Chapter 1244: One Strike

"As far as I know, Cold Marrow is only available in the Small Extreme Palace. If it weren't for the fact that the Small Extreme Palace also had Spirit Transformation cultivators in the past, and Solar Essence Fire is truly hard to find, this item would have been snatched away by other cultivators long ago. Now, although the Small Extreme Palace no longer has Spirit Transformation cultivators, the Cold Marrow disappeared inexplicably a long time ago. I have also personally sneaked into the Small Extreme Palace to search for it, but found nothing. How did you get this Cold Marrow? Could it be that bottle that the Small Extreme Palace lost!" Hu Old Demon transmitted his voice gloomily.

"Naturally not. How could there be such a coincidence in this world that that bottle of lost Cold Marrow would fall into Han Mou's hands. I just obtained a little bit from the Ten Thousand Year Profound Jade in the Void Spirit Hall of the Small Extreme Palace. And this time, exchanging with you, I cannot take it all out. Dividing it slightly, it is barely enough for two portions of Returning Yang Water refining. How about it?" Han Li seemed to have expected the old demon to ask this, and replied without changing his expression.

"Hmph, I don't care where this thing came from. This thing is not suitable for taking too much anyway; it is enough for me to use alone. But if you really intend to use it as an exchange, I have another condition. If you agree, I will agree to let the girl Zhao Ziling leave Demon Tuo Mountain." The old man with the wooden crown's eyes shifted, and he suddenly stopped the voice transmission and spoke directly.

"What condition?" Han Li's eyes flashed with surprise. The other party making another condition truly surprised him.

"Very simple, besides giving me the things you mentioned, you must also take one strike from me. You are not allowed to dodge, and you are not allowed to use Immortal-Extinguishing Pearls. But regardless of whether you take it or not, I will not make things difficult for you anymore." The old man with the wooden crown's cold light swept across Zhao Ziling, and he said expressionlessly.

Xiang Xiang Zhili's expression stirred upon hearing this condition, but it returned to normal in an instant. Old Monster Feng was surprised and looked at the old demon.

The others had different expressions!

The old demon's sudden change in attitude had already left them confused, not knowing what rare treasure Han Li had taken out that actually made a Spirit Transformation cultivator change his expression drastically. But now, hearing this condition, they were speechless again.

"Take one strike from you, and not allowed to dodge?" Han Li narrowed his eyes and repeated it in a murmur.

"Correct, that is the condition. If I don't give you some color to see, I'm afraid others will really think that I, the master of the Demon Palace, cannot even protect a concubine!" The old demon said gloomily.

For a time, the hall became silent again. Many people were secretly pondering. Did Hu Old Demon still have killing intent, intending to take this opportunity to kill the other party in one fell swoop? After all, with the shocking gap between Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation cultivators, how could one survive a strike without dodging?

And just when everyone's gaze was on Han Li, Zhao Ziling's face turned almost transparent.

After a silence, she suddenly gritted her silver teeth.

"No need for Brother Han to exchange anything. This concubine has changed her mind and doesn't intend to leave the Demon Palace. Brother Han, you should leave yourself." The woman said with difficulty, her voice somewhat bitter.

Han Li was stunned upon hearing this, but immediately understood the woman's intention and laughed lightly. But before he could speak, Hu Old Demon spoke coldly first:

"What kind of place do you think my Demon Palace is, where you can stay if you want and leave if you want? As long as I agree to this transaction, even if you intend to stay here, it is wishful thinking. Kid surnamed Han, you won't agree to this, right?"

"I naturally won't agree. If it is only one strike, Han Mou would really like to try taking it." Han Li shook his head at Zhao Ziling and agreed without hesitation.

The old demon chuckled, raised one hand, and pointed a finger at Zhao Ziling not far away.

The woman immediately felt a numbness in her dantian, couldn't help but let out a light cry of shock, then her graceful body trembled, and several black threads flew out from her body, circling like spiritual snakes, and then disappeared into the old demon's finger.

Zhao Ziling then straightened her body again, and after her magic power flowed slightly, her face became surprised and happy. The spiritual power that she couldn't mobilize at all surged out again.

Seeing this, Han Li's spiritual sense swept through Zhao Ziling's body, and after a moment, he finally revealed a look of satisfaction.

The restriction in the woman's body was indeed gone.

"Where are the things!"

Hu Old Demon was not polite at all. As soon as the restriction in Zhao Ziling's body was lifted, he looked at Han Li and asked coldly.

Han Li's mouth curled, and he suddenly raised his hand, and a white light flew out from his sleeve.

Hu Old Demon's eyes brightened, he grabbed the void with one hand, and the white light arrived in his hand.

It was actually a small jade altar!

The old demon's eyes flickered, he brushed his sleeve over the bottle, and the bottle cap opened on its own. At the same time, circles of black light rippled outward, forming a layer of black light curtain to prevent anyone from peeking into the bottle with spiritual sense.

The old man with the wooden crown's cautious attitude made the others even more curious, and even Xiang Xiang Zhili couldn't help but stroke his beard and ponder.

After only a moment, Hu Old Demon finished checking the items in the bottle, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face.

After covering the bottle again, he flipped his palm, and the bottle disappeared without a trace.

After doing all this, he looked at Han Li again, his smile faded, but a thick murderous aura appeared, and suddenly black light flashed around his body, and he turned into a black light and shot toward the outside of the hall, leaving behind words without any emotion in the hall.

"Kid Han, I am waiting for you outside the hall. Don't keep me waiting too long."

Before these words were finished, the black light had already disappeared at the hall door, but the lingering echoes were still reverberating in the hall.

Seeing this, Han Li's expression didn't show panic, but instead, he poured himself another cup of spiritual wine, drank it in a few gulps, and then stood up calmly.

"Brother Han, are you really going to take his strike? He is a Spirit Transformation cultivator?" Zhao Ziling frowned, unable to help but worry.

"Don't worry! If it is only one strike, I have a few points of confidence." Han Li looked at the woman and smiled peacefully.

Back then, before he advanced to the late stage of Nascent Soul, he had blocked a strike from the ancient demon ancestor's soul clone. Facing a Spirit Transformation cultivator, he had a certain degree of confidence in his heart.

"Then I will go out with Brother Han, and this concubine will watch the battle for Brother Han on the side." Zhao Ziling's pair of eyes shone brightly, and she said firmly.

Han Li's eyes met the strange look in the woman's eyes, hesitated for a moment, but nodded.

Spiritual light flashed on his body, he grabbed Zhao Ziling, and turned into a green light and shot out, disappearing at the hall door as well.

The blue-robed scholar and others in the hall also drove their escape lights one after another and poured out of the hall.

They naturally wouldn't easily let go of this excitement. Even the other two peerless female cultivators who were about to become concubines, after hesitating for a moment, also walked out with the palace maids.

In an instant, only Xiang Xiang Zhili and Old Monster Feng were left in the hall.

They were actually sitting in their original places silently, not moving at all.

"Brother Xiang, what do you think?" Old Monster Feng opened his mouth.

"What do I think?" Xiang Xiang Zhili asked back without changing his expression.

"Naturally, what did that kid Han use to make Hu Old Demon put aside the matter of his concubine being taken. There are truly not many things in this world that can move the old demon." Old Monster Feng sneered.

"Since there are not many, it doesn't mean there are none. What is strange about this." Xiang Xiang Zhili was still calm.

"Brother Xiang, do you really not want to know what that thing is? A treasure that can make Hu Old Demon lose his composure like this is probably of great use to you and me." Old Monster Feng looked at Xiang Xiang Zhili deeply and said with deep meaning.

"Even if that thing is a supreme treasure that can help us break through the current bottleneck, or a holy medicine that can extend our lives by one or two hundred years, so what? Does Fellow Daoist Feng think that breaking through the current realm will allow us to ascend to the Spirit Realm, or that living another one or two hundred years will allow us to cultivate to the late stage of Spirit Transformation in one breath? If we cannot do this, we should stop being distracted by external objects and focus on searching for spatial nodes. As long as we can find a suitable node, we will have hope for longevity. Why bother to go far and do something unnecessary." Xiang Xiang Zhili sighed and said this.

"Correct, Brother Xiang's words make sense. It was I who was greedy for a moment. Actually, regardless of what that thing is, it is now in Hu Old Demon's hands, so we have no chance. But looking at Hu Old Demon's appearance, he doesn't want to tell anyone at all. However, this old demon actually wants Kid Han to take one strike from him. He must be ill-intentioned. He wouldn't really want to take this opportunity to ruin that kid's life, would he?" Old Monster Feng pondered for a while, then smiled bitterly.

"Nothing will happen. I have already reminded Fellow Daoist Hu beforehand. Moreover, since Junior Martial Brother Han dared to agree in one breath, he should have some confidence. But having said that! This old demon has a strange temper, so to prevent any accidents, we should go out and take a look! Don't let him be muddled for a moment and really do something unexpected." Xiang Xiang Zhili remembered something, frowned, and couldn't sit still.

Old Monster Feng nodded and stood up.

The two flickered and disappeared from their original places.

And the next moment, their figures appeared on the ground somewhere outside the hall, and then flashed, disappearing again.

Of course, when Xiang Xiang Zhili and the two appeared on the ground outside the hall, in the high sky a hundred feet away, Han Li and the old man with the wooden crown were already hovering and confronting each other.

One had a normal expression, the other was expressionless!

Other cultivators were standing sparsely on the ground, but from several other palaces nearby, hundreds of gorgeously dressed Demon Palace maids also poured out, looking at the situation in the sky, whispering and talking to each other, all revealing looks of excitement on their faces.

This is no wonder, as such an opportunity for the master of the Demon Palace to take action personally is rare for them to see.

"If Hu Old Demon uses his full strength, does Brother Xiang think Kid Han can take this strike?" Old Monster Feng squinted his eyes and looked at the sky for a while, then suddenly turned his head and asked with a strange look.

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