Chapter 974: Half a Year

"With seventh uncle's help, plus third brother, we have two Great Cultivators assisting in the treasure hunt, and with the clan cultivators gathered here, and some external elders we spent great effort to recruit, we can compete with the forces of the top ten righteous and demonic sects. 【Web】 This time, going to the Southern Border to take the treasure, it seems there is great hope." The square-faced cultivator said with joy.

"I will not point fingers at your actions, as long as I am responsible for contributing. Whether the Ye family can escape the control of the righteous and demonic paths depends on this time. I will not hold you back." The strange person said slowly.

Hearing this from the only remaining elder of the clan, the square-faced cultivator and the old woman were overjoyed, and naturally, they were humble in their words.

Finally, these elders of the Jin Capital's number one family plotted in the hall for half a day before dispersing from the hall one after another.

In a secret room of a mansion in the Imperial City, pitch-black demonic energy filled the entire room, and a giant two-headed demon with a hideous appearance, its four eyes flashing with black and purple essence, was faintly visible.

I don't know how long passed, but suddenly the demon let out a low shout, and after the demonic energy rolled, it was all absorbed into the demon's body like ten thousand streams returning to the sea. At the same time, the demon's four hands formed a seal, and after a series of explosions in the black light, it transformed into an ordinary-looking youth, with a face somewhat resembling Han Li's.

It was precisely the ancient demon lurking in the Ye family.

"Not bad, eighty percent of my injuries have recovered. Now, as long as I don't run into those old guys, no one in the Jin Capital can do anything to me. These guys from the Ye family should be taking action soon. With the familiarity I've shown toward the ancient period, it's impossible for them not to take me along on this action. As long as I get there, hehe..." The demon whispered to himself, a cold smile appearing on his face.

Just as the ancient demon finished healing, in a secret cave of the Yin Luo Sect outside the Jin Capital, Ge Ge Tianhao was talking to that Heavenly Orchid Saintess.

"I have already received news that Fu Cheng of the Nine Nether Sect has appeared in the Southern Border. That kid surnamed Han participated in the underground trading fair with him that day; if we hadn't received some intelligence, we would have been kept in the dark. His appearance there doesn't mean the kid surnamed Han must have appeared nearby. Our sect's Great Elder happens to have some matters to handle in the Southern Border and has already rushed over. If he happens to discover this person, he will personally deal with him. Fellow Daoist Lin, are you interested in going over to take a look?"

"Fu Cheng? His appearance there doesn't mean the guy surnamed Han must have appeared in the Southern Border. And I received news that the grasslands have already sent a team of Palace-Guarding Cultivators led by Great Immortal Xu into the Jin Capital. They will come to the Jin Capital to meet me soon, and I need to stay behind for a period of time. After meeting them, if there is still no definite news of that person, I will take people to the Southern Border." Lin Lin Yinping shook her head.

"Great Immortal Xu is also coming! This is truly a fortunate matter. If the Great Elder knows, he will definitely be overjoyed. Then I will accompany you, Fellow Daoist, to wait for a while. After all, the Great Elder's original instruction was to accompany you, Fellow Daoist Lin, at all times." Ge Ge Tianhao was startled at first, then overjoyed.

Lin Lin Yinping smiled and nodded her head.

"By the way, wasn't the guy surnamed Han also appearing along the coast and even becoming an external elder for three small sects! These sects have been sending people to monitor him secretly, and there hasn't been any news until now?" Lin Lin Yinping furrowed her brows and asked about this matter.

"No. This person is too cunning. Apart from standing up for these three families once at the beginning, he hasn't shown his face again. And the relationship between him and the Heavenly Talisman Sect has also been clarified; the two are just casual acquaintances. I estimate that even if we wiped out these three families, he wouldn't even blink an eye." Ge Ge Tianhao said helplessly.

"That's true. This person is a cultivator from the Heavenly South; how could he really care about the life and death of these sects? However, when I set out to come to the Jin Capital, I already sent people to infiltrate the Heavenly South to find out his true background. So much time has passed, there should be news. When Great Immortal Xu comes, we might as well ask clearly. That way, when we face this person next time, we will have a bottom line in our hearts." This Heavenly Orchid Saintess said coldly, her brows raised.

"Oh, if we can truly have this person's information and figure out the cultivation technique he practices, dealing with him will naturally be easier. It's just that I don't know the definite time Great Immortal Xu and the others will arrive." Ge Ge Tianhao's spirits lifted.

"Let's calculate, at most wait two or three months. If Great Immortal Xu can join forces with your sect's Great Elder this time, I don't believe we still can't let that person escape." This Heavenly Orchid Saintess said hatefully when she thought of the Saint Beast being captured.

Ge Ge Tianhao felt a shift in his heart when he heard this woman say this.

Although this woman kept saying that because that person killed many Heavenly Orchid cultivators, she had to find and kill him. But that person's divine abilities were close to the Core Formation late-stage; if it were just because of a grudge, as a Saintess of the grasslands, why would she be so persistent and lose sight of the big picture?

After all, the dead are dead. Continuing to provoke such a terrifying existence was truly not a wise move.

There must be some unknown secret that made the other party stay for several years, and even go as far as to mobilize people from the Heavenly Orchid grasslands, determined to kill the other party.

It seemed he must find a way to explore this secret.

Ge Ge Tianhao remained calm on the surface, but secretly made up his mind.

Lin Lin Yinping was also not as calm as she appeared on the surface.

As the time the Saint Beast's clone had been sealed grew longer, she truly didn't know how much longer she could keep this matter hidden.

These years, she didn't even dare to actively contact the upper realm once. Fortunately, the Heavenly Orchid Saint Beast's clone was only sealed and not destroyed. This way, the main body hadn't discovered this matter yet, but it definitely couldn't be dragged on for much longer. She must rescue the Saint Beast's clone in a short time. And in the action, she couldn't let the Heavenly Orchid cultivators suffer too many losses; it seemed she could only try her best to use the Yin Luo Sect cultivators.

This woman also made a decision in her heart.

At the border between the Southern Border and a certain province, a smiling old man was traveling while casting a light-body technique, speaking eloquently to several Qi Condensation stage cultivators.

These young people, who were out traveling for the first time, listened with great interest, their faces beaming.

If Han Li were here and saw this smooth-talking old man, he would probably be startled. This was none other than Xiang Xiang Zhili, whom he suspected to be a Spirit Transformation stage cultivator.

Speaking of which, ever since Han Li left the Heavenly Talisman Sect, before the high-level members of the Heavenly Talisman Sect could find this low-tier disciple of the sect to ask anything, he had inexplicably disappeared from the Heavenly Talisman Sect.

This actually gave the Heavenly Talisman Sect cultivators a fright. But most of them suspected that Han Li had played some tricks, so they immediately suppressed this matter and strictly forbade anyone in the sect from mentioning Xiang Xiang Zhili's existence again.

But now, several years later, this old man had actually appeared in this place again, truly mysterious.

Not just these people, many large forces in the Jin Capital's cultivation world seemed to have sensed the undercurrents surging beneath the surface of the cultivation world during this period. Some sects with great divine abilities even faintly traced the matter to the Jin Capital's Imperial Clan, the Ye family. But these people only had suspicions and no definite evidence, so the high-level members also began to meet frequently, also not knowing what they were plotting in secret.

The entire Jin Capital was in a state of impending storm.

Several months later, in the Southern Border, in the volcanic area of Silver Dragon Mountain, a long, extremely joyful whistle suddenly erupted, shooting into the sky and spreading to the nine heavens.

A blinding cyan rainbow shot out from underground, vanishing from the sky in a flash, and the next moment it appeared at the end of the horizon.

Such an astonishing escape speed made the few cultivators who saw this scene from afar open their mouths and stare, their faces full of horror.

Seven or eight days later, the same cyan rainbow appeared above the Southern Border's largest primeval forest, the Southern Border Mountain Range, which was nearly ten thousand miles wide, and shot toward the west.

Not long after, when the escape light appeared above a giant basin and saw the deep yellow poisonous mist that was over a thousand zhang high and filled the sky, the escape light suddenly fell toward the edge of the poisonous mist.

"Fellow Daoist Han, you are a bit late. Fellow Daoist Bai and Fellow Daoist Yuan have already arrived for several days. Now, only you are missing." When the light converged and Han Li's figure just appeared beside the few cultivators sitting on the ground, an old man stood up from the ground and said with a smile. This was the old man surnamed Fu, and the other three sitting nearby were none other than the few people from the gathering half a year ago; Bai Bai Yaoyi and the giant surnamed Yuan were all present.

"I was refining a magic treasure and only finished a few days ago, so I am a bit late. I hope you fellow daoists will forgive me!" Han Li cupped his hands and said.

"It doesn't matter. The season when the Yin Wind weakens lasts for a full three months, so we are not in a hurry for these few days. It's just that you have just finished refining a treasure and rushed over; do you want to rest for two days and recover your magic power first?" Bai Bai Yaoyi looked at Han Li for a few moments and said with care.

"Hmm, Fellow Daoist Bai's words make sense. Since we are going into the Yin-Yang Cave, we should maintain a state of abundant magic power." The old man surnamed Fu agreed.

The giant surnamed Yuan and the beautiful woman surnamed Chang didn't speak, but their expressions clearly agreed as well.

"Alright. Then I will not stand on ceremony. Two days later, let's enter the valley." Han Li nodded, turned his head to look at the black, dark valley entrance hidden in the yellow poisonous mist a hundred zhang away.

Flipping his palm, he took out two green-glowing mid-stage spirit stones in each hand. Han Li sat down cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes.

The other few people, although their magic power was abundant, also closed their eyes to rest, striving to put their bodies and minds in the best state.

Two days passed quickly. When Han Li opened his eyes calmly once more, the old man surnamed Fu immediately shouted in a low voice without hesitation:

"Let's go."

The others also stood up one after another, and lights of various colors flashed on their bodies, protecting themselves from head to toe.

"With my Poison-Warding Jade Ruyi, the Ten Thousand Poison Valley is easy to pass, but be careful of several kinds of small poisonous insects in the poisonous mist; do not easily withdraw your protective spiritual light. If it weren't for the fact that this Ten Thousand Poison Valley is also a place with ancient restrictions and has unknown air-prohibiting restrictions, flying directly from above to the entrance would have been the most stable." The giant surnamed Yuan said indifferently, raised his hand, offered a jade Jade Ruyi flickering with silver light, and took the lead in walking toward the poisonous mist.

Han Li and the others also walked over.

As soon as the giant approached the edge of the poisonous mist, he pointed at the jade Jade Ruyi above his head and chanted a few incantations. Suddenly, circles of silver waves were released from the Jade Ruyi, and wherever the waves passed, the poisonous mist was pushed away by more than half, and the mist became sparse.

The giant took a big step, added a light-body technique to his body, and floated straight toward the valley entrance.

The others also added magic techniques to themselves and followed closely behind.

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