Chapter 1969: Meeting an Old Acquaintance

Suddenly, he frowned, his figure moved, and he transformed into a shocking rainbow, shooting toward a certain place below.

The shocking rainbow was as fast as lightning. After a few flashes, it brought Han Li to appear suddenly above a seemingly ordinary residence.

There, five cultivators with different attire were surrounding a house covered in milky white mist, whispering about something.

Han Li appeared above the house like a ghost, which naturally startled the others. Some immediately flipped their palms to take out treasures, while others formed hand seals to make defensive gestures.

"Get lost!"

Han Li didn't even look at these people, saying coldly.

"What did you say? How dare you be so rude..."

"Ah, so it's a senior. We juniors will leave right away!"

These few cultivators were all existences at the Transformation stage. Upon hearing this, they were furious.

When Han Li released his massive Integration stage aura without ceremony, these five were scared out of their wits, hurriedly changing their words and retreating, scattering and fleeing in a panic.

They didn't even dare to turn their heads back while fleeing, as if there were evil ghosts chasing them for their lives behind.

Han Li swept a cold glance at these people. After a moment of hesitation, he didn't do anything else. But just at this moment, a joyful female voice came from the house protected by a layer of restriction:

"Senior Han, why is it you? How could you appear here? Qianyu will come out to see you right away!"

As soon as the words fell, the white mist outside the house rolled, and a gust of wind blew, disappearing out of thin air.

At the same time, the originally tightly closed house door opened, and three women walked out from inside. The leading woman was tall, with snow-white skin, exactly that Xu Qianyu of the Xu family.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, long time no see." Han Li smiled and greeted her.

He hadn't seen this woman since they parted at the Xu family years ago. It was truly unexpected that she would appear here during the Demon Tribulation.

"Thank you, Senior, for your help. Otherwise, I would have been hard-pressed to escape this time."

Xu Qianyu was pleasantly surprised to see Han Li, hurriedly bringing the other two women to bow deeply to Han Li.

"It's nothing. I just happened to pass by and did it while I was at it. Who are those people, and why were they attacking you? Are they your enemies?" Han Li waved his hand and asked casually.

"What enemies? Those people just saw that the three of us were alone and had evil intentions. Senior should have hacked them into ten thousand pieces." A round-faced woman following Xu Qianyu said somewhat angrily.

"Xiao Qing, shut up. Being able to meet Senior Han is already a blessing for us. How can you be so disrespectful to Senior? Senior Han, Xiao Qing is a niece of mine who has only practiced in the family and hasn't traveled much. I hope Senior won't blame her!" Xu Qianyu's face changed upon hearing this, and she shouted sternly.

"Ah, Senior, please forgive me. I didn't mean to offend you." The round-faced female cultivator realized that the senior in front of her had unfathomable magic power, and she wasn't in the Xu family territory, so her words were indeed somewhat rash.

"It's nothing. Am I, Han Mou, such an unreasonable person? If I had known earlier that those few were such despicable wretches, I might have just cleaned them up while I was at it," Han Li replied with a faint smile, not minding it at all.

"Thank you, Senior, for your generosity. This is not a place for conversation. Senior, please come in and talk." Xu Qianyu felt relieved, smiling and making way for the door behind her.

"Then I will disturb you!" Han Li thought for a moment and agreed.

This place was far from where the Demon Race army was stationed, and there were no other demons appearing nearby, so he felt quite at ease.

The space inside this house was not large, but the furniture and decorations all revealed a unique ancient atmosphere, appearing to have existed for a long time.

But what made Han Li somewhat concerned was that the looming restriction fluctuations around the house vanished without a trace the moment they walked in, and even his spiritual sense couldn't discover the source of this restriction for a time.

This made him feel two parts curious.

When Han Li was invited to sit in the main seat in the middle of the house, he looked at the three women standing respectfully to the side and asked:

"This doesn't seem to be a place for mortals to live. Could it be that it has some relationship with your Xu family?"

"Senior Han is wise. This is indeed a foothold that our Xu family abandoned many years ago. We were forced to hide here to resist those evil cultivators by borrowing the power of the remaining restrictions." Xu Qianyu replied respectfully.

"I see. However, this place is quite far from the Xu family, and I heard that the entire Xu family has moved to the Saint City. Your magic power is not enough to protect yourselves, so why did you run out?" Han Li nodded, but asked his doubts directly without ceremony.

Hearing Han Li ask this, the three women couldn't help but look at each other, appearing somewhat hesitant, but finally, Xu Qianyu said with a bitter smile:

"Senior, you don't know. Our Xu family did move to the Saint Emperor City guarded by the Saint Emperor senior before the Demon Tribulation arrived. But not long ago, Blood Spirit Lord went out to handle an urgent matter, taking some of our clansmen away from the Saint City. As a result, on the way back after handling the matter, we unexpectedly encountered a Demon Race army. After a fierce battle, our clansmen were defeated and could only flee for their lives. I and my two nieces were chased by a small team of demons, so we ran here in a panic. As a result, we didn't expect to spend a lot of effort to get rid of the pursuers, only to encounter these evil cultivators."

"Blood Spirit Fellow Daoist left the Saint City?" Han Li was stunned, appearing somewhat surprised.

"Yes. Originally, the elders in the clan didn't want Blood Spirit Lord to leave, but the matter Blood Spirit Lord had to handle seemed very urgent, so we could only let Blood Spirit Lord leave temporarily." Xu Qianyu said honestly.

"Then Blood Spirit Fellow Daoist should be fine after encountering the Demon Race!" Han Li didn't pursue the specific matter the Xu family was handling, but after a moment of contemplation, asked about Blood Spirit's safety.

"Senior Han, please rest assured. Before I left, I saw with my own eyes that Blood Spirit Lord killed her way out of the encirclement. Although a few high-level demons were tailing her, with Blood Spirit Lord's divine abilities, there is absolutely no problem with self-protection." Xu Qianyu told him frankly.

"I am relieved then. By the way, what is the situation in the Saint Emperor City now? The entire human territory has been forcibly split by the Demon Race army, and even some talisman communication cannot be done." Han Li asked again with a change in expression.

"Not very good. Our Saint Emperor City is still fine. The Demon Race army there didn't touch our city, but attacked in multiple directions, directly sweeping through other human strongholds. Now, except for the Saint City, many other human strongholds have been broken, and some sects and families have been completely wiped out. And this time, the Demon Race's attack seems different from the previous looting after breaking the city. Actually, some demons have started to station in those broken mortal cities and started to enslave our human mortal people on a large scale." Xu Qianyu said, her face filled with worry.

"It seems the rumors are true. This Demon Tribulation is different from all previous ones, and it seems they intend to live in the Spirit Realm for a long time." Han Li's face sank upon hearing this, and only after a long while did he speak in a solemn tone.

"What? Senior means that the Demon Race intends to truly occupy our human territory?" Before Xu Qianyu could reply, another woman with a pale face but a plump figure exclaimed in shock.

"Not just our human race, the Demon Race's invasion targets are probably all other alien races like the Demon Race, and even the nearby Wood Race and Night Fork Race. I don't know the specifics, but it is true that there are such rumors among the high-level. However, you don't need to worry too much. When the sky falls, there will naturally be tall people to hold it up. I think the Saint Island should have countermeasures for this." Han Li's expression suddenly relaxed, and he said with a light laugh.

"That's true. With the Saint Island and Senior Mo Jianli, even if the Demon Race has any grand conspiracy, it will be difficult to succeed." Xu Qianyu also breathed a sigh of relief and said.

The other two women's faces looked much better upon hearing this.

Clearly, the prestige of the Saint Island and the two of them gave the three women a lot of confidence.

For the remaining time, Han Li asked in detail about the situation of the Demon Race army near the Saint Emperor City, and half an hour passed unconsciously.

"It's getting late. I have things to do, so I won't stay here any longer. Let's meet again if fate allows, three Fellow Daoists! By the way, this is not a place to stay for long. Three Fellow Daoists should return to the Saint Emperor City sooner for safety." Han Li finally stood up and said goodbye, giving two words of advice at the end.

Hearing this, Xu Qianyu and the three women naturally didn't dare to stop him, immediately agreeing and respectfully sending Han Li out of the door.

Green light flashed on Han Li's body, and he transformed into a green rainbow again, breaking through the air and leaving.

Xu Qianyu watched the green rainbow vanish at the end of the horizon, a complex look flashing in her eyes, and she sighed lightly.

"Xu Auntie, is this Senior Han really the senior who sent Blood Spirit Lord back to our Xu family years ago? Is he really a senior at the Integration stage?" The round-faced woman couldn't wait to ask as soon as Han Li left.

Another woman's beautiful eyes flashed, and she listened with both ears pricked up.

"Yes, it is this Senior Han. When he came to our Xu family years ago, he was already an existence at the Integration stage. I heard that not long before the Demon Tribulation, he advanced again and is already an existence at the mid-stage of the Integration stage." Xu Qianyu replied with a bitter smile.

"What! A cultivator at the mid-stage of the Integration stage. This is the first time I've seen such a high-level existence. Others say that Auntie and this Senior Han have a deep friendship, and even worked together in Tianyuan City years ago. Is this true?" The round-faced woman clearly wasn't very old, first letting out a low cry, then pursuing the question with excitement.

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