Chapter 1741: Silver-Colored Lotus Seed Head

The palm lifted again, several talismans shot out with a flash, sticking to the box in an instant.

The gorgeous restrictive power instantly wrapped the entire jade box within it.

With another flick of the sleeve, a sheet of azure radiance flew out.

The jade box vanished silently in the radiance, swiftly collected by Han Li.

From the sword silk spraying out to the jade box being put away, the whole process was as swift as thunder, fire, and lightning, completed in a single breath.

Then Han Li exhaled, his complexion improving somewhat.

He glanced at the spirit herbs in the medicine garden that had lost their flowers, hesitated briefly, did nothing further, and turned toward the next medicine plot.

Thus, the following seven or eight spirit herbs were all treated in the same manner.

Han Li severed the fruit and other seed-containing important parts with sword light, then rapidly froze them, and further sealed them with restrictive talismans.

With so many measures employed, he finally prevented these severed parts from self-destructing.

Even if these parts still contained some restrictions, as long as their activation could first be suppressed, they could be taken back for slow study.

He was confident that with sufficient time, he could still gradually unravel the restrictions.

However, when it came to the last spirit herb—the silver-colored lotus seed head floating on the spring eye—he still encountered great trouble.

As the sword silk struck the thumb-thick stem beneath the silver lotus head, it actually burst forth a blinding silver radiance, rebounding outward, while the lotus head remained unmoved!

Han Li was naturally startled.

After carefully examining the silver-glittering lotus head several times, he frowned, then decisively pointed all ten fingers at the lotus head and flicked out repeatedly.

Ten strands of azure silk shot through the air, but midway they suddenly converged, directly transforming into a crystal-clear azure light that struck the silver lotus head again.

The same scene appeared once more.

The entire silver lotus emitted a blinding silver radiance; the azure light, upon impact, emitted a buzzing sound and shattered into fragments inch by inch, vanishing into flying ashes.

Han Li's eyes twitched violently several times involuntarily.

What kind of spirit object is this silver-colored lotus head, that it could defy heaven so!

He asked himself: the sharpness of the sword silk transformed from the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword is such that even ordinary Deity Transformation cultivators would not dare to block a strike with their fleshly body.

Yet the object before him not only rebounded the sword silk, but even reflected it back to destroy it—truly too incredible to believe.

Han Li's gaze swept rapidly over the silver-colored lotus head, flashed downward, and then landed on the spring water below.

This spring eye is clearly not an ordinary spiritual spring; not only is the water crystal clear to the bottom, but faint wisps of white-colored spiritual energy continuously drift out from within the water.

At the bottom of the spring eye lie several sections of lotus root, each the length of a child's arm, similarly silver-glittering in color, appearing spotlessly pure.

Han Li's gaze focused, yet he discovered the lotus root's rootlets were as white as jade, but did not extend deep into the mire below; instead, they curled into a ball, floating beside the lotus root, resembling a ball of silver-colored mist.

"If so, then perhaps..." this unexpected discovery made his expression stir, and he felt moved once again.

This time, Han Li did not ponder for long. After a moment's effort, he decided to take another risk.

He turned his palm, producing a blue-colored jade bottle about a chi high in his hand, tossed it toward the spring eye's upper space, where it hovered steadily.

Then, with a shake of his sleeve, more than ten flags of various colors shot out, flashing briefly before vanishing without a trace around the spring eye.

He pinched a seal with one hand, and uttered the word "Ji" from his mouth.

More than ten pillars of various-colored light shot up into the sky around, reaching several zhang in height.

Each pillar flickered with spiritual light, faintly bearing drifting runes.

Obviously, this formation is no ordinary one.

Upon seeing this, Han Li hesitated not at all, both hands moving in unison, shooting forth one seal after another toward the front.

In the void within a radius of several zhang, dense blue-colored light points suddenly appeared, and a thick wave of water spiritual energy instantly filled the entire formation.

The spiritual spring below seemed to sense something as well; the water surface, in response, rippled with layer upon layer of waves. Though barely noticeable, compared to the previous mirror-like stillness, it was absolutely a world of difference.

A cold light flashed in Han Li's eyes; he let out a low shout, pointing at the jade bottle hovering in midair.

With a "puchi" sound, the bottle mouth suddenly inverted, spraying out a sheet of blue misty radiance from within.

The more than ten light pillars simultaneously emitted a buzzing sound, and restrictive fluctuations burst forth instantly.

In the next moment, the light points in the void all rolled toward the blue-colored radiance, causing its light to surge greatly, and in an instant, the entire spring eye was submerged within it.

With a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar, the entire spring eye trembled; the spring water instantly surged into turbulent waves, and in a frenzied roll, it began to whirl around the silver-colored lotus head as its center.

A vortex about a zhang in diameter instantly appeared, the surging waves immediately sweeping the silver lotus head into it.

Upon seeing this, Han Li's hand seals shot out even more urgently, and he began to mutter incantations under his breath.

The lotus head, together with the spring water in the eye, was swept up in an instant, then, wrapped in waves of basket-like radiance, transformed into a water dragon, rapidly shrank, and was finally fully sucked into the blue-colored jade bottle.

Seeing the silver-colored lotus head and those several silver lotus roots safely collected without any further mishap, Han Li naturally felt his heart leap several times.

He stopped the hand seals, and without a word, beckoned toward the jade bottle.

Instantly, the jade bottle transformed into a mass of blue light, shooting toward him, then paused and landed in his hand.

Han Li's divine sense stirred; he immediately entered through the bottle mouth to scan inside.

The result: the silver-colored lotus head and lotus roots were all soaked in the spring water, completely unharmed, with no abnormality whatsoever.

He instantly rejoiced beyond expectation.

After similarly sealing the jade bottle with talismans, Han Li carefully stored this uniquely intact spirit object into his storage bracelet, placing it together with that large heap of jade boxes.

His earlier gloom over the destruction of several spirit herbs finally eased somewhat.

In the following time, Han Li then gathered all the miscellaneous spirit herbs appearing in the remote corners of the medicine garden, regardless of whether he recognized them or not.

Although these spirit herbs might be considered ordinary by the medicine garden's owner, in the spirit realm they remain rare and extraordinary.

This trip to the medicine garden has indeed been greatly rewarding.

After confirming no spirit herbs were missed in the medicine garden, Han Li had no intention of lingering; he immediately gave an order, letting Qu'er, that little girl, still transformed into a mass of white light, return to his sleeve, and he strode out toward the courtyard gate.

Just as his figure appeared at the courtyard gate, suddenly a deep, rumbling boom came from faintly before the main hall, followed by a surging wave of spiritual pressure rolling forth from the same direction, truly astonishing in magnitude!

Upon hearing this sound, Han Li's heart stirred immediately, but then he revealed a smile that was not quite a smile.

It seems that after such a long time, Shi Kun and Liu Shui'er finally became frustrated by the illusion in the square and broke through the restriction by brute force.

From the fluctuation of spiritual pressure, that illusion was actually forcibly broken by sheer strength.

They must have used some secret technique or treasure far beyond what they can currently master; otherwise, with their previous cultivation levels, they could never have accomplished this.

Thinking this, Han Li glanced at the two other side halls, then after a brief moment of contemplation, he did not walk toward them but instead moved his feet, his body appearing slow yet swift as he hurried straight toward the main hall.

After a short while, when his figure reappeared before the main hall, he happened to see purple light flashing on the main hall's gate, and Shi Kun let out a muffled grunt before retreating backward more than ten steps.

His original double-handed grip on a pair of giant hammers then, in the flashing purple-colored electricity, rapidly melted and dissolved, leaving only the two handles in the blink of an eye.

Shi Kun's face turned pale and bloodless, with a trace of startled expression appearing in his eyes.

However, before he could unleash any further means to resist the purple-colored lightning snakes, Liu Shui'er, standing more than ten zhang behind him, took action.

With one hand raised, a silver-colored mirror flew from her grasp; upon a tremor of the mirror surface, it shot out several strands of hazy green light pillars, temporarily blocking those several purple-colored lightning arcs.

Seizing this opportunity, Shi Kun let out a low roar, his body nearly skimming the ground as he shot backward, instantly appearing thirty zhang away.

At this moment, those several green-colored light pillars could no longer resist the purple-colored lightning arcs, shattering inch by inch amid the thunderous roar.

The purple-colored lightning, following the force of the light pillars, shifted direction and actually shot straight toward Liu Shui'er.

This woman naturally felt a jolt in her heart, yet she decisively pointed at the treasure mirror in midair, actually activating the mirror to counter-shoot toward the lightning arc; meanwhile, her body flickered and strangely transformed into a lingering afterimage that vanished without a trace.

The next instant, her graceful figure appeared at an extremely distant location.

After a low, deep explosion, several strands of purple-colored lightning struck the silver-colored mirror; after a few thunderclaps, it turned into a burst of silver light and exploded apart.

Then, having lost its target nearby, the purple-colored lightning snake flashed wildly a few times before dissipating on its own.

After Liu Shui'er reappeared in her true form, seeing her treasure destroyed, though she had anticipated it earlier, her expression beneath the cloak was naturally not pleasant.

"Two fellow Daoists, this restriction is not ordinary; if we wish to break it, we likely need all three of us to join hands."

At this moment, Xu Xu walked over slowly and spoke aloud.

Shi Kun and the other naturally saw Han Li appear.

Upon hearing this, Shi Kun's facial muscles twitched, and he spoke with a hint of resentment:

"Han brother, you are indeed clever. Knowing this restriction is hard to break, you went elsewhere first. Arriving at the hall so much earlier than us, you must have gained quite a bit elsewhere."

"I have gained some, but how could it compare to the things here? I believe the two seniors and other important treasures should all be placed in this main hall." Han Li smiled faintly and spoke indifferently.

"After all, this place was once the abode of immortals; in their eyes, ordinary things would be of great use to us. However, as previously agreed, this is also Han brother's opportunity and ability; I, the younger sister, have no complaints. Moreover, in such a short time, Han brother could have at most searched one or two places, impossible to sweep everything clean. I and Shi Dao friend naturally still have opportunities." Liu Shui'er spoke with a light laugh, seeming truly unbothered by Han Li's move to take treasures first.

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