Chapter 220

After the female disciple went to fetch the spirit beast, Han Li waited quietly on the guest-welcoming platform, only occasionally taking a few looks at the restrictions all around.

Except for the mountain peak where Han Li was, the rest of the Spirit Beast Mountain was divided into spirit beast habitats of various sizes by colorful restriction arrays.

Every place sealed by restrictions was a taming ground for a type of spirit beast; except for the rotating disciples of the Qilin Pavilion, others were not allowed to enter. This was for fear that strangers would disturb the spirit beasts, or that untamed spirit beasts would harm outsiders.

So although the entire Spirit Beast Mountain looked quiet, in fact, at the very least, nearly a thousand different spirit beasts lived there; the scale could not be said to be anything but astonishing!

That female disciple did not make Han Li wait long; after the time it takes to eat a meal, she walked out from a restriction holding a fist-sized little beast and headed straight for Han Li.

"This is the Double-Pupil Rat; renting it requires one low-tier spirit stone per day!" The female disciple gently stroked the soft fur of the little beast and said respectfully to Han Li.

"Good, here are three spirit stones; I will use it for three days!" Han Li said indifferently to this woman.

"After three days, Han Shishu just needs to release the Double-Pupil Rat, and it will return to the Qilin Pavilion on its own. During this period, I hope Han Shishu can treat this beast well; this bag contains the earth pear fruit it loves to eat most; Han Shishu can feed it a few when you have time." The young girl took the spirit stones, handed the spirit beast to Han Li, and took out a small white bag, saying to Han Li.

Han Li nodded slightly and took it with a calm expression.

Then, he flew away on his magic tool under the respectful gaze of this woman.

Han Li flew all the way to the northwest in the air.

While on his way, Han Li couldn't help but look at the well-behaved Double-Pupil Rat in his arms.

At first glance, this yellow little beast really looked like an earth mouse. It had the same small size, the same yellow fur, and a slender tail.

The only difference was that it had a pair of large eyes on its face that were completely different from an earth mouse. Don't look at just this one difference; it immediately made this beast extremely cute!

Especially in its double pupils, there were faintly five-colored flowing lights flashing, which set off the mysterious and extraordinary nature of this beast even more.

Even a person like Han Li, who was used to being cold, couldn't help but stroke it a few times upon seeing the well-behaved appearance of this beast, and the thought of whether he should also raise one arose!

However, Han Li also knew clearly that don't look at how docile this little beast was now; in fact, it was a genuine rank-one mid-tier monster beast.

Besides having a pair of magical double pupils, this beast also possessed a pair of steel teeth that could chew copper and iron raw, and a pair of front claws that could pierce gold and stone. It was really not as harmless as it looked on the surface!

Thinking of this, Han Li stroked the little ears of this beast again, and seeing them twitch interestingly a few times, he couldn't help but giggle, as if the innocence buried deep in his heart had surged up again.

Han Li carried this beast and flew for a whole day like this, finally stopping at the outermost part of the northwest of the Taiyue Mountain Range.

Continuing north for over a hundred miles from here, one would enter the territory of the Yuanwu Kingdom, which was the territory of the Heavenly Star Sect, a major cultivation sect of the Yuanwu Kingdom, and they had also established a marketplace there, which stood in opposition to the Yellow Maple Valley's marketplace from east to west.

And two hundred miles to the west was the border between Jianzhou and the smallest prefecture of the Yue Kingdom—Xizhou.

This prefecture was also the only prefecture among the seven major sects that no one was stationed in. Because besides loess slopes, this prefecture was an endless large desert, which accounted for more than three-quarters of the entire Xizhou. And the total population of the whole prefecture added up to only a little over a hundred thousand people, so there were basically no resources or manpower to use. With this, naturally, it wouldn't catch the eye of the seven major sects.

There were two reasons why Han Li chose to open a cave dwelling near here.

First, this place was located in a relatively desolate section of the Taiyue Mountain Range, bordering the Yuanwu Kingdom on one side and close to Xizhou on the other; both were places where fellow disciples and other cultivators rarely passed by. With this, no one would disturb his cultivation.

Second, this place was not far from the Heavenly Star Sect's marketplace; if he wanted to sell some herbs or buy something, it should be very easy to trade here without fear of being recognized!

Holding these two thoughts, Han Li chose this location where the spiritual energy was not the best. Unlike the cave dwellings of other Foundation Establishment disciples, which were all densely concentrated in a few places with the densest spiritual energy.

After Han Li landed, he put a thin rope he had prepared in advance around the neck of the Double-Pupil Rat to prevent it from running too fast and him losing the little thing. Then, he took out a yellow round fruit from the small cloth bag and threw it to the little beast, letting it gnaw on it.

A moment later, the Double-Pupil Rat, having eaten the earth pear fruit clean, became energetic. After letting out two light "squeaks," it darted into the grass on the side and disappeared from sight.

Han Li then followed slowly along the rope without haste.

Han Li stood under a steep mountain peak, looking at the huge mountain wall over a hundred zhang high opposite him, stunned for a while!

Because the rope in his hand extended straight into the mountain wall opposite through a narrow gap.

It was already the afternoon of the second day. After nearly two days of hard searching, when this Double-Pupil Rat came near this mountain peak, it suddenly began to run wildly. After leading him to this place in a hurry all the way, it drilled straight in along the gap.

Han Li looked at the taut thin rope in his hand, his curiosity aroused, so he thought for a moment and immediately patted his storage pouch, and the silver giant sword appeared in Han Li's hand.

Han Li gripped the rope with one hand and waved the silver sword like the wind with the other; in the blink of an eye, he cut the narrow gap into a rough entrance that one person could drill through, just like cutting tofu.

After he drilled in, he immediately released a protective shield on his body and then cut the mountain stone step by step along the rope, moving forward slowly. And all the scattered gravel and dust were blocked outside by his water-attribute protective shield, allowing him to keep his body clean.

After this physical labor lasted for over an hour, a simple stone path several tens of zhang long gradually took shape. When Han Li slashed with his sword again, suddenly with a "clatter," the stone wall was finally broken open.

Seeing this, Han Li was overjoyed, used all his strength to slash a few times, completely splitting the stone wall, and then walked out with a stride.

A natural rock cave about ten zhang in size appeared before his eyes; as soon as Han Li entered this place, a rich spiritual energy rushed toward his face, making him feel greatly stunned!

However, his gaze couldn't help but follow the rope in his hand, only to see the thin rope extending straight to the very center of the rock cave, where there was actually a micro-spring eye bubbling with spring water, and the Double-Pupil Rat was actually lying in the middle of this water pit several feet in size, swimming around comfortably.

"This is?"

Han Li was truly surprised this time, because the rich spiritual energy in this stone cave almost all came from this spring eye.

He hurriedly walked over in a few steps, scooped up a handful of spring water, and observed it carefully.

"This is a Spirit Eye Spring, absolutely correct!" Han Li didn't spend much effort before confirming the guess in his heart.

"The spiritual energy contained in the spring water is not as exaggerated as in the rumors, and this spring eye is also very small, but it is indeed a Spirit Eye Spring that is rare in the world." Han Li inserted both hands into the water and muttered to himself in disbelief.

Then he closed his eyes again, feeling the wisps of spiritual energy emanating from the water, and couldn't help but be filled with surprise and joy.

Speaking of spirit springs, one has to mention the talk of spirit veins and spirit eyes in the cultivation world!

The spiritual energy between Heaven and Earth is not evenly distributed in the world, but is denser in some places and thinner in others. So as time goes on, in places with dense spiritual energy, spirit veins of various sizes will generally form.

Large spirit veins may stretch for tens of thousands of miles without end, while small ones may only be a few miles in size, pitifully narrow. But regardless of the actual size, once these spirit veins take shape, they will automatically emit faint spiritual energy, allowing the local spiritual energy to circulate endlessly without a day of exhaustion.

But also in different parts of these spirit veins, the spiritual energy produced is not consistent. Those places where spiritual energy is most densely knotted are, of course, most suitable for cultivators to meditate and practice, so they are called "Spirit Eyes" by the cultivation world.

And so-called "Spirit Eyes" are generally formless and colorless, and can only be felt by the cultivator's perception. But any place called a Spirit Eye represents that this place is the place with the most spiritual energy in the nearby spirit vein; this is an unquestionable matter!

Although under normal circumstances, Spirit Eyes are formless and are just an alternative name for a certain location. But if the spiritual energy of a Spirit Eye is too dense and can be maintained for a long time, it will gradually produce a physical entity, forming Spirit Eye objects, such as Spirit Eye Beads, Spirit Eye Stones, Spirit Eye Springs, and so on. There are even legendary top-tier Spirit Eye Trees.

The appearance of these physical Spirit Eyes is a very rare event. Every one of them has evolved over tens of thousands, or even over a hundred thousand years, plus a fortuitous coincidence, to possibly form.

Therefore, the spiritual energy emitted by these physical Spirit Eyes is far denser than that of ordinary Spirit Eyes. Meditating and practicing near them absolutely has the miraculous effect of accelerating cultivation speed.

The best Spirit Eye objects can even accelerate a cultivator's cultivation speed by nearly twenty or thirty percent. And once these physical objects are formed, even things like Spirit Eye Trees and Spirit Eye Springs can be moved by human magic power without losing their efficacy.

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