Chapter 607: The Spirit-Forming Jade and the Gold-Talisman Jade Box

Hearing this, Han Li's face flushed slightly.

"If it is merely delivering a letter, Junior agrees." Since it was a task he could accomplish with a mere wave of his hand, he naturally wouldn't refuse again.

The young woman seemed very happy to hear this. Without further ado, she raised a hand, and the black box was carried by a ball of green light, flying steadily toward Han Li.

Han Li reached out and took the black box. A sweep of his spiritual sense revealed it to be brimming with spiritual energy; it truly seemed to be Spirit Eye Jade.

With his cautious nature, he naturally had to verify it with his own eyes before accepting the object.

So, with a flash of green light on his hand, he tapped the lid of the box, and the black box opened automatically.

The inside of the box was filled with a vast whiteness, and a pure, clear spiritual energy instantly permeated the entire stone chamber.

Han Li's heart stirred, and he looked suspiciously into the box.

He saw that within the soft white light, a white jade stone several inches in size was flickering incessantly.

What shocked Han Li was that at a glance, he saw a green little ox the size of a thumb inside the semi-transparent jade, shaking its head and wagging its tail, looking extremely lifelike.

Seeing this, Han Li's face was filled with shock.

"How is it? This Spirit Eye Jade of mine is a treasure that is about to give birth to a spirit-forming object; those ordinary Spirit Eye Stones cannot compare to it at all. Cultivating with this object will definitely allow you to achieve twice the result with half the effort." Seeing Han Li's shocked expression, a strange look flashed in the young woman's bright eyes, but she immediately smiled and said.

"Not bad. If I have this object, I won't need decades of effort; in just over a dozen years, I will be able to enter the False Nascent Soul realm." Han Li looked at the Spirit Eye Jade in the jade box a few more times, finally closed the lid, and looked up to say calmly.

Only then did he suddenly realize. It turned out that the Snow Cloud Fox had been contaminated by the spiritual energy of the Spirit Eye Jade, which was why it carried a faint clear spiritual energy. It was likely that its evolution into a demon fox was also greatly related to this treasure.

Han Li's calm demeanor actually made the young woman pause slightly, feeling somewhat surprised, and she couldn't help but take a deep look at Han Li.

"Alright, the treasure has already been given to you. Take this jade slip. In addition, behind the stone platform I am sitting on, there is another jade box. There is a sealed talisman on the box; tear off that talisman and hand the jade box to me. There is a token inside this box that you must also take with you." The young woman raised her hand to tuck a strand of green hair from her forehead, speaking in a faint tone, seemingly casually.

"You want Junior to take Senior's things?" Hearing this, Han Li was stunned, and then a look of suspicion appeared on his face, becoming somewhat vigilant.

"Hmph! Are you afraid that I would harm you? If I could take it myself, would I ask you for help?" Hearing this, the young woman sneered unhappily. Afterward, she raised a hand and actually lifted her long dress from beneath her knees.

After Han Li saw this, his expression changed drastically.

Two withered legs, as thin as a baby's arm, were crossed there. Aside from the dry skin, there was not a trace of flesh, looking hideous and terrifying. But what made Han Li's expression change even more was that these two crippled legs were actually wrapped in several silvery, crystalline chains, one end piercing directly through the bone, and the other buried deep beneath the stone platform.

Han Li licked his lips and looked up at the young woman. Although his face was full of shock and suspicion, he didn't ask anything.

He knew the other party would definitely explain something.

Sure enough, although the young woman's face was covered in frost, she still said dryly after putting down her dress:

"I built this stone chamber made of Green Gold Stone inside this stone mountain, and even used these chains to trap my own feet, just to trap myself."

"Trap yourself?" Han Li was stunned, feeling somewhat confused.

"Correct. The 'Ghost Killing Technique' I cultivate is different from ordinary techniques. Although this technique cultivates extremely fast and its power is extraordinary, it has a fatal flaw. Once the technique is mastered, it makes the cultivator easily lose their nature and become addicted to blood. Years ago, because I had a fortuitous encounter and relied on my own intelligence and spiritual sense being far superior to cultivators of the same rank, I cultivated this technique regardless of others' advice. As a result, once the technique was mastered and I entered the Nascent Soul stage, I finally began to kill uncontrollably. It caused a storm in the cultivation world at that time and created quite a few enemies. In the end, I was still besieged by several Nascent Soul cultivators who joined forces, was severely injured, and had one of my arms crippled."

The young woman turned her head to look at the empty space on the other side of her body, her face expressionless.

"Later, after my injuries healed, I thought about it deeply. If I were to go out like this, unable to control myself, my fall would be sooner or later. So, in a moment of ruthlessness, I asked my relatives and friends to forge a 'Heavenly Fire Divine Chain' and this Green Gold Stone room, trapping myself alive here. Because I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to endure the loneliness and would suddenly regret it, undoing the chains and running out, I handed the key to the Heavenly Fire Divine Chain to a close friend. I made an agreement with them that they would come to check on my condition every so often. Only if I had improved would they release me."

When she said this, the young woman's face began to darken.

"But I didn't expect that this friend of mine came a few times, and then suddenly there was no news at all. There was no word. I don't know if they met with some misfortune themselves or if there was some other accident. But because of this, I was truly trapped alive here until now. Because the room is refined from Green Gold Stone, even though I have cultivated to the mid-Nascent Soul stage, my spiritual sense can only extend a few hundred zhang outside the house. Even if I wanted to find someone to call for help, I couldn't do it at all. This Heavenly Fire Divine Chain is refined with a very unique mental technique and is connected to my primordial spirit. Although I could barely refine and break it with true fire after my cultivation advanced, the moment the chain breaks is also the moment of my death. Now that you have arrived here by chance, it is truly heaven opening its eyes. I finally don't have to be consumed here until my lifespan ends."

The black-clad young woman said all these words in one breath, telling Han Li her general background to dispel his concerns.

After hearing what the other party said, Han Li was somewhat dumbfounded.

If what the other party said was true, her experience was truly inconceivable.

But after pondering for a moment, he still asked with a look of hesitation.

"Senior's meaning, could it be that you want me to deliver a letter to that close friend of yours? But now that so many years have passed, the possibility that that senior is still in the world is not high!"

"Correct, it is to deliver a letter to this person. Ask them to bring the key to this Heavenly Fire Divine Chain. As for whether that person has passed away? Please rest assured about this. I made an agreement with them. In case of any accident, they would entrust this object to their descendants for safekeeping. If I cannot find this friend of mine, finding their descendants is the same." The young woman sighed, showing a bitter smile.

Hearing this, Han Li thought about it again and felt it was reasonable, seemingly without any flaws.

So, he didn't say any more nonsense, walked forward a few steps, circled around, and went behind the stone platform, where there was indeed a deep hole.

Han Li first cautiously probed with his spiritual sense, then raised his eyebrows, reached out, and took out a jade box.

This jade box was antique, slightly yellow, and carved with a strange flame pattern on the surface. Inside the flames, there was a faint human figure standing, seemingly roaring at the sky.

And on the front of the jade box, a golden talisman was pasted, faintly emitting an aura that made Han Li uncomfortable.

He couldn't help but frown subconsciously.

"That is the object. Fellow Daoist Han, tear open the talisman and hand the box to me." Seeing the jade box in Han Li's hand, the black-clad young woman couldn't help but become excited, urging him.

Han Li had already prepared to tear off the talisman and had placed his palm on the jade box. But hearing the young woman's voice trembling slightly, looking impatient, a trace of inexplicable unease rose in his heart.

He hesitated, withdrew his extended palm, and instead raised his head to look at the young woman.

The scene that met his eyes made Han Li's heart skip a beat.

The other party's eyes had become abnormally emerald green, and her face was slightly twisted, giving off a feeling of extreme ferocity. Where was the demeanor of the senior expert from just a moment ago!

Seeing Han Li look up at her, the young woman was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized something. The green light in her eyes and the ferocity on her face disappeared without a trace, and she said in a softened tone:

"Why is Fellow Daoist Han looking at me? Why not tear off that talisman and hand the jade box to me? Don't forget, I have already given you the Spirit Eye Jade, a treasure hard to find in this world. What else are you hesitating about!"

Han Li looked at the black-clad young woman, then looked down at the jade box tightly sealed by the golden talisman, not saying anything. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and suddenly walked slowly toward the young woman while holding the jade box.

"Fellow Daoist Han! What are you doing? Stop! Don't come over..." The young woman, who had been calm and composed, saw Han Li walking over with the jade box bearing the golden talisman, her expression changed immediately, and she shouted repeatedly to stop him, showing a look of panic.

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