At this moment, tens of thousands of kilometers away from Han Li's cave abode, there was a grey-robed figure seated with his legs crossed in an underground space. He wore a crimson dragon mask on his face, upon which was inscribed the number "3".
This person was none other than Jiao San, who had just traded with Han Li in the Anicca Alliance.
After standing there for a while, Jiao San suddenly stood up and walked towards one of the tunnels that were connected to the space.
After walking along a dark underground tunnel for an unknown amount of time, the space in front of him suddenly widened. A cave that was hundreds of feet wide appeared in front of him. At the end of the cave was a grey stone door that was covered by a faint silver light screen.
Jiao San did not hesitate to form a seal with both of his hands. After chanting something, the silver light screen trembled and split in the middle.
He then pushed open the door and entered.
At the entrance was a round secret room that was about sixty feet wide. Other than a stone table and a stone chair, there was nothing else in the room.
On the stone chair sat an old man in a black cloak who was drinking a cup of spirit tea.
The tea was blood red in color and there was a strong smell of blood in the fragrance.
The old man had white eyebrows and a crooked nose that looked like an eagle's hook. His pale golden eyes flashed with a cold light.
Jiao San looked at the teacup in the old man's hand and a look of disgust flashed in his eyes. However, he quickly hid it.
"How is it?" The old man put down the teacup and asked when he saw Jiao San appear.
His voice was a little hoarse and it sounded like two pieces of metal rubbing against each other. It made one's heart beat faster.
"I got it near Red Moon Island," Jiao San said as he sat down next to the old man.
"Red Moon Island?
Didn't you search there once before? "The white-browed elderly man raised his eyebrows slightly in a surprised manner.
"Although I used the name of the Anicca Alliance as a cover, I can't be sure that I wasn't discovered in advance and purposely used to confuse us," Jiao San said coldly.
The old man did not speak. He tapped the table with his index finger and no one knew what he was thinking.
The old man did not speak and Jiao San did not speak either.
"What do you think about this?
Is it the Black Wind Island's Bewitching Formation again? "The white-browed old man asked after a long while.
"I don't think so. If it was the Black Wind Island, they wouldn't have arranged for the Red Moon Island." Jiao San pondered for a moment and said.
"That's true. If that's the case, let's check the area within a million miles of the Red Moon Island again, and then act according to the original plan," the white-browed elder said.
Jiao San nodded.
The white-browed old man stood up and walked outside quickly.
Jiao San stood up slowly as he watched the man disappear. He took off his mask and walked out.
His silhouette changed and a misty light appeared. Soon, it became clear again and turned into a graceful figure. The grey robe on his body turned into a long red dress.
As he walked, he was like a red flame that swayed with the wind.
Jiao San's figure gradually moved further and further away, quickly blending into the darkness outside.
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In the blink of an eye, more than ten years had passed.
Within the medicine garden, Han Li's hand emitted an azure light. He carefully pulled out a foot-tall Dew Congealing Grass and put it into a jade box.
This was the third Dew Congealing Grass that he had nurtured.
Han Li waved his hand and put away the jade box. He turned around and walked out of the medicine garden. However, he didn't go to the secret room. Instead, he quickly left the cave abode.
With a flash of azure light, his figure appeared in the air above the island.
Han Li flipped his hand and took out a few array discs of different colors. He muttered an incantation and pointed with his hand.
A few array discs suddenly appeared with different colored lights. Then, they turned into a few rays of light and flew down.
Rumble!
The air around the cave abode suddenly flashed and a thick yellow light screen appeared. Countless yellow fog rolled on top of it and submerged the cave abode.
There was a loud muffled sound outside the island. Countless blue lights appeared from the sea and formed a blue hemispherical light screen. On the surface of the screen, runes of different sizes flashed and enveloped the entire island.
Han Li muttered an incantation and pointed with his hand. Several rays of blue light flew down and entered the light screen.
A layer of wave-like multicolored light appeared on the blue light screen and rippled.
The light screen, along with the island below, suddenly disappeared without a trace. What entered his eyes was only the boundless blue sea.
When Han Li saw this scene, he nodded with satisfaction.
He had personally modified these few restrictions over the years. Now, even if a late-stage True Immortal Realm cultivator came here, they might not be able to break it in a short time.
The outermost concealment restriction was learned from an ancient book in Tao Yu's storage magic tool. It was even more mysterious. Even if a early-stage Golden Immortal cultivator used their divine sense to explore, they might not be able to discover this hidden island.
After doing this, Han Li turned around and turned into a long azure rainbow, flying into the distance.
A few days later, his figure stopped in the sky above a sea with raging waves.
This place was also a desolate place with few people. It was similar to the temporary cave abode he had chosen before.
It was just that his cave abode was located in the northwest of the Black Wind Sea Region, while this place was in the southwest of the Black Wind Sea Region.
He spread out his Divine Sense, and with a sway of his body, he flew in a certain direction. After a few breaths, he landed on an island.
The area of this island was not large, less than a hundred miles. There was a gray mountain peak on it. There were only gray rocks and soil everywhere. There were few plants, and it looked very desolate.
After Han Li glanced at it, he flicked his fingers.
Rays of sword Qi flew out and slashed at the waist of the gray mountain peak.
Pieces of mountain rocks fell like rain. After a moment, a simple cave abode emerged.
Han Li flew into the cave abode. Then, he waved his sleeves and hundreds of array flags flew out.
He muttered an incantation and pointed at these array flags.
Suddenly, with a whistling sound, these array flags turned into rays of light of different colors and flew out. In a flash, they landed near the cave abode and disappeared without a trace.
Several layers of restrictive light barriers appeared one after another, enveloping the cave abode and protecting it tightly. The light barriers then flashed in rapid succession before fusing into the air and disappearing without a trace.
After doing that, he sat down with his legs crossed and swept a sleeve through the air to release a bolt of golden lightning, which transformed into Daoist Xie.
"Fellow Daoist Xie, it's very unlikely that outsiders will appear here, but as a safety precaution, you should protect me while I go into seclusion.
If there are any intruders, do your best to stop them, "Han Li said in a solemn voice.
"Don't worry, I'll stop them unless they're far more powerful than the Golden Immortal stage."
Daoist Xie nodded as a layer of golden lightning appeared over his body. He then disappeared into thin air.
Han Li's expression remained unchanged upon seeing this, but his heart was slightly alarmed.
This was because he was suddenly unable to sense Daoist Xie's location with his divine sense.
With that in mind, he unleashed his Spirit Refinement Technique to release his enormous divine sense, and only then was he able to detect a hint of indistinct lightning fluctuations in the nearby space.
These lightning fluctuations were extremely faint, and if it weren't for the fact that he had unleashed his Spirit Refinement Technique, there would be no way that he would've been able to detect them.
Han Li was quite surprised to see this, but he quickly shook his head and cast this matter aside for now.
The reason why he was so cautious, chose a temporary cave abode, and laid down layers of restrictions was because he was going to refine the Dao pill next.
According to the records, when a Dao pill was being formed, a legendary pill tribulation would most likely occur.
The so-called Pill Tribulation, according to the records, was because every single Dao Core contained the purest power of the corresponding Laws. Some would even touch or even transcend the Laws of the Heaven and Earth of this world and be repelled by the power of the world. Thus, Pill Tribulation would descend to prevent the formation of the Dao Core.
Once a pill tribulation was formed, it would cause a huge commotion, and it was said that it was even more powerful than some lightning tribulations.
Even though this place was quite secluded, there was no guarantee that it wouldn't attract some attention.
His original cave abode was quite simple, but it would be quite troublesome to relocate his medicine garden, so he decided to refine pills here. After all, even if someone were to discover this place, he would have enough time to escape with Daoist Xie's assistance.
Han Li let out a light sigh and closed his eyes as he sat there motionlessly.
Time passed by slowly, and after a full three days and three nights, he finally opened his eyes and waved a hand to summon a silver pill cauldron.
A streak of silver light then flew out of his hand, landing at the bottom of the pill cauldron, where it transformed into a ball of silver flames, within which a miniature silver humanoid figure could be seen.
He then waved a hand in quick succession to summon a series of materials, almost filling up the entire secret chamber.
At the same time, he went through the refinement process of the Dao pill several times in his mind.
After confirming that there were no mistakes, he waved a hand to cast a spell seal.
Boom!
The silver flames at the bottom of the pill cauldron abruptly flourished, and the pill cauldron quickly became scorching hot.
Han Li waved a hand, and a white crystalline particle appeared. This was none other than the Time Crystalline Particle, and it flew into the pill cauldron.
The flames at the bottom of the pill cauldron roasted it, and the surface of the white crystalline particle seemed to faintly melt, becoming smooth and glossy.
The golden threads inside the crystalline particle shone brightly, emitting waves of fluctuations of the Law of Time.
He waved his hand to summon a jade box, which contained a spotlessly white spirit ginseng. It was none other than the Heavenly Creation Ginseng.
His other hand emitted a blue light, which enveloped the Heavenly Creation Ginseng.
Han Li's hand seal changed slightly, and two big hands appeared from the blue light, which grasped the spirit ginseng, and started to gently grind it.
Although the Heavenly Creation Ginseng was a rare spirit object, it wasn't hard. It was immediately flattened, and a large amount of white spiritual liquid gushed out.
His fingers moved slightly, and a blue light emerged, catching the spiritual liquid. He then carefully placed it into the pill cauldron.
The spiritual liquid immediately boiled, and some white smoke emerged from it.
Han Li's complexion was dignified, and he waved his hand to control the flames at the bottom of the pill cauldron.
After a few breaths, the white spiritual liquid turned into a small white gelatinous mass, which enveloped the Time Crystalline Particle.
Seeing this, he muttered to himself for a moment, and summoned another material. It was a small box of silver powder, which seemed to be ground from some kind of bone.
He raised his hand, and his palm emitted a blue light, which enveloped the bone powder, and threw it into the pill cauldron.
At the same time, he waved his other hand, and continuously made hand seals to control the flames at the bottom of the pill cauldron.
The silver bone powder quickly melted, and turned into a silvery liquid, which fused with the white gelatinous mass.
Han Li didn't pause for long. He waved his hand again, took another material, and threw it into the pill cauldron.
Just like that, time slowly passed, and in the blink of an eye, half a day had passed.
Most of the materials in the secret room had been thrown into the pill cauldron. At this moment, there was a longan-sized white pill inside the cauldron, and its surface was somewhat uneven.