Chapter 1731: Mountain, Palace, Stone Steps

"Then Han thanks the two Fellow Daoists for yielding." Han Li cupped his fists at the two and said with a smile.

"This is just a small matter. Now that the restriction has been broken, we should find the treasures inside as soon as possible. As long as we can find those few things our masters and Senior Duan need, there will naturally be great benefits after we go out," Liu Shui'er said with a solemn expression.

Then, she retracted the gray banner and turned into a blue streak of light, shooting toward the hole below.

Seeing this, Shi Kun didn't dare to be slow and followed closely in a ball of yellow light.

Han Li appeared unhurried, raising his head to scan the surroundings with narrowed eyes, and after confirming there was no problem, he moved his body and floated down slowly.

By this time, Liu Shui'er and Shi Kun had already flashed their escape light and entered the hole first.

Han Li flew into the giant milky white hole without changing his expression, and suddenly clusters of gorgeous light rays appeared all around, rolling toward him.

He was startled, cyan light flashed on his body, and a layer of crystal-clear light shield protected him within.

But those gorgeous light rays paused, then condensed into runes of various sizes, spinning around Han Li, forming a small five-colored light formation.

He was right in the center of this light formation.

Then, the light formation buzzed, and waves of spatial fluctuations appeared.

Seeing this, Han Li's expression relaxed, and he put his hands behind his back, not intending to disperse the light formation.

Sure enough, the next moment, the light formation burst with five-colored spiritual light.

Han Li felt the scenery around him blur slightly, and after a slight dizziness in his head, he vanished from the light formation.

The next moment, Han Li opened his eyes, discovering that he was on a strange high platform.

The entire platform was built of giant cyan stones, with some patterns on the surface, but it couldn't be called exquisite, giving people a rough, primitive feeling.

And beneath his feet was a teleportation formation no more than two feet in diameter, and not far away was a slanted staircase leading directly down the platform.

Han Li only glanced at the teleportation formation and the stone platform, then immediately raised his head to look around carefully.

He seemed to be in another space, where not only was the sun hanging high, cloudless and exceptionally blue, but the ground all around was covered in various strange flowers and grasses, and from time to time, light breezes blew, bringing bursts of floral fragrance.

However, none of this was as eye-catching as a small mountain several hundred feet high near the high platform!

Although this mountain was not high, it covered an area of over ten miles, and its mountain shape was exceptionally strange. From top to bottom, the entire mountain peak was vertical like a knife, the mountain body was pale and unremarkable, but silver light was dazzling at the top, and there was a giant purple palace, occupying almost the entire top of the mountain peak.

Han Li narrowed his eyes, examining the palace on the mountain peak for a good while, then retracted his gaze and looked back at the grass below the stone platform stairs.

There, Liu Shui'er and Shi Kun were standing still, seemingly also looking carefully at the purple palace on the mountain peak.

Han Li's expression shifted, and his body flickered, intending to fly directly down the platform.

But as soon as his feet left the ground by a few feet, his body shook and fell back to the ground, and as his feet landed on the formation, a muffled sound rang out, making the entire stone platform shake a few times.

His body seemed to have become exceptionally heavy.

Han Li waved his arms in the void, but they felt light, and he didn't feel anything strange.

A hint of surprise flashed across his face, but he immediately remembered something, cyan light flashed on his body, and his figure floated slowly into the air.

But just as his feet left the ground by a foot, a giant force suddenly pressed down on his body without any warning.

Han Li's figure swayed slightly, and he was fine immediately, but his expression changed.

He didn't speak, but relying on his strong physical body, his figure continued to fly slowly into the air. When his feet left the ground by over two feet, his figure shook again, and the cyan light on his body flickered violently.

Although this time, there was no change in his expression, his brows furrowed, and then blue light flashed in his eyes as he looked at himself.

He saw that under his Spirit Eyes, his body was wrapped in strands of pale yellow light rays, and with the power of his protective spiritual light, he couldn't block these light rays at all.

At this time, Shi Kun below the stone platform turned his head and said to Han Li with a bitter smile:

"Brother Han, you've discovered it too. The restriction here seems to be different from ordinary restrictions. For every foot of height, the restriction force increases by a fold. I could only fly seven or eight feet high before I couldn't bear this giant force anymore."

"For every foot of height, it increases by a fold. This restriction is truly domineering. If one were to fly several feet away from the ground, I'm afraid even a Saint-stage existence couldn't bear this giant force," Han Li said slowly, then cyan light flashed on his body, and he landed back on the ground.

The yellow light rays wrapped around his body vanished strangely the moment his feet touched the ground again.

"With Fellow Daoist Shi's formidable physical body, he could only fly seven or eight feet high; for ordinary upper-race members like us, I'm afraid three or four feet is the limit," Liu Shui'er also said without turning her head.

Her gaze still hadn't left the palace on the mountain peak for a moment!

Hearing what these two said, Han Li's expression was also somewhat solemn, but after a moment of thought, he didn't say anything else, walked out of the formation, and walked down the stairs to Shi Kun and Liu Shui'er's side.

"It seems the palace on the mountain should be the place where the treasures are stored. What are the two Fellow Daoists waiting for?" Han Li asked directly and calmly.

"Since there are other restrictions here, naturally we need to be cautious," Liu Shui'er finally turned her head, looked at Han Li, and said solemnly.

"There are other restrictions, which only shows that there are truly heavy treasures here. However, since it is a restriction like forbidding flight, according to common sense, the danger shouldn't be great," Han Li said with a smile.

"Brother Han also said it's only according to common sense! Since the owner of this place might be an immortal from the True Immortal Realm, how could it be calculated according to common sense?" Liu Shui'er sighed slightly and replied.

"If the two Fellow Daoists don't want to take the risk, just looking and not moving here, it's impossible to take the treasure. In that case, why did we come to this place at such great risk?" Han Li's eyes flashed with essence, and he said unceremoniously.

"Brother Han's words make a lot of sense. There are Horned Chi people wandering nearby, so we shouldn't delay too long," Shi Kun didn't seem to see any danger anymore and agreed with Han Li's words.

"Since the two Fellow Daoists have said so, this little sister has no opinion, let's go." Liu Shui'er's expression changed a few times, and finally, she steeled her heart and agreed.

Hearing that Liu Shui'er no longer objected, Shi Kun laughed, and suddenly shook his sleeve. Immediately, a pitch-black wolf-shaped iron puppet shot out, but as soon as it left his sleeve, it fell heavily to the ground.

It was a pitch-black wolf-shaped iron puppet.

"The restriction here is actually effective on magic tools too!" Liu Shui'er gasped, her expression becoming somewhat ugly.

In that case, if she faced any unexpected danger, she could only rely on her own magic power and secret techniques to resist.

Seeing this, Han Li's expression also shifted, and he became much more cautious.

Shi Kun laughed, and his figure strode forward, taking the lead toward the mountain peak.

Compared to ordinary cultivators who couldn't use magic tools or treasures, his formidable physical body naturally became a major weapon, giving him a great advantage.

Han Li smiled, and his footsteps moved, following him.

Liu Shui'er's eyes turned, and she walked over silently as well.

Facing the direction of their mountain peak, there was a mountain road that was almost straight, leading directly to the peak.

This road was composed of white stone steps a foot wide, and looking from afar, it looked like a white python crawling on the mountain peak. It was quite shocking to look at!

However, although Han Li and the others didn't dare to fly, their powerful physical bodies were far beyond ordinary existences, so they wouldn't fear the strange danger of this mountain road.

The three of them stepped onto the stairs one after another, heading straight for the peak.

But as soon as the leading Shi Kun stepped onto the first layer of stairs, his expression became somewhat strange.

But in reality, his footsteps didn't stop at all, and he walked up the mountain step by step, but his speed became somewhat slow, not as rapid as when he started.

Han Li, who was behind, noticed this scene, and his heart turned, naturally feeling somewhat strange.

However, when he stepped onto the white stone stairs with one foot, he immediately understood.

A suction force appeared out of thin air on the stone stairs, making his legs feel as heavy as ten thousand pounds, which was quite strenuous.

And after walking a few more steps, he immediately discovered that these stone stairs actually produced a slightly greater suction force with each step.

Although this increase was so weak between a few stone stairs that it was almost impossible to discover.

But just thinking that there were over ten thousand stone stairs from the foot of the mountain to the peak was enough to make people's hair stand on end.

However, fortunately, as long as one stood still on these stone stairs, the giant suction force produced from above would weaken bit by bit, and if one stayed for a longer time, it could even be completely dissipated.

Han Li secretly marveled, but didn't take it to heart.

With the strength of his physical body after cultivating the Brahma Saint True Demon Art, even ordinary Saint Race members would likely be inferior.

These stone stairs, although strange, he believed were enough for him to walk to the peak without stopping.

As for whether Shi Kun could also do it without stopping, it depended on whether he had hidden some strength based on the formidable physical body he had shown earlier.

As for this woman Liu Shui'er, if she didn't have other means, she would definitely be unable to walk to the palace with just her physical body.

Thinking this, Han Li didn't stop, walked up over ten stairs, and turned his head to scan Liu Shui'er behind him.

This woman was standing still on the first stone stair, seemingly thinking about something, but the flashing light in her eyes clearly revealed an exceptionally angry expression.

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