I've obtained an item by chance. I wonder if Senior is interested in it? "
Han Li smiled faintly and didn't say anything else. He flipped his palm and a thin, light golden paper appeared in his palm.
"Pill formula?
Hehe, with my experience, don't use an ordinary pill formula to fool me. At the very least, it has to be an Earth-rank pill formula, "Daoist Huyan said with a chuckle as he swept his gaze across the paper.
As he spoke, he waved his hand and the light golden paper floated up from Han Li's hand and landed in his palm.
"Enduring Pill?
Tsk tsk, it's an Earth-rank pill formula suitable for a True Immortal at the late stage … Not bad, right? "
Daoist Huyan clicked his tongue in wonder. Then, he put away the paper and flipped his wrist again. He took out a white stone slip and handed it to Han Li.
After Han Li received the stone shard, he placed it against his forehead and examined it.
"The diagram of the formation and the required materials have been clearly marked on it. It shouldn't be difficult to set it up.
However, you must prepare enough spirit stones to maintain the operation of the formation when it's actually used. Otherwise, if you run out of spiritual power, all your previous efforts will be wasted.
When that happens, the puppet won't have any major problems, but the female bean will be destroyed, "Daoist Huyan reminded.
"Thank you, Senior." Han Li took the stone slip off his forehead and said with a nod.
"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can go back. I have other guests to entertain in a while." Daoist Huyan didn't stand on ceremony with Han Li and directly asked him to leave.
"Then I won't disturb you anymore, Senior." Han Li stood up and bid farewell. After leaving the Hundred Wines Manor, he turned into a streak of light and flew away.
Just as he flew out of the mountain, he saw another streak of light flying over from afar and descending towards the Hundred Wines Manor.
The figure in the streak of light wasn't unfamiliar to Han Li. It was Bai Suyuan's Master and one of the thirteen Dao Lords of the Candle Dragon Sect, Yun Ni.
Back at the Sacred Puppet Sect's plaza, Bai Suyuan had addressed Lin San as her Master as though there was no one else around. Naturally, he, who knew Bai Suyuan's identity, also knew that Lin San's true identity was Yun Ni.
After that, although he didn't look for Lin San to claim his reward, he found out through some channels that the person who helped him at the last moment was the seemingly drunk Huyan I. Therefore, he also found out that this person was one of the thirteen Golden Immortal Dao Masters of Torch Dragon Dao Sect.
He vaguely guessed something from the incident with Bai Fengyi, Patriarch Bai Suyuan.
However, since Hu Yan I did not mention it, he naturally pretended not to know.
Of course, the reason why he went to investigate this matter was not because he wanted to gossip about I, but to confirm if the Sacred Puppet Sect was able to track down the whereabouts of the Immortal Puppet. However, not long after the Sacred Puppet Sect was attacked, they seemed to have quietly retreated from their original base and disappeared without a trace.
Han Li's thoughts only fluctuated slightly, and then he went straight back to the Crimson Afterglow Peak.
After returning to the cave abode, he went straight to the secret chamber. With a flip of his palm, he took out the jade slip that Hu Yan had given him.
A trace of excitement appeared on his face. He closed his eyes and sent his divine sense into the jade slip to check carefully.
The inscription formation of the Dao Soldier in the jade slip was very similar to the formation that Taoist Xie had set up previously. At least, there were many similarities in principle. However, there were some differences in some details, and the materials needed to set up the formation were also slightly different.
After looking at the formation layout, Han Li continued to look at the materials and the method of setting up the formation. He found that according to the different attributes of the female beans, the jade slip recorded five sets of materials needed for the five attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
Among them, he focused on the earth attribute materials. After all, the Immortal Puppet was originally of the earth attribute, and his female beans came from the Yellow Turban Bean Soldier, so it was very likely that they were also of the earth attribute.
After a while, Han Li opened his eyes and muttered to himself, "Immeasurable Sand … I didn't expect to use such things."
He raised a hand, and two azure masks appeared in his hand. One had the head of a bull, while the other had the head of a tiger.
Han Li briefly glanced at the two before choosing the tiger mask to wear on his face.
The identity of "Jiao Fifteen" was no longer very secure, so it was better for him to change to another identity.
This was the first time he had used this mask after obtaining it, and only then did he learn that its serial number was "Jiao Eleven".
After getting used to it for a while, he issued the mission to search for the Immeasurable Sand on his mission board.
After contemplating for a moment, he issued the mission to collect dao core materials that he had issued with the bull mask again.
After doing this, he put away the mask and sat down with his legs crossed before meditating with his eyes closed.
… …
Time flew by in the blink of an eye, and over a decade passed by.
On this day, Han Li was meditating in his secret chamber when he suddenly heard a series of loud explosions from the side of the cave abode.
He abruptly opened his eyes and immediately stood up before exiting the secret chamber and making his way toward the spirit medicine field.
As soon as he entered the spirit medicine field, the thunderous explosions became even clearer.
A hint of joy appeared on Han Li's face. He quickly walked over and saw that the originally rather thick Dao Soldier Tree had become thin and dispirited. The bean pods on it had also turned from green to yellow and were exploding one after another.
Dark yellow beans were shooting out from the exploding bean pods and scattered all over the ground.
Han Li approached and caught one of the peas that had just been shot out of the air.
He pinched the bean with two fingers and took a closer look. To his surprise, he found that there was a fold pattern that was shaped like lightning on the bean. It was golden in color, and if one did not look carefully, they would not be able to notice it.
Han Li's heart skipped a beat, and a stream of Celestial Spiritual Force flowed into the bean from his two fingers that were pinching the bean.
"Zi la la"
The lightning pattern on the bean lit up and immediately released a large amount of golden lightning.
At this moment, an obvious smile appeared on Han Li's face. He really did not expect that after the bean soldier mutation, it would actually possess the lightning attribute.
At this moment, an explosion that was clearly different from the other explosions was heard.
Han Li looked up and saw that at the top of the Dao Soldier Tree, two huge bean pods burst at the same time and two broad bean sized female beans flew out.
He quickly raised his hand and grabbed the two female beans from the void back into his hand and looked at them carefully.
Apart from the difference in size, there was no obvious difference between the female beans and ordinary beans. The only difference was that the lightning pattern engraved on them was deeper and the lightning power contained in them was purer.
As the two female beans burst out, all the beans on the Dao Soldier Tree had already ripened and fell to the ground. The tree began to completely wither and turn from yellow to gray at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a few breaths, it actually turned into powder and disappeared.
Han Li flipped his hand and took out a yellow gourd. He raised his hand and patted the bottom of the gourd. Immediately, a ball of yellow light lit up at the mouth of the gourd and emitted a strong suction force.
The yellow beans that were scattered on the ground immediately flew back and fell into the gourd.
Naturally, the item used to contain the bean soldiers could not be ordinary. This gourd was refined according to old man Hu Yan's notes.
The function of this item was similar to that of a storage bag, but it was not the same. Speaking of which, it seemed to be more similar to a Spirit Beast Bag. When the bean soldiers were contained in it, they could still absorb the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth.
If one wanted to continue to nurture the bean soldiers and improve their quality, one could even put some concocted Spirit Liquid in the gourd. That was what Daoist Hu Yan did.
After putting away all the beans, Han Li excitedly turned around and walked back to the secret room.
Two days later.
Inside the secret room of Han Li's cave dwelling, a circular array with a circumference of three meters was engraved on the ground.
There were many grooves around the array, which contained all kinds of spiritual materials and several Immortal Spirit Stones overflowing with Spiritual Qi.
At the center of the array, there was a golden platform that was neither too big nor too small. It was shaped like a common beacon in the secular world. There were high walls around the top, and the terrain in the middle was slightly lower. The hundreds of Dao Soldier beans were placed on the platform.
This array was called the "Engraved Lightning Origin Locking Array". It was a lightning-attribute array used to refine bean soldiers according to Daoist Hu Yan's notes.
The golden platform at the center of the array was none other than the small sacrificial altar that Han Li had built using Lightning-Capture Wood. It was the core of the entire array.
The array used to refine bean soldiers usually had to be chosen according to the attributes of the beans after they matured. Han Li had originally thought that his bean soldiers would most likely inherit the various attributes of the Yellow Turban Giant, and should mainly be of the earth attribute.
However, due to the mutation of the bean soldiers, although they contained the power of the earth attribute, in terms of quantity and power, they were inferior to the power of the thunder attribute after the mutation. They could be called "thunder beans".
Therefore, when choosing the array, Han Li decisively chose the "Engraved Lightning Origin Locking Array".
After confirming that everything in the secret room was set up properly, he sat cross-legged in front of the array. With a flip of his palm, he took out a medicinal pill and put it in his mouth.
He didn't forget Daoist Hu Yan's reminder. Setting up this array consumed a lot of his Immortal Spirit Qi. Before he started refining the bean soldiers, he needed to recover to his peak condition.
He closed his eyes and sat in meditation for a long time. Then, he opened his eyes and started to activate the array.
He made a hand sign in front of him and pointed at the golden platform in the middle of the array. Immediately, a wisp of golden lightning shot out from the tip of his finger and entered the platform like a spirit snake.
"Zi la la!"
The sound of electric currents surging rang out, and the entire golden platform suddenly shone brightly. Countless golden electric arcs were ejected out, dissipating in all directions, and turning into a pale golden spherical light curtain, shrouding the entire ring-shaped array.
At the same time, the best quality spirit stones that were embedded in the grooves on the ground also shone brightly. They turned into strands of pure spiritual energy that flowed along the patterns of the array on the ground and spread out.
Following the bursts of light, the golden platform began to shake violently. The dark yellow beans that were placed on it also began to jump restlessly.
Seeing this, a blue light flashed in Han Li's eyes. He raised both of his palms at the same time and the beans were immediately lifted by an invisible hand. They flew out of the platform and floated in the spherical light curtain.