Chapter 1558

After the four demons expressed their gratitude and took their leave, Han Li sat in the hall and once again took out the box containing the blood apricot wood, pinching the treasure between two fingers and placing it beneath his eyelids to examine it closely without cease.

"It's truly effortless to obtain what one seeks—the materials for condensing the Fan Sheng True Devil Dharma Aspect have actually been acquired once more. Combined with the spirit 'medicine' found in the holy city of the Tian Peng tribe, now all that remains is to find the rumored essence of flame gold, and together with the golden marrow crystal worms, I can begin condensing the Dharma Aspect's physical form!" Han Li muttered a few sentences to himself, a hint of excitement appearing on his face.

He returned the blood apricot to the wooden box; a flash of green light appeared on his hand, and it became empty as if nothing were there.

Han Li sat on the chair, his eyes flickering as he sank into silent 'contemplation' for a moment, then rose and walked out of the hall.

After a short while, he appeared in a corner of the cave dwelling's 'medicine' garden.

Before him, seventy-two lush, dripping green bamboo shoots stood tall, each about a zhang in height, enveloped by a layer of pale gold 'colored' rosy light.

Han Li stood before these flying swords, gazing for a moment, then suddenly extended a hand to pinch the nearest bamboo leaf.

But the instant his finger touched the bamboo leaf, a thunderclap rang out, and a golden arc emerged from the main stalk of the bamboo, striking mercilessly on the back of his palm.

With a "hiss," his palm instantly turned as black as ink, and the golden arc vanished into it without a trace—indeed, it was absorbed.

Han Li regarded all this as if he saw nothing; instead, he closed his eyes, seemingly sensing something silently through the bamboo leaf pinched between his fingers.

After a long while, Han Li suddenly opened his eyes, released the bamboo leaf, but his brows furrowed slightly.

"Although the method is effective, the transformation process seems slower than expected. It appears I should seal it for a while longer—better that way. I'll go attend to other matters first!" Han Li 'rubbed' 'rubbed' his chin, muttering two sentences to himself.

Following this, a flash of golden light appeared on his body, transforming into a golden rainbow that shot 'forth' toward the outside of the medicine garden, flashing a few times before vanishing without a trace.

Not long after, Han Li appeared in another four-sided stone chamber.

This room contained seven or eight furnaces and tripods of various sizes, arranged in a circle, while in the center stood a tall stone platform with a large circular hole on its surface, tightly covered by a white jade lid.

The lid emitted a layer of faint white vapor, intensely cold and strange—indeed, it was forged from a large piece of dark ice.

Around the stone chamber, wooden racks held large and small bottles and jars, from which a strong 'medicine' fragrance emanated.

This was precisely Han Li's alchemy chamber!

Those bottles and jars contained only finished or semi-finished auxiliary 'medicine' materials—though mostly ordinary, they were essential and commonly used.

Han Li found it too troublesome to store them in his storage bracelet, so he naturally left them here.

After sweeping his gaze over those furnaces and tripods, his eyes finally settled on a medium-sized green tripod.

Han Li raised his hand, first grabbing and then releasing the stone platform's lid; instantly, the object shot upward, fell heavily to the ground beside it with a dull, heavy thud.

It was extraordinarily heavy!

At the same moment the lid flew out, a burst of crimson flame shot forth from the large hole.

The entire secret chamber instantly became scorching hot and unbearable.

Han Li hesitated not at all as he pointed at the green tripod; the object trembled slightly, then instantly blurred and vanished from sight in its original place.

The very next moment, the tripod reappeared above the crimson flames, spinning indeterminately in the firelight's reflection.

Han Li murmured an incantation, pinched his fingers together, and cast a spell toward the green tripod.

After the tripod's body underwent a series of expansions and contractions, with a "pfft," it directly plummeted downward, perfectly lodging itself on the fire hole, completely sealing those crimson flames.

Seeing this, Han Li exhaled a long breath, then flicked his wrist where the storage bracelet lay; a flash of green light followed, revealing a jade box.

He carefully opened the box lid, 'revealing' several purple 'colored' berries.

Each was the size of a fist, plump and round, seemingly filled with transparent coconut juice, emitting an alluring strange fragrance. Inside each berry lay a lifelike, miniature dragon-shaped seed, crystalline and transparent, exquisitely detailed to the utmost degree.

These were precisely the Zhilong fruits Han Li obtained during his journey with the Wood Spirit tribe.

The "Tenglong Pill" refined from this rare spiritual fruit has remarkable effects in advancing cultivation for early to mid-stage Void Refinement cultivators.

Han Li has now advanced to the Void Refinement stage and naturally prepares to begin refining this pill 'medicine'.

However, the refinement of this spiritual pill is extraordinarily complex, rarely seen even in Han Li's lifetime. Merely preparing the several auxiliary materials required for this pill demands separate refinement processes, taking up to half a month.

Fortunately, the maturation period of the Zhilong fruit is also extremely long—it takes a full thirty thousand years to ripen once. Previously, he had been busy maturing the Jin Leizhu and Qing Luo fruits, and had not yet had the chance to attend to their maturation, so he must still wait several more years.

Thus pondering, Han Li stored the Zhilong fruit, then with one hand grabbed toward the wooden rack beside him.

Dozens of bottles and jars immediately flew 'forth' steadily...

Han Li remained in the alchemy chamber for half a month. Upon emerging again, he re-entered the secret chamber to begin consolidating the cultivation level he had just broken through.

Naturally, at the same time, he also began truly comprehending that set of the Chun Li Sword Formation!

During this period, the little beast and the four demons truly brought a large batch of rare materials to his door. Although these items were valuable, most were of little use to Han Li now, so they were naturally accepted calmly by the "Han Li" transformed from the Weeping Soul.

The four demons could not discern whether the "Han Li" before them was real or fake, yet they still spoke words of gratitude, daring not to leak the slightest hint of disrespect.

Under the direction of the second Nascent Soul, the Weeping Soul accepted the items grandly, then dispatched these few demons away.

As for whether they would leave the giant island soon, venturing into vast seas and open skies, he simply did not care about this matter at all.

In the days that followed, everything remained as usual.

After several years passed, the first batch of Zhilong fruits finally matured; Han Li emerged from seclusion***, began mass-producing Tenglong Pills.

The result: this spiritual pill not only has an extraordinarily complex refinement process, but its success rate is astonishingly low. With his current mastery as a pill refinement grandmaster, out of ten attempts, seven or eight end in failure.

Han Li had long anticipated that refining this pill would not be easy, yet even so, he was greatly startled by such a low success rate.

Only then did he realize that refining pills capable of advancing Void Refinement cultivators' cultivation is far more difficult than rumored. No wonder, the auction house in Tianyuan City has never seen such a high-grade pill 'medicine' put up for auction. Even if some pill refiners managed to produce a little, it would still be insufficient for their own use to break through bottlenecks—who would readily part with it?

As for directly using such high-grade pills 'medicine' in ordinary cultivation, it cannot be said to be absolutely nonexistent, but it is certainly extremely rare.

Although Han Li felt somewhat vexed in his heart, having the mysterious small bottle in hand and the other auxiliary materials not being particularly rare—merely requiring more time—he had no particular worries.

Thus, time passed slowly in Han Li's alchemy seclusion, then again in alchemy and seclusion.

Forty years later, in the secret chamber of the cave dwelling, Han Li sat cross-legged on the ground, his hands forming seals, a golden 'colored' halo flowing and shifting across his body as he devoted himself entirely to cultivation.

But suddenly, a nameless 'tingling' sensation of scalp-numbing dread descended upon his head, causing him to startle, withdraw his practice, and rise to his feet.

"This feels like a great divine ability cultivator scanning this place with his spiritual sense! Could it be……" Han Li exclaimed aloud, suddenly becoming doubtful and uncertain.

One who could pierce through the layered restrictions he had set outside the cave dwelling and directly impose such astonishing pressure upon him could naturally not be a cultivator of the same level. But how could a cultivator of the Harmonious Body level or above come to such a desolate island? Could it be those few elders of the Tian Peng tribe, or other ancient monsters of the Fei Ling tribe!

Han Li's eyes flickered, his thoughts racing rapidly, but after only a moment of silent 'contemplation', his body suddenly flashed, he pushed open the stone door, and left the secret chamber.

After a short while, Han Li appeared in another hall above ground, where a massive ** array was inscribed on the floor; at the center of the array stood a stone platform, upon which rested a six-sided bronze mirror, faintly emitting silver light.

This was precisely the Wulong Zhu restriction that Han Li had modified several times after newly comprehending the Nine Palaces Heavenly Qian Symbol. Now, this bead not only can expand its range to several thousand li outward, but also its subtle and profound mysteries are vastly superior to what they were before.

Han Li took a few steps forward, stood in the middle of the magic array, pinched a spell with both hands, and shot out a streak of green light that vanished into the array.

Instantly, the entire magic array began to hum loudly, various colored lights appeared and flew out, all rushing to wrap around the bronze mirror on the stone platform.

As the mirror was engulfed by the colored lights, a low sound rang out, its surface flashed with silver light, and suddenly sprayed out a curtain of silver-colored light about ten feet in size.

In the light curtain, numerous light spots of varying sizes flickered incessantly.

Han Li's gaze swept over, and suddenly his expression changed as he fixed on the two exceptionally dazzling light spots at the edge of the silver curtain.

"What, there are actually two people!" Han Li was startled, revealing a look of alarm, but immediately stared at them without blinking.

After a full moment of time, the two light spots remained motionless on the light curtain, showing no intention of flying toward Han Li's cave dwelling, nor of departing from this place.

Han Li's expression involuntarily became uncertain.

"It is quite clear this terrifying existence is not here to cause him trouble, otherwise when his divine sense swept over his cave dwelling, it should have immediately flown here. But these two refuse to leave this place, so they do not seem to be merely passing by. This has put Han Li in a quandary! With their cultivation levels, it is impossible they would appear here for no reason to chat! Who knows whether these two are enemies or friends, or if they have some other design on this island. These two are only a few thousand li from his cave dwelling, and even a great supernatural power could reach him directly. He must not let the city gate fire bring disaster to the fish in the pond." Thinking thus, Han Li grew extremely worried.

Adding to the earlier sense of coldness felt when his divine sense swept over, he felt even more uneasy and anxious without knowing the two's intentions.

His expression solemn, he thought for a moment, looked down at the magic array beneath his feet, then suddenly gritted his teeth and made a decision in secret.

Han Li pointed with one hand toward the bronze mirror on the stone platform in empty space.

The mirror trembled slightly, then slowly rose into the air, emitting a dazzling silver light.

At the same time, Han Li muttered incantations, opened his mouth, and sprayed out a mouthful of essence blood.

With a "puff" sound!

The blood mass, upon reaching about a foot from the bronze mirror, exploded and turned into a mass of crimson blood mist, which instantly enveloped the mirror.

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