Chapter 462: Undercurrents

Seeing this, Yuan Yao's autumn eyes flashed, and she said with a light laugh:

"Why, Brother Han doesn't want this object anymore? Or are you afraid that the Minghun Bead I gave you is fake?"

Her words contained a trace of sarcasm.

Han Li didn't reply to the other party immediately, but stared at the bead and looked at it carefully for a while before saying:

"Is it fake? Just by the Yin Soul aura on it, this Han can naturally identify it. It's just that this Han knows very little about the Ti Hun Beast. I don't know if there are any harms to oneself after refining this bead?"

When Han Li said these words, he stared straight at Yuan Yao's beautiful eyes without letting go.

"Not good? How could that be! If there were truly any problems, this little woman wouldn't have refined this bead herself. However, there will be some slight discomfort during the refining process, just endure it and it will be fine!" Yuan Yao's expression was normal, using a light tone to speak.

"Discomfort?"

Han Li frowned, and after gazing at this woman for a while, he looked at the bead again, knowing that what the other party said must have some untruths, but he truly couldn't see any abnormalities for now.

After pondering, he still decided to accept this bead first and study it slowly later.

If there were truly any harms, at worst, he just wouldn't refine this bead. After all, as long as he had this bead, he could command that Ti Hun Beast just the same.

Thinking this, he carefully tucked this bead into his storage pouch.

"Let's go! During this period of walking out of the Lava Road, I will try my best to preserve Fellow Daoist Yuan's life. But I'll say the ugly words first, if we truly encounter danger that even this Han cannot take care of, Fellow Daoist Yuan had better escape for your life yourself!" After putting away the Minghun Bead, Han Li said to Yuan Yao calmly.

Then, he pointed his finger at the Cold Ice Bead floating above his head, and the cold energy flourished, covering the other party within it as well.

"This is natural. If such a situation truly occurs, Yuan Yao will also recognize it. However, this little woman believes that with Brother Han's gold and silver-colored beetles, the possibility of such a situation occurring is not great." The beautiful woman wrinkled her nose and smiled, looking incomparably charming.

Facing such beautiful scenery, Han Li also appreciated it for a few glances without politeness before turning around and walking away without saying a word.

Seeing this, Yuan Yao smiled, moved her lotus steps, and walked side by side with Han Li after a few steps, appearing very intimate. 【

Seeing this, Yuan Yao smiled, moved her lotus steps lightly, and after walking a few paces, walked side-by-side with Han Li, appearing very intimate.

Because the closer she was to Han Li, the more abundant the cold, chilly air emitted by the Cold Ice Bead became, so naturally, she wanted to make herself more comfortable.

"Come to think of it, this Ice-Fire Path is truly somewhat eerie! How could a black desert appear, and such powerful flying ant swarms that don't fear magic treasure attacks and can even spit black fire and change formations? If I didn't happen to have some Green Fire Thunder on me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to hold out until meeting Brother Han. And even so, I still had an ancient defensive treasure destroyed by them." Yuan Yao complained while walking with a relaxed expression, her apricot lips moving slightly.

Clearly, she did not recognize the origin of the Iron Fire Ants.

"The black desert hasn't appeared before?" Upon hearing what the woman said, Han Li was startled inwardly and couldn't help but ask in a deep voice.

He also felt that the appearance of such powerful spirit insects as Iron Fire Ants here seemed somewhat wrong.

Except for those cultivators with special divine abilities and certain powerful magic treasures, it was questionable whether even late-stage Core Formation cultivators could retreat unscathed after entering the black desert.

"No! This black desert is appearing on the Lava Road for the first time. Cultivators who passed this trial before only faced high temperatures and various dangerous terrains, at most encountering some flame beasts. There has never been such a strange flying ant. If it were known that such powerful ant swarms existed, I believe the number of cultivators willing to brave the Lava Road would certainly be very few. Or, most people would have turned back immediately after passing the Ghost Mist. No cultivator would joke with their own life." Yuan Yao seemed to know quite a lot and replied without hesitation. But her jade face also revealed a look of confusion.

"In that case, the Ice-Fire Path is somewhat abnormal!" A look of contemplation flashed in Han Li's eyes as he muttered to himself.

"Absolutely abnormal; someone must have tampered with it." In a forest of blood-red ice pillars on the Profound Crystal Path, Daoist Qingyi stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the sky and saying the same words.

Around him, countless inch-long green glimmers circled and danced up and down his body, while outside, there were hundreds of small silver beasts, thick as a dark cloud.

These small beasts resembled mice; not only was their fur shimmering with silver light, but each also had a short, exquisite silver horn on its head, appearing small and delicate.

They surrounded the old man, constantly turning into streaks of silver light, repeatedly ramming the old man with their silver horns like arrows, actually emitting thunder-like roars, appearing extremely astonishing in their momentum.

Yet those green glimmers remained motionless before the old man, allowing the silver light to shoot wildly without the slightest disorder.

"Courting death!" The old man in Confucian robes seemed to have been annoyed by the attacking sounds of these strange mice.

After lowering his head again, he felt a chill on his face and waved his large sleeves outward. Instantly, those green glimmers exploded, and the dazzling radiance illuminated a radius of several dozen zhang, making it impossible for anyone to look directly at it.

A moment later, the green light dimmed. The ground was covered with the corpses of small silver-white beasts, each pierced with densely packed fine green needles, flashing with a ghostly blue cold light.

Daoist Qingyi's expression remained unchanged; clearly, this result had long been within his expectations.

He glanced coldly at the ground, then extended a withered right hand and beckoned lightly toward the void. The flying needles on the ground returned like ten thousand streams to their source, transforming back into green thorns and flying into his body, where they disappeared from sight.

"Silver-light Mice! How could such ghostly things appear in the second trial? Could it be..." The old man's face turned gloomy as he pondered, standing motionless on the spot.

"Hmph! Since Silver-light Mice have appeared on the Profound Crystal Path, it seems the Lava Road will likewise not be the same as before. That kid surnamed Han is likely in big trouble!" Daoist Qingyi snorted coldly in extreme annoyance, muttering to himself with some anxiety.

Subsequently, he sighed and his figure flickered a few times, and he disappeared from the spot.

Among the towering blood-colored ice pillars all around, only the ground full of silver small beast corpses remained, appearing somewhat eerie.

In a lightless place somewhere in the Great Canyon, two voices were conversing unhurriedly in the darkness.

"Wasn't it a bit too rash to use the Iron Fire Ants and Silver-light Mice this time? Although we have tampered with previous treasure hunts, it was still considered secretive. But the appearance of the black desert and the blood ice forest this time is a bit too blatant, isn't it? Except for the few who didn't pass through these two places, I'm afraid most of the Core Formation cultivators from both the righteous and demonic paths will be buried here. When the time comes to face Wan Wan Tianming, Man Man Huzi, and the others, I'm afraid we won't be able to fool them anymore." A voice said with some worry.

"Fool them! Do you really think the righteous and demonic sides didn't know about the tampering in the Void Heaven Palace before? They have long known it in their hearts. It's just that our Star Palace was powerful before, so they pretended not to know. They also knew we could only manipulate some minor restrictions of the Void Heaven Palace and didn't pose too much of a threat. It was just letting a few more righteous and demonic Core Formation cultivators die during each treasure hunt." Another cold, chilling voice replied unhurriedly.

"The black desert and the blood light forest are the most powerful restrictions I can control. It's a pity to have used them just like that. After all, it was our previous Star Palace Master who spent a great deal of effort to master them." The first voice sighed with regret.

"Not a pity at all!"

"Rumors are flying everywhere outside now, and the two Holy Masters have reached a critical moment in their seclusion and cannot be contacted at all. It has made the Chaotic Star Sea panic-stricken, and even our own Inner Palace disciples in the Star Palace are somewhat unstable. Everything in the Palace now relies on us old fellows to hold on. But the righteous and demonic paths are all stirring; it's very difficult for us to suppress the situation. We wouldn't fear facing either the righteous or demonic side alone. But I'm afraid if they suddenly join forces, that would be terrible."

"The only way now is to first adopt a tough attitude to forcibly weaken the strength of both sides, making them suspicious and unable to figure out our true situation. After all, the Star Palace has ruled the Chaotic Star Sea for so many years. It's impossible for them not to have misgivings. As long as we drag it out for some more time, the two Holy Masters will come out of seclusion. Even if they join forces then, we can be worry-free. After all, even that madwoman from the Myriad Dharma Sect and the Six-Dao from the Holy Demon Island would only have to retreat three feet when facing our Holy Masters' Meta-Magnetic Divine Light."

"The use of the Iron Fire Ant and Silver-light Mouse restrictions was also a last resort. Except for these two restrictions, none of the others could cause such great damage to Core Formation cultivators. They couldn't achieve the necessary warning effect, nor could they reflect our tough attitude. As for worrying that the other party will use this to stir up trouble, you are worrying unnecessarily. Looking at the stance of both sides, nine times out of ten, they are still aiming for that Void Heaven Cauldron. Since it's not their own sect members or disciples dying, they won't go out of their way to do anything! At most, they will just be very sullen in their hearts."

The cold, chilling voice sneered and said a whole lot.

Hearing this, the first voice sighed lightly and remained silent. It seemed to accept the other party's judgment!

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