Celestial Realm, inner city of Black Water City, on a certain spacious rooftop.
Boneflame Sanren and Spiritual Master Clarity stood side by side, not saying a word.
The former's eyebrows were twisted into knots on his originally withered and sallow face. He looked like a fiend that wanted to devour someone.
The latter's expression was not much better. After a while, he said slowly, "I wonder who this person is. Not only can my Spirit Nascent Talisman Sword do nothing to him, even you, Brother Yan …"
At this point, he let out a sigh and did not continue speaking.
"I really did not expect that a Yellow Turban Dao General like me, whose strength is close to the level of a Xuan Immortal, would be defeated by a mere Fallen Immortal!" Boneflame Sanren's face was full of pain, then he gritted his teeth.
This time, he did not hesitate to break through the power of the world and forcefully opened a passage to send down a female bean. In the end, he lost contact with the bean not long after. He was so pained that he wanted to vomit blood.
"It seems that either the information from Ten Directions Tower is wrong, or this Han Li had some special opportunity and recovered his strength.
But if that's the case, our two sects in the lower realm will probably be in trouble. We have to think of a solution as soon as possible, "Spiritual Master Clarity's eyes flashed as he said in a low voice.
"Hmph, this matter will not be settled so easily!" Boneflame Sanren's eyes became even darker.
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Spirit Huan World, inside the Realm Origin Temple.
Daoist He Shan looked at the expressionless Han Li who was walking towards him step by step. His body could not help but tighten, and the fat on his body began to tremble slightly.
If he was not trapped by the restriction, perhaps he would have long escaped like those elders and disciples. In fact, he might have escaped even faster than them.
Han Li stopped in front of him and stared at him expressionlessly for a while. Suddenly, he raised his arm and pointed at the center of Daoist He Shan's brows.
"Senior Han, spare my life!
I was only following orders. I really had no choice. "Daoist He Shan's back was drenched in cold sweat as he cried out rapidly.
"Oh?
Tell me, whose order was it? "Han Li raised his eyebrows, stopped what he was doing, and asked with a faint smile.
"Everything that happened here was done under the orders of the ancestor of the upper realm. Otherwise, how would I dare to do such a rebellious thing?" Taoist He Shan answered without even thinking.
"Why did your Great Ancestor give such an order? Could it be that he knows me?" Han Li continued to ask.
"This … According to the Ancestral Master, there's a huge secret organization in the Immortal Dimension that has issued a bounty for you, Senior. The bounty is so high that it's not something a small cultivator from the lower realms like me can imagine.
After the Tengui School's Bone Flame Ancestor received the bounty, he came to persuade and tempt our Ancestor. That's why … he acted so rudely this time, "Daoist He Shan's eyes swiveled as he hurriedly answered.
"Rude behavior?
You make it sound so easy!
Bone Flame Cultivator received the bounty, but didn't your Realm Temple's Spiritual Master Clarity receive it? "Han Li immediately sneered and mocked.
Daoist He Shan's expression froze, but he still answered carefully, "Perhaps it's a plan that the two Patriarchs came up with together. As their junior, I really don't know the details.
Since the Patriarch has given the order, even if I don't want to go against you, Senior, I can only follow it helplessly. "
When Han Li heard this, he did not say anything else. After pondering for a moment, he had a vague guess in his heart.
When Daoist He Shan saw that Han Li was silent for a long time, he thought that Han Li was hesitating whether to take his life or not. The fear in his heart grew.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Senior's divine power is unparalleled. I, He Shan, am willing to serve Senior as my master from now on. All materials and pills can be contributed to Senior. In the future, the entire Realm Temple will also serve you as the supreme and be at your command …"
"Serve me as your master … You're quite sensible." Han Li was slightly taken aback, and he could not help but laugh in his heart.
With his personality, since things had come to this, he originally did not plan to spare the other party's life. In the end, before he could even search his soul, the other party had honestly confessed everything. Now, he was even willing to serve him as his master. In this way, he could save a lot of trouble.
After all, his original intention was not to cause too much of a disturbance in this small Spirit Huan Domain.
But then again, he had met many Mahayana Stage cultivators in the Spirit Realm in the past, but he had never seen one like this Daoist He Shan. He could not help but think of an old friend, "Sun Ergou".
"Thank you for your great kindness, Senior!" Daoist He Shan saw that Han Li did not refuse and immediately called out respectfully.
"I'm not interested in your Realm Temple, and I can't be bothered to occupy your nest. In the future, you only need to listen to my orders and do some things for me.
But before that, I need to put some restrictions on you, "Han Li said with a wave of his hand.
After saying that, he raised one of his palms and silently chanted a few words. The tips of his five fingers all lit up with a burst of light. Fine crystal threads extended from his fingertips and drifted in the air leisurely like water plants.
As Han Li bent his fingers slightly, the crystal threads immediately became abnormally straight.
When Daoist He Shan saw this, his body instantly trembled slightly, and his face also became slightly pale, but he still put on a posture of letting Lin Huang do as he pleased.
Some satisfaction flashed across Han Li's eyes. He stretched out his palm, and five crystal threads immediately shot out, piercing straight towards his head.
The moment the crystal threads entered his body, Daoist He Shan only felt a piercing pain in his sea of consciousness. He could not help but let out a low and hoarse howl, and his face instantly turned pale.
But from beginning to end, he did not resist or struggle at all.
"These translucent threads were manifested from my spiritual sense, and they've already been deeply implanted into your soul. If you dare to harbor any disloyal thoughts in the future, I'll be able to destroy your soul with a single thought. Do you understand?" Han Li said in a slow voice as he waved a hand to dispel the silver flames on his body.
"Junior understands. In the future, I will definitely do my best to serve you, and will not dare to have any other thoughts!" Daoist He Shan stood up from the ground and replied with a lowered head.
"There's no need to say anything else to express your loyalty. Tell me, where is the formation that connects the temple to the Realm of Immortals?" Han Li asked straightforwardly.
"There's one at the back of Heaven's Respect Peak and one at the peak of Bi Mountain. I'll take senior there right now." Daoist He Shan answered without hesitation.
In the sky, two streaks of light flew up, one after the other, and flew into the distance.
Not long after, the area under the jurisdiction of the Realm Temple, which had already returned to silence, suddenly heard two rumbles. They were less than thirty minutes apart.
This scene caused many elders and disciples who had just returned to the sect to panic once again. However, when they discovered that there were no other abnormalities apart from these two rumbles, they felt a little more at ease.
After all, too many things had happened overnight. Almost a third of the entire Realm Temple had been changed beyond recognition, and the whereabouts of the great elder were unknown. Nothing strange could have happened.
About an hour later, two figures, one fat and one thin, flew over from afar on a mountain peak in the depths of the Realm Temple and entered a large hall.
At the center of the hall was a white jade platform. There were circles of complicated inscriptions carved on it. It was clearly a formation.
"This is the transportation formation to the Tengui School?" Han Li asked without turning his head, looking at the formation in front of him.
"Yes.
This place is connected to the Tengui School's Black Nightmare Peak. Although we can't directly enter their core area, we're already inside the mountain gate, "Daoist He Shan immediately answered.
"Just in time. Come with me," Han Li said with a smile.
"Yes!"
After saying that, the two of them stepped into the formation. A dazzling white light rose from the ground and engulfed the two of them in an instant.
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Tengui School, Serene Sacrifice Peak.
In a deep and serene hall, a middle-aged man dressed in a red brocade robe was sitting on the main seat. He had a pair of peach blossom eyes, soft cheeks, and sickly snow-white skin. He looked rather feminine and beautiful.
However, the expression on his face was extremely unsightly at the moment. He gripped the armrest of the chair beneath him and said in a low, hoarse voice, "Half a day ago, the soul tablets of the two great elders of the Spirit Hall shattered one after another. We contacted them through a secret technique, but there was no response at all.
What do you think about this? "
Although there were more than ten people sitting on the left and right sides of the hall, all of them were at the Body Integration Stage. At this moment, all of them had solemn expressions and were silent.
The hall fell into a dead silence.
After a long period of silence, a curly bearded burly man finally couldn't help but stand up and say, "Sect Master, there must be something wrong with the Soul Tablet. Grand Elder Tong is the number one cultivator in the Spirit Circle. Who in this world is capable of causing him to perish?"
"Yes, there must be a mistake somewhere …" Someone in the hall immediately agreed.
"Elder Fu, soul tablets are refined from a cultivator's soul and blood essence, supplemented by a secret technique. Has there ever been a mistake in the past tens of thousands of years?" A beautiful woman in a red gauze dress stood up and asked with a frown.
The curly-bearded man was stunned. He opened his mouth to retort, but he didn't know what to say.
"There's no mistake with the soul tablets, but Great Elder Tong and Great Elder Tong wouldn't die so easily. Could they be trapped by some special formation that cut off their connection with the soul tablets?" A hunchbacked old man among the elders also said.
"Sect Master, no matter what happened, the two Great Elders went to the Realm Origin Temple and there's no news from them now. Just in case, we should open all the defensive restrictions in the sect and contact the patriarchs of the Upper Realm as soon as possible."
A middle-aged man with a square face and a short purple beard stood up and said to the red-robed man on the main seat.
The man released the hand that was rubbing between his eyebrows and said, "I have the same intention. I'll leave the opening of the restrictions to you, Elder Lu. As for the patriarchs, I'll …"
Before he could finish speaking, he heard a loud "rumble", and the entire hall suddenly shook along with it.
"What's going on?"
Everyone was shocked. More than ten rays of light flashed at the same time and directly arrived at the square outside the hall.
At this moment, in the sky outside the hall, a black screen of light that covered a radius of several hundred miles appeared. It was the Sect Guarding Formation of the Tengui School.
The dozens of mountain peaks that were enveloped by the light screen were the core area of the entire Tengui School. Almost all the important places of the sect were on these mountain peaks.
On the black light screen, dim light floated everywhere and runes trembled. It seemed extremely unstable.