Chapter 1641: Spirit Herb Immortal

Han Li stood beside Yue Zong, gazing into the distant sea of mist, revealing a thoughtful expression.

Seeing the situation ahead, Xianxian's eyes also flashed with eagerness.

Afterward, the three of them took flight again, and under Yue Zong's lead, they shot straight toward the distant sea of mist.

The sea of mist looked close but was actually far away. The three of them did not fly slowly, but it still took a cup of tea's time before they truly approached it.

Han Li, in his flight, had his expression stir slightly.

He hadn't noticed it from afar, but now that he was close, he could actually hear muffled rumbles coming from the green sea of mist, as if thunder were raging inside, the momentum extremely shocking.

Suddenly, the blood-colored light Yue Zong had transformed into paused, stopping before the thick green mist, and he revealed his figure.

With a flip of his hand, he produced another golden token, and with a flick, a streak of golden light vanished directly into the thick mist.

Instantly, the thick mist, which had previously been so dense one couldn't see one's own fingers, retreated wherever the golden light passed, forming a natural passage.

"The two Fellow Daoists, follow closely and don't leave this passage. Otherwise, there will be no small amount of trouble." Yue Zong warned, then drove his flight light and flew ahead again.

Although he didn't know what trouble would arise if he truly flew out of the passage and entered the green thick mist, Han Li naturally wouldn't look for trouble, so he just followed Yue Zong calmly.

Xianxian, although she also flew into the passage, couldn't help but ask in her flight light:

"This little sister has been to the Demon Gold Mountain Range once before. If I remember correctly, shouldn't we go to another place first?"

"If it were ordinary people, they would naturally need to go to another place first. But I have some reputation in this place, so naturally, there is no need for such trouble." Yue Zong shook his head and replied.

Hearing this, Xianxian naturally kept her mouth shut.

Under the guidance of the golden light in front, the three of them flew more than ten miles into the sea of mist in the blink of an eye.

Suddenly, Han Li's gaze flashed. A mile away below, a cluster of buildings appeared faintly. When they flew closer, they could see clearly that it was a narrow little town formed by hundreds of stone houses of various sizes, arranged in two rows.

And at the very center of the town, a giant pavilion several dozen zhang high, divided into five floors and built with dark gray giant stones, looked exceptionally eye-catching.

There seemed to be some people walking on the streets of the town, but the number was not very large.

Yue Zong let out a low shout and headed straight for the pavilion in the center of the town.

Han Li and Xianxian naturally followed closely behind.

Their flight lights converged, and the three of them appeared almost simultaneously in front of the giant pavilion.

Only then did Han Li scan the area and see clearly.

On the giant door several zhang high, a horizontal plaque hung, with the three ancient characters "Thunder Cloud Pavilion" written in a dragon-flying, phoenix-dancing style.

"Two Fellow Daoists, follow me. This is the place to receive the restriction tokens. I think Fairy Xian has also been here once before, right?" Yue Zong said to the Crystal Race woman with a smile.

"That's right. However, when I came last time, I still needed to go to another place first to buy a 'Cloud-Parting Token' to enter this place." Xianxian nodded.

"The Cloud-Parting Token the Fairy received is only temporary. Once it exceeds one month, it will automatically become invalid. The treasure I used just now to part the clouds, however, is a treasure that can be used repeatedly. This was also specially gifted to me, Yue, by a senior responsible for guarding this place who has entered and exited the Demon Gold Mountain Range many times. However, although those mists on the outer layer are somewhat troublesome, they are not fatal even if one gets lost inside, and as long as one is trapped for a month or two, one will naturally be led out by the people of this place again. It is the 'Thunder-Repelling Banner' we are about to go in and collect that is the true pass for entering the Demon Gold Mountain Range. Even the existence of the Sacred Race cannot forcibly break into those forbidden divine thunders." Yue Zong explained a few sentences, then lifted his leg and walked into the pavilion.

The pavilion door was wide open, and the first floor looked empty, as if few people visited.

Han Li nodded after hearing Yue Zong's words and walked over as well.

Xianxian followed behind Han Li.

The three of them walked into the pavilion door in the blink of an eye.

Apart from a few tables and chairs, there was nothing on the first floor, so the three of them walked directly up the stairs to the side.

The second floor was empty.

The three of them went straight to the third floor without stopping.

At the entrance of the third floor, however, a layer of pale white light screen appeared at the stairwell.

Yue Zong, however, turned a blind eye to this light screen, his figure flickered, and he passed through it.

Han Li's brows twitched, and he also entered the light screen with an expressionless face.

This light screen indeed had no intention of blocking them.

But the moment Han Li appeared on the other side of the light screen, his expression stirred.

From above the stairs, a noisy, bustling sound came, as if many people were on the third floor.

Yue Zong and Xianxian naturally heard this sound as well, and expressions of surprise appeared on both their faces.

However, Yue Zong's expression returned to normal in the blink of an eye, and he walked up calmly.

The sound above paused; it seemed they had also discovered Yue Zong's appearance.

And at this moment, Han Li also walked to the third floor without changing his expression.

The third floor was not very large, only about twenty zhang in area, but it was crowded with people at this moment.

There were more than thirty alien races in various attires sitting cross-legged on the empty ground of the third floor.

Apart from a round stone table in the center, the ground was covered with cushions of various sizes under their buttocks.

As soon as the three of them appeared on this floor, the gazes of these people naturally all looked over.

"Eh, Brother Yue!"

"Fellow Daoist Yue is here too."

"Haha, I knew Brother Yue wouldn't miss such an opportunity."

When these thirty-plus people saw Yue Zong clearly, a small half of them immediately greeted him with exceptional enthusiasm, among whom there were quite a few whose cultivation was even higher than Yue Zong's.

As for the others who didn't know Yue Zong, upon hearing Yue Zong's name, the expressions of many immediately changed greatly. Some immediately switched to unkind gazes.

It seemed that even if they didn't know Yue Zong, Yue Zong's reputation in the Demon Gold Mountain Range was also deafening.

However, there were also four or five alien races who remained indifferent upon hearing Yue Zong's name.

They just silently sized up Han Li and the other two.

After a scan with his spiritual sense, Han Li also muttered in his heart.

There were so many people here, all of whom were above Spirit Severing, and nearly half were at the Void Refinement level. There were even three at the peak of Void Refinement.

There was also one person whose spiritual power was concealed by some treasure, and he couldn't judge the other party's cultivation either.

Unlike Han Li, when Xianxian saw that Yue Zong truly had such a great reputation here, her gaze flickered.

"Is Senior Yan also here? Could it be that something happened in the Demon Gold Mountain Range?" Yue Zong first cupped his fists and greeted those he knew, then his gaze fell on a withered old man with gray hair, and he immediately stepped forward and asked respectfully.

This old man was precisely one of the three existences at the peak of Void Refinement, looking at Yue Zong with kind eyes, his face full of smiles, as if his relationship with Yue Zong was even closer than with the others.

"Why, is Nephew Yue not here for this matter? Are you not wanting to enter the Demon Gold Mountain Range?" The gray-haired old man asked with a look of surprise upon hearing Yue Zong's question.

"This junior does want to enter the mountain range, but it is for other reasons. Now should be the period of demonic energy eruption in the mountain range, so why are there so many people gathered here? Could it be that they all want to apply for a 'Thunder-Repelling Umbrella'? This is a bit strange." Yue Zong scanned the faces of those he didn't know and said solemnly.

"If it weren't for wanting to enter the mountain range, who would come to this place? As for the reason, it is a long story. Eh, who are these two Fellow Daoists..." The old man sighed first, but after scanning Han Li and the Crystal Race woman behind Yue Zong, he asked hesitantly.

"It doesn't matter. This Senior Han and Fairy Xian are my companions for entering the Demon Gold Mountain Range this time. Senior Yan can speak directly. Now, probably only the three of us don't know about this matter here." Yue Zong introduced them and said gloomily.

"That is true. Actually, if it is brief, it is quite simple. It is just that a few days ago, a humanoid Spirit Herb Immortal suddenly broke into the town, injured a cultivator, and then escaped from underground into the Demon Gold Mountain Range." The old man pondered for a moment before speaking slowly.

"Humanoid Spirit Herb Immortal? I didn't hear that wrong, did I!" Yue Zong's expression changed greatly upon hearing this.

Han Li and the Crystal Race woman also looked at each other in shock upon hearing this.

"That's right, it is definitely a Spirit Herb Immortal. When it escaped, someone injured it and obtained several drops of Spirit Immortal blood, which were directly exchanged for a sky-high amount of spirit stones in the town." The old man said very affirmatively.

"Spirit herb transformation is originally a matter of extreme difficulty. It is not that the longer the age, the more certain it is to transform and gain intelligence. A humanoid spirit herb requires a thousand kinds of creation and ten thousand kinds of opportunities to have even a sliver of possibility of cultivating into a humanoid form. It seems that in the entire Spirit Realm, there haven't been many examples of such spirit items before. Once this news spreads, not to mention other places, at least the entire Sky Cloud will be stirred up. In that case, the others are all people who heard the news and rushed here in the past few days." Yue Zong took a light breath, his expression somewhat strange.

"Brother Yue is wrong. Perhaps after a while, there will be even more outsiders gathered here. But people from further away have no such opportunity at all. That Spirit Herb Immortal is not only proficient in both earth and wood escape techniques, but it also seems to have cultivated the 'Floating Light Shadow Transformation' long-distance escape divine ability." Another young man with a fair face smiled and interjected.

"Floating Light Shadow Transformation! Since this Spirit Herb Immortal possesses such a legendary escape technique, why do you Fellow Daoists risk entering the Demon Gold Mountain Range? With this divine ability, even the existence of the Holy Race cannot catch it." Xianxian, upon hearing this, revealed a look of shock and couldn't help but ask.

"This Fairy does not know. It can be considered bad luck for this Spirit Herb Immortal. The cultivator it injured happened to cultivate a type of Golden Origin Forbidden Light. Although he was caught off guard and seriously injured, his counterattack also hit this Spirit Herb Immortal. As a result, when it fled, although it initially performed the Floating Light Shadow Transformation divine ability, it only managed to perform half of it before the forbidden light took effect, forcing it to reveal its form. I don't know what other divine abilities it has, but it actually didn't fear the ten thousand thunders of the Thunder Cloud Great Array and directly passed through the restriction to enter the Demon Gold Mountain Range." The fair-faced young man paused here.

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