Chapter 2169: Volume 10: The Demon Realm War, Chapter 2146: Ao Xiao and Silver Moon

Upon hearing Ao Xiao's words, Yuan Sha's expression sank. After sweeping her gaze over the giant ape Han Li had transformed into and the giant golden crab in the distance, her eyes rolled a few times. Suddenly, she let out a cold laugh, reached out into the void with one hand, and the small white hammer flashed and appeared. But after a flash of golden light, it vanished bizarrely.

The giant wolf shadow above her head lunged downward and instantly merged into the great hall and disappeared.

The next moment, countless blue runes drifted out from the entire great hall. After a sudden tremor, it turned into a mass of blue light and broke through the air, reaching the end of the horizon in just a few flashes.

Only then did Yuan Sha's voice come faintly from afar:

"Ao Xiao, since you are intervening in this matter, I will retreat this time. But your luck won't always be this good. Next time you are alone, I will absolutely not let you off easily."

As soon as the voice fell, the blue light flashed wildly on the horizon a few more times before truly disappearing without a trace.

Despite being a woman, Yuan Sha acted decisively. Seeing Ao Xiao appear, she knew she couldn't kill Han Li and the others as she wished today and might even fall into danger herself, so she left immediately without the slightest hesitation.

Seeing this, Han Li felt a great sense of relief. After greeting the Crab Daoist, the two of them restored their human forms amidst flashing light.

The two Extreme Mountains that had been frozen in mid-air were melted by Han Li releasing two streams of silver flames, and they fell back down, only to be rolled up by a large sleeve and put away.

Ao Xiao turned around, looked at Han Li's side, and raised one hand. A white light flew out, and after circling, it glowed brightly, revealing a giant silver-shining building ship. It was divided into five levels and was over a hundred zhang long, with some armored soldiers holding silver spears standing on it.

"You all come up too," Ao Xiao Ancestor ordered faintly, then took Silver Moon and floated onto the building ship, entering the top-level hall.

Those armored soldiers silently split to the two sides, bowing their heads slightly in a gesture of welcome.

"Puppets!"

Han Li saw the true nature of these silver armored soldiers at a glance. After a moment of contemplation, he made a decision and slowly flew over with the Crab Daoist and Zhu Guo'er.

Those silver armored puppet soldiers had clearly received Ao Xiao Ancestor's orders. Seeing Han Li and the three of them board the ship, they just stood quietly where they were, with no intention of blocking them at all.

But when they reached the door of the hall, Han Li seemed to remember something. He turned his head and asked Zhu Guo'er to stay outside for the time being, only taking the Crab Daoist into the top-level hall.

"Greetings, Senior Ao Xiao!"

As soon as Han Li entered the hall door, he immediately saw Ao Xiao Ancestor sitting on a golden chair. He walked over and bowed slightly.

Ao Xiao Ancestor did not speak immediately, but looked Han Li up and down, revealing a look that was neither a smile nor a frown.

Silver Moon stood behind Ao Xiao Ancestor, her head lowered, as if she didn't have the courage to look at Han Li again.

"You are that 'Han Li' who cultivated from the Qi Refining stage to the Body Integration realm in just over a thousand years? Now that I see you with my own eyes, I know that the rumors outside underestimated your talent. You are already at the late Body Integration stage, right?" Ao Xiao Ancestor finally spoke, his tone quite kind.

"This junior has indeed cultivated to the late stage. Did Senior know about this junior before?" Han Li's expression was calm, but after speaking, he couldn't help but glance at Silver Moon.

The silver-haired woman remained with her head lowered, not saying a word.

"I knew Fellow Daoist Han's name when this girl, Silver Moon, returned to the Spirit Realm from the human world. However, only when you advanced to the Body Integration realm did you truly enter my eyes. After all, every Body Integration cultivator is a top-tier combat force of the Human and Demon races, so I naturally have to pay more attention. Silver Moon, come over and pay your respects. If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Han's rescue back then, how could you have merged your two souls and returned to the Spirit Realm?" Ao Xiao Ancestor smiled first, then suddenly called out to Silver Moon behind him.

"Silver Moon greets Brother Han. Since we parted in the human world, this concubine hasn't seen you again. But I have always kept that great kindness in mind." Silver Moon finally raised her head. The expression on her face was extremely plain, and compared to the agitation when she first saw Han Li, it was like a different person.

Han Li's expression moved slightly, and he felt surprised inwardly. After staring at the other party for a moment and finding that Silver Moon's expression didn't seem to be faked, he sent a quick thought and smiled:

"Back then, this junior didn't know the Fairy's true identity and committed many offenses. I hope Fairy Linglong won't take it to heart. As for the help back then, it was just something I did in passing; the Fairy doesn't need to take it too much to heart."

"Haha, you two haven't seen each other for so many years, so there's no need to be so distant. But regardless, Fellow Daoist Han's life-saving grace to Silver Moon is true. I will definitely reward you generously." Ao Xiao's eyes flashed with a strange light, but he laughed and said.

"This is already an area controlled by the Demon Race. Why did Senior appear here? Are you here to spy on the Demon Race's movements?" Han Li didn't know what was in his heart, so he changed the subject and asked.

"Yes and no!" Beyond Han Li's expectations, Ao Xiao Ancestor gave a vague answer after a moment of contemplation.

"Senior means..." Han Li was stunned.

"A few months ago, the coalition received news that the three ancestors who were originally sitting in the Demon Race area seemed to have rotated and changed. Moreover, the Demon Race's occupied area seems to have started to expand its demonized territory. I was entrusted by other fellow Daoists to come here, firstly to confirm whether the news is true, and secondly to see if I can destroy a few demonization mother arrays." Ao Xiao said with a solemn expression.

"The Demon Race Saint Ancestors have changed; I can understand that. But Senior Ao, what is the demonization mother array? I remember that in the human race area before, there seemed to be signs of demonization in a few places. Is it the same as the changes here?" Han Li blinked, asking with some confusion.

"If the Demon Race wants to truly establish a foothold in our Spirit Realm, they must demonize a certain area and completely convert the nearby spiritual energy into demon energy. And this conversion must rely on a demon array that can convert ordinary trees into demonized plants. Back then, the Demon Race also tried this in our Human and Demon races, but we discovered it as soon as it started and destroyed most of the arrays in time, so the demonization effect was not obvious. But the situation here in the Wood Race is much more troublesome. Not only have demonization arrays been set up underground in most of the occupied areas, but they also started building mother arrays a few years ago. With such a demonization mother array, tens of millions of demonization arrays can be linked together. If you want to destroy them again, it will be extremely difficult. But if you can really destroy a few, you will definitely be able to delay the demonization process of the Wood Race territory."

Ao Xiao Ancestor sighed when he said this, but after a pause, a look that was neither a smile nor a frown flashed across his face, and he suddenly asked a question that startled Han Li.

"Fellow Daoist Han has had no news for these years; did you go to the Demon Realm with the people of the True Spirit Family?"

"How did Senior know about this? I did indeed join forces with Fellow Daoist Long, Fairy Ye, and some Spirit Race people to enter the Demon Realm some time ago!" Han Li's expression was uncertain for a while before he replied with a bitter smile.

"What's difficult about that? You all disappeared at the same time, and the matters concerning the Spirit Cleansing Pool and the Spirit Purifying Lotus are not secrets in our eyes. Every time the Demon Realm and the Spirit Realm connect, people from all races will secretly organize to sneak into the Demon Realm to find this opportunity. It's just that very few can succeed. Now that only you have returned, it seems that the others have mostly fallen in the Demon Realm." Ao Xiao Ancestor said calmly.

"Senior's eyes are like torches. This junior and the others did indeed go for this opportunity. And the trip to the Demon Realm was truly extremely dangerous. The other fellow Daoists met with misfortune one after another, and only this junior was lucky enough to return to the Spirit Realm." Han Li was stunned for a long time before he exhaled and replied.

He truly hadn't expected that what he had done in the Demon Realm was just repeating what his predecessors had done, but his predecessors probably hadn't even reached the Demon Source Sea in ten out of ten cases.

"Entering the Demon Realm with your cultivation is indeed a matter of nine deaths and one life. However, your harvest from this trip must also be far beyond imagination. Not to mention anything else, the true body of this 'fellow Daoist' behind you should be that Golden Saint Crab in the Demon Source Sea, right? But how did its cultivation drop to such a level? Tsk tsk, if this pseudo-immortal puppet attacked with full strength, even I might not be able to take it. You actually managed to abduct it; I really don't know how you did it." Ao Xiao Ancestor chuckled, and his gaze finally fell on the Crab Daoist, his eyes unable to hide a trace of heat.

"It seems Senior Ao Xiao has seen Brother Crab before. Fellow Daoist Crab already has spiritual intelligence; how could I abduct it? I just made a mutually beneficial deal with Fellow Daoist Crab, and it's just following this junior for the time being." Han Li coughed lightly and replied vaguely.

"So that's how it is!" Ao Xiao Ancestor yawned, but he didn't believe it at all in his heart.

If this golden giant crab were really so easy to talk to, it would have been lured away by powerhouses from other interfaces long ago, and it wouldn't have been able to stay in the Demon Source Sea for over a million years.

However, although Ao Xiao was very envious of this pseudo-immortal puppet, he had no intention of seizing it. After all, once his cultivation reached his level, he naturally knew that such things could not be changed by external forces.

Moreover, when he saw Han Li this time and found that his cultivation had reached the late Body Integration stage, and that he seemed to have a chance to break through to the Mahayana realm, his heart was already surging like a giant wave.

That matter he had always regretted seemed to have a turning point.

Thinking of this, Ao Xiao Ancestor couldn't help but glance at Silver Moon behind him. Seeing that her face still had a light and airy expression, his heart sank slightly, and he immediately asked Han Li with a solemn expression:

"I won't care about your other experiences in the Demon Realm. I will only ask you one last thing, and I hope you will answer truthfully. Fellow Daoist Han, did you really enter the Spirit Cleansing Pool in the Demon Source Sea and manage to consume the Spirit Purifying Lotus?"

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