Chapter 562

"Gifting it to Han Mou?" Han Li revealed a surprised expression. Net

"Indeed! Although the Ten-Thousand-Year Spiritual Liquid is exceptionally precious, it is not as valuable as Brother's life-saving grace. Does Fellow Daoist think that because Yuan Yao is a woman, I wouldn't know how to repay kindness?" Yuan Yao tucked a strand of green hair in front of her forehead and said, biting her lip lightly.

"That's not it, it's just Fellow Daoist Yuan..." Han Li looked hesitant.

Seeing this, Yuan Yao's beautiful eyes turned, and she laughed lightly.

"We two have finally shared hardships in the Void Heaven Palace, and now there is the grace of a life-saving rescue. Brother Han can just call me Yuan Yao directly in the future. There is no need to be so distant and call me Fellow Daoist this or that," Yuan Yao said with a smile, then remembered something, a blush rising on her face, making her even more stunning.

Han Li was stunned by the woman's alluring feminine expression, his eyes lingering on her face for a moment.

Being watched by Han Li like this, the blush on Yuan Yao's cheeks deepened, and she turned her head slightly, avoiding his gaze.

"Since Miss Yuan Yao has said so, Han Mou will no longer be pretentious. I will call you by your name directly in the future," after a while, Han Li said with a deep breath.

Subsequently, he picked up the small bottle on the table and opened the cap to take a look.

It was indeed genuine Ten-Thousand-Year Spiritual Liquid.

Han Li revealed a trace of joy and put the bottle into his storage bag. Then, after hesitating slightly, he took out two small white jade bottles and pushed them toward Yuan Yao.

"This is?" Yuan Yao blinked her beautiful eyes, feeling somewhat puzzled.

"These are two bottles of pills that improve magic power; I think they will be of some help to Miss Yuan's future cultivation. Consider it Han Mou's return gift," Han Li said calmly.

"Miss Yuan has already said that the spiritual liquid is a gift. Brother Han taking out these two bottles of pills makes it very difficult for this young lady," Yuan Yao was startled by Han Li's words, but after looking at the small white jade bottles, she pursed her lips and smiled.

"Miss Yuan, don't regret it! These two bottles of pills were refined using level-six demon cores as the main ingredient. With your current peak early-stage Core Formation cultivation, taking them will allow you to smoothly enter the mid-stage of Core Formation," Han Li glanced at the woman and smiled slightly.

"Pills refined from level-six demon cores!" Yuan Yao's originally smiling expression suddenly turned into one of surprise.

She immediately picked up a small white jade bottle and opened the lid quickly.

A burst of pure spiritual energy diffused from the bottle. Yuan Yao revealed an exceptionally surprised expression.

"If it were anything else, that would be fine. Yuan Yao truly needs these two bottles of pills. This young lady will accept them with shame," the woman gripped the small bottles tightly and changed her words somewhat embarrassedly.

These two bottles of pills could save Yuan Yao more than ten years of bitter cultivation. Even if it was a bit awkward, she was still extremely happy.

"Miss Yuan, just accept them. Han Mou actually has another request," seeing the woman accept the pills, Han Li felt a little relieved. Otherwise, it would have been hard to speak again.

"With Brother Han's current supernatural powers, what else could you ask of this young lady? Why not say it and let me hear; if I can do it, this young lady will definitely help," after carefully putting away the two bottles of pills, Yuan Yao felt much more at ease with Han Li and said with a blooming face.

"Just now outside, I saw the Qingyang Sect's Spirit-Restraining Array secret technique, which can hide the spiritual energy near a cave dwelling; it is very miraculous. I wonder if Miss Yuan could copy the layout method of this array for Han Mou. I would be extremely grateful," Han Li said slowly.

"Spirit-Restraining Array? No problem, that's a small matter." Perhaps because she wanted to repay Han Li for the previous favor, Yuan Yao agreed almost without consideration.

She took out a pitch-black jade slip from her storage bag and handed it to Han Li immediately.

"This jade slip is a Qingyang Sect array classic; besides the Spirit-Restraining Array, it also contains several other powerful arrays, so I'll give them all to Brother Han," Yuan Yao smiled beautifully, looking extremely charming.

Han Li was overjoyed, thanked her, and took the jade slip, scanning it with his spiritual sense.

Sure enough, it contained several arrays he had never heard of, and the Spirit-Restraining Array was among them.

After looking at it for a short while, Han Li withdrew his spiritual sense from the jade slip, satisfied, and was about to say something else to the woman when he discovered Yuan Yao opposite him with a hesitant expression, wanting to speak but stopping, as if she couldn't make up her mind.

"What is it, Miss Yuan? Is there something else?" Han Li's eyes flashed with suspicion, and he asked somewhat puzzled.

"Since Brother Han knows about the Qingyang Sect, you probably know a little about Yuan Yao's experience," the woman hesitated for a moment, then a look of determination flashed across her jade-like face, and she finally asked calmly.

Han Li's face flashed with strangeness; although he didn't know why the other party brought this up, he nodded with a normal expression.

"Indeed. When I was mixing with those people, I heard a little from that person from the Qingyang Sect. He said that Miss Yuan almost became a concubine of the Qingyang Sect's Young Master, but later harmed this Young Master and fled with treasures. I don't know if it's true or false," Han Li said in a deep voice.

Hearing Han Li say this, a faint bitter smile appeared on Yuan Yao's stunningly beautiful face.

"That person was right; I did almost become that thief's concubine. And when I agreed, I also harbored the idea of climbing up to the Qingyang Sect as a big backer. If I say this, will Brother Han think Yuan Yao is too self-deprecating and shameless!" the woman said with self-mockery.

"That's nothing! The cultivation world has always been like this. If you aren't from a big sect, and don't have superior spiritual roots, it is truly extremely difficult for ordinary cultivators to advance further on the path of cultivation! Miss Yuan's actions back then were understandable. Many female cultivators with some beauty are willing to become concubines or maids of high-level cultivators, hoping for some help. And some who have completely given up on the path of cultivation are even willing to become cultivation cauldrons for others, just for temporary peace and wealth," Han Li shook his head and said without changing his expression.

Han Li's words seemed to make Yuan Yao feel better. She smiled reluctantly at Han Li and said again:

"Back then, Yan Li, my senior sister, and I came from a small cultivation sect. Not only was our aptitude average, but our cultivation techniques were also extremely mediocre. Knowing that if we continued like this, we wouldn't even have hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, let alone Core Formation, we agreed to leave the sect and look for some high-level unmarried male cultivators to see if we could become their dual cultivation partners. Unfortunately, we didn't meet any suitable ones, not to mention Core Formation cultivators, even high-level Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivators. Instead, we attracted many unscrupulous people who coveted our beauty. These cultivators' cultivation was not much higher than ours, so my sister and I naturally were unwilling to give ourselves to them. Later, some small changes occurred. My senior sister Yan Li and I parted ways. I wandered alone for a while. Years later, when I saw my senior sister again, I discovered that she had become a cauldron for the Qingyang Sect's Young Master. I was naturally shocked and angry and wanted to ask what happened. But at this time, the Qingyang Sect's Young Master suddenly appeared, and then claimed he had taken a fancy to me and wanted to take me as a concubine. As long as I agreed to his request, he would let Yan Li go and also take her as a concubine. I was also shallow-sighted back then; seeing that this thief had a prominent status and high cultivation, and also had a good appearance, although senior sister Yan Li tried to stop me, I almost didn't think about it and agreed, following him back to the Qingyang Sect."

Speaking of this, Yuan Yao revealed a dazed expression, as if recalling the situation back then.

Han Li frowned slightly, knowing that the following words were what the woman wanted to say, and the previous ones were just an introduction.

Sure enough, after Yuan Yao collected her thoughts, her voice suddenly became icy as she continued:

"As a result, halfway back to the Qingyang Sect, senior sister Yan Li suddenly found an opportunity to tell me secretly. She said that she had also been deceived by the Qingyang Sect's Young Master, who said she would be a concubine, but after being taken back by that thief for less than a few months, he suddenly turned her into a cauldron and wantonly harvested her. And those other cauldrons in similar situations were almost all deceived back by the same means. Once they entered the Qingyang Sect, whether those female cultivators became concubines or cauldrons was completely out of their control. I was naturally shocked when I heard this. I discussed it with senior sister Yan Li, intending to take advantage of the thief's lack of preparation and sneak away together. Who would have thought that this Young Master was a lecherous ghost? On the way, he forced me to sleep with him. Helpless, my senior sister and I had to risk our lives to set a trap and harm the thief when his subordinates were not around. As a result, although the plan succeeded, senior sister Yan Li was also bitten back by him as he died, and her physical body was damaged. Helpless, senior sister Yan Li had to have her primordial spirit leave her body and temporarily reside in a magic tool. However, in ordinary soul-trapping magic tools, the soul will gradually weaken. Later, I tried every method, but I could only slow down this process. Senior sister Yan Li's primordial spirit soon lost its spiritual nature, and even if there was a suitable body, she couldn't perform possession." Speaking of this, the woman paused, her beautiful eyes full of sadness.

"Could it be that Miss Yuan Yao took that Soul-Nurturing Wood to house Fellow Daoist Yan Li's soul?" Hearing this, Han Li remembered the Soul-Nurturing Wood and asked with a sudden realization.

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