Chapter 1265: Entering the Node (I)

Han Li stood under the light cluster, looking up at the sky, his expression solemn. Net

Nangong Wan stood side by side with him, remaining silent.

The others were also silent, seemingly waiting for something. This included Tian Qin'er and another disciple, Shi Brother Jian, who had already become the Sect Master of the Thousand Bamboo Sect.

"Master, will Senior Feng really arrive today? If we wait until after noon to lift the seal, I'm afraid it will be quite troublesome." Not knowing how much time had passed, Tian Qin'er, who was standing behind Han Li and the others, said in a low voice.

"Rest assured, Fairy Feng sent news a month ago; she will definitely arrive today," Han Li replied without turning his head.

Hearing Han Li's words, Tian Qin'er stopped speaking and could only continue to wait.

After another while, Han Li's brows twitched, and he suddenly turned his head to look at the sea fog on one side.

Seeing Han Li's action, the others couldn't help but stir.

As a result, a moment later, a pleasant clear chime came from the direction Han Li was looking, and then the sea fog rolled, and a crystal-clear snow-white Ice Phoenix, several feet long, flew out from inside.

This phoenix's escape speed was strange; its wings only flapped a few times before it reached above the crowd, then the cold light shone brightly, transforming into a woman in silver robes, who landed from the air.

"I'm not late, am I?" the woman said lightly, her gaze sweeping over the crowd and finally landing on Han Li.

"Of course we aren't late! Qin'er, lift the seal. Fellow Daoist Feng, you and I shall go to the side to place restrictions on each other!" Han Li turned his head to give the order, then smiled at Ice Phoenix. Then, his escape light rose, transforming into a green rainbow that submerged into the thick fog on one side.

The silver-robed woman raised her brows and also turned into a silver rainbow and followed.

Nangong Wan stood where she was, looking at the direction where the two disappeared, a trace of worry appearing between her brows.

At this moment, Tian Qin'er commanded more than a dozen cultivators to fly up, one after another flying under the giant light cluster, forming a strange formation. Then spiritual light flashed on their hands, and they each revealed array disks, array flags, and other magic tools.

Amidst Tian Qin'er's delicate shout, these cultivators simultaneously raised the array flags and array disks in their hands. As the light shone brightly, they either released light pillars or flew out strands of light mist, all of which submerged into the light cluster and disappeared.

This woman led the group of cultivators and began to lift the seal on the node.

Time passed slowly. As the seal loosened bit by bit, the originally blurry light cluster began to become clear and dazzling, and its color changed from gray to a scorching white, as if a scorching sun had emerged.

Such dazzling light, even a great cultivator like Nangong Wan couldn't help but narrow her eyes, not daring to look directly at it too much.

Those cultivators responsible for breaking the seal, including Tian Qin'er, had long since closed their eyes, relying solely on the sensing of their spiritual sense to manipulate the magic tools in their hands.

At this moment, a large hand suddenly appeared on Nangong Wan's shoulder, and at the same time, a man's mellow voice sounded in her ear:

"What's wrong, still a bit worried!"

Nangong Wan was startled at first, but then her body relaxed, and she turned back with a forced smile.

Behind her, Han Li was looking at her with a smile.

"Naturally, there is worry. However, pursuing the Great Dao has always been going against heaven, pursuing a glimmer of survival between life and death, so there is nothing to regret. By the way, have you and Fellow Daoist Feng finished placing the restrictions?" Nangong Wan sighed lightly first, then asked with concern.

"The restrictions have all been set, and they are the kind of 'dead restrictions' that are impossible for anyone else to lift unless the person who cast them does it themselves. This way, she and I don't have to worry about the other party playing any tricks." Han Li heard this and gave a bitter smile.

"Hmph, as long as you don't play tricks behind my back, why would I play any tricks," white light flashed behind Han Li, and the silver-robed woman tore through the void and appeared directly.

"Fellow Daoist Feng, it's better not to use spatial divine abilities casually now. It's better to save some magic power to deal with the dangers in the spatial node," Han Li frowned.

"Rest assured, I naturally have a sense of proportion," this Ice Phoenix didn't know if it was because of the restrictions they had placed on each other, but she didn't use cold words, and her expression was much more relaxed than before.

Han Li smiled slightly and said nothing more. He stepped forward to stand with Nangong Wan and raised his head to watch the seal-breaking in the air.

The silver-robed woman also fell silent.

After a full quarter of an hour, when the light cluster in the air reached its most dazzling point, a low muffled thunder sound came, the white light converged, and the light cluster in the air suddenly transformed into a pitch-black hole, whose depth was unknown, without a trace of light, as if it were the mouth of a giant beast waiting to devour people.

Han Li's heart tightened. Seeing this, the silver-robed woman's phoenix eyes also flashed with strange light, but she said without hesitation:

"Fellow Daoist Han, let's go."

Then, silver light flashed around her body, and she drifted slowly toward the black hole.

Han Li's mouth twitched, and he patted his storage pouch with one hand. Immediately, silver light flashed before his eyes, and another "Han Li" appeared before him.

It was the human-shaped puppet.

Han Li didn't say a word, raised his hand, and slapped the human-shaped puppet's head like lightning.

With a "puff" sound, a pitch-black Nascent Soul emerged from the top of the puppet's head. With a flash of black light, it shot into Han Li's body and disappeared.

Han Li tapped the puppet lightly again, and immediately the puppet's silver light shone brightly, its figure shrank suddenly, transforming into an inch-sized wooden puppet.

And almost at the same time, he shook his other sleeve, and two blue small tripods and a group of three-colored flames also flew out, circling before him.

"Wan'er, these treasures are of no great use to me in passing through the spatial node. You don't know what kind of tribulations you will encounter in the mortal world, so these things can help you. Keep them well," Han Li said, flicking his long sleeve, and a green mist flew out, pushing these four treasures toward Nangong Wan.

After saying this, Han Li's figure rose into the air, turning into a green rainbow and chasing after the Ice Phoenix.

Nangong Wan gritted her teeth, beckoned with her slender hand, and received the human-shaped puppet and other treasures into her hands, then looked up at Han Li's back, her face a bit pale.

At this moment, the Ice Phoenix stopped in front of the unfathomable black hole. After Han Li's green light converged and appeared behind her, she asked without looking back:

"Why, don't you want to say a few more words to your Fellow Daoist Nangong? I'm not in a hurry to enter immediately, so I can give you husband and wife a little more time."

This Spirit Transformation demon cultivator actually said words that were quite human.

"No need! Whatever words we have, Wan and I have already said them before. Now we just need to focus on passing through the node," Han Li took a deep breath and replied calmly.

Then he patted his own crown with one hand, green light flashed, and a green small tripod appeared. He stepped on it lightly, and as the emerald light shone, a green ruler appeared strangely, and as it turned slightly, silver lotus phantoms appeared under his feet.

He shook his sleeve inadvertently, and a silver talisman shot out. Amidst the rumbling sound, it transformed into a three-colored battle armor that stuck tightly to his body. Then seventy-two golden small swords shot out from his body, transforming into pieces of golden light, circling nearby.

At the same time, Han Li turned his hands over, and a golden ring and a jade umbrella several inches in size were held in his palms.

Seeing this, the silver-robed woman's face flashed with surprise, but she was not in a hurry, shaking her shoulders, and more than a dozen white lights flew out. After pausing slightly in the air, they revealed crystal-clear long feathers.

They circled slightly at low altitude, then pounced down, transforming into a layer of white curtain that protected the Ice Phoenix. At the same time, the spiritual light on the silver robes on her body swirled, actually transforming into a magical pattern of a hundred birds facing a phoenix. What was most surprising was that as she opened her mouth, she spat out a semi-transparent ice boat.

As soon as this boat exited her mouth, it was only a few inches in size, but in the blink of an eye, it expanded wildly in the wind, transforming into ten-odd feet in size, and stopped before the two.

"This Cave-Heaven Boat of mine was refined with my own Cold Origin for ten thousand years before it finally formed. It should be able to protect us for a period of time at the beginning, saving us a lot of trouble," the silver-robed woman flickered and landed lightly on the ice boat, then turned back and said indifferently.

Han Li didn't stand on ceremony, raised his leg, arrived on the ice boat, stood behind the silver-robed woman, and then said in a low voice.

"Since Fellow Daoist has such a treasure, I will also help you, Fairy."

After saying this, a large piece of gray mist emerged from behind Han Li, then a black shadow flashed within it, and a foot-sized miniature mountain appeared, pitch-black all over, appearing inconspicuous.

The Ice Phoenix was startled. Before she understood what treasure this was, the mountain flew up from the gray mist, then circled once, and landed steadily on the ice boat.

Then Han Li formed hand seals and urged it, and the mountain released a large piece of gray light, enveloping the ice boat within it.

Although the silver-robed woman didn't know what was strange about this gray mist, she could see that it was definitely extraordinary. She didn't say a word, and under the urge of her spiritual sense, the ice boat under her feet also raised a layer of silver light shield in the gray mist, then with a "whoosh", it flashed and escaped into the black hole, disappearing in an instant.

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