Chapter 173: Gathering

Han Li didn't know anything and insisted that his current cultivation was all obtained through bitter cultivation. As for why his cultivation speed was astonishing, Han Li told Senior Martial Brother Wang a story about a chance encounter where he accidentally ate a strange fruit when he was young, pushing everything to the fruit. This was an excuse he had prepared for this situation.

Han Li knew that only seven parts true and three parts false could make people believe it, so the strange fruit he described was not imagined out of thin air, but a fairy fruit called "Dragon Scale Fruit" that had been circulating in the world for thousands of years. It was said that those who took it could be reborn and ascend to heaven in the daytime. As for whether this thing really existed, Han Li didn't know, anyway, no one had really eaten it.

This well-read Senior Martial Brother Wang, after hearing the appearance of the strange fruit described by Han Li, his eyes shone, and he actually found an ancient book called "Strange Objects and Different Records" from somewhere, and found the "Dragon Scale Fruit" mentioned by Han Li in the book, asking him to identify it.

When things reached this point, Han Li naturally went with the flow and admitted it, making Senior Martial Brother Wang marvel again and again.

Han Li also told the other party that once this fruit was picked, the original plant's roots and leaves would immediately wither and die, and even if he went back to the original place to search, there would be no second fruit. In this way, he completely cut off the other party's idea of finding out the origin and searching for it again, completely blocking the other party's follow-up.

As for whether this person would really be greedy and believe it, wanting to go elsewhere to search for the second fairy fruit, that was none of his business. Let the other party be busy himself!

And Han Li believed that even if Senior Martial Brother Wang was in front of him, looking suddenly enlightened and believing it to be true, in reality, this remark, whether it could make the other party believe a few points, Han Li didn't have much bottom in his heart.

It was estimated that the other party was also half-believing and half-doubting. So for this Senior Martial Brother Wang, Han Li would still avoid him as much as possible in the future, hide as much as possible, and pay more attention to avoid being seen through by the other party.

But Han Li believed that as long as he could successfully establish Foundation and enter the Foundation Establishment stage, his identity would be completely different. I think even if Senior Martial Brother Wang still had doubts in his heart, he wouldn't easily provoke him. After all, the cultivation world speaks with strength!

Thus, Han Li managed to muddle through the questions about his cultivation technique, and Uncle Wang, perhaps feeling apologetic for the trouble he had just put Han Li through, did not make things difficult for him at all during registration. He easily completed all the procedures for him and even gave him some advice on precautions for the Forbidden Land trip, telling him to prepare early.

Han Li thanked him profusely and left.

After returning, he greeted the little old man and temporarily unloaded the work of the herb garden to prepare for the Blood Forbidden Trial with all his heart.

The little old man was speechless for a long time after hearing this, and kept looking at Han Li with a strange look of "you are dead," which made Han Li feel cold in his heart for a long time.

But what surprised him was that this Senior Martial Brother Ma threw two bottles of pills to Han Li without saying a word before leaving, and said coldly: "One bottle for internal use, one bottle for external application." Then he flew away on his magic tool with a cold expression.

This move made Han Li feel a little warmth in his heart.

After getting along for these two years, he understood that this little old man, although his temperament was a bit strange, was also a

Three days before the trip to the Forbidden Land, Uncle Wang finally sent a message talisman to Han Li, urging him to go to the Council Hall to gather and prepare for departure.

When Han Li arrived there, the disciples who had signed up for the Blood Trial were all gathered, and they began to size each other up.

There were over ten thousand Qi Condensation disciples in the entire Yellow Maple Valley, and naturally, Han Li did not know them all. But among them appeared a woman with whom Han Li was more than familiar; not only did Han Li know her, but he had seen and caressed her entire body, and she was that "Junior Sister Chen" who had almost been drugged and raped by "Senior Brother Lu."

Come to think of it, after "Senior Brother Lu" was finished off by Han Li, it really caused a small stir in Yellow Maple Valley. Although this person had not yet reached Foundation Establishment, he was, after all, a possessor of heterodox spiritual roots and was considered a low-tier disciple who received extreme attention from the upper echelons of Yellow Maple Valley.

And after "Junior Sister Chen" returned, for some unknown psychological reason, she did not mention the experience of that night to anyone and kept her mouth shut about the matter.

In this way, "Senior Brother Lu," who had disappeared for a long time, was treated as a missing person. After searching everywhere within the sect and finding no results, the matter gradually faded away.

Such incidents of people suddenly disappearing from the valley had happened before; "Senior Brother Lu" was not the first person to meet with an accident, and he would certainly not be the last.

When the storm passed, no one in Yellow Maple Valley mentioned "Senior Brother Lu" again, as if he had never existed. This situation made Han Li breathe a sigh of relief, but he also felt a cold chill.

It turns out that there are indeed many cultivators who are heartless and desireless; if he were to disappear one day, the sect's reaction would likely not even be as significant as this! Most likely, in the blink of an eye, they would have forgotten him, and they would never go to the trouble of inquiring about his whereabouts.

It seems that the low-key and cautious attitude he had adopted since entering the sect was definitely not wrong.

After all, the path of cultivation is so long, and the possibility of accidents is so great. If he were to attract attention and do some foolish things to show off, then a low-tier cultivator like him, without background or support, could be crushed to death at any time on the cultivation path by some powerful existence he could not resist. And the possibility of walking the path of cultivation again in the next life is almost equivalent to zero.

Han Li, who originally did not believe much in reincarnation and rebirth, began to be half-skeptical after coming into contact with the cultivation world.

"Junior Sister Chen's" demeanor was clearly different from before. Perhaps struck by the betrayal of her lover, she now wore light makeup and had become cold and stunning, exuding an aura that kept strangers at a distance, causing several young men attracted by her beauty who tried to step forward to talk to her to return in defeat.

It is hard to say if men are all a bit base; her cold and arrogant expression not only did not diminish her beauty but added a touch of mysterious charm, causing all the surrounding male disciples to peek at her constantly. This kind of charm was far more attractive than the image of her being a clinging vine in front of "Senior Brother Lu" back then.

But after Han Li saw this, he couldn't help but grimace inwardly.

No need to ask, there was one more woman in this world who viewed men as poisonous scorpions. Having experienced the betrayal of her lover, this woman would likely never look favorably upon men again, and she might even intend to remain single for the rest of her life.

This "Junior Sister Chen" did not recognize Han Li. After Han Li deliberately walked past her a few times, the result was only a cold look from her; clearly, she had mistaken Han Li for one of those people deliberately showing off in front of her.

Han Li breathed a sigh of relief. The hallucinogenic power of the Joyous Pill was indeed powerful; this woman had not left a single impression of him, and with that, his last bit of worry was completely eliminated.

However, thinking of her passionate and nakedly seductive appearance that night, and then looking at "Junior Sister Chen's" current coldness, Han Li felt quite a bit of heat and regret in his heart.

Come to think of it, the fact that she would participate in this Blood Trial was mostly due to him. After losing the Foundation Establishment Pill, if this woman wanted to reach Foundation Establishment, she had no choice but to take a gamble just like him. After all, this trip to the Forbidden Land was the only way to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill.

And the disciples from Yellow Maple Valley participating in the Forbidden Land trip this time could truly be called strong and elite, with all the best appearing. Just the disciples at the peak of the thirteenth layer numbered five or six.

The remaining disciples were mostly at the twelfth layer, and "Junior Sister Chen" was at the mid-twelfth layer level.

Finally, there were only three disciples at the eleventh layer. Besides Han Li, there was a white-haired old man and a little guy of sixteen or seventeen, which made Han Li feel a chill. The three of them were probably the legendary fillers and cannon fodder disciples.

According to past conventions, the number of low-tier disciples from the seven great sects allowed to enter the Forbidden Land could not exceed twenty-five; it could only be fewer, not more. In several past instances, they couldn't even gather enough people, and often only a dozen or so participated in the Blood Trial.

But this time, not only did the number reach the maximum, but there were also so many elite disciples appearing, all of which indicated that this trip to collect medicine in the Forbidden Land would definitely exceed the usual standard of the past, and the number of people who could survive would certainly be less than a quarter.

Seeing this expected scene, Han Li could do nothing but curse in his heart! No need to ask, these elite disciples must have been promised higher rewards by the sect's upper echelons, otherwise, they would not have appeared here.

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