Chapter 1544: Qing Tian Yuanzi

Hearing this old voice, Han Li and Yan Li were both startled, and then they looked at each other.

"Let's go. This person's cultivation is unfathomable, not below that of the Six-Footed and other demon kings. No, through the sensing of the divine sense on the spirit insects, it might be an even more terrifying existence than them." Although Han Li was uneasy in his heart, his expression remained calm, and he said this to Yan Li while turning his head.

Seeing Han Li so calm, she couldn't help but feel a sense of relief and nodded silently.

So the two moved their figures and drifted slowly towards the cave entrance.

The passage inside was not very large, nor was there anything special; it was just a square entrance built of ordinary blue stone.

After flying more than a hundred feet along the passage, the scene suddenly brightened. An ancient hall paved with fine white sand appeared.

The area of this hall was not small, about a hundred feet wide, but in such a large hall, there were only a few pieces of furniture. Besides a few tables and chairs, there were only a few pots of strange flowers and trees placed in the four corners of the hall.

These flowers and trees were no more than a foot high, but one could smell the scent of grass and trees emanating from them from afar. Just these few pots of flowers and trees made one feel as if they were in a dense forest and big mountains.

On a chair in the middle of the hall sat an old man in a gray robe.

With a three-foot-long beard and an exceptionally ordinary face, he swept his gaze, which was shooting with essence, towards the two.

"You are people of the human race!" An unexpected voice came from the old man's mouth.

It was the owner of that old voice.

Han Li swept his gaze over the old man, and after feeling shocked in his heart, he bowed slightly and replied:

"Senior also knows of the human race? I wonder how I should address you, Senior?"

"Hehe! More than just knowing. I am also a person of the human race. I won't mention my previous name; now my surname is just 'Jiang'." The old man laughed, and his gaze towards the two of them revealed a hint of kindness.

"What, Senior is a senior of our human race?" Han Li and Yan Li were both shocked. Yan Li couldn't help but gasp.

"Why, is it strange that I am of the human race?" The old man laughed and said.

"Naturally not. The junior just didn't expect to see a person of our race in an area so far away from the human race." Han Li's strange expression disappeared, and he hurriedly said.

The old man before him had truly unfathomable cultivation; he didn't dare to offend him easily.

"Although I was born in the human race, the body I have now is not the original one. Instead, by a stroke of luck, I took it from a very rare 'Long Yuan Clan'.

People of this clan are naturally proficient in various divine ability cultivation techniques and possess several incredible cultivation talents in their bodies. Each one is enough to make the cultivation geniuses of our human race sigh in admiration." The old man stretched out a pair of palms to look at them and said leisurely.

Han Li had never heard of any "Long Yuan Clan", but the old man before him, in both appearance and speech, was clearly no different from an ordinary human, and he couldn't see any abnormalities at all.

A strange look couldn't help but appear in Han Li's eyes.

"The two of you don't need to be surprised! My current appearance is still my human appearance. I spent a lot of effort to refine the Long Yuan Clan body to be exactly the same as before." The old man's gaze flickered as he said.

"Senior's divine abilities are astonishing; the two juniors are just ignorant!" Han Li felt a chill in his heart hearing the other party speak of such heaven-defying things in such an ordinary tone, but on the surface, he remained exceptionally respectful.

"Speaking of which, I have left the human race since my Dao was first formed and have never returned once. I am really interested in the situation of the human race today. Are the two of you willing to tell me about it?" The old man asked peacefully.

"Whatever Senior wants to know, the two of us will definitely tell everything we know." Han Li looked at Yan Li and then answered without hesitation.

"That's very good! I don't know how many of my old friends in the clan are still left today." The old man showed a happy expression and laughed, clapping his hands.

Then the old man pondered for a moment, swept his gaze lightly over the two of them, and after a golden light flashed in his eyes, he showed some surprise.

"The two of you don't have high cultivation, but the cultivation techniques you practice are really interesting. One is a half-ghost, half-human body; the last time I saw someone practicing this kind of demon-ghost Dao was ten thousand years ago. The other's magic power is relatively mixed, containing a trace of demonic nature, and the physical body is also surprisingly powerful. It seems you are either practicing several techniques simultaneously or taking the path of dual cultivation of magic and body." The old man spoke casually, like a battery.

But these words sounded like a thunderclap in the ears of Han Li and Yan Li.

Yan Li's expression turned pale, and Han Li's expression also changed drastically. Their secrets were exposed without doubt after the other party's one glance.

Han Li suppressed the horror in his heart and forced a smile, wanting to say something, when the old man's expression shifted, the golden light in his eyes flashed dazzlingly, and then he let out a soft sound of surprise.

Then, without a word, he beckoned to Han Li in the void.

Before Han Li understood what the other party meant, he felt the seventy-two Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords in his body tremble simultaneously, and driven by a huge suction force, they flew out of his body on their own, circling around his body.

Han Li was greatly alarmed. A buzzing sound rang out from his body, and gray light and golden electric arcs instantly shot out, shielding him within. Only then did he ask with extreme shock and anger:

"Senior Jiang, what is the meaning of this! Could it be that the junior has offended you in any way!"

While shouting, he flicked his sleeve, and more than a dozen green thunder beads rolled silently into his palm. At the same time, a black light flashed on his other hand, and the spirit beast ring filled with Gold-Devouring Beetles appeared, which he grabbed tightly.

Although he had many treasures, facing this unfathomable old man, only these two things could truly help him.

"The style and refining technique are indeed the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords, and it happens to be seventy-two! The color of the flying swords is a bit wrong; it should be that other things were added later. It was actually refined using Gold Thunder Bamboo as the main material. It's truly an amazing masterpiece. Even I wouldn't have been able to gather so much Gold Thunder Bamboo..." The old man stared at the seventy-two small swords brilliant with golden light in the air, ignoring Han Li, and just muttered non-stop with a strange expression on his face.

Han Li heard the old man call out the name of the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords and was naturally stunned. After looking at the old man's strange expression, a guess that he himself found hard to believe suddenly surfaced in his heart. He was stunned for a moment.

After a while, the old man sighed, finally stopped talking to himself, moved his gaze away from the seventy-two flying swords, and actually closed his eyes temporarily.

Almost at the same time, Han Li immediately felt the flying swords regain their autonomy, and without hesitation, he hurriedly formed a hand seal with both hands.

Immediately, all the flying swords flashed wildly and then disappeared into his body without a trace.

Then he looked at the old man before him with the same strange expression and remained silent.

Yan Li on the side seemed to see a trace of strangeness between Han Li and the old man. Although her expression was shocked and uncertain, she wisely did not interrupt at this moment.

After a full while, the old man surnamed Jiang opened his eyes again. This time, his gaze fell on Han Li, and he smiled slightly:

"Hehe, it seems that the Qing Yuan Sword Scripture I left in the human world fell into your hands. You should be a flying cultivator who ascended from the human world to here. I didn't truly complete this sword scripture to perfection back then. You were able to refine seventy-two Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords relying on this technique and use divine wood like Gold Thunder Bamboo as the main material to refine them into your natal magic treasure; you really are capable of doing all this."

The old man said, clicking his tongue in wonder, and looked Han Li up and down, as if looking at some rare treasure.

"The junior did indeed luckily obtain the Qing Yuan Sword Scripture and is also a flying cultivator. So, Senior Jiang is actually Senior Qing Tian Yuanzi!" Han Li straightened his expression and asked with another bow.

When he was in the human world, he had always practiced the Qing Yuan Sword Scripture as his main technique. Now facing the possible Qing Tian Yuanzi himself, the emotion in his heart was imaginable.

"Qing Tian Yuanzi? You could say that, or you could say not. Strictly speaking, I can only be considered half a Qing Tian Yuanzi." The old man smiled faintly and waved his hand, telling Han Li not to be so formal.

"Half!" Han Li was stunned upon hearing this.

"When Qing Tian Yuanzi was traveling in other continents back then, he was besieged by several powerful enemies. Although he luckily escaped with his life, his body was destroyed, and his soul was also shattered by nearly half. In the crisis, he met a member of the Long Yuan Clan. He invaded his body and forcibly merged with his soul to repair his essence soul. As a result, half of my memory now is Qing Tian Yuanzi, and the other half is that Long Yuan Clan member. Taking advantage of this opportunity, my cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, finally reaching the current realm. But if you say I am Qing Tian Yuanzi, it's not entirely wrong." The old man surnamed Jiang said calmly.

Han Li blinked, feeling speechless in his heart!

"Not bad, when I merged back then, although I lost a lot of Qing Tian Yuanzi's memories. But everything related to the Qing Yuan Sword Scripture, I didn't lose a bit. Using Gold Thunder Bamboo as the main material was originally the best wood-attribute flying sword. It's a pity that later, in order to seek quick success, you added other materials indiscriminately, making the wood spirit nature of this flying sword mixed. Otherwise, after so many years of cultivation, your flying swords should have reached the level of sword heart communication long ago, and a set of flying swords alone would be enough to roam among existences of the same rank. Hehe, back then, besides a set of Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords, Qing Tian Yuanzi had no other magic treasures, but he could defeat existences of the Refining Void level when he was at the Spirit Transformation level, and when he was at the Refining Void level, he could make cultivators of the Body Integration level feel a few points of fear." The old man in the gray robe said with some regret.

Hearing the old man's words, Han Li touched his chin, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

Perhaps what the old man surnamed Jiang said was all true, but in the crisis-ridden situation he was in back then in the human world, how could he not seek quick success! And in fact, he could now easily defeat existences of the Refining Void level. If he could advance to the Refining Void level, he would also have the confidence to protect himself against existences of the Body Integration level.

Of course, it was not suitable for him to say these words directly to the old man, so he could only change to a slightly awkward expression.

"Regardless, since you inherited the Qing Yuan Sword Scripture, and I myself have nearly half of Qing Tian Yuanzi's memories, you and I can be considered to have a trace of connection. Now I will ask one thing, answer me honestly. Are the two of you with those outsiders who entered the Underworld River this time?" The old man suddenly sank his face and asked with a cold voice.

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