Chapter 525: Undercurrents Surging

When the Extreme Yin Ancestor heard the Daoist priest's words, he couldn't help but frown in his heart and cursed "old fox" secretly. But there was no strangeness on his face.

"Brother Qi seems to have asked this more than once. Wu has long said that the kid surnamed Han suddenly struck a poisonous hand in the Void Heaven Palace and secretly harmed my grandson. That's why Wu must capture him alive and extract his soul to refine his spirit." The Extreme Yin Ancestor's face turned fierce, and he said coldly.

"Hehe! When Brother Wu said this when he first came two years ago, I naturally believed it deeply. But now that such a long time has passed. Brother Wu has stayed in this place without even caring about Xuan Yin Island, and even doesn't want to be distracted by the great war on your alliance's side. If you say it's just to avenge your grandson, does Brother Wu think Brother Qi will believe it?" The Daoist priest shook his head slightly and said disapprovingly.

"Moreover, in the last two years, besides Brother Wu's sudden visit to this island, a Xuanji Elder has also quietly come over from the Wan Fa Sect. Besides that, at least two or three Nascent Soul stage fellow Daoists of unknown identity have also sneaked into the island's sea area in disguise. When did our Qiyuan Island have such great charm that it could attract so many high-ranking people to pay common attention to this place? It wasn't until two days ago that I received confirmed news that these people are actually looking for that insect-driving kid surnamed Han, just like Brother Wu. Brother Wu, don't tell me these fellow Daoists also want to avenge some grandson-killing hatred!" The Qi-surnamed Daoist priest seemed to want to show his cards and said slowly to the Extreme Yin Ancestor with a smile.

Extreme Yin felt a chill in his heart, his face turned cold, and he remained silent.

"Brother Wu, why bother to hide it in vain. Whatever great secret that kid surnamed Han has. But now that so many fellow Daoists know about this matter, it doesn't matter if I know one more or one less. If Brother Wu tells the truth, it might be more beneficial! And now in this sea area, besides your disciples appearing as the Insect Demon, there are other cultivators impersonating this person appearing everywhere, clearly trying to muddy the waters." The Daoist priest seemed to see the wavering in Extreme Yin's heart and continued to persuade him without changing his expression.

"Hmph! Since Brother Qi already knows so many things, why don't you figure out the mystery yourself? Why bother to ask Wu?" The Extreme Yin Ancestor finally replied with a bad tone.

"I believe that even if Brother Wu is unwilling to tell the truth. Brother Qi will be able to figure out the origin of this matter in at most half a year. But by then, I'm afraid that the number of people who know about this won't just be my Biyun Sect. I don't want to see such a situation appear. If that's the case, it's better to join forces with you, Fellow Daoist, and try it out." The Qi-surnamed Daoist priest didn't hide his intentions at all and said.

The Extreme Yin Ancestor's face flickered for a long while.

After lowering his head and pondering for a moment, he finally let out a long sigh and compromised with a bitter smile to the Daoist priest:

"It's not that Wu wants to deceive you on purpose. It's just that at the time, in order not to let this secret leak out, I and several other fellow Daoists all swore with our own inner demons that we would never tell outsiders about this matter. However, since Xuanji from the Wan Fa Sect has also tracked down here, no matter how much Wan Wan Tianming has leaked, the oath itself has already been broken to some extent, so I have nothing to worry about."

"That's right. Does Brother Wu really care about any inner demons? Brother Qi has never paid attention to this set. If inner demons were really so effective, most of us cultivators who practice side-door and demonic arts would have died long ago." When the Daoist priest heard Extreme Yin's words, he laughed loudly and clapped his hands with joy.

"Although I don't care about any inner demons either. But if too many people know about this matter, I'm afraid we won't even be able to drink the leftover soup." The Extreme Yin Ancestor brought a trace of helplessness and said.

Subsequently, he straightened his face and began to transmit his voice with moving lips.

The Qi-surnamed Daoist priest saw that the Extreme Yin Ancestor was so cautious and was first somewhat indifferent. But after listening to only a few sentences, his face changed drastically, and a look of surprise and joy shot out of his eyes.

"Is what you said true, Fellow Daoist? Has that thing really appeared?" The Daoist priest was ecstatic, and his voice was trembling slightly.

"If it weren't for this treasure, do you think there would be so many Nascent Soul stage cultivators gathering in this place?" The Extreme Yin Ancestor asked back indifferently.

"Not bad! It seems what Brother Wu said is true! Fellow Daoist Wu has hidden this matter deep enough! This thing has appeared for such a long time. But there isn't a single rumor outside. Brother Qi really admires you." The Daoist priest was ecstatic and couldn't help but have a hint of resentment in his words.

"Brother Daoist's words are light. Can such things be leaked casually? If it weren't for the fact that I felt this matter had been hidden for such a long time, and others might have leaked some wind, I wouldn't have easily told you even now. Naturally, the fewer people who know about this matter, the better." The Extreme Yin Ancestor said without a good tone.

"Brother Wu's words are also true! If Brother Qi knew this information, I would definitely not want one more person to share the treasure." The Daoist priest nodded, surprisingly agreeing without minding at all.

"But now it seems that this news won't be able to be covered up for much longer. The news of this treasure's appearance will eventually spread." The Extreme Yin Ancestor's facial muscles twitched, and a trace of unwillingness appeared on his face.

"Hehe! Brother Wu should know that there is no wall in this world that doesn't leak wind. Then Brother Qi will take his leave. I will go down and send more people to try to find this person one step ahead of others." The Qi-surnamed Daoist priest offered a slight explanation and stood up to say goodbye, a hint of excitement appearing on his face.

The Extreme Yin Ancestor didn't try to keep him, bowed his hands, and watched the Daoist priest go out the door and disappear.

The Extreme Yin Ancestor sat back in his chair, his body didn't move again, but a sneer appeared on his face.

It seems that once "profit" is at the head, the other party is immediately more anxious than himself.

It seems that choosing to tell the other party about the Void Heaven Cauldron was the right step.

That kid Han Li, I don't know where he is hiding, but I still can't find any trace of him.

If it weren't for the fact that he had previously wiped out those Biyun Sect cultivators, he would have almost thought that the other party had played a trick of a golden cicada shedding its shell and gone to another demon beast island.

Now time waits for no one, and he can only rely on the local forces of the Biyun Sect and take one step at a time.

After Extreme Yin secretly weighed the pros and cons, he let out a long sigh, and the room became quiet.

In a certain sea area, a young man in a green shirt with an ordinary appearance was looking coldly at several low-tier cultivators who were pale-faced. Above his head, there was a large swarm of gold and silver-colored insects buzzing.

"Insect Demon," one of the middle-aged cultivators shouted the opponent's identity with a miserable face.

When the youth heard this, he let out a few cold sneers and pointed at the few people before him without a word. The insect cloud above his head roared, surging over like a sky-covering wave.

Although these few low-tier cultivators desperately used their protective spirit artifacts to resist, they were completely covered by these flying insects in the blink of an eye. After a while, these people disappeared from the world without a trace.

"Wanting to struggle to the death with this little cultivation base, it's really overestimating oneself!" The youth collected the storage bags left by the few people one by one and muttered to himself disapprovingly.

Then, after glancing casually in a certain direction, he turned into a green light and flew away from this place.

After a while, a white light flashed somewhere in the air, revealing a white-faced cultivator at the early-stage of Core Formation, whose face was extremely ugly.

Watching the direction the youth disappeared, he gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, and flew away in the opposite direction.

Half a month later, Han Li finally returned to the Fog Sea small island.

Although he hadn't returned for several years, everything in the cave dwelling was safe and sound. This made his heart, which had been somewhat tense, finally relax.

Han Li first rested in the dwelling for a few days, then sorted out the various rare materials and demon cores he had obtained from this trip to the sea, classifying them one by one in preparation for future pill refining.

Ten days later, Han Li, feeling that his body and mind were completely refreshed, finally took all the materials and entered the pill refining room.

In previous years, after refining a batch of pills in his Heaven Star City dwelling, he vaguely felt that he had reached a certain bottleneck in his pill refining technique, as if with a little more effort, he would enter a different realm of pill refining.

Therefore, Han Li didn't intend to use the Level 6 and 7 demon cores immediately, but first took out a batch of Level 5 demon cores and placed them on the ground beside him.

According to Han Li's estimation, although his talent in pill refining was very ordinary, his pill refining technique, even if it hadn't reached the level of a pill refining master, wouldn't be too far off.

After all, there was no one else who could be as extravagant as him, using so many demon cores to practice.

And the way of pill refining was most importantly a matter of experience and proficiency.

So he prepared to practice with Level 5 demon cores first to see if he could really break through something in the way of pill refining.

Holding this thought, Han Li looked at the cauldron before him, waved his hand, and a Level 5 demon core automatically flew onto the cauldron, while the lid moved aside by itself.

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