Han Li's vision blurred. Light and shadow flickered, and his figure appeared in a new environment.
He calmed himself down and looked around. The surrounding terrain was flat, and there was nothing but barren red earth as far as his eyes could see. There wasn't even the slightest trace of a living creature.
Lu Yuqing, who was not far away from him, gradually recovered from her shock.
Not far in front of the 2 of them, a small whirlwind swept past, raising a cloud of red sand and dust on the ground, and the air was filled with a desolate aura.
Han Li's gaze slowly swept around, and he couldn't help but frown.
Just now, he wanted to release his divine sense to explore this place, but he found that he was imprisoned by an inexplicable force. His movements were unhindered, but his divine sense couldn't be released.
"How big is this Netherfrost Immortal Mansion? Why are there so many strange things about it?" Han Li sighed and couldn't help but murmur.
"When I was a child, I read an ancient book in my father's study. It is said that the ancient name of the Northern Frost Immortal Domain was the 'Netherfrost Immortal Domain'. But something happened later, and the name was changed.
If this Netherfrost Immortal Mansion is related to the ancient name of the Immortal Domain, then it's not surprising that there are so many strange things about it. "Lu Yuqing wasn't surprised by this, and said with a smile.
When Han Li heard this, he was about to speak, but his expression suddenly stiffened, and he opened his mouth slightly.
"Big Brother Han, what's wrong?" Lu Yuqing was taken aback and asked hurriedly.
"Nothing, I suddenly thought of something …" Han Li paused, then waved his hand and said vaguely.
Lu Yuqing uttered an "oh". She was skeptical, but she didn't ask anything.
Han Li's gaze turned and drifted in a direction in the depths of the Red Earth Wasteland, and he couldn't help but frown.
In fact, it wasn't a sudden thought that interrupted him just now, but the Wheel of Truth inside him.
For some reason, as long as he looked in a specific direction, the time dao pattern on the Wheel of Truth would flicker, as if it sensed the power of the law of time.
Lu Yuqing looked around and asked, "Big Brother Han, we can't use our Divine Sense. Where should we go next?"
"Let's go take a look here first." Han Li hesitated for a moment, then pointed in the direction that the Mantra Treasure Wheel had sensed and said.
"Okay." Lu Yuqing looked at him and nodded.
With a wave of his hand, Han Li summoned the green spirit boat. After calling Lu Yuqing to board, he turned into a stream of light and sped towards the depths of the Red Earth Wasteland.
Flying high in the sky, the whistling sound of the wind suddenly became more urgent. Han Li's eyes scanned the wasteland below.
Looking down from the sky, one could see that the terrain of the wasteland was not really flat. There were still mountain ridges and hills that protruded from the ground. However, they were far from ordinary mountains. At best, they could only be considered as small hills.
The deeper they went, the more complex the scenery on the ground became. In addition to the ridges and hills, there were plains and gullies of varying depths on the ground, which seemed to be caused by the scouring of flowing water. However, they had long since dried up, and not a trace of flowing water could be seen.
After flying for about a quarter of an hour, Han Li suddenly raised his eyebrows. He saw a city-like Red Earth Wasteland at the end of his line of sight, and he promptly sped up and rushed over.
When he approached the edge of the city, the green flying boat landed and stopped in front of a 30-meter-wide moat.
Naturally, the river was also dried up. The riverbed was cracked like armor, but there were no water stains at all.
Han Li and Lu Yuqing looked over the railing and saw the tall city wall on the other side of the moat. It seemed to be intact, but there were dense cracks on the surface of the bricks. Some were scratched by sharp weapons, while some were blasted open by tremendous forces. It was a ghastly sight.
The two of them were silent the entire way, walking along a stone bridge not far away towards the city.
When they reached the center of the stone bridge, Han Li suddenly saw half a white bone protruding from the riverbed. It looked like the horn of an exotic beast. It was as thick as an adult's arm and had a certain degree of curvature to it.
Han Li stopped and waved his sleeves. A green light spread out. It did not seem to cause much of a commotion, but a large patch of the riverbed was lifted up in an instant, revealing a complete white skeleton.
Seeing the full appearance of the skeleton, Lu Yuqing let out a soft gasp of surprise. A hint of surprise flashed across her face.
Han Li could not help but reveal an expression of surprise as well.
The shape of the skeleton was strange, and it was impossible to tell what it originally looked like. The only thing he could be sure of was that when it was alive, it must have been a huge creature comparable in size to the Giant Mountain Ape.
The white bone that Han Li had guessed to be the horn was actually just a tooth.
"Big Brother Han, do you recognize what this beast is?" Lu Yuqing asked doubtfully.
Han Li shook his head and said, "There's no aura left on this beast. I can't tell what it is just from the skeleton alone."
Although he said that, he could not help but think of the murals he saw in the great hall near the Spiritual Herbal Garden. The exotic beasts drawn on them seemed to be somewhat similar to this beast?
Thinking about the intensity of the battle depicted on the murals, Han Li suddenly had a guess. Could it be that the battle depicted on the murals happened here?
The moment this thought arose, he rejected it himself. The scale of the battle depicted on the murals was too great. If it really happened here, there would definitely be no buildings left in this city. It would definitely be razed to the ground.
The two of them walked across the stone bridge and came to the entrance of the city wall. Looking up, they saw that the top of the city wall was broken, and there were jagged rocks everywhere.
Below the top of the city wall, there were three large silver words engraved: "Moon River City".
Passing through the city gate, just as they walked out of the shadow of the entrance, Han Li's heart suddenly palpitated, and he could not help but stop.
The dozens of Dao patterns on the Wheel of Truth in his body flickered, and his sense of the power of the law of time suddenly became stronger.
Han Li frowned slightly and looked into the city. He saw that the inside of the city was already full of ruins. There were collapsed fences and broken walls everywhere, and under many dilapidated houses, he could faintly see some white bones.
Among them were the bones of demonic beasts, and there were also human skeletons, but they were all rotten.
The two of them followed the main road of the city all the way to the inner city. Along the way, they saw such a bleak scene. They walked all the way to the core area of the north of the city, and then they saw a golden palace that was more than a hundred feet tall in the distance.
Compared to all the buildings they saw along the way, this golden palace with a round roof was really well preserved. There were only some signs of the roof collapsing, and there were many cracks on the walls.
In addition, the golden light outside the palace was very bright, as if it was plated with a layer of golden light, which was reflecting the light of the sun, shining brightly.
Han Li was just about to go forward, when the storage bracelet on his hand suddenly heated up, and there was a trace of strange movement inside.
He frowned slightly, and after stopping, he flipped his palm, and took out a shining green jade box.
There was a light "click" sound.
Han Li opened the green jade box, and inside was a round gray eyeball. It looked like it was carved out of Stone, but there was a greyish-white halo constantly rippling on the surface.
"What is this?" Lu Yuqing saw this, and walked a few steps closer in surprise, and asked.
"One of the Strange Beast Tai Hou's eyes." Han Li said indifferently.
Seeing that Han Li did not want to say too much, Lu Yuqing's eyes narrowed slightly, and she did not ask any more.
Han Li stared at Tai Hou's eye for a moment, and found that there was only a faint halo on it, and there were not many changes. For a moment, he could not see anything special about it, and could only hold it in his hand, and continue to rush in the direction of the golden palace.
He and Lu Yuqing moved forward, and when they were about a hundred feet away from the golden palace, Han Li suddenly narrowed his eyes, and pulled Lu Yuqing, and in a flash, they hid behind the ruins of a short wall.
At the golden palace, under the golden palace gate that was dozens of feet tall, stood a woman in a silver robe. She was forming a spell with one hand, and in the other, she held a broken golden monk's knife, casting a spell at the palace gate.
"Why is it her?" Lu Yuqing looked through the short wall, and said with some surprise.
Hearing this, Han Li hurriedly raised a finger, and made a gesture for her to be quiet.
Although divine sense was forbidden here, the other party was a Golden Immortal cultivator after all. If they spoke rashly, there was no guarantee that they would not be discovered.
Han Li also knew the woman, and she was none other than Qu Ling.
The Buddhist Commandment Blade in his hand was engraved with a string of ancient Fu characters. Wisps of golden light were bursting out of it, connecting with a strange circular pattern on the golden door. It seemed that the Buddhist Commandment Blade was cracking the restriction formation on the door.
Whether it was the monk's knife in Qu Ling's hand or the golden palace gate, Han Li felt the obvious fluctuations of the law of time from them.
He frowned, and carefully poked out half of his head to look in that direction. Only then did he notice that not far from Qu Ling, there was a strange figure crouching.
Just crouching there, the figure was about seven or eight feet tall, like a yellow wall at first glance, but upon a closer look, one would notice that its naked body was covered with strange spirit tattoo patterns.
Because its back was facing him, although Han Li could not see its face, another giant figure involuntarily emerged in his mind, the one-eyed giant "Tai Hou" that he had killed years ago.
Although there was a huge difference in size between the two, the outline of the figure, the color of the skin, and the strange spirit tattoos on its body were almost identical.
The more Han Li observed, the more puzzled he became. He subconsciously glanced at the eye in his hand.
At this moment, the pale white halo that was originally flickering on the eye suddenly emitted a dazzling light. It was like a bright lamp that suddenly lit up the dark night.
The strange figure that was originally crouching on the ground suddenly stood up and turned around, revealing an ugly face with a flat nose and a wide mouth. There were no eyes above the nose, only a huge vertical eye in the middle.
It was a Tai Fen variant beast that was a size smaller than its original size.
The beast let loose a roar and light flashed from its single eye. A thick white streak of light shot forth from within, heading directly toward the place where Han Li and Liu Yue were hiding.
Han Li cried out in alarm. He grabbed Lu Yuqing's wrist and fiercely pulled her away. At the same time, he soared high into the air, dodging the ray of light and descending towards the main road leading to the golden palace.