Chapter 2269

"Crippled your own cultivation! You would do such a thing?" Han Li's gaze flickered slightly, appearing somewhat incredulous.

"If I hadn't crippled most of my cultivation, Bao Hua wouldn't have just banished me to the wasteland and left it at that. After all, I was once the person she trusted most, yet I gave her a fatal blow behind her back. Being able to save my life this time is already beyond my expectations," Yuan Sha explained faintly.

"So that's how it is. It seems the bond between you and Bao Hua back then was truly extraordinary. Under such circumstances, she was still willing to let you off," Han Li nodded, revealing a thoughtful expression.

"Fellow Daoist Han, I offended you back then. Now that my realm has fallen, I know I am definitely not your match. Since we've met, how do you intend to deal with me? Are you planning to take revenge for what happened back then?" Yuan Sha finally asked slowly, a trace of strangeness flowing in her eyes.

"If Bao Hua hadn't punished you, I would indeed be interested in returning the favor from back then. But now, that kind of thought has faded quite a bit. Not only has your cultivation fallen, but your state of mind has also collapsed; it's not bad that you can maintain your current cultivation. As for re-entering the Grand Ascension realm, there is no hope in this lifetime. Considering your status as a former Grand Ascension ancestor, I won't do anything excessive to you. Just sever one of your arms yourself. If you do this, the grudges of the past will be wiped clean between us," Han Li said in a deep voice after a moment of silence.

"One arm? That's simple enough, no problem!" Yuan Sha was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, but immediately replied with a bitter smile.

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly raised one arm, spat toward it, and a white light flew out, circling around her arm.

The entire arm fell off at the shoulder without a sound, but not a single drop of blood was seen at the wound, which was as smooth as a mirror.

With a "puchi" sound, Yuan Sha pressed down into the void with her other hand, and under the pressure of an invisible giant force, the severed arm turned into a sky full of blood rain and ceased to exist.

"Can I leave now?" Yuan Sha asked, her face appearing even paler after destroying her own arm.

"You may. Go," Han Li nodded, not intending to make things difficult for her anymore.

"I thank you for your magnanimity, Fellow Daoist. It is likely we will never have the chance to meet again," Yuan Sha's facial muscles twitched. After bowing slightly to Han Li from a distance, her figure blurred and transformed into a blue escape light, breaking through the air and leaving.

At this moment, a faint black light emerged from the injured shoulder of the woman in the escape light, and a brand-new arm actually formed within the intertwining black Qi. However, although the arm could recover on its own, the loss of internal Qi was naturally unavoidable.

"Brother Han, you really let her go just like that? Aren't you afraid she might have a chance to take revenge in the future?" Yin Yue, who had been standing quietly on the flying boat from the beginning, finally couldn't help but ask.

"Since Bao Hua was willing to give her a way out, it wouldn't be right for me to overstep my bounds and truly kill her. Who knows how much of their past bond remains between them. Bao Hua was able to let go of what happened back then so easily, which shows that their relationship is far beyond what outsiders can imagine. I will come to the Demon Realm again in the future, so it wouldn't be good to make the relationship with this Demon Realm Holy Ancestor too stiff. As for revenge, Yuan Sha has little hope of returning to the Grand Ascension realm and has become disheartened; I'm afraid she won't even harbor such thoughts herself. And since her cultivation cannot return to the Grand Ascension realm, her lifespan will also be limited, so I have no need to worry about anything," Han Li shook his head and replied.

"That's true. Even if she really had such thoughts, how could she be in your eyes, Brother Han? But I still feel some emotion! Back in the Human Realm, a wisp of her soul almost caused us both to perish in Mount Kunwu, yet now she has ended up in such a state," Yin Yue sighed, looking in the direction where Yuan Sha's escape light had disappeared.

She naturally wasn't truly sympathizing with this former Demon race Holy Ancestor, but the contrast was too great, and she couldn't help but feel a bit complex.

"Yuan Sha poses no threat to us, so don't worry too much. But let's quickly retrieve the Weeping Spirit Secret Treasure so as not to invite any complications," Han Li said faintly.

"Brother Han's words are reasonable!" Bao Hua naturally had no intention of opposing him.

Thus, after a buzzing sound, the flying boat turned around and shot toward the original direction again.

Half a day later, the flying boat carrying the two of them appeared above an exceptionally flat ice field.

But strangely, at the center of this ice field, there was a pale green little lake that shouldn't have been there.

The little lake looked to be only a few thousand mu in size, but its surface was rolling with heat, and bowl-sized water bubbles emerged from the lake from time to time.

By the lakeside, some low black-green shrubs grew, as if displaying a miracle in the ice field.

The flying boat blurred and appeared in the low air by the lakeside.

Han Li stood at the front of the flying boat, examining the lake surface for a few moments, then suddenly smiled and said, "Interesting."

"Brother Han, this is the place shown on the secret map. It does look very different from other places. But after so many years, haven't any passing Demon race members discovered the existence of this secret treasure?" Bao Hua asked curiously.

"As a Demon race Grand Ascension cultivator, how could the treasure left behind by the Weeping Spirit Holy Ancestor be discovered by ordinary high-tier Demon race members? Moreover, even if other Demon race Grand Ascension existences came here in person, if they didn't have that secret treasure map, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to discover anything either," Han Li smiled and flicked his sleeve toward the lake surface.

A sound of breaking through the air rang out!

Four crystal bricks shot out instantly, spinning and emitting five-colored light before hovering motionlessly above the lake surface.

Han Li pinched a seal with one hand, while lightly pointing at the lake surface with a finger of his other hand, simultaneously uttering the word "Open."

With a "bang" sound!

Countless runes surged from the four crystal bricks, and after circling and dancing, they suddenly condensed into a five-colored light array the size of a mu.

Without waiting for Han Li to cast a spell to activate anything, the light array began to spin rapidly. A muffled sound came from its center, and a gray light pillar sprayed out, vanishing in a flash into the lake water.

In an instant, spatial fluctuations arose in the lake!

The lake surface, which had only been rippling slightly, surged crazily. Below the light array, a pitch-black vortex appeared out of thin air, from which countless black threads rolled out from time to time.

"This is the entrance to the Weeping Spirit Secret Treasure. It's hidden well enough! However, to truly obtain the treasures inside, I'm afraid we'll have to put in some effort," Yin Yue said with a hint of excitement as she witnessed all this.

"Let's go. Even if there are some restrictions inside, how could they possibly block you and me?" Han Li also smiled faintly, not taking it to heart. Then, spirit light flashed beneath his feet, and the flying boat vanished into thin air.

The two of them moved their figures and drifted directly down into the black hole on the lake surface.

As soon as their figures submerged into the vortex, the five-colored light array hovering on the lake surface roared, transforming back into four crystal bricks and shooting into the black hole as well.

After the black Qi in the lake vortex rolled for a while, it turned into a gust of wind and vanished.

Time passed bit by bit.

The lake surface remained without the slightest abnormality, as if it would remain this way forever.

I don't know how much time passed, but in an unknown maze beneath the lake, Han Li and Yin Yue were walking side by side.

All around them, thick round pillars were densely packed everywhere.

These pillars were over ten zhang high, shrouded in black Qi, with faint sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling coming from them.

If an ordinary cultivator heard these sounds, they would likely feel their spiritual sense sink and their heads feel heavy and feet light on the spot.

But a faint spirit light flashed on Yin Yue's body, and her protective light blocked these sounds directly outside.

As for Han Li, everything was as usual; he simply treated these pillars as if they were nothing.

Above the pillars, there was nothing but dark mist, obscuring everything.

Suddenly, the black Qi on several stone pillars near the two of them condensed, transforming into several blurred phantoms that pounced out. Judging by their forms, they were several ferocious giant wolves.

Han Li's footsteps did not stop in the slightest, but as soon as the three giant wolf phantoms pounced in front of him, gray light flashed, and the three giant wolves were rolled into it and vanished.

On the other side, two giant wolf phantoms pounced toward the top of Yin Yue's head, but a wolf howl rang out, and a giant silver wolf phantom appeared out of thin air.

The silver wolf phantom simply opened its giant mouth and swallowed the two black wolf phantoms, then shook once and also strangely vanished.

The two of them did not stop their figures in the slightest, flashing past the several round pillars and gradually moving away.

"Brother Han, which batch is this that we've dealt with?" Yin Yue suddenly asked.

"The seventh batch, I think," Han Li replied calmly.

"This Weeping Spirit Ancestor has such a great reputation; the restrictions he set shouldn't be just at this level, right? The previous restrictions, let alone blocking a Grand Ascension ancestor like Brother Han, I'm afraid they wouldn't be of much use even against a Body Integration cultivator like me," Yin Yue said with a beautiful smile.

"If you think this way, I'm afraid you'll truly fall into the Weeping Spirit Ancestor's trap," Han Li replied leisurely.

"What? What does Brother Han mean by this..." Yin Yue was truly surprised, and at the same time, somewhat confused.

"Do you really think these pillars were placed here just to release some insignificant evil sounds and conjure a few phantom beasts that aren't even at the Void Refinement stage?" Han Li said with a smile.

"Could it be that these round pillars have some other tricks?" Yin Yue immediately understood the meaning behind Han Li's words and asked in surprise.

"You'll know once you take a look at this thing," Han Li said with a smile at the corner of his mouth, suddenly raising his arm and grabbing fiercely into the nearby void with his five fingers.

With a "bang" sound.

Silver spirit flames surged between his fingers, forcibly pulling something out of the void and grabbing it tightly in the center of his palm as he closed his five fingers.

Yin Yue's beautiful eyes widened, staring fixedly at the palm wrapped in silver flames.

Han Li smiled faintly, raised his palm, and slowly opened his five fingers.