Chapter 726: Former Ying Ning

"The three fellow daoists arrived just in time. I just received news that a team of spellcasters has broken through the Heavenly Terrace Valley guarded by Fellow Daoist Bu and is taking advantage of the situation to kill their way here. At most, in half a day, the defeated fellow daoists from the Heavenly Terrace Valley will arrive here. This will require the three fellow daoists to go and meet them," the bald-browed man didn't stand on ceremony and, after a brief explanation, made a request.

"This is easy to handle, just a small matter. I will go alone. There is no need for Fellow Daoist Han and Brother Gu to go out!" Elder Ma said with an indifferent look, taking the matter upon himself.

This made Han Li and Gu Gu Shuangpu look at him with some surprise.

"The two fellow daoists don't need to be surprised. It's not that Ma wants to show off, but I just obtained a strange treasure some time ago and want to test its power. You two won't compete with me, right!" The elder stroked his beard and said with a mysterious look.

"Hehe! Since Fellow Daoist Ma is so confident, Gu naturally won't do anything superfluous," Gu Gu Shuangpu laughed and said indifferently.

And Han Li also smiled on the side without saying anything.

"Alright, let Fellow Daoist Han and Brother Gu rest first. Brother Ma will have to trouble you. However, I will let the Brother Murong brothers accompany you on this trip. The lightning-attribute techniques they practice are quite powerful," the bald-browed man thought for a moment, agreed, and let the twin brothers go with him.

The elder did not object this time. After all, arriving at this place for the first time, it was good to have people to accompany him.

Thus, the elder of the Haoran Pavilion and the Brother Murong brothers set off immediately to meet the defeated Nine Nations Alliance cultivators.

As for Han Li and Gu Gu Shuangpu, led by the Li female cultivator and Chong Yunzi, they left the hall and were arranged to rest.

On the way, Han Li parted ways with the pigeon-faced elder. Led by the petite female cultivator, Han Li arrived in front of a quiet and secluded small pavilion.

"Senior Han, low-tier disciples are strictly forbidden from coming here. It should be the best place for quiet cultivation. Senior, please rest in this building," the beautiful and petite female cultivator pointed to the pavilion in front and stood aside.

"Indeed not bad," Han Li nodded, a trace of satisfaction appearing on his face.

"Senior, is Fellow Daoist Nie Ying really okay? I haven't seen Senior Sister Nie for a long time," this Li female cultivator didn't leave immediately but hesitated and asked.

"Why, you are also very familiar with Miss Nie?" Han Li was somewhat surprised. He looked at the woman twice, expressionlessly.

Only then did Han Li discover that although this was his first time seeing this woman, her pretty brows and bright eyes looked somewhat familiar, giving him a sense of familiarity.

Han Li's unblinking gaze made the Li female cultivator somewhat uneasy. Although she was secretly annoyed, her face still flushed red.

"This junior was able to join the Transformation Intent Gate, thanks to Senior Sister Nie's introduction back then. How could this junior not be familiar with her?" The petite female cultivator lowered her head and explained, vaguely remembering something.

"Ying Ning! Li Ying Ning?" Han Li couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise upon hearing this.

"Why, has Senior heard of this junior's name before?" Li Ying Ning was somewhat stunned upon hearing the strangeness in Han Li's voice.

"What is your mother's name? Where was she from?" Han Li didn't answer the woman but asked back after taking a deep breath.

"Mother is Mo Mo Yuzhu, from the Yue Kingdom. Why does Senior ask this?" The woman hesitated for a long while. Feeling that there was really nothing to hide, and vaguely thinking of something, she replied haltingly.

"Is that psychic jade pendant still on you?" Han Li said words that made the petite woman's heart jump. She felt a bit enlightened in her heart.

"Yes, this junior has kept it close to my body since I was young," the woman replied immediately, then turned around under Han Li's gaze, her face blushing.

After fumbling in her bosom, she took out a white jade pendant and held it up with both hands, turning back to face him.

Han Li glanced at it, beckoned with his hand, and the jade pendant flew toward him as if it had grown wings.

Stroking the smoothness on the surface of the jade pendant with two fingers, Han Li sighed long, a trace of melancholy appearing on his face.

After a while, he spoke again:

"I think you should know who I am. What did your mother tell you back then?"

Han Li looked at the female cultivator again. This time, because he knew, he finally found a few shadows of Mo Mo Yuzhu on her face. This woman's appearance was slightly inferior to her mother's beauty when she was young, but after looking closely, she had another kind of heroic beauty.

"Mother didn't say much back then, just that it was a congratulatory gift from a cultivation friend of hers. She didn't say anything else. I have been in the cultivation world for these years and have asked people to identify the jade pendant several times, but I haven't obtained any useful information. I didn't expect that this jade pendant was actually given by Senior, and Senior is a cultivator of the Falling Cloud Sect," Li Ying Ning muttered, her face changing, seemingly at a loss.

"I joined the Falling Cloud Sect in recent years, but I didn't cultivate in places like the Yue Kingdom before. It's normal that you didn't have news of me. However, why did you join the Transformation Intent Gate? Logically speaking, if you appeared in the Spirit Beast Sect, I wouldn't be surprised at all," Han Li rubbed his nose and said with a bitter smile.

"Why would Senior not be surprised if this junior joined the Spirit Beast Sect?" Li Ying Ning was stunned upon hearing this.

"You don't know anything about your father's affairs?" Han Li was somewhat stunned upon hearing this.

"This junior really doesn't know much about Father's affairs. Not long after I could remember, the whole family had an accident, and my maternal grandfather and father both died early. Only Mother took me away from the Yue Kingdom, drifting for a long time before settling down in the Nine Nations Alliance," the woman said with a dejected expression, smiling reluctantly.

"So that's it! It seems it involved the internal strife of the Demon Sect, and your parents suffered the disaster of the fish in the moat. After all, it is not the Spirit Beast Sect that controls the Yue Kingdom now, but the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators," Han Li nodded, as if he understood a bit.

"Internal strife of the Demon Sect..." The woman opposite had a face full of confusion, not understanding.

Han Li saw this and didn't intend to explain, returning the jade pendant to the woman with a faint smile:

"This psychic jade has been with you for so many years; naturally, I won't take it back. Back in the secular world, before entering the cultivation world, I was considered a half-Senior Brother to your mother. You can call me Senior Uncle Han in the future."

"Senior Uncle Han!"

Li Ying Ning hesitated slightly upon hearing this, but after her big eyes flickered a few times, she still called out in a small voice, her face turning slightly red.

But having an extra Nascent Soul elder out of thin air, after a bit of embarrassment, she was naturally very happy, and even had a trace of faint joy.

"Since you called me Senior Uncle, I can't show nothing. Here are two bottles of medicinal pills, just right for Core Formation cultivators to break through bottlenecks; you take them," Han Li revealed a friendly smile, flipped his palm, and two jade bottles appeared, sending them to the woman with a smile.

For Han Li, he wouldn't be stingy if he could help the descendants of an old friend.

"Thank you, Senior Uncle," the woman took the medicine bottles, her face full of surprise, and called out this title sincerely and crisply.

"What magic treasure are you using now? Is that flying knife you used to control the vessel refined from what material?" Han Li thought for a moment and asked another question.

"Exactly, it is this magic treasure. The flying knife is refined from flaming iron and mysterious crystal; its power is quite good," Li Ying Ning was stunned and replied somewhat puzzled.

"If it were ordinary times, that flying knife would be enough. But now that you are about to engage with the spellcasters, it is quite dangerous to rely on this treasure alone," Han Li shook his head and said.

"But now, even if Senior Uncle gives me another magic treasure, I don't have time to refine it," Li Ying Ning said helplessly.

Han Li heard this, a look of thought appeared on his face, and he fell into deep thought.

But a moment later, he patted a spirit beast bag at his waist, and a large group of three-colored Devouring Gold Insects swarmed out, turning into a zhang-sized insect cloud amidst a buzzing sound, floating above Han Li's head.

Han Li's eyes flashed with brilliance. He pointed his finger at the insect cloud, and a small group of Devouring Gold Insects separated and flew out alone. Then, he flicked his hand, and a green magic art hit it.

The small group of Devouring Gold Insects condensed together amidst the green flash, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into a fist-sized three-colored ball, glowing brightly, and slowly landed in Han Li's hand.

"You keep this item well. This is transformed from the spirit insects I carefully cultivated. As long as you encounter enemies that are hard to deal with, throwing this ball out should be able to save your life," Han Li threw the ball to the woman and said with a solemn expression.

"Thank you, Senior Uncle Han, for your thick love!" Li Ying Ning was already dumbfounded, and now hearing Han Li say this, she thanked him repeatedly with great gratitude, and then took the three-colored ball.

The last bit of suspicion in the woman's heart also vanished without a trace with Han Li's gift.

Only then did she truly believe that Han Li's previous words were not false.

Otherwise, if there was no relationship, who would give such a precious item?

"Alright, you go down first. I want to meditate for a while," Han Li finished all this, put away the remaining insect cloud, and waved his hand at the woman.

After such a long journey day and night, his magic power was really not full, and he had to recover.

"Senior Uncle Han, you rest well. If the spellcasters' army comes, Ying Ning will naturally notify Senior Uncle," now, Li Ying Ning's words already carried a trace of faint closeness.

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