Chapter 665: Liu Yu

"Fellow Daoist is truly intelligent. This is indeed the Falling Cloud Sect of the Heavenly Dao Alliance. Girl, you had better hurry over, my Master is still waiting!" Silver Moon's eyes flowed, and she urged without changing her expression.

"Good! This little girl also wants to see this Senior. Trouble you to lead the way, Fellow Daoist." The white-clad woman was not an ordinary cultivator, and she quickly recovered her normal expression.

Silver Moon smiled slightly, and her lotus steps moved as she walked out of the quiet room. The white-clad woman followed closely behind without a word.

A moment later, the two women arrived at the main hall one after the other.

Han Li was sitting on a stone chair, his clear eyes looking at a huge light barrier in the middle of the main hall. Inside, a spirit beast was violently bumping against the barrier with its head, but this earth-attribute restriction did not move at all, the deep yellow barrier as solid as a rock.

Liu Yu sized up the spirit beast carefully. It saw that the beast's body was like a green ox, with scales on its back and silver hooves, and it was actually a rare Iron Rhinoceros.

Although this type of spirit beast is not some ancient exotic species, it is still a rare and precious spirit beast that is seldom seen in the cultivation world. It seems that the Yuanwu Fu clan, which was exterminated not long ago, possessed such an ancestral Iron Rhinoceros beast. It is said that it can contend with a Core Formation mid-stage cultivator without falling into a disadvantage. Could it be this very beast?

In that case, it was truly the person before her who exterminated the entire Fu family and then seized this spirit beast.

Liu Yu felt secretly shocked at Han Li's ruthlessness, and falling into the hands of such a Nascent Soul stage cultivator was truly ominous!

However, she also felt a hint of suspicion that Han Li's age looked so young.

After all, male cultivators rarely practice cultivation techniques with youth-preserving effects, and after entering the Nascent Soul stage, they basically look like middle-aged people. Of course, this middle-aged look is the normal appearance of male cultivators at three or four hundred years old. Because the higher the realm, the slower the aging speed of cultivators.

So in the cultivation world, it is not strange for some old people to call some middle-aged cultivators "Junior Uncle" or "Uncle Ancestor."

At this time, Silver Moon stood before Han Li. She said solemnly:

"Master, the Fellow Daoist from the Spirit Beast Sect, I have brought her."

"Hmm! You go down first." Han Li nodded and said casually.

"Yes, Master!" Silver Moon knew that her transformation could not last long, and Han Li specifically said so, so she retreated quietly with a smile on her face.

Liu Yu walked uneasily to Han Li and bowed lightly to him. She then stood on the side with a delicate look, appearing exceptionally well-behaved and pitiful.

But Han Li swept a cold glance at the woman, then turned back to look at the Iron Rhinoceros in the light barrier, his fingers flicking slightly.

A thin electric arc shot out from his fingertips, directly penetrating the light barrier and striking the spirit beast's body.

The Iron Rhinoceros's body danced with electric arcs, and with a wail, it flipped over and fell. Its four hooves twitched incessantly, unable to stand up.

Seeing Han Li's casual strike knock down such a powerful spirit beast, the delicate look on Liu Yu's face changed, but she immediately pretended as if nothing had happened. It was just that Han Li's spiritual sense sensed it clearly. Her heartbeat was one beat faster than just now.

At this time, Han Li's gaze returned to the white-clad woman, and he asked calmly:

"What is the Fellow Daoist's name? Why did you follow me for no reason? It is very normal for Ghost Spirit Sect and Demonic Flame Sect cultivators to find me. As for your Spirit Beast Sect, I don't seem to have provoked you."

Hearing Han Li say this, Liu Yu was startled, and her expression became somewhat unnatural. But after biting her red lips slightly, she still replied softly.

"Senior restricted our Spirit Beast Sect's Wood Spirit Infant, so this little girl had no choice but to follow orders to track Senior's whereabouts. If there is any offense, I hope Senior will not hold it against this Junior. This little girl was also just following orders." This woman knew very well that even if she didn't tell the truth, with a Nascent Soul cultivator's divine abilities, he could force out what he wanted to know through some soul-searching means.

She did not want her primordial spirit to be damaged and become an existence like an idiot.

"Wood Spirit Infant! You mean that green demon infant!" Han Li frowned, immediately thinking of the strange little demon he had captured, and said somewhat surprised.

"That is correct, it is that Spirit Infant. This Spirit Infant was originally refined by our Spirit Beast Sect with countless efforts. It is very important to our sect. But I didn't expect that there would be a slight accident this time, and it actually escaped, and was restricted by Senior." Liu Yu said with a hint of a bitter smile on her beautiful face.

"Refined? I thought this thing was some kind of demon spirit transforming into an infant. However, this little thing is really troublesome. If it weren't for running into me, I'm afraid there wouldn't be many cultivators who could deal with it." Han Li's eyes flashed, and he said coldly.

Liu Yu heard this, and a hint of embarrassment seemed to appear on her beautiful face, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

Fortunately, Han Li stared at her delicate face and asked again thoughtfully.

"However, how did you know I captured the Spirit Infant, and tracked me so quickly? Could it be that you did something to the Spirit Infant? If that were the case, it shouldn't have escaped my spiritual sense."

"Reporting to Senior, this Junior did not place any tracking restriction on the Spirit Infant. Instead, I practiced a special secret technique with another fellow sister, which can sense the approximate direction of the Wood Spirit Infant from a long distance. That is why I was sent by the Senior Uncle in the sect to track Senior. Of course, this kind of sensing has a certain distance limit; if it runs more than a hundred thousand miles away, neither I nor that sister can do anything about it." Liu Yu looked as if she had no intention of concealing anything at all, not only answering what Han Li asked, but even taking the initiative to talk about other related matters.

Han Li heard this and nodded slightly. Regardless of whether what the other party said was true or false, he was quite satisfied with this woman's tact.

However, next, he asked a question that caused Liu Yu's expression to change drastically.

"Since your Spirit Beast Sect spent so much effort refining this kind of Spirit Infant, it must have a great use. Can you tell Han about it?"

After Han Li finished saying this, he narrowed his eyes, revealing a cold glint as he looked at the woman and stopped speaking.

Liu Yu's delicate face revealed a hint of hesitation, but when her bright eyes met Han Li's icy gaze, she shivered and did not hesitate to answer:

"This Wood Spirit Infant is indeed extraordinary. It can fuse and merge with Wood Spirit Root cultivators who have practiced special cultivation techniques, allowing them to possess the cultivation and divine abilities of the Nascent Soul stage directly without having to condense a Nascent Soul themselves." Although she knew that leaking the secret of the Spirit Infant would mean no good end after returning to the Spirit Beast Sect.

But she knew even better that if she didn't say it, she wouldn't be able to pass this hurdle. This Nascent Soul stage cultivator who looked young was definitely not someone who cherished the fair and pitied the frail. She could only prioritize her current safety first.

"Directly entering the Nascent Soul stage, there is actually such a cultivation technique. If this matter were true, wouldn't your Spirit Beast Sect have unified the demonic path long ago? Why would you still be under the Joyous Union Sect? Could it be that this secret technique has some other limitations?" Han Li was startled by the woman's words, but after calming down, he asked pointedly.

"Senior's eyes are like torches. It is indeed impossible to refine this kind of Spirit Infant on a large scale. Although this secret technique was created a long time ago, the cultivation of the Spirit Infant is extremely difficult. Not only are the refining materials extremely rare, but it also seems to involve the cooperation of sect Elders whose lifespan is coming to an end, before it can be attempted to be refined. It seems that the primordial spirits of these Elders dissipating are a necessary condition. And the birth of each Spirit Infant is also a matter of coincidence to succeed. Out of more than ten times, I don't know if one can succeed. To hold the fusion technique, it is also necessary to gather five Spirit Infants of different attributes at the same time. Missing any one of them will lead to an incomplete Five Elements, making it impossible to fuse successfully. And our Spirit Beast Sect has been accumulating various Spirit Infants until now, but there are only six or seven of them. We have always been missing the rarest Metal-attribute Spirit Infant. It was not until decades ago that this attribute Spirit Infant was accidentally refined. As a result, the sect immediately selected ten Core Formation cultivators as candidates for fusing the Spirit Infants, and specifically started practicing related secret techniques. We can only wait for the conditions to mature, and then select five people from among us to hold the fusion ceremony." Liu Yu's voice was round and moving, explaining the related secrets one by one.

Han Li heard this, his expression unchanging, but he was quite moved in his heart.

He supported his chin with one hand and began to ponder.

After a long while, he said slowly:

"Since this kind of cultivator is only entering the Nascent Soul stage by taking a shortcut, it must be somewhat different from real Nascent Soul stage cultivators, and there should be quite a few flaws!"

This method of fusing spirit infants makes Han Li involuntarily think of the Sha Pill cultivators; they all seem to be the same type of shortcut method. Of course, this method of cultivating spirit infants is even more difficult than difficult.

"Senior is right. This Junior does not know about other aspects, but the astonishing lifespan that is most important to Nascent Soul cultivators is not possessed by cultivators who fuse Spirit Infants. They still possess the lifespan of the Core Formation stage. And once this secret technique is used, it seems that they lose the opportunity to truly form a Nascent Soul from then on, and their cultivation stagnates, unable to have any further improvement in realm. It can be said that there are quite a few pros and cons." Since she had already said a part of it, the woman hardened her heart and explained everything one by one. After all, things had reached this point, and saying more or less didn't seem to make much difference.

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