Han Li took out an elixir and swallowed it. His complexion gradually returned to normal.
The Heavy Water True Wheel floated beside him. The light on its surface was slightly dim. It was obvious that it was damaged by the earlier attack. He would have to refine it after he returned.
On the other side, Lin Jiu also put away the three Millet Banners. Although they weren't damaged by Gu Jie's clone's final attack, they still lost some of their spirituality, which made him feel extremely regretful.
The one who suffered the most was naturally Lin Seventeen. Not only was he severely injured, his vitality was also greatly damaged. His seal, which was equivalent to his natal magic treasure, had lost more than half of its spirituality due to the power of laws from the Golden Immortal incarnation. However, he was still able to keep his life and retrieve his treasure.
The three of them rested on the spot for a while before flying back into the valley.
After the fierce battle just now, the current valley was already beyond recognition. Most of the surrounding mountains were directly razed to the ground, and the ground was filled with countless large and small craters. Some places even directly penetrated deep into the ground, and magma could faintly be seen surging.
Although the mountain range was secluded, the commotion that they had caused was too shocking. Naturally, they attracted the attention of the cultivators nearby.
The facts were indeed so. In the next few tens of years, this uncivilized snowy mountain had really attracted many people to seek fortuitous encounters here.
Of course, that was a story for another time.
"I almost forgot. I'll go and retrieve the two treasures outside." Lin Jiu flew to the entrance of the valley and said.
"Then I'll go and retrieve the Lightning-Restrain Wood. I'll leave the valley to you, Daoist Lin Seventeen," said Han Li.
Lin Seventeen did not object.
The three of them knew that they should not stay here for long. Thus, they began to move in unison. With their spiritual senses monitoring each other, they were not afraid of anyone trying to sneak around.
A green figure flashed and Han Li appeared somewhere outside the valley. He waved his hand and shot a green light into the ground.
Boom!
The ground exploded and a huge hole appeared. Inside the hole was a piece of golden wood that was as tall as a person and as thick as a thigh.
Its entire body was golden, and there were rings of lightning-shaped patterns on its surface. Its surface was smooth, and there were golden lightning patterns on its surface, giving off a powerful aura of lightning.
Although it was made of wood, it looked more like a metal ore. It was the Lightning-Capture Wood.
With a wave of his hand, Han Li took the golden wood into his hand and examined it carefully.
He had read about the Lightning-Restrain Wood in ancient records before. It was an extremely rare thunder-type spirit material. It was extremely hard and had the ability to absorb the power of thunder and lightning. It was a top-grade material for forging thunder-type spirit treasures.
This Spirit Wood was very troublesome to cultivate, so it rarely appeared on the market. He didn't expect to find a batch here.
With this thought in mind, Han Li flew to another place and struck out a green light, blasting open the ground and digging out another Lightning-Capture Wood.
After a short moment, he dug out all the Lightning-Capture Trees in the surroundings of the valley, and there was a total of 81 of them.
When Han Li flew into the valley with the spiritual wood, Lin Nine and Lin Seventeen were already standing on an empty space in the valley. Lin Nine had two treasures floating in front of him.
One of them was an ancient golden sword. It looked very different from ordinary flying swords and was a huge sword. There were nine golden stars carved on the broad blade of the sword.
The other treasure was an ancient golden mirror. It was rectangular and its edges were hollowed out. The surface of the mirror was blurry and the image of a ferocious tiger was carved on the back of the mirror.
It was obvious that these two treasures were the two spiritual treasures that were used to guard the array.
The two treasures were obviously extraordinary. They emitted waves of metallic energy and were obviously supreme-grade spiritual treasures. Even though they weren't comparable to immortal weapons, they weren't far from it.
Lin Seventeen was holding a storage bracelet in his hand besides the golden pill furnace. It was the storage bracelet that belonged to the white-haired elder.
Although it seemed like they had a bountiful harvest, the two of them remained silent for some reason.
"My friends, did you find anything?" Han Li landed beside the two of them and asked.
"Take a look at what's inside." Lin Seventeen patted the golden pill furnace and said calmly.
When Han Li heard this, he immediately released his divine sense into the pill furnace.
Although the pill furnace had stopped refining pills, it was still filled with a scorching hot spiritual force that formed a sturdy array. It was difficult for his divine sense to penetrate it.
He frowned and increased the power of his divine sense. His divine sense broke through the array and entered the pill furnace.
A purple pill the size of a thumb was floating in the pill furnace. Half of the pill was charred black and it was obvious that the pill refinement had failed.
However, this pill …
Han Li waved his hand and cast a few hand seals into various parts of the pill furnace. With a grunt, he slapped the lid of the pill furnace and a green light flashed across his palm.
A cracking sound could be heard from the pill furnace. He waved his hand and the lid of the pill furnace opened. The purple pill flew out.
Lin Jiu raised his eyebrows when he saw this. He was surprised that Han Li was able to break the restriction array on the pill furnace and retrieve the pill so easily.
Han Li's expression turned solemn when he saw the purple pill.
There was a purple lightning-shaped spirit mark on the elixir, but it was incomplete. Many parts of it were broken, especially the part that was charred black. More than half of the spirit mark had been cut off.
Although it was very weak, the purple lightning inscription gave off some fluctuations of laws.
"He is indeed refining a Dao pill," Han Li muttered.
"That's right, it's a Dao pill.
I took a closer look at the white-haired elder's face and finally remembered who he was. His name is Ping Yaozi and he is a famous Earth Alchemist in the Northern Frost Celestial Palace. However, he keeps a low profile and not many people know what he looks like.
I heard that he has been trying to become a Heavenly Alchemist. I wonder if he has succeeded. If he has … "Lin Jiu's voice was full of bitterness.
Han Li's expression darkened when he heard this.
It went without saying what a Heavenly Alchemist meant to any force.
Even the Torch Dragon Path, which was one of the top sects in the Northern Frost Celestial Realm, didn't have a Heavenly Alchemist. This showed how precious they were.
If Ping Yaozi had really become a Heavenly Alchemist as Lin Jiu had guessed, his status in the Northern Frost Celestial Palace would be unimaginable. Even if he was still a top Earth Alchemist, he would still be very important.
But now, the three of them had killed him for a high reward mission from the Impermanence Alliance.
No wonder Gu Jie was so angry and swore to kill the three of them.
Lin Jiu immediately felt a chill down his spine when he thought of this.
This time, he had really gotten himself into big trouble …
"It's too late to say anything now.
We have gone through thousands of years of cultivation and become Perfected Immortals. Who doesn't have innocent souls?
There is a saying in the secular world that a general's success is built on the bones of thousands of people. We are already defying the heavens in our pursuit of the Great Dao.
Now that things have reached this point, I will not sit and wait for death. "Lin Jiu let out a long sigh and changed the topic.
"Lin Jiu is right. The Heavenly Dao is merciless. Those who are weak will die a long time ago.
The Northern Frost Celestial Realm is so vast. We should make some preparations after we return. Even if Gu Jie is a Golden Immortal, he might not be able to do anything to us!
Let's not waste any more time. Let's split these things and leave as soon as possible, "Lin Seventeen said as he nodded in agreement.
"Alright." Han Li heaved a sigh of relief. He naturally had no objections.
Lin Seventeen shook the storage bracelet in his hand and a pile of items appeared on the ground.
Most of them were various kinds of spiritual herbs and materials. Each of them seemed to be filled with Spirit Qi and shone brightly. The three of them immediately looked over.
Han Li's eyes lit up and his gaze landed on one of the spiritual herbs.
The herb was green like jade and its shape was slightly curved. It had the shape of a dragon and its leaves were small. They were tightly attached to the main stem of the spiritual herb like scales.
This was the Horned Dragon Grass, the main ingredient of the Spring Rain Pill that he had seen in the Celestial Herb Pavilion.
He did not expect to find it here. There were more than ten stalks of Horned Dragon Grass on the ground and they seemed to be more than 50,000 years old.
As for the other spiritual herbs, Han Li could only recognize less than half of them. They were all supreme-grade spiritual herbs that were on par with the Horned Dragon Grass.
Just these spiritual herbs and materials alone were a huge fortune.
Apart from these spiritual herbs, there were six to seven Dharma treasures, two white jade bottles, a purple jade box, and a small pile of Immortal Essence Stones.
These Dharma treasures were all Spiritual Treasures and they seemed to be of good quality. However, they were far inferior to the two Spiritual Treasures.
There was a restriction in the two white jade bottles that prevented one's divine sense from entering.
As for the purple jade box, there was a silver talisman pasted on it. Countless silver talisman inscriptions were swimming on it, emitting strong Spirit Qi waves.
There were several layers of Spiritual Inscriptions on the jade box that were connected to the silver talisman.
The entire jade box was enveloped by a layer of silver light and one's divine sense could not enter it.
Lin Seventeen passed the storage bracelet to Lin Jiu and gestured for him to check it.
Lin Jiu had a strange expression on his face as he stared blankly at the Dharma treasures. However, he didn't take the storage bracelet until Lin Seventeen reminded him. He then regained his senses.
"Oh, I was distracted just now. I didn't expect Ping Yaozi to have so many things on him," Lin Jiu said as he took the storage bracelet.
Han Li's heart skipped a beat when he saw this. Although it was only for a moment, he saw a strange look in Lin Jiu's eyes.
Intentionally or unintentionally, he looked at the few magic treasures, only to find that they were all ordinary magic treasures, not eye-catching at all.
However, there was a strange black token beside the treasures. There was a cross engraved on the token and it was emitting a faint black light.
"Eh, this looks like a token from the Shifang Tower. Could it be that Ping Yaozi is related to the Shifang Tower?" Lin Seventeen asked as he noticed the black token.
Han Li's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
"Whether he is from the Shifang Tower or not has nothing to do with us," Lin Jiu said as he passed the storage bracelet to Han Li.