Chapter 1400: Secret Hand

"Brother Han also recognizes the material of this jade box. This is indeed the ten-thousand-year Flame Jade, which is as famous as Mysterious Jade. Only objects made of such rare extreme-attribute materials can ensure that the spiritual energy of the Phoenix Feather does not leak." Ye Ying said with a smile, looking somewhat proud.

I'm afraid only a True Spirit family like their Ye family would be willing to use such rare materials to make an ordinary object.

At this moment, Han Li laughed lightly, his expression returning to normal.

Ye Chu opened the box lid expressionlessly. Inside were three five-colored long feathers, each three feet long, shining brightly.

The woman pointed a finger at one of the long feathers.

Immediately, this spiritual object flew out of the jade box and floated slowly toward Han Li.

Han Li revealed a solemn expression, grabbed the spiritual object through the void with one hand, and it was taken into his hand.

Then, he stroked it with his fingers, observing it carefully.

The long feather was crystal clear and transparent, with five-colored runes flickering in and out amidst the flashing colorful radiance, and the spiritual energy it contained was extremely astonishing.

"Not bad, it should truly be a Heavenly Phoenix Feather." Han Li nodded with satisfaction. Such a heaven and earth spiritual object, I'm afraid even if one wanted to imitate it, one would be powerless to do so.

Below, he flipped his palm, and a snow-white, crystal-clear jade box appeared, emitting astonishing cold energy. It was actually a jade box refined from ten-thousand-year Mysterious Jade.

The two women opposite him were startled when they saw this jade box, and they couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.

Han Li placed the Heavenly Phoenix Feather into the box. After a flash of white light, the jade box vanished without a trace.

"Since I have received the Phoenix Feather, the True Dragon blood naturally belongs to the two Fellow Daoists." Han Li scanned the two women opposite him with a smile and flicked the green tripod with one hand.

After a light "dang" sound, the green threads sprayed from the tripod moved, and the blood dragon was thrown over directly.

The blood dragon's body flashed with spiritual light, actually struggling in the air, looking as if it still wanted to flee.

But the white-robed young girl opposite him had long since been overjoyed. She held the purple-gold gourd in her hand, and immediately a buzzing sound rang out. A sheet of blue radiance sprayed from the gourd mouth.

With a flash of blue light, it wrapped around the blood dragon and pulled it to a place within arm's reach of the young girl.

The two women stared at the blood dragon without blinking, their divine sense instantly penetrating the blood dragon's body over and over again.

"It really is True Dragon blood!" After a long while, Ye Chu let out a light breath and finally nodded.

The young girl also revealed a smile.

She pinched a spell with both hands, and the blue radiance rolled back, shrinking the blood dragon several times before collecting it into the purple-gold gourd.

"Brother Han is truly a man of his word. Now that this matter is settled, after returning to Tianyuan City, are you interested in becoming a guest elder of our Ye family? Our Ye family has always treated people with extraordinary divine abilities like Brother Han with great hospitality." The white-robed young girl smiled sweetly at Han Li as she put away the gourd, speaking words of solicitation.

"Tianyuan City? I have no plans to return recently. I intend to stay in the Wilderness Realm for a period of time and will not be returning in the short term," Han Li said without hesitation.

Han Li's words did not surprise the two women. The young girl revealed a look of regret, but she didn't say anything more and said:

"In that case, so be it. However, Brother Han, if you ever change your mind, you are welcome to come to the Ye family at any time. I would absolutely welcome you. Alright, let's set off. Let's not let the Wood Clan people find us again. As for this Black Phoenix Clan Fellow Daoist, I imagine it must be a huge headache for Brother Han to deal with, so let me handle it." The young girl scanned the black mountain peak below Han Li and said with a smile.

"Then I will have to trouble the two Fellow Daoists. It is indeed difficult for me to deal with this woman." Han Li didn't comment on the women's previous words, but upon hearing this, he agreed without hesitation.

Han Li beckoned toward the bottom, and the black mountain peak flared with gray light, shrinking rapidly. After a few flashes, it transformed into a mountain about a zhang tall.

With a "boom," the black mountain peak vanished into thin air.

Below, Xiao Hong was revealed, still unable to move at the bottom of the giant pit.

And Ye Chu, who had been prepared, flicked her five fingers toward the bottom.

Five green rays shot down in a flash, instantly reaching above the black phoenix.

These green rays burst open with a few "puchi" sounds, transforming into a hazy green silk net that shrouded down, netting the black phoenix beneath it.

Then, the woman pinched a spell and chanted.

The green silk net flashed with spiritual light, immediately shrinking in size. Incredibly, the black phoenix also shrank along with the silk net, transforming into a small, delicate appearance about half a foot tall in the blink of an eye.

The woman stopped her incantation, grabbed with one hand, and the green silk net trembled, transforming into a cluster of green light that flew into the sky.

After a few flashes, this light cluster vanished into the woman's sleeve, leaving no trace.

"For the rest of the journey, I have some other matters to attend to, so I will not be traveling with the two Fellow Daoists," Han Li said with a dry laugh, suddenly cupping his fists and saying words that left the two women stunned.

"We haven't passed through the 'Line of Heaven' yet, and we are still within the Wood Clan's territory. It would be better for you to travel with us, Fellow Daoist," the white-robed young girl said somewhat surprised.

"No! I truly have other important matters and it is inconvenient to continue traveling with the two of you. I will bid you farewell here." Han Li shook his head firmly, cupped his fists at the two women, collected his treasures and the Ti Hun Beast, and transformed into a green rainbow that broke through the air and left.

In the blink of an eye, Han Li's escape light appeared at the edge of the horizon, but immediately vanished without a trace.

Seeing Han Li leave so cleanly and neatly, the white-robed young girl and Ye Chu looked at each other.

"He is quite clever, actually knowing to slip away immediately? Could he have really guessed that we have others waiting outside?" The young girl frowned, somewhat depressed.

"Possibly. Even if not, it shows that this person is cautious enough, not revealing a single opportunity for us to take advantage of. Otherwise, with the reinforcements sent by the family head, we should have had a great hope of keeping the other party here," Ye Chu also said, her gaze flickering.

"Sister Chu, just now you used the 'Abdominal Voice' secret technique to transmit sound, telling me not to make a move. You are already a Spirit Severing late-stage cultivator, and with me, couldn't we take this person down? It might not have been necessary to exchange the Heavenly Phoenix Feather." The white-robed young girl seemed somewhat resentful about what had just happened.

"If it were just to defeat this person, I naturally have over a seventy percent chance of winning. But if it were to kill or capture him alive, I don't even have a fifty percent chance. Young Master has already witnessed this person's divine abilities, right? Not only did he capture the Black Phoenix Clan demoness in just a few exchanges, but the sword array he set up at the end could even destroy treasures of the Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure level. And that spirit beast of his is even more eerie, viewing Spirit Severing stage Ghost Kings as nothing. Even if I made a move, I couldn't have solved that Wuxiang Ghost King so neatly. Looking at how this person fought just now, always so relaxed and calm, he must have some other trump cards. Moreover, the True Blood was still in the other party's hands. If this person destroyed it, we would be losing more than we gained. Even if the Heavenly Phoenix Feather is rare, there are still opportunities to find it. But True Dragon blood... I estimate that in the entire human race, only the Long family might have it. Who knows how many generations it would take for another direct descendant like Long Dong to inherit such pure bloodline." Ye Chu explained.

"I know these things too. This person's divine abilities and treasures are indeed not trivial. Since Sister Chu really has no certainty of success, we didn't do anything wrong earlier. The family head knows we obtained the True Dragon essence blood, so he won't blame us for this. True Dragon blood is a major matter, not worth us taking more risks. Fortunately, this person is sensible and didn't force us to truly make a move. Alright, let's go. With such a big commotion just now, let's not really attract the Wood Clan." The white-robed young girl fell silent for a good while before saying with some helplessness.

Ye Chu nodded, shook her sleeve, and released the giant wooden bird from before.

The two women transformed into two streaks of escape light and landed on the bird's body. It immediately transformed into a cluster of green light, breaking through the air like a meteor.

Almost at the same time, Han Li was already in the high sky ten thousand miles away.

While flying, he revealed an eerie smile, his eyes flashing with excitement.

Suddenly, he opened his mouth while in his escape light and sprayed out the small Void Heaven Tripod again.

Han Li held the tripod with one hand and tapped the lid lightly. Immediately, the small tripod revealed a tiny crack.

Blue light flashed in his eyes, and two golden shadows flew out from the crack. After a spin, they landed on the tripod lid, revealing themselves to be two thumb-sized Gold-Devouring Beetles.

Han Li smiled slightly, opened his mouth again, and sprayed two clusters of pure spiritual energy, shrouding the two spirit insects.

The two Gold-Devouring Beetles flared with golden light, swelling to half a foot in size, becoming abnormally ferocious.

A low incantation slowly came from Han Li's mouth. The two giant insects suddenly opened their mouths wide simultaneously. With a flash of blood light, each sprayed a finger-thick, fresh red liquid into the air.

Han Li's eyes lit up. He grabbed with his other hand, taking the sprayed objects into his hand.

When he opened his five fingers again, in the center of his palm, two miniature blood dragons and blood phoenixes, several inches long, appeared.

Han Li had actually left behind a bit of True Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix essence blood without anyone knowing.

Even though Ye Ying and the other woman were extremely cautious, they would never have imagined that Han Li possessed mature Gold-Devouring Beetles that could devour anything; otherwise, they would never have so easily let Han Li steal the two types of True Spirit blood.

After all, True Spirit blood, unless using special secret techniques and treasures, could not be separated at all.

Han Li stared at the miniature blood dragon and blood phoenix in his hand that were desperately trying to fly away. His five fingers flashed with green light, tightly restricting the two objects, and a look of contemplation appeared on his face.

How to utilize these two types of True Spirit blood, Han Li truly hadn't made up his mind for a moment. But one thing was certain: this True Spirit blood was absolutely extremely rare, and its value was likely above some legendary immortal pills and divine medicines.

Unfortunately, he didn't know much about the True Spirit families and True Spirit bloodlines, so he couldn't make any decisions for the time being. He could only leave it for the future when he had researched it thoroughly before using this spirit blood.

Han Li's expression suddenly changed. He flipped his hand and took out a silver-shining wooden box, putting the miniature blood dragon and blood phoenix into it. Then, he shook his sleeve and stuck several talismans on the box lid.

With a flash of silver light, the wooden box vanished.

After doing all this, Han Li turned his head to look far behind him, his eyes narrowing subconsciously.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1401 =====