Chapter 2228: Volume 11: Descent of the True Immortal, Chapter 2208: Heaven Book Pavilion

At the same time, at the center of the Holy Island, beneath a high cliff, Han Li gazed with flickering eyes at the hundred-zhang crystal wall before him.

Beside him, Crab Daoist was also expressionlessly examining the massive crystal wall.

And seven or eight zhang away from the two, two old men in green robes stood with their hands bound, their faces filled with trepidation.

These two were naturally the guards specifically responsible for this place, both possessing the cultivation of the late Void Refinement stage.

However, just now, as soon as Han Li arrived here and released a tiny bit of his Grand Ascension spiritual pressure, these two green-robed old men naturally became terrified and dared not offer the slightest obstruction.

At this moment, Han Li had already scanned the golden characters flickering on the crystal wall from top to bottom. After his gaze fixed upward, it fell once again upon the few ancient golden characters ranked in the third position.

"Profound Heaven Slaying Spirit Sword"

Han Li murmured in a voice so low it was almost inaudible, then couldn't help but raise a hand to gently stroke his other arm.

Where his fingers touched, a certain pattern on his arm hidden beneath his robe suddenly became abnormally scorching, even faintly feeling a stinging pain.

Han Li let out a long breath and suddenly asked without turning his head:

"Is the Profound Heaven Slaying Spirit Sword the Profound Heaven Treasure that just made the list? I heard that when this item first appeared, it made all the races of the entire Fengyuan Continent go crazy for a while."

"Reporting to Senior, when this Profound Heaven Treasure first made the list, it wasn't just the Fengyuan Continent; even the super-large races of other continents sent people to search for it. But for some reason, they didn't succeed, and no further news has come out. However, these large races should still be searching in secret," the two green-robed old men exchanged a glance, and one of them stepped forward and replied cautiously.

"Perhaps so. Brother Crab, we have finished looking at this list, let's go." Han Li chuckled, didn't say anything more, greeted Crab Daoist, and turned to leave.

"Respectfully sending off the two Seniors!" The two green-robed old men hurriedly bowed to see them off.

"Brother Crab, do you know anything about this Chaos Myriad Spirit List?" After moving a short distance away from the Chaos Myriad Spirit List, Han Li suddenly asked Crab Daoist, who was following him.

"In my memory, there is no relevant information about this object, and I have never heard Master mention it before. However, I just felt a trace of Immortal Spirit Qi from that crystal wall."

"Immortal Spirit Qi!"

Han Li, who hadn't held much confidence in his casual question, was stunned upon hearing this.

"Correct, although very sparse, it is extremely pure, not inferior to the purity of the Immortal Spirit Qi provided in the spiritual liquid you offered earlier, Fellow Daoist," Crab Daoist replied woodenly.

"This is getting interesting. It seems that although our Spirit Realm and the True Immortal Realm have lost contact for many years, there are still some things between the two that cannot be truly severed," Han Li pondered for a moment, then sneered to himself.

Crab Daoist's expression remained unchanged, and he did not speak any further.

The Holy Island was not very large. With the map provided by Li Rong, Han Li turned left and right, and unexpectedly arrived before a small teleportation array.

He stepped onto it with Crab Daoist, then formed a seal with one hand.

The array hummed, and as milky-white spiritual light burst forth, their figures blurred and vanished from the array without a trace.

The next moment, before a pavilion seventy or eighty zhang high, a flash of white light flickered, and the figures of Han Li and Crab Daoist appeared in another array.

"Heaven Book Pavilion"

Han Li raised his head to scan the massive plaque hanging on the pavilion gate before him, a trace of strangeness flashing across his face, then he turned to Crab Daoist and said:

"Brother Crab, wait for me here for a moment, I will be back shortly."

"Fellow Daoist Han, please feel free," Crab Daoist replied without hesitation.

Han Li nodded and walked toward the pavilion gate.

A moment later, he stood before an old woman with an abnormally pale face and said calmly:

"I heard that the Heaven Book Pavilion collects countless secret techniques, and I intend to go inside to take a look. Can you open the restriction, Fellow Daoist?"

"Your face is very unfamiliar. Could it be that you are a Fellow Daoist who has newly entered the island? Since you have come to this Heaven Book Pavilion, you should be very clear about the rules of this pavilion," the old woman sat cross-legged in the center of the spacious first-floor hall, and after examining Han Li with some suspicion, she frowned and spoke.

The aura of the person before her was unfathomable; she couldn't judge the other party's cultivation realm at all. How could she not be secretly shocked in her heart?

"To learn a secret technique, one must either pay a sum of spirit stones according to the price, or exchange it with a secret technique of the same type not collected by the pavilion, right?" Han Li smiled slightly and said.

"Indeed. Are you intending to pay with spirit stones, Fellow Daoist! Although the spirit stones required to learn a secret technique are an astronomical figure, it is still much easier than exchanging with a secret technique. This pavilion has already collected more than ten thousand types of secret techniques; finding one that hasn't been collected is not that easy," the old woman let out a few hoarse, low laughs and said.

"So that's how it is. I actually do have quite a few secret techniques collected from foreign races; you can check which ones have not been collected, Fellow Daoist," Han Li pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said.

Following that, before the old woman could show a look of surprise, she saw Han Li shake his sleeve toward her, and suddenly, dense amounts of jade slips of various colors flew out from it, and after a flicker, they all hovered before the old woman, remaining motionless.

There were nearly a hundred of them.

"These jade slips, were they all collected by you from foreign races?" The old woman witnessed this scene, her eyes going straight, and after a good while, she swallowed her saliva and said.

"Correct, you might as well examine them carefully, Fellow Daoist," Han Li said with a smile that was not quite a smile.

"Then please wait a moment, Fellow Daoist, I will verify them immediately," the old woman finally regained her composure and said repeatedly.

Below, she hurriedly grabbed one of the jade slips and swept her spiritual sense into it.

"Dispelling Origin Parting Light Technique"

"Isn't this the famous secret technique of the Flying Feather race? I heard that unless one is a core Flying Feather race member with the purest bloodline, one cannot learn this technique at all. This secret technique is indeed not recorded in the Heaven Book Pavilion; it can be used for exchange."

The old woman only looked for a moment before a look of surprise appeared on her face again.

"Oh, it seems you are quite knowledgeable about foreign secret techniques, Fellow Daoist. This technique was indeed obtained by chance when I was in the Flying Feather race, but it didn't quite suit my constitution, so I never practiced it," Han Li said, showing a look of surprise upon hearing this.

"Hehe, I was once known as the person who understood the most secret techniques among the two races; otherwise, those old fellows wouldn't have sent me here to guard this Heaven Book Pavilion," the old woman said, a look of pride appearing on her wrinkled face upon hearing Han Li's words.

Then, after putting away this jade slip, she grabbed another one and examined it with her spiritual sense as well.

"'Nine Flame Demon', this seems to be a Demon race secret technique, the pavilion hasn't collected this either."

"'Heavenly Radiance Green Wood Art', this is a secret technique passed down by the Wood race; the pavilion already has this one."

This old woman examined the jade slips one by one, and she could actually state the origins of most of them.

It seems that her earlier claim of being the person who understood the most secret techniques among the two races didn't seem to be false.

However, after the old woman only looked at a dozen or so jade slips, she became increasingly shocked in her heart.

The secret techniques in these jade slips not only had diverse origins, but two-thirds of them were actually not collected by the Heaven Book Pavilion, which made her unable to suppress the horror in her heart any longer.

You must know that even if someone really brought other secret techniques to exchange for those in the Heaven Book Pavilion, they usually only took out one or two at a time.

A practice like Han Li's, taking out nearly a hundred types of secret techniques to exchange in one go, was probably unheard of since the Heaven Book Pavilion was built.

After a full cup of tea's time, the old woman finally finished looking at all the jade slips, and after letting out a long breath, she said solemnly to Han Li:

"Among the jade slips you brought out, there are sixty-one in total that the pavilion does not have. Do you really intend to use them all to exchange for other secret techniques in the pavilion, Fellow Daoist?"

"." Han Li touched his chin and replied with a smile.

"Good, since you have already decided, Fellow Daoist. I will now open the pavilion restriction and let you go inside to choose other secret techniques. Let me remind you first, Fellow Daoist, as soon as you finish choosing sixty-one secret techniques, you must come out immediately. In addition, these secret techniques can only be practiced and learned by you alone; you must not pass them on to others or disciples privately. Otherwise, once this Holy Island finds out, there will naturally be law enforcement envoys to impose sanctions," the old woman said in a deep voice.

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist, I am learning so many secret techniques just for reference. There won't be many that I actually use for cultivation, and I certainly won't pass them on to others casually," Han Li replied nonchalantly, and with another shake of his sleeve, he took back all the jade slips that the old woman hadn't chosen into his sleeve.

"As long as you know that, Fellow Daoist, then I will cast the spell," the old woman nodded slightly, opened her mouth, and spat out a golden token.

She urged it with a one-handed seal and pointed with a finger into the void.

Suddenly, the golden token trembled, and a sheet of silver light sprayed out from it, rolling straight toward the staircase entrance.

With a "Puchi" sound, there was a muffled thud at the staircase entrance, and it seemed that several layers of invisible restrictions were broken open.

Han Li's expression remained unchanged as his figure moved, and he plunged into the staircase, disappearing from sight.

In the first-floor hall of the pavilion, in the blink of an eye, only the old woman remained, continuing to sit cross-legged on the ground in deep thought.

Han Li did not stay in the pavilion for very long. After the time it takes to eat a meal, he floated out of the pavilion with his expression as it was before.

After Han Li gave a slight bow to the old woman, he walked out of the first-floor hall without looking back.

"Who exactly is this person? He is absolutely nothing like an ordinary Body Integration stage cultivator who has just arrived on the island. His aura is so deep that even I cannot fathom it. To be able to produce so many exotic-race secret techniques at once... could this person be..." The old woman stared at the hall entrance for a good while before suddenly speaking to herself, her eyes suddenly becoming bright.

At the same time, just as Han Li walked out of the pavilion, a sound of air being torn apart suddenly rang out above his head, and three golden lights shot over. To be continued.