Chapter 859: Frank Talk

Everything in the cave dwelling remained the same, even the part of the three-colored Gold-Devouring Beetles he had released to guard the cave dwelling before leaving were still condensed into a three-colored ball, hanging high in the middle of the main hall, without moving.

The Xuan Tian Immortal Vine and the Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng transplanted in the medicine garden were also intact, as if he had only left yesterday.

The remnant root of the Xuan Tian Immortal Vine was one thing; Han Li didn't have much hope of saving it. But the Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng was no small matter; it was a spiritual medicine that had long been extinct in the outside world. Moreover, this medicine had been spiritual for a long time and even had a transformed body, making it even more rare.

If it weren't for the fact that carrying this spiritual ginseng was really inconvenient, Han Li would have really wanted to transplant this spiritual medicine and carry it with him.

It was a pity that the ancient formulas he had obtained so far hadn't used this spiritual ginseng in any pills. He could only sigh and put it aside for now.

Besides the spiritual medicines in the medicine garden, Han Li had brought the eggs of the Six-Winged Frost Centipede and most of the Gold-Devouring Beetles with him in a spirit beast bag when he left the cave dwelling last time. He didn't need to worry about them.

As for the twenty-four eggs of the Six-Winged Frost Centipede, they hatched on the way not long after he went to the Far West.

But during the twenty-plus years he was trapped in the space rift, the little bottle couldn't regenerate the Green Liquid, which made these spiritual insects stay at the larval stage and never advance. Han Li put them in a specially made spirit beast bag and let them stay in a dormant state.

This was somewhat regrettable!

Now, Han Li first put the batch of Gold-Devouring Beetles waiting to evolve back into a worm room, then took out the incredibly cold, specially made spirit beast bag, and walked to the worm room next door where the Six-Winged Frost Centipede was originally raised.

He took the spirit beast bag and poured it gently toward the entrance of the worm room.

After a piece of white glow swept past, more than twenty centipede larvae, several inches long, appeared in the middle of the worm room.

These Six-Winged Frost Centipede larvae were snow-white and crystalline, and at this moment, there was no sign of wings appearing on their bodies at all. They looked like slightly enlarged white snow silkworms, without the slightest ferocious or terrifying appearance.

When Han Li first got the Six-Winged Frost Centipede, he didn't know whether this kind of spiritual insect could really evolve by devouring each other through the Neon Clothing Grass, he just wanted to give it a try in his heart.

But he didn't expect that this kind of spiritual insect really had this evolutionary characteristic, which made him overjoyed.

The idea he had originally was just to use the cold energy of this insect to cultivate the Purple Luo Heavenly Fire. But after experiencing the Fallen Demon Valley battle, Han Li had some other ideas in his heart.

Although the Gold-Devouring Beetles were incredibly sharp, their flying speed was obviously too slow. I am afraid that after they were truly cultivated to maturity, they would still be limited in some situations or when facing enemies with incredibly fast escape speeds.

And the reason why the Six-Winged Frost Centipede occupied such a high position on the Strange Insect List, besides its terrifying cold energy, was that its escape speed was also among the best of all spiritual insects.

At the two-wing stage, the escape speed of this insect was not inferior to other ordinary spiritual insects. But after growing another pair of cicada wings and becoming four pairs of wings, its escape speed increased greatly, already far exceeding the flying speed of ordinary magic treasures. But the most terrifying thing was that after it evolved to the third pair of cicada wings, its escape speed could rank in the top three of all spiritual insects. It is said that it could achieve true coming without a shadow and going without a trace, and could travel a thousand miles in an instant.

Of course, these descriptions were just rumors recorded in books. Even in the ancient times, spiritual insects that could evolve to six wings were rare.

Han Li only half-believed these descriptions!

However, the Six-Winged Frost Centipede was absolutely an ancient spiritual insect with incredibly fast escape speed, which was beyond doubt.

Han Li had suffered enough from the ghost-like movement technique of the Ancient Demon in that battle, so he naturally thought of cultivating the Six-Winged Frost Centipede to the top tier. Moreover, after evolving to the six-wing stage, the cold energy sprayed from the insect's mouth would naturally become more powerful, which was also of great benefit to his cultivation of the Purple Luo Heavenly Fire.

With such thoughts in mind, Han Li naturally looked at these Six-Winged Frost Centipede larvae with different eyes.

Seeing that these larvae didn't reject the new environment, Han Li felt relieved.

Just as he wanted to observe for a while longer, suddenly his expression moved, and he glanced at the entrance of the cave dwelling, seemingly sensing something.

Then his gaze flickered, he shook his sleeves, and after a white light shot out, Silver Moon appeared in front of him, looking beautiful.

"Mu Mu Peiling has arrived at the door now. You go and lead her to the main hall! I happen to have some words I want to say to this woman." Han Li ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes, Master!" Silver Moon didn't ask much, answered respectfully, and vanished from the spot with a silver light.

Han Li sealed the worm room again and returned to the main hall unhurriedly.

A moment later, Han Li sat on the main seat in the main hall, holding his chin with one hand and not moving, seemingly pondering something.

Just then, footsteps sounded lightly at the entrance of the main hall.

Silver Moon walked into the hall entrance with a smile, and Mu Mu Peiling, who hadn't been seen for many years, followed her in.

This woman's appearance remained the same. No, it should be said that she was even more beautiful and charming than before. The cold feeling from before had lessened a lot, but a kind of ethereal feeling of an orchid in an empty valley had emerged.

"Greetings, Young Master. Congratulations on your safe return and great advancement in cultivation, having advanced to the mid-stage of Nascent Soul." Seeing Han Li, Mu Mu Peiling showed a smile on her jade face, bowed, and said.

"Seeing me, you congratulate me on advancing to the mid-stage of Nascent Soul. It seems you already know some news about me. You don't need to be so polite. You accompanied me to the Far West that year, and you had your share of hard work on the way. Between the two of us, there is no need to be so distant." Han Li smiled faintly at the woman, then signaled for her to stand up and speak.

The three years of getting along with this woman in the Far West that year had indeed brought the relationship between the two much closer. Although it couldn't be said to be intimate, it had improved a lot compared to before.

"Thank you, Young Master!" Mu Mu Peiling stood up gracefully.

"After returning from the Far West that year, I didn't expect that I would be trapped in the Fallen Demon Valley for more than twenty years as soon as I parted with you. You have been guarding here all this time, which can be considered as having heart."

"Mu Peiling is Young Master's concubine and has received great grace from Young Master. If I don't guard here, where else can I go? Moreover, I don't believe that Young Master would really die like this." Mu Mu Peiling replied with a smile.

"I didn't expect you to have such confidence in me. However, this time it was truly dangerous, and I almost didn't come back. Although you have some pills to assist, your cultivation progress is so fast, which can be considered rapid. I don't know how much confidence you have in forming a core in the near future?" Han Li looked at the woman and asked with a smile.

"Confidence? I don't have any confidence. The probability of forming a core was originally one in ten. Whether I can form a core or not, I can only look at God's will." Mu Mu Peiling heard this, a look of helplessness appeared on her face.

"God's will? Hehe, that's not necessarily true. I can help you add two or three percent confidence in forming a core, which is not strange at all!" Han Li looked at the woman and said with a smile.

"What, how is this possible? Young Master isn't joking, right? I haven't heard of such spiritual medicine in Tiannan." Mu Mu Peiling's red lips opened slightly, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"Most of the spiritual medicines in my hand are not produced in Tiannan. It is natural that you haven't heard of them. But I can guarantee that if you take all these spiritual medicines, the probability of forming a core will be close to half, which is not strange at all!" Han Li said calmly.

Mu Mu Peiling had been getting along with Han Li until now and knew that he would never say anything exaggerated, so she had seven or eight percent belief in her heart. But after pondering for a moment, she still hesitated.

"Young Master telling me these things now, is there anything else you want to instruct? If there is anything, Young Master, just say it." Mu Mu Peiling said softly.

Han Li was slightly startled, somewhat surprised, but after pondering for a moment, he didn't beat around the bush:

"Do you still remember the agreement when I took you as a concubine?" He asked directly to the point as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Of course I remember, Senior promised to give me thirty years to cultivate, during which time you wouldn't take my virgin body." Mu Mu Peiling was startled at first, but then her face blushed, looking incredibly charming.

"The agreed time is almost up. However, don't worry. I won't make things difficult for you at the critical moment of your core formation. But before forming a core, some things must be made clear first. Then you can weigh the pros and cons carefully. I don't want a situation where I use up all the spiritual medicines to help you form a Golden Core, but you suddenly go back on your word and feel resentful." Han Li knew that this woman had misunderstood, but still said slowly without being impatient.

"What does Young Master mean by this?" Mu Mu Peiling was stunned in her heart, couldn't help but look up at Han Li, and a look of suspicion flashed in her eyes.

"I hope you will give up your original cultivation technique after forming a Golden Core and switch to cultivating a technique called the Phoenix-Pei Yuan Technique." Han Li said with a strange expression.

"Phoenix-Pei Yuan Technique?" Mu Mu Peiling was somewhat surprised.

"This is a rare dual cultivation technique specifically for women to cultivate. Once this technique is cultivated to the extreme, both men and women can get quite a few benefits through the first union. The increase in cultivation base is secondary, the most important thing is that this technique has an incredible miraculous effect on breaking through bottlenecks. Of course, I might as well be frank, the technique is mainly cultivated by women, but it is the man who gets the most benefits. That's why I will compensate you more before this, and do my best to help you form a Golden Core. Because my cultivation base has reached the mid-stage of Nascent Soul. For the Phoenix-Pei Yuan Technique to be useful for my breakthrough to the late-stage of Nascent Soul, you need to cultivate this technique to the late-stage of Core Formation. If you agree to switch to this technique, after forming a core, I will continue to provide you with Core Formation stage pills to help you accelerate your cultivation. I dare not say anything else, but at the very least, it can save you a hundred years of hard cultivation. Of course, if you feel it is not suitable, Han will not force you. After you attempt to form a core this time, regardless of whether you succeed or not, I will lift the Soul-Sealing Technique in your spiritual sense and return your freedom. From then on, we will have nothing to do with each other." Han Li's expression didn't change, but he said calmly.

Mu Mu Peiling heard these words and was greatly surprised. For a time, her heart was in chaos, and her expression flickered uncertainly on her jade face.

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