Chapter 977

Bai Bai Yaoyi's bright eyes flowed, and she held the sword with one hand and slashed into the void, a sword light several feet long materialized and slashed fiercely at the ice wall, leaving a deep sword mark. WM Net

Han Li's expression flickered when he saw this.

"After so many years, this flying sword has still not lost its spirituality, which shows the effort its master spent on this sword back then. And judging from its power, the sword's master should have been a Core Formation mid-to-late stage cultivator. This is somewhat strange; cultivators of this rank should have been unable to reach this place." Bai Bai Yaoyi examined the sword several times, found no useful marks, and a look of confusion appeared on her face.

"May I take a look, Fellow Daoist?" Han Li spoke suddenly.

"Why be so polite, Fellow Daoist? Feel free to take it." Bai Bai Yaoyi smiled sweetly, flicked her jade finger, and the flying sword in her hand flew toward Han Li.

Han Li grabbed it with one hand, took the flying sword directly into his hand, and lowered his head to examine it.

As a result, after a long while, he frowned inadvertently.

"What is it? Did Brother Han see something?" Bai Bai Yaoyi asked curiously.

"This sword is refined entirely from Blue Origin Crystal, but refining a flying sword entirely from this material is not a wise move; if one could mix in a few other materials to assist, the quality of the flying sword itself should be even better. But this method of refining flying swords was popular for a time over ten thousand years ago, while the technique of mixing in other materials was only researched later. And judging from the patterns and runes on this sword, this flying sword is also from a relatively distant time. This shows that although the sword's master was not an ancient cultivator, they should have been a cultivator from tens of thousands of years ago." Han Li said calmly one by one.

"Brother Han has such high attainments in artifact refining. It truly makes me somewhat surprised!" Bai Bai Yaoyi looked somewhat surprised.

"It's nothing. I just happened to see this type of flying sword in a manual by chance. Let's go into the cave and take a look; perhaps we can find something." Han Li turned his head to look at the cave and said indifferently.

"Good, please, Fellow Daoist!" Bai Bai Yaoyi thought for a moment and nodded, raised her hand to release a pale, hazy jade umbrella, then swayed her graceful figure and walked into the cave first.

Han Li smiled faintly, pointed at the few flying swords above his head, letting them turn into a sheet of golden light to protect his entire body before calmly following them in.

The cave was pitch-black, and one could only hear the sound of the wind and the faint shrieks coming from the depths. The ghost creatures inside seemed to have discovered the arrival of the two and became even more tyrannical. But the sound did not seem to be very far away.

"It seems this place will not be too large, which is easier to deal with."

Han Li muttered, raised his hand, and a white, sparkling moonstone floated above the two, then cast an incantation at it.

Suddenly, the moonstone shone brilliantly, illuminating the vicinity with extraordinary clarity.

But because of the obstruction of the black Yin wind, the slightly further places remained blurry.

After walking only fifty or sixty zhang along the cave passage, it suddenly brightened, and an entrance appeared not far ahead, with pale green fluorescent light faintly emitting from it.

Han Li and Bai Bai Yaoyi looked at each other in surprise.

All the caves they had explored before were extremely cold, without a trace of light. And without exception, they were all abandoned mine caves without any value.

However, with the cultivation bases of Han Li and the other, although their vigilance increased by two points in their hearts, they naturally would not be too timid.

Blocking the jade umbrella in front of her, Bai Bai Yaoyi appeared at the entrance with a sway of her figure first.

After glancing inside, the woman's face turned pale immediately.

Han Li appeared beside the woman, and after a sweep, his expression also changed slightly.

This was a stalactite cave with a diameter of over thirty zhang, with the top and four walls of the cave emitting pale green light, while a stone pillar several zhang high stood in the center.

The stone pillar was inconspicuous, rough and simple, but a dried corpse was tightly bound to it with iron chains.

This dried corpse had long gray-white hair, was naked and pitch-black, and its head hung low, making it impossible to see its face, but its abdomen had been cut open by a sharp blade, and its internal organs were all gone.

This situation was so bizarre that not to mention Bai Bai Yaoyi, even Han Li felt a tremor in his heart when caught off guard.

Han Li pursed his lips and was about to speak when the blue flying sword in his hand suddenly rang out incessantly, then trembled and shook violently.

Han Li's heart stirred, and without thinking, he threw the sword into the air.

Suddenly, a blue radiance shot straight toward the stone pillar, but upon reaching the vicinity of the stone pillar, it turned back into a half-foot-long small sword, circling and flying around the dried corpse, emitting bursts of mournful cries.

"Is this dried corpse the master of the flying sword? It looks like not only was their Core Formation plucked away, but they didn't even save their own life." Bai Bai Yaoyi sighed long, a look of unbearable pity appearing slightly on her face.

"They didn't just die normally. They were sacrificed alive by someone using evil arts!" Han Li said coldly.

"Sacrificed alive?" Bai Bai Yaoyi was startled, and only then did she notice a blurry formation about ten zhang in size on the floor of the cave. It was just that too much time had passed, and most of it was covered by dust, which was why she hadn't noticed it for a moment.

"Which kind of live sacrifice formation it is, we will only know after we reproduce the formation." Han Li nodded calmly.

"This is easy; leave this matter to me." Bai Bai Yaoyi smiled lightly, opened her mouth, and spat out a small fan that looked like an ice sculpture, then with a flash of cold light, the fan instantly turned to the size of a foot and fanned slightly toward the floor of the cave.

A gust of yellow, hazy wind surged out from the fan, instantly blowing the sand and dust on the ground into a frenzy.

For a time, the entire cave became dim and gloomy, and one could not see one's fingers in front of one's face.

But Han Li and Bai Bai Yaoyi had the reinforced Purple Nether divine light, and with their spiritual light protecting their bodies, they naturally turned a blind eye to these wind and sand.

The two just looked toward the formation on the ground, seemingly paying no more attention to anything else.

Just at this moment, more than ten zhang behind them, faint dark light flickered on the ground, and a pitch-black object emerged from the ground silently, lying prone in place without moving.

Han Li and the two still did not look back, looking as if they were completely unaware.

Seeing this, the black shadow's crimson eyes flashed with fierce light, its figure swayed, and it shot out like an arrow. Halfway there, its head tilted slightly, and with a puff, a streak of black radiance flashed and sprayed toward Bai Bai Yaoyi.

This black shadow actually wanted to sneak attack Han Li and Bai Bai Yaoyi at the same time.

At this very moment, Han Li slapped his hand backward. Suddenly, a green light hand materialized above the cave, grabbing downward fiercely, accurately and correctly catching the black shadow by the waist.

And the black radiance shooting toward the palace-dressed woman was flicked behind her by the jade umbrella in her hand, which she moved elegantly.

Upon contact, white light flashed on the umbrella surface, and the black radiance was instantly repelled without success, sinking into the stone wall on one side and disappearing without a trace, leaving only a deep hole an inch large.

Only then did Bai Bai Yaoyi look toward the black shadow in the light hand with a smile; it was a monster with a snake body, ape face, and two arms.

This monster was covered in pitch-black scales and was about three or four zhang long. Its two palms each grasped a small section of a bone spear a foot long, which was extremely sharp.

Although the monster was caught tightly by the light hand, it was still struggling desperately, its blood-red eyes staring at the two with extreme resentment, as if it had a life-and-death feud with them.

"Niece Ape? Does such a ghost creature truly exist in the world?" Bai Bai Yaoyi was startled when she saw the monster's appearance.

"Hmm, I've heard that this ghost is formed by human resentment condensed in a place of heavy Yin, its nature is tyrannical and bloodthirsty, and it especially loves to eat the brains of living people. And it can imitate all kinds of ghost sounds. It seems the previous corpse-refining shrieking sound was imitated by this ghost. Tsk tsk! I've only seen images of such ghost creatures in some classics before, and this is also my first time seeing such a ghost creature. However, this ghost creature is not too powerful; to dare to sneak attack us with this little ability, it is truly seeking death." Han Li stared at the ghost creature for a few moments and said indifferently.

"Hmph, what is the use of keeping such an evil ghost creature? It's better to kill it!" Bai Bai Yaoyi felt extreme disgust toward this Niece Ape ghost; her jade face suddenly turned cold, and she pointed with one hand. Suddenly, a cold light shot out, wrapping around the ghost, and the ghost turned into an ice sculpture.

Han Li laughed indifferently and said nothing, but with a thought from his spiritual sense, the green light hand suddenly exerted force with its five fingers, and the ice sculpture cracked inch by inch, turning into a pile of ice shards that scattered on the ground.

At this time, the yellow wind in the cave had settled, and the circular formation had truly and clearly revealed itself.

Han Li narrowed his eyes and walked toward the formation unhurriedly. Bai Bai Yaoyi, however, seemed not very interested in this, instead sweeping her bright eyes around the cave, seemingly wanting to find something.

"This formation is a type of Soul-Refining Formation, and it's a very ancient one at that. And..." After a long while, Han Li finally pondered and spoke.

"And what?" Bai Bai Yaoyi also moved her gaze to the formation and asked in confusion.

"And the year this formation was carved here seems to be far more ancient than this dried corpse. It should have been laid out here during the ancient times." Han Li said affirmatively.

"There is such a thing? How did Brother Han judge that?" Bai Bai Yaoyi stared at Han Li, somewhat surprised.

"This is just my experience; perhaps I guessed wrong." This time, Han Li laughed it off and dealt with it vaguely.

Bai Bai Yaoyi was startled at first, then covered her mouth and laughed lightly twice, but did not continue to pursue the question.

"Regardless of what strange things this formation and dried corpse have, it has nothing to do with us. There is nothing else in this place; let's get out of here!" The woman suggested. Afterward, she raised her hand, grabbed the blue flying sword again, and put it into her storage bag.

"Hmm, that makes sense." Han Li nodded in agreement.

The two then walked toward the exit.

As they approached the entrance, Han Li suddenly felt a strange feeling of something being wrong for no reason, and his footsteps couldn't help but pause, and he turned back to glance at the dried corpse again.

"What is it? Is something wrong?" Bai Bai Yaoyi was somewhat puzzled.

Han Li did not answer the woman immediately, but after his eyes flickered a few times, he suddenly raised one hand and pointed from afar with a finger.

With a low rumble of thunder, golden light flashed at his fingertip, and a slender golden arc shot out, striking the dried corpse on the stone pillar directly.

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