Chapter 1873: Small World in the Mountain Belly

"Hehe, Junior Sister came and went extremely quickly this time. It seems this trip was exceptionally smooth." (Webnovel)

Bai Guo'er's figure had just appeared at a green stone gate on the mountainside when a loud laugh suddenly came from the gate.

Green light flashed on the surface of the stone gate, and it opened by itself!

A yellow-robed Confucian scholar walked out from inside, thirty or so years old, with an extremely handsome face; it was Hai Dashao, who had been sent away by Han Li to the Abyss City two hundred years ago.

However, looking at him after two hundred years, his eyes were flashing with divine light, his skin was crystalline and vibrant, and he had actually become a Core Formation cultivator, and his physical body was far more powerful than before.

"Eh, when did Senior Brother return to the cave dwelling!" Bai Guo'er, seeing Hai Dashao, was startled first, then revealed a happy expression.

"Hehe, this young master just finished a bitter chore in the Abyss City a few days ago, almost losing my little life. I could only rest for half a year, so I returned to the cave dwelling to see if Master had come out of closed-door cultivation." Hai Dashao replied with a smile.

"Then did Senior Brother see Master!" Bai Guo'er couldn't help asking.

"I naturally didn't see Master's main body, but I asked Master's second infant for a few bottles of spiritual medicine. If there are no accidents, in two years, I will also start to impact the mid-stage of Core Formation. Speaking of which, it is truly shameful; my magic power is not as good as Junior Sister's, and I really can't lift my head in front of Junior Sister." Hai Dashao hummed a few times, half-truthfully and half-jokingly.

"Hehe, Senior Brother is really joking. Senior Brother is a dual cultivator of magic and body, and in terms of true strength, how can Guo'er compare. Moreover, Master is also a dual cultivator of magic and body, so Senior Brother Hai should be the one to truly inherit Master's mantle; it should be Junior Sister who envies Senior Brother. And if it comes to magic power, Junior Sister is not as fast as Junior Brother Qilingzi, who has already reached the Great Perfection of Core Formation in just two hundred years and is preparing to condense a Nascent Soul." Bai Guo'er replied with a light laugh.

"What is the use of having more magic power. In the Abyss City, I can only play the role of an ordinary body refiner, not even daring to let people know my relationship with Master, for fear of being targeted by those with ulterior motives. Junior Brother Qilingzi is also like this; every time we come to find Master from the Abyss City, we are all sneaky, unlike Junior Sister who can enter and leave the Abyss City with the status of Master's disciple, which is so majestic." Hai Dashao heard this, but changed to a miserable expression, greatly envious.

"I am doing things for Master, so I need to enter and leave the Abyss City frequently, which is why Master let me not hide my identity. It is completely different from the two Senior Brothers who must hide their identities in the Abyss City to temper their state of mind. However, speaking of which! Junior Brother Qilingzi inherited the Daoist techniques and divine abilities and cultivation talent that even Master praised endlessly, and perhaps he will go even further on the path of cultivation than us in the future." Bai Guo'er blinked her eyes and said with a sweet smile.

"This is certain. However, ever since Master brought you back to the Human Race a hundred years ago and reopened the cave dwelling here, he has immediately entered closed-door cultivation. In our usual cultivation, it was entirely left to the second infant and Ice aunt to give pointers, and I don't know how Master is cultivating!" Speaking of their master, Hai Dashao's expression became solemn, and he looked somewhat worried.

"Rest assured. Master spent nearly a hundred years back then without finding the person he wanted to find in the Human and Demon races, so he temporarily extinguished the idea of looking for someone and entered closed-door cultivation to prepare to impact the Body Integration mid-stage. If I am not mistaken, Master probably won't come out until he advances to the mid-stage." Bai Guo'er tilted her head and said with a curl of her lips.

"Impact the Body Integration mid-stage. Even if Master has vast divine abilities, I am afraid it will take a thousand years of bitter cultivation to succeed. Could it be that Master intends to enter closed-door cultivation for a thousand years?" Hai Dashao heard this, and his eyes went somewhat straight.

"I don't know how other Body Integration seniors cultivate. But our Master once contended against a Body Integration late-stage cultivator, and his own divine abilities were not below the Body Integration mid-stage, so he should have some other means to speed up his cultivation speed. I think it won't take a thousand years, and he will be able to come out before the demon disaster breaks out." Bai Guo'er thought for a moment and said affirmatively.

"This is also true! I think Master is also because the demon disaster is approaching, so he made up his mind to advance to the mid-stage as soon as possible." Hai Dashao nodded in agreement.

Whether it was him or Bai Guo'er, they were all full of confidence in Han Li advancing to the Body Integration mid-stage.

It was no wonder they were like this.

Over these years, Han Li not only passed down mysterious cultivation techniques and divine abilities, but for the various bottlenecks they encountered in cultivation, he only needed a few words or one or two bottles of rare spiritual medicine to let them break through the difficulties immediately and continue their cultivation. This was the fundamental reason why the three of them advanced so quickly.

Under such circumstances, Han Li's three disciples were extremely grateful to their master, and in their hearts, he naturally became increasingly unfathomable and almost omnipotent.

However, at this moment, Hai Dashao didn't continue to chat with Bai Guo'er, and after saying a few more words, he bid farewell and left the cave dwelling, turning into a blue rainbow and breaking through the air.

Bai Guo'er entered the green stone gate and walked directly toward the backyard of the cave dwelling along a corridor.

After passing through several layers of strict barriers, her eyes suddenly brightened, and a vast flat grassland appeared, with white clouds lingering in the sky, spiritual flowers and green grass all around, and a piece of spiritual qi-filled appearance.

And in the center of the grassland, on the left and right, there were two small mountains, each over a hundred zhang high.

One was pitch-black like ink, and one was lush green!

Between the two mountain peaks, there was a crystal-clear white jade pavilion, divided into three floors, faintly shrouded by a thick layer of five-colored light screen.

This cave dwelling's backyard had actually been transformed by someone with great magic power into a small world in the mountains similar to an independent one, looking exactly the same as the outside world.

However, at this moment, on the two small mountains on the left and right, there was a figure sitting quietly on the peak.

One was two zhang tall with emerald green skin, with purple light constantly appearing on his body, and one was brilliant golden, spitting a stream of black qi flowing all over his body.

These two people looked from afar, and their faces were extremely similar to Han Li's, and their eyes were both tightly closed.

However, the moment Bai Guo'er walked into the grassland, the "Han Li" spitting black qi moved and slowly opened his eyes.

In an instant, two clear gazes swept toward the silver-robed girl.

"Master, the disciple's trip was smooth, and I have brought the things back safely." Bai Guo'er, seeing this, immediately bowed respectfully to the golden figure, then flipped her palm, took out a purple wooden box, and immediately presented it with both hands.

"You have worked hard, Guo'er! Let me see if the things are really useful." The golden figure smiled slightly and said kindly, the voice also sounding exactly the same as Han Li's.

Then, this golden shadow beckoned toward Bai Guo'er's direction with one hand!

The next moment, the purple wooden box immediately shot into the air with a "Sou!" sound and was taken into the golden shadow's hand out of thin air.

With a wave of his hand over the wooden box, the lid opened by itself.

Inside were several black-green demon pills, each the size of an egg, and emitting a strange fishy smell, making people want to vomit when they smelled it.

Looking at these strange demon pills, the golden figure nodded with great satisfaction, closed the lid, and smiled slightly at Bai Guo'er below:

"Guo'er, you did well. These things are just what I need. Up to now, the materials requested from the demon clan have all been collected! From now on, I will take back the second infant and activate the magic array to completely seal this place, truly cutting off all contact with the outside world. As long as you are not in life-threatening danger or the demon disaster breaks out in advance, you must not come to disturb me. In the next one or two hundred years, it is the most critical time for my cultivation, and I cannot afford any distraction. In addition, I have already handed the spiritual medicines and spirit stones you need for cultivation to your Ice aunt; if you need them in the future, just ask her for them. Hehe, I hope that when Master comes out of closed-door cultivation, I can see that your cultivation has advanced another level."

"What, Master is going to enter closed-door cultivation for life and death. I don't know how long Master needs to be in closed-door cultivation this time." Bai Guo'er, hearing the golden figure's words, was startled and asked.

"That is hard to say; it could be as short as a few decades, or as long as two or three hundred years!" The golden figure frowned and said with uncertainty.

"Then Guo'er can only respectfully send Master off, hoping that on the day Master comes out, your cultivation will advance greatly!" Bai Guo'er's face was full of reluctance, but she also knew that the decision Han Li made would not change, so she could only bow again with her head lowered.

"Haha, I hope Guo'er's words come true, and I hope it can really be like that by then."

This burst of laughter did not come from the golden figure outside, but was sent out freely from the white jade pavilion shrouded in the five-colored light screen.

Then, the figures sitting on the two mountain peaks stood up, pinched a seal simultaneously, and disappeared into thin air after blurring slightly.

And in the next moment, the two small mountains hummed, and two huge light arrays appeared out of thin air at the bottom, spreading in all directions rapidly.

After a while, the entire grassland was covered by the light array, and circles of five-colored spiritual light appeared.

Everything began to twist and deform, and finally the light dimmed, transforming into a sea of five-colored mist, submerging everything within it.

At this moment, Bai Guo'er had already retreated from the grassland one step earlier, and looking at the mist sea, she was speechless for a while.

After an unknown amount of time, the silver-robed girl sighed and turned to leave this place.

At the same time, on the first floor of the white jade pavilion in the five-colored mist sea, Han Li sat on a pale yellow cushion, his eyes narrowed, looking at a golden giant tripod floating in front of him, about several zhang in diameter and about a zhang high.

Under the tripod, a piece of silver flame surrounded the giant tripod, and at the same time, a thick and strange smell slowly spread from the tripod.

If one looked down from above, one could find that the giant tripod was filled with mysterious liquid, not only five-colored and mottled, but also bubbling with numerous five-colored bubbles from under the tripod, which then kept bursting open.

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