Chapter 2383

A gloomy look flashed across Xiao Ming's face, and after a light cough, he wanted to say something.

But just at this moment, the silver characters on the stone stele in front of them hummed, and after flashing and converging into a cluster again, they actually blurred and transformed into a pale silver array.

After the entire array lit up, fluctuations suddenly arose in the center, revealing a huge hole.

A figure flashed inside, and a man and a woman flew out side by side.

"Eh, so it's the three Fellow Daoists; this is truly a coincidence." The young man's gaze swept over the three and he was stunned at first, but immediately revealed a half-smiling expression.

The woman beside him looked at Xiao Ming and the other two with an unexpected expression, revealing an extremely vigilant look.

These two were naturally none other than Han Li and Ice Soul Fairy who had just come out.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming and the other two had their expressions change drastically, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

The situation before them seemed to be exactly the worst result the three had anticipated.

"Brother Han, have you obtained the inheritance of the Heavenly Tripod True Person?" Xiao Ming asked gloomily.

"No, but the person who obtained it is my companion. Why, do the three Fellow Daoists have any objections?" Han Li smiled slightly and said nonchalantly.

Even if he denied it, the other party would absolutely not believe him, so it was better to admit it frankly.

"What, this Fairy. Eh, somewhat strange..."

The three were greatly surprised upon hearing this, and their gazes "swished" and all fell on Ice Soul.

But Xiao Ming immediately frowned, revealing a look of surprise.

Clearly, he had confused Ice Soul Fairy with her incarnation, Blood Soul, and immediately sensed the difference in cultivation between the two.

Daoist Qingping and Lady Wanhua naturally discovered this point, and similar doubts flashed in their eyes, but compared to the fact that the Heavenly Tripod True Person's inheritance had already been obtained by the other party, this bit of confusion naturally seemed insignificant.

Xiao Ming sighed and said with some helplessness:

"This is somewhat troublesome. The three of us risked entering this place this time also for this Heavenly Tripod inheritance. However, since the item has already been obtained by this Fairy, for Brother Han's sake, we three wouldn't be good at forcefully snatching it. How about this: the three of us make a deal with this Fairy. We will no longer have any extravagant hopes for the treasures left by the Heavenly Tripod True Person, but how about letting us copy the cultivation techniques, secret arts, and tribulation-crossing methods left behind? Of course, we won't ask for them in vain; we will naturally pay a price that will satisfy this Fairy."

"Sounds not bad. Fellow Daoist Ice Soul, what do you think?" Han Li was noncommittal but turned his head to ask the woman beside him.

"I have indeed obtained several cultivation techniques and divine abilities that Senior Heavenly Tripod practiced back then, but these are all imprinted directly into the spiritual sense as some kind of soul secret art. And they also contain restriction blood oaths; before truly cultivating them to great success, they absolutely cannot be passed on to a third person. Otherwise, this little sister will have part of her spiritual sense dissipate at best, or her Nascent Soul will burst and die at worst. As for tribulation-crossing methods, there are even fewer. But according to the records in the Heavenly Tripod True Person's inheritance... Senior Heavenly Tripod was able to cross so many Great Heavenly Tribulations back then only because he had consumed a seed of the Cloud Thunder Immortal Fruit passed down from the Immortal World in his early years." Ice Soul smiled bitterly and said a series of words that stunned Han Li, Xiao Ming, and the others.

"Cloud Thunder Immortal Fruit! Isn't this an immortal fruit rumored to only exist in the Immortal World? If Heavenly Tripod True Person had consumed the seed of this fruit back then, it could explain how he could easily cross tribulation after tribulation. But how would I, Xiao, know whether what you say, Fellow Daoist, is true or false?" Daoist Qingping frowned and asked slowly.

"How do you want to prove this matter, Your Excellency?" Ice Soul Fairy asked the Daoist coldly.

"This poor Daoist has a secret art that can probe the information in another person's spiritual sense sea without damaging the soul. As long as you open up the things in your spiritual sense to us..."

"Don't even think about it! No one will open their spiritual sense sea to outsiders; otherwise, what difference is there from handing one's own life over to others?" Ice Soul's jade face changed, and she refused flatly.

She would naturally never agree to such a matter of handing her life over to others.

"Fellow Daoist Han, what is your intention? Even if your divine abilities are astonishing, you can't just let the three of us return empty-handed, right?" Hearing this, Daoist Qingping took a deep breath and asked Han Li gloomily.

"Since my companion is unwilling to do so, then this matter can naturally be forgotten. If Fellow Daoist Qingping feels you haven't gained anything, you are free to enter inside and search a bit more; perhaps you will really gain something else. The two of us won't linger here any longer and will take our leave." Han Li's gaze flashed slightly, but he replied in a nonchalant tone.

"What, you aren't giving us an explanation and intend to..."

"What explanation do you want, Fellow Daoist?"

Lady Wanhua was just about to say something in great anger, but Han Li suddenly sank his expression and stepped forward.

In an instant, a terrifying aura that even ordinary Mahayana existences would tremble at surged out and pressed down on the opposite side without any politeness.

With a few 'deng deng' sounds, Daoist Qingping and Lady Wanhua were unable to resist under this giant pressure and retreated several steps.

Only Xiao Ming in the middle had his body tremble slightly and was still standing in place, but a layer of blood light also appeared on his mask.

Seeing this, Han Li narrowed his eyes and took another step forward without saying a word, while the aura on his body surged violently again.

This time, Xiao Ming felt as if an ancient fierce beast was pouncing toward him from the opposite side, and after a grunt, he also involuntarily retreated a step.

"Good means. When Brother Han fought with Fellow Daoist Wanhua earlier, you really were still hiding most of your cultivation. But based on the depth of your magic power, I'm afraid even ancient True Spirits are nothing more than this." Even with Xiao Ming's deep nature, his gaze couldn't help but flash with extremely deep wariness as he said coldly.

Han Li chuckled, the terrifying aura on his body showing no sign of converging, and instead, he stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the three without a word.

As for Lady Wanhua and Daoist Qingping, after being both shocked and angry, their expressions changed between green and white, clearly being extremely reluctant to part with the Heavenly Tripod True Person's inheritance techniques, but having obvious fear of actually fighting Han Li, who was displaying such strength.

"Let's go."

After Xiao Ming looked deeply at Han Li, he suddenly said this.

"What! Brother Xiao, are we really not going to take Heavenly Tripod True Person's techniques?" Daoist Qingping's expression changed drastically upon hearing this.

"The three of us joining forces are mostly not Brother Han's match. Since that's the case, why humiliate ourselves? Unless Fellow Daoist Qingping has some means to rely on to resist Brother Han's thunderous rage." Xiao Ming replied with a calm voice.

"This... naturally I don't." Daoist Qingping smiled bitterly and shook his head repeatedly.

"Giggle, what if you add the two of us, husband and wife?" Just at this moment, a woman's coquettish laughter suddenly came from afar.

Then, fluctuations arose in the sky in a certain direction, and two astonishing rainbows shot over, their speed incomparably fast. After only a few flashes, they reached the void nearby.

As the flight lights converged, a man and a woman appeared in the sky.

The man was dull and honest, the woman was as coquettish as a flower; they were none other than Ancestor Wugou and Fairy Huaxi.

Opposite them, Ice Soul secretly groaned inwardly upon seeing two more Mahayana appear.

Han Li swept a glance at Ancestor Wugou and Fairy Huaxi, his expression remaining completely unchanged.

"How could the two of you be here?" Daoist Qingping was greatly shocked.

"This little sister cannot speak clearly about this." Fairy Huaxi smiled sweetly and did not answer directly.

It was Xiao Ming whose pupils suddenly shrank, and he said something that made his two companions feel a chill in their hearts:

"Fellow Daoist Wanhua, Qingping, check slightly to see if you have been tampered with by others."

"Tampered with? That's not very likely. If such a thing really happened, how could it escape the eyes and ears of the two of us?" Lady Wanhua exclaimed, but she also knew Xiao Ming wouldn't speak such empty words for no reason, so she hurriedly released her spiritual sense and began to check her body from inside out.

Beside her, Daoist Qingping's expression sank, and he also pinched an incantation, similarly checking his Daoist robe and some ornaments.

As a result, after a moment, Lady Wanhua let out a scream and suddenly grabbed a tiny, almost transparent flying insect from somewhere on her hair; it was only half an inch long and as slender as a hair.

"Dustless Gu! No wonder I couldn't detect it at all. When did you two husband and wife plant this Gu on me!" The old woman was furious and crushed the tiny insect, appearing to be in a rage.

"Of course it was before entering the Heavenly Tripod Palace; otherwise, how could we two have followed you here? If you want to blame someone, blame yourselves for not being careful in your planning and leaking the news beforehand." Fairy Huaxi looked smiling, not caring at all about Lady Wanhua's angry expression.

"It seems that after we return this time, we really need to clean up our subordinates well. However, you two following us here is not a bad thing for this poor Daoist and the others. Brother Han, now that we have two new powerful helpers on our side, do you have any thoughts of changing your mind?" Daoist Qingping quickly recovered his composure, and instead, his eyeballs rolled slightly as he asked Han Li directly.

"I won't say my previous words a second time. Either you all leave immediately, or let go and fight me." Han Li replied calmly, appearing to still not have put the five Mahayana before him in his eyes.

Such a reply not only made Daoist Qingping and Lady Wanhua furious, but Fairy Huaxi's jade face also sank suddenly.

"Brother Xiao, what do you say now?" Daoist Qingping suppressed the anger in his heart and asked Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming's gaze fluctuated, clearly in the midst of deliberation. After a long while, he asked Han Li slowly:

"Brother Han insisting on continuing like this makes it very difficult for me, Xiao. Although I believe your divine abilities are unfathomable, Fellow Daoist, under the current situation, it is impossible to truly let this Fairy leave in such a grand manner. I will ask Brother Han one more time: is there still room for discussion on this matter?"

"Hehe, if Fellow Daoist Ice Soul could directly copy a few copies of the cultivation techniques, I would naturally be too lazy to do anything. But now? I can only reluctantly test your divine abilities, Fellow Daoists." After Han Li laughed, he said.