Chapter 1645: First Entry into Demon Gold

"Since Fellow Daoist says so, it seems you are confident. Han Mou was worried for nothing." Han Li smiled in a low voice and walked up the stairs without stopping.

Xianxian smiled, and followed behind gracefully.

At the stairwell exit on the fourth floor, there was indeed a layer of pale red light screen blocking the way.

Han Li smiled indifferently, his figure flickered, and he passed through the light screen.

Following this, his eyes brightened, and he appeared in a blue world.

Both the ceiling and the surrounding walls were crystal clear, flickering with a faint blue light.

On the ground, there was a white giant formation, almost covering the entire twenty-plus zhang of floor space, and in the center of the formation, a person stood quietly, sizing up the two who had just arrived.

Han Li's gaze flashed, and he saw the other party's face clearly.

It was surprisingly a man dressed like a Confucian scholar, holding a yellow book in one hand and a pale golden formation plate in the other, and his cultivation was also at the peak of Void Refinement.

"So it was Fellow Daoist who came up!" The scholar revealed a strange expression and said.

"Why, does Fellow Daoist recognize me?" Han Li asked with a smile.

"Even if I didn't know you before. But with your move just now, Fellow Daoist, I couldn't possibly not recognize you. To be able to suppress a ninth-rank existence, your divine abilities are truly vast." The scholar said with a click of his tongue.

"Fellow Daoist is too kind. But I don't know how you intend to test my qualifications?" Han Li asked indifferently.

"Test? With such divine abilities, Fellow Daoist, what is there to test? Naturally, you pass directly!" The scholar laughed.

Upon hearing this, both Han Li and Xianxian were stunned.

"Why, does Fellow Daoist really think I am the kind of person who doesn't know how to be flexible? Since the existences at the ninth rank below can be exempted from the test, you naturally don't need to test anything either. Take this, this is your Thunder-Repelling Umbrella!" As soon as the scholar finished speaking, silver light flashed on the book in his hand, and an object flew out from it, shooting straight toward Han Li.

Han Li grabbed the flying object with one hand in the void, and it felt slightly cold.

Looking down, it was a pale silver umbrella, only a few inches in size, but exceptionally exquisite, with dense runes inscribed on its surface.

"I must remind you of a few points, Fellow Daoist. The Thunder-Repelling Umbrella must be recognized as yours in my presence to prevent it from being snatched by others. And after this umbrella is recognized, it will only be effective for one month. After this period, it will be useless. In other words, Fellow Daoist must come out of the mountain range within one month. Otherwise, you can only be demonized by the demonic energy inside and become a true demonic creature." This Executive Min was quite responsible and said very detailedly.

"Thank you for the reminder, Fellow Daoist." Han Li nodded, tossed the small silver umbrella into the air, and opened his mouth.

A small ball of essence blood sprayed out, covering the silver umbrella in a sheet of blood mist.

Afterward, Han Li chanted, formed spell seals with both hands, and flicked his ten fingers toward the blood mist in the air repeatedly.

Spell seals of various colors surged out, vanishing into the blood mist one after another.

The silver umbrella's size expanded wildly, instantly becoming three feet in size.

At the same time, rumbling sounds came from the blood mist, and the mist condensed into blood-colored runes of various sizes, circling the silver umbrella, and after a flicker, they vanished into it.

In an instant, the silver umbrella shone with a layer of blood light, but it dissipated immediately and returned to normal.

Han Li beckoned with one hand, and the silver umbrella shrank and flew toward his sleeve, vanishing in a flash.

The entire recognition process was completed in a moment.

Executive Min revealed a look of surprise, clearly somewhat shocked by Han Li's speed in recognizing the Thunder-Repelling Umbrella.

But the next moment, his expression returned to normal, and his gaze fell on Xianxian, his brows furrowing as he said:

"This Fairy is a Crystal Race person, and her cultivation is too low. Entering the Demon Gold Mountain Range carries a great risk of falling. I think Fairy should give up the idea of entering. Otherwise, the chance of falling is very high."

"Thank you for your kindness, Senior, but this junior must enter the Demon Gold Mountain Range this time. If Senior has any test, please begin." Xianxian bowed to Executive Min and insisted.

"Since Fairy has said so, Min will not persuade you much more. My test has two types. One is to be able to persist for half an hour in an illusion created by my formation. The other is to fight two of my puppet beasts directly and defeat them. Passing either of these two will count as passing the test." Executive Min said slowly.

"This junior chooses the first one!" Xianxian seemed to have expected this and said without hesitation.

"Then Fairy, take three steps forward." Executive Min nodded.

Upon hearing this, the Crystal Race woman walked three steps forward as instructed.

Han Li's gaze flashed on the side, but he discovered that this woman happened to walk onto a giant rune in the ground formation.

He pondered for a few moments, but before he could think carefully, Executive Min suddenly said to him:

"Fellow Daoist can go down first. I don't want people watching when I test. And as for the content of the test, I hope Fellow Daoist will not spread it outside."

"This is natural. Han Mou will take my leave first." Han Li nodded expressionlessly and walked downstairs with large strides.

The moment he entered the stairwell, a restriction fluctuation came from behind, and there was a faint clear cry.

Han Li glanced back casually.

He saw that the formation on the floor was completely activated, layers of white light rays appeared out of thin air, submerging the Crystal Race woman and Executive Min inside, and he could no longer see them at all.

Han Li's expression stirred, but he walked through the light screen without stopping and went downstairs.

The moment he appeared on the third floor, many people's gazes all looked over.

Han Li smiled and didn't stay on the third floor, but went downstairs.

A moment later, Han Li appeared outside the pavilion door, paused slightly, and turned to look at the pavilion.

This pavilion had five floors; what was on the fifth floor?

For some reason, such a strange thought suddenly appeared in Han Li's mind. But he immediately shook his head with a smile and walked forward along the street.

Estimating that it would take some time for Yue Zong to finish the test, he decided to stroll around the town first.

Fortunately, the town was not large, and he could get a general idea in a while.

Moreover, he had a share of curiosity about the Holy Race existence who offered a reward for the Spirit Herb Immortal. Although he hadn't thought about dealing with the other party, it shouldn't be difficult to take a look from afar.

Thinking this, Han Li walked along the street.

There were not many shops on both sides of the street, and most were shops selling demonic beast materials. These shops were not large and looked somewhat dilapidated, clearly having been there for some years.

However, fortunately, there were indeed some low-tier cultivators walking on the street.

They would occasionally enter and exit these shops, and the business could barely be maintained.

When Han Li walked through most of the street and passed by a relatively large mansion, he suddenly narrowed his eyes, revealing a hint of solemnity.

Just now, when his spiritual sense scanned this place, it was blocked by a layer of strange restriction, and this restriction was exceptionally profound; even if he forcibly invaded it, he wouldn't be able to break in for a while.

It seemed that this was where the Holy Race existence lived.

Han Li thought, and couldn't help but size up this place a few more times.

Unfortunately, the mansion door was tightly shut, and the restrictions were strict, so he couldn't see anything, and he didn't know if that Holy Race existence was inside.

Han Li didn't stay here much longer, just flashed past the door calmly and continued walking forward.

Half an hour later, Han Li had toured the entire town and returned to the pavilion.

As a result, when he arrived, he found Xianxian and Yue Zong standing there, with no one else around.

"Why, did Brother Yue not test and pass directly?" Han Li guessed something and asked with a smile from afar.

"Senior is right. When I went up, Senior Min said my reputation was great enough, so there was no need to test anything. Otherwise, although I followed closely upstairs, I couldn't have come out so quickly. I haven't thanked Senior for your help!" Yue Zong bowed, clearly being more respectful to Han Li.

"It's nothing, this trip cannot do without you, Fellow Daoist. Fairy Xian, I think you also got the Thunder-Repelling Umbrella, right?" Han Li waved his hand and asked Xianxian.

"This is natural. Although that illusion formation is powerful, I happened to cultivate a few secret techniques to calm the mind, so persisting for a period of time was not a problem." Xianxian said lightly.

"Since that's the case, let's set off immediately. Our time is not very abundant." Han Li said.

"This junior has the same intention!" Xianxian smiled.

Yue Zong also nodded solemnly.

Thus, the three of them didn't hesitate, their flight lights rose, they left the town, and continued to fly forward.

They had only flown a few miles away when they submerged into the green mist again and vanished.

As a result, after flying another twenty miles, the mist ahead gradually thinned.

But the thunder sound that had been coming from ahead all along became deafening, rolling over.

When the three flight lights shot out from the mist, Han Li saw the situation ahead and couldn't help but gasp.

I saw that several hundred zhang away, the sky was full of green electric light flickering, and at the same time, thunder sounds came from all directions, as if they were endless.

What they were about to enter was a world of nothing but thunder and lightning.

"Go."

Yue Zong said in a low voice, opened his mouth, sprayed out the small silver umbrella, and after a flicker, it transformed into a ball of silver light, protecting himself completely within it.

He flew into the air just like that.

Han Li and Xianxian also performed their own magic, released their Thunder-Repelling Umbrellas, and followed closely behind.

An hour later, when three balls of silver light shot out from the other end of the thunder and lightning world, they appeared above a pitch-black giant mountain.

After the light converged, the three of Han Li appeared and floated in the high sky.

"This is the Demon Gold Mountain Range!" Han Li scanned the area and muttered.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1646 =====