Chapter 1579: Sky Cloud Crystal

After another flash, the thin threads retracted instantly, looking as if they had met no resistance at all.

Seeing this, a look of contemplation appeared on Han Li's face, and he immediately urged his magic technique once more.

The gold and silver threads sprayed out from the firebird's mouth again, but this time the target was a wooden chair inside the room.

A scene that made Han Li shudder appeared!

After the threads flashed across the wooden chair, the chair, which had originally emitted a faint woody fragrance, instantly turned from green to pitch black, then transformed into a wisp of green smoke and vanished without a trace.

These gold and silver threads were also incredibly poisonous!

Han Li let out a long breath, pinched a spell with one hand, and the silver firebird circled once before charging toward his body, flashing and merging into it, disappearing from sight.

Han Li closed his eyes, seemingly intending to begin meditating.

But the next moment, he suddenly opened his eyes again, his brows furrowing slightly.

Just as his expression changed, a voice drifted in leisurely from outside:

"Junior Qing Xiao has come to pay respects to Mr. Han. I hope you can open the door and see me!"

It was the voice of an exceptionally unfamiliar woman, somewhat low, but filled with a strange magnetism that gave one a feeling of being unable to refuse.

"Qing Xiao?" Han Li was somewhat puzzled. He could be certain that this was absolutely the first time he had heard this name.

Thinking this to himself, Han Li released his spiritual sense, which passed directly through the barrier, taking in everything outside the room.

He saw that outside the courtyard, a young woman in a green palace dress had appeared at some unknown time. She looked to be twenty-five or twenty-six, her appearance was extremely beautiful, and she carried an indescribable air of grace and nobility.

After Han Li's spiritual sense swept over her, he was surprised to discover that although she appeared young, she actually had the cultivation of the mid-stage Spirit Transformation realm, which was not weak at all.

He pondered for a moment before speaking slowly:

"Who are you, Fellow Daoist? You are not a member of the Fire Sun Tribe on Fire Cloud Island, are you! How did you know Han Mou was here?"

"Junior is the master of Bai Zhu'er of the Fire Sun Tribe. I originally heard that the Fire Sun Tribe had encountered a great enemy, so I rushed over to assist. But I did not expect that you, Sir, had already taken action to save my little disciple's tribe from a great calamity. Junior heard from my little disciple that you, Sir, possess vast divine abilities and might be a senior from the upper three tiers of the Upper Tribes. Thus, I have come to pay my respects. I hope you can provide some guidance, Sir," the woman said with a smile, her words sounding exceptionally sincere.

"You are that little girl's master? Very well, I had originally intended to come out of seclusion in a few days to find nearby fellow daoists to ask about some matters. Since you have arrived, Fellow Daoist, I have no choice but to see you," Han Li said with some surprise upon hearing this, but then he chuckled.

Qing Xiao was startled by Han Li's words. Before she could reply, the white light that had originally shrouded the wooden house suddenly dissipated on its own, and then the wooden door creaked and opened by itself.

After pondering for a moment, the woman calmly took a few steps forward and walked inside.

Upon entering the wooden house, the woman saw Han Li sitting upright on a wooden bed on one side of the room at a glance, and a look of surprise flashed through her beautiful eyes.

Clearly, Han Li's youthful appearance greatly surprised this Fairy Qing Xiao, but after her spiritual sense swept over Han Li again, a look of respect immediately appeared on her face. She bowed to Han Li from afar and said:

"Senior is indeed an existence from the upper three tiers of the Upper Tribes. It seems Junior came to the right place this time."

"Your magic power is not weak either, Fellow Daoist. Sit down and let us talk first!" Han Li glanced at the woman a few times with blue light flashing in his eyes, then withdrew his gaze and said indifferently.

Qing Xiao thanked him and sat down on a wooden chair near the wooden bed.

"Fellow Daoist Qing, you cultivate a wind-attribute cultivation technique, right!" Han Li suddenly asked.

As soon as these words were spoken, the woman's expression changed slightly, and she became somewhat startled.

"How did Senior know? Could it be that Senior has seen Junior before!" Qing Xiao couldn't help but ask.

"That is not the case, but your movement technique is exceptionally agile, and the aura of the treasures faintly revealed on your person is mostly wind-attributed, which is why I asked," Han Li replied nonchalantly.

Han Li answered so easily, but the woman was somewhat horrified inside. One had to know that seeing through a person's cultivation realm was not difficult, but being able to see through the attributes of treasures hidden within the body at a glance was definitely not something an ordinary high-level existence could do.

Immediately, the woman's thoughts raced, and her expression became even more respectful. She asked cautiously:

"Senior's eyes are like torches! Junior does indeed primarily cultivate a wind-attribute technique. My Zhu'er said that Senior is a sword cultivator and is not from our Fire Coral Archipelago sea area. I wonder if Senior is from another sea area or from the Thunderous Continent."

Hearing this question, Han Li laughed:

"I am neither from the nearby sea area nor from the Thunderous Continent."

Hearing Han Li's answer, the woman's brows furrowed, but she immediately remembered something and couldn't help but exclaim:

"Since Senior says so, could it be that you are from that continent?"

"Fairy Qing is truly a clever person," Han Li replied with a faint smile.

Hearing Han Li admit it, the woman's heart churned. After a good while, the surprise on her face gradually faded, but she let out a long breath.

"Since Senior could come here from another continent, the vastness of your divine abilities can be imagined. No wonder those two Wu Luo Royal Tribe members were so easily destroyed by Senior. However, seniors from other continents who come to our Thunderous Continent generally do not pass through our Fire Coral Archipelago. Senior is the first cultivator from another continent in our sea area in these ten thousand years."

"Hehe, if you put it that way! Han Mou should feel deeply honored. However, my appearance here was entirely an accident; it was not that I wanted to come here myself," Han Li's mouth twitched, revealing a bitter smile.

"Regardless of how Senior arrived here, I imagine your cultivation technique and divine abilities must be extraordinary. And Junior has recently encountered some problems in my cultivation; may I ask Senior for some guidance?" Qing Xiao smiled sweetly.

"I dare not accept the word 'guidance.' Han Mou is also somewhat interested in the mysteries of the Thunderous Continent's cultivation techniques. The two of us can exchange ideas," Han Li nodded calmly, almost without thinking.

Hearing this, Qing Xiao was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

This woman naturally knew very well that even though Han Li spoke with extreme politeness, when two people with vastly different cultivation levels exchanged cultivation experience, the one with the lower cultivation naturally stood to gain the most.

Thus, for the following time, the woman began to ask Han Li about some problems in her cultivation. Although the cultivation techniques she and Han Li practiced were vastly different, the bottlenecks and difficulties in comprehension encountered during cultivation were mostly the same.

Han Li did not hold back either. After listening carefully and pondering, he truly gave pointers on everything.

Although Han Li did not say much, as a Void Refinement stage cultivator, it naturally made many of the woman's doubts suddenly clear up.

This made Qing Xiao overjoyed. As she listened intently, strange colors kept appearing in her beautiful eyes.

Naturally, because of this, the woman inevitably leaked a few of the more profound aspects of her own cultivation.

Some of the mysteries, after Han Li absorbed and integrated them, were not without gains.

The two of them talked for a full half-day. When Han Li answered the woman's last question, Qing Xiao closed her beautiful eyes and meditated quietly for a good while before suddenly opening them, standing up, and bowing deeply to Han Li, saying gratefully:

"Thank you, Senior, for your guidance. These things are enough to save Junior from decades of bitter cultivation."

"It is nothing; this is also your own opportunity, Fellow Daoist. Besides, Han Mou also has some matters I would like to ask you about. Consider it an exchange for my guidance," Han Li said with a calm expression.

"Senior, please ask whatever you wish. If Junior knows, I will certainly tell you everything!" the woman replied without hesitation.

"Actually, it is nothing. I just want to ask Fairy Qing if there are any long-distance teleportation arrays in this place that can lead directly to other continents." As soon as these words were spoken, Han Li's expression became somewhat solemn.

"Teleportation array! Senior, could it be that you want to return to your own continent!" Qing Xiao naturally guessed Han Li's intention at once.

"That is correct. My injuries have almost healed, and I truly have no intention of staying here. And according to my experience, generally, wherever there is a large number of cultivators, long-distance teleportation arrays should exist," Han Li nodded.

"Although Senior's words make a lot of sense, I am afraid my answer will greatly disappoint you," the woman couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile upon hearing Han Li's words.

"What, you don't have a teleportation array here!" Han Li's heart sank, and he asked in a deep voice.

"If Senior Han had come a few thousand years earlier, our Fire Coral Archipelago would still have a teleportation array that could lead directly to the Thunderous Continent. But a few thousand years ago, this teleportation array was destroyed by a giant sea beast that suddenly arrived from another sea area, and even the several high-level cultivators guarding the teleportation array were swallowed by this beast. Unless Senior Han has the confidence to fly directly back to the Thunderous Continent from here in one breath, our sea area is actually already a dead end. I think this is also the fundamental reason why those Wu Luo people appeared so unscrupulously and suddenly attacked the Wa Tribe," Qing Xiao sighed and said.

"Is it impossible to repair that teleportation array?" Han Li was stunned for a good while before asking with an ugly expression.

"If the materials are complete, repairing it is naturally not a problem," the woman replied without hesitation.

"Judging by Fairy Qing's words, the materials cannot be gathered!" Han Li raised an eyebrow and asked.

He asked himself that he had many rare materials on him, so he was filled with hope again.

"Other materials are easy to talk about, but the Sky Cloud Crystal, which is needed as the core of the array for the teleportation array, is an exceptionally rare item. It is only produced in the few mineral veins that exist on our Thunderous Continent. It is impossible to find it here," the woman explained carefully.

"Sky Cloud Crystal!" Upon hearing the name of this item, Han Li's brows immediately locked together.

He was truly hearing of this material for the first time.

This was not strange; for such mysterious things as teleportation arrays, the methods of setting them up on each continent were likely vastly different, and the materials used were naturally vastly different as well.

Seeing Han Li's expression gradually becoming gloomy, Qing Xiao suddenly said something that made Han Li freeze for a moment, then immediately become overjoyed.

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