As Han Li pondered, he formed a sword seal with his hand. An azure sword lotus spun as it flew down towards the star restriction.
In an instant, there was a loud swishing sound as streaks of extremely sharp Sword Qi flew down and slashed at the Restrictive Barrier.
The Icy Flame Ancestor shouted and flicked his hands, summoning the flying dagger spirit treasures as he muttered an incantation.
The twelve flying daggers shined brightly and expanded in the wind, instantly turning into twelve giant blades that were over a thousand feet in size. With the sound of wind and thunder, they slashed towards the star restriction.
Resounding booms rang out incessantly, and no matter how powerful the star restriction was, it was quickly beginning to falter in the face of Han Li and Liu Yue's ferocious attacks. Starlight flashed violently from its surface, and moments later, it finally shattered amid a resounding thump, revealing what lay beneath it.
Han Li swept his gaze over it and was immediately startled.
Within the spirit field under the restriction, there were over a dozen blue spirit herbs that were several feet tall.
The stems and leaves of these herbs were crystal clear, as if they were cast from some sort of translucent blue jade. The branches and leaves were emitting bursts of dazzling starlight, making them extremely extraordinary.
These blue spirit herbs hadn't been taken away by the Golden Immortal.
Lu Yuqing also revealed a look of surprise. On the other hand, the Icy Flame Ancestor seemed to have already expected this and didn't reveal any surprise.
After muttering to himself for a moment, Han Li also recognized these blue spirit herbs and a hint of joy flashed through his eyes. "Could this be … Star Brilliance Grass?!"
The Star Brilliance Grass was a famous spirit herb that contained the power of stars. After being bathed in starlight for countless days and nights, it contained extremely pure star power, making it an excellent material for refining star pills.
Judging from the size of these spirit herbs, they were at least five hundred thousand years old.
As long as he could obtain some Star Brilliance Grass, even if it was only one or two, and refine them into pills, it would greatly reduce the time he needed to cultivate the second half of the Great Stellar Origin Art.
At that moment, a crystalline light suddenly flew out from the side and enveloped the dozen or so Star Brilliance Grass. It was the Icy Flame Ancestor.
With a flick of his fingers, the Star Brilliance Grass was immediately uprooted and brought back by the crystalline light.
The Icy Flame Ancestor waved his hand and collected all of the Star Brilliance Grass.
When Han Li saw this, his expression changed slightly, but he didn't say anything.
"Thank you for your assistance, Fellow Daoist Han. If you need my assistance in any way, I'll be sure to oblige," the Glacial Flame Patriarch said with a smile, making no mention of the matter of splitting the spirit herbs.
Han Li looked at the Icy Flame Ancestor and didn't say anything.
Lu Yuqing couldn't help but frown, "Fellow Daoist Icy Flame Ancestor, these spirit herbs belong to Big Brother Han and you …"
Halfway through her sentence, Han Li cut her off.
"Seeing as these Star Brilliance Herbs were discovered by Fellow Daoist Leng Yan, they naturally belong to you. There's no need to say anything further," Han Li said in an indifferent voice before making his way toward the deepest part of the medicine garden.
Lu Yuqing coldly glanced at the Icy Flame Ancestor, then turned around and followed.
The Icy Flame Ancestor had a smile on his face the entire time. A hint of self-satisfaction flashed in the depths of his eyes.
After so many encounters, he had figured out Han Li's temperament. Originally, he had planned to go with the flow and give some of the spirit herbs to Han Li as a bargaining chip so that Han Li could take care of him in other areas in the future.
In the end, the other party seemed to care about his face and gave up on fighting for the Star Brilliance Grass.
However, this was even better. He could continue to take advantage of this person.
Of course, he would control the situation well.
The three of them quickly arrived at the last herb field.
Han Li looked at the purple restriction in front of him and shouted. He formed a hand seal.
The azure Sword Lotus glowed brightly and became slightly larger once more. At the same time, it revolved as numerous lotus petals shockingly left the Sword Lotus and shot out, transforming into over a dozen thick crystalline and translucent enormous swords that struck towards the violet light barrier.
Each of the giant swords exuded an extremely terrifying aura, as well as a dense sword pressure. Wherever they passed, the void would tremble.
The crystalline swords struck the light barrier and exploded with dazzling lightning. However, the crystalline swords were all bounced off without exception.
The purple light barrier trembled slightly and immediately calmed down.
Han Li frowned when he saw this. This purple restriction was much tougher than he had expected.
Lu Yuqing also made a move when she saw this.
One after another, huge green wind blades flew out and struck the restriction in front of them.
The Icy Flame Ancestor also summoned his flying knives and slashed at the purple restriction.
With the three of them joining forces, their attacks immediately became much more powerful. However, the purple restriction still did not have much of a reaction, easily blocking all of their attacks.
"It seems this restriction is extraordinary. I'm afraid it'll be difficult to break it with normal methods. Let's use the Five Elements True Spirit Assimilation Light to break it," Han Li said and summoned his three spirit treasures.
The Icy Flame Ancestor didn't say anything else. He also summoned his other two spirit treasures and activated them.
A moment later, a thick beam of five-colored light fell from the sky. Five-colored spirit balls flew out from it and hit the purple light barrier.
The loud rumbling sounds continued, and the entire herb garden was shaking and trembling.
Although the purple light barrier was extremely tough, the Five Elements True Spirit Assimilation Light was even more mysterious. Under the continuous bombardment, the purple light barrier gradually became thinner. Soon, only a thin layer was left.
Han Li's eyes flashed. He made a hand sign.
More than a dozen crystalline swords shone brightly and fiercely slashed at the purple light barrier.
The purple light barrier couldn't bear it anymore and shattered, revealing the situation inside.
When Han Li and the others saw this, they immediately looked into the room.
The spiritual field was a muddy swamp. There was purplish-black sludge everywhere. From time to time, huge purple bubbles would appear and explode.
A purple gas spread out, mixed with rolling heat waves.
A layer of faint purple mist floated above the swamp. One could vaguely see tiny electric arcs flickering in it. The air was filled with a terrifying aura.
Although the purplish-black sludge looked dirty, it contained extremely dense spirit energy. There was also the fluctuation of thunder and lightning power. It was obviously not ordinary soil.
"Thunder Loch Soil!" Han Li looked at the purplish-black sludge and muttered to himself.
In order to cultivate all kinds of spiritual herbs, he had been painstakingly studying the method to make different kinds of spiritual soil. His understanding of spiritual soil could be considered as a master.
This kind of Thunder Loch Soil was an extremely precious spiritual soil. It was the best spiritual soil for cultivating thunder-attribute spiritual herbs.
However, the method to make this kind of spiritual soil had long been lost. Han Li had painstakingly looked for it before, but he couldn't find it. He didn't expect to find it here.
He waved his hand. Golden lightning flashed and two Dao soldiers appeared.
"Collect this Thunder Loch Soil." Han Li took out two storage bags and threw them to the Dao soldiers.
The two Dao soldiers took the storage bags and left. They quickly began to collect the spiritual soil.
Seeing Han Li's action, the Icy Flame Ancestor's expression changed slightly. He waved his hand and released a ray of light, collecting the purple sludge beside him.
Lu Yuqing frowned slightly. She seemed to be rather disgusted by the purple sludge and didn't collect it.
Han Li glanced at the Icy Flame Ancestor. Then, he turned his gaze to the center of the spiritual field.
There was a purple dome of light there. It was in the shape of a hemisphere and covered the spiritual field.
His figure moved and he flew over.
Lu Yuqing followed him with light steps.
Seeing the two's actions, the Icy Flame Ancestor couldn't be bothered to collect the Thunder Loch Soil and hurriedly followed.
This purple dome of light was the same as the purple lightning restriction outside, but it looked much thinner.
Han Li didn't use the Five Elemental True Light. He took out the Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword and struck it a few times, breaking it.
Beneath the barrier of light was a purple stone altar. It was about three meters tall, and its entire body was constructed from a kind of purple crystal. There were even lightning patterns carved into its surface. It seemed to be some kind of formation pattern, and it looked very mysterious.
There was another layer of purple restriction on the top of the stone altar. It was like a lid, covering the top of the stone altar. He couldn't see what was inside.
"One after another. How many restrictions are there?" Lu Yuqing couldn't help but grumble.
Han Li's eyes flashed. He saw two humanoid puppets lying on the ground beside the stone altar.
These two puppets were dark gold and filled with power. They were exactly the same as the copper puppet Han Li encountered when he obtained the Great Heavenly Cycle Star Energy Art.
However, one of these two puppets had been split in half from head to toe, revealing the various structures inside. The other puppet had its head chopped off. It had already lost its spirituality and became a dead object.
The injuries on the puppet's body were very fresh, so it was clear that they had only been there not long ago.
Han Li's expression darkened slightly upon seeing this.
As expected, that person had been here before, so even if there were any treasures on the stone altar, they must have been taken away.
The two Patriarchs also thought of this, and their expressions also darkened.
Han Li took a deep breath and shook his head, no longer thinking about it. He turned his head to look at the two copper puppets at his side, his gaze lingering on the decapitated puppet for a moment. A strange expression faintly flickered through his eyes.
In the next instant, he raised a hand, releasing a burst of azure light that swept up the remains of the two copper puppets before stowing them away.
With these two copper puppets, especially the decapitated puppet, the puppet core within its body hadn't been damaged, so Daoist Xie should be able to repair it.
Han Li was well aware of just how powerful these copper puppets were. If he could have one, it would definitely be of great help in dire situations.
The Patriarch's eyes flashed with a hint of vexation, but she quickly regained her composure.
Han Li stowed away the puppet before pointing a finger at the stone altar. Two azure flying swords shot forth, intersecting with the purple light barrier before twisting violently.
This purple restriction wasn't very powerful and was easily shattered.
Han Li and the others looked into the stone altar, and all of them faltered.
There was a wooden frame on the ground within the stone altar, with a long vine wrapped around it that had yet to be harvested.