Just as Meng Qianqian was cultivating, a loud rumble came from afar and resounded through the entire Crimson Afterglow Peak!
The sky above Han Li's cave abode suddenly changed color. Dark clouds covered the sky and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi frantically gathered, forming a Spiritual Qi vortex visible to the naked eye.
Meng Qianqian opened her eyes and looked towards Han Li's cave abode with a joyful expression.
This kind of situation had happened frequently in the past 30 years. Although she did not quite understand what it meant with her current cultivation, according to Sun Buzheng and the others' private guesses, it should be a sign that Elder Li's cultivation had made a breakthrough.
Everyone was already used to this.
Of course, this kind of speculation was forbidden by Meng Yun Gui, and she warned everyone not to reveal anything that happened here.
In the secret room, golden light shone brightly.
Han Li sat cross-legged, seven spots of golden light flashing on his lower abdomen.
Every time it flashed, it was like seven huge mouths sucking in the nearby Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into his body, and as he operated his cultivation method, it was gradually converted into pure Immortal Spiritual Qi.
This speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was many times faster than before.
A faint golden wheel rotated gently behind him, and there were 14 Time Dao Patterns on the wheel.
After a long time, Han Li slowly opened his eyes, revealing a trace of joy.
After 20 years of hard cultivation, he had continuously opened four Immortal Apertures.
In just a few decades, he had opened seven Immortal Apertures in one go. If this matter were to spread, it would even alarm the Golden Immortals.
He stood up, and his body shone with golden light. With a thought, a golden wheel suddenly appeared, and there were 14 clear Time Dao Patterns on it.
The 14 Dao patterns squirmed, emitting bursts of powerful Time Law fluctuations.
Feeling the powerful Power of Law contained in the Truth Treasure Wheel, Han Li once again had the urge to test its power. His figure flickered, and he turned into a ray of light and flew outside.
As the strange phenomenon in the sky disappeared, Meng Qianqian took a deep breath, closed her eyes again, and began to cultivate cross-legged.
As the flames gathered and entered her body, her beautiful face once again turned red. Her eyebrows furrowed, as if she was in pain.
At this moment, a figure flashed beside the array. Han Li's figure appeared out of thin air.
Without another word, he flicked his finger, and a ray of light flashed and disappeared into Meng Qianqian's forehead.
Meng Qianqian's body trembled, and the redness on her face quickly faded as she opened her eyes.
"Elder Li." Seeing Han Li standing there, Meng Qianqian hurriedly stood up and greeted him.
"Training hard is a good thing, but you can't pursue it too much and put too much of a burden on your body. You must understand that going too far is as bad as not going far enough," Han Li said lightly.
Not long after he left the abode, he noticed that this woman seemed to be on the verge of qi deviation, so he lent her a hand.
"Yes, thank you for your guidance, Elder Li." Meng Qianqian's cheeks blushed as she forced herself to calm down.
"Looks like you'll be able to condense your Nascent Soul in a few years if nothing unexpected happens.
When the time comes, I have other tasks for you. "
Han Li nodded, and with a flash, he disappeared again, leaving these words in the air.
Meng Qianqian hurriedly raised her head and wanted to say something, but in the next moment, she was slightly startled. She hurriedly looked around, but there was no trace of Han Li.
In a valley somewhere in the territory of the Crimson Afterglow Peak, a ray of green light fell from the sky, and Han Li's figure appeared out of thin air.
This valley was surrounded by mountains on all sides, blocking the cold wind, and the air was quite warm. There was no snow in the valley at all. Instead, there was verdant green everywhere, decorated with many red and purple flowers.
A waterfall fell from the sky, like a white jade belt, smashing on the protruding rocks of the stone wall, splashing countless jade beads, misty water mist rolling, and bursts of moisture blowing.
There were several fruit trees near the waterfall, and the trees were full of yellow peaches. A group of apes were jumping and playing on the fruit trees. There were dozens of them, squeaking and playing, and they were not afraid of Han Li at all.
Han Li smiled faintly, and didn't pay attention to these apes. His body glowed with golden light, and a Mantra Treasure Wheel appeared.
A layer of golden ripples spread out, enveloping the surrounding area of ten feet, including half of the waterfall.
Everything in the area enveloped by the ripples instantly froze!
The surging water instantly slowed down, and so did the splashing water droplets and the rolling mist.
Moreover, the slowing effect this time was more powerful than before, and it was three times slower.
Half of the waterfall surged over, and the other half was frozen, and slowly flowed down.
In contrast, the situation was strange and shocking.
When the apes at the side saw such a strange situation, they immediately panicked. Some of them screamed in fear, and some of them looked excited, dancing and squeaking.
At this moment, a crimson ape that was almost twice the size of the other monkeys grinned, and let out a long howl. It waved its arm, and leaped into the distance. It seemed to be the monkey king.
The other monkeys immediately followed, and fled into the distance.
Han Li's brows twitched, and he waved his hand.
An ape stopped in the air, and then flew toward Han Li.
The ape had a look of fear on its face, and it waved its arms and legs, squeaking urgently, as if it was asking for help from its companions.
When the other apes saw this, they immediately stopped fleeing, and all looked at the crimson monkey king.
The monkey king's eyes were bright, and it was obvious that it was already very intelligent. It turned a few times, and slowly walked toward the direction of Han Li.
When the other apes saw this, they all quieted down, and slowly followed behind.
The ape that was sucked over by Han Li soon entered the area enveloped by the golden ripples. Its waving arms immediately slowed down by three times, and its squeaking became longer and longer, sounding extremely strange.
The ape's expression was still that of fear, but at this moment, there was an additional look of astonishment. It was obviously because it felt that time had slowed down.
When Han Li saw this, he nodded inwardly.
He didn't catch the ape for fun, but to observe how living creatures would feel when they stepped into the area of the Mantra Treasure Wheel.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak …"
At this moment, the group of monkeys walked over, and under the leadership of the monkey king, they all prostrated themselves on the ground, and knelt down toward Han Li, with begging expressions on their faces.
"It's a sentient ape. I have no intention of harming your people, so don't worry." Han Li glanced at the crimson ape, and nodded slightly.
Then he rolled up his sleeves, and the ape was sent back to the group of monkeys. He floated to the ground, and didn't suffer any injuries.
At the same time, he pointed out a finger, and a ray of green crystal light flew out, divided into dozens of rays, and entered the bodies of each monkey.
After the green light entered their bodies, it immediately turned into a warm current, and instantly flowed through the limbs and bones of the monkeys, making them feel indescribably comfortable.
Suddenly, a layer of red light appeared on the body of the crimson monkey king, and after a few flashes, it faded away.
There was a dull look in the eyes of the monkey king, and then it immediately recovered, and it was even more intelligent than before. Immediately, it led the group of monkeys towards Han Li, and they all knelt down.
In front of a waterfall, a group of monkeys worshiping an immortal. This scene looked quite special.
Han Li didn't pay attention to the group of monkeys, and minded his own business, he tried the power of the Wheel of Truth again, and the satisfaction in his eyes became more and more obvious.
If he fought with Fang Pan, who had mastered a trace of the law of speed, he definitely wouldn't be as embarrassed as before, and he might even be able to defeat his opponent easily.
With the power of the Wheel of Truth, he finally had a powerful method to protect himself in the Celestial World.
After pondering for a while, his body flickered, and he turned into a ray of green light, flying towards the top of the mountain.
The crimson monkey king looked in the direction where Han Li disappeared, and it was in a daze. The surrounding monkeys looked around, and some of them were scratching their heads.
…
Han Li quickly returned to the cave dwelling, and he continued to cultivate in seclusion.
In the blink of an eye, another few years passed.
Inside the cave dwelling, Han Li sat cross-legged, and golden light flowed around his body. The seven immortal apertures in his chest and abdomen flickered, and they constantly swallowed the surrounding spiritual energy.
After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes, and the golden light on his body disappeared after a flash, but his eyebrows were slightly furrowed.
Ever since he opened the seven immortal apertures, his cultivation speed suddenly dropped, and his cultivation speed suddenly slowed down a lot.
In fact, his cultivation speed wasn't really very slow, and it was still much faster than other Perfected Immortals of the same level. It was just that he was used to the previous rapid cultivation speed, and now it suddenly slowed down, and he really wasn't used to it.
Han Li stood up, and he paced back and forth in the cave dwelling with the saber in his hands, as if he was thinking about something.
After a while, he suddenly stopped, and as if he had made up his mind about something, he walked outside.
If he was an ordinary person, it wouldn't be a problem to cultivate at an ordinary speed, but his current situation couldn't be said to be safe.
Although Fang Pan was already dead, the mysterious person behind him was still around, and no one knew when that person would appear.
Although he had taken back the Green Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword, and spent so many years erasing the sword spirits of the other swords in the sword, and his cultivation had greatly improved, and he had the Mantra Treasure Wheel with him, but he still didn't have much confidence in dealing with that person.
Now was not the time to be at ease, he had to improve his strength as soon as possible, and speed up his cultivation.
If there was a way to improve his cultivation speed, the first would naturally be pills.
Previously, because of his rapid progress in cultivating his immortal aperture, he didn't pay attention to pills. Now it seemed that it was time to go out and find some pills that were suitable for him. After all, in these years of closed door cultivation, he also took the opportunity to mature a batch of ordinary spirit herbs that were more than ten thousand years old.
Moreover, he had been in closed door cultivation for decades, and it was time to complete the mission of three times a hundred years.
Rumble!
The restriction formation that enveloped the entire Crimson Afterglow Peak emitted a dull sound, and slowly faded.
All kinds of light intertwined and flickered, it was very dazzling.
When Sun Buzheng and the others saw this, they immediately thought of something, and all gathered in front of Han Li's cave dwelling.
The door of the cave dwelling slowly opened, and Han Li slowly walked out from inside.
"Welcome back, Elder!" A row of nine people stood in a row, and said in unison.
"Has Meng Yungui returned?" Han Li's gaze swept across the crowd, and he asked.
Among the nine people now, Sun Buzheng had already successfully condensed his Nascent Soul, and Meng Qianqian had also become an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. The rest of the people's cultivation had mostly reached the late-stage Core Formation, but no one had been able to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.
In a short few decades, three out of ten people had successfully condensed their Nascent Soul, this speed was not considered slow even in Torch Dragon Path, especially Meng Qianqian, who seemed to have surpassed her elder brother by a little.
"Reporting to Elder, Meng Yungui has gone out on orders, and has not returned yet." Sun Buzheng said.
Meng Qianqian's face showed some worry.
Han Li frowned slightly, Meng Yungui's cultivation was not high, and he hoped that there would be no accidents.
Back then, he had given him two magic treasures to protect himself, and with his identity, as long as he did not leave the periphery of Torch Dragon Path's influence, he should be fine.
"These years, you have all been guarding the cave dwelling, and you have all worked hard. These pills are your rewards." He waved his hand, and nine pill bottles landed in front of the crowd.