Chapter 1423: Gold-Marrow Crystal Insects and Gold-Mother Coral Sand

"You have a way to capture Gold-Marrow Crystal Insects alive?" Han Li's outward expression remained unchanged, but he was instantly overjoyed in his heart.

"That's right. Our Hao Beast clan, as long as our divine abilities have reached a certain level, can naturally identify these crystal insects among countless minerals. Furthermore, we have a way to prevent these insects from turning back into crystal stones," the small beast said proudly.

"Good, very good. For this alone, I can let go of the trouble you caused me. I can give you the Wood-Bell Flowers!" Han Li suddenly smiled, his expression actually softening.

"There's such a good thing? What are the conditions?" The small beast was also exceptionally clever; it was happy at first, but immediately reacted.

"It's very simple. I will give you as many Wood-Bell Flowers as you want. But in exchange, for every ten flowers, you must give me a pair of Gold-Marrow Crystal Insects. Additionally, I am also very interested in the Gold-Mother Coral Sand in your tribute. One tael of this sand can also be exchanged for one Wood-Bell Flower," Han Li said with a light laugh.

"The crystal insects are tribute items; we don't have many, and ten pairs have already been promised to Venerable Baoguang," the ox-headed small beast said, its eyes darting around as it suddenly spoke.

"Venerable Baoguang? Just a sea beast that has recently taken human form. Since I want these spirit insects, I will naturally resolve that. I will give you seven days to prepare for this matter. Come to my cave dwelling in three days to exchange for the Wood-Bell Flowers. If you don't come, heh heh..." Han Li gave a grim smile, flicked his sleeve, and a light breeze rose nearby; he then vanished into thin air.

The ox-headed small beast and the three-headed giant python were startled, only then discovering that the red threads that had tightly bound them had also vanished.

The two beasts regained their freedom and couldn't help but look at each other.

After a long while, the three-headed giant python's three heads looked around, and the middle python head blinked its green eyes, suddenly whispering to the small beast:

"Has that person really left?"

Hearing this, the ox-headed small beast hesitated for a moment, but immediately opened its mouth, and a cyan-colored green bead was spat out.

After the bead spun in the air, it released a layer of cyan light barrier, covering both beasts within it.

"There is no problem now. After I use my inner core to set up this sound-insulation barrier, if that person uses his spiritual sense to eavesdrop on our conversation, I will definitely discover it," the small beast blinked its eyes and said.

The three-headed python felt relieved, but immediately asked:

"Do we really have to exchange for the Wood-Bell Flowers?"

"The tribute items are not just a matter for the two of us; we need to discuss it with the other fellow daoists. But if we want to survive this tribute, I'm afraid we can only do this," the small beast gave a bitter smile.

"Gold-Marrow Crystal Insects and Gold-Mother Coral Sand are also exceptionally rare. If we take them for exchange, we might not be able to gather so much next time," the giant python reminded.

"We can't worry about that much. Crystal insects and Gold-Mother Coral Sand are indeed extremely difficult to find. But as long as we spend more time, we can eventually find them. The Tianpeng clan needs a huge quantity of Wood-Bell Flowers, and they have already dried up elsewhere; only on the mountain where this person lives can we gather enough for this tribute," the ox-headed small beast was also somewhat helpless.

"Instead of this, why not wait until that group of Tianpeng clansmen comes to collect the tribute and tell them about this? Let them deal with this strange person," the three-headed python's three heads shook for a moment before suddenly saying this.

"Hmph, don't even think about it. Have you forgotten the lesson from before? Even if the Tianpeng clansmen could really kill this person, they would definitely take away all the Wood-Bell Flowers on the mountain, and the tribute that should be paid would not be reduced by even half a flower. And if we tell them truthfully that the Wood-Bell Flowers are about to disappear on Black Hidden Mountain, will the Tianpeng clan still keep us? The Tianpeng clan has collected tribute many times; as long as the quantity of Wood-Bell Flowers is sufficient, it is not impossible to get by even if other tribute materials are fewer. But conversely, if the quantity of Wood-Bell Flowers is lacking, no matter how many other tribute materials are provided, there will definitely be no good outcome. That Wood-Bell Flower seems extremely important to the Tianpeng clansmen. If it weren't for the Tianpeng clan's extreme fear of the Black Underworld Mist, they would never dare to stay here for too long. They might have already sent people to station here themselves," the ox-headed small beast said coldly.

"But if things go on like this, even if we get through this time, we won't be able to pay the next tribute either. Won't the outcome be the same then? You must know that we have all been planted with slave marks by the Tianpeng clan; once we leave this place ten thousand miles away, we will immediately explode and die," the three-headed giant python said anxiously.

"I naturally know this. But there is no need to worry about this matter. Have you forgotten the promise that great person in the Black Underworld Mist gave us? As long as we secretly send him spirit stones for another hundred years, he should be able to achieve great success in his divine abilities and remove the slave marks for us. By then, we can escape without any worries," the ox-headed small beast's voice suddenly became solemn.

"But is this person really reliable? Don't forget, even though he was the only senior left on our Black Hidden Mountain, after he fled into the Black Underworld Mist that year, he devoured the crystal core of an ancient giant ghost and is now half-ghost and half-demon. What if he has some other changes by then..." the three-headed python hesitated.

"What, Brother Hua is worried that the great person won't keep his promise? You can rest assured about this; this senior also comes from the Hao Beast clan and has a deep hatred for the Tianpeng clan. No matter how you think about it, he won't be disadvantageous to us. Besides, we have already secretly sent him spirit stones for hundreds of years to help him cultivate. Now that we see success is within reach, do we have any other choice?" The small beast shook its head repeatedly.

"Perhaps Hua is overthinking it. But what kind of ghost thing is in this Black Underworld Mist that actually makes the Tianpeng clansmen so afraid? Has that great person ever explored it?" The giant python asked with some curiosity.

"No, but there must be something strange inside. Even with that great person's current divine abilities, he can only stay at the edge of the Black Underworld Mist; how would he dare to go to the center? But the existence of these Black Underworld Mists is a very ancient matter. It is said that it was exactly when the Tianpeng people were at their most powerful, almost ruling the entire Flying Spirit clan," the small beast said with a bitter smile.

"That is also true. No matter what exists in the Black Underworld Mist, it is of no benefit to us. With our cultivation, once we enter this mist, we will be sucked into flesh and blood in a moment and turn into a pile of dry bones," the three-headed giant python nodded.

Immediately after, the small beast and the giant python discussed a few more sentences, then put away their demon cores, turned into two groups of demon wind, and flew away.

Just as the two beasts left not long ago, the space nearby fluctuated, and a pale cyan human figure flashed out from the void.

It was precisely Han Li, who should have left long ago.

He looked up at the two beasts moving away, smiled strangely, and suddenly grabbed at the void where the two beasts had originally stayed with one hand.

With a flash of golden light, a golden insect the size of a fingernail suddenly appeared, which was actually a Gold-Devouring Insect shrunk more than ten times.

The insect spread its wings and flew into Han Li's palm.

Han Li pointed at the spirit insect with one finger, closed his eyes, and instantly withdrew the trace of spiritual sense attached to the Gold-Devouring Insect; the previous conversation between the small beast and the three-headed python was all reflected in his heart.

"Black Underworld Mist, half-ghost half-demon, slave marks? Interesting. If the Tianpeng clansmen cannot stay on this island for too long, as long as there is no Body Integration stage existence, there is no need to worry too much in the short term. I really didn't expect that these few low-tier demon beasts could actually catch Gold-Marrow Crystal Insects, such a sacred medicine for body refining. This is something that even those Body Integration stage elders in Tianyuan City cannot find. With it, and finding a few other spirit items, plus my own Diamond Relic, I can learn the Diamond Dharma Body of the Buddhist sect and condense my own Brahma Saint True Demon Dharma Image into a real existence. Heh heh, as for that Gold-Mother Coral Sand, it is also an urgently needed item now; using it to temper and infiltrate the flesh and blood is enough to make the physical body even more powerful... " Han Li muttered to himself for a few sentences and laughed joyfully.

After a while, Han Li stopped laughing, suddenly remembered something, moved the corners of his mouth, and suddenly a phantom of a Great Peng and a five-colored phoenix flashed behind his back, and a pair of crystal wings emerged.

Just by flapping his wings slightly, Han Li's figure suddenly released a dazzling cyan light, and with a flash, his whole person turned into a crystal thread and shot out.

A long cyan-white mark suddenly appeared in the air, as if it had cut through the void, leading straight from the place where he shot out to the end of the horizon.

And the next moment, the spiritual light at one end of the long mark flashed, and the crystal thread had already appeared there. With another flash, it plunged into the horizon and disappeared.

Under the condition that Han Li activated the Wind-Thunder Wings, which had become a spirit treasure, his escape speed was several times faster than ordinary escape speed. In just over two days, he actually flew out of the island and appeared on a sea area tens of thousands of miles away from the island.

This sea area was covered with various sizes of coral reefs, the large ones resembling small islands, and the small ones only large enough for one person to stand on.

Han Li hovered over a coral reef of several acres with his arms crossed, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

This was exactly the place where the so-called Venerable Baoguang's cave dwelling was, which he obtained through soul-searching.

This Venerable was nothing more than an eighth-level demon beast that had just taken human form. Two hundred years ago, he wandered here from elsewhere, subdued seven or eight low-to-mid-tier sea beasts nearby, and settled here.

The demon beasts on the island, such as the ox-headed small beast, had exchanged some spirit medicines with this demon's subordinates before, so they barely managed to establish some friendship. Therefore, when they couldn't attack Han Li's cave dwelling independently, they thought of using the Gold-Marrow Crystal Insects to borrow this demon's power.

Of course, this was also because the small beast and others misjudged Han Li's true cultivation, thinking that he was at most a Nascent Soul stage existence, so they did this. Otherwise, they would never have done such a useless thing.

Han Li didn't delay much, flipped one hand, stretched out a pitch-black and shiny palm from his large sleeve, and pressed slowly toward the coral reef below.

With a loud "rumble," a phantom of a small mountain emerged from his palm, growing wildly in the gray light, and turned into a solid object, slowly pressing down toward the bottom.

Under Han Li's full activation, the Meta-Magnetic Divine Mountain actually grew to a size of over a thousand feet in a moment, and the meta-magnetic divine light released from the bottom flew and flashed, covering the entire sea surface of several acres beneath it.

(Net) ===== CHAPTER 1424 =====