Chapter 1293: Inheritance Bead

"A puppet is not worthy of talking to you, then how about me?" Space fluctuated above the mound, and a black flame appeared eerily, then transformed and condensed, turning into a palace-dressed young woman with a cold face.

The moment this woman appeared, she looked at Han Li with unkind eyes. After confirming that Han Li was indeed just an ordinary mortal, a trace of disdain flashed across her lips. She slowly raised one hand and aimed it at Han Li.

Han Li's spiritual sense couldn't sense anything, but having reached a realm where he could communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, he naturally had an inexplicable prediction of danger.

The moment the palace-dressed young woman appeared, he stopped his footsteps, and his face changed drastically.

And the moment this woman aimed her hand at him, Han Li felt a shiver, and all the hair on his body stood up.

An intense danger, the likes of which he had never felt since stepping into the cultivation world, descended upon him.

Almost as a conditioned reflex, Han Li didn't hesitate to shake his sleeve, and two round objects rolled down into his palm. He then hurriedly held them in front of him and stared at the woman in the air without saying a word.

They were two fist-sized round balls, one black and one red! Mysterious flowing light flickered on their surfaces, appearing extremely mysterious.

"Immortal-Extinguishing Beads! And two of them. Who exactly are you, and how do you have such a treasure!" Upon seeing these two beads, the palace-dressed young woman's face changed drastically as if she had seen a ghost. The black flame that had just flickered on her bracelet stopped abruptly, and she asked loudly in a tone of extreme shock and anger.

Seeing that this woman truly recognized the Immortal-Extinguishing Beads in his hand and revealed a look of dread, Han Li felt a sense of relief.

"Hehe, it's good that Fellow Daoist recognizes this object." He said indifferently, but he had secretly broken into a cold sweat, fearing that this woman's cultivation was far beyond his expectations. If even the Immortal-Extinguishing Beads couldn't pose a threat to her, then there would be absolutely no hope. However, even so, he was secretly complaining bitterly.

He had originally thought that this trip was just to face a mere demonic beast split soul manipulating a corpse. He hadn't expected to face a high-tier demonic cultivator at the Spirit Transformation stage.

How could such a level of demonic cultivator appear in the human realm?

Although he had suppressed the other party with the Immortal-Extinguishing Beads, a slight carelessness could lead to his death. He knew best how terrifying a Spirit Transformation stage cultivator was, having been at that level himself.

The palace-dressed young woman's expression was equally uncertain. Her gaze toward Han Li was as sharp as a sword, and she didn't hide the murderous intent on her body at all.

"Do you really think you can kill me with the Immortal-Extinguishing Beads?" The woman opened her red lips and said chillingly.

"Perhaps not, but two Immortal-Extinguishing Beads have a seventy or eighty percent chance of heavily injuring Fellow Daoist." Han Li remained unmoved.

"Is that so? But an object like the Immortal-Extinguishing Bead, when used by a mere body refiner like you, cannot escape its power either. Do you want to 'commit suicide'!" The woman sneered.

"Without it, I'll lose my life anyway. Why shouldn't I take this gamble." Han Li replied lightly.

"Even so, do you really think I wouldn't dare to trade some minor injuries for your dog life." The woman laughed out of anger.

"Hehe, naturally you wouldn't dare! Fellow Daoist is in the human realm; if you are injured, how can you hide the demonic aura on your body? Even if you can run for a while, how can you escape the pursuit of other high-tier cultivators? If I remember correctly, shapeshifting demonic cultivators entering the human realm is a violation of the agreement. Anyone can kill them." Han Li chuckled, but narrowed his eyes.

"A mere mortal dares to threaten me; you truly have some nerve." The woman's voice suddenly became somewhat eerie, as if it were ethereal and unclear, and at the same time, purple light flickered in her pupils, revealing a strange magic power that could suck a person's heart and soul in.

Han Li had been staring at the other party, and at this moment, his gaze was inevitably attracted, and his cold eyes became somewhat dazed.

The palace-dressed young woman was overjoyed, moved her shoulders, and seemed to want to take action.

But at this moment, a sneer appeared on Han Li's somewhat dull face, and then blue light burst forth from his pupils.

The woman felt a dizziness in her eyes, and her heart and soul were greatly shocked, causing her figure to stumble and almost fall from the air.

"Soul-Bewitching Technique, you also know the Soul-Bewitching Technique." The woman was strong enough in spiritual sense, and although she was caught off guard and countered by Han Li's spiritual eyes, she woke up immediately. However, even so, looking at Han Li, she was shocked as if she had seen a ghost.

Facing the woman's shock, Han Li smiled inscrutably, stood in place without moving, and didn't have the slightest intention of taking action at this opportunity.

The palace-dressed young woman's expression quickly returned to normal, but her gaze toward Han Li revealed a few more traces of shock and suspicion.

No matter how arrogant this woman was, she understood at this moment that the other party was by no means as simple as he appeared, and was by no means an ordinary body refiner.

"What do you want, to keep stalemating with me like this." The woman swept a glance at the Immortal-Extinguishing Beads in Han Li's hand, then glanced at the girl on the mound who appeared somewhat at a loss, her voice extremely chilling.

"Leave this little girl behind, and Fellow Daoist can leave." Han Li pondered for a moment before saying.

"Impossible, Daier is a direct bloodline of our Black Phoenix Clan and must be brought back to our clan." The palace-dressed young woman refused without thinking.

Seeing the other party answer so decisively, Han Li's heart sank, and he fell silent and gloomy.

The woman opposite also had no intention of saying anything else, and the two actually stalemated there for a long time.

A breeze blew, the sound of sand rustled, and the vicinity became extremely quiet!

"Uncle Han, you don't need to argue with Auntie Xiao anymore; I am willing to go with Auntie." The girl held by City Lord Zhao on the mound suddenly shouted, her voice extremely delicate.

Hearing this, Han Li was stunned, then his brows furrowed, while the palace-dressed young woman remained expressionless, seemingly not surprised by the girl's words.

"Daier, what are you saying? Are you willing to go with her? Do you know who she is?" Han Li was shocked, but then asked coldly.

"I naturally know. Auntie Xiao has already used magic to let me know everything." Daier raised her small face, and on her still-childish face, a trace of determination that was absolutely inconsistent with her age appeared.

"Magic! What did you do to her?" Han Li was a person of such experience that he immediately heard the trickery in it and shouted sternly at the woman.

"What need is there to do anything to her? I just injected our Black Phoenix Clan's inheritance bead into her body, letting her inherit some things related to our Black Phoenix Clan. Of course, it's impossible for her to digest it all immediately, but she already knows her half-demon identity very clearly." The woman stroked her hair and said indifferently.

Hearing this, Han Li was somewhat enlightened.

Although he didn't quite understand the specific supernatural powers of the so-called inheritance bead, it was mostly a treasure that carried the experience, secret techniques, and even a small part of the memories of predecessors, which could be inherited by descendants.

Such things were not non-existent in the human realm. It's just that the conditions for inheriting such treasures in the human realm were extremely harsh, and a slight carelessness could lead to the death of the successor. What was worse was that such inheritance was generally not a complete inheritance, and a large amount of loss would always occur during the inheritance process. It would be good if the successor could accept one or two out of ten.

This Black Phoenix Clan's inheritance bead, even if it had other spiritual wonders he didn't understand, it was impossible to completely solve these drawbacks.

And the little girl who had absorbed the inheritance bead, in a sense, would no longer be purely herself after she had fully absorbed and digested the things she was about to accept.

Han Li was silent for a long time before asking the girl again:

"Have you really thought it through! If you go to the demonic race, you must completely abandon your human identity and will not be able to see your relatives here in the future."

"Relatives! Other than Grandpa, there were no relatives to begin with. Now that Grandpa is like this, what's the use of Daier staying here? Besides, I want to live with my father." The girl shook her head, her expression somewhat dejected.

"Since that's the case, I won't force you. You can go with this person." After hearing the girl say this, Han Li sighed lightly, turned around with the Immortal-Extinguishing Beads in his hand, and walked away with large strides without hesitation.

Seeing Han Li walk away so cleanly, the palace-dressed young woman was stunned. The girl felt somewhat reluctant, bit her lip, but still didn't say anything else.

Han Li seemed to be walking, but his speed was astonishing. In just a short while, he turned into a black dot and disappeared completely at the horizon.

"Daier, let's go too. In case this person reports our whereabouts to high-tier human cultivators nearby, it will be troublesome." The woman looked at Han Li's back for a long time with murderous intent, but in the end, she didn't take action. Now, with an unsightly face, she said to the girl below.

"He won't do that." Daier flashed a strange expression that was absolutely inconsistent with her age and said in a low voice.

Hearing the girl's words, the palace-dressed young woman shook her head:

"No, how can a human be trusted. Let's go."

After saying this, the palace-dressed young woman raised her hand and grabbed into the void toward Daier below.

The girl was sucked directly to her side, and at the same time, the purple-robed man's physical body was wrapped in a black flame under the urging of a technique, turning into ashes. Then the flames condensed, turning into a black light that shot into the sky, and was sucked into the woman's body.

Then the woman raised her hand, and a brocade patch appeared above her head, then covered downward.

Amidst the flashing black light, the woman held the girl with one hand and turned into a wisp of green smoke, disappearing.

The next morning, in the human camp a hundred miles away, several streaks of light flew up and shot directly toward a certain direction.

It was precisely the Golden Jade Sect cultivators and Han Li and the others who had set off to retrieve the treasure.

They never returned from this trip. But strangely, Lady Fang, Zhang Kui, and the others turned a blind eye to this, and the other guards also never mentioned anything related to Han Li.

It was as if Han Li, the deputy team leader, had never appeared in the Tiandong Trading Firm.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1294 =====