Chapter 1806

After having a possible answer in his heart, Han Li looked at the distant mountain peak, his face returning to a calm expression.

After watching for a little while longer, and after the fluctuations in the distance finally subsided and disappeared, he left the window thoughtfully, returned to the prayer mat, sat down cross-legged, and slowly closed his eyes.

In the days that followed, apart from Xu Qianyu's necessary greetings and inquiries, no one else from the Xu family came to disturb his comprehension and cultivation.

However, judging from the hidden worry on the woman's face, the Xu family's actions that night did not seem to have gone very smoothly.

Sure enough, every night thereafter, the same celestial phenomena and fluctuations erupted one after another.

After several nights in a row, after that Immortal Qianyu finished her greetings, she seemed to have something she wanted to say to Han Li, but every time it reached her lips, she hesitated several times and swallowed it back.

Han Li witnessed all of this in his eyes and pondered secretly, but his surface expression remained as usual.

However, when it was the morning of the fifth day, Han Li, who was continuing to comprehend the talisman on the top floor of the pavilion, had a change in expression, and suddenly, with a flip of his palm, the talisman flashed and disappeared without a trace.

He clearly sensed that at the gate of the pavilion, in addition to Xu Qianyu, who usually came to greet him, there were also the auras of Xu Jiao and another stranger.

This aura was very powerful, possessing the cultivation base of the late Void Refinement stage.

This caused a flash of surprise on his face.

The Xu family actually still hid a cultivator with such a cultivation base; it seemed their usual concealment was truly deep enough, and they were quite well-versed in the principles of "the tree that stands tallest in the forest is the first to be broken" and hiding one's talents.

Just as Han Li was pondering in his heart, the respectful words of the Xu family patriarch came from below:

"Junior Xu Jiao pays respects to Senior Han. I wonder if Senior has any free time to see Junior."

"So it is Patriarch Xu who has arrived; there is no need to be so polite. Please wait a moment in the main hall, Han will be down shortly," Han Li replied indifferently, then stood up and walked downstairs.

After a while, Han Li's figure appeared at the staircase of the first-floor main hall, and his gaze immediately swept toward the stranger at the late Void Refinement stage.

The person standing side by side with Xu Jiao was a young man wearing a half-old gray robe, looking only twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, who also looked at Han Li with a smile.

Looking closely, the young man's appearance was somewhat similar to Xu Jiao's. Standing together, they looked more like Xu Jiao's younger generation.

"Senior. This is our Xu family's Great Elder, Xu Yuan. Because he was at a critical point in his cultivation a few days ago, he was unable to come out of seclusion in time to welcome Senior," Xu Jiao said, bowing to Han Li as soon as he saw him, while introducing the person beside him.

"Great Elder? Fellow Daoist Xu Yuan has already reached the Great Perfection stage of late Void Refinement; I'm afraid you can break through the Body Integration bottleneck at any time. If you succeed, you will become one of us," Han Li looked at the young man for a few moments and suddenly smiled.

"Senior's eyes are like torches. Junior is indeed preparing to break through the bottleneck. However, the chance of success is truly very slim," the young man also respectfully bowed to Han Li and replied with a sigh.

Han Li smiled slightly upon hearing this, did not interface with anything, and after sitting in the main seat, signaled for them to sit down and talk.

After Xu Jiao and the others thanked him, they sat on both sides of Han Li.

"Patriarch Xu, you have come this time; could it be that you have news of your ancestor?" Han Li did not beat around the bush and spoke straight to the point.

But his directness startled Xu Jiao, and then, with a twitch of his lips, he smiled bitterly:

"If Senior had asked this yesterday, Junior truly wouldn't have been able to give a definite answer, but Junior has come this time precisely to ask for Senior's help with this matter."

"Ask for my help?" Han Li raised his brows slightly, appearing somewhat surprised.

"I will not hide it from Senior; the items Senior transferred this time do indeed have a way to find the whereabouts of Ancestor Bing Po. But relying solely on our Xu family, we are somewhat powerless, and I am afraid we need to borrow Senior's strength," Xu Jiao explained his intention directly.

"What my nephew said is true. For this matter, all three of our Xu family's Void Refinement stage cultivators have tried, but our magic power was insufficient, so we can only ask for Senior's help," Xu Yuan also said with a solemn expression.

"There is such a thing! Could the two Fellow Daoists please explain the ins and outs first?" Han Li's eyes flashed, but he said indifferently.

With his current status and cultivation base, he naturally wouldn't easily promise anything.

"Of course, even if Senior didn't ask, Junior would have taken the initiative to report it first." Xu Jiao agreed fully, and after a little consideration, continued:

"Actually, the matter is not complicated. I wonder if Senior has ever heard of the 'Blood Soul Technique'?"

"'Blood Soul Technique'! It sounds quite familiar. Eh, could it be that 'Blood Soul Technique' practiced by Blood Crystal Ascendant tens of thousands of years ago?" Han Li first furrowed his brows, but immediately thought of the related items, his expression changing slightly as he spoke.

"Senior has indeed heard of this secret technique. This Blood Crystal Ascendant can be considered a rare genius of our human race who was hard to encounter in ten thousand years; not only did he create the Blood Soul Technique, but he also once used this technique to kill foreign race existences of the same stage. I will not hide it from Senior, although Blood Crystal Ascendant passed away long ago, his legacy was discovered by our ancestor, Immortal Bing Po, by chance. Although this technique is close to the demonic path, and it was impossible for the ancestor to switch to practicing this technique, she still selected several life-saving secret techniques from it to practice and refined several related life-saving treasures. Among the items Senior transferred this time, there is a 'Blood Soul Bottle' refined by the ancestor, which contains a wisp of blood soul. As long as this blood soul can be reawakened, we can naturally know the ancestor's whereabouts," Xu Jiao said while keeping an eye on Han Li's expression.

But apart from a flicker in Han Li's eyes when he heard about the Blood Soul Bottle, no other abnormalities could be seen.

"The celestial phenomena that appeared these past few nights were caused by your awakening of the blood soul, right?" Han Li asked after a moment of silence.

"Senior is correct. Junior did not dare to delay, and that very night, I gathered manpower and held the awakening ceremony. But unfortunately..." Xu Jiao revealed a look of helplessness when he reached this point.

"Unfortunately, I don't know if it's because the blood soul has been sealed for too long, or because our bloodline is not pure enough, but several awakening attempts have failed one after another. And because the talisman sealing the blood soul has been removed, if we don't awaken the blood soul within two days, this wisp of the ancestor's blood soul will completely dissipate," the young man sighed and interjected from the side.

"Your Xu family wants me to join the awakening ceremony?" Han Li asked noncommittally.

"Senior has keen eyes. We have truly tried all methods in these past few days, but none have had any effect. We can only beg for Senior's help," Xu Jiao stood up again, bowed to Han Li, and said with a sincere expression.

"If it is truly due to insufficient magic power, it is nothing for Han to exert some effort. But if it is a problem with the blood soul or the awakening ceremony itself, then I am powerless," Han Li rubbed his chin, and after a good while, said indifferently.

"That is natural. If it is truly our problem, we can only say it is heaven's will," Xu Jiao heard this and immediately nodded repeatedly with joy.

Xu Yuan and Xu Qianyu also revealed expressions of great joy.

"There is no time to lose; Han will go and see Fellow Daoist Bing Po's blood soul and the awakening ceremony you have prepared," Han Li, having agreed, immediately looked like a man of action and stood up to give instructions.

"Fine. Although this ceremony can only be held at a specific time at night, it is good for Senior to go and understand it first!" Xu Jiao, after only a little consideration, felt there was no problem and agreed immediately.

If they could truly find back their Xu family's ancestor, Immortal Bing Po, the Xu family could immediately become one of the super families of the human race.

For this reason, whether it was Xu Jiao or Xu Yuan and the other elders, they all wanted to awaken Immortal Bing Po's wisp of blood soul with all their might.

Han Li followed the three Xu family members out of the pavilion, then, with his escape light rising, flew straight toward the mountain peak that emitted fluctuations at night.

At such a short distance, they naturally arrived in an instant.

He saw that around the seemingly ordinary mountain peak, there were groups of colorful barrier spiritual lights everywhere, and among these lights, guards wearing green armor appeared and disappeared.

Han Li swept his divine sense and easily discovered that these guards were mostly at the Nascent Soul level, numbering over a hundred.

This manpower might not be worth mentioning to a power like the Heavenly Abyss City, but to a family, it was enough to be marveled at.

Moreover, these guards were all cleverly hidden within the barrier, and not one of them made a sound or talked, looking well-trained. This was even more rare for a family.

Seeming to have discovered Han Li's abnormality, Xu Jiao explained from the side:

"I have let Senior see a joke; these are our Xu family's secret guards, and also the Xu family's most elite force. Although they are not worth mentioning in front of high-tier cultivators in a one-on-one fight, when three or four of them join forces, they are enough to fight a Spirit Transformation stage cultivator."

"Oh, so these people are proficient in joint secret techniques," Han Li said, appearing somewhat interested.

"Hehe, that is indeed the case. This awakening ceremony is very taboo to being disturbed, so for the sake of caution, all the secret guards in the clan were deployed here," Xu Jiao explained again.

This time, Han Li nodded and said nothing more.

After Xu Jiao used the magic tool in his hand to separate the barrier, the group landed in front of a huge building that looked like a temple on the mountainside.

And on a plaque directly above the temple gate, there was only an ancient character "Xu" written in silver powder.

Near the gate, there were seven or eight secret guards standing expressionlessly on guard.

Cultivators with lower cultivation and tighter purses, such as Void Refinement or Golden Core cultivators, naturally lived in one pavilion with several or even a dozen people. High-level Void Refinement cultivators could occupy a pavilion alone.

Han Li's expression changed slightly.

"I ask Senior to forgive us; this is where our Xu family's ancestral temple is located, so we can only enter the underground secret hall from the side door," Xu Yuan said with some apology.

"It's nothing; this is as it should be," Han Li waved his hand, looking indifferent.

Hearing Han Li say this, Xu Yuan and Xu Jiao both breathed a sigh of relief.

If the other party were truly dissatisfied because of this, it would naturally be a loss for them.

Thus, the group passed through the side door and entered the Xu family's ancestral temple.

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