Chapter 11

On the way back, Han Li didn't meet many people. Only a few senior brothers passing by were a bit surprised to see him limping, but they didn't say anything to him. It seemed no one paid too much attention to this little junior brother.

Returning to his residence, the pain in his foot was even more severe. Han Li hurriedly sat on the edge of the bed, took off his shoes and socks gently, and checked his injuries.

It was so swollen! The big toe of his right foot had already bulged high, and the skin of the injured area was swollen red and shiny, like a bright red large chili pepper.

Han Li hurriedly reached for the wooden pillow on his bed and took out a small medicine bottle from under the pillow. This was an external injury medicine carefully prepared by Doctor Mo, which had miraculous effects on blood stasis, swelling, and even bleeding. It was something he had obtained from Doctor Mo with great difficulty, originally prepared in advance for Zhang Tie when he suffered external injuries while practicing the "Elephant Armor Skill." He didn't expect that he would be the one to use it first.

As soon as he opened the bottle cap, a rich medicinal fragrance filled the entire room. He poured the light medicine powder onto the swollen toe, and a cool feeling immediately came over it. It truly lived up to being Doctor Mo's secret injury medicine, taking effect immediately. Doctor Mo's medical skills were truly beyond reproach!

Han Li found another piece of clean cloth, wrapped the injured toe into a large package, and only then put on his shoes and socks again.

En! Fortunately, the pain had lessened a lot.

He walked back and forth slowly, quite satisfied with his method of quickly treating the injury.

Now it was time to deal with that mysterious bottle, the culprit that caused his serious injury.

Han Li took out the bottle from his bosom and found a rag to wipe it clean. Only then did the entire original appearance of the bottle present itself before his eyes.

The volume of this bottle wasn't large; he could hold it all with one palm, even a bit smaller than his own medicine bottle. The bottle was entirely a pale green color, and there were several dark green patterns printed on the bottle surface. The patterns were leaf-shaped and lifelike. Touching them gave a protruding feeling, as if they were real leaves directly inlaid on it.

He weighed it in his hand; it was very heavy. However, this object was clearly not made of any metal Han Li knew, nor was it any kind of porcelain he knew. Because touching it with his hand didn't give the cold feeling of ordinary metal, nor did it have the smooth texture of general porcelain.

Han Li observed it carefully for a long while before confirming that this bottle was made of some material he didn't know. This pale green color was also a natural color, a color inherent to this material itself, not something dyed on later.

When he saw the tightly sealed bottle cap, Han Li decided to satisfy his curiosity and immediately opened the bottle to see if there was anything inside.

Once again, he put his hand on the cap and exerted force to twist it.

Once, twice, three times... The bottle cap and the bottle body were as if cast in one piece, not moving at all. The cap showed no sign of being opened.

Han Li was startled. When he first picked up the bottle, he hadn't been able to twist it. But at that time, he was worried about his injury and didn't have the time to exert much force, so he didn't take it to heart. He originally thought that now, using his full strength, opening it would be an easy matter. He didn't expect that it still wouldn't work.

Han Li twisted it over a dozen more times, feeling his arms sore, but it still didn't look like it would succeed, so he stopped.

He shook his arms and exercised his wrists; he had exerted too much force just now and had strained them a bit.

He brought the bottle under his eyelids and checked it carefully again. Unfortunately! He didn't find any hidden small mechanisms on it.

Now Han Li was worried. Without opening the bottle cap, how could he know if there was anything inside? If there was, this bottle was so peculiar and sealed so tightly, it must be an extremely precious and good thing.

Han Li held the bottle tightly in his hand and stared at it, dazed for a while. Finally, he decided to let Zhang Tie, whose strength was much greater than his, try to see if he could twist it open. One must know that the current Zhang Tie could lift buckets of water weighing dozens of jin with each hand and could walk as fast as flying up and down the mountain. Now, the large water vat in the valley was filled by him on time every day.

Having made up his mind, Han Li went to Zhang Tie's room to wait for him, hoping that Zhang Tie would return soon.

The feeling of waiting for someone was truly unpleasant. Han Li felt that time was passing very slowly. After a long while, he finally heard the sound of Zhang Tie pushing the door and entering the room.

Raising his head, Han Li saw Zhang Tie wearing a thin green cloth shirt, his whole body faintly emitting heat, walking in covered in sweat. Han Li knew this was a normal phenomenon after he had just finished practicing, so he didn't find it strange.

As soon as Zhang Tie saw Han Li in his room, he was stunned. Before he could speak, Han Li, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately handed the bottle before his eyes.

"Brother Zhang, do me a favor. Can you help me open this bottle?"

"Where did you find this? It looks quite good!" Zhang Tie was slightly stunned before taking the bottle.

"Zi! Zi! Zi!"

"Yi! This thing is truly sturdy enough. It's so hard to twist open! What exactly is it made of?" Zhang Tie didn't talk nonsense either. After taking it, he used his strength with both hands, but still couldn't open the bottle cap.

"It won't work. I can't twist it. Why don't you go find other senior brothers to try?" Zhang Tie shook his head apologetically at Han Li, threw the bottle back to him, and gave him another suggestion.

"Even you can't?" Han Li was a bit anxious and couldn't help but pace around the room.

"Ai! What happened to your foot?" Zhang Tie only then discovered that Han Li's walking was a bit off.

"It's nothing, just kicked a stone while walking." Han Li didn't know why, but he didn't want to tell him the truth about the bottle. Perhaps it was just subconsciously treating matters related to the bottle as his own little secret.

Han Li was very disappointed now and had no spirit to chat with Zhang Tie. After asking about his cultivation progress, he left his room, preparing to go back and find a way to solve the bottle problem himself.

Returning to his small room, Han Li stood the bottle on the table, lay on one side of the table, stared at the bottle with his eyes, and his brain was spinning fast, trying to think of a good way to solve the problem.

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