Chapter 1536: Quenching Crystal Brick

An hour later, the black vortex above the hill had stopped spinning.

A pitch-black sphere over ten zhang in diameter slowly manifested from the vortex, and from time to time, black glow swept down, pouring wildly into the tall banners on both sides of the array below.

And the two massive banners, through the power of the restriction, transmitted a strand of pure power to the array eye of the massive array.

At this moment, the small array at the top of the hill was completely shrouded in black glow.

The three figures of Han Li were all submerged within, pitch-black, and no situation could be seen within.

Nearby, besides the low humming sound of the array's operation, no other sound was emitted.

As time passed, the massive black sphere suspended in the high sky gradually shrank in size.

This was naturally because the pure Yin Qi was flowing away rapidly.

Suddenly, a shout rang out from the array below, causing the black glow to tremble.

Following this, with a "bang," a mass of green light the size of a fist actually broke through the black glow and rushed to the outside, swirling as if wanting to fly away in a certain direction.

But after a cold snort, a golden sword light also shot out from the black glow. After a flash, it transformed into a mass of dazzling golden light, engulfed the green light, and hacked it to pieces.

After the black glow rolled, it immediately became sparse, revealing the three sitting figures faintly visible within.

At the same time, the humming sound of the small light array stopped, temporarily pausing.

"Thanks to the two Fellow Daoists; the first mark has been removed. Let's begin the next one!" A moment later, Han Li's somewhat weary voice came from the black glow, but there was still a trace of excitement in his voice that he couldn't hide.

"Brother Han, having infused so much Yin Qi, can your body truly support it? Do you want to rest for a while before continuing?" A pleasant female voice asked with some concern.

"Many thanks to Miss Yuan for your kind intentions. But time is pressing, and I must seize the time to resolve the remaining three marks. Delay will only lead to changes." Han Li gave a bitter smile.

"Brother Han's words make sense. Senior Sister and I will not persuade you further. If Brother Han truly cannot hold on, just say so in advance." Yan Li's voice also came out solemnly.

"Han understands. Let's continue." Han Li seemed to smile, but his tone was resolute.

Thus, amidst Yuan Yao's light sigh, the black glow in the array flourished, and it began to hum again.

In the black glow, the figures of Yuan Yao and the other woman blurred, and they cast spells again, releasing strands of pitch-black light pillars that submerged into Han Li's body one after another...

Just as Han Li forced out the first mark and destroyed it, in a place several hundred thousand miles away from where Han Li and the others were, on a thousand-zhang-high mountain, a green-hazy human figure stood on a giant rock, looking toward the direction where Han Li was with a look of suspicion.

"How is this possible? The mark I left behind was actually destroyed. Logically speaking, it is impossible for anyone below the Body Integration stage to force these marks out. Could it be that some high-level expert is helping him?"

The figure was tall and graceful, with a beautiful face; it was Mu Qing.

For some unknown reason, this woman had not stayed with Liu Zu and the others, but had come alone to search for Han Li.

And on the way, she had even used a secret technique to trigger the mark in Han Li's body, forcing Han Li to destroy her mark first.

"This is somewhat troublesome. The sense of the mark finally being destroyed should be in this direction, but searching such a vast area is not easy. I can only try my luck." The woman frowned and muttered a few words, then didn't hesitate in the least, her body flickered, and she transformed into a green rainbow and shot out.

On a desolate plain covered in white bones, three people and one puppet were hovering in mid-air, confronting each other.

"Brother Liu Zu! Now that we have shaken off that Mayfly-race person and the two Nether-Thunder Beasts, you should take out the Nether-River Divine Milk and let the three of us split it equally." The speaker was the blood-robed person wrapped in a mass of blood mist, standing on the shoulder of the purple-blooded puppet.

"Fellow Daoist has been ignoring my calls all along; could it be that you have thoughts of swallowing it alone? Brother Liu Zu, you wouldn't have forgotten the oaths we made before setting out, and the restrictions we placed on each other using the Blood Curse Technique? If the few of us were to risk severe damage to our vitality to trigger the restrictions, Brother's cultivation would also suffer a loss of more than half." The white-haired matron, surrounded by eight ghost kings, also said with a gloomy face.

A man covered in a black robe with compound eyes was naturally Liu Zu.

At this moment, he was hovering opposite the white-haired matron and the others. His gaze swept across the two people opposite him, and finally, he spoke faintly:

"According to my original intentions, I naturally wanted to split the Divine Milk equally with you Fellow Daoists. But unfortunately, the Divine Milk in the pool was taken once not long ago. The remainder is barely enough for me alone. How can I split it with you? How about this: the Divine Milk will all belong to me. I have many other rare treasures to trade with you, which can be considered as not letting you make this trip in vain. What do you two think?"

"What rare treasure can be compared to the Nether-River Divine Milk? Unless you have spiritual medicines with miraculous effects for advancing to the Mahayana stage, otherwise, other things, no matter how valuable they are in the eyes of ordinary cultivators, what use are they to cultivators of our cultivation level?" The white-haired matron's face sank, and she said in extreme rage.

The blood-robed person heard this, his eyes flickered several times, but he didn't speak immediately.

"Brother Di Xue, what do you think?" Seeing that the blood-robed person didn't refuse outright, Liu Zu called him out by name and asked.

Although there were two people before him, as long as one of them was willing to agree to this condition, the other naturally couldn't oppose it. After all, Liu Zu's cultivation level far surpassed either of the two, and if only one remained, they wouldn't be his opponent at all.

"Di Xue! You wouldn't truly be senile and want to agree to this condition, would you?" The white-haired matron turned her head and said coldly.

"If there is truly only one portion of Divine Milk left, even if Brother Liu Zu were willing to take it out and split it with us, such a small quantity would be of no use to us. If it still can only belong to one person, what difference does it make from now! Or does Fellow Daoist Lan feel that she should occupy this portion of Divine Milk?" The blood-robed person said in a low voice.

"Fellow Daoist Di Xue's words are very true! I am of the same mind." Liu Zu gave a gloomy laugh.

The white-haired matron was startled slightly, but immediately gave a cold laugh and said:

"Who knows if he truly only has one portion of Divine Milk? We haven't seen it with our own eyes."

"Not bad! This is also the reason for my hesitation. Brother Liu Zu, shouldn't you prove it to us to see if what you said just now is true." The blood-robed person's eyes flashed with fierce light, staring fixedly at Liu Zu's face.

"The Nether-River Divine Milk only has miraculous effects the first time. Taking it or washing with it a second time has negligible effects. Fellow Daoists should be clear about this point. Unless I have lost my mind, I wouldn't turn against you two for useless things. You two don't know how the Nether-River Divine Milk is stored, do you?" Liu Zu was exceptionally calm as he said.

"What does Brother Liu Zu mean? Could it be that there is some mystery to the extraction of the Nether-River Divine Milk besides severing the relevant spiritual veins?" The white-haired matron asked suspiciously.

Green light flashed on Liu Zu's compound eyes. He shook his sleeve, and an object flew out, landing in his hand. Then he lifted it up lightly.

It was actually a crystalline, rectangular brick, as if made of crystal. Its surface was exceptionally smooth, transparent, and clear.

And at the center of this brick, there was a mass of bright red liquid the size of a fist, swaying gently within. Although separated by a layer of crystal, an astonishing spiritual energy was still radiating from the brick, and it rapidly formed strands of milky-white spiritual mist, swirling incessantly nearby.

In the blink of an eye, it engulfed the brick.

"This object is called a Quenching Crystal Brick, specially developed by the Mayfly race to absorb and store the Nether-River Divine Milk. Usually, this object is placed beneath the pool in the underground palace, and it immediately merges with the spiritual veins. Trying to take it out again is extremely difficult. Once the Divine Milk is absorbed into this object, unless one has a special secret talisman of the Mayfly race, even a Body Integration cultivator cannot extract even a fraction of the Divine Milk in a short time. Unless we cultivators use our own true fire to quietly refine this object for over ten years, it is possible to refine this brick. Now, how much Divine Milk there is, Fellow Daoists can identify for yourselves." Liu Zu said exceptionally calmly.

"The aura of this object is indeed exactly the same as the spiritual mist in the pool; it should be the Nether-River Divine Milk without a doubt. But saying that we cannot destroy this object, don't you think you are exaggerating a bit?" The blood-robed person scanned the crystal brick several times, a trace of greed flashing in his eyes, while he said incredulously.

"It seems words are not enough. How about this: I will place this object above my head, and you Fellow Daoists can attack this object with all your might once. If you can damage this object even by half, I will immediately offer up the Nether-River Divine Milk. If you cannot, this object will belong to me, and I will give you other treasures as compensation? Otherwise, even if you Fellow Daoists trigger that Blood Curse Technique, you won't be better off than me. Instead, it might benefit others in this place." Liu Zu pondered slightly and actually said such words.

"Is this true?" The white-haired matron's eyes lit up, and she was greatly tempted.

"I am right here; what is there to lie about." Liu Zu gave a "hehe" laugh.

"Good, it is a deal." The white-haired matron agreed immediately, clearly having some confidence in herself as well.

"If I cannot break this object, I don't want any other compensation; I just want Brother Liu Zu to accompany me to the Demon Tomb to help me retrieve two treasures." The blood-robed person pondered for a while before saying this.

"Go to the Demon Tomb? Although those Heavenly Demon heads have been dead for unknown years, those demonic weapons have already gained intelligence and transformed, and are even more powerful than ordinary Heaven-Connecting Spiritual Treasures. Coupled with the fact that the deep parts are filled with exceptionally condensed demonic and Yin Qi, ordinary people can barely move an inch inside. Last time, Fellow Daoist Mu Qing and you didn't make a trip and return empty-handed?" Liu Zu frowned, appearing extremely unwilling.

"Why does Brother Liu Zu ask when he knows the answer? Since the Han brat is not dead, with his Evil-Warding Divine Thunder to clear the way, and with Brother Liu Zu's help, this trip will definitely be fine. Fellow Daoist Mu Qing left suddenly on the way; perhaps she has already gone to seek them."

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