape speed.

A faint cold smile appeared at the corner of Han Li's mouth; he flicked his sleeve, and instantly a yellow light 'shot' out, flashing and vanishing, then strangely appeared above her head, transforming into a foot-long demon-subduing staff.

As this treasure was activated by Han Li's hand seal, it trembled lightly, instantly swelling in size, manifesting a huge illusory form several zhang tall, and simultaneously came crashing down heavily.

Seeing the large hand, the young female cultivator was greatly alarmed; unable to dodge in time, she could only open her mouth and spit out a stream of black 'color' demonic energy to try to block it momentarily.

But with a "boom" sound, yellow light flashed, the black energy was scattered in one strike, unable to linger on the demon-subduing staff even for a moment; the illusory form of the demon-subduing staff struck directly onto her heavenly spirit cover.

The young female cultivator let out a miserable cry, her body instantly flipped and fell to the ground; but almost simultaneously, a faint black shadow flew 'shot' from her body, after a single rotation it sought to burrow underground.

At this moment, thunder roared loudly; a golden 'color' electric net appeared above the black shadow's head out of nowhere; before it could react, it came down like lightning.

Instantly, cracking sounds rang out continuously; the black 'color' demonic shadow didn't even utter a groan before being completely obliterated by the golden light.

This lightning-fast series of events left everyone, including the middle-aged person, staring dumbfounded.

Han Li raised his hand and beckoned; the demon-subduing staff trembled lightly, shrank back to its original size, flew 'shot' back, and disappeared into his cuff.

After doing all this, Han Li backhandedly tossed out a pale blue 'color' small bottle, 'shot' toward Gu Tianqi.

The middle-aged cultivator naturally reached out and caught it instinctively.

"The pill in this bottle may help you pass through here smoothly; I offer it in exchange for your positioning disk." Having said this expressionlessly, Han Li immediately released a burst of green light all over his body, transforming into a piercing startled rainbow that shot away, vanishing in an instant into the flying snow across the sky, leaving no trace.

Only then did the middle-aged person awaken, tightly gripping the small bottle in his hand, his face showing 'color' of delight.

From nearby came also the exclamations of others; it turned out that the young female cultivator had slowly awakened. That blow earlier had actually not caused any real harm to her body.

At this time, Han Li, following the guidance of the disk in his hand, had already rushed straight toward the Small Extreme Palace, but recalling the earlier events, he still smiled faintly.

What had been lurking in the young woman's body was a nascent soul of a high-grade demon beast, whose strength was at least that of an eighth-level demon beast's thought.

This demon beast was also quite clever; it had used some unknown demonic technique to silently attach its divine sense to that female cultivator's body, while she remained completely unaware.

If this continued, once they truly left this area, the Small Extreme Palace cultivators, if not careful, might truly allow this demon beast to use the woman's body as cover and sneak into the Small Extreme Palace.

Having encountered it, and since it was merely a matter of lifting a hand, Han Li naturally acted to exterminate this demon beast's nascent soul thought. To prevent the opponent from causing trouble on Beiming Island during their stay.

However, this demon beast having gone to such lengths to mix in—could it be for the sake of that cold marrow?

After all, he had already inquired: the Small Extreme Palace had never reported any loss of cold marrow. Over such a long time, the Small Extreme Palace could not possibly still be unaware of the loss of cold marrow. It seems there is some special reason, and thus this matter has been concealed.

He pondered this with some confusion in his heart, but his escape light, driven forward, sped like lightning; not long after, he entered a strange region where fist-sized hailstones filled the air everywhere.

These hailstones were mixed in the wind and snow, each crystal clear and translucent; striking the protective barrier, they emitted a low "peng peng" sound, actually resembling the impact of giant stones.

But given Han Li's cultivation, he naturally paid no heed to these giant hailstones.

After flying for half an hour, Han Li saw a bright spot ahead; the hailstones and wind snow 'danced' away, and he finally flew out of this region.

Not far ahead appeared an ice city built against a mountain.

From afar, the city sparkled with crystal light, radiating five-colored light under the sun; moreover, some faint white vapor still circled the city, making the ice city seem like a heavenly paradise, truly unlike a mortal realm construction.

Han Li's face showed a hint of surprise 'color'.

However, his gaze quickly fell upon the giant mountain behind the ice city.

This mountain, compared to ordinary people, is already quite huge, appearing to be tens of thousands of zhang high; but compared to the colossal Mount Kunwu he had seen before, it is naturally insignificant.

What truly startled Han Li was that this mountain resembled a heaven-supporting giant pillar, standing straight and tall; the mountain surface was also crystal clear and sparkling, covered with a layer of unknown thickness of ice.

If not for the occasional strands of green appearing on the mountain, Han Li would have suspected the entire mountain was made of ice.

Although he possessed the Mingqing Lingmu, at such a distance Han Li could not clearly see the specific situation on the mountain; he could only vaguely see a patch of five-colored buildings at the icy summit, which appeared to be the so-called Small Extreme Palace.

Han Li gazed at the distant ice city and giant mountain, but did not immediately fly over.

Because between the ice city and him lay this glacial region, which seemed ordinary but secretly concealed various invisible restrictions; Han Li, versed in the ways of formations, could clearly sense their danger. Anyone who rashly transmitted in would likely immediately trigger their ferocity.

Moreover, just as he exited the previous region, several streaks of escape light had already 'shot' out from within the ice city, flying 'shot' toward him, as if they had long known of his arrival.

Han Li's eyebrows rose; suddenly recalling something, he lowered his head to look at the positioning disk in his hand, and a hint of realization 'color' appeared on his face.

It seems this positioning disk not only has the function of guiding the way, but also allows the Small Extreme Palace cultivators to constantly monitor the whereabouts of the cultivator holding this magical artifact.

Just as he was beginning to understand, several streaks of escape light arrived before his eyes in the blink of an eye.

One man and two women, three white-clad cultivators; the man was a Golden Core cultivator, the two women were Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The man, about thirty years old, with a清秀 appearance, glanced at Han Li briefly, then showed a hint of惊容 'color' and hastily bowed in salute:

"Junior Shi Yun, an外宮 steward. May I ask your esteemed name, senior, and what brings you to our palace?"

This Small Extreme Palace cultivator had seen Han Li fly out from the wind and snow from afar. Although he already knew the other party was no ordinary cultivator, truly confirming that he was indeed a Nascent Soul cultivator, and moreover a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator who was a stranger, still made him unable to help feeling a bit nervous.

"My name needs no saying; I came to visit a friend. I have some acquaintance with an elder of your palace." Han Li said calmly.

"An elder of your palace? I don't know which elder senior wishes to find; junior will immediately report to senior." Hearing Han Li say this, the man's expression 'color' relaxed, and he hurriedly spoke in a flattering tone.

"Bai Xi Shi Xianzi and I had met a few times in the past, I don't know if she is in the palace." Han Li said slowly.

"So it's Bai Shishu! Shishu did not go out, but now it seems he is in seclusion. The junior will immediately send a sound transmission talisman to inform Shishu, please wait a moment, senior." Shi Yun, hearing Han Li accurately say Bai Yaoyi's name, felt somewhat relieved, and then, right in front of Han Li, immediately sent out a sound transmission talisman.

During this period, Han Li stood still in place, leisurely and motionless, but his gaze began to carefully observe the situation in the distance.

Seeing this, the young man blinked his eyes, smiling broadly, about to say something more. But just then, a piercing red rainbow flew out from the wind and snow area behind Han Li, and it was only about a hundred or so zhang away from Han Li and them.

As a result, a light cry came from within the escaping light; upon receiving the red rainbow, its light suddenly turned and shot straight toward Han Li and the others.

As a result, before the red rainbow even arrived, a hearty laugh came from within it first.

"This Daoist friend, are you visiting friends in this palace? I don't know your esteemed surname and name; may I have the honor of making your acquaintance?"

The light faded, and there appeared before Han Li a youth with a fair complexion, but his hair was somewhat grayish-white, and his eyes, as they moved, were filled with a sense of vicissitudes.

Han Li narrowed his eyes, carefully observing the person before him several times, and with a sweep of his spiritual sense, it showed that this person was also a mid Nascent Soul cultivator.

This came as somewhat of a surprise to him.

Before Han Li could speak, Shi Yun beside him, however, stepped forward with a look of delight, clasped his hands, and said respectfully:

"Disciple pays respects to Bi Shishu; I don't know if this journey of yours was smooth!"

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